Certain Improvements in and connected with Velocipede Saddles.
Year: 1894

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements in and connected with Velocipede Saddles.
I, JUAN EMILIO NOIRIT, of Darwall Street, Walsall, in the County of Stafford,
Merchant and Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
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This invention consists of the hereindescribed improvements in and connected
with velocipede saddles the chief object of my invention being to so construct a
velocipede saddle that its shape can be readily altered and adjusted to suit the rider
and a further object of my invention is to provide improved means for securing the
underframe of the saddle to the piece or stem so as to permit of tilting the saddle
backwards or forward and fixing it in any desired position as may be required by
the rider.
In carrying out my invention instead of blocking the leather top part of the
saddle in one piece as is usual 1 make the said leather part in two separate pieces
that is to say the saddle top has the appearance of being divided centrally
longitudinally from front to back leaving a narrow space along the centre, each of
the two portions of the leather covering being blocked separately to the required
shape. These two portions of the leather covering of the saddle are as hereinafter
described so arranged that they can be moved and fixed nearer together or farther
apart so as to alter the width of the saddle either at the front or back or at both
the front and back to suit different riders. This fixing of the two portions of the
leather top part of the saddle to the underframe so that they can be adjusted
nearer together or farther apart as stated above may be effected in various ways.
For instance the two portions of the leather top part of the saddle may be each
fixed at the back of the saddle to a separate metallic runner or slide which runners
or slides may fit on and be guided along and engage with the curved back bar or
cantle of the metallic underframe each of these runners or slides being provided
with a clamping bolt or screw or other means by which the runners and the two
portions of the leather top part can be fixed nearer together or farther apart as
may be desired. The front end of each of the two portions of the leather covering
part has or may have fixed to it underneath a small metal bracket which two
brackets are or may be connected together by a right and left hand screw passing
horizontally through them, that is to say, the portion of the screw which passes
through the bracket fixed to one of the portions of the leather covering is made
with a right hand thread and the portion of the screw which passes through the
bracket which is fixed to the other portion of the leather covering part is made
with a left hand thread so that by turning this screw in one direction the two front
ends of the two portions of the leather covering part are brought nearer together
and by turning the said screw in the opposite direction they are moved farther
apart. To facilitate turning the screw there is or may be a hexagon or other
collar formed on the screw in the middle between the two portions of the saddle or
other means may be provided for turning the screw. Or the said screw may be
dispensed with and the two brackets be fixed together in other ways so as to allow
for adjusting them and the fronts of the two parts of the leather covering nearer
together or farther apart. Each of the said two portions of the leather covering
is provided with a separate spring underneath which springs act as struts as usual to
keep the leather top part taut; the front end of these springs engaging in bosses or

page_text: being otherwise fixed to the corresponding small brackets at the front ends of the
leather covering parts and the back ends of the springs engaging in corresponding
holes in bosses in the curved back part of the frame or being otherwise fixed
thereto.
From the foregoing description of this part of my invention it will be seen that
the width of the saddle either at the front or back or both can readily be increased
or diminished to suit different riders and by having the central space all along the
saddle between the two upper portions of the same thorough ventilation of the seat
is ensured and any undue pressure on the rider's seat is obviated.
In order to secure the two springs of the underframe to the piece or stem of
the velocipede and permit of the tilting of the saddle backwards or forwards and of
fixing the saddle in any desired position as may be required by the rider I proceed
as follows:-
I make each of the two sides of the spring frame of a radial curve where they
are fixed by the clamp to the 7 piece and I arrange for the said curved portions
of the spring frame to be situated one on either side of the horizontal part of the
piece and almost touching the same. Between each of these curved portions of
the spring and the piece there is a filling piece of metal shaped to fit against the
springs and the 7 respectively. Fitting around the piece distance pieces and
springs is a clamp made by preference in two parts which may be hinged together
at the top or connected together by a link or otherwise connected together and at
the bottom these two parts of the clamp are secured together by a cross bolt passing
through holes in eyes of the clamp so that when these two parts of the clamp are
by the cross bolt screwed up tightly they clamp the two portions of the spring and
the two distance pieces and the horizontal part of the piece tightly together and
thus secure the saddle to the piece. By first loosening the clamp slightly the
saddle can be tilted forwards or backwards the radially curved portions of the
springs sliding through the clamp and then when the exact angle of the saddle has
been obtained the saddle is fixed in this position by screwing up the clamping screw
and tightening the sides of the clamp as stated above.
Dated this 26th day of June 1894.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SI DULTIVATION
Certain Improvements in and connected with Velocipede Saddles.
I, JUAN EMILIO NOIRIT, of Darwall Street, Walsall, in the County of Stafford,
Merchant and Manufacturer, 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 consists of the herein described improvements in and connected
with velocipede saddles the chief object of my invention being to so construct a
velocipede saddle that its shape can be readily altered and adjusted to suit the
rider.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of a velocipede saddle constructed according to
this invention; Fig. 2. is a plan of the same partly in section; Fig. 3. is a cross
sectional elevation of the same on line X. X. of Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 is a cross sectional elevation on line Y. Y. Fig. 2;
Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of a slightly modified form of my invention;
Fig. 6 is a part sectional plan of the same; and

page_text: Figs. 7 and 8 illustrate a further modification of my invention; an1 Figs. 9
and 10 shew a further modification.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawings.
In carrying out my invention instead of blocking the leather top part of the
saddle in one piece as is usual I make the said leather part in two separate picces
marked respectively A' A³, that is to say, the saddle top has the appearance of
being divided centrally longitudinally from front to back leaving a narrow space
along the centre, each of the two portions A' A2 of the leather covering being by
preference blocked separately to the required shape. These two portions A¹ A² of
the leather covering of the saddle are as hereinafter described so arranged that
they can be moved and fixed nearer together or farther apart so as to alter the
width of the saddle either at the front or back or at both the front and back to
suit different riders. This fixing of the two portions A¹ A2 of the leather top part
of the saddle to the underframe, so that they can be adjusted nearer together or
farther apart as stated above, may be effected in various ways. For instance the
two portions A' A² of the leather top part of the saddle may as shewn in
Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 be each fixed by rivets 6 at the back of the saddle to a separate
metallic runner or slide which runners or slides are marked respectively C1 C2 and
are arranged to fit on and be guided along and engage with the curved back har D
of the metallic underframe to which the ends of the spring part E are bolted by
the bolts ff each of these runners or slides C¹ C² being provided with a clamping
bolt or screw g by which the runners C¹ C² and the two portions A1 A2 of the
leather top part can be fixed nearer together or farther apart as may be desired.
The front end of each of the two portions A1 A2 of the leather covering part has or
may have fixed to it underneath a small metal socket which two sockets are marked
respectively HH2 and are or may be connected together by a right and left hand
screw passing horizontally through them, that is to say, the portion of the
screw I which passes through the bracket H2 fixed to the portion A2 of the leather
covering is made with a right hand thread and the portion of the screw 1 which
passes through the bracket H2 fixed to the other portion A² of the leather covering
part is made with a left hand thread, so that by turning this screw I in one
direction the two front ends of the two portions of the leather covering part are
brought nearer together and by turning the screw I in the opposite direction they
are moved farther apart.
The spring E of the saddle may be of any usual kind made with two limbs the
outer ends of which are connected by the bolts f1f2 to the curved back bar D, the
front of the spring being made as usual into a loop e¹ with which the hooked end of
the usual tension screw J engages, this screw being tapped into the cross screw I
so that by screwing the screw J farther in or out of the cross screw the tension
of the leather parts A' A² can be increased or diminished as required.
From the foregoing description of my invention it will be seen that the width of
the saddle either at the front or back or both can readily be increased or diminished
to suit different riders and by having the central space all along the saddle between
the two upper portions of the same thorough ventilation of the seat is ensured and
any undue pressure on the rider's seat is obviated.
It will be evident that the construction of the curved back bar D and of the
slides C¹ C² may be varied in many ways without departing from the nature of my
invention; for instance as shewn by Figs. 5 and 6 the curved back bar D may be
made flat and the runners C₁ C be bolted to the top side of the same by the
bolts ff which pass through slotted holes therein and also pass through the eyes
of the spring E; or as shewn by Figs. 7 and 8 the runners C¹ C² may be clamped
between the cross back bar D, and another flat bar K through all of which the
bolts ff pass, the curved back bar D and top plate K being slotted to allow of
the bolts being moved nearer together or farther apart when the width of the
saddle is being adjusted. Or the runners C¹ C² may as shewn in Figs. 9 and 10

page_text: be made long enough to overlap and slide upon each other so that the bolts "f"
will pass through both and enable the back bar D to be dispensed with.
The two parts A' A² of the saddle may if preferred be connected together at the
middle as by the flexible cross strips a' shown by dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 4 or
by other like means which will not interfere with the two parts A' A² being moved
nearer together or farther apart as above described.
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. A velocipede saddle having its leather top formed in two independent parts
which can be separated and fixed at any desired distance apart at the back and at
the front or at the back only thus enabling the width and shape of the saddle to be
adjusted to suit the rider, substantially as set forth.
2. In a velocipede saddle made of two independent parts as denoted under
Claim One, the employment at the front of the saddle of the right and left hand
screw engaging in tapped sockets fixed to the two parts of the saddle so that by
turning the said screw in the one or the other direction the width of the front of
the saddle will be increased or diminished substantially as set forth.
3. In a velocipede saddle made of two independent parts as denoted under
Claim One, the employment of the back bar fixed to the saddle spring in com-
bination with the two slides or runners fixed respectively to the two leather top
parts of the saddle and adapted to be moved and fixed nearer together or farther
apart to adjust the width of the saddle substantially as set forth.
4. A velocipede saddle baring its leather top formed in two independent parts
provided at the front with a right and left hand screw engaging in tapped sockets
fixed to the two top parts of the saddle for adjusting the width of the front of the
saddle, and also provided with adjustable slides or runners fixed to the back of the
two top parts of the saddle and arranged to adjust the width of the same,
substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
5. In a velocipede saddle made of two independent parts as denoted under
Claim One, the employment of two slides or runners fixed respectively to the two
leather top parts of the saddle and to the spring and overlapping and adapted to
slide upon each other to adjust the width of the saddle, substantially as set
forth.
6. A velocipede saddle constructed substantially as herein set forth so that its
width can be increased or diminished at will to suit the rider.
Dated this 26th day of March 1895.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.