Improvements in Handle Bars for Velocipedes.
Year: 1896

page_text: This Print is in accordance with the Original Specification as it stands after
Amendment (under Section 11 of the Patents, &c. Act, 1883) as required by
the decision of the Comptroller General of the 28th day of January 1898.
Improvements in Handle Bars for Velocipedes.
I JAMES BRAWN of The Bosses Farm, Footherley, Lichfield, Farmer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in connection with the handle bars of
velocipedes whereby greater ease and freedom is given to the rider and by means
of which the muscular power of the arms and back may be utilized to the utmost.
For this purpose I provide an ordinary handle bar with a cross piece of suitable.
shape and connected thereto by clamps at each end near the handles.
These clamps may be secured by bolts and nuts or wedge or key, or the said
bar may be attached by friction clutches or other like means so that it may be
capable of adjustment on the handle bar, or it may be in one piece with the same.
This bar may be plain or formed with handles near the centre upon catching hold
of which the rider is enabled to exert more power over the machine and also to
sit in an erect position. Instead of a bar I may use coiled wire and provide the
same with a depending net for carrying parcels.
Or instead of the said auxiliary bar I may form the handle bar with a socket.
fitted to a horizontal rod carried by the head of the machine so that the handle
bar may be adjusted nearer to or further from the rider as desired and I may form
the handles with telescopic connections so that they may be slid along the handle-
bar either nearer to or further apart from each other.
The said cross-bar or adjustable handle bar may be made of steel, wood or other
suitable material and may be fitted with springs between it and a fixed part of the
machine for preventing concussion jarring or shaking.
As my improvements are capable of some modification without departing from
the principle of this my invention I do not restrict myself to the precise form or
placement of the parts thereof.
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J. B. FLEURET,
5 Hatton Garden, London,
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED).
Improvements in Handle Bars for Velocipedes.
I JAMES BRAWN of The Bosses Farm, Footherley Lichfield in the County of
Staffordshire, Farmer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
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page_text: manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in connection with the handle-bars of
velocipedes by means of which greater ease and freedom is given to the rider
and the muscular power of the arms and back is utilized to the utmost.
With an
According to my invention I provide a cross-bar of suitable shape in connec-
tion with the handle-bar and in the most convenient position for use.
ordinary handle-bar the said cross-bar is connected thereto by clamps at each end
near the handles, the said clamps being secured by bolts and nuts or the said cross-
bar may be attached by friction clutches so as to be easily adjusted on the handle-
bar or it may be solid therewith.
The cross-bar may be plain or provided with handles the rider holding the same
or the bar in order to exert more power over the machine that when holding the
ordinary handles and also being enable to sit in an erect position. Instead of a
cross-bar a coiled wire may be substituted to which may be suspended a net or
bag for holding a mackintosh or light parcels.
In some cases in place of the cross-bar I may cause the handle-bar to be adjusted
by means of a socket thereon fitted to a horizontal rod carried by the steering head
of the machine..
In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan of a handle bar with my
improved auxiliary cross-bar attachment. Figure 2 shows a handle-bar formed
with a curved bar at its centre acting as the auxiliary cross-bar Figure 3 is a side
view of a handle-bar provided with a sliding adjustment.
In Figure 1 a is a cross-bar fitted to a handle-bar by means of clamps a¹ and the
position of which can be adjusted by loosening the screws and nuts a³. The said
cross-bar may also be provided with handles at a suitable angle for convenience
in holding. In Figure 2 the bar a is dispensed with and the bar b formed with a
curved portion 6' acting as a handle or auxiliary bar. In Figure 3 the handle-
bar 6 is formed or provided with a guide or socket c at its centre arranged so as
to slide upon the horizontal portion of a bent rod d fixed to the steering head e of
the machine by the adjusting clamp e. By this means the handle-bar may be
adjusted both vertically by the clamp el and horizontally along the rod d by the
fixing screw c¹ and it may be provided or not with the cross-bar a.
Instead of the cross-bar a a stout coiled wire f may be used as shown in
Figure 4 to which wire and to the handle-bar is suspended by rings or spring
hooks on the latter a net or bag g for carrying light parcels and which may be
provided with supporting straps and rings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I am aware that it has
been previously proposed to form or fit handle-bars with supplementary bars,
provided, or not, with auxiliary handles, and I wish it to be understood that I do
not claim broadly any such arrangement; and I am aware of Partridge's Specifica-
tion No. 12,218 of 1896 and I make no claim to anything described and claimed
therein I declare that what I claim is :-
(1) In handle-bars for velocipedes the combination therewith of an auxiliary
cross-bar fitted by clamps to the said handle-bar so as to be adjustable thereon
nearer to or further from the rider substantially as described and for the purposes
specified.
(2) In handle-bars for velocipedes the combination therewith of an auxiliary
cross-bar adjustable thereon and with or without handles substantially as described
and for the purposes specified.
(3) In the construction of adjustable handle-bars the combination of a guide or
socket c fitted with an adjusting screw c¹ a bent rod d and an adjusting clamp e¹
substantially as described with reference to Fig. 3 of the drawings.
(4) In handle-bars for velocipedes the combination therewith of a stout coiled

page_text: wire and a net or bag g substantially as described with reference to Fig. 4 and
for the purposes specified.
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J. B. FLEURET,
5, Hatton Garden, Holborn Circus, E.C.