Improvements in and relating to Velocipedes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 6th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 12th Oct., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Velocipedes.
I, FRANK BOWDEN, Managing Director of The Raleigh Cycle Company,
Limited, of Russell Street, Nottingham, in the County of Notts, Cycle Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improvement in the construction of frames for bicycles,
tricycles and other velocipedes, and it relates particularly to the forward part of
the main frame carrying the pedal-crank axle, saddle and driving wheel or wheels,
between the pedal-crank axle bracket and the steering head or socket, the object
being to dispense with the usual top member or bar and thus drop the frame without
reducing its rigidity and strength.
I attain this end by connecting the front tube of that part of the frame carrying
the pedal-crank axle, saddle and driving wheel or wheels, with the steering socket
or head by means of three tubes, one of which runs independently from the said
front tube of that part of the main frame carrying the pedal-crank axle, saddle and
driving wheel or wheels to the steering socket or head and the other two run
diagonally therefrom crossing each other. The single independent tube may be
placed either below or above the crossed tubes, preferably below them, and if
desired the crossed tubes at their point of intersection may be braced to the single
tube by any suitable form of strut.
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ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, M.I.M. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in and relating
I, FRANK BOWDEN, Managing Director of The Raleigh Cycle Company,
Limited, of Russell Street, Nottingham, in the County of Notts, Cycle Manu-
facturer, 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 an improvement in the construction of frames for bicycles,
tricycles, and other velocipedes, and it relates particularly to the forward part of
the main frame carrying the pedal-crank axle, saddle and driving wheel or wheels
between the pedal-crank axle bracket and the steering head or socket, the object
being to dispense with the usual top member or bar and thus drop the frame without
reducing its rigidity and strength.
I attain this end in the manner shown by the accompanying drawing in which :-
Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a frame adapted for a safety bicycle.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
The member A of that part of the frame carrying the pedal crank-axle, saddle
and driving wheel or wheels is connected with the steering socket or head B by
means of three members-preferably tubular-C, C and C³, the former of which

page_text: runs independently from the tube A to the base of the steering socket or head B
and the other two run diagonally therefrom crossing each other as shown. The
single independent member C may be placed either below or above the crossed
members C1 and C2, preferably below them, and if desired the crossed members C¹
and C at their point of intersection may be braced to the single member C by a
strut c as shown in dotted lines.
If desired a removable strut such as c'-shown in dotted lines-may be employed
between the top of the member A. and the top of the steering socket or head B.
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.) A frame for bicycles, tricycles and other velocipedes the forward part of
which, between the steering socket and head and the part adapted to carry the
pedal-crank axle the saddle and the driving wheel or wheels, consists essentially of
an independent member C and of two members C1 and C2 crossed diagonally either
above or below the independent member, as set forth.
(2.) A frame for bicycles, tricycles and other velocipedes the forward part of
which, between the steering socket and head and the part adapted to carry the
pedal-crank axle the saddle and the driving wheel or wheels, consists essentially of
an independent member C, of two members C1 and C2 crossed diagonally either
above or below the independent member, of a strut such as c bracing the single
member C to the crossed members C' and C² at their points of intersection, and of
a removable strut such as c¹ for connecting the top of the steering socket or head B
with the top of the member A.
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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.