An Apparatus for Signalling between Cyclists and Drivers of Vehicles, Equestrians, Pedestrians, other Cyclists, or other Users of the Highway.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 21st Feb., 1899-Accepted, 1st Apr., 1893
PROVIDIUNAL SPECIFICATION.
An Apparatus for Signalling between Cyclists and Drivers of Vehicles,
Equestrians, Pedestrians, other Cyclists, or other Users of the
Highway.
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I, SOPHIE JULIA STRAUS, wife of Josef Straus, Esq., 48, Warrington Crescent,
Maida Vale, London, W., do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide an easy means of communication
between cyclists and other users of Her Majesty's highways. It is intended to
obviate the necessity of raising the hands from the handles of the cycle. It
consists of pointers attached to the handle-bar, or other part of the cycle, which
pointers are actuated by levers or other mechanism. It is intended to indicate
the direction in which a cyclist means to proceed, at present indicated on other
vehicles by the lifting of the driver's arm, a motion inconvenient to cyclists
(especially novices) as detracting from the ease of steering and balancing.
Dated this 30th day of June 1898.
SOPHIE JULIA STRAUS.
An Apparatus for Signalling between Cyclists and Drivers of Vehicles,
Equestrians, Pedestrians, other Cyclists, or other Users of the
Highway.
I, SOPHIE JULIA STRAUS, wife of Josef Straus, Esq., 48, Warrington Crescent,
Maida Vale, London, W., 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:-
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The object of this invention is to provide an easy means of communication
between cyclists and other users of Her Majesty's highways. It is intended to
obviate the necessity of raising the hands from the handles of the cycle. It
consists of pointers attached to the handle bar, or other part of the cycle, which
pointers are actuated by levers or other mechanism. It is intended to indicate
the direction in which a cyclist means to proceed, at present indicated on other
vehicles by the lifting of the driver's arm, a motion inconvenient to cyclists
(especially novices) as detracting from the ease of steering and balancing.
The accompanying drawings shew, by way of example, an arrangement by
which my invention can be practically carried out by means of signal levers
mounted on one of the steering handle bars of a bicycle or tricycle.
Fig. 1 is a vertical section and

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Fig. 2 is a plan. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.
On the handle bar a is clamped a piece 6 in which are fitted to slide verti-
cally three spring plungers c, d, e, these plungers having each teeth gearing
with pinions f, gh, respectively. The pinion is fixed on a spindle which has
fixed on its other end a lever having on its end a plate marked with a word
such as "left." The pinion g is fixed on a sleeve which encloses the spindle
off and has fixed on it another lever carrying a signal such as the word "right."
And the third pinion is also fixed on a sleeve which encloses the sleeve of
and has fixed on it another lever carrying a signal such as the word "stop."
The plungers c, d, e, terminate in knobs which are preferably marked with
letters such as the initials of the signals which they command, the knob of c
being marked L, that of d marked R and that of e marked S. Usually the
signal levers lie unseen in front of the rider as shewn in full lines in Figs. 1
and 2 but when the rider presses down one or other of the plungers c, d, e,
the corresponding lever is caused to take the dotted position shewing beyond the
rider the signal which it carries, so that it can be seen that the cycle about
to stop or to turn to right or left.
It is to be understood that there may be a less or greater number of signals,
or different signals operated as described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
Apparatus for signalling by cyclists their intended course or stoppage, sub-
stantially as described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 21st day of February 1899.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.