Appliance for use in connection with Brakes for Velocipedes.
Year: 1897

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Appliance for use in connection with Brakes for Velocipedes.
I, FREDERICK EDWARD BLACKETT BEAUMONT, of St. Margaret's Mansions,
Victoria Street, Westminster, Colonel, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion 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 a construction of brakes for velocipedes described in the
Specification to my Patent No. 22932 of 1896, and my application for a Patent
No. 12280 of 1897, in the former of which, the mud guard of the steering wheel is
made to serve as a brake, by affording its upper end spring action and pressing
it down upon the tyre of the wheel by means of a foot, while in the latter a plate,
which may or may not carry the mud guard, serves as the foot brake. In thus
acting upon the brake with the foot it has been found difficult to graduate the
pressure of the foot with such nicety as to be able at one time to apply the brake
only very slightly.
According to my present invention I remedy this disadvantage by fixing to the
cycle frame at a certain point behind the place where the foot is applied to the
brake, a support for the heel of the foot so that on resting the foot upon this sup-
port, the rider can readily apply the front end of the foot to the brake with any
degree of pressure, varying from the slightest to the strongest that may be required.
The accompanying drawing shews the said support in combination with the con-
struction of brake above referred to, Fig. 1 shews a side view and Fig. 2 a plan.
The mud guard A has its upper end fixed to a plate B carrying the india rubber
brake pad, which latter can be extended as far as may be desirable down the mud
guard. The plate B has lateral projections B₁ for the application of the feet,
and is fixed to a tubular guide C sliding within a tube D fixed in the steering
tube E, the plate B and its guide tube C being held in a raised position by a
spring F having its upper end attached to tube D. The construction of the brake
device here shewn is similar to that described in my said application for Letters
Patent No. 12280 dated 18th May 1897. At the required distance behind the
projections B¹ of plate B I attach to the bar G of the cycle frame the foot support
consisting of a bar H extending on each side of a clamping ring I secured on the
bar G, and preferably carrying pedals J for the support of the heel of the foot.
Thus on placing the one foot or both feet upon the support so that the toe rests
upon the projection B' of the plate B, as indicated by dotted lines, it will be seen
that the rider can easily control the amount of pressure applied to the brake.
It will also be seen that the support H can also be used as a substitute for the
foot rests usually fixed to the fork of the steering wheel.
Although I have shewn my invention in combination with a brake plate having
a mud guard attached thereto, yet it is to be understood that it is equally appli-
cable to the arrangement of the plate without a mud guard or of a inud guard
alone constituting the brake as described in Patent No. 22932 of 1896.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-

page_text: 1. The use, in combination with the construction of brakes applied by the foot
such as herein referred to, of a foot support arranged on the bar G of the cycle
frame behind the brake pedal, for supporting the foot while applying the brake in
order to enable the pressure applied by the foot to be accurately graduated, sub-
stantially as described. ⚫
2. The combination with a foot brake such as B B₁ C, of a foot support consist-
ing of a bar H connected by a clamping ring I to the bar G of the cycle frame,
and carrying pedals J substantially as and for the purposes described.
Datod thie 26th day of August 1807
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.