Improvements in and relating to Velocipedes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 13th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 14th Jan., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Velocipedes.
I EVERARD HOME MORGAN, of Gordon House, East Cliff, Dover, in the
County of Kent, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:—
My invention relates to a means of compressing air and storing it in a receiver
or reservoir for use for various purposes, such as sounding an alarm or whistle,
applying the brake and for inflating pneumatic tyres.
To compress the air I mount under the leather seat of a saddle a bellows of any
suitable construction and adapted by the weight of the rider, the elasticity of the
supporting spring, and the inequalities of the road, to force air into a receiver or
reservoir mounted on any convenient part of the frame, a suitable non-return valve
being placed in the pipe or tube connecting the bellows with the receiver or
reservoir. Instead of a bellows a vertical acting pump may be used when the
saddle is mounted on one of the many vertical-action springs which are used to
support cycle saddles.
If the compressed air is used for sounding an alarm or whistle, the said alarm or
whistle is mounted in any convenient position and connected with the receiver or
reservoir by a tube or pipe having a suitable bye-valve.
When the compressed air is used for applying the brake, an expanding bag,
or its equivalent, is placed between the brake lever and any convenient part of the
frame so that when the air is let into it, it applies the brake. In the connecting
pipe or tube is a three-way valve by means of which the brake may be applied,
eased off, or kept on, at the will of the rider.
To inflate pneumatic tyres a connecting tube or pipe is provided with a running
joint or connection whereby it can be attached to the inflation tube of the tyre.
On opening the bye-valve in this pipe the air passes into the tyre and so inflates it,
the air in the receiver or reservoir being at a pressure normally greater than that
required for the inflation of pneumatic tyres.
1901
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Velocipedes.
1 EVERARD HOME MORGAN, of Gordon House, East Cliff Dover, in the
County of Kent, Gentleman, 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:-
My invention relates to a means of compressing air and storing it in a receiver or
reservoir, the object being to utilize the compressed air for various purposes such
as, sounding an alarm or whistle, applying the brake, inflating pneumatic tyres etc.
I attain this end by utilizing the movement or flexion of the saddle of a cycle to
compress the air in a receiver or reservoir by means of a pump as illustrated in the
accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 Sheet No. 1 is a view in side elevation of a safety bicycle fitted with

page_text: Figure 2 Sheet No. 1 is a broken view-on an enlarged scale-showing more
clearly the means of operating the air pump by the movement of the saddle and
Figures 3, 4, and 5 Sheet No. 2 are views-on an enlarged scale-illustrating
another method of carrying my invention into practical effect.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2. A designates the receiver or reservoir which is
attached to the frame Y of the machine by suitable clips. B designates the cylinder
of the pump which is connected by a coupling link D with a bell-crank lever E
mounted on a clip E' carried by the seat pillar X of the machine. The other end
of this bell-crank lever is connected with the cantle plate or frame of the saddle Z
by means of the link F.
Referring to Figures 3, 4, and 5 the tubular members of the frame Y may be
used either as the receiver or reservoir, or as a conduit to the receiver or reservoir,
in which case the cylinder of the pump B is preferably formed or fixed in the
horizontal arm of the seat pillar, the vertical arm thereof being mounted in the
tubular member of the frame adapted to receive it either in the manner illustrated
or in any other convenient manner that will ensure an air tight joint between the
two and yet allow for the adjustment of the one with respect to the other. The
piston C carries at its free end a cross bar e to which are fulcrated two links D, D,
connected to two bell-crank levers E, E, preferably fixed to a rocking shaft e
mounted in a bearing e' carried by a bracket E' forming part of the socket carrying
the saddle. The other ends of the bell-crank levers E, E, are connected to the
underframe Z' of the saddle Z by means of a crutch-shaped link E.
The pump may be of any suitable construction and may be made to act in either
direction by the weight of the rider or by the reaction of the spring or springs
supporting the saddle- -as found most convenient, or in both directions so as to be
double acting.
If the compressed air is used for sounding an alarm or whistle, the said alarm or
whistle is mounted in any convenient position and connected with the receiver or
reservoir by a tube or pipe having a suitable bye-valve.
When the compressed air is used for applying the brake, an expanding bag or its
equivalent is placed between the brake lever and any convenient part of the frame
so that when the bag or its equivalent expands when the air is let into it, it applies
the brake. In the connecting pipe or tube is a three-way valve by means of which
the brake may be applied, cased off or kept on at the will of the rider.
When the compressed air is used to inflate pneumatic tyres a connecting tube or
pipe, provided with a running joint or connection whereby it can be attached to the
valves of the tyres and to the air reservoir, is used a special bye-valve being pro-
vided in the said reservoir.
I wish it to be particularly understood that I lay no claim to the use of
compressed air for applying the brake of a cycle, for the sounding of a whistle or
alarm thereon, or for the inflation of the tyres thereof, neither do I lay any claim
to the utilization of the tubular framework of a cycle for the storage of compressed
air, but
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 :-
Utilizing the movement or flexion of the saddle of a cycle to operate a pump or
its equivalent for compressing air in a receiver or reservoir carried by or formed on
the ovale
Dated this 13th day of December 1892.
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.