Certain Improvements in Velocipedes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Certain Improvements in Velocipedes.
I, ROBERT WALKER SMITH, of the Eadie Manufacturing Company, Limited,
of Hunt End, Redditch, Worcestershire, Cycle Manufacturers Manager, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to bicycles tricycles and other velocipedes and
consists of the hereindescribed improved means for securing the handle bar to the
top of the steering pillar so as to dispense with the brazing of the handle bar
to the handle bar lug and allow of the handle bar being removed from the steering
pillar for convenience of packing and of being readily refixed thereto.
According to one arrangement of carrying out my invention I provide a
handle bar lug which has two sockets namely a vertical socket in which the
top of the steering pillar is fixed and a horizontal socket or clip at right angles
thereto (and preferably at the back or at the front of the same) in which the
This horizontal
handle bar fits and through which the handle bar is threaded.
socket is split or divided at one part and has an ear immediately above the
vertical socket and through this ear there is passed a set screw into the vertical
Bocket by which the ear can be screwed down towards the vertical socket to
clip and hold the handle bar firmly in the socket; or when the set screw is screwed
upwardly in the opposite direction the said horizontal socket will spring open
slightly and allow of the handle bar being turned axially in the socket to adjust
the height of the handles or allow of the handle bar being removed from the
socket and replaced therein. In order to afford more room in the said horizontal
socket for the threading of the curved handle bar thereto, I may provide a liner
made in one or more pieces which fits in the socket and around the handle bar and
which can readily be removed and replaced, so that when the handle bar has been
threaded through the socket as aforesaid the liner can be placed in position in the
socket and the whole gripped by tightening up the socket as above described.
Or the upper part of the horizontal socket may be made separate from the lower
part of the same and hinged thereto at one side or secured thereto by two or more
screws or bolts by which the two parts of the horizontal socket can be clamped on
to the handle bar to secure the same as stated above. In this case I prefer to
arrange the horizontal socket immediately above and central with the vertical
socket (which latter is fixed to the steering tube) and to secure the cap or upper
portion of the horizontal socket to the main portion of the handle bar lug by means
of four bults or pins made with deep heads recessed in the cap and with deep nuts
underneath which are recessed into the top of the lug.
Dated this 21st day of September 1895
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.

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I, ROBERT WALKER SMITH, of the Eadie Manufacturing Company, Limited,
of Hunt End, Redditch, Worcestershire, Cycle Manufacturers' Manager, 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 has reference to bicycles tricycles and other velocipedes and
consists of the hereindescribed improved means for securing the handle bar to the
top of the steering pillar so as to dispense with the brazing of the handle bar to the
handle bar lug and allow of the handle bar being removed from the steering pillar
for convenience in packing and of being readily refixed thereto.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the front part of a safety bicycle with the handle bar
secured to the steering pillar by my invention;
Fig. 2 is a front elevation and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the upper part of the
steering pillar with my improved handle bar lug and a portion of the handle bar;
Fig. 4 is a plan of the same; Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of the same;
Fig. 6 shews separately a bush which is used with the handle bar lug shewn in
Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5 as hereinafter described; and
Figs. 7, 8 and 9 illustrate a modification of my invention.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figs. of the drawings.
According to one arrangement (see Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) of carrying out my
invention I provide a handle bar lug A which has two sockets namely a vertical
socket a¹ to which the top of the steering pillar B is fixed and a horizontal clip
socket a at right angles thereto, at the back or at the front of the same, in which
fits the liner E made of thin sheet metal bent to almost a complete circle and so as
to allow of expansion or contraction this liner is partly divided as shewn by
longitudinal slots such as e¹ which open out into the two ends of the liner alternately
thus enabling the liner to readily contract or expand and fit the handle bar exactly
as hereinafter described. The handle bar C is threaded through the clip or
socket a and fits in the liner E. The horizontal socket a² is split or divided at one
side as shewn and has an ear a³ immediately above the vertical socket a' and through
this ear a is passed a set screw I) into the vertical socket a' by which the ear a³
can be screwed down towards the vertical socket a' so as to clip and hold the
liner E which in its turn clips and holds the handle bar C in the socket a².
When
the set screw D is screwed in the opposite direction the horizontal socket a² will
spring open slightly and allow of the handle bar C, being turned axially in the
liner E to adjust the height of the handle c¹ as indicated by the dotted lines in
Fig. 1 or allow of the handle bar and liner E being unthreaded from the
socket a² and removed therefrom or of being replaced therein.
By using the liner E a firm grip of the handle bar is ensured so that when the
clip socket a is screwed up the handle bar cannot turn therein. Moreover, more
room is afforded in the horizontal clip socket a² for the threading of the curved
handle bar C therethrough as the socket a² is made large enough to allow of the
curved part of the handle bar C being threaded through the socket and then
when this has been done the liner E is placed in position in the socket a³ so as to
make up the space between the inside of the socket a' and the handle bar. The
socket a² is then tightened up by the set screw D so as to grip the liner E and the
handle bar C as above described.
Figs. 7, 8 and 9 illustrate a modification of my invention in which the horizontal

page_text: ocket part a' is made in two parts namely an upper part a anu a
ecured together by the four bolts F F F F passing therethrough made with
eep heads in the upper part a' and deep nuts f underneath, these nuts being
ecessed into the lugs. By tightening up the bolts F F F F the two parts a² a
of the horizontal socket can be tightened together so as to securely clip and hold
he liner E and handle bar C as stated above. In this arrangement of my invention
he liner E is not actually required although I prefer to use the same so as to
obtain a better hold upon the handle bar C. It will be seen that in this
arrangement of my invention the horizontal socket a² a' is arranged immediately
above and central with the vertical socket a¹ to which the steering tube B is fixed.
I am aware that prior to my invention various devices were known for securing
the handle bar to the steering pillar without brazing and that the said devices
permitted the handle bar to be removed from and refixed to the steering pillar and
the height of the handles being adjusted. I therefore do not claim broadly the
construction of handle bar connections to effect these results.
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 :-
1. Securing the handle bar to the steering pillar of a velocipede by means of the
lug A made with the vertical socket a fixed to the steering pillar and the
horizontal clip socket a' clipping the divided liner E which fits around the handle
bar said lug A having the ear a³ immediately above the socket a¹ and the set
screw D passing through the ear a³ into the socket a' by which the clip socket a
can be caused to either clip or release the liner and handle bar, the said parts being
constructed arranged and combined together in the manner substantially as
herein before described and illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the accompanying
drawings.
2. Securing the handle bar to the steering pillar of a velocipede by means of a
lug made with the vertical socket a' fixed to the steering pillar and the divided
O horizontal clip socket a' a adapted to fit around and clip the handle bar, or the
divided liner E fitting upon the same, the two parts a' at being secured together by
the four bolts F F F F the said parts being constructed arranged and combined
together in the manner substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by
Figs. 7, 8 and 9 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of June 1890.
ZEY
CHARLES BUSWORTH
Agent for the Applicant.