Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Dec., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 12th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 17th Aug., 1888
We, GEORGE SALTER of the firm of George Salter and Company of West Bromwich
in the County of Stafford, Manufacturer, and CHARLES JOHN HOLDSHIP of Bagnall
Street, West Bromwich, aforesaid, Accountant clerk, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to the construction of velocipede saddles, and velocipede saddle
springs, as hereinafter described, whereby the saddles are simplified in their construction,
and their cost of manufacture greatly reduced.
We will describe our invention, first, in connection with a velocipede saddle.
The seat of the saddle, is mounted, and carried upon a metallic frame, consisting of
a bar or strip of metal, running from front to rear, on the underside of the said seat,
and with the front end of the framing, turned upwardly, into a supporting upright or
bracket, and of a figure somewhat resembling the letter S.
The upper and outwardly turned end of the said turned up front part, is connected
to the front underside of the saddle seat, by rivetings or otherwise.
The rear of the framing, is forked, or branched outwardly, into bracket upright
supports, whose upper, and outwardly turned ends, are secured to the back of the
saddle, or to the skirting framing, by rivetings, or other connections. Thus, the saddle
seat is elevated upon a centrally disposed narrow frame, which runs from front to rear,
on the underside of the saddle seat.
Situated under the said framing, and running parallel thereto, is a base plate, or
carrier, plain at its front end, and forked at its back end; and interposed between the
ends of the branched parts of the seat framing, and the ends of the branched
parts of the base, or carrier framing, are pillar coiled springs, whose upper, and
lower terminal ends, encircle the stems of screws, and with the said ends, coming at
the backs of screw nuts.
The front parts of the framings, have interposed between them. a compound volute
spring, with a square connection axis,

page_text: Thus, the saddle seat or saddle, is mounted and elevated upon a framing; supported
at rear, by two or other coiled springs, and at front, by a single compound volute
spring and which said springs, rest upon a base or carrier, which is attached to the
framing of a machine, by a socket or otherwise.
The compound volute spring as aforesaid, consists, of two independent limbs, or
springs, with evolved inner ends, and with the one evolved end, working within a gap
or forked part, in the other evolved end, and which said ends of the evolved parts, aro
connected together, by a square transverse axis, passing through the coincident square
eyes of both of them.
The limbs of the springs, are directed inwardly from the evolved ends, and are
secured to the front underside of the seat framing, and to the top side of the base
framing respectively, by pins and nuts, or by other means.
The front spring, with evolved and connected inner ends, give rigidity and stay to
the seat of the saddle, while retaining a maximum amount of elasticity; and when in
use, the pressure exerted, tends to flatten the arms of the spring, and work the
evolved ends in reverse directions, upon the square connection pin, which unites them
together.
Although we have described that the front of the seat of the saddle, is supported
upon a double armed spring, whose evolved ends, meet at a common axis, yet coiled or
other evolved springs may be substituted therefor.
The application of our invention, to what are commonly known as saddle springs,
differs in no essential respect, from its application to that of a saddle.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Velocipede Saddles and Saddle Springs.
We, GEORGE SALTER of the firm of George Salter and Company of West Bromwich
in the County of Stafford, Manufacturer, and CHARLES JOHN HOLDSHIP of Bagnall
Street West Bromwich aforesaid, Accountant clerk 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:-
Our invention relates to the construction of velocipede saddles, and velocipede
saddle springs, as hereinafter described, whereby the saddles are simplified in thei
construction, and their cost of manufacture greatly reduced.
We will describe our invention first in connection with a velocipede saddle.
The seat of the saddle is mounted and carried upon, a metallic frame, consisting of
a bar or strip of metal, running from front to rear, on the underside of the said seat,
and with the front end of the framing turned upwardly into a supporting upright or
bracket, and of a figure somewhat resembling the letter S.
The upper and outwardly turned end of the said turned up front part is connected
to the front underside of the saddle seat, by rivetings or otherwise.
The rear of the framing, is forked or branched outwardly into bracket upright
supports, whose upper, and outwardly turned ends, are secured to the back of the
saddle, or to the skirting framing, by rivetings, or other connections. Thus, the saddle
seat is elevated upon a centrally disposed narrow frame, which runs from front to rear,.
on the underside of the saddle seat.
Situated under the said framing, and running parallel thereto, is a base plate or
carrier, plain at its front end, and forked at its back end; and interposed between the
ends of the branched parts of the base, or carrier framing, are pillar coiled springs,
whose upper and lower terminal ends, encircle the stems of screws, and with the said
ends, coming at the back of screw nuts.
The front parts of the framings, have interposed between them, a compound. volute
spring, with a square connection axis.
Thus, the saddle seat or saddle, is mounted and elevated upon a framing, supported.
at rear, by two or other coiled springs, and at front, by a single compound volute
spring; and which said springs, rest upon a base or carrier, which is attached to the
framing of a machine, by a socket, or otherwise.
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The compound volute spring as aforesaid, consists of two independent limbs or
springs, with evolved inner ends, and with the one evolved end, working within a gap.
or forked part, in the other evolved end, and which said ends of the evolved parts, are
connected together by a square transverse axis, passing through the coincident square
eyes of both of them.
The limbs of the springs, are directed inwardly from the evolved ends, and are,
secured to the front underside of the seat framing, and to the top side of the base
framing respectively, by pins and nuts, or by other means.

page_text: The front spring, with evolved and connected inner ends, give rigidity and stay to
the seat of the saddle, while retaining a maximum amount of elasticity; and when
in use, the pressure exerted, tends to flatten the arms of the spring, and work
the evolved ends in reverse directions upon the square connection pin, which unites
them together.
Although we have described that the front of the seat of the saddle, is supported
upon a double armed spring, whose evolved ends meet at a common axis, yet coiled or
other evolved springs, may be substituted therefor.
The application of our invention to what are commonly known as saddle springs,
differs in no essential respect from its application, to that of a saddle.
We will now proceed to describe with reference, to the accompanying drawings, the
manner in which the same is to be performed. ·
Figure 1 represents partly in section, and partly in elevation, a tricycle saddle, con-
structed and mounted according to our invention. Figure 2 is an underside view, or
inverted plan of the same, showing the direction and shape of the metallic frame, upon
which the seat of the saddle is mounted. Figure 3 is a rear end elevation, and
figure 4 is a front elevation of the said saddle figures 1 and 2.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, in the several figures of
the drawings.
a is the saddle seat, mounted and carried upon a continuous metallic frame b, con-
sisting of a bar or strip of sheet metal, running from front to rear on the underside
of the said seat, and with the front end of the framing, turned upwardly, into a
supporting bracket, marked 2, which is riveted to the underside front of the seat, by
rivetings.
The rear of the framing, is forked, or branched outwardly into bracket uprights
with outwardly turned ends, which are secured to the underside of the back of the
scat of a saddlo, or the skirting framing thereof.
Situated under the framing, and running parallel with it, is a base plate or carrier c,
plain or single at its front end c², and forked at its back or rear end c³, somewhat after
the manner of the rear of the framing ; and disposed between the ends of the
branched parts of the said rear parts of both base plate and framing, are pillar coiled
springs d, whose upper and lower terminal ends, encircle the stems of screws, or headed
bolts, as seen in the several figures.
The front parts of the framings and base, have interposed within them, a compound
volute spring e, e², with a square connection axis e³, which passes through square eyes
at the inner ends of the said springs e, e, while the outer ends e, e are bolted or
connected to the front underside of the seat, and to the top front side of the base,
respectively.
The inner connections of the springs, are made in the form of a knuckle joint, or
with the one end working within the gap at the other end, around the square con-
nection pin, which unites them together, and forms a quiescent point, around which
the evolved parts or coils turn.
The base plate is secured to a machine, by a clip and bar carrier, or by other
means.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
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First. Making the whole of the saddle seat supporting framing b, b³, 13,
saddle, in one piece, and from sheet or strip metal, as set forth in the several figures.
Secondly. Constructing the saddle seat supporting framing of velocipede saddles, in
one piece, and from sheet or strip metal, plain at its front part, and branched at its
rear and with the said front and rear parts, turned upwardly, into supporting
uprights or brackets, with terminal connections, as set forth."
Thirdly. Supporting the fronts of the seats of saddles, upon a compound evolved
spring e, e, or upon two volute springs e, e², with their inner evolved ends, connected

page_text: in common, to a square axis e³, while their outer ends, are connected to the saddle
framing, and base plate, respectively, as set forth.
Lastly. The improvements in the construction of saddles, and their supporting
framings, consisting of a framing b, 62, 63, base plate c, evolved compound spring e, e²,
or its or their equivalents, and two coiled springs d, or their equivalents, as set forth
in the several figures of the drawings.