Year: 1896

page_text: I, HUNTER SPENCE, of 12 Rumford Place, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in mud-guards for cycles and is more
especially applicable to safety bicycles.
The object of my invention is the provision of a mud-guard that is at once
capable of being readily mounted upon the machine when required for use and can
with equal facility be unattached when not required.
My invention has for its further object to provide a mud-guard which, while
being held taut will neither become slackened or diminished in width by tension
or continual use, but will be capable of being always mounted and held taut, and
be made of such material as to be inextensible and at the same time waterproof.
Iu carrying my invention into effect I mount at the rear of the machine
immediately over the driving wheel a frame preferably of wire and of oblong form,
of a width slightly greater and corresponding to that of the wheel tyre and of a
length suitable to the diameter of the wheel. This frame is encased in or provided
with a cover of suitable fabric coated with rubber or rubber composition, which
while being inextensible is at the same time waterproof. This frame may be
secured preferably in a horizontal or upwardly inclined position upon the saddle
support or upon the frame of the machine immediately beneath the saddle by such
suitable means as a bracket, thumb nut and screw.
I provide the two guards for the diagonal and front oblique members of the
irame as inextensible bands of fabric coated with rubber or rubber composition.
The upper extremities of each of these two bands are provided with a strip of
metal or wire about which the respective ends are folded; such strip of metal or
wire serves the purpose of the connection of laces for tying the respective
extremities to the frame of the machine.
The lower extremities of the two bands are also provided each with a metal strip or
wire about which the end of the band is folded and around which a lace is passed
through one, two or more eyelets or holes suitably disposed and preferably having
a coutinuous lace binding the two extremities together so that such lower
exuemities of the mud-guards may be adjusted as required. The upper extremities
are tied by laces secured thereto of similar material to that of the bands respectively
around the head socket and the upper diagonal junction piece of the frame.
I may form the lower extremities of the respective bands of reduced width for
avoiding the gear cases or chains and I may provide the material of the guards of
a fabric coated with rubber composition as described in the Specification to my,
Patent No. 5323 of 1886 or otherwise as I may think fit.
I may use means for securing the respective extremities of the two guards to the
frame other than those described herein.
Din 20th day of November 1896.
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.

page_text: I, HUNTER SPENCE of 12, Rumford Place, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Merchant, 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 improvements in mud guards for cycles and is more
especially applicable to safety bicycles.
The object of my invention is the provision of a mud-guard that is at once
capable of being readily mounted upon the machine when required for use and can
with equal facility be unattached when not required.
My invention has for its further object to provide a mud-guard which, while
being held taut will neither become slackened or diminished in width by tension
or continual use, but will be capable of being always mounted and held taut, and
be made of such material as to be inextensible and at the same time waterproof.
My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a safety bicycle having a mud-guard in accordance
with my invention applied.
Figures 2&3 are plan and elevation in part of the rear guard.
Figures 4 & 5 are plans respectively of the diagonal and front guards, while
Figure 6 is a plan of a modified form of front guard that may be employed.
In carrying my invention into effect as illustrated I mount at the rear of the
machine immediately over the driving wheel a frame A preferably of wire and of
oblong form, of a width slightly greater and corresponding to that of the rear
wheel tyre and of a length suitable to the diameter of the wheel. This frame is
encased in or provided with a cover B of suitable fabric coated with rubber or
rubber composition which while being inextensible is at the same time waterproof.
This frame A may be secured preferably in a horizontal or upwardly inclined or
downwardly inclined position upon the saddle support or upon the frame of tho
machine immediately beneath the saddle by such suitable means as a bracket or
C, thumb nut and screw.
clip
provide the two guards for the diagonal and front oblique members of the
frame as inextensible bands D & E respectively of fabric coated with rubber or
rubber composition. The upper extremities of each of these two bands are
provided with a strip of metal or wire about which the respectivo ends are folded,
such strip of metal or wire serves the purpose of the connection of laces for tying
the respective extremities to the frame of the machine.
The lower extremities of the two bands are also provided each with a metal strip
or wire about which the end of the band is folded and around which a lace may
be passed through one, two or more eyelets or holes suitably disposed in order that
the two bands may be by lacing adjusted to the rider's requiremonts. The upper
extremities are tied by laces secured thereto of similar material to that of the
bands, respectively around the head socket and the upper diagonal junction piece
of the frame.
I sometimes however prefer to provide a strap F in the case of the front guard E
with a rubber tube covered spiral spring G at its opposite end which passes round
the treadle yoke of the machine and is capable of being attached to a hook 4
connection H provided upon the lower extremity of the diagonal guard D so that
thereby such of each connected guards is held taut. The upper extremity of the
diagonal guard may be secured to the frame immediately under the saddle support
by means of the hook connection I. Each of the hook connections may be covered
with rubber. I may provide the front guard J of a wire frame similarly to the 5

page_text: rear guard but of a form corresponding to the periphery of the front wheel as
illustrated in Figures 1 & 6, such frame being onclosed in a cover of suitably coated
fabric and being secured to the stems of the fork by clips K thumb nuts and screws.
This frame may however be secured to the steering head or tube immediately
above the fork by a single clip or otherwise as may be required to suit the design
of cycle to which the guard is applied. When using a guard such as J the guard E
is of course dispensed with and the diagonal guard D is secured to the treadle
yoke by a hook connection.
I may form the lower extremities of the respective bands of reduced width for
avoiding the gear cases or chains and I may provide the material of the guards of
a fabric coated with rubber composition as described in the Specification to my
Patent No. 5323 of 1886 or otherwise as I may think fit.
I may use means for securing the respective extremities of the two guards to
the frame other than those described herein.
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:-
1. A rear guard for cycles and more especially safety bicycles consisting of metal
frane covered with coated fabric or other material and secured to the frame of the
cycle substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated. I
2. Improvements in mud-guards for cycles substantially as herein before
described and illustrated.
Dal 101
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.