Improvements connected with Seats or Saddles for Velocipedes and like Vehicles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Apr., 1897-Accepted, 15th May, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Seats or Saddles for Velocipedes
and like Vehicles.
I, JOSIAH HARRIS, of 8 Union Court, Old Broad Street, in the City of
London, Mining Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to connect the seat or saddle to the frame of a
velocipede and like vehicle in such a way as to absorb or minimise the vibration
whether in a vertical or horizontal direction.
To effect my object I connect the seat or saddle to a stem which is loosely fitted
into a socket formed of or lined with solid india-rubber or other elastic material.
This socket or its outer casing, as the case may be, is secured to the saddle pillar
or saddle support or to the frame of the velocipede or like vehicle.
If desired the seat or saddle may be fitted with two or more stems each fitting
into a corresponding socket of the kind above described.
A spring or springs preferably of solid or inflated rubber may be interposed
between the saddle frame and the stem or stems.
Dated this 2nd day of June 1896.
F. W. GOLBY,
36 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Seats or Saddles for Velocipedes
and like Vehicles.
I, JOSIAH HARRIS, of 8 Union Court, Old Broad Street, in the City and
County of London, Mining 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 :-
The object of this invention is to connect the seat or saddle to the frame of a
velocipede and like vehicle in such a way as to absorb or minimise the vibration
whether in a vertical or horizontal direction.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a partly sectional elevation of a cycle saddle and its support or pillar
the parts being connected together according to this invention.
Figs. 2 to 4 are plan sections taken on the lines ar, y y and zz respectively of
Fig. 1.
Figs. 5 and 6 show modifications.
The same letters of reference where they occur are used to denote the same or
corresponding parts in all the figures.
In the example shown in Figs. 1 to 4, A. is the saddle pillar on to the upper end
of which is screwed or otherwise rigidly secured a cylindrical or other conveniently
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page_text: shaped socket B. In the bottom of this socket is placed a block of india-rubber or
other elastic material C, of a size to fit the inside of the socket, and longitudinally
corrugated or ribbed as shown in Figure 4. On the top of the rubber or other
block C is loosely placed a flat disc D made of metal or other hard material and
slightly less in diameter than the inside diameter of the socket B. On the disc D
is loosely placed a square or other angular tube E surrounded by an annular block
of india-rubber or other elastic material F which, like the block C, is longitudinally
corrugated or ribbed and fills the space between the square tube E and the
socket B as shown in Fig. 3. The upper end of the square tube E is split
longitudinally on one or more sides and is furnished with a clamping collar G
which is tightened up by means of bolts and nuts H and J (see Figure 2). The
stem or spindle K of the saddle is squared or angled to fit the tube E and is
adjusted in height as required by means of the clamping collar G and bolts and
nuts H and J.
In Fig. 5 I have shown a modification wherein the rubber block C is internally
bored as shown at cc instead of being longitudinally corrugated or ribbed
externally, it may however be externally corrugated or ribbed as well as being
internally bored; the rubber block F may also if desired be similarly made.
In Fig. 6 1 have shown a modification wherein the socket B is corrugated and
the rubber or other elastic blocks C and F may then be made of cylindrical
shape.
From the foregoing description it will be understood that the stem or spindle K
of the saddle, or the tube E to which said stem or spindle K is clamped, rests
loosely on the disc D, which is also loose on the rubber or other elastic block C,
consequently the weight of the rider will be borne by the elastic block C the
corrugations, ribs or borings in which will allow of lateral distension caused by
the vertical compression, thus to a very considerable extent absorbing the vibration
of the machine in a vertical direction. The horizontal vibration of the machine
will be absorbed by the annular elastic block F surrounding the square or angular
inner tube E.
If desired the seat or saddle may be fitted with two or more stems or spindles
each fitting into a corresponding socket of the kind above described.
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. In a velocipede and like vehicle, connecting the seat or saddle to the saddle
pillar by means of a stem or spindle secured to the seat and fitted loosely into a
rubber or other elastic lined socket secured fast to or on the upper end of the
saddle pillar substantially as described and for the purpose stated.
2. Connecting the seat or saddle of a velocipede and like vehicle to the saddle
pillar or saddle support substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein-
before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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F. W. GOLBY,
36 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicant.