IMPROVEMENTS IN TRICYCLES
Year: 1885

page_text: I ISAAC RIX of N° 7 Suffolk Strect in the City of Norwich, in the County
of Norfolk, Watch Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN TRICYCLES to be as follows:-
Fig. 1 represents the front view of a Tricycle with an axle A (sometimes called
a spindle) which passes through the Tricycle as shown, see Fig. 1. Next to the hub
of each wheel B. B, is shown ratchet gear C. C. with a rod D. D. attached thereto;
these rods are connected with a lever E. E. on each end of the front crank, F.
When the front crank F. is put in motion, the levers E. E. press the rods D. D.
alternately backwards, and with them the ratchet gear C. C. are alternately pressed
backwards, by which means the Tricycle is propelled. In Fig. 2. is shown, ball
and other bearings, which are encased with leather, highly carbonized with
Entwistle Petrie and Shaw's "oilless carbonate" lubricating powder, to keep the
bearings apart in lieu of oil, the lines between each ball as shown, represents the
carbonized leather.
Fig. 3. shows tubular bushes as they are called for inserting in the ends of the
hubs, the little circles round the end as shown, are plugs of carbonate lubricating
powder inserted for antifriction wear

page_text: Improvements in Tricycles.
I ISAAC RIX of N° 7 Suffolk Street. Norwich in the County of Norfolk, Watch
Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my invention, for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TRICYCLES" and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Fig. D. shows the front view of a Tricycle; on each side near the hub of each
wheel is represented ratchet work 3. 3. which when in motion is acted on by the
dips o. o. of the axle E, to these dips are attached two rods, one on each side,
these rods are marked F F, one end of each rod being fitted to levers g g on each
end of the front crank H, that when the rider puts the front crank H in motion,
the rods ff are alternately pressed backwards, this action forms a fulcrum below
the axle E, and the front crank H passing through bearings on the frame i i
marked 5 5 a double pressure is there given forwards which drives the machine.
see.
This machine will be fitted with ball bearings attached to the frame I. I. and are
marked 2. 2. on the frame near the hubs of the large wheels. Inside each of these
bearings will be a thick leather band round the axle, and perforated to receive
the balls, see Fig. A laid open these bands will be highly carbonized with
Entwistle and Co oilless carbonate lubricating powder. Each end of the hubs of
the wheels at 6.6 7. 7. will be fitted with Entwistle and Co' plugged bushes,
e.Fig. B. Fig. C shows a section of these bushes. The bearings attached to the
dips of axle E. are marked 4. 4 and will be fitted with the above plugged bushes,
see Fig. B. The bearings on the levers g g. which are marked 8. 8. will be fitted
with the above bushes, see Fig. B. and the bearings of the treadles on the front
crank H. which are marked 9. 9. 10. 10 and will also be fitted with the above
plugged bushes, see Fig. B. The bearings of the front crank H which are on the
frame I. I. and are marked 5. 5., will be fitted with the above plugged bushes,
see Fig. B.
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
I claim is:
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First, I claim the backward pressure with the rods, and the rods to accomplish
the backward pressure.
Second, the said plugged bushes, named above, see Fig. B.
Third, the carbonized perforated leather for the balls to work in, see Fig. A.