Improvements in Foot-rests for Cycles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 3rd May, 1893-Accepted, 2nd June, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Foot-rests for Cycles.
I, GEORGE PILKINGTON MILLS, of Round Hill Cottage, Beeston, in the
County of Nottingham, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements in the construction of cycle foot-rests,
whereby the foot-rests may be attached to, or detached from, cycle forks in a more
satisfactory manner than heretofore, that is to say, when attached they are more
firmly and rigidly held or secured to the forks, and can be detached therefrom with
more ease than detachable foot-rests hitherto constructed.
For the purpose of my invention I form the foot-rest of sheet metal, preferably
brass, by bending the piece of sheet metal in such a manner that the broader
portion will partly surround the cycle fork, the narrow portion being serrated or
notched and constituting the part of the foot rest on which the foot of the cycle
rider is placed. At the point where the two ends of the bent sheet metal strip
meet, I form a lap or lap joint, and pass through said lap, or lap joint, and
through the portion of the strip opposite to it, a screw bolt parallel to the longer
axis of the cycle fork section, said bolt serving to make the foot rest clip the cycle
fork and secure it firmly thereto by means of nuts, preferably at the jointed side
of the rest, suitably tightened up.
I prefer to construct the bolt with a head shaped like a nut and thick washer,
and where said bolt passes through the lap, or lap joint, I arrange, by preference,
a nut and washer at each side of the joint; or I employ a back nut formed like a
nut and thick washer. The bolt may be of small diameter, say, for instance,
about an eighth of an inch, and the parts of the foot rest are neater and, for the
same strength, lighter than any hitherto constructed.
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ERNEST DE PASS,
Chartered Patent Agent,
78, Fleet Street, London, and 6, Victoria Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Foot-rests for Cycles.
I, GEORGE PILKINGTON MILLS, of Round Hill Cottage, Beeston, in the
County of Nottingham, Civil Engineer, 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, reference being had
to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that
is to say:
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of cycle foot-rests,
whereby they may be attached to, or detached from, cycle forks in a more
satisfactory manner than heretofore, that is to say, when attached they are more
firmly and rigidly held or secured to the forks, and can be detached therefrom
with more ease than detachable foot-rests hitherto constructed.
For the purpose of my invention I form the foot-rest of sheet steel, or other
metal, by bending a piece of sheet metal in such a manner that the broader portion
will partly surround the cycle fork, the narrower portion being serrated or notched
and constituting the part of the foot-rest on which the foot of the cycle rider is

page_text: placed. At the point where the two ends of the bent sheet metal strip meet, I
form a lap or lap-joint and pass through said lap or lap-joint and through the
portion of the strip opposite to it, a screw bolt parallel to the longer axis of the
cycle fork section, said bolt serving to make the foot-rest clip the cycle fork and
secure firmly thereto by means of nuts, preferably at the jointed side of the rest,
suitably tightened up.
I prefer to construct the bolt with a head shaped like a nut and thick washer,
and a back nut, or nut and washer are preferably arranged at the lap-joint.
My invention will be understood by reference to the annexed drawings in
which :-
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Fig. 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2 a side view of a foot-rest constructed according
to my invention.
Fig. 3 is a front view, and Fig. 4 a side view of a modified construction of my
improved cycle foot-rest.
a is the strip of sheet metal which is bent as shown, and its ends brought
together so as to form a lap or lap-joint at 6, and said strip is notched or serrated
at 6. The bolt or screw c is passed through the lap or lap-joint and is secured,
after the nut, or nuts, d has, or have, been tightened up by means of a back nut e
and washer f, or by a back nut only as shown in Fig. 3. In the modification
shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the meeting ends of the strip are reduced in thickness, so
that when brought together they form a flush joint, the washer f described with
reference to Figs. 1 and 2 being, in this instance, dispensed with.
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. The improved construction of cycle foot-rest from a single strip of sheet metal
so bent as to form at its ends a lap or lap-joint and which joint is secured by a
tightening-up bolt or screw, furnished with nuts and washers, or their equivalent,
substantially as described and shown.
2. In a cycle foot-rest formed as above described, the employment and arrange-
ment of a back nut or nut and washer at the lap or lap-joint, as described and
shown.
3. My improvements in cycle foot-rests, substantially as herein before described
and shown by the annexed drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of May 1893.