Improvements in Spring Saddles for Velocipedes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left. 22nd Aug., 1891-Accepted, 17th Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Spring Saddles for Velocipedes.
I, GEORGE MEADER of The Cradle Spring Works, Coventry in the County
of Warwick Manager of Works, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
The invention relates to a novel construction and arrangement of the supports
and springs whereby I obtain great comfort, facility for adjusting the strain on the
saddle leather and a simple and effective means of tilting the saddle to any
required extent without materially altering the position of the saddle in relation to
its support.
In carrying my invention into effect I employ two springs extending from near
the nose of the saddle to the rear thereof and which are connected rigidly together
at the front ends by a cross bar and at or near the centre of the saddle by curved
lugs or supports fixed to the pillar socket, whilst the rear ends of such springs are
placed within sockets formed in the cantle plate. These springs are straight or
nearly so from their front ends to near the centre of the saddle where they are
formed with a sharp curve fitting the curve of the lugs or supports of the pillar
socket to which such curved parts of the springs are adjustably fixed by means of
rings or loops the screwed stems of which are passed through the supports and fixed
thereto by nuts screwing thereon; just behind the supporting socket these springs
are formed with vertical coils and other vertical coils are formed at the rear thereof
whence such springs bend forwards a short distance and are then curved upwards
and backwards or the rear ends of such springs may extend directly upwards and
then be bent backwards to enable them to enter the sockets in the cantle plate.
The front cross bar has passed through holes formed therein the ends of a double
spring which supports the front of the saddle leather and the said ends bear on to
the rear of the before mentioned cross bar, another cross bar which is tapped
centrally to receive an adjusting screw passed through a hole in the centre of the
cross bar connecting the front ends of the main springs which latter cross bar is
also provided with set screws to fix the front spring in position after adjustment.
Said front spring is otherwise formed as heretofore of a single length of rod
metal which is bent at its centre so as to form a cross bar to fit into a hook formed
on the metal nose or peak of the saddle the two portions of the rod thence extend
forward and downward a short distance in a parallel or nearly parallel direction
where they are formed into two vertical coils from the lower sides of which the
ends of the said spring extend rearward in a parallel or nearly parallel direction
where they are fixed to the main spring as hereinbefore described.
Dated November 26th 1890.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Spring Saddles for Velocipedes.
I, GEORGE MEADER, of The Cradle Spring Works, Coventry in the County
of Warwick, Manager of Works do hereby declare the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :--
The invention relates to a novel construction and arrangement of the supports

page_text: and springs whereby I obtain great comfort in riding, facility for adjusting the
strain on the saddle leather, and a simple and effective means for tilting the saddle
to any required extent without materially altering the position of the saddle longi-
tudinally in relation to its supports.
My invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section of my improved spring saddle.
Figure 2 is a plan of the same with the saddle leather removed.
Figure 3 is an underside view of the front spring and parts of the main springs,
and Figure 4 is a side elevation of portion of part of the main spring showing a
slight modification, and Figure 5 is a side view partly in section, and Figure 6 is a
cross section on the line 1, 1, of Figure 5 showing another modification.
In all the figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
a, is the saddle leather, the metal nose or peak , of which is formed with a
hook, ', to receive the cross bar of the front spring, whilst the cantle plate, c, is
formed with sockets, c', to receive the rear ends of the main or rear springs, as is
well known.
In carrying my invention into effect I employ two main or rear springs d, d,
extending from near the nose of the saddle to the rear thereof, and which are con-
nected rigidly together at the front ends by a cross bar, d, and, at or near the
centre of the saddle, by curved lugs or supports e¹ fixed to the pillar socket e,
whilst the rear ends d² of such springs are placed within the sockets c¹ of the cantle
plate c.
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These springs d are straight, or nearly so, from their front ends to near the
centre of the saddle, where they are formed with a sharp curve d³ fitting recesses
formed in a corresponding curve of the lugs or supports e' of the pillar socket
which such curved parts d³ are adjustably fixed by means of rings, loops or hooks f
the screwed stems of which are passed through the lugs or supports e¹ and fixed
thereto by nuts f¹ screwing thereon; just behind the supporting socket, e, these
springs, d, are formed with vertical coils d', and other vertical coils d' are formed
at the rear thereof, whence such springs d bend forwards a short distance and are
then curved upwards and backwards, so as to enable the rear ends d' thereof to
enter the sockets c¹ of the cantle plate, or the rear ends of such springs, d, may
extend directly upwards and then be bent backwards.
The front cross bar, d', has passed through holes formed therein, the ends, gl, of
a double spring, g, which supports the front of the saddle leather, and the said
ends, g', to the rear of the before mentioned cross bar, bear on another cross bar, g³,
which is tapped centrally to receive an adjusting screw, h, passed through a hole in
the centre of the cross bar, d', which latter is also provided with set screws de
to fix the front spring 9 in position after adjustment thereof by means of the
screw, h.
Said front spring g is otherwise formed, as heretofore, of a single length of rod
metal which is bent at its centre, so as to form a cross bar g³ to fit into the hook, b¹,
of the metal nose or peak, '; the two portions of the rod thence extend downward
and slightly forward in a parallel or nearly parallel direction, where they are
formed into two vertical coils, 9%, from the lower sides of which the ends, g', of the
said spring extend rearward in a parallel or nearly parallel direction, where they
are fixed to the main spring as herein before described.
If desired the coils, d, instead of being made to descend below the main part of
the spring d as shown by the full lines in Figure 1, may be made to rise above the
same as shown by the dotted circles in said figure.
In Figure 4 I have represented another slight modification; in this case the
rear parts of the spring d, instead of bending forward of the coils d and then
upwards and backwards as represented at Figure 1, are made to extend directly
upwards from said coils d' and to enter vertical sockets c' attached to the cantle plate,
set screws c² being employed to secure the ends in said sockets; by this means
also an adjustment in the tilt of the saddle can be effected by causing the ends d
of the spring to enter more or less deeply into the cantle sockets c¹.

page_text: In the modification represented at Figures 5 and 6 the springs, d, and, g, are
made in continuous lengths of metal rod or wire, instead of being formed as separate
springs connected together as above described, and the arms, g', are connected
rigidly together by the cross bar, d', which carries a screwed socket, g³, to receive
the adjusting screw, h, which in this case passes through a hole formed in a bearing
bar 62 fixed to the metal nose or peak, b.
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 :-
1. In spring saddles for velocipedes, the combination with the saddle leather, a,
front peak hook, 61, and cantle sockets c¹, of springs, d, and, g, constructed and
adjustably connected together substantially as herein shown and described.
2. The combination with the saddle leather, a, peak hook, b', cantle sockets, c',
and rear or main spring, d, of front spring, g, adjustably fixed to the rear or main
spring d by cross bar, d', through which the ends g' of said spring, g, are passed,
cross bar, g, bearing against said ends, g¹, screw, h, passed through central hole in
cross bar, d', and screwing into cross bar g³, and set screws do, substantially as
herein shown and described.
3. The combination with the saddle leather, a, peak hook 6', cantle sockets c¹,
and front spring, 9, of a main or rear spring, d, adjustably fixed to the front
spring, g, and formed with sharply curved parts, d³, vertical coils, d³, just behind
such parts, d³, vertical rear coils, d, and ends, d², to enter cantle sockets, c¹, sub-
stantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
4. In spring saddles for velocipedes, the combination of saddle leather a, peak b,
cantle c, cantle sockets, cl, springs, d, and g, and means for adjusting the tension of
the saddle leather, substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 22nd day of Auơnst 1891.
Dated this 22nd day of
August 1891.
G. MEADER.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.