Year: 1896

page_text: 1, HORACE JECKELL LINGWOOD of The Hollies Stone Rond Stafford Engineer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In my invention the stay rods are made of wire, tube, or other suitable material,
and are attached at one end to moveable clamps, which are connected by links to
the wheel spindle. The other ends of the stay rods are suitably bent to carry the
guard. One of these stay rods is attached to, and carries the lower end of the
guard; the other may be carried on the opposite side of the wheel, and is
placed at a convenient distance along the guard-or I may use one stay rod
only.
The guard is made of rubber, or other suitable material; at the lower end of
which there is attached a piece of wire, tube, or other rigid substance, extending
about half an inch on either side the guard; this serves as my means of attachment
to the stay rod; the other end of the guard, for the front wheel, is fastened to the.
head; and that for the back wheel to the bottom bracket, respectively, by tying,
hooking, or using a narrow band of leather, or other material, with a suitable
fastening; and at a convenient place in the guard, I form a loop, or loops, for
the insertion of one of the stay rods; and I may lasten the back wheel guard to
the frame as required. The guard for the front wheel follows with the wheel
in the act of steering.
The clamps to which the ends of the stay rods are fastened, are so arranged
on the links, connecting them to the wheel spindles, that the stay rods may be
turned up, or let down, without in any way disturbing the spindle; and the stay
rods may also be adjusted to suit various sizes of wheels, without disturbing either
the wheel spindles, the clamps, or the links.
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HORACE JECKELL LINGWOOD,
Of The Hollies, Stone Road, Stafford.
I, HORACE JECKELL LINGWOOD, of The Hollies, Stone Road, Stafford,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
In my invention the stay rods are made of wire, tube, or other suitable
material, and are attached at one end to moveable clamps which are connected
by links to the wheel spindle. The other ends of the stay rods are suitably
bent to carry the guard. One of these stay rods is attached to and carries the
lower end of the guard; the other may be carried on the opposite side of the

page_text: wheel and is placed at a convenient distance along the guard-or I may use one stay
rod only.
The guard is a strip or narrow web of rubber or other suitable material, at the
lower end of which there is attached a piece of wire, tube, or other rigid substance
extending about half an inch on either side the guard, and the ends may be bent
as shewn in Figs. 4, and 5; this serves as my means of attachment to the stay
rod; the other end of the guard, for the front wheel, is fastened to the head
of the machine; and that for the back wheel, to the bottom bracket; by tying,
hooking, or using a narrow band of leather, or other material, with a suitable
fastening; and at a convenient place in the guard, I form a loop, or loops, for
the insertion of one of the stay rods; and I may fasten the back wheel guard to the
frame of the machine as required.
The guard for the front wheel follows with the wheel in the act of steering.
The clamps to which the ends of the stay rods are fastened, are so arranged on
the links connecting them to the wheel spindles, that the stay rods may be turned
up, or let down, without in any way disturbing the spindle; and the stay rods may
also be adjusted to suit various sizes of wheels, without disturbing either the wheel
spindles, the clamps, or the links.
In order to explain my invention more fully, I have given drawings of the
various parts, on a sheet attached hereto.
Figures 1. 2. & 3. are plans of the stay rods.
Figure 4. is a plan of the under side of the front wheel guard.
Figure 5. is a plan of the under side of the back wheel guard.
Figure 6. shews my method of attaching the one end of the guards to the
stay rods.
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Figures 7. & 8. are plans and elevations respectively of the clamp & link
complete, with part of the stay rod.
Figure 9. is a view of a machine with the guards on.
Figure 10. shews the clamp, link, and nut, drawn separately.
Figure 11. shews the clamp and link screwed together, also part of the
stay rod.
Figure 12. shews the link attached to the machine fork.
In carrying my invention into effect, I fix the link C. Figs. 7. & 8. to the wheel
spindle at E, one on either side the wheel; the stay rods K, are then inserted in
the clamps A, and held by the set screws B, at the required place, according to the
diameter of the wheel: the clamps and stay rods are then turned to the position
for carrying the guard with the desired tension upon it, and set there by screwing
up the nuts D.
To fasten the guard in position, (for the front wheel, Fig. 4.) I use a leather lace
with hook and eye, or other suitable fastening, as at H, which hooks round the
bead of the machine at L, Fig. 9. The stay rod Fig. 1, is furnished with a bent
end F, which is inserted in the loop J, of the guard, at M, Fig. 9, and the rigid
piece G, is carried round the bent end F', of the stay rod Fig. 2, at N, Fig. 9, and
laid across the stay rod on the upper side, as Fig. 6; where, being longer than
the width of the stay rod, it remains firmly fixed by the tension of the guard itself.
To detach the guard, Í slack nuts D on both sides the n heel, when the guard is
quickly removed; the stay rods being turned up out of the way, to the fork of the
machine, and the outs D tightened to hold them there: An india rubber ring may
be used to clip F, and F together, to prevent shake. The back wheel stay rods
turu up in the same way, to the frame of the machine.
The back wheel guard is similarly fixed to the stay rods; the lower end being
fastened to the bottom bracket of the machine, and supported by the frame where
required, as in Fig. 9 or 1 may use one stay rod, Fig. 3, for the back wheel; but
the fastening to this rod at G, Fig. 5, will be the same; but I should support
the guard where required, by fastening to the frame of the machine.
Both guards will roll up into a very small compass, and can be easily carried in
the valise, or pocket.

page_text: The clamp P. Fig. 10, is of metal, with a screwed stem Y, resembling a cheese
head, or mushroom head, screw; it has a hole a, b, through the head to carry the
stay rod; there is also a set screw R, at right angles with the hole a. b, for the
purpose of clamping the stay rod. The stem Y, of the clamp P, is passed throug
hole V, of the link S, and is secured in the position desired in order to properly-
stretch the guard, by the nut T, as in Fig. 11. The hole W, in the link S, Fig. 10,
is put over the wheel spindle d, Fig. 12, and permanently fixed there by the
spindle aut e. To turn the stay rod, Fig. 11, up to the machine out of the way,
when not in use, or to let it down for use, I slack the nut T, when the-
clamp P, carrying the stay rod f, with it, may be turned as desired, without
disturbing the wheel spindle d, Fig. 12, or altering the length of the stay rodf,
Fig. 11. I cau also adjust the stay rod f, Fig. 11, to suit various sizes of wheels,
by sliding it in the hole a, b, in the clamp P, and fixing it by the set screw R,.
which can be done without disturbing the wheel spindle d, or the position of the
clamp P.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-.
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
1. The use for carrying the guards, of the single stay roda, Figs. 1. und 2.
2. The mode of attaching the guards to the stay rods, herein described, and
shewn in Fig. 6.
3. The form of clamp used for carrying the stay rods, whereby they may be set
at any desired place round the wheel.
4. The mode of fastening the stay rods to the clamps, whereby they may be-
adjusted to suit various sizes of, wheels.
Dated this 22nd day of January 1897.
HORACE JECKELL LINGWOOD.