An Improved Telescopic Mud Guard or Protector for Bicycles, Tricycles, and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 15th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 26th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Telescopic Mud Guard or Protector for Bicycles,
Tricycles, and the like.
RICHARD WILKINSON, Hairdresser 126 Manchester Street Oldham in the
County of Lancashire England, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
.
My invention which relates to "An Improved Telescopic Mud Guard or Protector
for Bicycles, Tricycles & the like," to prevent the riders of such machines being
splashed or spotted with the dirt from off the wheels when in motion, as well as, to
admit of the riders to dispense with the guard or protector, when necessary, as on
clean roads, the framework of the guards being at the same time always on the
machines whether in use or not & when not in use it is concealed in a telescopic
manner. My improved guard or protector, consists of two pieces of quarter inch
brass tubing or other suitable material of about twenty inches long, bent in the
form of a quadrant fixed to the framework of such machines, posed directly over
the outside edges of the indiarubber tyres of the wheels in a circular fashion, into
these tubes is fitted a piece of steel wire of U form, bent also in a quadrant form,
which slides in & out in a telescopic manner. On to the top side of this U shaped
steel wire & the two brass tubes, is fixed or stretched a cover of macintosh, patent
leather or other suitable material, made slightly broader at one end in a tapering
manner, which cover is held in position by means of brass clips & studs at one end
& by a brass ring engaging at the other end with the bolt that fastens the
framework of the mud guard or protector to the machines. The middle portion of
the cover is fixed by spring clips & therefore by means of this cover the riders are
entirely protected from any dirt that may be thrown off the wheels. The guard
or protector need not be taken off or even seen when running on clean roads, as it -
can be concealed at once, by taking off the macintosh cover from the studs &
pushing the steel wire into the brass tubes, the cover being put in the rider's
satchel.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Telescopic Mud Guard or Protector for Bicycles,
Tricycles, and the like.
I, RICHARD WILKINSON of 126, Manchester Street Oldham, Lancashire,
Hairdresser, 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 improved telescopic mud guard or protector for
bicycles, tricycles, and the like and has for its object to prevent the riders of such
imachines being splashed or spotted with the dirt from off the wheels when in
motion, as well as to allow the riders to dispense with the guards or protectors when
required, as on clean roads, the framework of the guards being always on the
machine whether in use or not and when not in use it is concealed in a telescopic
manner. My improved guard or protector consists of two pieces of tubing of
brass, iron, or other suitable material, and, of sufficient length, bent into the form
of a quadrant, fixed, to, the framework of the machine and placed directly over the
india-rubber tyres of the wheels in a circular fashion. Into these tubes is fitted a
piece of wire of U form bent also into a quadrant which slides in and out the

page_text: aforementioned tubes in a telescopic manner. On the top side of this U shaped
wire is fixed or stretched over a cover of mackintosh, patent leather, or other
suitable material made, slightly broader at one end and tapering towards the other
end, said cover being held in position by means of brass clips rivetted on to same,
the said rivets being provided with washers to prevent the cover from being torn,
while the middle portion of the cover is fixed by spring clips, therefore by means
of this cover the riders are protected from any dirt that may be thrown off the
wheels. It is not necessary to remove the guard or protector when riding over
clean roads, as it can be almost concealed by removing the mackintosh cover and
pushing the wire into the tubes.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will now proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a side view of the frames for the front and back wheel of a safety
bicycle, Fig. 2 is a plan of same.
Fig. 3 is an underside view of the two frames with the covers attached and
Fig. 4 is an underside view of the covers themselves.
In the figures the larger guard or cover is intended for the rear or driving wheel
while the smaller one is intended for the front wheel.
b
The framework of my improved mud guard consists of two parts, the part a
formed of the two tubes a' a¹ joined together at one end by the plate b¹, and the
part 6 composed of one piece of wire bent to the required form and sliding within
the aforementioned tubes. The plates are furnished with holes or perforations h
in order that the mud guards may be conveniently attached to the machine, while
the larger mud guard designed for the back wheel, is furnished with an additional
plate p for that purpose. The said plates b¹ are further provided with slots e by
means of which one end of the covers C is attached, while the parts 6 of the frames
have cross bars d for attaching the other ends of the said covers.
The covers
consist of two strips of mackintosh, patent leather or other suitable material slightly
larger at one end than at the other, and provided at either end with clips or
hooks c c the front ones entering the slots e and the rear ones engaging with the
cross bars d of the frames. In order to keep the middle portions of the covers
down, the larger one for the back wheel is provided with spring clips s centrally
pivoted to the plates z which plates are attached to the cover by means of studs or
rivets & and washers, these spring clips being capable of revolving, while the
smaller cover for the front wheel is furnished with an additional clip or hook c
which engages with the cross bar p of the frame for that purpose.
When the roads are dry and the mud guards are not required, the covers are
removed and the rear parts b of the frame contained within the fore parts a, when
however the mud guards are required for use the hooks or clips c are passed
through the slots e in the plates 6 and the clips or hooks c¹ passed over the cross
bars d, the rear part of the frame is then drawn out until the cover is stretched
taut, when the middle portion of the cover, in the case of the rear wheel, is fixed
by turning the clips & under the tubes a³ a2 and in the case of the front wheel by
means of the clip or hook c² engaging with the additional cross bar p.
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 :-
The
new
or improved telescopic mud guard, arranged, and constructed
substantially as herein described & shown and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 26th day of October 1802
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.