IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO SADDLE SPRINGS FOR BICYCLES AND LIKE VELOCIPEDES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, WILLIAM HILLMAN, Burley Road, Coventry, in the county of Warwick,
Velocipede Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO SADDLE SPRINGS FOR BICYCLES AND LIKE
VELOCIPEDES," to be as follows:-
"
This invention has for its object the construction of saddle springs for bicycles
or like velocipedes such as Humber pattern tricycles.
According to my invention I arrange vertically a series of holes in the neck of
the bicycle or tricycle backbone, one end of the spring can be bolted in any of the
holes to vary the height or position of the saddle.
The other end of the spring is linked to a screwed sleeve or socket, in which
engages a screwed rod, linked to a bracket on the backbone.
To adjust the spring the bolt is taken out of the hole in the neck when the
screwed socket and rod which forms the rocking link can be adjusted. The bolt at
the top of the spring is then replaced in one of the holes in the neck.
I find this spring particularly applicable to my Kangaroo safety bicycle.

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I, WILLIAM HILLMAN, Binley Road, Coventry, in the County of Warwick,
Velocipede Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO SADDLE SPRINGS FOR BICYCLES AND LIKE
VELOCIPEDES," 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 the construction of saddle springs for bicycles or
like velocipedes such as "Humber" pattern tricycles.
According to my invention I arrange vertically a series of holes in the neck of the
bicycle or tricycle backbone; one end of the spring can be bolted in any of the holes
to vary the height or position of the saddle.
The other end of the spring is linked to a screwed sleeve or socket in which
engages a screwed rod linked to a bracket on the backbone.
To adjust the spring the bolt is taken out of the hole in the neck, when the
screwed socket and rod which forms the rocking link can be adjusted.
The bolt at the top of the spring is then replaced in one of the holes in the neck.
I find this spring particularly applicable to my "Kangaroo" safety bicycle.
The drawing accompanying this specification illustrates my invention as applied
to the backbone of a bicycle or like velocipede, such as a "Humber" pattern
tricycle.
A is the backbone. B the neck of the same, having a series of holes C therein.
D is the spring, its upper end carrying a boss E in which a bolt or pin works and
which can be fitted in any of the holes C in the neck B of the backbone.
Its lower end carries a transverse pin G passing through the end of a screwed
sleeve or socket H in which a screwed bolt or pin I engages, the lower end of the
said screwed bolt or pin being pivotted by a transverse bolt or pin J to a bracket,
boss, or eye K on the backbone.
The adjustment as before described will be fully understood by reference to this
drawing.
The pin or bolt F being removed the upper end of the spring is disengaged from
the neck and the socket H can then be adjusted on the screwed pin or bolt
I pivotted to the bracket K. on the backbone. When adjusted at the back the
spring can again be pivotted in one of the holes in the neck.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :
In combination with a saddle spring (such as D) of a bicycle or like velocipede
the screwed sleeve or socket H pivotted to the same and engaging with a screwed
bolt or pin I pivotted to the backbone, the front end of the spring being capable of
engaging with any one of a series of holes in the neck of such backbone, substan-
tially as described.