Improvements in Handles for Tricycles and Bicycles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 14th May, 1890-Accepted, 14th June, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Handles for Tricycles and Bicycles.
I, JOE BRAILSFORD 51, Division Street, Sheffield in the County of York, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is for improvements in the construction of Handles of Tricycles,
Bicycles, and other like vehicles; its object being to give a better grip upon the
handles, and to avoid or counteract the effects of the vibration and jarring which
usually takes place, in passing over uneven or rough roads, and which is communi-
cated through the hands and arms to the nervous system of the rider.
I accomplish this object by the combination of a cushion of rubber or other suitable
elastic material with the handle which may be of any substance suitable for the
purpose such as horn, wood, or the like.
In one method I set down or reduce a portion of the handle round its periphery
at that part where it is usually gripped by the hand, say. for example one and a half
inches wide and quarter of an inch deep and I contract upon such reduced part a
ring of rubber so that it will grip such reduced part and fill up the recess, and it
may either conform to the shape or outline of the handle, or it may project as
desired.
In another method, I reduce the handle in the same position as before described, but
I make the enlarged end separate, so that the rubber ferrule or grip can be slipped on
at the end, and the end of the handle or cap can he afterwards screwed on.
I may if preferred instead of a ferrule of rubber use a complete cap slipped on at
the end of handle which is reduced for the purpose-or I may let in one or more
cushions of rubber, in the top or sides of the handle
Dated the 14th day of August 1889.
ROBT. F. DRURY, Fel. Inst. P.A.,
Bank Buildings, George Street, Sheffield, Agent for Applicant.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Handles for Tricycles and Bicycles.
I, JOE BRAILSFORD 51 Division Street, Sheffield in the County of York, Manu-
facturer, 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 is for improvements in the construction of Handles for Cycles, its
object being to give a better grip upon the handles, and to counteract the effects of
vibration or jarring in passing over uneven or rough roads, such effects being com-
municated through the hands and arms, and affecting the nervous system of the rider ;
also the ventilation of the handle.
I accomplish these objects, first, by the use of a cushion of rubber, cork or other
elastic or flexible material, in combination with the body of the handle, and
secondly by grooves and perforations made either in the cushion or in the body or
in both.
The annexed sheet of drawings illustrates several ways of carrying my invention
into effect; like letters of reference, indicate like parts in any of the figures.
Fig. 1, represents a handle, shown partly in section, showing the elastic cushion
without ventilating arrangements.

page_text: Fig. 2, a similar handle, with a ventilated cushion, and grooved handle.
Fig. 3, ventilated cushion on a plain handle.
Fig. 4, section of same.
Fig. 5, ventilated cushion applied to metallic tubular handle.
It will be understood without further reference, that the body of the handle, may
be made of metal, horn, wood, or other material, and the cushion of rubber, cork, or
other elastic or flexible material, and that the invention is not in any way restricted
to the shape or form of the handle.
In carrying out my invention according to the plan shown in Fig. 1, I set
down, or reduce in diameter a portion of the handle A upon which I intend to
place the cushion, say for example one and a half inches wide, and quarter of an
inch deep, and I force over the handle and into such reduced part, a tubular
cushion B, made preferably of indiarubber, the hole through the cushion being of
such a size that it has to be expanded to pass it into position, so that it will
contract sufficiently to grip the handle with considerable force round the reduced
portion before mentioned.
In Fig. 2, is shown a ventilating cushion B, fitted upon a grooved or fluted
handle A, in this arrangement the cushion is similar to that shown in Fig. 1, with
the addition of holes, air ports, or ventilating openings C; these may be made in any
desired number or size and are arranged in rows so as to open into and commu-
nicate with a series of open ended grooves D, formed in the surface or periphery of
the handle A, thus permitting the free access of air from the outside, to the interior
of the closed hand.
Instead of grooving the handle A, and using a cushion with a plain hole through
it, I may leave the body of the handle plain as Figs. 3 & 4 and from the interior
of the cushion B with grooves E, passing through it longitudinally, and provided
with ventilating opening C, as before described; or I may combine the two, using
grooved handles and grooved cushions together.
In the construction of a tubular metallic handle such as shown in Fig. 5, I may
use a plain or corrugated tube as preferred, and attach upon it two metallic collars F,
between which the cushion is placed, if the cushion is a fluted or grooved one
prepare holes through the collars F, to meet and open into the said grooves in the
cushion.
Although I have shown and described the cushion as being of a tubular form, such
being the best way of carrying out the invention and giving the best results, I may
make the cushions in pads or blocks and let them into corresponding recesses formed
in the grip of the handle.
Instead of forcing the cushion over the larger parts of the handle into a reduced
part as before described, and in reference to Fig. 1, the part marked G, may be a
screw on cap, the cushion would then be forced on at that end, and the cap afterwards
screwed securely into position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is:
i-A Cycle Handle, having a body (A) of metal, horn, wood or the like, provided
with an external encircling, grip-cushion of rubber or other elastic or flexible
material, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in Fig. 1.
2-A Cycle Handle; having a body of any suitable material, provided with grooves,
and encircled by a ventilating grip-cushion of rubber or the like, made with or
without internal grooves to correspond with those in the handle, and with apertures
or air passages communicating with the said grooves in the handle, substantially as
hereinbefore described..
3A ventilating grip-cushion for Cycle Handles made of rubber or other elastic
material, having open-end grooves in its internal face, and holes or air passages cut

page_text: through the material and communicating with the grooves substantially as hereinbefore
described and shown.
4-A Cycle Handle of any suitable material, provided with grip-cushions or pads
of rubber or other elastic material, let into the swell or grip portion of the handle,
instead of encircling it, substantially as herein before described.
Dated the 19th dow Mo 1800
ROBT. F. DRURY, Fel. Inst. P.A.,
Bank Buildings, George Street, Sheffield, Agent for Applicant.