Improvements in Bicycles and similar Machines.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 5th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 5th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 10th Apr., 1897
INAL SP
Improvements in Bicycles and similar Machines.
I, GEORGE O'CONNOR HOLLOWAY of 10 and 12 Veser Street, St. Mary's
Square in the City of Birmingham, Gun and Cycle Maker, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in connecting or locking together two or more bicycles so
as to form a perfectly steady & self supporting double machine the use of which
will make learning to ride easy.
The connecting or locking together may be effected by having a bar of iron,
wood, steel or other inetal made with clips at each end and attaching it thereby
onto the ball head tubes or other part of the fronts of two separate machines and
also having another similar bar attached to the back stays or other part of the rear
of the machines, thus constructing two machines into one for two riders who will
journey upon a four sided frame supported by four wheels thus preventing any risk
of falling off:
Or the connection may be by having cups or slots on the side of the ball head
tube in the front and on the back stays at the rear of the two machines and
dropping the ends of the bars into these cups or slots thereby at once forming a
double machine with a rigid frame.
Or the front connection may be from handle bar to handle bar of the two
machines.
Other means may be devised of attaching the ends of the connecting rods t> the
bicycles such as drilling holes into suitable parts of the machines or fixing eye
pieces onto same into which to insert the ends of the connecting rods.
Dated this 4th day of May 1896
HENRY F. TALBOT,
7 Cherry Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIF
ON.
Improvements in Bicycles and similar Machines.
I GEORGE O'CONNOR HOLLOWAY of 10 and 12 Vesey Street, St. Mary's
Square in the City of Birmingham Gun aud Cycle Maker 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,
reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures
marked thereon:-
This invention consists in connecting or locking together two or more bicycles or
similar machines, so as to form a perfectly steady and self supporting machine fo.
two or more riders, the use of which will make learning to ride easy and will be
found of great convenience in many instances.

page_text: I will describe the invention as applied to the combining of two machines, which.
is the form in which it will be of most general utility.
The connecting or locking together may be effected by having a bar of wood,.
iron, steel, or other metal, or rigid substance made with clips at each end and
attaching it thereby onto the ball head tubes or other parts of the fronts of two
separate machines, and also having another similar bar or bars attached to the back
stays or other parts of the rear of the machines, thus constructing two machines
into one for two riders, who will journey upon a four sided frame supported by four
wheels, thus preventing any risk of falling off.
Or the connection may be by having cups or slots on the side of the ball head
tubes in the front and on the back stays at the rear of the two machines and
forming the ends of the bars to drop into and become firmly fixed in these cups or
slote thereby at once forming a double machine with a rigid frame
Or the front connection may be from handle bar to handle bar of the two
machines, thereby enabling the action of one set of the handles to directly effect
the steering wheels of both machines.
Other means may be devised of attaching the ends of the connecting rods to the
bicycles such as drilling holes into suitable parts of the machines or fixing eye
pieces outo same, into which to insert the ends of the connecting rods.
I will now, with the aid of the accompanying drawings describe some of the
more convenient ways in which I effect my purpose.
Referring to the drawings
Fig. 1. is a view of two bicycles connected together as set forth in this
specification.
Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5 are detail drawings showing methods of attaching the
connecting bars to various parts of the machines.
A is a tube or bar to connect the two bicycles at the ball head tubes B. This
may be done by means of the ciips C shewn in detail Fig. 2 hinged at z so that they
can be closed over the tubes B and tightened on by the screw nuts y.
The rear of the machines may be connected in a similar way by a single bar, to
the back stays, or by cross bars or tubes D shewn in detail Fig. 3, which are
attached to the back stays E by clips a hinged or jointed at w so that they can be
put to any required angle to grip the back stays at any desired point for adjusting
the two machines to the proper position parallel to one another.
Or the back portion of the machines may be connected by joining together the
bubs of the back wheels by a rod Fig. 4 having a boss v on each end one boss being
furnished with a right hand screw thread and the other with a left hand screw
thread, so that by bringing the bicycles into position they can be joined together by
screwing the bossed ends onto the wormed ends of the hub spindles F. In
addition to or instead of the bar A, the fronts of the machines may be connected
by joining the handle bars, by clipping onto each of the steering tubes G a bracket
or arin s, to which the rod H is pivotted so that when steering with the handles I
of either machine the actions steers the other.
Or these arms s, carrying the rod H may clip the bottom of steering tubes at R
where they are inserted in the crown plates.
Any of the tubular connecting rods may be made telescopic to assist in adjusting
the relative positions of the two machines as in Fig. 2 where the tube A slides into
the tube A and is held in position by the gripping band 9.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, & in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
1. Connecting or locking together two or more bicycles by rigid bars or tubes
attached to the front & back portions of the bicycles as, described so as to form
them into one self supporting machine.
2. In bicycles connected together in front & rear by connecting rods or tubes

page_text: arranging the front connections so that in steering, the movement of one set of
handles will steer both machines.
3. In bicycles connected together, connecting their back portions by cross bars
as herein described.
4. In bicycles connected together, forming the connecting bars telescopic as
described.
5. Connecting two or more bicycles by a rod or rods attached to the hubs of the
back wheels as described.
Dated this 4th day of February 1897.
HENRY F. TALBOT,
7 Cherry Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.