An Improved Rubber Brake for Use in Cycles and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: This Print is in accordance with the Original Specification as it stands after
Amendment (under Section 11 of the Patents, &c., Act, 1883), as required
by the decision of the Comptroller General of the 22nd day of May 1897.
Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 13th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 2nd Jan., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Rubber Brake for Use in Cycles and the like.
EDMUND HOLROYD 26 and 28 Thornton Road Bradford, Yorks, Engineer and
Cycle Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
An improved form of rubber brake for cycles & the like consisting of metal
frame, with two projecting arms, for to press two rubber blocks on no hooks or
screws connected with it. The rubber blocks press on the back of frame against
the stay of front of frame thereby cannot get off.
941 1900
EDMUND HOLROYD,
26 and 28 Thornton Road, Bradford.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED).
An Improved Rubber Brake for Use in Cycles and the like.
EDMUND HOLROYD Cycle Manufacturer 26 and 28 Thornton Road Bradford
Yorkshire, 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:-
This invention has for its object improvements in cycle brakes for the prevention
of damage to rubber tyres.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings
Fig. 1. is a plan of the frame for fixing rubbers on shewing frame without
rubbers & section through plunger.
Fig. 2. is a section thro' frame looking towards plunger and shewing plunger in
elevation.
Fig. 3. is a plan of brake shewing rubbers fixed on frame complete and plunger
in section.
Fig. 4. is an end elevation of brake shewing rubbers fixed on frame.
Fig. 5. is a perspective sketch shewing brake complete.
Fig. 6. are elevations of rubbers, that are fixed on the brake frame.
A is the plunger coming down from handle bars, at the bottom of which, is fixed
the brake frame B-C, are the rubbers fixed on the arms at D of frame B.

page_text: Advantages. 1. A simple cheap & effective brake.
2. Guaranteed not to injure the tyre.
3. Exerts a most powerful grip.
My invention consists of a frame or shoe of the particular construction shown in
Fig. 1 for use in cycles & the like, on which are two projecting arms for fixing
two square formed rubbers, these rubbers being simply fixed by pressing them on
the arms from the back, thereby coming against the front of frame, & when the
brake is pressed against the wheel instead of the revolving of the wheel having a
tendency to pull them off, it fixes them all the faster.
It is a much simpler & more effective brake than other brakes having two brake
blocks, & guaranteed not to injure the tyres & exerts a most powerful grip.
There are no loose screws or hooks, to loose off or rust, the frame being all in
ene cast piece. Worn out rubbers are simply slid of the back, & new ones pressed
on thereby becoming a permanent fixture.
Having now particularly described and ascertained, the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it to be under-
stood that I do not claim generally a brake for cycles and the like having two brake
blocks with their operative faces inclined to each other but I declare that what I
claim is:
A brake for use in cycles and the like consisting of two brake blocks immovably
fixed, and prevented from rotating, on the side arms of an open-ended frame,
the frame being so mounted on the brake rod that its open end is directed towards
the rear so that when in contact therewith the rotating cycle or other wheel tends
to force the blocks further on the brake frame substantially as described.
Dated this 10th day of October 1896.
EDMUND HOLNOID,
Applicant.