Improvements in or connected with Saddles Used on Cycles or other Machines Propelled by a Person Riding the same.
Year: 1896

page_text: This Print is in accordance with the Original Specification as it stands after amendment
(under Section 18 of the Patents, &c. Act, 1883), as allowed by the decision of
the Comptroller General of the 24th day of June 1897.
Date of Application, 31st July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 18th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 31st Oct., 1896
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Improvements in or connected with Saddles Used on Cycles or
other Machines Propelled by a Person Riding the same.
JOSEPH HENRY JENNER PLAYER 51 Cobourg Road Bristol Commission
Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This my invention relates to improvements in or connected with saddles used on
cycles or other machines propelled by a person riding the same and has for its
object a seat or saddle constructed in two parts each with one or more bearings
but preferably two so that each part may oscillate independently of each other
upon a spindle set transversely underneath them.
I use two so called "cradle" springs so fashioned at the ends that an eye is
formed at one end and an abrupt termination at the other. These said eyes carry
the spindle supporting the two parts of the divided seat at about their respective
centres.
The abruptly terminated ends are clamped to a transverse foundation plate of
suitable design which is clamped to the seat standard or frame of the machine.
Dated this 30th day of July 1896.
JOSEPH HENRY JENNER PLAYER.
Improvements in or connected with Saddles Used on Cycles or
other Machines Propelled by a Person Riding the same.
JOSEPH HENRY JENNER PLAYER of 51 Cobourg Road Bristol Commission
Agent 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 my invention relates to improvements in or connected with saddles used on
cycles or other machines propelled by a person riding the same.
I describe my invention with the assistance of the accompanying drawings-
Figure 1 shews a front elevation.
Figure 2 is a plan shewing the underneath mechanism by fine dotted lines,
Figure 3 shews end elevation of one side.

page_text: Figure 4 is a plan of cradle spring shewing the slotted end.
Figure 5 shews end view with one half of seat tilted.
Similar letters shew similar parts in all the drawings.
I accomplish my object by constructing a seat or saddle in two parts each with
one or more bearings but preferably two so that each part may oscillate
independently of each other upon a spindle set transversely underneath them.
I prefer to have two washers brazed or otherwise fixed upon such spindle
between the two seat parts in such convenient positions as to keep the two
oscillating parts sufficiently asunder.
The before named transverse spindle is carried by two so called cradle springs A
set edgeways on and clamped to a foundation plate B. The upper end of each
spring I form into an eye C for the reception of said spindle.
The other end I bend so as to form a horizontal slot D through which the
spring is clamped by means of a bolt and nut to the foundation plate B.
The foundation plate B which supports and carries the whole I so fashion as to
embrace the seat standard or frame of the machine and clamp the same in the most
convenient manner.
At the two ends of said foundation plate B I drill holes through which bolts
and nuts tighten the springs through the spring slots D.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. Two so-called cradle springs supporting and carrying a seat or saddle made in
two parts independently pivoted on a transverse spindle for use upon a cycle or other
machine, substantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
.. Dated this 15th day of September 1896.
JOSEPH HENRY JENNER PLAYER.