IMPROVEMENTS IN GONGS OR BELLS FOR USE ON BICYCLES AND FOR OTHER SIMILAR USES
Year: 1886

page_text: other similar Uses.
I THEODORE EDWARD WARE of Merriotts Cottage Long Ashton near Bristol in
the County of Gloucester Accountant do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN GONGS OR BELLS FOR USE ON BICYCLES AND FOR OTHER
SIMILAR USES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My improvements relate to gongs or hemispherical bells for giving a signal or
aların and consist in improved means for ringing or silencing the said gongs or
bells as may be desired.
In carrying out my invention I form or mount the hammer for striking the said
gong or bell upon a suitably shaped rod or bar and which rod or bar passes through
the said gong or bell. The said rod or bar is pivotted at its other end in a bracket
or mounting over the said gong or bell and is supported by a suitable spring
attached to the bracket or mounting or to an arm or bar extending over the bar or
rod carrying the hammer or the said spring may be arranged in any other suitable
and convenient position. The said spring is so arranged that the hammer is out of
contact with the bell when the said hammer and spring are at rest but the jar or
movement of the bicycle or other object to which the gong or bell may be attached
will cause the hammer and its rod to vibrate controlled by the said spring and the
hammer to continuously strike the gong or bell.
The gong or bell may be silenced by a nut screwing down upon the pivotted end
of the bar or rod or by any other suitable means whereby the said rod or bar is
prevented from vibrating upon its pivot and the hammer is held out of contact with
and prevented from striking the gong or bell or instead of pivotting the other end
of the bar or rod to which the hammer is affixed I place a knob having a groove
cut on its under side and on the nut screwing down on the gong or bell I cut
another groove round the edge or rim of the said nut in which the groove of the
knob on the bar or rod rests.
The gong or bell is silenced by the groove in the knob of the bar or rod resting
and fitting into the groove in the said nut as when it is thus resting the hammer
is held away and out of contact with and prevented from striking the gong or bell.
The spring and rod may be so adjusted that when the hammer is not vibrating
the said hammer may be used as a hand striker or a separate hand striker may be
provided.

page_text: The gong or bell is mounted upon a suitable support or standard provided with
means of attachment to the bicycle or other object and the bar or rod carrying the
hammer and also its mounting and spring together with the means for silencing the
bell may be arranged either inside or outside the said gong or bell.
I do not confine myself to any particular shape or form of the bar or rod and
hammer bracket and mounting.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings the
manner in which my invention is performed.
Figs. 1 and 2 shew the rod and bar and hammer with the gong taken off and
Figs. 3 and 4 shew the bell completed.
The bar or rod (a Figs. 1 and 2) with the hammer has a coil spring or other
metal spring fixed to it and the spring is also fixed to the standard bracket or
mounting of the bell as shewn at (b Figs. 1 and 2) or in any other suitable manner.
The gong is then placed on the top of the standard bracket or mounting the top of
the rod or bar passing through a hole in the gong (ke figs. 3 and 4) provided for the
purpose. The nut (e fig. 1) is then screwed down on to the gong and the knob
(d fig. 1) is screwed on to the top of the rod or bar. When the bell is required to
be silent the knob (d fig. 3) on the rod or bar is lifted up and the groove (f, fig. 3)
rests or fits into the groove (e) of the nut on the top of the bell holding the hammer
away from the bell. When the bell is required to be ringing the knob (d) is lifted
off and out of the groove in the nut and leaves the rod or bar and hammer free to
vibrate. In the case of the bell shewn at figs. 2 and 4 a small bracket (g) is fixed
on to the nut (h) screwing down on to the bell so that the rod or bar may have a
rivet passed through it and also through the bracket on the nut. The gong is then
placed on the standard bracket or mounting (the rod or bar passing through a hole
in it (k) as above described) and the nut (h) is then screwed down on the gong.
A rivet is then pussed through the bracket on the nut and also through the rod or
bar (g fig. 4). The screw (i) is then screwed on the top of the standard bracket or
mounting down on to the top of the rod or bar (fig. 4). When the bell is required
to be ringing the screw (i) is turned a little way round raising it and releasing the
rod or bar which is free to vibrate. When the bell is required to be silent the
screw (i) is turned down on to the top of the rod or bar, holds it firm, and prevents
it from striking the bell.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
The hammer and bar or rod with the spring, knob screw and mounting or
bracket as above described and the method in which the same is made and fitted
together and the invention performed.