Improvements relating to Cycle Saddles and Lugs therefor.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 28th May, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 28th Mar., 1898--Accepted, 14th May, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
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Improvements relating to Cycle Saddles and Lugs therefor.
ARTHUR MAJOR LERMIT, 130, Great Charles Street, Birmingham, Cycle Saddle
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
My invention consists in improved forms or method of constructing the lugs
by which the frame of the saddle is attached to the seat pillar of the cycle frame.
The essential features being ease of adjustment of the saddle both on the seat
pillar and in the tilt of the saddle.
According to one method of constructing my improved lugs I form a split metal
lug adapted to encircle the seat pillar capable of being clamped thereto by means
of a set screw or bolt and nut. This lug also carries on each side a projecting part
which is threaded to take a nut used to clamp the frame of the saddle to the lug.
To allow of the tilt of the saddle being adjusted at will, I form at the base of
the projecting part of a circle of teeth, and provide a cup-shaped washer which is
free to turn on the projecting part.
This washer having one or more recesses adapted to engage with the frame of
the saddle, and also has formed in it one or more projecting teeth which, when the
saddle is in position, and the clamping nuts tightened, engages with the afore-
mentioned circle of teeth, and retains the tilt of the saddle at the angle desired.
On the clamping nuts being slackened the washer can be disengaged from the
teeth on the lug and the tilt of the saddle adjusted.
The body of the lug may be cast, or may be stamped or made in any other way
found desirable.
The circle of teeth may be formed in the washer, and one or two teeth only
formed on the lug. Or the lug may be adapted to a saddle frame formed of sheet
metal in which case the washer may be modified, or done away with.
In some cases the projecting parts of the lug are replaced by set screws which
carry the cup shaped washers and screw into the body of the lug.
I may sometimes use these set screws to effect the attachment of the lug to the
seat pillar, doing away with the splitting of the lug.
In some cases one side of the lug only may be provided with teeth, the other
side being left plain.
Dated this 27th day of Now 1897
Improvements relating to Cycle Saddles and Lugs therefor.
I, ARTHUR MAJOR LERMIT, of 130, Great Charles Street, Birmingham, Cycle
Saddle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what
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page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
My invention for improvements relating to cycle saddles, and lugs therefor,
consists substantially in the construction and combination of parts for forming
the lug to be employed in attaching the frame of the seat or saddle, to the seat-
pillar, which I effect in a simple and efficacious manner, and further, I effect in
the attachment of the frame to the seat or saddle pillar, a means by which the
said frame and seat can be readily adjusted to the required angle, tilt, or inclina-
tion agreeable to the rider, while the relative position of the lug to the seat remains
in a fixed position.
And in order that this my said invention may be more clearly understood I will
now describe, with reference to the accompanying drawings the manner in which
my invention is to be performed.
Figure 1 is a view in section, longitudinal of a lug for attaching the frame of
the seat, or saddle to the seat pillar, and for attaching the frame of the seat or
saddle, and its adjustment, therewith, constructed and arranged according to my
invention.
Figure 2 is a view in elevation (with parts removed) of a lug for the purposes
above set forth in the description of Figure 1, and constructed according to my
invention.
Figure 3 is a view of parts removed from the one end of Figure 2 and con-
structed according to my invention.
Figure 4 is a end view elevation showing the lug with frame attached thereto
and to the seat pillar and constructed according to my invention.
Figure 5 is a view in elevation (with parts removed) of a lug for the purposes
above set forth in the description of Figure and constructed according to my
invention.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure where
they occur.
a is the split ring or body of the metal lug encircling the seat pillar b, c, is a
screw bolt passing through the projecting ears d d one of which is screwed corre-
spondingly to receive the same and clamps the whole in a desired position. The
split body a, is provided at each side with projecting arms c e which are at opposite
points to each other, and are screwed, the ends of said arms e, e, adjacent to a
terminating with the squared parts e¹ e¹ which is thus formed to receive the discs f, f,
by means of the squared holes 9, 9 engaging thereon and are thus fixed, and rotary
movement prevented, the edges of the discs f f, are serrated or toothed h, h, i, i
are cup shaped forms having the holes j to admit of their being arranged upon the
armsee the periphic edges of the cup shaped forms i, i are provided with the
recesses 1, 1. m, m, are are projecting teeth or guides in the interior of ii, and when
in position engage in the serrated or toothed edges h h of the discs f f and secured
by the screw nuts n, m, fed on to the projecting screwed arms e, e o, o, is the frame
of the seat.
To practically illustrate the same and by referring to Figure 2, which shews the
one screw nut n removed which has admitted of the removal of the one cup shape
form i, from one of the arms e, and assuming the like parts are removed from the other
arm e. The first step is to arrange the split body a, upon the seat pillar b, and by
the
power of the screw bolt c secure the same, by arranging the seat frame o up
and against the fixed dises f, f and by placing the cup shaped forms i, i by the
holes i, j, on the arms e, e, and up and against the seat frame, by engaging in such
corresponding recesses 1, 7, the guides m, m, in their journey taking into the serra-
tions h h, in f, f, at such a point as may be necessary for ensuring the frame o
with the seat or saddle being fixed at the required angle, tilt or inclination, as the
rider may require, the nuts n, n, are then employed for firmly securing the same.
This lug being securely affixed to the saddle pillar there is no need to release
the same for further adjustment, as by freeing the nuts n, n, sufficient to allow

page_text: the cupped shapes i, 2, and the guides m, m, to be freed from the toothed edges h, h, of
the discs f, f, at this position the frame o is released from the recesses 1, 1, and i, i, will
turn on the projecting arms e, e until engaging with other recesses 1, 1, for the
change of adjustment when it is secured again as above set forth.
In Figure 5. a, is the ring or body of metallic lug encircling the seat pillar b,
(the split with ears, and screw-bolt passing through, are here dispensed with and
also the projecting arms) a¹ a¹ are set-screws, at opposite points to each other
and passing through the body a, bear upon b, the seat pillar, fixing the same in its
desired position, the discs f, f, with their serrated or toothed edges h, h, here form
part of the body, a, i is the cup shaped form with the recesses 1, 1, acting upon
the seat frame a, and held in position by the nut a² in the manner and for the.
purpose above set forth. The description now given of one end and its parts apply
also to the other end, where the said parts are not shown.
I may in some cases transpose the parts for instance, the serrations h h, upon f, f,
the discs may be constructed in the cupshapes i, i, and the guides m, m, on the
discs f, f, in connection therewith, for the purpose above described I may in some
cases employ the above parts to one end only of the lug, and the said parts form-
ing the lug may be produced by stamping or casting, as practice may determine.
I would observe in conclusion that I do not limit myself to the precise details
of construction or arrangement of parts, as these I may vary or modify without
departing essentially from the principle of my invention.
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:-
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In "Improvements relating to cycle saddles and lugs therefor."
1. For attaching the frame of the seat or saddle to the seat pillar, and the
attachment of the frame therewith as a means by which the said seat or saddle
can be readily adjusted as applied to cycles, as herein before described and illus-
trated, that is to say, the combination of the split ring or body a, provided with
arms e, e, and projecting ears d d, with screw-bolt c, the serrated discs f, f, and
cup-shaped forms i, i, having recesses 1, 1, and guides m, m, in connection therewith
with screw nuts n, n, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
2. For attaching the frame of the seat or saddle to the seat pillar, and the attach-
ment of the frame therewith, as a means by which the said seat or saddle can be
readily adjusted, as applied to cycles, as hereinbefore described and illustrated,
that is to say:The combination of the ring or body a with serrated discs f, f, the
bearing set screws a¹ a¹, the cupped shaped forms i, i, having recesses 1, 1, and
guides m, m, and the fixing screw nut a², therewith, substantially as and for the
purposes herein-before described.
3. The general construction, and combination of parts, for forming lugs for
cycle saddles arranged and acting substantially as herein-before described and
illustrated.
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