Improvements in Mud-guards for Bicycles, Tricycles, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Aug., 1894-Accepted, 3rd Nov., 1894
CUMI DELE
Improvements in Mud-guards for Bicycles, Tricycles, and
the like.
I, CHARLES WILLIAM PRICE, 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment Colchester,
Soldier, 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 :--
My invention relates to mud-guards for bicycles tricycles and the like and
consists in certain attachments to the frame of the machine, from the ends of which
attachments the mud-guard consisting of cloth, covered with india-rubber or other
suitable material is carried.
In carrying out my invention I employ a special form of clip which I attach to
the frame of the machine, such clips carrying arms of light metal or other suitable
material which I have shewn of U-form.
On the ends I place a small piece of tubular metal or other material of such size
so as to take the ends of the wire which are fastened to the india-rubber cloth or
other similar material.
In order that my invention may be the more readily understood I have illustrated
same upou the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings in which :-
Fig. 1 is an elevation of an ordinary bicycle of the safety type.
Figs. 2 and 3 shew views of the mud-guards.
Figs. 4 and 5 shew the arm for carrying the mud-guards.
Fig. 6 is a view shewing the back left clip complete,
Fig. 7 being a view shewing the back right clip complete, while
Fig. 8 is a view shewing the front right clip complete.
The clip a is of such construction that the end h¹ of the hook h, acts as a hinge
for said clip, which clip, after having been placed on either of the forks ba or
back mi may be secured by a screw Z passing through a thickened' portion a¹ of
the clip or by any other means found desirable, or convenient.
The arms il, ik, a d, a, c are pivoted on one side of the clip i as shewn in Figs. 6,
7 and 8 of the drawings.
The clip a is secured to the front fork a, b, one on each leg which carries the
arms a c and ad into the tubes on the ends of which the points of the wire e e¹
and drop, the other end of the cloth being secured by the tapes y g' to the
point b.
The bent wire h which passes through the joint is turned round and hooks on the
wire a c or il which gives the required tension to the cloth when in use.
In Figs. 3 and 4 the ends of the wires, e e', o o¹, p p' fit into the ends of
the arms a d, a c, i k, il respectively, the tapes gg'q'r being secured to the
crown b, the rods m and the bracket n respectively.
When not in use the mud-guard may be taken off and carried and the arms
turned on their hinges until they lie flat against the forks of the machine, in which
position they are secured by any suitable means.
I may also make the arms a c, a d, i k, and il of wire, and the portions I have
shewn as being composed of wire secured on the india-rubber, I may make of
light tubular construction, so as to be easy of attachment to the ends of the
aforesaid arms.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manuer the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. An improved portable mud-guard for bicycles, tricycles and the like whereby
the mud-guard is easily attached and detached, substantially as described and
illustrated in and by the accompanying drawings.
2. The improved portable mud-guard for bicycles, tricycles and the like
comprising two mud-guards de b and n m lk arms ad, a cilik, clips a, hooks h,
wires e e, f, p p', o o', tapes g g', rr', qy' and hinges and pivots i, substantially
as and for the purpose described, and as illustrated.
Dated this 2nd day of August 1894,
HUGHES & YOUNG,
12, Basinghall Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
12, Basinghall Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.