Improvements in Bicycles and other Velocipedes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Apr., 1896-Accepted, 25th July, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bicycles and other Velocipedes.
I, GEORGE WASHINGTON ALDRICH, a citizen of the United States, residing at
260 Schemerhorn Street of Brooklyn, in the County of Kings, and State of New
York, Plumber, 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 bicycles and similar vehicles and the object thereof is
to provide an oil reservoir which is connected with or forms a part of the frame of
Buch vehicles.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, in which :-
Fig. 1. is a side view of a bicycle provided with my improvement: and,
Fig. 2, is a sectional detail of the construction employed.
It is a well known fact that the formation frame of bicycles and similar vehicles
is composed of tubular rods, and the object of this invention is to provide an oil
reservoir in connection with one of said rods, and in the practice of my invention,
I preferably employ one of the rods which extends from the pedal shaft upwardly
and is connected with the rest of the frame in the usual manner.
In the drawing forming part of this specification, A represents a rod which
extends from the pedal shaft support upwardly to the seat support and B, the
other rod which extends from the pedal shaft support upwardly and forwardly and
is connected with the forward upright rod with which the handle bar is connected,
and in the practice of my invention I form in the rod B, a reservoir C, said
tubular rod being provided with partition plates near each end, and as shown at D,
and the upper end of the said reservoir being provided with a filling orifice E,
which is provided with a removable cap F, and the lower end thereof being provided
with a discharge nozzle K.
The device is simple in construction and operation and is perfectly adapted to
serve as an oil reservoir from which oil may be taken and placed in a small can or
similar receptacle adapted for use in connection with, or for oiling the vehicle, and
as will be understood my invention is not limited to the particular form of
construction employed if desired; nor is my invention limited to the exact
construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, as it is evident that
changes in, and modifications of the same may be made without departing from the
spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.
Having now particularly described & 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 combination with the frame of a bicycle or similar vehicle, of an oil
reservoir which is formed in, or comprises a part of one of the tubular rods of the
frame substantially as shown and described.
2. The combination with the frame of a bicycle or other vehicle, of an oil
reservoir which is formed in, or comprises a part of one of the tubular rods of the

page_text: frame, said tubular rod being provided with a filling orifice on its upper end, and
having a removable cap or cover, and a discharge nozzle at its lower end,
substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 1st day of April 1896.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.