Improvements in the Attachments for Brakes and Mudguards of Cycles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 11th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 3rd Mar.,
1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Attachments for Brakes and Mudguards of
Cycles.
I, PAUL ANGOIS, of 35 Noel Street, Nottingham, Engineer do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention is intended to facilitate the attachment or removal of the front
wheel brake or mudguard of a cycle, without making it necessary for lugs or
fittings to be brazed or fixed upon the forks.
My invention consists in attaching the mudguard, brake, or brake spoon, or the
shackles upon which the brake is hinged, to the fork crown, which, being made in
tubular form, I do by a spindle passing through it, upon the ends of which the
brake spoon is most conveniently hinged by means of shackles; the spindle ends
may also carry attachments for the front mudguard.
Dated April 10th 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Attachments for Brakes and Mudguards of
Cycles.
I PAUL ANGOIS, of 35 Noel Street, Nottingham, Engineer, 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 is intended to facilitate the attachment or removal of the front
wheel brake or mudguard of a cycle, without making it necessary for lugs or
fittings to be brazed or fixed upon the forks.
My invention consists in attaching the mudguard, brake, or brake-spoon, or the
shackles upon which the brake is hinged, to the fork-crown, which being made in
tubular form, I do by a spindle passing through it, upon the ends of which the
brakespoon is most conveniently hinged by means of shackles. The spindle ends
may also carry attachments for the front mudguard. And in order that my
invention may be clearly understood reference is hereafter made to the accompanying
drawings in which similar letters of reference indicate the respective parts.
|--Fig. 1-is-a front view of the parts comprised in this invention. A is a brakespoon,
which is attached to the shackles B by a bolt C. The shackles are hinged or
attached to a spindle or bolt D passing through the tube E of the fork crown.
Fig. II is an end view of the same parts.
Fig. III is a sectional plan of the parts comprised in my arrangement. It will
be seen that the shackles B have a conical or other suitably shaped bearing at the
points F in the tube ends. Upon these bearings the shackles carrying the brake
spoon and rod, swivel, and are held in their position laterally by the bolt D, passing
through the hollow tube E. One shackle is threaded and is further secured to the
spindle D by a lock-nut G.
The spindle D may be prolonged at either end for the purpose of carrying stays
or other attachments for mudguards.
It will be seen that by the above arrangement all the parts requisite for hingeing
the brakespoon to the fork may be entirely removed from or attached to any
individual machine without the necessity for lugs or other usual means of attachment,
[Price 8d.]

page_text: enabling the purchaser of a cycle subsequently requiring to affix a brake thereto,
to attach one without any alteration to the machine being required, and without
the necessity for mechanical assistance.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
1. The combination of a tubular fork crown with a brakespoon or its equivalent
held in position by shackles or carriers which are pivoted within the same tube and
held in position there by a bolt or bolts also passing through them and the said
tube, in the manner substantially as herein illustrated and described.
2. The utilisation of a tubular fork crown for the purpose of carrying the
pivoting parts of brake arrangements necessary for securing the brake thereto
substantially as herein illustrated and described.
Dated this 10th day of January 1894.
P. ANGOIS.