Improvements in Brakes for Bicycles, Tricycles, and other similar Vehicles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd July, 1893
omplete Specification Left, 21st Apr., 1894-Accepted, 25th May, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brakes for Bicycles, Tricycles, and other
similar Vehicles.
I, FREDERICK VERNON RUSSELL of No. 64 Bolton Road Romford Road
Stratford in the County of Essex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:
My invention relates to Improvements in Brakes for Bicycles Tricycles, and
other similar Vehicles. It consists of an en lless band, or of a strip of rubber, or
other suitable material, (not necessarily of uniform section), which may have
canvas, steel, or other strengthening substance vulcanised or fastened to it by
other means, through the whole, or part of its length.
In this band or strip may be cut one or more holes, through which, the rod
carrying the spoon brake, that is usually fitted to a velocipede can pass, the band
or strip can then be sprung over the spoon.
In place of, or in addition to the hole, or holes in the band, or strip, the band or
strip may be fastened to the spoon by wire, laces, suitable clips, or other fastenings.
Dated this 21st day of July 1893.
FRED. V. RUSSELL.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brakes for Bicycles, Tricycles, and other
similar Vehicles.
I, FREDERICK VERNON RUSSELL, of 61 Bolton Road, Romford Road, Stratford,
in the County of Essex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be perfornied, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
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My invention relates to Improvements in Brakes for Bicycles, Tricycles, and other
similar Vehicles, more particularly to those brakes acting upon the wheel tires of
block," or contact
velocipedes, and has for its objects the production of a brake"
piece" which can be attached to the brake "shoe," or "spoon" of a velocipede,
thereby increasing the brake power, and decreasing the liability of damaging the
wheel tire by the application of the brake.
For this purpose, I employ an endless band, or a strip of rubber, or other
suitable material, (not necessarily of uniform section), which may have canvas,
steel, or other strengthening substance vulcanised, or fastened to it by other means,
through the whole or part of its length.
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In this band or strip may be cut, or made by equivalent means, one, or more
holes, through which the rod carrying the brake shoe," or spoon," that is usually
fitted to a velocipede can pass; the band, or strip can then be sprung over the
"shoe," or "spoon." In place of, or in addition to the hole, or holes in the band,
or strip, the band, or strip may be fastened to the spoon by wire, laces, suitable
clips, or other fastenings.
In order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I append drawings
and a more detailed description of the same.
Figs. 1 to 7 represent one form of my invention, Fig. 1 represents the side
elevation, Fig. 2 the end elevation, and Fig. 3 the plan.
Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7 represent sections respectively through the lines W W, X X, YY,

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and Z Z. In this form I use a strip of rubber or other suitable material with
varying sections as shown at Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7. In this strip is the hole C C, through
which the rod A, carrying the brake "shoe," or "spoon B can pass. The strip
can then be sprung over the brake "shoe," or
Figs. 8, 9, 10 represent respectively the side elevation, end elevation, and plan of
my invention made in the form of an endless band of rubber, or other suitable
material. D is a hole in it through which the rod E, carrying the brake shoe F,
The band can then be sprung over the brake "shoe," or "spoon."
can pass.
In all forms of my invention, I may sometimes prefer to vulcanise in, or to fix
to the band, or strip by other means, canvas, steel, or other strengthening substance,
through the whole, or part of the band, or strip, and in some cases I may prefer
to thicken up the wearing surface of the band, or strip.
In Fig. 8 I show a piece of canvas vulcanised in the rubber band, through a
part of its length at G G G, and, also a piece of metal H, which need not
necessarily be of the shape shown.
By making the whole, or a part of the band, or strip as at K K, Fig. 8, of
rubber, or some elastic material I am enabled to stretch the portion K K, and
thus make the same band, or strip fit varying sized brake "shoes," or
spoons."
In some cases, to facilitate the passing of the rod carrying the brake "shoe"
through the hole in the above mentioned band, or strip, I may prefer to divide the
band, or strip, in one, or more places, the rod carrying the brake shoe can then be
placed through the hole, or holes made for its reception in the band, or strip, and
the above mentioned division, or divisions in the band, or strip may be joined up
with wire, laces, suitable clips, or other fastenings. That this may be better
understood, in Fig. 10, I show the band divided at L L, the rod E carrying the
brake shoe" can then be passed through this division L L into the hole D ;
I show the division L L, joined up with laces at M M M M.
Fig. 11 is a side elevation, and Fig. 12 is a plan of another form of my invention;
in it I cut holes O and P, the rod Q. Fig. 13 carrying the brake shoe R, Fig. 13
is passed through the holes O and P in the band, which is then sprung over the
brake shoe R as in Fig. 13. It is to be understood that the accompanying drawings
are only examples of my invention, and, that I do not restrict myself to the shapes
and sizes shown therein.
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 :-
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(1.) A brake "block," or "contact piece" made of rubber, or other suitable
material, or materials, or of rubber, and other suitable material, or materials,
which when placed on a brake "shoe," or "spoon is capable, due to the more
or less springy nature of the substance of which it is made, of holding itself in
position on the brake "shoe,"
spoon for the purpose specified.
(2.) A brake "block," or contact piece made of rubber, or other suitable
material, or materials, or of rubber, and other suitable material, or materials,
which is temporarily divided as specified to facilitate passing the rod, or rods
carrying the brake "shoe," or "spoon" through it, and which when placed on a
brake shoe," or 66 spoon is capable, due to the more or less springy nature of
the substance of which it is made, of holding itself in position on the brake "shoe,"
or spoon "for the purpose specified.
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(3.) A brake "block," or "contact piece" constructed substantially as described
with reference to the drawings and operating as, and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 19th day of April 1894.
FREDERICK VERNON RUSSELL,
64, Bolton Road, Romford Road, Stratford, E.