Improvements in Velocipede Saddles, and in Attaching Saddles to Velocipedes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 28th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 23rd Jan., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Velocipede Saddles, and in Attaching Saddles to
Velocipedes.
1, JOHN VERNON PUGH of No. 52 Lincoln's Inn Corporation Street,
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick Mechanical Engineer do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists, first, of the improvements hereinafter described in
velocipede saddles whereby the metallic tension spring or wire frame of the saddle
may be readily attached to and detached from the leather seat and a very efficient
means of adjusting the tension of the said leather seat on the wire frame provided;
and secondly of the improvements hereinafter described in the construction and
arrangement of the parts of the heads of the seat pillars of velocipedes whereby a
simple and efficient means of connecting the saddle to and adjusting its position on
the velocipede is obtained.
I will describe my invention in connection with a saddle having a double tension
spring or wire frame.
In forming the double tension spring or wire frame according to my invention
I take two wires of a length somewhat more thau double that of the leather seat of
the saddle to be made. I bend each of the wires at its middle and bring the two
branches parallel or nearly parallel to each other and turn up the bent end and
free ends, constituting respectively the front and back ends of the partially formed
frame, into planes higher than that of the middle parts of the branches, loops or
coils being preferably formed in each branch for the purpose of giving the frame
the necessary elasticity. The front bent end and back free ends of one wire are
turned up to a greater extent than the ends of the other wire so that when the two
wires are put together the middle parts of the branches of one wire are situated
in the same or nearly the same vertical planes as the middle parts of the branches
of the other wire. The rear free ends of the two wires are secured in holes in a
strong crossing bar forming the rear part of the frame. The rear crossing bar of
the frame has a screwed hole near each end in which holes screw pins, for effecting
the adjustment, of the tension of the leather seat in the way hereinafter explained
work. The leather seat is provided at its front or pommel end with a hook shaped
metallic plate for engaging with the bent front ends of the wires of the frame and
the cantle or rear metallic plate of the said leather seat is formed with two
depending pieces or arms situated at a distance apart equal to the distance apart
of the tension screw pins in the rear crossing bar of the wire frame. In holes in
the depending arms of the cantle plate the rear ends of the tension screws take
when the leather seat is applied to its wire frame, the collars by which the said
tension screws are turned bearing against the inner sides of the said depending
arms. Screw nuts take on the ends of the tension screw pins protruding through the
depending arms and effect the locking of the tension screw pins when the required
adjustment has been effected. The tension of the spring or wire frame and through
it of the leather seat is increased by turning the tension screws so as to increase
the distance between the cantle plate and crossing bar of the frame.
In attaching saddles to velocipedes according to my invention I attach to the
top or head of the seat pillar, a boss having flat parallel sides and a hole crossing

page_text: its middle. The said boss terminates at the bottom or part where it joins the seat
pillar in outwardly turned flanges. On opposite sides of the said boss the wires of
the saddle frame are situated the opposite screwed ends of a pin passed through the
middle hole in the boss projecting from between the upper and lower branches of
the saddle frame! Washers and screw nuts being passed on to the ends of the
screw pin the saddle is firmly secured to the seat pillar by the screwing up of the
said screw nuts the wires of the saddle frame being thereby gripped between
the said washers and the boss or head of the seat pillar.
By relaxing the pressure of the screw nuts the saddle may be moved longitu-
dinally in one or other direction or tilted to suit the convenience of the rider the
screw nuts being again tightened for the refixing of the parts in their adjusted
position. The washers used with the boss have their lower edges flat, which edges
bear on the flanges on either side of the boss. The washers are thus prevented
from turning on the screw pins.
Dated this Tonth doz of March 1906
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Velocipede Saddles, and in Attaching Saddles to
Velocipedes.
.1, JOHN VERNON PUGH, of No. 52 Lincoln's Inn, Corporation Street,
Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Mechanical Engineer do hereby declare
the nature of my invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention consists, first, of the improvements hereinafter described in
velocipede saddles whereby the metallic tension spring or wire frame of the saddle
may be readily attached to and detached from the leather seat and a very efficient
means of adjusting the tension of the said leather seat on the wire frame provided;
and secondly of the improvements hereinafter described in the construction and
arrangement of the parts of the heads of the seat pillars of velocipedes, whereby a
simple and efficient means of connecting the saddle to and adjusting its position on
the velocipede is obtained.
I will describe my invention in connection with a saddle having a double tension
spring or wire frame.
In forming the double tension spring or wire frame according to my invention I
take two wires of a length somewhat more than double that of the leather seat of
the saddle to be made. I bend each of the wires at its middle and bring the two
branches parallel or nearly parallel to each other and turn up the bent end and
free ends constituting respectively the front and back ends of the partially formed
frame, into planes higher than that of the middle parts of the branches, loops or
coils being preferably formed in each branch for the purpose of giving the frame
the necessary elasticity. The front bent end and back free ends of one wire are
turned up to a greater extent than the ends of the other wire so that when the two
wires are put together the middle parts of the branches of one wire are situated in
the same or nearly the same vertical planes as the middle parts of the branches of
the other wire. The rear free ends of the two wires are secured in holes in a
strong crossing bar forming the rear part of the frame. The rear crossing bar of
the frame has a screwed hole near each end in which holes screw pins, for effecting the
adjustment of the tension of the leather seat in the way hereinafter explained, work.
The leather seat is provided at its front or pommel end with a hook shaped metallic
plate for engaging with the bent front ends of the wires of the frame and the cantle

page_text: or rear metallic plate of the said leather seat is formed with two depending pieces
or arms situated at a distance apart equal to the distance apart of the tension screw
pins in the rear crossing bar of the wire frame. In holes in the depending arms of
the cantle plate the rear ends of the tension screws take when the leather seat is
applied to its wire frame, the collars by which the said tension screws are turned
bearing against the inner sides of the said depending arms. Screw nuts take on
the ends of the tension screw pins protruding through the depending arms and effect
the locking of the tension screw pins when the required adjustment has been effected.
The tension of the spring or wire frame and through it of the leather seat is
increased by turning the tension screws so as to increase the distance between the
cantle plate and crossing bar of the frame.
In attaching saddles to velocipedes according to my invention I attach to the top
or bead of the seat pillar, a boss having flat parallel sides and a hole crossing its
middle. The said boss terminates at the bottom or part where it joins the said
pillar in outwardly turned flanges. On opposite sides of the said boss the wires of
the saddle frame are situated the opposite screwed ends of a pin passed through the
middle hole in the boss projecting from between the upper and lower branches of
the saddle frame. Washers and screw nuts being passed onto the ends of the
screw pin the saddle is firmly secured to the seat pillar by the screwing up of
the said serew nuts the wires of the saddle frame being thereby gripped between the
said washers and the boss or head of the seat pillar. By relaxing the pressure of
the screw nuts the saddle may be moved longitudinally in one or other direction or
tilted to suit the convenience of the rider the screw nuts being again tightened for
the re-fixing of the parts in their adjusted position. The washers used with the
boss have their lower edges flat which edges bear on the flanges on either side
of the boss. The washers are thus prevented from turning on the screw pins.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in side elevation a velocipede
saddle and seat pillar connection of a velocipede containing my improvements;
Figure 2 represents the said saddle and seat pillar in back elevation.
Figures 3 and 4 represent respectively in side elevation and plan of underside the
frame of the saddle detached: Figure 5 represents in longitudinal vertical section
the rear crossing bar of the saddle frame showing the connection of the frame wires
therewith.
Figure 6 represents in vertical section a portion of the pommel end of the
saddle showing the method of attaching the frame at that end of the leather seat.
Figure 7 is a vertical section through the cantle end of the said saddle the said
section being taken in a plane passing through the axis of one of the tension
adjusting screws of the saddle.
Figure 8, 9, 10 and 11 illustrate the method of attaching the saddle to a velocipede
seat pillar; and Figures 12, 13, 14 and 15 represent a modified method of attachment
hereinafter described.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of the
drawings.
b
The saddle frame constituting part of my invention consists of two wires
each of which (see Figures 3 and 4) is bent at its middle so as to form a semi-
circular or nearly semicircular loop (marked respectively a, 6) passing into two
divergent arms or branches. Coils a³, a and b, are formed in the two arms or
branches of the two wires so as to give the required elasticity to the frame to be
made. The looped ends a¹, of the partially made frame are turned up into a
higher plane than the middle parts of the arms or branches a, a, b, b and the free
ends a, a, b, 64 of the two arms or branches of each wire are turned up so as to
terminate in the same or nearly the same horizontal plane as the front looped
ends a, 6. The upturned free ends a, a, 64, 6 are connected to a strong rear frame
bare the said ends being preferably brazed in vertical holes in the ends of the said
bar. The said bar c has near each end a horizontal internally screwed hole in
which tension adjusting screws d, d take. The said screws have near their outer
ends, heads dª d'in which is made a neck da, d square in cross section by which

page_text: neck with the aid of a spanner the tension adjusting screw pins d, d may be turned.
The frame is attached to the leather seat e of the saddle by providing the said
leather seat at its front or pommel end with a metallic hook shaped plate f for
engaging with the looped ends a', 6' of the frame wires and providing the cantle
plate g of the said leather seat with depending arms or brackets 9, y' in which are
holes for receiving the ends of tension screw pins d, d as will be best seen by
reference to Figure 7. The proper tension is put on the leather seat e by turning
the tension adjusting screws d, d, by means of a spanner engaging the square
necks d², d, in the direction proper to separate to a greater distance the frame
bar c and depending brackets g', g' of the cantle plate g.
When the desired tension
has been put on the leather seat e the tension adjusting screws d, d are locked by
passing washers, h and screw nuts i, i on the ends of the said screws d, d projecting
through the brackets g', g' of the cantle plate g.
g¹
Although I have described and represented the making of the frame with two
wires yet I wish it to be understood that one wire only may be employed or
where thought necessary or desirable more than two wires may be used.
Further instead of providing the wires with coils a³, a³, 62, 63 one coil only in
each branch may be used; or where the wire is thought to possess sufficient
elasticity in itself coils may be altogether dipensed with.
By constructing the wire frame in the manner hereinbefore described and
represented it may be readily detached from the leather seat when desired for
repair or for other purpose.
In attaching the saddle described and represented to a velocipede according to
one arrangement of my invention I provide the seat pillar tube L with a solid
head having flat sides and flanges 1, at or near the junction of the said head
with the seat pillar tube L. The said solid head carries a screw pin m the ends
of which project on either side of the said head l.
The saddle is applied to the head 7 so as to cross the velocipede, that is to say,
with the middle line of the saddle in the same vertical plane as the axis of the
screw pin m. The saddle is pressed on to the head until the screw pin is in such
a position with respect to the saddle frame that on the turning of the saddle
through a right angle into its proper position the ends of the said pin m pass
between and project through the wires a, b of the frame as is best seen in Figure 9.
The wires a, b of the saddle frame are gripped between the sides of the solid head
and washers p, p. (one of which is shown detached in side and end elevation
respectively in Figures 10 and 11) which washers are prevented from turning by
their flat edges taking a bearing on the flanges ', ' of the head l. The washers p, p
are fixed by screw nuts r, r which are driven forcibly home on the ends of the
screw pins m.
It will be seen by an examination of the drawing that before the tightening up
of the screw nuts r, r the longitudinal adjustment of the saddle may be effected by
sliding the wires of the saddle frame in the spaces between the head and
washers p, p, and the angular position of the saddle may be adjusted by tilting the
saddle frame on the pin or axis m.
Instead of providing the head of the seat pillar with flanges, the said flanges
may be dispensed with as is represented in Figures 12 and 13. In this case
flanges p, p³ are formed on the upper edges of the washers p, p which when the
said flanges are in position rest on the flat top of the solid head of the seat
pillar.
A headed bolt m is shown in the arrangement Figures 12 and 13 by the use of
which one tightening screw nut only is required. The action of the parts in this
arrangement is essentially the same as that of the arrangement Figures 8 and 9.
Although I have described and represented the saddle connection only in
combination with a saddle made according to my invention I wish it to be under-
stood that saddles generally the frames of which consist of a pair of wires on each
side of the middle of the saddle may be attached by the connection constituting
part of my invention.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that I claim as my
invention of "Improvements in velocipede saddles and in attaching saddles to
velocipedes";-
First. Making the frames of velocipede saddles of one, two or more wires
bent at their middle so as to form arms or branches the bent middle part and free
ends of each wire being turned up into higher planes than the middle parts of the
branches, the free ends of the one or more wires being connected together by a
rear crossing frame bar substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the accompanying drawings.
Secondly. Connecting frames of the kind claimed in the prior claim with the
leather seat of the saddle by providing the pommel end of the saddle with a
metallic hook shaped plate for engaging with the bent or looped ends of the frame
wire or wires and forming depending arms on the cantle plate and connecting the
same to the strong rear crossing bar of the frame by tension adjusting screw pins
substantially as herein before described and illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7
of the accompanying drawings.
Thirdly. Connecting saddles the frames of which consist of a pair of wires
on each side of the middle of the saddle to the head of the seat pillar by providing
the seat pillar with a flat solid head between the flat sides of which solid head and
outside washers the wires of the saddle frame are gripped the said washers being
pressed by screw nuts taking on the ends of a screw pin or by a screw nut on a
headed screw bolt passing through holes in the solid head and washers the said
washers being prevented from turning either by flanges on the seat pillar or by
flanges on the washers substantially as herein before described and illustrated in
Figures 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated the Twenty-sixth day of November 1896.
JOHN VERNON PUGH.