Improvements in and connected with Mud Removing and Braking Apparatus for Cycles and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 11th June, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Mud Removing and Braking
Apparatus for Cycles and the like.
I, ADALBERT JULIUS GUSTAV JOHANN KLINGER, Police Officer, of 20, Papen-
strasse, Hamburg, in the German Empire, 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:-
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My invention relates to a mud removing and braking apparatus for cycles and
the like and has for its object to provide such an apparatus capable of use for
mud removing alone, as a brake, or for both purposes, said apparatus or contrivance
being light in weight and capable of being readily detached and attached.
According to my invention I provide a mud removing or catching device con-
sisting of a brush mounted upon a pair of telescopic or adjustable bars secured to
the wheel fork, said brush having a driving pulley connected to and adapted to be
driven from a friction pulley mounted upon a pair of movable arms, said friction
pulley being capable for use for braking purposes by means of a cord or connecting
levers adapted on operation to press the said pulley upon the cycle wheel at the.
same time braking the pulley itself through the medium of a lever centred upon
the said movable arms and bearing upon the braking pulley spindle or a pulley
or disc thereon.
I will further describe my invention in reference to the accompanying drawings
in which Fig. 1 is a part elevation of a cycle wheel having my invention applied
thereto. Fig. 2 is a front view of the apparatus itself and Fig. 3 is a part sectional
plan of Fig. 1.
A, A, are a pair of tubes or bars connected to the fork b of the cycle by means
of a clamp c or the like; rods or bars d are adapted to slide or be telescopically.
moved in or upon the tubes or bars a and their movement is adjusted by a set
screw or clamp e. These bars d project beyond the cycle wheel tyre u and carry
in the fork so formed a brush P mounted upon a spindle f and adapted to be
rotated by a small pulley g mounted centrally thereof and driven from the central
portion m of a driving pulley k carried upon a spindle i supported by levers or
bars h which are centred at one end on the telescopic forks or levers d on the
inner side of the spindle f and capable of movement in the direction of arrow j,
Fig. 1.
The driving pulley is composed of two outer enlarged parts or wheels 1, 1,
covered with rubber or other suitable material having the smaller driving part m
situated between them. On the same axle i outside the levers h are arranged
grooved pulleys n upon which a double armed levers r, s, are adapted to bear, these
levers are centred upon the movable or oscillating arms h upon which rubber
stops and pins t are provided for limiting their movement, one end of the said
levers for instance that marked s is connected by cords v passing over pulleys such
as z, or it may be an arrangement of levers, to the ordinary brake operating lever

page_text: or other convenient operating means. The brush p is of a form corresponding
to that of the periphery of the cycle wheel or tyre.
are so
The operation of the apparatus is as follows:-The levers or rods
adjusted by means of set screws e that the wheels or enlarged parts 1,1, of the
pulley k touch the tyre u of the cycle wheel just enough to be revolved therewith.
In this position, when the cycle is in motion the driving pulley k is revolved,
thus driving by means of a connecting band or cord e the pulley g and with it the
brush the latter revolving in a direction opposite to that of the cycle wheel
whereby all mud taken up by the cycle wheel is removed and taken off by the
brush the cover w preventing it from flying off upwards.
When it is desired to use the contrivance as a brake, the cord y is pulled or
operated by means of the usual brake lever and cord or other connection, its
movement presses the lever arms r against the pulleys or discs n and prevents by
friction the turning of spindle i and the double pulley k; simultaneously with
this braking action the pull upon the cord v moves the levers or arms h upon their
centre and brakes the tyre u by means of the pulley k which is moved and pressed
thereon in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 1 at j.
When it is desired to throw the mud removing contrivance out of action the
forks dare lengthened, thereby putting the pulley out of gear with the wheel
tyre u, the brush consequently remaining inactive. The forks d can for con-
venience and for accuracy of adjustment be provided with a scale or divisions
as at d Fig. 1.
It will be obvious that the mud removing appliance may be used without the
braking connection or the latter without the former.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is;-
1. The improvements in mud removing apparatus for cycles and the like com-
prising a brush conforming to the shape of the tyre and revolved in an opposite
direction to the cycle wheel by means of pulley g and band or cord v or equivalent
means, from a friction pulley such as k carried by movable arms h, said apparatus
being mounted upon an adjustable telescopic support formed of bars or tubes d
and a secured to the fork b of the cycle substantially as set forth.
2. The combination with the mud removing apparatus for cycles and the like
described in Claim 1, of grooved or friction discs n and double armed levers r, s,
centred upon the movable arms h and adapted to be operated by suitable connec-
tions to brake the friction pulley k and press same against the tyre n for braking
the cycle when required substantially in the manner and for the purposes set
forth.
3. The combination of parts comprising the improved mud removing and
braking apparatus adapted for use for one or both purposes substantially as set
forth in the Specification and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 14th day of April 1898.
Dated this 14th day of April 1898.
For the Applicant,
PRYN & HARVEY,
Agents, 3, St. Nicholas' Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne.