Improved Steering Gear for Bicycles
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Aug., 1899-Accepted, 7th Oct., 1899
Improved Steering Gear for Bicycles
I, ARTHUR DOYLE, of 1305, Eastlake Avenue, Seattle, in the County of King
and State of Washington, United States of America, Architect, 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 · ·
The object of the invention is to provide an improved steering gear for bicycles
which 18 simple in construction, very effective in operation, not liable get out
of order and arranged to permit a rider, male or female, to conveniently manipu-
late the steering gear with one hand
The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the
same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims
A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying
diawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of
reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views
Figure 1 18 a side elevation of the improvement as applied to a man's bicycle;
Figure 2 18 an enlarged tiansverse section of the same, on the line 2-2 in
Figure 1;
Figure 3 18 an enlarged plan view of the same,
Figure 4 is an enlarged plan view of the improvement as arranged for a
woman's bicycle;
Figure 5 is a transverse section of the same, and
Figure 18 a side elevation of the same.
The bicycle on which the improvement 18 applied, is provided with the usual
frame A, the front or steering wheel B Journalled in the fork C, and a rear or
dive wheel D actuated by a suitable pedal mechanism E On the upper end of the
steering post C 18 arranged a tiansverse pivot pin C engaged by one end of a
honzontally extending link F, pivotally connected with a slide G extend ng
transversely, and mounted to slide in a bearing or guide H For a man's bicycle.
the slide G and its bearing H are straight; but for a woman's bicycle, the slide
and bearing are preferably segmental in shape, as indicated in Figure 4. The
bearing His secured at its under side to a segmental arm I extending through
a slot in the upper brace A' of the bicycle frame A, and the said segmental arm
1s secured to the brace by a transverse pin J, engaging one of a series of aper-
tures in said segmental aim
The link F, as shown in Figures 1, and 3, 18 preferably made in two parts F,
F telescoping one into the other, so that upon shifting the slide G transversely
in its bearings, the streng post C and the fork C are turned in the steering
head of the frame A, to turn the wheel B to the right or left, according to the
direction in which the slide G is moved. By the rider taking hold of the slide G
and its bearing H, the slide can be readily clamped in position, so as to prevent
the steering post C¹ from tuining and to hold the steering wheel B in the desired
direction.
In the case of a woman's bicycle, see Figures 4, 5, 6, the link F is made in two

page_text: parts F3, F of which the latter is forked and its ends are pivotally connected
with the ends of the segmental slide G¹, mounted to slide in the bearing H¹
secured at its under side to the segmental aim I, formed with an elongated loop
portion I, straddling a bracket A of the bicycle fiame A pin serves to secure
the loop portion to the said bracket, and the second pin 18 employed to secure
the lower end of the arm I' to the front, upper brace A³ of the bicycle frame, as
is plainly shown in Figure 6.
Now it is evident that the rider can readily steer the front wheel of the bicycle
with one hand by shifting the slide G or G transversely in the desired direction,
and the slide G or G¹, together with the corresponding bearings H, H' can be
raised or lowered to suit the convenience of the 1ider, it being understood that
when the arm I or I¹ 18 once adjusted and secured in place to suit the rider, it
need not be adjusted until a change in the height of the position of the slide
and its bearing is desired
It is understood that when the slide G has been shifted to turn the wheel in a
desired duection to the night or to the left, the rider by clamping both the slide
and the bearing can readily lock the slide in place until the tuin has been made
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 18.
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1. The slide movable transversely and up and down and having connections
with the steering wheel.
2. The bearing for the transverse slide, said bearing being adjustable as to
height
Dated this 31st day of August 1899
A M & WM, CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London