Improvements in Mud Guards for Cycles and other Vehicles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in Mud Guards for Cycles and other Vehicles.
I HERBERT KIDDIER, Waterway Street, Nottingham, Hosiery Machine Builder,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The front guard consists of a band of india-rubber webbing or other flexible
material, the upper end being secured to a wire hooked to two hooks projecting
from the crown of the front wheel.
The lower end of the tand is passed through a slot in a tube and secured
thereto, the ends of the tube revolve in the outer ends of two bearing rods. The
outer end of one rod terminates in a four holed bracket, and the end of the tube
carries a cross piece provided with a handle at one end and a set screw at the
other to adjust the tension of the band. Outside each bearing rod is a second rod
hinged to a bracket carrying the first named rod, the bracket being secured to the
axle of the front wheel. The second rods terminate in holes in a plate secured to
the band to hold it clear of the wheel.
The back guard consists of a band, slotted tube, a four holed bracket, a cross
piece with handle and set screw, and a pair of bearing rods as before described,
each hinged to a bracket secured to the back wheel bearing fork.
The band passing over a guide rod carried by a bracket secured to the framing
the front of the band is hooked to a bracket attached to the lower end of the
framing.
When the guards are not in use each may be wound up on its tube by the
handle before named. The second pair of rods to the front guard being folded
onto the bearing rods and held by clips.
Dated this Ninth dare of Santamber 1806
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Agent.
I, HERBERT KIDDIER Waterway Street, Nottingham, Hosiery Machine Builder,
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 :-

page_text: Figure 5 shows a left side view of a mud guard of greater length as applied to
the rear wheel of a cycle and held by two pair of rods.
In the above figures sufficient only of the framing is shown to illustrate my
invention.
Figure 6 shows in plan a tube on which the band is wound.
Figures 7 and 8 show side views of a bracket at one end of the tube.
Figure 9 shows in plan a band guide rod.
Figure 10 shows in plan a plate secured to the underside of the band.
Figure 11 shows a pair of hooks attached to the outer end of each band.
Figure 12 shows in plan the bracket to which the band is hooked
Figures 13 show a side view and plan of an alternative bracket.
Each of the above described figures are severally referred to hereafter and the
corresponding parts are indicated by the same figures where necessary.
The mud guard applied to the front wheel of a cycle consists of a band of in lia
rubber webbing or other flexible material 1 the upper end being secured to a wire
hooked to two hooks 2 projecting from the crown of the front wheel. The lower
end of the band is passed through a slot in a tube 3 and secured thereto as shown
at Figure 6, the ends of the tube revolve in the outer ends of two bearing rods 4.
The outer end of one rod terminates in a four or more holed bracket 5 and the
end of the tube carries a cross piece provided with a handle 6 at one end and a set
screw 6 at the other to adjust the tension of the band.
Outside each bearing rod is a second rod 4" hinged to a bracket 7 carrying the
bearing rod 4 a bracket being secured to each end of the axle of the front wheel.
The outer ends of the second rods terminate in holes in a plate 8 "shown at
Figure 10" secured to the band to hold it clear of the wheel.
The mud guard for the back wheel consists of a band, 1 slotted tube 3 a four or
more holed bracket 5 a cross piece with a handle 6 and set screw 6 a pair of
bearing rods 4 each hinged to a bracket 7ª secured to the rear wheel bearing fork.
The band passing over a guide rod 9 "shown at Figure 9" carried by a
bracket 10 secured to the framing, the front end of the band is provided with two
hooks 11 "shown at Figure 11 "hooked to a bracket 12 "shown at Figure 12'
attached to the lower end of the framing.
".
When the mud guards are not in use each may be wound up on its tube by the
handle before named, the second pair of rods to the front guard being folded on to
the bearing rods as shown at Figures 3 and 4.
When a mud guard of greater length than the one shown at Figure 2 is applied
to the rear wheel it is carried by a tube and two bearing rods as before described
and two rods 4 terminating in a plate 8 as shown at Figure 5 hinged to a
bracket 7 or to an alternative bracket 13 shown in side view and plan at
Figures 13 a loop 13ª secured to the bearing rod 4 catching on the bracket
prevents the rod from rising, and a stop 13 on the bracket preventing the rod
froin falling, a stop 13 bearing on the fork fixing the bracket in position. To
wind up each band the set screw 6ª is unscrewed clear of the hole in the bracket 5
it engaged with, the band is then wound tight on the tube 3 by the handle 6 and
again secured by the set screw.
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. The construction and employment in mud guards for cycles and other vehicles
of a pair of bearing rods 4 carrying a slotted tube 3 bracket 5 provided with four
or more holes and a cross piece provided with a handle 6 and set screw 6
substantially as described for the purpose specified and illustrated in the drawings
annexed.
2. The construction and employment in mud guards for cycles and other vehicles

page_text: of a pair or more of rods 4ª having their outer ends engaging with a plate or
plates 8 secured to the underside of a band 1 substantially as described for the
purpose specified and illustrated in the drawings annexed.
Dated this Fourth day of December 1896.
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Agent.