Improvements in Pneumatic Cycle Brakes.
Year: 1897

page_text: RICHARD HODDING Fox, of The Oaks, 4, Mowbray Road, Norwood, Surrey,
Solicitor's Articled Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to remove one of the chief objections to all
pneumatic brakes as at present in use on the front wheel of cycles namely the
inability to fix the "shoe" of the brake firmly enough to prevent it moving when
the brake is put on at full pressure.
This fault can be remedied by having two bars (adjustable to the length
required), one being adjusted at one end to the right side of the brake & at the
other end to the right side of the axle of the front wheel and the other being
adjusted at one end to the left side of the brake and at the other end to the left
side of the axle of the front wheel.
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Improvements in Pneumatic Cycle Brakes.
I, RICHARD HODDING Fox, The Oaks, 4, Mowbray Road, Norwood, Surrey,
Solicitor's Articled Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is to remove one of the chief objections to pneu-
matic brakes as at present in use on the front wheel of cycles, namely, the inability
to fix the shoe of the brake firmly enough to prevent its moving when the brake
is put on at full pressure.
This fault can be remedied by having two bars (adjustable to the lengths required)
one being adjusted at one end to the right side of the brake, and at the other end
to the right side of the axle of the front wheel and the other being adjusted at one
end to the left side of the brake and at the other end to the left side of the front
wheel.
Referring to the annexed drawings,
Figure 1 is a side elevation shewing my invention applied to a front wheel of a
velocipede.
Any convenient form of pneumatic brake f may be employed. The auxiliary

page_text: support is telescopic, consisting of a tube 6 in which the tube or rod c slides, being
secured in the required position by means of the set screw e. The rod or tube c is
attached to the brake fat d and the tube b is attached to the forked bearings at a
or other suitable position, a similar arrangement being employed on the other side.
of the wheel. It will be seen that when the brake is applied the auxiliary support
will render the brake more stable and prevent the tendency which these brakes
have to move when extra pressure is put upon them, as pneumatic brakes, as
ordinarily fixed, have a tendency to move when full pressure is applied.
It will be readily seen that I may vary the size and shape of the telescopic
support as required and I do not confine myself to its employment on the front
wheel of a velocipede as it is equally applicable in cases in which the brake is
applied to the back wheel.
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:-
1. In brakes for velocipedes of the class herein described: the employment of an
auxiliary support consisting of telescopic adjustable rods or tubes which are fixed
ene upon each side of the wheel to the brake and the axle bearing or other suitable
position; said telescopic rods being adjustable and secured in the required position
by means of a set screw or the like, substantially as described and illustrated herein
and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 29th day of June 1898