IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO BAND BRAKES FOR VELOCIPEDES
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I EDWARD RICHARD SETTLE, of Fleet Street, Coventry in the county of
Warwick Velocipede Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO BAND BRAKES FOR VELOCIPEDES," to
bo as follows:-
Band brakes as applied to velocipedes at present have the flexible band or strap
arranged to pull upwards whether operated by lever screw or otherwise.
'The effect of this arrangement is that on suddenly applying the brake the driving
wheels are lifted off from the ground to the danger and inconvenience of the rider
and shock to the machine.
Now my invention is designed to obviate this and consists in arranging the band
brake and the method of working the same by which the driving wheels are
caused to bite the ground still harder instead of being lifted off it.
In carrying out my invention I arrange suitable brackets carried by or connected
to the frame and place the pin or fulcrum carrying one end of the band or strap on
it below and in front of the axis of the brake drum. Bearings are formed in the
brackets in which works an adjustable handle carrying a toothed pinion at its end.
The lower end of the brake strap after being carried over the top of the drum is
connected to a rack moving in a groove or guide and gearing in the pinion, a spring
or springs keeping both up to each other. Thus to apply the brake the handle is
revolved pulling the band or strap. In place of pinion and rack the handle can
carry a radial arm or disc with slot to which the brake strap or band can be
attached and the handle can be arranged to be locked in any position to keep on
the brake with more or less force or I may adapt other means of accomplishing this.
Dated 13th day of March 1884.
POPPLEWELL, COLTON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I EDWARD RICHARD SETTLE of Fleet Street Coventry in the county of
Warwick Velocipede Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO BAND BRAKES FOR VELOCIPEDES" and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
Band brakes as applied to velocipedes at present have the flexible band or strap
arranged to pull upwards whether operated by lever screw or otherwise.
The effect of this arrangement is that on suddenly applying the brake the driving
wheels are lifted off from the ground to the danger or inconvenience of the rider
and causing shock to the machine.
Now my invention is designed to obviate this and consists in arranging the band
brake and the method of working the same so that the driving wheels are caused
to bite the ground still harder instead of being lifted off it.
In carrying out my invention I arrange suitable brackets carried by or connected
to the frame and place the pin or fulcrum carrying one end of the band or strap on
it below and in front of the axis of the brake drum. Bearings are formed in the
brackets in which works an adjustable handle carrying a toothed pinion at its end.
The lower end of the brake strap after being carried over the top of the drum is
connected to a rack moving in a groove or guide and gearing in the pinion, a spring
or springs keeping both up to each other. Thus to apply the brake the handle is
revolved pulling the band or strap. In place of pinion and rack the handle can
carry a radial arm or disc with slot to which the brake strap or band can be
attached and the handle can be arranged to be locked in any position to keep on
the brake with more or less force or I may adopt other means of accomplishing
this.
The accompanying sheet of drawings shews an arrangement of such brako.
Fig 1 is a side elevation.
Fig 2 a front elevation of part of one side of a loop framed tricycle though it
will be seen that my invention can be also applied to tricycles of the central gear
(whether front or rear steering) type, or to other velocipedes such as parallel
wheeled bicycles.
A is the brake drum on the balance-driven, or otherwise driven shaft or spindle B.
C the usual brake strap fitted over the same.
One end of the brake strap is fastened to a fulcrum E placed as shewn below
the driving axle or spindle carrying the drum.
I prefer to use a square pin E to which the brake strap is attached by being
bent over and rivetted or otherwise so that the elasticity of the strap aided by the
square pin when the brake handle is not operated tends to keep it off the drum or
I can use a spring for the purpose.
The other end of the brake strap is fastened to a rack G operated by a pinion H
on the handle rod I or a screw and nut could be used or lever and slot or other
means of effecting the desired result. I can also operate my arrangement by the
foot if desired and I could use a ratchet or other arrangement to hold the brake in
any desired position.
A bracket or brackets J on the frame K carry the bearing of the spindle and the
support for the fulcrum of the brake strap and the rack and pinion.
In place of the arrangement shewn the brake drum may be placed over the gear
described in my Letters Patent 561283 instead of being on the driving side of a
machine and I do not bind myself to any particular position in placing a brake
drum fitted with my invention.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and the manner of performing the same I would have it understood
that what I claim is
In band brakes for velocipedes, arranging that end of the band connected to the
lever or operating handle to be pulled under (in contradistinction to over) the axis
of the brake drum as and for the purposes described.
E. R. SETTLE.
By E. Gardner Colton, A.S.T.E.
(Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents),
Of the firm of Popplewell, Colton & Co.,
17 & 18, Southampton Buildings, W.C.
OTT.
E. R. SETTLE.
By E. Gardner Colton, A.S.T.E.
(Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents),
Of the firm of Popplewell, Colton & Co.,
17 & 18, Southampton Buildings, W.C.