Improvements in and connected with the Steering Mechanism of Bicycles, Tricycles, and other like Velocipedes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 15th May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 16th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 18th Apr., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with the Steering Mechanism of
Bicycles, Tricycles, and other like Velocipedes.
I ERNEST SAMUEL of Llanelly in the County of Carmarthen, Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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My invention relates to the steering mechanism of bicycles, tricycles and other
like velocipedes, its object being to provide an effective steering gear which can be
used without the rider being compelled to stoop or lean forward, as is now the case
in many machines of this class.
My invention is applicable to many existing machines without much trouble and
alteration, and in carrying it into effect, I place a rigid tube at a convenient point
between the seat pillar and the front steering tube of an ordinary safety bicycle,
attached to the framework by suitable lugs, clips or the like, and stay rods where
necessary, and fix it parallel with said front steering tube. I provide the usual
ball bearings in the tube, upon which rests a steering pillar held in the tube, and
furnished with a handle bar situated a short distance in front of the saddle of the
velocipede.
To the lower end of the steering pillar I attach a cross-bar of suitable length
which when in position will be exactly opposite the top of the fork of the steering
wheel, the ends of the cross bar being provided with pins or bolts for holding the
ends of two rods which are connected at their other ends with the sides of the
fork of the steering wheel either by means of hinges or in any other suitable
manner.
It will be seen that when the handle bar is turned in one direction or the
other, the steering wheel responds, owing to the presence of the two rods connecting
said wheel with the cross bar of the steering pillar, and the position of the handles
is such that greater power and control over the machine is commanded than by the
use of existing steering arrangements.
Although I have described my invention as applied to an ordinary safety bicycle,
it is nevertheless applicable, with but slight modification, to other bicycles, tricycles
or velocipedes, in which a steering pillar is employed.
The brake is actuated from the handle bar by a convenient arrangement of rods
and cranks.
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Improvements in and connected with the Steering Mechanism of
Bicycles, Tricycles, and other like Velocipedes.
I, ERNEST SAMUEL, of Llanelly, in the County of Carmarthen, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to the steering mechanism of bicycles, tricycles, and other
like velocipedes, its object being to provide an effective steering gear which can be
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page_text: used without the rider being compelled to stoop or lean forward as is now the case
in many machines of this class.
My invention is intended for use with safety bicycles and tricycles having an
inclined or vertical steering pillar situated at some distance in front of the saddle,
and in order to more clearly describe and ascertain the nature of my said invention,
I have attached to this Specification a drawing, to which I shall hereafter refer,
showing my steering mechanism applied to a diamond shaped frame of well known
construction.
In carrying my said invention into effect, I place a rigid tube A at a convenient
point between the seat pillar B and the front steering tube C of an ordinary safety
bicycle, attached at its upper end to the upper frame bar D by a suitable lug
clip D' or the like, and at its lower end by a similar lug clip or the like D' to a
rod N passing from the seat pillar B to the lower frame bar O, or said rod N may
be in two parts, joined together by said lug D'. I fix said tube A parallel with
front steering tube C, and may provide ball bearings E upon which rests a steering
pillar F held in said tube and furnished with a handle bar G situated a short
distance in front of the saddle pin H of the velocipede.
At or near the lower end of the steering pillar À I attach a cross bar or plate J
of suitable length which, when in position will be exactly opposite the top of the
fork crown K of the steering wheel, the ends of said cross bar J being provided
with pins or bolts L, or otherwise arranged for holding the ends of two rods M
which are connected at their other ends with the sides of the fork crown of the
steering wheel by means of binges or in other suitable manner.
It will be seen that when the handle bar G is turned in one direction or the
other, the steering wheel responds, owing to the presence of the two rods M
connecting said wheel with the cross bar J of the steering pillar F, and the position
of the is such that greater power and control over the machine is possible than by
the use of existing steering arrangements.
Although I have described my invention as applied to an ordinary safety bicycle,
it is nevertheless applicable, with but slight modification, to other bicycles
tricycles or velocipedes, in which a steering pillar is employed.
The brake is actuated from the handle bar by a convenient arrangement of rods
and cranks, as will be well understood.
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 bicycles, tricycles, and other like velocipedes having a steering pillar at
some distance in front of the saddle, the use of an interposed steering pillar and
handle bar, controlling the steering wheel by means of a cross piece and connecting
rods, substantially as herein before described with reference to the drawing.
2. The improvements in and connected with the steering mechanism of bicycles,
tricycles, and other like velocipedes, substantially as hereinbefore described and
shown by the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 16th day of March 1896.
STANLEY, POPPLEWELL & Co.,
7 & 8 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.