Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Jan., 1887.
Complete Left, 6th Sept., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 7th Oct., 1887.
1, WALTER PHILLIPS of Coventry in the county of Warwick, Engineer do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A combination of two turning or swivelling handle bars in velocipedes so arranged
that each handle turns or swivels independently, I construct the handle bar in two
halves, & each half is attached to the centre of the head of the machine on a suitable
joint or hinge, so that the handle may be brought at any angle, horizontally, and at
various distances from the rider I fix it in the desired position by a tightening
screw in a suitable quadrant or slot attached or constructed in a small bracket
situated round the head.

page_text: I, WALTER PHILLIPS, of Coventry, in the County of Warwick, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the samo is to
be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of the handle bars of
velocipedes and the means of connecting the same to the steering or other similar
rod.
Instead of forming the handle bar in one piece, as is ordinarily done, I divide the
same in the centre and on the outer end of each half or arm is fixed a handle, and
the inner ends of the arms are hinged to, or pivoted on, the top of the steering or
other similar rod so that when they are released from the clutch hereinafter described
or from any mechanical equivalent therefor, the said arms can be turned on the bingo
or pivot and fixed in the desired position.
I will now refer to the accompanying drawings in which the arms are shown pivoted
on the head of the steering or other rod, and secured in position by being clutched
between two collars. The same letters of reference indicate like parts in all the
Figures. Figure 1. is a front view of the centre of a handle bar with the arms opened
out to their fullest extent, Figure 2. is a top view of the same, and Figuro 3. is a
similar view in which the arms are shown partially folded.
The inner end of each arm, which is reduced in depth, is provided with a circular
aperture through which apertures passes the top of the steering rod, the same being so
formed that it acts as the pivot on which the arms can be freely turned, when desired.
The inner ends of the arms are supported by the collar a. formed on, or attached to,
the before mentioned rod, and the collar b. (which cannot turn independently of the
rod) is placed on the rod above the said ends of the arms, the whole being secured
in position by the screw nut c. The lower face of the collar b. the upper face of the
collar a. and one face of the inner end of each arm, are serrated or otherwise roughened
or provided with corresponding irregularities, so that on the nut c. being loosened
and the collar b. raised, the teeth on the face of the lower arm may be
disengaged from the teeth on the face of the collar a. and the arms are thon freo
to be turned on the rod the distance of one or more teeth and when in the requisite
position they are secured by again screwing up the nut c. Figures 4. and 5. are
respectively detached top view and side view of the inner ends of the arins, the
shoulders . on the said inner ends prevent the arms being folded beyond a certain
point in one direction. Figure 6 is a detached end of the steering or other rod, e. is
that part on which the ends of the arms work, the collar b. is arranged on the part el
and the nut c. screws on to the end ell.
The object of folding the arms forming the handle bar is to regulate the distance of
the handles from the rider.

page_text: Although I have shown in the accompanying drawings certain means for securing
the arms in the required position I do not desire to confine this invention to those
means as many mechanical equivalents therefor will answer the desired object.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I claim is.
The construction of the handle bars of velocipedes in two parts, the inner ends of
which are hinged to, or pivoted on, the top of the steering or other similar rod, in
such a manner that the said rod acts as a pivot on which they may he turned, any
suitable contrivance being arranged in connection therewith for the purpose of
securing the arms in the desired position, substantially as and for the purpose
hereinbefore described.
1
1000
VAUGHAN & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.