New or Improved Frame to Carry Luggage, Mudguards, or Seat on Velocipedes, and Bags for the same.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 19th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 18th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 11th July, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Frame to Carry Luggage, Mudguards, or Seat on
Velocipedes, and Bags for the same.
I HAYDN GOUGH TURNER of 68 Denmark Road Greenheys Manchester in
the County of Lancaster Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a new or improved frame to carry luggage mudguards
or seat and bags to fit the said frame.
The object of my invention is to provide means whereby luggage mudguards or
seat can be carried on a velocipede with less strain to the machine and less
inconvenience to the rider than is achieved by existing methods. This I do by
affixing a detachable frame behind the seat pillar and fastening it to the back
wheel axle and the seat lug pin by which all weight and strain is borne.
Another method of achieving the same object is to build a fixed frame into the
existing frame of a velocipede at or near the back wheel axle and seat lug pin.
I fix the luggage mudguards or seats on this frame, and make bags to fit.
In carrying out my invention for a detachable frame for a bicycle I take 4 stays
and fasten the ends of 2 of these stays one on either side of the back wheel axle
and the ends of the 2 other stays one on either side of the seat lug pin and connect
the 4 free ends 2 on either side of the bicycle by means of a bolt across the back
wheel thus forming a rigid frame the 8 ends of these herein before mentioned 4 stays
have slots or holes to fit on the back wheel axle the seat lug pin or the cross bolt
and they are secured by means of the existing nuts or others made to fit in the same
manner and by the same action as the back wheel axle and seat lug pin are secured
to the frame of the bicycle.
For a fixed frame as hereinbefore mentioned I use stays bolt and nuts in a similar
manner but instead of fastening to the back wheel axle and the seat lug pin
I build them by brazing into the existing frame near the back wheel axle and seat
Jug pin.
I make bags to fit on either side of the frame and for the top of the same and
fastenings for the same.
I use additional stays and wires for the purpose of strengthening or lengthening
wherever they may be required for that purpose or for the purpose of keeping the
luggage mudguards or seat in position.
Instead of 4 stays 1 may use 2 and bend them to a suitable angle so as to answer
the purpose of the 4 herein before mentioned stays.
I may use fixed bolts or stays to connect across the back wheel instead of the
detachable one hereinbefore mentioned.
The stays of which the frame is constructed may consist of metal tubes or rods
wires wood cane bamboo or any other suitable material.
The stays of which the frame is constructed may be either straight or bent to a
suitable shape.
For velocipedes that may have 2 back wheels I fix the frame between the 2 back
wheels to the axle and to the seat lug pin.
The seat lug pin is the bolt at the top of the seat pillar.
Dated
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page_text: BOITICATION.
New or Improved Frame to Carry Luggage, Mudguards, or Seat on
Velocipedes, and Bags for the same.
I HAYDN GOUGH TURNER late of 63 Denmark Road Greenheys Manchester
now of 4 Gore Street Greenheys Manchester in the County of Lancaster Manu-
facturer 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:-
My invention relates to a new or improved frame to carry luggage, mudguards,
or seat and bags to fit the said frame.
The object of my invention is to provide means whereby luggage mudguards or
seat can be carried on a velocipede with less strain to the machine and less
inconvenience to the rider than is achieved by existing methods. This I do by
affixing a detachable frame behind the seat pillar and fastening it to the back
wheel axle and seat lug pin by which all weight and strain is borne.
Another method of achieving the same object is to build a fixed frame onto the
existing frame of a velocipede at or near the back wheel axle and seat lug pin.
I fix the luggage mudguards or seat on this frame, and make bags to fit.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood reference may be had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings in which Fig. 1 is an elevation of the parts
of my said frame and Fig. 2 is an elevation of a part of a velocipede with my
said frame attached.
Similar letters of reference are used to describe like parts in both Fig. 1 and
Fig. 2.
Fig. 1 Aª A and B B are 4 stays with slots in the ends. G is a bolt with
nuts.
Fig. 2 is a part of a velocipede with frame attached C is the back wheel axle
with nuts Dis the seat lug pin with nut.
In carrying out my invention for a detachable frame I use 4 stays A" Ab Ba Bb
and a bolt with nuts G the said bolt having sholders and threads to fit the nuts.
To attach my said frame to a bicycle I unscrew the nut on the back wheel
axle C fit the slotted end of the stay Ba onto the back wheel axle between the nut
and the bicycle frame and secure by screwing the said nut until the stay Bª is firmly
held between the said nut and the bicycle frame.
I attach the stay Bb to the other side of the back wheel axle in a similar manner.
I then loosen the seat lug pin D by unscrewing the nut or nuts and fit and secure
the stay A on one side of the bicycle and the stay Ab on the other side by fitting
the said stays by means of the slots onto the seat lug pin and screwing the nut or
nuts until the said stays are held firmly between the nut or nuts of the seat lug
pin and the frame of the bicycle or by the nut on one side and the bolt head on
the other side of the seat lug pin and the frame of the bicycle.
I then fit on and secure the 4 free ends of the stays Aª Ab Ba Bb by means of
the bolt G using the nuts to secure the stays A and B together and t the bolt G
on one side and the stays A and B on the other the bolt G being then across and
above the back wheel and connecting the 4 stays together, thus building a rigid
frame firmly secured to the frame of a bicycle.. 2 stays may be bent to answer
the purpose of the 4 herein before-mentioned stays and a fixed stay may be used
instead of a detachable bolt and nuts.
For a fixed frame 4 or 2 stays may be used with a detachable bolt and nuts or a
fixed stay as herin before described but instead of screwing by nuts to the back
wheel axle I secure by brazing or lugs to the frame at the seat lug pin and back
wheel axle or near thereto.
The stays of which my said frame is constructed may be either straight or bent

page_text: to any suitable shape and made of metal tubes or rods wires wood cane bamboo or
any other suitable material but I find metal tubes crushed together where required
for slotting most suitable for my purpose. Holes or slots with closed ends may be
substituted for the open slots shewn in Fig. 1 and 2, and additional stays and wires
may be used for strengthening my said frame or securing the luggage mudguards
or seat to it. Mudguards may be brazed to my frame.
My said frame may be steadyed by securing with clips or any other means to
any part of the frame of a velocipede or it may be braized thereto.
Where a velocipede other than a bicycle having 2 back wheels I shall secure by
any convenient method the stays of my frame between the 2 wheels to the axle
where the nuts fastening the back wheel axle of a bicycle to the frame are
inside 1 shall place the stays fastening to the axle on the inside and secure by the
said nuts.
I make pannier bags to fit on either side of my said frame with the inner sides
nearest to the back wheel stiffened so as not to come in contact with it.
I attach luggage mudguards and seat by straps clips hooks or any other
convenient method.
I do not comprise in my invention any frame that is not attached to the back
wheel axle and seat lug pin nor to the parts adjoining nor any particular form of
seat or fastening for seat nor any form of mudguard.
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
First. A detachable frame for the purpose of carrying luggage, mudguards, or
seat on a velocipede fastened onto the back wheel axle and seat lug pin substantially
as herein described with reference to the appended sheet of drawings.
Second. A fixed frame for the purpose of carrying luggage mudguards or seat
on a velocipede built in or fixed to or near the back wheel axle and seat lug pin
substantially as herein described.
Third. Pannier bags fitting on my said frame having stiffened inner sides
substantially as herein described.
Dated this 17th day of April 1896.
HAYDN GOUGH TURNER.
Applicant,