Improvements in or relating to Pedals for Velocipedes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 15th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 27th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 31st Mar., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Pedals for Velocipedes.
I, JOHN BOYD DUNLOP, of Talbot House, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland,
Veterinary Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
My invention relates to pedals for velocipedes.
The object of my said invention is to provide an improved pedal or pedal attach-
ment which will enable the rider to lift or pull the pedal upwards if he so wishes
The rider can engage and
as well as to apply the usual downward thrust.
disengage his feet from my improved pedals as readily as from those of the ordinary
pattern.
According to my invention I provide a bar of steel or other suitable material
which is bolted or otherwise secured to the pedal and bent in such a manner as to
admit of the upper and inner portion of the foot or shoe engaging therewith when
in the ordinary position on the pedal.
The said bar is preferably padded with rubber, leather, cloth or the like to
prevent the rider's foot being chafed or galled. The said pedal attachment may
be used in combination with suitable blocks nailed or otherwise attached to the sole
of the shoe.
I prefer that the pedals to which my attachment is to be added should be con-
structed without the usual lug on the outer side or end thereof so as to facilitate
the disengagement of the rider's foot.
My improved pedal allows the rider to exert a turning couple on the axle when
a pedal is ascending as well as when it is descending thus enabling work to be done
during the entire revolution of the crank.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Pedals for Velocipedes.
I, JOHN BOYD DUNLOP, of Talbot House, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland,
Veterinary Surgeon, 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 pedals for velocipedes.
The object of my said invention is to provide an improved pedal or pedal
attachment which will enable the rider to lift or pull the pedal upwards if he so
wishes as well as to apply the usual downward thrust. The rider can engage and
disengage his feet from my improved pedals as readily as from those of the ordinary
pattern.
According to my invention I provide a bar or plate of steel or other suitable
material which is bolted or otherwise secured to the pedal and bent in such a.
manner as to admit of the upper and inner portion of the foot or shoe engaging
therewith when in the ordinary position on the pedal. The said bar or plate is

page_text: preferably padded with rubber, leather cloth or the like to prevent the rider's foot
being chafed or galled.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood I will now proceed
to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a front elevation partly sectional of a pedal constructed according to
my invention,
Figure 2 is a plan, and
Figure 3 is a side view of the same.
A is the pedal which is shewn of the rat-trap pattern but may be of any ordinary
type; B'is the crank. C is a bar or plate of metal of any suitable shape bent
approximately to the form shewn and secured to the pedal by a suitable bolt or
bolts C. C is a pad of rubber, leather, cloth or the like secured to the end of
said bar. The dot and dash lines shew the outline of a rider's foot in position on
the pedal. It will be readily seen that when the pedal is ascending, the rider can,
through the medium of the bar C, lift or pull the pedal upwards and thereby
assist the other foot which is pressing on the descending pedal at the other end of
the crank axle."
I prefer that the side bar A' of the pedals to which my attachment is to be
added should be straight at the top as shewn in the drawing and without the
projection which is usually formed thereon. The disengagement of the rider's
foot side-ways is thereby facilitated.
The bar or plate above described may be formed in one piece with one of the
side or other parts of the pedal.
The said pedal attachment may be used in combination with suitable blocks
nailed or otherwise attached to the sole of the shoe.
My improved pedal allows the rider to exert a turning couple on the axle when
a pedal is ascending as well as when it is descending thus enabling work to be done
during the entire revolution of the crank.
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 combination, with the pedal, of a bar or plate formed therewith or
secured thereto, with or without padding at its end, substantially as, and for the
purpose, specified.
2. The improved combined pedal and attachment, substantially as described and
shown in the drawing, for the purpose specified.
Dated this 27th day of February 1894.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.