Improved Saddle-support for Cycles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 7th Dec.. 1895
Improved Saddle-support for Cycles.
We, EMIL EHLERT and CLAUDE PORCHERET, both of No. 52 Litenja
Prospekt, St. Petersburg, in the Empire of Russia, Mechanics, do hereby
eclare the nature of our said invention and in what manner the same is to bo
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
This invention relates to a saddle support, or carrier, for cycles, the object of
which is to cause the weight of the rider, i.e. the pressure on the saddle, to be
wholly or partly thrown on to the axle of the front wheel; and to enable the rider
to readily adjust the saddle-support so as to distribute the pressure on the saddle
equally between the front and back wheels of the cycle. The great defect of the
saddles at present in use is that the weight of the rider is thrown almost entirely
on to the back or driving-wheel of the cycle, and hence the friction on the axle of
the latter wheel is greatly increased. This invention also embodies improvements
in saddle springs and does away with the unserviceable coil springs.
Referring to the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is a side view of the upper frame-work of a cycle provided with the
saddle-support,
Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1,
Figs. 3 & 4 are plan and sectional views respectively of the connecting-sleeve or
bracket.
Figs. and 6 are side and sectional views respectively of the adjustable sleeve to
which the saddle-support is connected by springs.
The seat shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 is not directly connected to the saddle-
springs as customary, but is suitably secured to a plate a, through which latter
passes the bolt or spindles carrying rollers c. A hole in the plate a receives a pin
or upright d secured to the part f of the cycle frame in such manner that the strong
spiral spring surrounding the pin d acts on the plate a when pressure is exerted on
the saddle. The saddle-carrier proper comprises the flat arms or rails 2ª placed
edgewise and whose upper ends hi are parallel to the plate a and carry or support
its rollers c, while the other ends ³ i3 are turned or bent so as to form flat spiral
springs whose ends are secured to the square extensions of bracket k, bolted to
the connecting rod e¹ of the cycle frame and resting on frame e. The pressure on
the saddle is thus transferred through the medium of the rails and their
parts, to the extensions 7 of bracket k and, consequently, the weight of
the rider is thus thrown onto the axle of the front wheel. The rails are
connected so as to form one rigid frame by braces n and underneath the saddle
by bolt e.
About the middle of, and underneath the rails, is arranged a cross piece p
in the eye bolts of which are hooked two spiral springs & secured to the bolts
of the adjustable sleeve t. On unscrewing the tightening nuts of such bolts q,
therefore, the sleeve t may be moved to the left or right on the connecting upper
frame part e, and thus the weight of the rider may be thrown more or less as
desired on to the axle of the front wheel; at the same time the position of the bolt
on the frame e, to which bolt the springs is attached is so changed, that by
adjusting the sleeve t the pressure on the saddle may be readily and equally
distributed between the front and back wheels of the cycle.

page_text: It will be evident that instead of the pin d being secured to, or forming part
of, the connecting sleeve of the cycle frame and projecting through the plate a,
it may form part of, or be secured to such plate a, in which case it would be
formed so as to pass into the hollow upright 3 of the cycle frame in which the
spring may also be arranged, for instance, so that it acts on a shoulder of
pin d, while the other end of such spring preferably abuts against a shoulder of
the part .
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :
1. Improved saddle support for cycles, comprising two rails (22), the lower
ends (3) of which are formed into springs fixed to extensions (7) of a bracket
or sleeve (k) secured to the frame part carrying the front wheel, while the upper
ends (h) support the plate (a) carrying the saddle, substantially as described
and shown in the accompanying drawing.
2. In a saddle-support for cycles of the kind described in Claim 1, sleeve (t)
adjustable on the part (5) of the cycle frame and connected by spiral spring (s)
to the rails (22), as and for the purpose described and shown in the drawing.
Dated the 4th day of November 1895.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
Filing Agent.