Improvements in and connected with Saddles or Seats for Velocipedes, and for other purposes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 17th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 17th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 11th July, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Saddles or Seats for
Velocipedes, and for other purposes.
I, PHILIP LOUIS RENOUF of 26 York Road Edgbaston Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct suitable supports for saddles such as
are used on velocipedes & similar vehicles & to provide them with suitable
adjustment with regard to tension, horizontal motion & angular tilt. For this
purpose the base of the saddle may be formed out of wire, out of tube, (or sheet
metal drawn into tubular, crescent, D or other suitable section) or of a combination
of wire & tube. Where wires only are used as the base. they are separated from
the seatpillar tube by a pair of circular washers. In some cases the clip is formed
out of a piece of tube or sheet metal preferably squeezed into oval shape & pierced
transversely by the seatpillar tube; the washers are provided with grooves to
receive the wires, being locked thereto by a bolt & sideplates passed through them
& through the tubular clip, but not through the seatpillar tube.
Thus the clip can be slid along this latter & may be mounted either on a vertical
pillar or a horizontal extension of the same. Sometimes I use two bolts instead
of one to connect two side plates provided with grooves to receive the wires ;
these sideplates being capable of rocking on a pair of washers hollowed out to
grip the seatpillar tube.
But I prefer to construct the base out of a tube passing through a ball which
itself is enclosed in a stamped. cast or pressed socket & then connected with the
seatpillar tube by brazing soldering or clipping. The bolt is split & the socket is
split to form a clamp, so that a screw or bolt passed through the socket piece will
grip the ball & thus the base tube & lock it in any desired position.
This base tube is either brazed directly to the cantle, which may be of tube, or
it is provided with a pair of wires or springs either in front or behind. Tension is
provided sometimes by extending these wires by a screw adjustment, by a telescopic
tubular extension or by means of a hinged lever.
Dated this 16th day of July 1895
Improvements in and connected with Saddles or Seats for
Velocipedes, and for other purposes.
I, PHILIP LOUIS RENOUF of 26 York Road Edgbaston Birmingham in the
County of Warwick 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 :-
The object of this invention is to construct suitable supports for saddles such as
are used on velocipedes and for other purposes and to provide them with suitable
adjustment with regard to tension, horizontal motion and angular tilt. For this
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page_text: purpose the base of the saddle may be formed out of wire, out of tubes (or sheet
metal drawn into tubular, crescent, D, or other suitable section), or of a combination:
of wire and tube.
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Referring to the drawings, Figs. 1 and 2 show part of a wire base "a" gripped
between a pair of circular washers "b," "b," and a metal clip "c"; the latter
encircling the seat pillar "d." Grip is supplied by the screw passing through
washer "" and screwed into washer "b" The clip "c is formed out of tube
or sheet drawn into tubular shape and then ovaled so that one end of the oval
forms part of a true circle. Reduced projections on the washers "b" "b" fit into
this circular end and thus pivot in it, providing the required horizontal tilt. The
inner faces of the washers are grooved to hold the wire base and force it against
the edge of the clip and allow of the required horizontal motion. The clip "c'
being slotted will firmly grip the seat pillar "d" when the bolt "e" is screwed up.
As the bolt "e" misses the seat pillar, it is evident that the clip mechanism can be
slid along the seat pillar tube and is capable of being used on either a vertical or a
horizontal saddle support.
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Figs. 3 and 4 show the two plates "b," "6" slotted on their inner faces to
receive the wire frame "a" and recessed to pivot on the outer faces of
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washers "c," "," which again grip the seat pillar tube "d." The bolts "
connect the two plates "b," "," forcing them on to the wires, these on to the
washers, and the latter on to the seat pillar tube; they are placed far enough froin
this tube to allow of sufficient rock or tilt. The drawings show this clip mounted
on a vertical stem, but it is evident that owing to the washers "c," "el”acting as
trunnions. the same clip can be mounted on a horizontal stem, allowing of full
horizontal adjustment and of sufficient angular tilt.
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In Fig. 5 the usual wire frame is replaced by a tubular base
" brazed or
otherwise fixed to a tubular or sheet metal cantle "." A tubular or sheet metal
nose or pommel piece "g" carries the front of the leather seat "h" and telescopes
into the front of this tube, and is capable of extension by means of a tensioning
screw "."
In
Figs. 7 and 8 shew variations of this method of tensioning. In Fig. 7 the peak
of the saddle "" is rivetted to a sheet metal nose "g" which is hinged to the
front of the tubular base at "j" and tensioned by the compression screw "i."
Fig. 8 a pair of wires "k" "k" connected with either end of the seat slide into a
block or plug "1" inserted into the tubular base and are moved for the purpose of
tension by the screw "i."
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Connection between the tubular base "a" and the seat pillar is provided by the
clip "m
shown in section in Fig. 5 and in elevation in Fig. 6. This clip is
provided with a slot which is closed by nip screw "e" and forms at its lower end a
clip for the seat pillar "d," at its upper end a ball socket containing the ball "0."
The latter is pierced to receive the base tube " α "and also split to admit of being
closed tightly on the same by the action of nip screw "e" on the clip "m."
apertures in the ball socket end of clip "m are sufficient to allow of the required
amount of horizontal elevation or depression.
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The
Where wires are preferred to a tubular frame, the ball is pierced to receive two
pairs of wires and is slotted through the holes so that the grip action of the socket
end of " m tightens the sections of ball "o" on to the wires; but in this case
the wires must be finished off at their respective ends after being placed in
position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is-
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1. A clip "c" Fig. 1 and 2, made of tube or sheet metal, simultaneously
gripping a seat pillar and holding the saddle wires by the compression of the latter
between a pair of washers and the sides of the clip, the said washers being pivoted
in the manner described:

page_text: 2. The combination of a pair of side plates "6""61" Figs. 3 and 4, pivotted on
""c¹" for the purpose of attaching a saddle frame to
a pair of jaws or washers "C
a seat post, and admitting of adjustment in the manner described.
3. The tubular base of a saddle "a" Figs. 5 and 8, provided with means of
tensioning the seat by telescopic action.
4. The combination of the hinged tensioning nose "g" with the tubular
base "a."
5. The method of providing horizontal as well as angular adjustment to the base
of a saddle frame by means of passing the frame through a split ball located iuside
a socket, capable of gripping both ball and frame for the purposes described, and.
substantially in the manner described.
Sieteenth day of April 1896.
PHILIP
IS KENOUT.