An Improvement in the Saddle Bar or Rod which supports the Saddle of Cycles, Bicycles or Tricycles of any Description.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 11th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 4th Dec., 1897
IDIONAL
An Improvement in the Saddle Bar or Rod which supports the
Saddle of Cycles, Bicycles or Tricycles of any Description.
CHARLES ALEXANDER MCCOMBIE Coburg Lodge Gloucester Road Teddington
Mantle Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This Invention claims the advantage of lessening the vibration of the Cycle rider
and to make the seat of the Machine more comfortable and riding less injurious,
insomuch as it lessens the jarring and jerking of the seat or saddle. This invention
consists of a telescoping rod inserted into the saddle bar or tube which supports the
saddle. At the foot of this telescoping bar is placed a spring upon which the weight
of the rider rests or is supported. The rod is grooved into the barrel to maintain
correct position. The rider's weight travelling upon this spring or telescoping rod or
saddle bar will greatly lessen vibration & be of great advantage to all Cycle
riders.
An Improvement in the Saddle Bar or Rod which supports the
Saddle of Cycles, Bicycles or Tricycles of any Description.
I CHARLES ALEXANDER MCCOMBIE of Coburg Lodge Gloucester Road Teddington.
Mantle 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 :-
This invention which consists of an improvement in the saddle bar, or seat pillar
which supports the saddle of cycles, bicycles or tricycles of every description, claims
the advantage of lessening the vibration to the rider, making the seat or saddle more
comfortable, and renders riding less injurious, as it reduces the jerking and jarring
of the saddle, when the machine is passing over rough or uneven roads, to
a minimum.
My invention is carried into effect by providing the bar which carries the saddle
with an additional tube or cylinder into which it slides or telescopes and the bar
(which is preferably hollow throughout) terminates in a rod, the end of which is
tapped, and projects through an opening in the end of the aforesaid telescoping
tube or cylinder. That portion of the bar or seat pillar which slides in the telescoping
tube has cut in it a groove or keyway, and corresponding to this groove or keyway,
is a projecting piece running longitudinally down the tube and which serves to keep

page_text: the saddle bar or pin firmly in its place. Over the rod is coiled a spring of the usual
spiral type and of the necessary strength, and upon this spring rests the bar, or
pillar seat carrying the saddle, the spring resting upon a seating at the bottom of the
cylinder or telescoping tube, the whole being adjusted and secured by nuts threaded
upon the projecting tapped end.
The telescoping tube fits into the framing of the machine and is secured therein
in the usual way.
I will now describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 of which is an elevation and Figure 2 an end elevation with a section of
the telescoping tube or cylinder removed and showing the spring in position.
A, Figures and 2 is that portion of the hollow bar which carries the saddle, and
A Figures 1 and 2 is the portion of the bar which slides or telescopes into the
tube B. C is the projecting rod and c the tapped end upon which are theaded
the securing and adjusting nuts a. b. D Figure 2 is the spring; & Figure 2 is the
slot cut in that portion of the hollow bar A¹ and shewn by dotted line in Figure 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. The insertion of a coiled or spiral spring into a tube or cylinder forming part of
the saddle bar or seat pillar so that when the whole is adjusted and fitted into the
framing of the machine the spring acts as a cushion absorbing shocks and jars and
reducing the vibration ordinarily felt by the rider to a minimum, all as herein before
fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. The cutting of a Slot or Keyway in that portion of the bar or seat pillar which
projects or slides into the telescoping tube and which slot corresponds with
a projecting piece on the inside of the aforesaid tube for preventing any turning
movement of the bar and saddle all as hereinbefore fully described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 17th day of November 1907
T. B. BROWNE, LIMITED
Agents for the Applicant, 163 Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.