An Electric Signal-bell for Cycles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 9th May, 1898-Accepted, 30th July, 1898
An Electric Signal-bell for Cycles.
- I, SALI KRAUS, of Burgkundstadt, in the Empire of Germany, Merchant, 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 follow-
ing statement;―
This invention relates to a cycle-bell brought into action by the closing of an
electric circuit. In the accompanying sheet of drawings Figure 1 is a vertical
section through the bell and so much of a cycle as is necessary to illustrate the
means for actuating such bell, Figure 2 is a plan of the bell, the upper gong
being removed. In the steering frame, and preferably in the hollow spindle of
the steering bar b, is arranged the battery c, which may be of any suitable kind,
but preferably a dry battery. The battery c is enclosed in an insulating casing d
against which the insulated conductor f from the lower pole plies close. "A
second insulating layer e completely fills the space in the spindle a. The insu-
lated conductor is further carried along the interior of the steering bar b, and
is connected to the inner end g of the metallic push, the edge i of which is nor-
mally out of contact with the external surface of the steering bar. The push-
button his arranged with its inwardly-projecting pin-like projection kin
vulcanite shell which is held by friction, by screw, or otherwise, in the hole m
of the steering bar. On pressing down the push-button h, the spring n be-
tween and is compressed until the edge i and the steering bar make contact.
On the push-button h being released the spring returns the parts to their normal
position, that is to say out of contact with b.
a
On pressing down the push-button h metallic contact between f and the steer-
ing-bar is effected and the circuit closed through the bell ou the steering-bar
The metal pin o coming from the upper pole 22 of the battery terminates inside
C
the bell in a spring . On this pino is a vulcanite ring 9 which passes through
a hole in the steering bar. The bell is provided with nuts, which is screwed on
to the vulcanite ring until it rests immediately upon the steering bar. One
pole is thus conducted to the underside of the gong the other to the inside of
the gong. The means for effecting the alternate closing and opening of the
circuit for the actuation of the hammer may be of any of the well known kinds.
The figure shews only one arrangement for this purpose.
In this arrangement the current goes from the bell t to the armature u against
which the contact point bears. This point is in communication; by the conductor w,
with the electro-magnet from which the other end of the wire y is led to the
insulated pin zagainst which the above mentioned spring
bears.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is;-
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An electric bell for cycles in which a properly insulated battery is suitably
arranged in the interior of the steering frame, the current from which battery

page_text: passes by a suitable conductor in the interior of the steering-bar to the push-
button which on being pressed effects a conducting connection with the steer-
ing bar and thereby with the bell t fixed thereon, substantially as described with
reference to the drawings.
S. KRAUS,.
Per W. H. Beck,
Agent.