Improved Method of and Means for Applying the Brakes of Cycles.
Year: 1897

page_text: This Print is in accordance with the Original Specification as it stands after
Amendment (under Section 11 of the Patents, &c. Act, 1883) as required by
the decision of the Comptroller General of the 14th day of June 1898.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Method of and Means for Applying the Brakes of Cycles.
I, BENJAMIN WHITELEY, of Stanley Mills, Penistone, in the County of York,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved method of or means for applying the brakes
of cycles, the object being to enable the rider to put on the brake by a movement of
the body and so to relieve the hands from that duty which is sometimes required to
be done, when all the power of the hands is engaged in controlling the machine.
I propose therefore to use the saddle for this purpose, by so pivotting or otherwise
fixing it that it may have a rocking or a horizontal or vertical sliding motion, given
to it at the will of the rider, capable of operating the brake lever either directly or
by means of intermediate connections.
I may instead of pivotting the entire saddle only use a separated back portion of
the saddle, or an addition to the back of the saddle for the same purpose.
According to one method in which the brake is to be applied to the back wheel, I
attach the brake lever by means of a connecting rod to the hind part of the saddle,
and pivot it to the back fork, the brake shoe or block being below that position.
When the back of the saddle is depressed by the movement of the rider, the brake
lever is pushed down, and this action forces the brake block (or its equivalent)
against the wheel.
According to another method in which I use a brake constructed to act upon the
surface of the road, I use a brake lever either with a single shoe, or one constructed
as a fork to pass on each side of the back wheel, preferably having a shoe upon
each fork.
The brake lever of either construction is pivotted to a suitable part of the frame
or to a fixture thereto, and its top end is connected directly by a rod to the front
part of the rocking saddle.
Thus when the rider by a movement of his body causes the back of the saddle to
descend, and the front part to rise, the shoe end of the brake lever is pressed upon
the ground with whatever force the rider wishes to use.
The details of the brake, and the mode of its connection with the saddle may be
varied to suit different machines and requirements, without interfering with the
invention.
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1007
ROBT. F. DRURY, C.P.A.,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: Improved Method of and Means for Applying the Brakes of Cycles.
I, BENJAMIN WHITELEY, of Stanley Mills, Penistone, in the County of York,
Manufacturer, 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 an improved method of, or means for applying the brake
of a cycle, the object being to relieve the hands of the cyclist from that duty, the
brake being often required when the hands are fully engaged in steering and con-
trolling the machine. I therefore propose to enable the rider to put the brake into
action by a movement of the body upon the saddle.
The annexed drawing Fig. 1, represents an effective and simple method of
carrying out my invention, but it must be understood that the construction must
necessarily be varied to suit different classes of cycles such as those shown in
Fig. 2.
Referring to the drawing Fig. 1, A, is the saddle; B, is the spring saddle frame;
C, is the crutch head; D is the diagonal tube; E is the back fork; T is the tyre
of the back wheel, and Gis the mud guard.
In putting my invention into practice in the manner shown, I secure the saddle A,
to a clamp K, so that it can rock upon an axis or pivot at P, which is secured to the
crutch head C, on the back end of which I affix a bracket H, having preferably a
squared hole made through it to receive and guide the brake rod I, upon the
Tshaped head of which the spring saddle frame B rests.
The lower end of the brake rod terminates with a brake block B B, which is raised
and sustained clear of the tyre T of the cycle wheel by means of a spring S, which
also keeps the head of the brake rod in contact with the saddle frame, and raises
the back of the saddle to its normal position.
For the purpose of adjusting the length of the brake rod to the various heights of
the saddle any suitable device may be adopted such as the one shown, which
consists in making the rod I in two lengths, screwing one with a right hand thread,
and the other with a left hand thread and connecting them with a coupling nut J,
as will be well understood.
When therefore the rider wishes to apply the brake, he either sits more erect, or
moves back upon the saddle A, in either case causing the saddle to rise in front and
to lower at the back; this action depresses the brake rod I, and applies the brake
block B B, to the wheel.
Instead of using a direct action as shown in the drawings, I may cause the rod I,
or its equivalent to press upon or indirectly to actuate a pivotted brake lever, and
thus apply the brake.
In some cases I connect the brake rod to the front part of the saddle, and its
lower end to the end of a brake lever pivotted to a convenient part of the frame of
the cycle, the other end of the said lever being made of sufficient length to be
pressed upon the ground when desired.
Instead of having a single end as described, the end of the lever may be made
forked or double, one end to pass down on each side of the back wheel and each to
be provided with a removable shoe upon the end which is to be pressed upon the
ground.
Although I prefer to use a rocking motion of the saddle to operate the brake, I
can attain the same result by causing the saddle to move backwards upon the
crutch.

page_text: According to the modification shown in Fig. 2 the saddle A, is supported by
two bearings L which encircle and slide upon the upper part of the crutch piece U.
To keep the saddle upright the bearings L, extend down below the crutch C, and
are provided with rods M, which bear against the clutch stem D.
The saddle is retained in its forward position by a spring N.
A gradient O, is carried by the saddle, so that when the saddle is moved back by
the rider, it passes under a small wheel Q, fixed upon the brake rod I, lifting the
rod and applying the brake block or blocks B B, to the under side of the wheel
rim.
The brake rod is held by the brackets R¹ and R³, and the spring S, returns the
brake to its normal position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1-In cycles, a brake operated by a rocking movement, a sliding movement, or
other equivalent movement of the saddle as hereinbefore described.
2-In cycles, a brake having its lower limbs to press upon the ground, operated
by a movement of the saddle, as herein before described.
3-In cycles a brake operated by a movement of the saddle, as hereinbefore
described and shown.
1007
ROBT. F. DRURY,
Agent for Applicant.