Improvements in or connected with Alarms for Velocipedes and other Vehicles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 1st July, 1895-Accepted, 3rd Aug., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Alarms for Velocipedes
and other Vehicles.
I, EDMOND WALTON DICKINS, of Wilmington Villa, Wallwood Road,
Leytonstone, in the County of Essex, Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
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The invention relates to that class of alarms for velocipedes and other vehicles
in which a rubber chamber is employed to force air through a trumpet or other
sound producer, and consists of an improved construction whereby such alarms are
rendered easy of attachment to, and removal from, their support and secure against
distortion of the rubber chamber.
For this purpose, when applying my invention to the steering handles of
velocipedes and other vehicles, I combine the rubber chamber with the handle
proper, which is also made of rubber, preferably by means of a rubber web, the
said rubber handle being made hollow and of such a bore as to enable it to be
pushed on to the handle bar with sufficient friction to retain it securely in
position.
The rubber chamber may be connected to the ordinary horn or it may sound any
other suitable noise producing instrument.
When using the improved alarm with vehicles having no steering handle, the
said alarm may be attached in like manner to a supporting bar, or, in the case of
tandem velocipedes and other vehicles, it may be mounted in like manner on fixed,
non-steering, handle bars.
The air chamber, handle and bar may be connected together and form one
continuous piece of rubber, or the air chamber and handle may be provided with
fittings to enable such parts to be readily connected and disconnected as may
be required, in which case the handle may be made of other material than rubber.
Dated this 15th day of October 1894.
E. W. DICKINS,
By Harris & Mills,
23 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in or connected with Alarms for Velocipedes
and other Vehicles.
I, EDMOND WALTON DICKINS, of Wilmington Villa, Wallwood Road,
Leytonstone, in the County of Essex, Traveller, 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 :-
The invention relates to that class of alarms for velocipedes and other vehicles
in which a rubber air chamber is employed to force air through a trumpet or
other sound producer, and consists of an improved construction whereby such
alarms are rendered easy of attachment to, and removal from, their support and
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page_text: secure against distortion of the rubber air chamber by pressure against the
handle bar.
My invention, as applied to the steering or handle bar of a velocipede or other
vehicle, is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figs. and 2 are two elevations, drawn at right angles to cach other, of an
alarm whose rubber air chamber is combined with the steering handle.
Fig. 3 is an elevation of the same partly in section and
Fig. 4 is a side view of a safety bicycle showing the alarm and steering handle
mounted on the steering bar thereof.
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a represents an ordinary trumpet such as is used with the alarm known as the
"cyclorn," but other sound prducing instrument may be employed. b is the
rubber air chamber to which the sound producer a is attached, and c is a steering
handle, which is connected to the rubber air chamber 6 preferably by a rubber
web d. The rubber steering handle c is made hollow and of such a bore as to
enable it to be pushed on to the handle or steering bar with sufficient friction to
retain it securely in position. For convenience of manufacture the web d is made
hollow; under these circumstances the steering or handle bar must be plugged or
closed at the end on which the alarm is mounted to prevent the escape of air through
the handle bar. If not plugged or closed by the maker I use a cork e, see Fig. 3,
to close the said end of the handle bar.
When using the improved alarm with vehicles having no steering or handle
bar, the said alarm may be attached in like manner to a supporting bar, or, in the
case of tandem velocipedes and other vehicles, it may be mounted in like manner
on fixed non-steering handle bars.
cou-
The air chainber and handle may be connected together and form one
tinuous piece of rubber as shown in the drawings, or the air chamber and handle
may be formed separately from each other and provided with fittings to enable
such parts to be readily connected and disconnected as may be required, in which
case the handle may be made of other material than rubber.
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 :-
CLAIMS.
1. The improvements in or connected with alarms for velocipedes and other
vehicles substantially as herein shown and described.
2. An alarm for velocipedes and other vehicles attached to and carried by the
handle proper, substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 1st day of July 1895
HARRIS & MILLS,
23 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.