Improvements in Handle-bars for Velocipedes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 12th Nov., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Handle-bars for Velocipedes.
I, RALPH ROBERT SCOTT, of Byland House, Cleveland Walk, Bath, Surgeon, 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 follow-
ing statement:-
My invention relates to improvements in handle-bars for velocipedes, the object
being to arrange or construct them in such a manner as to allow of them being
reduced in width when required for the purpose of enabling a velocipede to be
readily passed through a narrow passage, doorway or the like, while it further
facilitates the storage or packing of the machine for transit, the means I employ
being simple and effective allowing the handle-bars to be quickly converted,
while they are extremely rigid when secured in position for riding purposes.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, the handle-bar upon each side
of the stam is divided into two parts pivotally connected together, the two divided
extremities being screw threaded upon their outer peripheries and secured in
the riding position by means of an internally screw threaded sleeve upon either
side, while upon the said sleeve being screwed back exposing the joints, the
extremities of the handle-bar can be turned down, thereby reducing their width
and allowing the machine to pass through a considerably narrower space than
when they are extended for riding purposes.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will now proceed
to describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1
is an elevation of part of the handle bars of a velocipede showing them in the
riding position, Fig. 2 being a similar view but with the extremities of the handle
bars folded under. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the joints drawn to an
enlarged scale.
According to this invention the extremities a¹ of the handle-bar a are pivotally
connected to the main portion as shown at c, the outer peripheries of the parts a a¹
upon each side of the joint e being screw threaded as at d while an internally
screw threaded sleeve is provided designed to screw over the joint c on the
parts d d for securely retaining the handle-bar in the extended position for riding
purposes as shown (Fig. 1), while in order to reduce the width of the handle-
bars by folding or turning down the parts a¹ a¹, it is only necessary to screw back
the sleeve g releasing and exposing the joint c c, when the said parts a¹ a¹ can be
turned into the position indicated at Fig. 2. Where a brake is employed, the
brake lever is formed in two parts pivotally connected together & furnished with
an internally screw threaded sleeve in a similar manner to the handle bars.
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:-
The improvements in handle-bars for velocipedes comprising the combination

page_text: of hinged or pivotally connected parts or extremities a¹ and a¹ with internally
screw threaded sleeves 9 g, substantially as herein described and shown and for
the purposes specified.
Dated this 5th day of September 1898
F..G. CASSELL
(Of Cassell & Co.),
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.