Improvements in Mud Guards for Bicycles and other Vehicles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 28th May, 1896-Accepted, 4th July, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Mud Guards for Bicycles and other Vehicles.
We HERBERT KIDDIER, Waterway Street, Hosiery Machine Manufacturer,
JOSEPH WHITE, 38 St. Mary Gate. Lace Manager, and WILLIAM WALKER,
Junior, Crocus Street, Hosiery Manufacturer, all of Nottingham, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
As applied to a bicycle the rear guard consists of a band of india-rubber webbing
or other flexible material, one end of the band is secured to a spring plate each end
of which engages in a hole in the end flanges of a drum the width of the band.
The drum revolves on an axle carried by a bearing bracket adjustable on the
upper end of the back bearing fork.
The back of the bracket is slotted to guide the band to the drum and forms a
lip which scrapes the mud off the lower side of the band as it is wound onto the
drum, the winding being automatically effectel by a coiled spring within the
drum.
The other end of the band is secured to the top portion of a bent wire or tube,
the lower ends of which are hinged to studs projecting from brackets attached
to the back bearings, when in use the wire or tube is held in its lowest position by
two spring clips secured to the brackets.
The front guard consists of a band, a slotted and lipped bracket adjustably
attached to the front of the upper end of the back bearing fork. The bracket
carries a drum provided with a spring coiled inside, and a spring plate attached to
one end of a band which passes beneath the pedal axle bearing, its other end being
attached to a bracket adjustable on the framing.
Dated this Eleventh day of February 1896.
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Agent.

page_text: instead of the bracket shown at Figure 1.
Figure 7 shows an edge view and
pair of brackets which may be employed
Figure 8 a side view of a bracket to which one end of the front guard band is
hooked.
The corresponding parts in each figure are indicated by the same numbers where
necessary.
As applied to a bicycle the rear mud guard as shown at Figure 1 and the
enlarged views Figures 2 and 3 consist of a band of india rubber webbing 1 or other
flexible material, one end of the band is secured to a spring plate 2 each end of
which engages in a hole in the end flanges of a drum 3 revolving on an axle 4
carried by a bearing bracket 5 adjustable on the upper end of the back bearing
fork 6 of the bicycle, one end of the axle is formed square and held by a piece 5
secured to the bearing bracket thus preventing the axle turning with the drum.
Portion of the bracket is bent downwards and backwards forming a lip 5 which
scrapes the mud off the lower side of the band 1 and guides it as it is wound onto
the drum, the winding being automatically effected by a coiled spring within the
drum arranged as follows:-In one end of each drum a case 7 is tightly fitted
containing a coiled spring 8 perforated at each end, one perforation engages with
a stud projecting from the side of the axle 4, the other perforation has a stud 9
secured in it, shown at Figures 4 and 5 engaging with a hole in the case and one in
the drum carrying one end of the band 1. The other end of the band is secured
to the top portion of a bent wire or tube 10, the lower ends of the tube are each
hinged to a stud 11 projecting from one of a pair of brackets 12 adjustable on the
back bearing fork 6 shown at Figure 6, when in use the wire or tube 10 is hell in
its lowest position on each side by a spring clip 13 rocking on a stud projecting
from the bracket 12, the clip is provided with a stud carrying a link 14 having
several perforations at its lower end through which a screw is passed to clamp it to
the bracket to enable the mud guard 1 to be adjusted to or from the circumference
of the rear wheel. Instead of adjustable spring clips, to carry the ends of the wire
or tube 10, the ends may each be carried by a spring clip 13 secured to the back
bearing brackets as showh at Figure 1.
The front mud guard as shown at Figures 1, 2 and 3 consists of a band of india-
rubber webbing 15 or other flexible material having one end secured to a spring
plate engaging in the end flanges of a drum provided with a coiled spring the same
as described for the rear mud guard, the drum being carried by a slotted and lipped
bearing bracket 16 attached to the bracket 5 and projecting in front of the upper
end of the back bearing fork 6.
The other end of the band 15 is passed through the slot of the bracket over the
lip down to and under the pedal axle bearing 17, the end of the band is secure to
a rod provided with two hooks 18 which engage with holes in a bracket 19
adjustable on the framing.
When unhooked the lip of the bracket scrapes the mud off the lower side of the
band and guides it as it is wound onto the drum.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is.
1. The construction and employment in mud guards for bicycles and other
vehicles of a flexible band attached at one end to a drum revolving on an axle
carried by a bracket adjustable on the back bearing fork of the vehicle, the drum
being provided with an interior spring causing the band to be coiled round the
drum when not in use the mud being scraped off the band by a lip beneath the drum.
When in use the band is held over the rear wheel of the vehicle by its outer end
being attached to a bent wire or tube hinged to brackets adjustable on the back
bearing fork and carrying a pair of spring clips to hold the wire or tube in position
substantially as described and illustrated in the drawings annexed.

page_text: 2. The construction and employment in mud guards for bicycles and other
vehicles of a flexible band attached at one end to a drum revolving on an axle
carried by a bracket adjustable on the back bearing fork of the vehicle, the drum
being provided with an interior spring causing the band to be coiled round the
drum when not in use. When in use the other end of the band provided with
hooks is passed through a slot and over a lip at the front of the drum then beneath
the pedal axle bearing of the vehicle up over the back of the front wheel and
hooked onto a bracket adjustable on the framing of the vehicle, when unhooked
the lip scrapes off the mud beneath the band as it is wound onto the drum
substantially as described and illustrated in the drawings annexed.
Dated this Twenty-seventh day of May 1896.
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Agent.