Improvements in Velocipede Saddles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Reprinted as amended in accordance with the decision of the Comptroller-General dated
the 22nd day of July, 1904, the amendments made in accordance with the decision
of the 9th May, 1901, having been declared ultra vires by the High Court on
the 29th January, 1904
Date of Application, 28th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 27th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 10th Mar., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Velocipede Saddles.
I, JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS, of Criterion Works, Great Charles Street, Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide means of attaining in a cycle saddle of the
racing class, the necessary strength with the least possible weight.
I construct the framing of the saddle in girder-like form by using rods in
double order one above another; the upper two of which run from the front or peak
of the saddle to the back plate of same and are attached thereto; the lower rods on
approaching the rear of the saddle spread or branch outwardly and are attached to the
back plate at points outside those to which the other rods are attached. The rods are
of a concave form, and at front all four meet, and are collectively rivetted or otherwise
connected to the plate to which the fore part of the saddle is attached.
Between the rods a boss for seat pillar is placed. The said boss is fixed by screws
and nuts with inner and outer washers grooved to take on the rods, so holding
and binding all together in a girder-like form.
The horizontal form of boss for tubular support, carries grooved sides for the rods,
on which a clip or band passes round; and when screwed up by means of a screw
passing through the flaps or ears of outer clip, with a nut and washer, the parts
hold and bind rigidly together.
For the solid support, the rods pass through two inverted U shaped crowns
or bridges, between which is placed an U shaped lug, through which the rods also
pass, and through the centre of which is a screw which when in use takes a bearing
against the support.
Dated the 27th day of Anril 1893
I, JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS, of Great Charles Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Manufacturer of Cycle Saddles, 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 relates to the under metallic supporting framings of cycle saddles, .

page_text: and-to-the-connection-bosses of them; and which said invention is an improvement
upon or an amplification of several former Letters Patent granted to me and numbered
respectively-5829 year 1893; 22608 year 1892 13733 year 1892; 12310 year 1892;
8394 year 1892; 5180 year 1892 and 6283 year 1891.
The said metallic under framings consist of a two-sided double barred or double
membered frame, with the double members of each side running preferably parallel or
nearly so to each other and converging at front to a common point or points or centre
or centres at a bracket or brackets attached to the underside of the seat, whilst the
back ends of one of the members of each side spread or branch outwardly considerably
into extended bearings or points of support and are preferably connected to the skirt-
ing framing at the back of a saddle, and sɔ also are the ends of the other members of
each side but to a less extent, so as to distribute the weight of the saddle seat evenly
upon the rear supports.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a longitudinal section of a racing
saddle having metallic under framings and-a-connection-boss made according to my
invention. It will be seen that the connection boss is secured to a hollow L pin.
Figure 2 is an underside plan of the same.
Figure 3 represents a cross section of the said boss applied to the horizontal arm of
an L pin member.
In the two-sided and double barred frame, each side is composed of parallel or nearly
parallel wire members, b, b', arranged one above another, and with the front parts 62, 63,
of the said members collectively converging to a common point 64, and being there
rivetted or otherwise connected to a plate bs, secured to the underside of the front c²,
of the saddle seat c. The rear or back ends of each of the sides b, b', branch outwardly
into ramified supports 66, 67, respectively, with the ends b', b°, secured to the back
under plate 61, attached to the underside of the back c', of the seat c. By arranging
the said rods in manner as set forth, an efficient under framing is produced.
In the attachment boss, d are sides or cheeks, each concaved upon their inner
presented faces d, and adapted to embrace semicircularly the arms of the L pin member
located between them, whilst the outer sides of the said sides or cheeks are
longitudinally grooved in the general direction of rods b, b₁, of the framing and
are adapted to take the said rods and form shallow keep grooves d², wherein the rods
of the opposite sides seat themselves and lie at equi-distances apart, with the outer
presented parts of them standing above the planes of the outsides of the sides or
cheeks. Circumferentially embracing the said component parts and frame rods is a
band clip, whose opposite sides lie within a shallow gap d', sunken within the
opposite and outwardly presented sides of the cheeks or sides d, which are thereby
kept in their predetermined positions relative to the framing. The extremities of the
band clip are or may be formed into flaps or ears f¹, having holes f and keep
recesses, formed through and within them, wherein a washer g, and a nut h, seat
themselves. is a screw pin passing through the nut and washer as aforesaid and by
the screwing up of this said pin, the extremities of the clip are brought closer together
and the clip itself is drawn tighter around the outstanding parts of the rods b, b¹,
and through the medium of the said rods, which are drawn together, the sides or
cheeks are closed clampwise around the L pin member, hence by the screwing up of
the said pin, the rods are rigidly connected to the boss and the boss to the L pin at
the same time.
Figure 4 represents a saddle framing constructed according to a modified form
of the said saddle framings Figures 1 and 2, with the rear parts of the said under
metallic framings of them formed into loop coils so as to impart resiliency thereto.
Figure 5 is an underside plan of Figure 4.
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c is the saddle, c¹ the rear end, b, b₁, are the frame rods of each side, 60, 6', the
rear ends of thein, and bu, b12, are loop coils.
Figure 6 represents a modified form of the framing part of my invention.
Figure 7 is an underside plan of Figure 6.
In this arrangement instead of the members of the framing converging to a common
point they are separated to a short distance apart by being threaded upon a pin bracket

page_text: secured to the front underside of the seat.-b, are the framing rods, with the terminal
ends ba, b, formed into loops 64, which are threaded upon the shank 66, of the pin
bracket b, b is a distance piece, with keep grooves be, formned within the opposite
sides of it, between which piece and the nuts b', 610, the looped ends 64, of the
ends 62 and 63, of the rods b, b¹, are clamped.
Figure 8 represents one of the looped ends 64, of the trussed frame rods.
Figure-9-represents
apright-pillar-support.
my-improvements-in-connection--with-bosses--applied--to--an
Figure-10-is-a-topside-plan-of-the--same-with-the-hollow-seat--support--shown--in
section.
Figure-1-represents-a transverse-section-upon-the-dotted-lines-A-B Figure-10, bat
with-the-washers-or-cheeks-shown-in-elevation.
In Figures-0, 10-and-11,d-are-washers-are-cheeks, conenved upon-their-inner-sides,
upper-or-lower-rods-b-b',-of-the-framing-take-f-f-are--side clips,-also-having-keep
grooves-f-within-them, and-i-i-are-bolts directed transversely through-the-caid-clips
between-the-frame-rods-and-through-the-cheeks,-and-by-the-serewing-up-of-nuts-i²;
and-having-adjustable-keep-grooves-d³-upon-their--onter-sides,-wherein-either-the
upon-ends-of-the-said-bolts, the-frame-rods-are-clamped-to-the-boss,-and-the-boss-to
the-seat-pillar-member-e;-as-before.
Instead of employing-two-washers-or-cheeks-d, in Figures 1, 2 and 3, I-may-employ
three-or-more-arranged--to--equatorially-grip--the--L-pin--or-pillar--member--of-a
machine,-and--further,--it-will--be--understood-that-the--bosses-herein-deseribed-are
applicable-to-single-or-triple--framings-as-well-as--to-double-ones;-and-still-further
instead of employing frame sides composed of double wires, I may employ sides built
up of three wires arranged one above another.
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
clain is :-
:-
First: In the supporting framings of cycle saddles consisting of a two-sided double
or triple barred or double or triple membered frame, with the said members of each
side running parallel or nearly so to each other an i converging at front to a common
centre or centres or point or centres, and with the back en is of one of the members
of each side spread or branched considerably outwards to form entended bearings or
points of support and being connected to the rear underside of a saddle, or to the
skirting framing with the ends of the other members of each side also spread outwards
but to a less extent, whereby the weight of the saddle seat is evenly distributed
upon the rear supports, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1, 2 and 3.
Secondly: In the supporting framings of cycle saddles, the combination with a
double barred or double membered frame as referred to in the preceding claim, of loop
coils at the rear end parts of the supporting members, substantially as described and
set forth in Figures 4 and 5.
Thirdly-In cycle saddles, the combination with the framings set forth in
Figures 1, 2, 4, and 5, of fore end attachment and connection means as described and
illustrated in Figures 6, 7 and 8.
Fourthly. In the-attachment-basses-of-eyale--saddles-the-combination--with-two
or-more-eireularly-arranged-sides-or-cheeks-having-opposed--consave-inner-seatings,
ot-a-band-olip--whose ends--are- elosed-and-the-band-drawn-tightly-around-the-said
sides-by-a-serew-or-other-drawing-to-expedient, substantially-as--described--and-set
forth-in-Figures-1,-2-and-3.
Fifthly In-the-attachment--bosses-of--eyale-saddles;-the--combination-with-two
or-more-eireularly-arranged-sides-or-cheeks-having-opposed-eoneaved-inner-seatings
and-shallow-outside-disposed-keep-grooves-for-receiving--the-frame-rods;-of-a-ban:
elip-or-a-band-elip-whose-ends-are-drawn-together-and--the--band--tightened-around
the-component-parts-of-the-boss-by-a-serew-or-other-drawing-to-expedient,-substan-
tially as-deseribed-and-set forth in Figures-1,-2-and-3.
Sixthly In--the--attachment-bosses--of-eyele sailles, the-general-soustractions

page_text: arrangement-and-combination-of-the-parts-of-the-said-bosses-which-are-adapted-to
be-used-in-connection-with-framings--having-single-or-double-rods,-with-or-without
the adjustment-means,-substantially-as-described-and-set-torth--in-Figures 0,-10-and
11
Dated this 26th day of January, 1894.
JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS.
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham. Agent for Applicant.