Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 27th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 1st Feb.,
1896
I, ANTHONY SHELMERDINE, of 36 Dale Street, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Architect, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has reference to velocipedes, but more particularly to bicycles,
and has for its object to provide an auxiliary means of propulsion to the ordinary
mode of propulsion by foot.
The auxiliary means according to this invention consists of mechanism connected
with the handle bar or front portion of the machine and the front wheel; and
comprises levers connected with the handle bar, and worked by the hand, and
In one
cranks on the front wheel axle, connected to said levers by rods.
form, these levers may be mounted parallel or nearly parallel with the handle
bars, their operative ends being at their outward position when below the bar,
and adapted to be grasped by the fingers, while the hands rest upon the
handle bar.
By this means, in conjunction with the ordinary propelling mechanism worked by
the foot, the ascension of hills can be more easily made, and to provide suitable
auxiliary mechanism worked by hand for the accomplishment of this, is the chief
object of the present invention.
I, ANTHONY SHELMERDINE, of 36 Dale Street, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Architect, 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 invention has reference to velocipedes, but more particularly to bicycles,
and has for its object to provide an auxiliary means of propulsion to the ordinary
mode of propulsion by foot.
The auxiliary means, according to this invention, consists of mechanism
connected with the handle bar or front portion of the machine and the front
wheel; and comprises levers connected with the handle bar, and worked by the
hand, and cranks on the front wheel axle, connected to said levers by rods. In
one form, these levers may be mounted parallel or nearly parallel with the handle
bars, their operative ends being at their outward position when below the bar,
and adapted to be grasped by the fingers, while the hands rest
handle bar.
upon
the
By this means, in conjunction with the ordinary propelling mechanism worked
by the foot, the ascension of hills can be more easily made, and to provide suitable
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page_text: auxiliary mechanism worked by hand for the accomplishment of this, is the chief
object of the present invention.
The invention, the nature of which is above described, is illustrated in the
accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevation and Figure 2 a front
-elevation.
Referring to the drawings, a are cranks of short stroke mounted on the shaft b
of the front wheel c, and these are connected with the hand levers d, which are
fastened to the handle bar e by the pivot joints f through the rods and connecting
rods h¹. The rods are guided by guides which may conveniently consist of
spherical bearings mounted loosely in an outer hollow spherical support or
bracket on the frame of the machine, and through which the rods work. The
hand levers d are provided on the under side of the handle bar e and are
provided at their ends directly under the handles e¹ of the handle bar with a
suitably shaped handle d', and these are so placed that at the outer end of
their strokes they can just easily be grasped by the fingers until the handles el
are grasped and held by the thumbs. The handles of the handle bar and those of
the levers d being so held or grasped, it will be seen by alternately closing and
relaxing the fingers, the actuation of the hand levers d can be effected, and so an
auxiliary propelling effect to the foot mode of propulsion is afforded. This
auxiliary power applied in the ascension of hills or under other analogous or
special circumstances renders, under such circumstances, the rider of the bicycle a
considerable service.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
<tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The herein described improvement in velocipedes, consisting of the employment
in addition to the foot mode of propulsion, of an auxiliary hand driven mechanism
connected with the handle bar and the front wheel, and operating substantially as
and for the purposes specified.
2. The bicycle auxiliary hand propelling mechanism arranged, constructed,
and operating particularly as set forth with reference to and shewn in the
drawings.
Dated this 24th day of December 1895.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15 Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.