Improvements in Saddles for Cycles and such like purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 5th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 2nd Jan., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Saddles for Cycles and such like purposes.
I WALTER BRAMPTON of the Firm of F. Brampton & Co. of Oliver Street
Works, Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, do hereby declare
the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object (improvements in saddles for cycles and such
like purposes) and refers in particular to the under portion or supporting under
frame which forms part of the self contained saddle. My invention is as
follows:-
The lower portion or members of the frame are composed of two plates of
metal, by preference of steel or these two side plates may be bent round from one
strip but in either case they form two sides whether in one piece or two pieces.
Starting from the pummel end where the two sides may form the base of the front
spring they pass backwards opening out and then run parallel or nearly so and
then turn outwards past the centre to a considerable width and may form the bases
of the two back springs. About the centre of these strips or plates I fasten to
each a curved rail which may be secured by two rivets passing through the centre
or neutral axis of the plates so as to not weaken it. Upon these rails the boss is
mounted and moves in either direction being secured in any position thereto by a
tightening bolt and to this the saddle bar is secured.
Dated this 20th day of February 1896.
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
1, WALTER BRAMPTON of the Firm of F. Brampton & Co. of Oliver Street
Works, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of my said 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 has for its object improvements in saddles for cycles and such
like purposes and refers in particular to the under portion or supporting under
frame which forms part of the self contained saddle. My invention is as
follows:-
The lower portion or members of the frame are composed of two plates of
metal by preference of steel-or these two side plates may be bent round from
one strip but in either case they form two sides whether in one piece or two pieces.
Starting from the pummel end where the two sides may form the base of the front
spring they pass backwards opening out and then run parellel or nearly so and
then turn outwards past the centre to a considerable width and may form the base
of the two back springs. About the centre of these strips or plates I fasten to each
a curved rail which may be secured by two rivets passing through the centre or
neutral axis of the plates so as to not weaken it. Upon these rails the boss is.
mounted and moves in either direction being secured in any position thereto by a
tightening bolt and to this the saddle bar is secured.

page_text: In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practical effect I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings
illustrating an example of the same and by which I will now proceed to explain
how the invention may be carried out.
Figure 1 is a section through the covering A of the saddle and a side elevation
of the under portion or frame work which sustains the covering.
Figure 2 is an inverted plan shewing the under frame work as well as the outline
of the covering A.
Figure 3 is an elevation of a broken off portion of the frame showing another
mode of applying the saddle bar.
Figure 4 shews one of the rails upon which the boss E is hung as there is
provided a curved recess on each side the boss E to embrace the rails S the whole
being tightened together by the bolt e¹ and operating in the same manner as
explained and claimed in my previous Patent No. 16899 A.D. 1895 the only
difference in this case as regards the boss E being that the rails S are hung to the
frame F as will be hereafter explained instead of being mounted on square or
similar rods such as K as in my previous patent before mentioned.
The base of our new or improved saddle is composed of two side plates F, F,
which form the frame or lower frame for supporting the springs and upper portion
of the saddle. It will be seen on reference to the drawings Figures 1 & 2 that the
two side pieces F, F are united at the pummel end by a rivet f to an eye bolt w¹
the head of which embraces the lower portion of the pummel or front spring thus
attaching the front ends of the plates F, F to the front spring but the plates F, F
may be simply bent round as shewn in broken off plan at Figure 5 instead of being
in two pieces which does not alter the principle of the frame. The two sides of the
frame near the centre or from f' to f run parallel and carry at this portion the
two internal rails S, S, which are secured to the frame F by bolts s', s which pass
through the plate at or near the neutral axis of the depth of the frame. The
frame F then continues along to the two back springs W2 and W where they are
united to these springs in such like manner as with a cross plate M having two
ears m, m¹ turned up with rivets m², m2 passing through both. The cross plate M
is united to the springs W2 and W by the bolts f, which completes the founda-
tion frame and connections to the base of the springs W. W2 and W. The upper
frame K which maintains the leather or other facing constituting the seat A are
simply square rods of sufficient strength for the purpose and is bent at the centre k³
to form an eye for the adjusting screw k¹ finishing at each end with an eye k¹ for
attachment to the back springs as in my previous patent. The saddle bar B
may be attached to the saddle boss E by the usual bend b¹ as seen at Figures 1
aud 2 or the boss E may have an upright hole to receive a straight bar Bas
seen at Figure 3 but even then the frame F is substantially the same in
construction.
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 :-
First. The improvements in saddles for cycles and such like purposes consisting
of a frame F carrying the boss E for connection with the saddle bar B and con-
nected to the springs W and cover A substantially as herein set forth and shewn
upon the accompanying drawings.
Second. In saddles for cycles and other purposes the use of an under frame F
.whether constituted of two separate sides as seen at Figures 1 and 2 or from one
piece as shown at Figure 5 and substantially as herein explained.
Dated this 3rd day of October 1896.
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent.