Improvements in Brakes for Cycles or other Vehicles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Apr., 1895-Accepted, 15th June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brakes for Cycles or other Vehicles.
ALBERT EDWARD FILLIS, Tattenhall, near Chester, Cooper, do hereby declare.
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
.
My invention relates to improvements in brakes for cycles or for other vehicles,
and has for its object to provide a brake which shall leave the rider's hand free after
applying same.
For this purpose I provide a rack on the upper portion of the brake rod gearing
with a catch on a spring lever, so formed that in its normal position it is in gear
with the said rack.
This spring lever is formed on one side of the clip, which holds the handle bar of
a cycle in position.
At the lower end of the brake rod is a spring, by means of which the brake is
held in its normal position.
The brake rod terminates at its upper end in a knob.
When the brake is to be applied, the rider presses the brake rod down by means
of the knob until the required pressure upon the wheel is obtained.
The brake is then kept in that position by means of the spring lever gearing with
the rack aforesaid. To release the brake it is only necessary to press the end of
the spring lever when it is thrown out of gear with the rack upon the brake rod.
Dated this 21st day of December 1894.
Σπρευνας
I, ALBERT EDWARD FILLIS, of Tattenhall, near Chester, Cooper, 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved brake for cycles, and is illustrated in the
accompanying drawings, wherein :-
Figs. 1, 2, and 3 are views shewing the details of the brake, and
Fig. 4 is a view shewing the brake as a whole.
a is a rod of steel or other suitable metal, having on part of its length suitable
teeth and a knob a'.
c is a spring clip to which is fixed the ordinary lamp bracket d.
To this clip is fastened a lever e, pivotted at f and having at the extremity
nearest the bracket d a piece g which is pivotted to the lever e. A spring his used
to keep the piece 9 in its normal position, viz. out of action with the teeth b
aforesaid.
This spring is held in position by the clip nut c'. A hole is cut in the clip c to
allow the part to pass through. The whole can be made in any suitable metal,.
preferably steel.

page_text: The other part of the brake (i.e. the plunger) is of the usual form and needs no
description here.
The part a is pushed through the clip e (with the teeth b) which engage with
the piece g.
When the brake is to be used the knob a' is pushed downwards by
hand when the teeth 6 sliding by the pawl..
When the brake is to be released the lever e is pushed towards the clip which
releases the pawl g from the teeth band by the action of a spring (which is usually
fixed to the plunger piece), is compelled to resume its former position.
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
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.