Improvements in Bells especially suitable for use on velocipedes
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 27th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 28th Apr., 1894
I, PAUL SCHILLING, of Mehlis, Thuringia, Germany, Hardware Manufacturer;-
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention has reference to Improvements in Bells especially suitable for use
on velocipedes.
Velocipede-bells as heretofore constructed in which the clapper is arranged to be
operated by a toothed thumb-lever possess the disadvantage that the toothed-wheel
with which the clapper is connected has so much freedom when the thumb-lever is-
in its normal or starting position that the clapper always moves sufficiently to
cause a more or less loud rattling noise.
The object of this invention is to prevent this disturbing rattling, for which
purpose the bell is constructed as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in
which
Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively a sectional elevation and a sectional plan.
a is the clapper mounted on a rotatable spindle having fixed to it a toothed-
wheel d; it is adapted to be operated by a toothed thumb-lever b, provided with a
break-shoe c, which, in the normal position of the thumb-lever, bears against the
toothed-wheel d of the clapper a and prevents the latter from rotating; by means.
of the braking action of the shoe c the rattling of the clapper is thus prevented.
In the normal position of the thumb-lever d the spring e connected to the same.
exerts sufficient pull or pressure on the thumb-lever to ensure that the brake-shoe o-
shall press with sufficient force against the wheel d.
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I, PAUL SCHILLING, of Mehlis, Thuringia, Germany, Hardware Manufacturer,
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 Improvements in Bells especially suitable for use-
on velocipedes.
Velocipede-bells as heretofore constructed in which the clapper is arranged to
be operated by a toothed thumb-lever possess the disadvantage that the toothed-
wheel with which the clapper is connected has so much freedom when the thumb-
lever is in its normal or starting position that the clapper cau move sufficiently to.
cause a more or less loud rattling noise.
The object of this invention is to prevent this disturbing rattling for which
purpose the bell is constructed as illustrated in the drawings left with my
Provisional Specification in which Figs. 1 and 2 show respectively in sectional
elevation and sectional plan a bell embodying my present invention.
a is the clapper mounted on a rotatable spindle to which is fixed a pinion d adapted to
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page_text: be operated by a toothed thumb-lever b. This thumb-lever according to this invention
is provided with a brake-shoe c, which, in the normal position of the thumb-lever,
bears against the pinion d of the clapper a so as to prevent the latter from rotating
the braking action of the shoe c consequently preventing at this time the rattling
of the clapper against the bell. In the said normal position of the thumb-lever d,
the spring e connected to the said lever exerts sufficient pull or pressure thereon to
ensure that the brake-shoe c shall press with sufficient force against the wheel & to
prevent its moving as described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
A bell of the kind herein referred to in which the spring actuated thumb-
lever (6), is provided with a brake-shoe (c) adapted to bear against the wheel or
pinion (d) of the clapper and prevent the rattling of the clapper against the bell
when the thumb-lever (b) is in its normal or starting position, substantially
as herein described.
Dated this 27th day of March 1894.
For the Applicant,
W. LLOYD WISE,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.