Improvements relating to Cycles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Mar., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 6th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 12th Feb.,
1898
Improvements relating to Cycles.
We, ALFRED JOIN RILEY, of 88, Great King Street, Cycle Manufacturer, FRANK
HOWARD MASON, and HENRY HARTLEY, both of Clarence Chambers, Corporation
Street, Patent Brokers, all in the City of Birmingham, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the provision of a simple and effective positive action
mechanical brake upon a cycle, that can be readily applied by the rider
with such a degree or intensity of pressure as may be required, and when thus
applied will retain its retarding effect without attention from the rider and until
he desires to release the same.
In the application of our invention we make the brake block or bearing piece
from steel or other material, preferably lined with india-rubber, shaped to the
configuration of the wheel tyre. Such block or bearing piece we dispose immedi-
ately beneath the crown of the steering fork and, we attach to it an internally
screwed stem or a hollow stem having a nut formed or secured within it. The
Hollow stem passes into the steering head and receives a screwed rod or wire whose
upper end projects above the handle bar. Upon such upper end or extremity;
we securely attach a finger piece or attachment whereby the screwed rod can be
readily turned or revolved by the rider.
Upon the turning of the stem in the one direction the brake is screwed on
to the tyre of the wheel with any required intensity of pressure, and it will retain
its retarding effect upon the wheel until the rider turns the stem in the opposite
direction or releasing direction.
Instead of arranging the hollow stem and the screwed rod or wire as hereinbefore
described, we sometimes connect the screwed rod or wire to the brake block or
bearing piece, and cause the upper end of the hollow stem to project above the
handle bar, and we make other modifications in the application of our invention
to meet any particular service or requirement.

page_text: Street, Patent Brokers, all in the City of Birmingham, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in: and. by the following statement:-
This invention relates to the provision of a simple and effective positive action
mechanical brake upon a cycle, that can be readily applied by the rider
with such a degree or intensity of pressure as may be required, and when thus
applied will retain its retarding effect without attention from the rider and until
he desires to release the same.
The adjoining illustration to be hereinafter referred to, is a section through the
steering head of a bicycle fitted with our improved brake.
In the application of our invention we make the brake block or bearing piece A
from steel or other material, preferably lined or faced with india-rubber, shaped
to the configuration of the wheel tyre. Such block or bearing piece we dispose
immediately beneath the crown of the steering fork and we attach to it an inter-
nally screwed stem B or a hollow stem having a nut formed or secured within it.
The hollow stem passes into the steering head and receives a crew rod or wire C
whose upper end projects above the handle bar. Upon such upper end or ex-
tremity we securely attach a finger piece or disc as D whereby the screwed rod can
be readily turned or revolved by the rider.
Upon the turning of the stem in the cme direction the brake is screwed on
to the tyre of the wheel with any required intensity of pressure, and it will retain
its retarding effect upon the wheel until the rider turns the stem in the opposite
direction or releasing direction.
Instead of arranging the hollow stem and the screwed rod or wire as hereinbefore
described, we sometimes connect the screwed rod or wire to the brake block or
bearing piece, and cause the upper end of the hollow stem to project above the
handle bar, and we make other modifications in the application of our invention
to meet any particular service or requirements.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of o:
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
1. A cycle brake constructed and arranged substantially as, and for the purposes
described and as illustrated.
2. The use of a screwed brake rod or wire and a hollow stem for the reception
of the same in combination with the steering head of a cycle, substantially as and
for the purposes described.
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MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicants.