Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Supporting the Saddles or Seats of Velocipedes or such like Carriages.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 27th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 31st Mar., 1894.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Supporting the Saddles or
Seats of Velocipedes or such like Carriages.
I, COUNT CHARLES DE ROSSETTI, of 12 Porchester Gardens, Bayswater, in
the County of London, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to improved means of support for the saddles or seats of
velocipedes or such like carriages and consists mainly in suspending the seats or
saddles on a bridge or strained support formed by one or more straps, cords or
bands of fibre, gut, india rubber, steel or other suitable material, tightly strained
in the direction of the length of the vehicle and connected fore and aft to handle
bar stem socket and to an upward extension from the framing, or in equivalent
manner kept in tensional strain, suitable tightening appliances being provided to
maintain such strain. On these straps, bands or cords of suspension is mounted the
saddle or seat and fastened thereto by suitable locking nuts or fastenings. To
prevent excessive movement sidewise, or rocking to such seats, when desired
controlling springs may be employed attached to the seat and under frame or back
bone, according to the construction of the machine, or the saddle may have a
downwardly projecting stem which may be socketted in a sleeve or bearing
carried by the body or frame permitting rise and fall but controlling rocking
sidewise.
For certain constructions of machines, as for ladies, the tensional suspension or
bridge supports for the seat may be attained by a fork or arms from an upright or
stem from the lower part or other part of the frame and for multi-cycles, the
arrangements may combine various modifications in detail.
The suspension cords or bands may be anchored at their ends to one or more
points, either passing round pulleys, or otherwise, and they may be combined with
spring loops as attachments.
Dated the 20th day of November 1802
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Supporting the Saddles or
Seats of Velocipedes or such like Carriages.
I COUNT CHARLES DE ROSSETTI, of 12 Porchester Gardens, Bayswater in
the County of London, Civil 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 :-
This invention relates to improved means of support for the saddles or seats of
velocipedes or such like carriages, and consists mainly in suspending the seats or
saddles on a bridge or strained support formed by one or more straps, wires, cords,
or bands of steel or other suitable material in tension in the direction of the length
of the vehicle and connected fore and aft to handle bar stem socket and to an
upward extension from the framing, or in equivalent manner kept in tensional
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strain, suitable tightening appliances being provided to maintain such strain.
these straps, wires, bands or cords of suspension is mounted the saddle or seat and
fastened thereto by suitable locking nuts or fastenings. To prevent excessive
movement sidewise, or rocking to such seats, when desired controlling springs may
be employed attached to the seat and under frame or back bone, according to the
construction of the machine, or the saddle may have a downwardly projecting stem
which may be socketted in a sleeve or bearing carried by the body or frame
permitting rise and fall but controlling rocking sidewise.
For certain constructions of machines, as for ladies, the tensional suspension or
bridge supports for the seat may be attained by a fork or arms from an upright or
stem from the lower part or other part of the frame, and for multi-cycles, the
arrangements may combine various modifications in detail.
The suspension wires, cords or bands may be anchored at their ends to one or
more points, either passing round pulleys, or otherwise, and they may be combined
with anring loons as attachments

page_text: or rotated the bolts g and h are brought nearer to each other, thus tightening or
straining the wire.
As shown in Fig. 6 the strained cord or wire may be strengthened by means
of interlaced cords or wire of suitable flexible material.
The seat may also be supported upon endless bands, wires, or cords as shewn
diagramatically in Figure 7.
By means of the improved construction I am enabled in supporting the weight
on the stretched cords to attain amongst other advantages
The deadening of shocks by their distribution on to many centres and effect
graduation and transformation of them into an easy undulatory motion.
The better preservation of the rigidity of the frame of the vehicle by insuring
that the points which take the strain of the shocks arising from inequalities of the
road and the like are the points which from their greater strength are most capable
of sustaining the same. Obviating surging action in the seat by reducing vertical
dipping or dropping of the rider in the seat in passing over irregularities.
Greater ease to the rider in driving by preserving the relative distance between
seat and pedals within a convenient range.
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. In a support for a seat or saddle of a velocipede or such like carriage the use
of a suspension bridge or strained supports in the direction of the length of the
vehicle with means for regulating the tensional strain thereon substantially as and
for the purpose set forth.
2. The arrangements or combinations and use of parts of apparatus for supporting
and adjusting the strain on the supports of seats of velocipedes or such like
carriages substantially as set forth.
3. The combination or arrangement and use in supporting velocipede seats or
the seats of like carriages of the means for affording limited movement to the saddle
in sidewise and endway directions on its framing, with tensional means of support
substantially as set forth.
Dated the 27th day of February 1894.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.