Certain Improvements in and connected with the Steering Handle Bars of Velocipedes and Motor Carriages.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec, 1896
1002
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements in and connected with the Steering Handle
Bars of Velocipedes and Motor Carriages.
We, SAM THOMAS RICHARDSON, of 34, Rea Street, Birmingham, Cycle Manufacturer,
and RICHARD PRICE, of 3^, Rea Street, Birmingham, aforesaid, Cycle Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
This Invention has reference to the steering handle bars of safety bicycles and
other velocipedes and motor carriages and consists of the improvements herein
described for rendering the handles adjustable and for enabling the handle bar to be
folded down when not in use.
In carrying out this Invention the handle bar is divided centrally into two parts
both of which are jointed to the steering pillar or stem so that the two parts of the
handle bar can either be turned up into a horizontal or nearly horizontal position
ready for use when the two divided ends will butt together; or the said two parts of
the handle bar can be turned down to lie against or nearly against the steering pillar.
Each half of the handle bar has a short arm fixed to it these arms projecting beyond the
central division where they overlap and are jointed by a pin to a sliding adjusting
plate which works in a longitudinal slot or groove in the steering pillar. The arms,
or the adjusting plate or all are slotted at the joint to allow of free movement. The
edges of this adjusting plate project beyond the periphery of the steering pillar and
they are serrated and engage with an internally serew threaded nut or collar which
we provide on the steering pillar or stein and which is free to turn thereon between
fixed collars. By turning this nut or collar in one direction the adjusting plate is
screwed down and the steering pillar and the halves of the handle bar are turned up
to their highest or any intermediate position and by turning the nut or collar in the
other direction the adjusting plate is screwed up the steering pillar and the halves of
the handle bar are correspondingly turned down.
Dated this 7th day of December 1896
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.
Certain Improvements in and connected with the Steering Handle
Bars of Velocipedes and Motor Carriages.
We, SAM THOMAS RICHARDSON, of 34, Rea Street, Birmingham, Cycle Manufacturer,
and RICHARD PRICE, of 3, Rea Street, Birmingham, aforesaid, Cycle Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
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page_text: is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
This Invention has reference to the steering handle bars of safety bicycles and
other velocipedes and motor carriages and consists of the improvements herein
described for rendering the handles adjustable and for enabling the handle lar to be.
folded down when not in use.
We will describe this Invention by referring to the accompanying drawing on
which
Fig. 1 is an elevation partly in section of a cycle steering handle bar and parts
connected therewith constructed in accordance with this Invention the handle bar
being shewn in the position for riding;
Fig. 2 shews the same parts as Fig. 1 but with the two parts of the handle folded
down when not in use;
Fig. 3 is a plan of the parts shewn by Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is a front elevation and
Fig. 5 is a side elevation of parts of the said handle bar and other parts which are
jointed thereto;
Fig. 6 shews separately in elevation in section and in plan the nut by which the
parts of the handle bar are turned up and down and locked and
Fig. 7 is a separate side elevation of the upper part of the handle bar stein.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.
In carrying out our Invention the handle bar is divided cross wise centrally into
two parts marked respectively A¹ A both of which are jointed to the steering pillar
or stem B that is to say, the part A¹ has a lug a formed on its underside which is
jointed by a pin e' to the ears 6 formed on the top of the steering pillar or stein B
and the part A2 of the handle bar has a similar lug a formed on it which fits between
and is jointed to the ears by the pin c on the other side of the steering pillar or
stem B. Thus the two parts A1 A2 of the handle bar can either be turned up round
their joint pins cl c2 into a horizontal or nearly horizontal position ready for riding
when the two divided ends of the parts A' A will butt together as shewn in Fig. 1;
or the said parts A' A of the handle bar can be turned down to lie or nearly lie against
the steering pillar B as represented in Figs. 2 and 3. The lug al of the half A' of the
handle bar has jointed to it at d a short link or arm E' which is jointed at to the
sliding adjusting plate which works in the longitudinal slot or groovo G in
the steering pillar B. The lug as of the half A of the handle bar has a similar short
arm or link E' jointed to it at " and also jointed to the sliding plate P by the pin f
this sliding plate being situated between the arms or links E¹ E as shewn. The
edges of the sliding adjusting plate F project beyond the periphery of the
steering pillar B and are there serrated and engage with an internal screw threaded
nut or collar H which is provided on the steering pillar or stem B and which is free
to turn thereon between the fixed collars I I. The adjusting plate is continued
at f for some little distance down the inside of the steering pillar B so as to assist in
guiding the adjusting plate F. is a cross pin which fixes the collar 12 to the
steering pillar B. The nut or collar H is by preference milled on the outside to
facilitate turning.
By turning the nut or collar H in one direction the adjusting plate F will be screwed
down the steering pillar and the links or arms E¹ E' will turn up the halves A¹ A2 of
the handle bar about the fulcrum pins el c to their highest position as shewn by
Fig. 1 or to any intermediate position. By turning the nut or collar in the opposite
direction the adjusting plate is thereby screwed up the steering pillar B and the
halves AA of the handle bar are correspondingly turned down. Thus when the
halves A A2 of the handle bar are turned down to their lowest position shewn by
Fig. 2 the cycle will occupy but little width when not in use.
One half of the landle bar say A is by preference made with a short projecting
tubular spigot end J to engage in the open end of the other half A2 of the handle bar

page_text: when the handle is in position for riding as shewn in Fig. I so as to make the two
parts A¹ A2 fit together more securely.
The accompanying drawing illustrates what we consider to be the best way for
carrying our Invention into practice but it is to be understood that our Invention is
not limited to the precise details shewn as it will be evident that these may be varied
slightly in some respects without departing from the nature of our Invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. The combination with the tubular steering pillar or stem of a velocipede or
motor carriage, of a bandle bar made in halves and jointed to the top of the steering
pillar or stem, a sliding plate made with serrated edges and working in and projecting
through a longitudinal slot in the said steering pillar, two links connecting the said
sliding adjusting plate to the two halves of the handle and a nut on the steering
pillar or stem engaging with the serrated edges of the sliding plate these parts being
so arranged that when the nut is turned in one direction the halves of the handle are
elevated and when the nut is turned in the opposite direction the halves of the
handle are depressed, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
2. The combination with the tubular steering pillar or stem of a velocipede or
motor carriage, of the halves A1 A2 of the handle bar jointed to the top of the steering
pillar or stein, the sliding plate I made with serrated edges and fitting in and
projecting through a longitudinal slot G in the said steering pillar, the two links E¹ E²
jointed to the adjusting plate E and to the two halves A¹ A of the handle bar, and
the nut H fitting between the collars I¹ 12 on the steering pillar or stem and engaging
with the serrated edges of the sliding plate F these parts being constructed and
arranged for joint operation substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by
the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 28th day of August 1897.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.