Improvements in and relating to Velocipedes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 27th July, 1896-Accepted, 29th Aug., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Velocipedes.
1, GEORGE LEONARD MORRIS, of 16, Well Street, Gray's Inn Road, in the
Parish of St. Andrew's Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Cycle Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved construction of pillar or support for
carrying the seats or saddles of velocipedes and it has for its object, enabling
the position of the saddle to be varied in a more perfect manner than is obtainable
with the pillars or supports as now constructed.
The ordinary saddle pillar consists of an г shaped bar the vertical part of which
is fixed in or to the frame of the machine and the horizontal part carries the saddle.
As however the pillar cannot be conveniently attached to the frame so that its
vertical member is absolutely in the vertical plane, the horizontal member has to
be set at such an angle with the vertical member as will give it a truly horizontal
position when attached to the frame of the machine. The consequence of which
is that if the pillar is made for the borizontal part to project to the rear of the
vertical part it cannot be reversed to bring it to the front of the said vertical
part as in that position it will not lie in the horizontal plane, the result being
that with this type of pillar the adjustment of the position of the saddle is
limited. Various attempts have been made to get over this limitation of
adjustment, but all have been more or less failures on account of the complication
involved.
According to my invention I form the saddle pillar in two parts, the one the
horizontal part to carry the saddle and the other the vertical part to be attached
to the frame of the machine. The two parts are joined together by a tongue and
groove joint and a transverse locking screw. The shoulders of the tongue part are
cut at such an angle that when they are bedded accurately against the grooved
part, the horizontal part of the pillar forms such an angle with the vertical part
thereof that it will lie truly horizontal whether placed fore or aft of the vertical
part. The horizontal part can instantly be moved from or to its fore and aft
positions with respect to the vertical part, by simply removing the locking screw
and turning the horizontal part over in its joint. By entirely disconnecting the
two parts and reversing the one with respect to the other the horizontal part can
be placed to form an elongation on the vertical part.
As a modification the part adapted to carry the saddie may be formed with
transverse pins or studs and fitted with the slotted locking washers and nuts to
enable it to carry the underframe of the saddle direct.
Dated this 28th day of October 1895
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Velocipedes.
I, GEORGE LEONARD MORRIS of 16, Well Street, Gray's Inn Road, in the
Parish of St. Andrew's Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Cycle Manufacturer,
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 an improved construction of pillar or support for
carrying the seats or saddles of velocipedes, and it has for its object, enabling
the position of the saddle to be varied in a more perfect manner than is obtainable
with the pillars or supports as now constructed.
The ordinary saddle pillar consists of a shaped bar the vertical part of which
is fixed in, or to the frame of the machine and the horizontal part carries the
saddle. As however the pillar cannot be conveniently attached to the frame so
that its vertical member is absolutely in the vertical plane the horizontal member
has to be set at such an angle with the vertical member as will give it a truly
horizontal position when attached to the frame of the machine. The consequence
of which is that if the pillar is made for the horizontal part to project to the rear
of the vertical part it cannot be reversed to bring it to the front of the said
vertical part as in that position it will not lie in the horizontal plane, the result
being that with this type of pillar the adjustment of the position of the saddle
is limited. Various attempts have been made to get over this limitation of
adjustment but all have been more or less failures on account of the complication
involved.
In the accompanying drawing which illustrates my invention :-
Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of my improved seat pillar arranged vertically.
Figure 2 is a similar view with the two parts detached to show their
construction.
Figure 3 is a view in front elevation of the parts shown by Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a view of my improved seat pillar with the horizontal arm arranged
to the front of the vertical
part.
Figure 5 is a similar view with the two parts detached.
Figure 6 is a view of my improved seat pillar showing the horizontal part
arranged to the rear of the vertical part.
Figure 7 is a view of the same showing the parts detached.
Figure 8 and also Figure 7 show how the clips for attaching the underframe of
the saddle may be formed in one part with the horizontal arm, and
Figure 9 is a view showing a modification of the construction.
For convenience in drawing the vertical part of the seat pillar is shown as
truly vertical and the horizontal part at an angle whereas in use the horizontal
part lies in the horizontal plane and the vertical part is out of the true vertical
plane.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
The seat pillar is formed in two parts A and B. The part A which is adapted
to carry the saddle is attached to the part B-which is adapted to be attached to
the frame of the machine-by a tongue and jaw joint and a transverse pin or bolt
as shown.
The shoulders of the tongue part a are out at such an angle that they
bed accurately against the lips bb of the jaw of the part B that they interlock
with each other either when the two parts are in the same axial line as shown by
Figure 1, or when the part A is placed in approximately a horizontal position to
the front of the part B as shown by Figure 4, or to the rear of the said part B as
shown by Figure 6.
The position of the horizontal part A can instantly be altered with respect to

page_text: the vertical part B by simply removing the pin or bolt C and turning the
horizontal part over in its joint. By entirely disconnecting the two parts and
reversing the one with respect to the other the horizontal part A can be placed to
form an elongation on the vertical part B as shown by Figure 1.
As a modification the part A may be formed with transverse pins or studs a*
and fitted with slotted locking washers a¹ and nuts a² as shown by Figures 7
and 8 to enable the underframe to be mounted on it without the use of a
separate clip.
In the construction shown by Figures 1 to 7 the rigidity of the two parts A
and B depends upon the fitting of the two parts a and b of the parts A and B
but by using a rectangular pin or bolt and rectangular holes in the parts a
and b as shown by Figure 9 instead of a round pin or bolt and round holes as
shown by Figures 1 to 7 the strain may be removed from the parts of the joint to
the pin.
By this improved construction, the seat pillar can be arranged to carry the
saddle either directly above the vertical part of the pillar or to the front or rear
thereof as described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
The improved seat pillar constructed, arranged and adapted to operate
substantially in the manner and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.
Dated this 97th dow of Iul. 1906
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.