A Brake for Bicycles, Tricycles, Motor Cycles, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: A Brake for Bicycles, Tricycles, Motor Cycles, and the like.
I, RICHARD LISTER, Engineer, Lister Hill Works, Sutton, ur. Keighley, York-
shire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
This invention relates to brakes for bicycles, tricycles, motor cycles, and the
like. The brake is operated by hand, either with plunger, lever and plunger,
or a twist of the handle grip. The brake is worked by means of an eccentric
which causes the brake pads to be drawn on to the tyre or the rim, and can be
adapted for either the front wheel or the back wheel, and the eccentric can be
placed on different parts of the machine. The brake is in the form of an horse
shoe, and is made of steel or other suitable metal. At the ends of the horse
shoe, I fit sockets in which I fit leather or vulcanite pads as fitted to ordinary
pattern rim brakes. At the opposite end of the shoe to the pads, I bore a hole;
The eccentric
into this hole I fit an eccentric, with short arm or lever attached.
works on a stud, which I fix in suitable position on machines. I can fix the
eccentric on different parts of the machine coupling it to horse shoe by means
of small rods. I couple to the arm or lever which is fixed on eccentric a rod or
plunger, which I carry to the handle bar. On to this rod or plunger which is
fixed to the eccentric arm or lever. I fix a suitable projection so that I can
get hold of it with my finger and draw the rod or plunger which is fixed to the
eccentric lever upwards which causes the eccentric on the fixed stud, to draw
the horse shoe and pads into position. Or on the handle bar I fix a sleeve which
is fixed so that the sleeve can not move endways, but is free to revolve round
the handle-bar. On this sleeve I fix the handle grip. I then take the rod or
plunger, and fix it to a short arm or lever fastened to the loose sleeve, so that
when I twist the handle grip it lifts the rod or plunger which is fixed to the arm
or lever on eccentric, causing eccentric to revolve on fixed stud, drawing the
horse shoe and brake pads in to position. When the brake is made as a tyre
brake. I fix a spoon instead of the shoe and pads which the action of the eccentric
causes to be pressed on to the tyre.
1 The law of October 1899

page_text: invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement, that is to say:-
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It consists in the arrangement and construction of an improved brake for
bicycles, tricycles, motor cycles and the like, whereby same may be easily and
comparatively cheaply produced, and be neat in appearance, while further it
will perform the functions desired of it efficiently. In order that my said in-
vention may be readily understood, I have hereunto appended sheets of draw-
ings illustrative thereof, to which, by figures and letters, reference is made in
the following description.
Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a portion of a bicycle having my
improved brake applied thereto.
Figure 2 represents a side elevation of the parts illustrated by Figure 1.
Figure 3 represents an elevation as seen in the opposite direction to Figure 1,
and is drawn to an enlarged scale.
Figure 4 is a similar view to Figure 3, but illustrates a modification of my
invention.
Figure 5 is a drawing in detail hereinafter referred to.
Similar letters and figures of reference indicate similar parts throughout the
several views.
In carrying my invention into effect, I mount the eccentric a on the stud b
fixed to the framework A of the bicycle or like vehicle by means of the clip a².
Taking over said eccentric a I mount the forked part e which carries the pads d
for contact with the rim e of the machine. The eccentric is provided with an
arm a¹ to which is coupled the rod f, said rod f being formed to have a socket
into which takes the rod g. this latter reaching into contact with and being
fastened to the arm or lever h which is carried by the sleeve fixed to the
handle m and capable of being rotated around the handle bar n, in order that,
on said handle being rotated, the fork part c is raised, through the medium
of the lever h, rods f and g, and eccentric a, so as to bring its pads & into con-
tact with the rim e and so brake the machine.
The sleeve is held from lateral movement along the handle bar by means
of the clip o, the part o¹ of which takes over the flange on said sleeve k,
while a slot or opening o³ is made in said part o¹ in order to allow the movement
therein of the lever arm h.
The pads & are withdrawn from contact with the rim e by rotating the handle m
in the opposite direction to that required for applying the brake, or, if desired,
a suitable spring arrangement may be employed to effect this automatically.
The elastic bands p serve to prevent the forked part c from coming into con-
tact with the forks y, while they also assist in guiding said forked part in its
movements.
In the alternative arrangement illustrated by Figure 4, the forked part c is
mounted on the lever r fulcrummed at to the machine's framework A, the
rod f being fixed at f¹ to the other end of said lever r.
It will readily be seen that instead of raising the forked part so that its
pads & bear against the rim e, I may, by a very slight modification of the parts,
cause the eccentric a to press a suitably formed shoe or pad on to the tyre s.
Further, although I have illustrated my improved brake as applied to the
front wheel of a bicycle, it will readily be understood that I may mount same
to act upon the back wheel, suitable flexible or other connections being arranged
so that same may be operated from the handle bar of the machine, or by a foot
lever or the like, while instead of making use of the sleeve k and the lever h,
I may employ any other suitable arrangement of levers and rods to attain the
same result.
The parts are suitably modified in construction when the brake is employed
in connection with motor cycles and the like.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:―
1. A brake for bicycles, tricycles, motor cycles and the like, coasisting of an
eccentric suitably mounted and operated, and a brake part in combination, sub-
stantially as herein specified.
2. A brake for bicycles, tricycles, motor cycles and the like, consisting of an
eccentric suitably mounted and operated and a part as a provided with pads as d,
in combination, substantially as herein specified.
3. Brakes for bicycles, tricycles, motor cycles and the like the same being
constructed and arranged to operate substantially as herein specified with
reference to Figures 1, 2, 3 and 5 of the drawings.
4. Brakes for bicycles, tricycles, motor cycles and the like, the same being
constructed and arranged to operate substantially as herein specified with
reference to Figure 4 of the drawings.
DL1 1
1
1000
R. LISTER.
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.