Improvements in or relating to Cycle Mud Guards.
Year: 1891

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Cycle Mud Guards.
We, JOHN GARDNER, of 23, Bennington Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Cycle
Maker, and DALE MARSHALL, of 5, Oriel Terrace, Cheltenham, aforesaid, Cycle Maker,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in the hereindescribed improvements in or relating to cycle
mud guards and the object of this invention is to so construct the said mud guards
and the parts by which they are fixed to the velocipede that the said mud guards
when not required can readily be removed from the velocipede and packed away in a
small compass and so as to be easily affixed again to the velocipede when desired.
A cycle mud guard constructed according to this invention consists of a strip of
thin canvass and rubber insertion (preferably made with rubber on each side so as to
be easily washed) or a strip of any other flexible non rigid material or substance may
be used. This strip is of suitable width that is somewhat wider than the wheel tyre
and is stretched from point to point partly around the wheel tyre and a short distance
therefrom, and is supported by one or more light wire stays at each side of the wheel,
the said stays being attached at their outer ends to the said strip and at their inner
ends to the wheel axle or to the fork by which the wheel is carried, or to some other
part of the machine. One end of the said strip forming the mud guard is by prefer-
ence hooked strapped or otherwise removably attached to the frame or to the top of
the wheel fork, and the other end of the strip is, and if necessary some intermediate
point or points of the strip is or are, connected to the said stays which have to he
bent somewhat in attaching the strip so that the stays form springs to keep the said
strip taut.
When this invention is applied to the front wheel of a safety bicycle we prefer to
attach one end of the said strip to the upper part of the wheel fork and to use two
pairs of the said stays to keep the strip tight the proper distance from the wheel.
When the said invention is applied to the rear wheel of a safety bicycle one end of
the strip is attached to the frame in front of the wheel and the strip is carried
upwardly and round a loop or eye fixed to the seat pillar and then on over the top of
the wheel to one pair of the said wire stays at the other end of the strip. When the
said strip and the wire stays are removed from the machine the strip can readily be
rolled or folded into a small compass and the wire stays can be carried inside the
hollow handle bar.!

page_text: Sometimes we may similarly use two or more of the said strips either end to end
or side by side to form the mud guard.
WE, JOHN GARDNER, of 23, Bennington Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Cycle
Maker, and DALE MARSHALL, of 5, Oriel Terrace, Cheltenham, aforesaid, Cycle Maker,
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 :-
1. This invention consists in the herein described improvements in or relating to cycle
mud guards and the object of this invention is to so construct the said mud guards
and the parts by which they are fixed to the velocipede that the said mud guards
when not required can readily be removed from the velocipede and packed away
in a small compass and so as to be easily affixed again to the velocipede when
required.
2. Acycle mud guard constructed according to this invention consists of a strip of thin
canvass and rubber insertion (preferably made with rubber on each side so as to be
easily washed) or a strip of any other flexible non rigid material or substance may be
used. This strip is of suitable width that is to say somewhat wider than the wheel
tyre and is stretched from point to point partly around the wheel tyre and a short
distance therefrom and is supported by one or more light wire stays at each side of
the wheel the said stays being attached at their outer ends to the said strip and at 1
their inner ends to the wheel axle or to the fork by which the wheel is
carried or to some other part of the machine by a clip described in Figure 1 and
marked A.
3. One end of the said strip forming the mud guard is by preference hooked
strapped or otherwise removably attached to the frame or to the top of the wheel fork
and the other end of the strip is and if necessary some intermediate point or points
of the strip is or are connected to the said stays which have to be bent somewhat
in attaching the strip so that the stays form springs to keep the said strip taut, as in
Fig. 2 marked A and B the strip being marked C.
4. When this invention is applied to the front wheel of a safety bicycle we prefer to
attach one end of the said strip to the upper part of the wheel fork and to use two
pairs of the said stays to keep the strip tight the proper distance from the wheel
when the said invention is applied to the rear wheel of a safety bicycle one end of the
strip is attached to the frame in front of the wheel and the strip is carried upwardly
and round a loop or eyes fixed to the seat pillar and then on over the top of the
wheel to one pair of the said wire stays at the other end of the strip when the said
strip and the wire stays are removed from the machine the strip can readily be rolled
or folded into a small compass and the wire stays can be carried inside the bollow
handle bar.
5. Sometimes we may similarly use two or more of the said strips either end to
end or side by side to form the mud guard.
6. Fig. 1 represents a clip shewing a portion of the said wire stays which is so
constructed as to be readily attached to the axle or other part of any velocipede.

page_text: Fig. 2 represents a front wheel of a safety bicycle with the said mud guard com-
plete affixed.
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. An improved cycle mud guard which shall be easily affixed or removed by the
rider, substantially as described.
2. Which shall offer a minimum resistance to the wind when in use.
3. Which 2. An improved cycle mud guard which is portable, and weighing only a
few ounces and when not in use can be carried as regards the wire stays in the hollow
handle of a velocipede and as regards the flexible strips in the pocket of the rider,
substantially as described.
JOHN GARDNER.
DALE MARSHALL.