Improvements in or relating to Mud Guards for Vehicle Wheels.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 9th Dec., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Mud Guards for Vehicle Wheels.
We, FRIEDRICH MAX KOPP, Ambulance Carriage Builder, of Elsasserstrasse 95,
Berlin, and OSCAR DRUSCHKY, of Linienstrasse No. 248, Berlin, in the Empire
of Germany, Locksmith, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
At present vehicle riders and the public are protected against the mud thrown
up by the wheels, by the so-called mud guards made of sheet metal or other
material fastened suitably around the wheel.
According to the present invention the same result is obtained in the simplest,
most rational and cheapest manner by providing the wheels with brushes for
the purpose of cleaning the wheel during the rotation of the latter, thus com-
pletely preventing the throwing up of mud.
In the accompanying drawing such a brush mud guard is represented as applied
to a cycle wheel, Figure 1 being an elevation and Figure 2 a plan of the device.
The brush 6 is arranged in slight contact with the wheel tyre a, and is secured
by means of screws c to a metal part d so that the brush can be readily removed
and exchanged when desired.
This metal part d is arranged at the outer ends of two wires f, which by means
of loops g are secured on the axle h of the wheel.
These rods are firmly fixed on the axle h by means of the usual nuts, and
can be easily removed. The metal plate d is suitably fixed on the rods f by
clamping screws S. The rods f are so fixed on the axle h of the wheel that the
brushes 6 are a few inches above the ground. The metal plate d is so placed
that the brush but slightly touches the tyre of the wheel, in order to avoid as
much as possible friction between the two, while, at the same time, preventing
mud and moisture passing upwards. In dry weather the brush 6 and the metal
piece d may be taken off, and secured on again in bad weather. The brush mud
guard is so arranged that it is not at all conspicuous and is of small weight,
while, on the other hand, it meets its object better than all similar devices, pre-
venting the excessive splashing or throwing of mud and the consequent unsightli-
ness of the vehicle, inasmuch as all mud adhering to the wheel tyre is immediately
taken off by the said brush, a little distance above the track."
It is exceedingly easy to clean the brush of any mud adhering to it, while
the cleaning of sheet iron mud guards and other devices used at present is trouble-
some and disagreeable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:—
1. A brush mud-guard for vehicle wheels comprising a brush carried close to
the track by means of a holder adjustably mounted on rods the latter being secured

page_text: on the axle of the wheel, said brush being in slight contact with the tyre sub-
stantially as described.
2. The complete brush mud-guard substantially as described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 9th day of October 1899.
BOULT, WADE & KILBURN,
Agents for the Applicants.