Improvements in and relating to Velocipedes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 20 V., 1090
Complete Specification Left, 28th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 17th Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Velocipedes.
I, WILLIAM HENRY BROOKER of 24, Meek Street, Chelsea, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows
This invention relates to an improved lock for the steering heads or joints of
velocipedes, and it consists essentially of a lever fulcrated on a pin carried by the
top of the socket of the steering head, one end of the said lever having a tongue
adapted to engage with a radial groove or recess in the adjustable cone or its
equivalent on the steering stem. To keep the said tongue either engaged with the
groove or recess to lock the steering head and prevent any movement of one part
with respect to the other, or to keep it clear thereof to make the parts of the
head free, a vertical finger or pointer controlled by a spring is mounted near the
pin on which the lever is fulcrated, the end of the said finger or pointer being
adapted to engage with one of two recesses in the underside of the lever corre-
sponding with the positions the said lever occupies when it is both operative and
inoperative.
Dated this 28th dow of November 1905
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in and relating to Velocipedes.
I, WILLIAM HENRY BROOKER of 24, Meek Street, Chelsea, in the County of
Middlesex, 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 :-
This invention relates to an improved lock for the steering heads or joints of
velocipedes, and it consists essentially of a lever fulcrated on a pin carried by the
top of the socket of the steering head, one end of the said lever having a tongue
adapted to engage with a radial groove or recess in the adjustable cone or its
equivalent on the steering stem. To keep the said tongue either engaged with the
groove or recess to lock the steering head and prevent any movement of one part
with respect to the other, or to keep it clear thereof to make the parts of the
head free, a vertical finger or pointer controlled by a spring is mounted near the
pin on which the lever is fulcrated, the end of the said finger or pointer being
adapted to engage with one of two recesses in the underside of the lever corre-
sponding with the positions the said lever occupies when it is both operative and
inoperative.
In the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is a broken view in front elevation of a steering head fitted with

page_text: my invention the parts being slightly separate to make the construction more
clear.
Fig. 2 is a view in plan thereof and
Fig. 3 is a view in plan showing a modification.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
Referring to Figures 1 & 2 of the drawings, A designates the lever fulcrated on
the pin B screwed into the snug a formed on or attached to the socket X of the
steering head. a designates the tooth on one end of the lever A which is adapted
to engage with the recess or radial groove y in the adjustable cone Y or its
equivalent on the steering stem. C designates the vertical finger mounted in a
hole in the snug x. D designates the spring which presses the finger C upwards
and causes it to engage with one or other of two holes or recesses a' in the underside
of the lever A.
This construction provides a simple and ready means of locking the steering
heads of velocipedes.
As a modification I sometimes form on one or both ends of the lever A a small
bush a² in which is mounted a small set screw E adapted to engage with the
adjustable cone Y or its equivalent and prevent the lever A being moved on its
pivot until the screw is withdrawn. The bead of the screw E preferably lies in a
recess in the bush a² and it is shaped to enable it to be rotated by means of a
socket key.
Although the lever A is herein before described as mounted on the top of the
steering socket X it may be mounted on the bottom or on any other convenient
part thereof, or as a further modification the respective parts may be reversed
i.e., the toothed lever A be mounted on the steering pillar or its equivalent, and the
be formed in the steering socket or its equivalent.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare what I
claim is :-
1. The improved lock for the steering heads or joints of velocipedes substantially
as hereinbefore described.
2. A steering lock for velocipedes consisting essentially of a lever pivotted to
one part of the steering head by a pin the axis of which is in the same plane as
the axis of the steering head and having a tooth or its equivalent adapted to
engage with a notch or recess in the other part of the steering head and of a spring
controlled finger adapted to engage with holes or recesses in the locking lever to
hold it in both its operative and inoperative position as set forth.
3. The combination with a steering lock as claimed by the preceding claim of
one or more devices for locking the locking lever to prevent it being surreptitiously
moved as herein before described and illustrated by Fig. 3 of the accompanying
drawing.
Dated this 26th day of August 1896.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, A.M.I.C.E., M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent.