Improvements in Velocipedes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 15th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 24th Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Velocipedes.
I, WILLIAM HILLMAN, of Stoke Green, Coventry, in the County of Warwick,
Managing Director of Works, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
The invention has for its object an improved application of break to the front
wheel of a bicycle or tricycle.
manner.
3.
For this purpose I employ a band break arranged and operated in the following
I make use of a lever pin jointed to a bracket on the steering handle and
to an adjustable connecting rod of similar character to those employed for ordinary
lever spoon breaks. I however carry the adjustable connecting rod down by the
side of the neck of the machine, instead of in the front of the same, and I connect
it to one end of a lever fixed on the fork head and the other end of such lever is by
a link or connecting rod attached to one end of a crank lever mounted on a stud
carried by one of the fork arms, and to the two ends of such crank lever are attached
the ends of a band break which passes around a break wheel fixed to the hub flange
or spindle.
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The invention is more particularly applicable to bicycles or tricycles having
pneumatic or cushioned tyres but is also applicable to other descriptions of bicycle
or tricycle.
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WILLIAM HILLMAN,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Velocipedes.
I, WILLIAM HILLMAN, of Stoke Green, Coventry, in the County of Warwick,
Managing Director of Works, 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 :-
The invention has for its object an improved application of brake to the front
wheel of a bicycle or tricycle.
For this purpose I employ a band brake arranged and operated in the following
manner. I make use of a lever pin-jointed to a bracket on one of the steering
handles and to an adjustable connecting rod of similar character to those employed
for ordinary lever spoon brakes. I however carry the adjustable connecting rod
down by the side of the neck of the machine, instead of in front of the same, and I
connect it to oue end of a lever mounted on a stud fixed on the fork, and the other
end of such lever is, by a link or connecting rod, attached to one end of a crank
lever mounted on a stud carried by one of the fork arms, and to the two ends of
such crank lever are attached the ends of a band brake which passes around a brake
wheel fixed to the hub flange or spindle.
And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed, aided by the accompanying drawings, more fully
to describe the same.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side view, and Figure is a front view, of the front wheel of a
bicycle or tricycle and its fork and steering handles, fitted with a band brake
according to my invention.
a is the brake lever, which is pin-jointed to a bracket b¹ on one of the steering
handles, and is an adjustable connecting rod, all of which are of similar character
to those employed for ordinary lever spoon brakes. I however carry the adjustable
connecting rode down by the side of the neck d of the machine, instead of in front
of the same, and I connect it to one end of a lever e mounted on a stud e¹ fixed
on one arm of the fork f, and the other end of such lever e is, by a link or con-
necting rod, attached to one end of a crank lever i mounted on a stud carried
by the before mentioned fork arm, and to the two ends of such crank lever hare
attached the ends of a brake band which passes around a brake wheel j fixed to the
hub flange or spindle of the front wheel k.
The invention is more particularly applicable to bicycles or tricycles having
pneumatic or cushioned tyres, but is also applicable to other descriptions of bicycle
or tricycle.
.
my said
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature. of
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. The combination with the front wheel of a velocipede, of a brake wheel, a
brake band around such wheel, and lever operating apparatus connected 'therewith,
substantially as herein shown and described.
2. In combination with the front wheel of a velocipede, a brake wheel and
a brake band surrounding such wheel and attached at its two ends to a twoi ended
lever operated by a brake lever and connections, substantially as herein shown and
-described.
3. The combination with the front wheel of a velocipede, of band brake apparatus
constructed and arranged substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 15th day of September 1891.
WILLIAM HILLMAN,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.