Improvements in and connected with Mud-guards, and in the Meana for Securing same to Velooipedes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May, 1895-Accepted, 29th June, 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Mud-guards, and in the Meana
for Securing same to Velooipedes.
I, JOHN FLETCHER of Gill House Ulverston Lanes, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manue the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
My invention relates to mud-guards for velocipedes and has for its object certain
improvements in same whereby the mud-guards are attached in such a manner
as to allow of their being instantly removed from the frame of the machine for
cleaning or other purposes, without it being necessary to detach the mud-guard
stay, while the said mud-guard stays are further furnished with stiffoning wites
of special construction which while being very efficient in supporting the mud-
guards are capable of being quickly removed and stored away so as to allow of
the mud-guards being tolled up and conveniently carried, the whole being of
Biniple construction and very efficient in use
In cariying my invention into practical effect, the mud-guard 15 formed of
leather or other suitable and flexible material, of the usual shape, and furnished
centrally with a stup of similar or other suitable material running the whole
length of same, which is attached at other edge by means of stitches or in any
convenient manner so as to form a Darrow casing within which the stiffening
wires are contained.
The stiffening wires are preferably tough or U shaped in section so as to
combine lightness with strength and each stiffening wire is finished at both
ends with a short tube or socket designed to engage at one end with a small
projecting pin formed on the cross piece of the mud-guard stay and at the other
with a similar pin suitably placed on the frame of the innchine.
In the case of the back mud-guard, the stiffening wine is formed in two parts,
each part being passed into the said mud-guard from the opposite ends and
meeting together in the centre, the free end of one length entering into a short
tube or socket formed on the free end of the other, so as to jom the two parts
together in a thoroughly secure and efficient manner.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will now proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig is a plan of a mud-guard suitable for the back wheel of a velocipede and
the stiffening wine detached.
Fig. 2 18 a similar view of a mud-guard and stiffening wire suitable for the front
wheel.
Fig 3 is a diagram of a safety bicycle showing the positions of the pins required
for fixing the mud-guards and
Fig. 4 shows the end of one of the mud-guard stays in plan and elevation
In Fig. 5 one of the mud-guards are shown ready for springing on to the
fixing pins.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several
views.
My improved mud-guard consists of a suitably shaped piece of leather or other
flexible material a finished centrally with a strip which is secured at either edge
Ed as to form a easing into which the stiffening wire to is passed.

page_text: The stiffentog who to preferably of trough or U shape in section and is
furnished at each end with a short tube or socket, a collar on flange being
provided so as to prevent it passing entirely within the mud-guard, and also to
facilitate the removal of same, while the stiffening wire designed for the back
mud-guard is formed in two parts ², (Fig 1) and securel together, when in
use, by means of a short tube on socket & toimed on the end of "uno length and
within which the free end of the other length enters, and in order to render this
operation more easy the material of the mid-guard or stup may, at this point, be
cut away, if requned.
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In order to attach the mud-guards to the velocipede it is necessary in the case
of the front wheel-that a pin p (Fig. 3) be placed neat the crown of the front
fork, a second pin pl being carried by the cross piece of the mud-guard stay m,
while for the rear wheel a pin is placed near the bracket of the machine, the
second pin being carried by the cross piece of the mud-guard stay m
The mud-guards are bent so as to follow the curve of the wheel and spring on to
the pins as shown in Fig. 5 by which they are securely held in position, with the
help of the mud-guard stays m m' and can be easily removed for cleaning or other
purposes, at the same time being extremely portable and capable of being rendily
carried about
In cases where the machine is fitted with hollow mud-guaid stays such as
described and shown in the Specification of my former Letters Patent No 92
A.D. 1895 and with the improved hollow sent pillat such as descubed and shown
in the Specifications of my tormer Patents Nos. 23678 A.D 1894 and 7150
A.D. 1895, the stiffening wires when not required for use can be placed within the
hollow tubes forming the mud-guard stays, the stiffening wires and stays being then
passed down the hollow seat pillar into the down tube of the machine, where they
inay be conveniently eated until agam required for use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said iuven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what I
clann is :-
1. The improved mud-guard consisting of the part a and strips in combination
with stiffening wires to furnished with tubes or sockets substantially as described
and shown and for the purposes specified.
2. In a mud-guard such as above claimed the forming of the stiffening wire in
two parts to to connected together substantially as herem described and shown
with reference to Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings,
3. In combination with mud-guards and stiffening wires such as above claimed,
the pins p, p, p, p, smitably placed, substantially as herem described and for the
purposes specified
4 The improvements in and connected with mud-guards and method of securing
to velocipedes substantially as herein descubed and for the purposes
specified.
BAINE
Dated this (th any of MRY 1895.
Dated this (th day of MRY 1895.
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.