Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 13th June, 1896
Complete Specification Left. 15th Mar.. 1897-Accepted. 15th May. 1897
We, EDWARD DAVIES, of 1 Harringay Villas, Green Lanes, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, and HENRIETTA MARIAN HARRIETT GOODFELLOW, of 7 Nelson
Crescent, Ramsgate, in the County of Kent, Married Woman, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to velocipedes and the like and comprises certain improve-
ments in their construction hereinafter described.
The main object of our said invention is to dispense as much as possible with the
use of metal in the construction of the frame, wheels, and other parts of velocipedes,
and to substitute therefor a lighter, stronger, more durable, and more ornamental
material.
According to our said invention the velocipede frame is. constructed mainly of
either hard tough millboard, papier mache, compressed paper, wood-pulp or the
like, so manufactured as to render it capable of withstanding rough usage, or for
cheap articles of one or more kinds of very tough wood.
We prefer to construct our improved frame from a flat piece of stuff of the size
of the said frame, which for convenience may be in halves and he secured together by
bolts, rivets, or otherwise, a strip or bar being placed on one or both sides of the
joint for strengthening purposes. In order to further strengthen and stiffen the frame
we also secure by glue or cement, and bolts or rivets, or otherwise, at or near the
edge of the flat piece_forming the main part or portion or web of the frame, one or
or bars. The flat piece forming the web of the frame may be suitably
cut away or have holes or apertures formed therein at certain intervals for lightness,
and also to prevent any injurious effects being experienced from lateral wind pressure.
The wheels we likewise mainly form of similar materials to the frame, and if made
of millboard, papier mache, compressed paper, wood pulp or the like they may
conveniently be made in one solid piece by subjecting the said material to heavy
pressure in moulds, or otherwise. The said wheels may, if desired, be built up in
sections. In either case the hollows for the tyres may be cut out in the rims by
placing them in a lathe. The webs of the wheels are perforated with holes or
apertures or cut away at parts, for like reasons to those mentioned with reference to
the frame. In both instances the said holes or apertures are so arranged as not
to weaken to any material extent either the frame or wheels.
When made of wood, the wheels may each be similarly formed of one or more discs
braced or otherwise fastened together and the circumferential parts may be provided
with one or more rings or with segments braced, clamped, or otherwise secured to
the said discs for strengthening purposes and so that the hollows for the reception of
the tyres may be turned thereout. When segments are employed on each side of the
wheel discs we may prefer, for the purpose of securing greater strength, to so arrange
them that the joints on either side alternate.
The bearings and other parts of great wear are made of metal in the usual or any
convenient way and are inserted and secured in position.
Dated this 12th dove T1000
A. F. SPOONER,
124 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in Velocipedes and the like.
We, EDWARD DAVIES, of 1 Harringay Villas, Green Lanes, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, and HENRIETTA MARIAN HARRIETT GOODFELLOW, of 7 Nelson
Crescent, Ramsgate, in the County of Kent, Married Woman, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the saine is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Our invention relates to velocipedes and the like and comprises certain improve-
ments in their construction hereinafter described.
The main object of our said invention is to dispense as much as possible with the
use of metal in the construction of the frames, wheels, and other parts of velocipedes,
and to substitute therefor a lighter, stronger, more durable, and more ornamental
material.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a bicycle constructed according to our said invention.
Figure 2 is a section on the line A, B Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a section on the line Y, Y Figure 1, and
Figure 4 is a section on the line Z, Z Figure 1 showing details of construction
hereinafter described.
Figure 5 is a transverse section showing a slight, modification hereinafter described.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawing.
a is the frame of the bicycle; b, bare the forks; c is one of the rear fork stays,
and d, d are the wheels thereof.
We construct the frame a mainly of hard tough millboard, papier mache, compressed
paper, wood-pulp or the like, so manufactured as to render it capable of withstanding
rough usage. By way of illustration the wheels and frame or either of them may be
made from a mixture containing wood-pulp, pulp made from rope and commonly
known in the trade as "rope-browns," and jute cuttings.
We prefer to form the entire frame a in one piece by subjecting the material to
heavy pressure in moulds by hydraulic or other power, and of the shape in transverse
section shown in Figure 3 which we find the best calculated to afford the requisite
strength combined with desired lightness. The rear fork 6' and stays care of the same
form in transverse section as the frame a but of somewhat smaller dimensions as shown
in Figure 4. The front fork b may be either formed of the same material as the
frame or of metal.
In some instances for the sake of lightness we may form the frame a, or any
portion of it, tubular or with a circular or other hole a' as shown in Figure 5.
The wheels d we likewise mainly form of similar materials to the frame, and they
may conveniently be made of the form in transverse section shown in Figure 2 and
in one solid piece by subjecting the said material to heavy hydraulic or other pressure
in moulds, or otherwise. The hollows for the tyres may be formed by turning out the
rims in a lathe in a form suitable for the reception of the tyres. The webs of the
wheels are perforated with holes or apertures or cut away at parts as indicated
at d', d to obtain lightness without the sacrifice of strength.
The bearings and other parts of great wear are made of metal in the usual or any
convenient way and are inserted and secured in position.
Although we have hereinbefore described our improvements as applied to a bicycle
with the wheels in line one behind the other they are obviously applicable to tricycles
and other classes of velocipedes and other vehicles.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The manufacture of frames of velocipedes and wheels substantially as described.
2. An improved velocipede having the wheels and frame or either of them con-
structed wholly or partially of millboard papier-mache, compressed paper, wood-pulp
or the like substantially as described.
3. Our improved velocipede constructed substantially as described with reference to
Figures 1 to 4 of the accompanying drawing.
4. The modified form of frame substantially as described with reference to...
Figure 5 of the accompanying drawing.
DJ: il 1
CM1 1007
A. F. SPOONER,
323, High Holborn, London, Agent for the Applicants..
A. F. SPOONER,
323, High Holborn, London, Agent for the Applicants..