Improvements in connection with Dress Guards for Cycles.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Dress Guards for Cycles.
I, ERNEST FREDERICK TOWNSEND, of 38, Ocklynge Road, Old Town, Eastbourne,
Gas Fitter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in connection with dress guards for cycles,
and is more particularly intended for the use of lady cyclists. The object is to
enable the guard to be removed for the purpose of convenience in cleaning the
mudguard. In carrying my invention into effect, I proceed in or in about the
following manner. The mudguard is made with a channel along each edge,
and in these channels are notches. At one end of each channel is a short socket
into which are pushed the free ends of a metal rod bent parallel to itself, and curved
so as to accommodate itself to the curve of the mudguard. At intervals along each
half of this rod are eyes intended to pass downwards through the notches in the
channelled edges of the mudguard.
When the rod is laid in the channels, the eyes will pass through and hang below
the notches. On each end of the wheel axle is a plate carrying a toothed pinion,
which can be rotated by a suitable head and retained in position by a ratchet and
a spring pawl. The pinion is supported at a distance beyond the plate which will
allow the rack hereafter mentioned to pass between and be in gear with the pinion.
Between the pinion and plate is a rack, the upper end of which is pivoted to
a lace plate through which and the eyes on the rods are threaded the laces forming
the guard. When the dress guard is to be removed, the pawl is raised and the
racks slid out, thus allowing the rod and eyes to be lifted from the mudguard.
When the dress guard is to be replaced, the rod is laid in the channels and the
end pushed into the socket. The racks are then pushed between the pinions and
plates, the pawls lowered, and the laces tightened up by revolving the pinions.
Dated this 20th day of September 1897.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.
Improvements in connection with Dress Guards for
I, ERNEST FREDERICK TOWNSEND, of 38, Ocklynge Road, Old Town, Eastbourne,
Gas-Fitter, 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 improvements in connection with dress guards for cycles,

page_text: and is more particularly intended for the use of lady cyclists. The object is to
enable the guard to be removed for the purpose of convenience in cleaning the
mudguard. In carrying my invention into effect, I proceed in or in about the
following manner, making reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in
which Fig. 1, is a side view of the dress guard. Fig. 2; is a plan of part of the
mudguard. Fig. 3, is a cross section of the mudguard. Fig. 4, a sectional side
view of the gear for tightening up the guard. Fig. 5, a side view showing the
means for keeping the gear in position. Similar letters denote similar parts.
The mudguard a is made with a channel b along each edge and in this channel
are notches c. At one end of each channel may be a short socket into which is
pushed one end of the metal rod d, there being a rod d in each channel b. The
rods are curved to accommodate themselves to the curve of the mudguard and
to rest closely therein. At intervals along the rods d are the eyes e intended to
pass through and hang below the notches c. On each end of the wheel axle is
a plate f having ears 9 for carrying the spindle h of the toothed pinion i. At
one end of his the head j for turning the pinion, and at the other end is the
ratchet wheel k, pawl 7 and spring m, for keeping i in place, when wound up. The
pinion is supported at a distance beyond f so as to allow the rack o to pass
between fandi and gear with the latter. To'o is pivoted the lace plate p through
which and the eyes e on the rods d are threaded the laces q forming the guard.
The pinion and the ratchet and other parts of the gear may be covered in by a
suitable hinged cover. When the dress guard is to be removed, the pawls / are
raised and the racks o slid out, thus allowing the rods d to be raised and the eyes e
lifted from the mudguard. When the dress guard is to be replaced, the rods d
are laid in the channels b so that the eyes e hang below the guard, and the ends
of dare then pushed into the sockets, if the latter are provided. The racks o
are pushed between f and i and tightened up (and with thein the laces of the dress
.guard) by rotation of i.
I do not confine myself to the precise shapes, relative proportions or disposition
of parts as shown in the drawings, as they can be somewhat varied without depart-
ing from the spirit of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and'in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
1. A combination of parts substantially as described in the above specification
and exemplified in the accompanying drawings, and together forming an improved
dress guard for cycles.
2. For use in connection with dress guards for cycles, a mudguard having
channelled or grooved edges provided with notches and rods laid in the said
channels or grooves, the said rods having eyes passing through and hanging below
the notches in the mudguard, the whole substantially as described in the above
specification, and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
3. For use in connection with dress guards for cycles, plates attached to each
end of the wheel axle, each plate having ears through which runs a spindle carry-
ing a toothed pinion at a short distance from the plate, the said pinion having
a suitable head at one end by which the pinion can be rotated, and a ratchet-
pinion, pawl and spring at the other end for keeping the pinion in position when
wound up, the whole substantially as described in the above specification and
exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
4. For use in connection with dress guards for cycles, a rack free to slide
between the plate and pinion mentioned in above Claim 3, and to gear with the
said pinion, the said rack having attached or pivotted to itself a lace plate through
which and the eyes on the rods mentioned in the above Claim 2, are threaded the

page_text: laces or cords forming the dress guard, the whole substantially as described in
the above specification and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 1st day of February 1898.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.