Improvements in Cycle Saddles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application. 3rd Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Aug., 1894-Accepted, 6th Oct., 1894
Improvements in Cycle Saddles.
I ALWIN FRENTZEL of the Victoria Hotel Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows: :-
This invention relates to pneumatic saddles for bicycles tricycles and other
velocipedes, the objects of the invention being to prevent the saddle from becoming
too heated by long continued riding.
According to my invention I form a plate of light steel (or other suitable
material) curved to a shape suitable for the base of a saddle of the usual form for
velocipedes, and having a central hole or aperture in the broad or seat portion
thereof, by preference following the contour of the edge of the plate, the said edge
being provided with a number of small perforations around the plate for attaching
by sewing the outer edge of a leather casing.
The aperture in the base plate is filled by a loose plate of corresponding form
having by preference a circular hole in the centre thereof and a raised rim or
ledge around its outer edge so that it can be held in place by two or more turn-
buttons on the opposite or underneath side thereof or by other equivalent means.
To this loose plate is attached the inner edge of the leather casing by sewing
through perforations formed around the edge of the circular central hole above
named, and thus the leather casing and the base plate with its loose plate together
enclose an india rubber air cushion of corresponding form, which can be inserted
and removed through the aperture in the base plate by releasing and displacing
the loose plate above described.
.
The air cushion is not a plain air bag as usual but is provided at the top either
all over its surface or merely at the seat with a shallow water space which will
serve to keep the saddle cool as the latter has a tendency in spite of the central
ventilator to become very hot during a long continued ride. The nozzles for filling
the cushion and water space are enclosed in the narrow end of the saddle casing
which is provided with a horizontal and a vertical flap buttoned across each other
to protect the inflating and filling valves, which I prefer to place in opposite
corners of the narrow part of the saddle.
Dated the 2nd day of November 1893.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cycle Saddles.
I ALWIN FRENTZEL of the Victoria Hotel Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Merchant, 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 relates to pneumatic saddles for bicycles tricycles, and other
velocipedes, the object of the invention being to prevent the saddle from becoming
too heated by long continued riding.

page_text: My invention will be readily understood from the following description on
reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a plan view of one of my improved cycle saddles. Fig. 2 is a section
thereof through the line A-B on Fig. 1. Fig. 2 is a view of the narrow end
thereof. Fig. 3 is an underneath plan of the saddle.
According to my invention I form a plate a of light steel, leather or other
suitable material, curved to a shape suitable for the base of a saddle of the usual
form for velocipedes, and having, a central hole or aperture in the broad or seat
portion thereof (see Fig. 2) by preference following the contour of the edge of
the plate as shewn, the said edge being provided with a number of small per-
forations around the plate for attaching or sewing the outer edge of a leather
casing b.
The aperture in the base plate a is fitted by a loose plate c of correspcuding
form having by preference a circular hole c¹ in the centre thereof and a raised
rim or ledge c+ around the outer edge so that it can be held in place by two or
more turnbuttons c² on the opposite or underneath side thereof, or by other
equivalent means.
To this loose plate c is attached the inner edge of the leather casing b by sewing
through perforations formed around the edge of the circular central hole above
named, and thus the leather casing and the base plate a with its loose plate c
together enclose an india-rubber air cushion e of corresponding form, which can be
inserted and removed through the aperture in the base plate a by releasing and
displacing the loose plate e above described, or the leather case may be sewn to
the outside of the plate.
The air cushion e is not a plain air bag as usual but is provided at the top, either
all over its surface or merely at the seat, with a shallow water space el which will
Berve to keep the saddle cool, as the latter has a tendency in spite of the central
ventilator to become very hot during a long continued ride. The nozzles f and g
for filling the cushion e and water space e¹ are enclosed in the narrow end of the
saddle casing, which is provided with a horizontal flap 6' and a vertical flap 62, the
two flaps being buttoned across each other. I prefer to place the two nozzles f
and g in opposite corners of the narrow part of the saddle, as seen at Fig. 24.
The plate a is provided with holes as shewn at a (Fig. 3) for bolting the same
to a trestle, or otherwise fastening it to the saddle support of the "cycle" to which
it is to be applied.
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 I
claim is
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The combination with a pneumatic cycle saddle of a water space covering the
seat thereof, substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and
illustrated by the drawings annexed.
Dated this 1st day of August 1894
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.