Improvements in Cycle Pedals.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Cycle Pedals.
I, WALTER GRIFFITHS, of Highgate Square, Moseley Road, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in cycle pedals by which I form
a combined toe clip and pedal, which normally remains in the required position
for engagement with the toe of the rider, while at the same time I obviate any
projection of the spindle bearings or lock nuts.
In carrying my invention into effect I form my combined toe clip and pedal,
with a wing plate on each side. These wing or side plates are each mounted upon
the spindle by the usual ball bearings the plate being slit horozontally and the
lower part bent inwards at the point where attached to the bearings, the upper
portion being shaped to form the side ears for retaining the foot in position. The
front ends of the wing plates are shaped and curved in to the centre where they'
are secured together so as to form a support for the toe, being also bent up at
the extreme ends to form a stop to the toe or they may be turned over sufficiently
to form a toe clip. At the rear end of the wing plates a rubber or rat trap bar
is fixed in between and is so balanced as regards its position and weight that
the pedal normally hangs with the toe clip side in a suitable position for the
toe to readily engage with the pedal. It will be understood that the bending
in of the lower part of the wing or side plates as before described prevents the
bearing nuts, and locking arrangement from projecting beyond the sides of the
pedal such bearings and fastenings being in my case arranged under the pedal
and within the limits of the sides.

page_text: and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention has for its object improvements in cycle pedals by which I form
a combined toe clip and pedal which normally remains in the required position
for engagement with the toe of the rider and which does not add any material
cost to that of an ordinary pedal.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practise I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which I have
fully illustrated the nature of my said improvement.
Figure 1 is a general view of one of my pedals.
Figure 2 is a front elevation of same and
Figure 3 is an end elevation.
Figure 4 is a view similar to part of Figure 1 but shewing a modification.
In carrying my invention into effect the side plates are mounted upon the
spindle in the usual way and these side plates may be so shaped and bent
as shewn by Figure 4 as to form the side ears A for retaining the foot in position.
I however prefer to form the ears A as part of the cross plates a¹ from the metal
of which they are bent into the form shewn by Figures 1, 2 and 3 and are secured
together by the said plates a¹ so as to form the support for the toe part of the
foot, being each bent up at the extreme ends a to form a stop to the toe part of the
foot or the metal of these parts may be reduced in thickness and may be continued
up and turned over sufficiently to form a toe clip. At the rear end of the wing
plates as a rubber bar may be substituted for the rat trap bar here shewn, each
side of the pedal being treated the same, so that in any case my pedals are so
balanced with regard to the position and weight of the clips, that the pedal is
always in an easy position for the toe to engage with the ears or clips A and
while the ears A meet all the requirements of a clip the do not prevent the feet
from being instantly disengaged and are therefore particularly suitable for the use
of ladies while there is little or no more projection which is likely to catch in their
dresses than in an ordinary pedal. It will thus be seen that a pedal provided
which without additional weight has reversable toe clips which are so balanced
as to be easy to engage 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:-
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1st. A pedal having ears or clips A which form part of the pedal frame a¹ or a¹
and are balanced, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and shewn
upon the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Sixth day of April 1898.
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LEWIS WM. GOOLD,
Agent for the Applicant, 5, Corporation Street, Birmingham!a