Improvements in or relating to Handle Bars for Bicycles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 28th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 9th May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Handle Bars for Bicycles.
I, ARTHUR MORTON RICE, residing at 2 Spencer Avenue, in the City of
Toronto in the County of York and Province of Ontario, do hereby declare the
nature of my invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in handle bars for
bicycles, and the object of the invention is to construct a handle bar in which the
three essential requirements will be combined, namely: extreme lightness, strength
and durability, reducing the gross weight of the bicycle without impairing its
strength; and to so arrange the handle bar that in the event of breakage, as the
result of any cause whatever, the rider will be enabled to easily repair the damage,
and to so arrange the handle bar and its holding parts that it can be varied or adjusted
by the rider to any inclination to meet his requirements; and the invention consists
essentially of forming at the top of the handle post a socket to receive and securely
hold the middle part of the handle bars, and providing each socket with a clamp
to securely lock the handle bar to the handle post: the whole device being
hereinafter more fully set forth and more particularly pointed out in the claims.
In the drawings :
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the handle bars with the socket substantially
square in cross section.
Fig. 2 is an alternative form showing the socket substantially octagonal.
Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2 showing the socket substantially hexagonal in
cross section.
Fig. 4 is a similar view to Figs. 2 and 3, showing the socket substantially oval
in cross section.
Like letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the Specifications and
drawings.
Formed at the top of the handle post A is a socket B to receive the middle part
of the handle bar. The socket B consists of two sections b-b. The adjacent
meeting edges at one side of the sections b-b' are connected together by a hinge bll
as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, whilst the adjacent meeting edges at the
opposite side of the sections are provided with outwardly extending lugs C. Passing
through the lugs C are bolts D, which rigidly lock together the sections. The
socket B by consisting of the sections b-b, held together by the hinge ¹ and
bolts D' forms a clamp, the size of which can be increased or diminished to increase
or diminish the size of the socket. Held by the socket B is the middle part e of
the handle bar E, which is shaped to correspond with the shape of the socket.
The handle bar E is preferably made of hickory or other tenacious elastic wood
suitable for the purpose. Surrounding the middle part of the handle bar E is a
metallic binding F, corresponding in size and shape with the size and shape of the
socket B. The object of this metallic binding F is to prevent wear on the handle
bars E, and to permit of the inclination of the handle bars being varied by turning
the middle part of the handle bars within the socket B. By loosening the clamping
bolts D the adjacent meeting edges of the sections b-b spring from each other,
and increase the size of the socket B, which permits of the handle bar E being

page_text: turned to vary its inclination; and by tightening the clamping bolts D the size
of the socket is reduced, and the handle bar is rigidly clamped to the handle
post.
In Figs. 2, 3, and 4 I have shown the socket B and metallic binding F shaped
differently from the shape shown in Fig. 1, but I do not claim anything on the
shape of the socket, as I may make the socket of any shape which I find convenient
or suitable. By constructing the handle bars of wood, the handle bars are provided
with a certain degree of elasticity not otherwise obtainable, and the elasticity of
the handle bars overcomes the vibration generated by the wheel during its passage
over an uneven, unyielding surface. In addition to the elasticity of the handle
bars they are considerably lighter than when made of metal, and noticeably reduce
the gross weight of the bicycle. In the event of a breakage of the wooden handle
bars the rider can easily remove and replace the broken part with a new piece, and
continue his journey.
Dated this 8th day of October. A.D. 1895.
Improvements in or relating to Handle Bars for Bicycles.
I, ARTHUR MORTON RICE, residing at 17, Starr Avenue (and late of 2 Spencer
Avenue), in the City of Toronto in the County of York and Province of Ontario,
Clerk, 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 certain new and useful improvements in handle bars for
bicycles, and the object of the invention is to construct a handle bar in which the
three essential requirements will be combined, namely: extreme lightness, strength
and durability, reducing the gross weight of the bicycle without impairing its
strength; and to so arrange the handle bar that in the event of breakage, as the
result of any cause whatever, the rider will be enabled to easily repair the damage,
and to so arrange the handle bar and its holding parts that it can be varied or
adjusted by the rider to any inclination to meet his requirements; and the invention
consists essentially of forming at the top of the handle post a socket to receive
and securely hold the middle part of the handle bars, and providing each socket
with a clamp to securely lock the handle bar to the handle post: the whole
device being hereinafter more fully set forth and more particularly pointed out in
the claims.
In the drawings :
Fig. is a perspective view of the handle bars with the socket substantially
square in cross section.
Fig. 2 is an alternative form showing the socket substantially octagonal.
Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2 showing the socket substantially hexagonal in
cross section.
Fig. 4 is a similar view to Figs. 2 and 3, showing the socket substantially oval
in cross section.
Like letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the Specification and
drawings.
Formed at the top of the handle post A is a socket B to receive the middle part
of the handle bar. The socket B consists of two sections b-6. The adjacent
meeting edges at one side of the sections 6-6 are connected together by a hinge b¹¹

page_text: as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, whilst the adjacent meeting edges at the opposite
side of the sections are provided with outwardly extending lugs C. Passing
through the lugs C are bolts D, which rigidly lock together the sections. The
socket B by consisting of the sections b-6', held together by the hinge 6" and
bolts D, forms a clamp, the size of which can be increased or diminished to increase
or diminish the size of the socket. Held by the socket B is the middle part e of
the handle bar E, which is shaped to correspond with the shape of the socket.
The handle bar E is preferably made of hickory or other tenacious elastic wood
suitable for the purpose. Surrounding the middle part of the handle bar E is a
metallic binding F, corresponding in size and shape with the size and shape of the
socket B. The object of this metallic binding F is to prevent wear on the handle
bars E, and to permit of the inclination of the handle bars being varied by turning
the middle part of the handle bars within the socket B. By loosening the clamping
bolts D the adjacent meeting edges of the sections b-6 spring from each other,
and increase the size of the socket B, which permits of the handle bar E being
turned to vary its inclination; and by tightening the clamping bolts D the
size of the socket is reduced, and the handle bar is rigidly clamped to the handle
post.
In Figs. 2, 3 and 4 I have shown the socket B and metallic binding F shaped
differently from the shape shown in Fig. 1, but I do not claim anything on the
shape of the socket, as I may make the socket of any shape which I find convenient
or suitable. By constructing the handle bars of wood, the handle bars are provided
with a certain degree of elasticity not otherwise obtainable, and the elasticity of
the handle bars overcomes the vibration generated by the wheel during its passage
over an uneven, unyielding surface. In addition to the elasticity of the handle
bars they are considerably lighter than when made of metal, and noticeably reduce
the gross weight of the bicycle. In the event of a breakage of the wooden handle
bars the rider can easily remove and replace the broken part with a new piece, and
continue his journey.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention I hereby declare that what I claim is :--
1. In a bicycle the combination of the handle post, a socket at the head of the
handle post, a wooden handle bar held by the socket, and means for removably
locking the handle bar to the handle post, substantially as specified.
2. In a bicycle the combination of the handle post, a socket for the handle post,
a clamping device for the socket, a wooden handle bar adapted to be held by the
socket, and securely locked within the socket by the said clamp, substantially as
specified.
3. In a bicycle the combination of the handle post, a socket for the handle post,
a wooden handle bar, a metallic sleeve enclosing the middle part of the handle
bar, adapted to be held by the socket, and means for locking together the socket,
the sleeve, and the handle bar, substantially as specified.
4. In a bicycle the combination of the handle post, a socket for the handle post,
a clamp for the socket, a wooden handle bar, a metallic sleeve enclosing the middle
part of the handle bar, adapted to fit the socket, substantially as specified.
5. In a bicycle the combination of the handle post, a socket for the handle post,
consisting of two sections, means for hinging together the adjacent meeting edges
of the sections at one side of the sections, a clamp for locking together the adjacent
meeting edges at the opposite side of the sections, a wooden handle bar, a metallic
sleeve for the handle bar, adapted to fit the socket, substantially as specified.
6. The handle bar for bicycles herein before described and illustrated in Fig. 1
of the drawings.
7. The handle bar for bicycles herein before described and illustrated in Fig. 2
of the drawings.
8. The handle bar for bicycles hereinbefore described and illustrated in Fig. 3
of the drawings.

page_text: 9. The handle bar for bicycles hereinbefore described and illustrated in Fig. 4
of the drawings.
Dated this 26th day of March 1896.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.