Improved Construction of Velocipedes and other Vehicles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 5th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 7th Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Construction of Velocipedes and other Vehicles.
I, WILLIAM HAMILTON BLAKENEY of 28 Euston Square, London, Mechanical
and Electrical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
My invention relates to the construction of velocipedes and other vehicles; the
object being to reduce the cost and make the velocipede lighter and easier propelled
in whatever manner. My improved construction consists in the use of paper-tubes
or rods, instead of, or in combination with, those used at present; for the frames,
wheels, spokes, rims, or other part. The paper tubes or rods may be rolled, and
sometimes make them of one or more sheets of paper, or a series of strips, or a
mixture corresponding to same, such as for example, papier maché, or the tubes
may be made in any suitable manner. The tubes or rods may have strengthening
pieces of metal or other material run through or around them; and, I join them to
the bearings and at other parts or where required in any suitable manner; or, by
any known device. The tubes or rods may be waterproofed.
Dated this 7th day of November 1892.
W. H. BLAKENEY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Construction of Velocipedes and other Vehicles.
I, WILLIAM HAMILTON BLAKENEY, of 28 Euston Square, London, in the
County of Middlesex, Mechanical and Electrical Engineer, 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:-
My invention relates to an improvement in the construction of velocipedes and
other vehicles, and it consists in the use of tubes or rods made of paper instead of
metal, the object being to reduce cost and weight.
I attain this end by the use of tubes or rods constructed in the manner hereinafter
described with reference to the accompanying drawing in which :-
Figures 1 and 2. are views in transverse section showing two methods of
constructing paper tubes.
Figure 3 is a broken view in longitudinal elevation showing another method of
constructing the paper tubes.
Figures 4 and 5 are views showing how the paper tubes may be strengthened by
metallic insertion pieces.
Figure 6 is a view in longitudinal section showing another method of strengthening
the tubes, and
Figure 7 is a broken view in section showing one method of attaching the tubes
to the junction pieces of the frame and other parts.
Throughout the several views similar parts are marked with like letters of
reference.
The paper tubes A may be made either out of paper pulp moulded or drawn as
shown by Figure 1, or of sheets or strips of paper rolled or wound either parallel
or spirally and cemented or otherwise fixed. together as shown by Figures 2 and 3.
To give the paper tubes A increased strength and stiffness they may have
strengthening pieces of metal B-preferably in the form of wire-run through
them as shown by Figure 4, or round them as shown by Figure 5.

page_text: The tubes A may be made of an increased thickness as shown by Figure 6 by
having more layers of paper at the centre of the length of the tube.
The tubes may be attached and fixed to the part of the machine to which they
are intended to be connected or joined by forming screws on the said tubes or rods
adapting them to be screwed into the sockets C formed on or attached to the
respective parts as shown by Figure 7, or the tubes may be passed on to or into
projections formed on or fixed to the respective parts and clamped thereto by means
of split clamping bands.
To stay and stiffen the tubes A and secure them to the respective parts of the
machine a length of wire D may be run through each tube and pulled up taut by
means of nuts threaded on to the ends of the length of wire and adapted to bear
against the ends of the sockets or parts C to which the tubes are fixed as shown by
Figure 7.
Paper rods may be made and stiffened or strengthened in the manner hereinbefore
set forth for the construction of tubes.
Throughout this Specification I use the word paper as covering not only paper
but papier maché and similar or like materials.
I wish it to be particularly understood that I do not limit myself to the hercin-
before described methods of constructing and utilizing the paper tubes and rods but
that I hold myself at liberty to construct and utilize paper tubes and rods in any
other manner fairly within the spirit and scope of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is
1. The use in the construction of velocipedes and other vehicles of tubes or rods
made of paper and like material substantially as set forth.
2. As a new article of manufacture a frame for velocipedes the members of which
consist of tubes made of paper or the like.
3. As a new article of manufacture tubes constructed of paper and the like
stiffened and strengthened by metallic insertion pieces, as set forth.
4. In a frame for velocipedes and other vehicles, the combination with the
tubular members made of paper or the like of stay rods running through the said
tubes as herein before described and illustrated by Figure 7 of the accompanying
drawing.
Dated this 5th day of September 1893.
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.1.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.