Improvements in and relating to the Handle Bars of Cycles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1896
Complete Suanification Loft 17th Doc. 1806 Accented 18th Sept 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Handle Bars of Cycles.
I ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER Mechanical Engineer and International Patent
Agent of Cobden Buildings 67 Corporation Street Birmingham, a communi-
cation from George Bennett Machinist and Samuel Snell Manufacturer, both
of Toledo United States of America do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
Hithertoo the handle bars of cycles have (in the majority of cases) been secured
to the fork head of machine in a permanent manner and in some exceptional
cases handle-bars have been secured adjustably by means of a bottom-bearing
provided on the front-wheel fork head, the handle-bar in such cases resting in
such bottom bearing in conjunction with a moveable top bearing or cap, such
cap being loosened and adjusted by means of two end-pins in the ordinary way
that a cap is secured over the journal of a shaft.
Our invention consists in securing the handle-bar to the front wheel fork
head, or to any other part of a cycle where it as advantageous to secure a handle-
bar such connection being made by means of the specially constructed bearing
hereinafter described.
We provide a pillar-bearing having a shank-end, one inch long more or less,
forming a round plug to fit into the fork-head tube or to fit into a short piece
of tube connected to any desired part of the cycle in accordance with the necessity
of the case in relation to bicycles, tricycles, tandems, or double-breasted bicycles;
above the plug-end of pillar-bearing spreads out to the right and to the left a
semi-circular bottom-bearing to receive handle-bar, a central band part of such
bottom bearing about half an inch wide more or less is extended upwards above
the bottom bearing, forming a complete ring with the bottom bearing, and above
the ring projects a solid part formed into a screw-pin.
We next provide a cap the length of which would correspond with the bottom-
bearing from right to left, the underside of this cap is pierced with a slot to
admit the ring of pillar-bearing.
In connecting the pillar-bearing and cap to the handle-bar, the handle-bar
would be threaded through the central band-ring of pillar-bearing and moved
until the centre of the handle-bar was over the centre of pillar-bearing, the slotted
cap would then be lowered over the bottom-bearing or pillar-bearing, the pin
passed through a central hole provided in the cap to receive it.
By the utilization of the parts hereinbefore described the handle-bar could be
locked between the cap and the pillar-bearing, then by merely slackening the
one central screw the handle-bar could be adjusted at any desired angle so as to
lower the handles or to throw them higher and therein consists the essential
novelty of our invention.
When providing our improved pillar-bearing and cap for use with wood
handles we form on the cap, wedge-shaped projections so that when the cap is
tightened over the wood handle by means of the central screw-pin of pillar-

page_text: bearing, the wedge-shaped projections of the cap would be forced into the sub-
stance of the wood handle as an additional means of locking the handle or
handle-bar within the pillar-bearing and cap of our new handle-bar securing
mechanism.
Dated this 8th day of October 1900
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cobden Buildings, Corporation Street, Birmingham, England.
Improvements in and relating to the Handle Bars of Cycles.
I ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER Consulting Mechanical Engineer and enrolled
Patent Agent of Cobden Buildings 67 Corporation Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick a communication from George Bennett Machinist. of
Toledo United States America and Samuel Snell Manufacturer also of Toledo
United States America 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:-
Hithertoo the handle-bars of cycles have in the majority of cases been secured
to fork-head of cycle in a permanent manner, and in some exceptional cases
handle-bars have been secured adjustably by means of a bottom-bearing pro-
vided on the front-wheel fork-head, the handle-bar in such cases resting in such
bottom bearing in conjunction with a moveable top-bearing or cap, such cap
being loosened and adjusted by means of two end-screws in the ordinary way that
a cap is secured over the journal of a shaft.
Our invention consists in securing the handle-bar to the front wheel fork-head,
or to any other part of a cycle where it is advantageous to secure a handle-bar
such connection being made by means of the specially constructed mechanism
hereinafter described.
We will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings
the manner in which our invention is constructed and used.
Figure 1 represents a plan of Figure 7 shewing a tubular metal handle-bar
threaded through improved pillar.
Figure 2 represents a vertical front view of a cap suitable to connect over pillar
central-screw.
Figure 3 represents a plan of Figure 2.
Figure 4 represents an end view of Figure 6.
Figure 5 represents an end view of cap Figure 2.
Figure 6 represents a front view similar to Figure 7 excepting the addition of
the cap in position on pillar over handle-bar.
Figure 7 represents a front elevation of Figure 1 with handle-bar broken off.
Figure 8 represents a plan of top side of cap suitable for use on wood-handle- 4
bar.
Figure 9 represents a plan of under-side of cap shewn at Figure 8.
Figure 10 represents an end view of Figure 7.
Figure 11 represents a front view of broken-off portion of wood handle-bar
threaded through pillar.
Figure 12 represents a front view similar to Figure 11 with the addition of
cap in position over handle-bar.
Figure 13 represents an end view of Figure 11.
Figure 14 represents an end view of Figure 12.

page_text: In carrying out our invention we provide a pillar carrying a ring-shaped
bearing the pillar a and the bearing 6 may be in one continuous piece or the
bearing may terminate in a plug-end taking into the short tube or pillar a
or direct into the fork-head tube or into the tube or pillar connected to any
desired part of the cycle in accordance with the necessity of the case in relation
to single-saddle bicycles twin-seated bicycles, tricycles, and tandems or any
other such like structures where a cycle handle-bar is used; the bearing 6 spreads
to the right and to the left of pillar any desired width forming a semi-circular
bottom bearing to receive the handle-bar, a central band-part c extends upwards
and forms with the bottom. bearing a complete ring and above such ring-band c
extends the securing-pin d.
We next provide a cap e the length of which from side to side corresponds
with the width of bottom-bearing b, the underside of cap e is formed with a
slot f to pass over the band-ring c.
In connecting the pillar bearing and cap to the handle-bar g, the handle-bar
would be threaded through the band-ring c of bottom-bearing and moved into
a central position as shewn at Figure 1, the cap e would then be lowered over
bottom-bearing, the pin d passing through the central hole h in cap.
The bottom and top bearings as shewn at Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10
are designed to suit tubular handle-bars.
The bottom-bearing shewn carrying a wood handle-bar g at Figures 11,
12, 13, and 14 is formed with a flat upper surface at j and the slot f¹ of the
cap el is not hollowed as shewn at Figures 2 and 5 but is carried straight through
as indicated by the dotted line Figure 14; the cap el as provided for use
over wood handle-bars is fitted with wedge shaped spurs 7 so that when the
cape is tightened over the wood handle-bar by means of the central pin d the
projecting wedges 7 of cap el would be forced into the substance of the wood
handle-bar as an additional means of locking the handle-bar within the pillar-
bearing and the cap e¹.
By the utilization of the parts herein described the tubular metal handle-bar
or the wood handle-bar could be quickly locked between the cap and the bottom
bearing, then by merely slackening the tightened central screw, the handle-bar
could be adjusted to raise or lower the handles to the desired angle, the obtaining
of the adjustment by means of one central screw in contradistinction to using
two end-screws constitutes a novelty in the manufacture of cycles and such like
road-vehicles, and therein consists an essential part of our invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1st. The making of a handle-bar-support by the combination of a ringed
bottom-bearing and central adjusting-screw with a slotted top-bearing or cap,
the handle-bar being threaded through the ring-band of bottom-bearing and
the top-bearing adjusted and tightened over the handle-bar within the ring-
band by means of the central pillar-screw, as illustrated and described.
2nd. In a handle-lar-support top-bearing or cap, the utilization of wedge
shaped spurs for the purpose of gripping a wood handle-bar as illustrated and
described in relation to Figures 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, and 14.
تيم
1000
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cobden Buildings, 67 Corporation Street, Birmingham.