New or Improved Reflector Fitting for Cycles and other Vehicles and Boats.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 27th UCL., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 27th July, 1897-Accepted, 25th Sept., 1897
Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 27th July, 1897-Accepted, 25th Sept., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Reflector Fitting for Cycles and other
Vehicles and Boats.
I, JOHN WILLIAM COCKERILL, Captain Surgeon Army Medical Staff, of 5 George
Street, Hanover Square, London, W. Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
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The object of this invention is to enable a cyclist whilst riding, or a rower
when rowing, or the driver of a vehicle to obtain a wide range of view for
ascertaining what may be passing behind him without looking round as is at
present necessary to obtain a direct view, and the invention consists broadly
in combining with the cycle or other vehicle or boat means for reflecting
the view behind the cyclist rower or driver in such a manner
to render it visible to him in a more convenient and usually more complete
manner than can be obtained without such means. By the use of this device
an increased range of vision is obtained: the cyclist, rower or driver may readily
ascertain if any vehicle, boat etc. is close behind him or otherwise, which
information will be desirable, and its use in crowded streets and in general
will enable the user to exercise greater vigilance and obtain greater security.
I will now describe my invention more fully in reference to a cycle.
I attach to the cycle, preferably to the handle bar, in a suitable position open
to or unimreded from the rear, but within the purview of the ricer without
appreciable movement of his head from the position usually assumed by him,
a reflector consisting of a convex mirror or comprising a lens with a
reflecting surface formed on the back or placed behind it or a mirror with a
lens to focus the view from rearwards upon the mirror which will reflect it
towards the rider's eyes.
Such reflector I attach by a suitable clip and connections giving universal
adjustment so that it may be conveniently fastened upon any cycle and properly
adjusted to act as before described.
One construction of this attachment is as follows:-A collar clip to engage on
the handle-bar near one end carries a horizontal pin or bolt on which is rotarily
adjustable a radial pin carrying a rotarily adjustable sleeve, the latter having
fixed to it a radial arm on which a casing is longitudinally adjustable. This
casing forms a frame to a lens which is concave, double concave or concavo-
convex. To the back of the casing is hinged a plane mirror or its frame which
is also attached by a hinged arm passing through a pivoted guide on the casing
and adjustable therein for the purpose also of enabling the device to be folded
up when not in use.
In another form a clip encircling the handle-bar carries sockets for a ball
joint having a laterally extending socket in which is adjustable by a set-screw
the one arm of a bar bent at right angles, the other arm carrying the reflector
at its base or hinge or across the centre of the back or otherwise.
In another form the reflector is adjustable on one arm of the said bar bent

page_text: at right angles, the other arm being adjustable in a socket brazed upon o
screwed into a hole made therefor in the handle or handle-bar.
The device may be fitted in an equivalent manner to a boat or other vehicle.
Date : 0741 dave of Octahan 190c
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to the Applicant.
A New or Improved Reflector Fitting for Cycles and other
Vehicles and Boats.
I, JOHN WILLIAM COCKERILL, Surgeon Captain, Army Medical Staff, of 5 George
Street, Hanover Square, London, W. Middlesex, 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:
The object of this invention is to enable a cyclist whilst riding, or a rower
when rowing, or the driver of a vehicle to obtain a wide range of view for
ascertaining what may be passing behind him without looking round as is at
present necessary to obtain a direct view, and the invention consists broadly
in combining with the cycle or other vehicle or boat a reflector for reflecting a
miniature image of the view behind the cyclist rower or driver in such a manner as
to render it visible to him in a more convenient and usually more complete
manner than can be obtained without such means. By the use of this device
an increased range of vision is obtained: the cyclist, rower or driver may readily
ascertain if any vehicle, boat etc. is close behind him or otherwise, which
information will be desirable, and its use in crowded streets and in general
will enable the user to exercise greater vigilance and obtain greater security.
I will now describe my invention more fully in reference to a cycle.
I attach to the cycle, preferably to the handle bar, in a suitable position open
to or unimpeded from the rear, but within the purview of the rider without
appreciable movement of his head from the position usually assumed by him,
a reflector consisting of a convex mirror or comprising a concave lens with a
plain reflecting surface formed on the back or placed behind it to focus the
view from rearwards upon the mirror which will reflect it in miniature
towards the rider's eyes.
Such reflector I attach by a suitable clip and connections giving universal
adjustment so that it may be conveniently fastened upon amy cycle or boat
respectively and properly adjusted to act as before described.
In the annexed drawing Fig. 1 is an elevation of such device for affixing to
the handle bar of a velocipede. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a
part rear view illustrating the adjustment of the reflector. Fig. 4 illustrates
the modification suitable for affixing to a rowing boat. Fig. 5 illustrates a
modified construction of clip.
The clip A for encircling the handle bar carries sockets B for a ball joint
D having a laterally extending socket E in which is fixed by a set nut F the
one arm of a bar G bent at right angles, the other arm carrying the socket K of
the reflector H. C is a set nut for tightening the clamp A¹ and the ball joint.
I is a set screw for fixing the reflector H on the bar G.
In another form the reflector H can be adjustable on one arm of the said
bar G bent at right angles, the other arm being adjustable in a socket brazed
upon or screwed into a hole made therefore in the handle or handle bar in a
manner that can be well understood without illustration,

page_text: The device may be fitted in an equivalent manner to a boat or other vehicle,
by means of the clamp A carrying the ball D. Two plates L L having sockets
BB at or near each end and having two clamping screws and nuts C C embrace
the balls D and D and constitute two universal joints the remainder of the
apparatus being the same as above described.
In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the clip A does not surround the handle
bar entirely but is divided at A2 and provided with a clamping bolt.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. A new or improved reflector fitting for cycles and other vehicles or boats
comprising a convex mirror or its equivalent a concave lens with a plain mirror
behind it and means for attaching the same so as to be capable of universal
adjustment for the purpose set forth.
2. A new or improved fitting for cycles and other vehicles or boats comprising
a reflector of the nature herein described and a clamp and parts connecting such
clamp and reflector for permitting of adjustment thereof, the said parts being
substantially as herein described and illustrated in the drawing.
Dated this 27th day of July 1897.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street; Strand, London, Agents to Applicant.