Improvements in connection with Velocipedes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left. 16th Apr.. 1896-Accepted, 6th June, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Velocipedes.
We, WILLIAM BOWN, LIMITED 308 Summer Lane, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Engineers and General Manufacturers and GEORGE EDWARD ASTON
203 Clifton Road, Aston juxta Birmingham aforesaid, Machinist, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention has reference to velocipedes for ladies but is specially applicable
to that class of velocipedes known as "safeties" and our improvements consist in
providing the top lug on the ball head of a safety" or other velocipede with a
double socket so as to enable two suitable lengths of tubing to be connected from
the said lug to the bottom bracket. The usual piece of tubing which is connected
from the bottom lug of the said ball head to the said bottom bracket passes between
the above mentioned two pieces of tubing, by which means we are enabled to
considerably strengthen the frame of a ladies' velocipede and also make them more
rigid without increasing their weight.
Dated this 5th day of November 1895.
Improvements in connection with Velocipedes.
We, WILLIAM BOWN LIMITED of 308 Summer Lane, Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Engineers and General Manufacturers and GEORGE EDWARD ASTON
of 203 Clifton Road Aston juxta Birmingham aforesaid, Machinist, do hereby
declare the nature of our said invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
Our invention has for its object improvements in connection with velocipedes and
is specially applicable to the machines known as "Indies safties" which are
usually formed without the top member or strut which characterizes the "diamoud
frame and are therefore more suitable for the use of ladies as the dress is not
disturbed. These machines are however equally applicable to gentlemen when
they are constructed of sufficient strength and our invention is intended to add
considerable vertical strength and lateral stiffness to such like machines whether
for ladies or gentlemen.
Our improvements consists in providing the top lug on the ball head of a safety
or other velocipedes with a double socket so as to enable two suitable lengths of
tubing to be connected from the said lug to the bottom bracket. The usual piece
of tubing which is connected from the bottom lug of the said ball head to the
said bottom bracket passes between the above mentioned two pieces of tubing by
which means. we are enabled to considerably strengthen the frame of a ladies
velocipede and also make it more rigid without increasing its weight.

page_text: In order that our invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practical effect we have appended hereunto two double sized sheets of drawings
upon which we have illustrated an example of the frame of a "safety" made
according to our invention. It will however be understood that the principle may
be applied to other designs and to machines with more than two wheels.
Figure 1. is a perspective side elevation of a machine with the principle parts
added as well as our new construction of frame.
Figure 2. is a plan of the same machine as shown in elevation by Fig. 1.
Figure 3. is a broken off full sized side elevation of that portion of the machine
to which our invention is applied.
Figure 4. is a broken off plan of the two end portions as shewn in elevation by
Fig. 3.
The back and front forks and the saddle and the accompanying parts with the
mountings of the wheels may be in any required style and my invention does not
apply to them though they are shown for the sake of clear identification of the
connecting parts.
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The main junction bracket A is prepared with two small lugs a¹ and a³ which it
will be observed are much below the centre of the pedal shaft which is an
important point in our invention into which the ends of our two tubes K
and K' fit with such a space between them that the ordinary tube M passes between
the special tubes K and K¹. It will be noticed that a special lug E is fitted on the
tube R which supports the saddle S thus giving the tube or member M a higher
grip, upon the back part of the frame thus stiffening the junction and making the
frame stronger to resist vertical pressure applied either through the saddle or the
handle bar. The lug E may however rise from the bracket A in any desired
position and for light weights this would probably be sufficient. The members K
and K whether tubes or other sections pass up to the junction piece B having the
double lugs 6 and 6 into which they fit so that the ball head is well gripped and
held and secured to the back portion of the frame. The usual lugs as a a are
shown upon the main bracket to which the back members of the frame are attached
as usual and to which we lay no claim of themselves except in combination with
the special front portions hereinbefore described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :
1st. The improvements in connection with velocipedes consisting of the frame
composed of the two members K and K¹ with the member M passing between them
substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and shown upon the drawings
by Figs. 1. 2. 3 and 4.
2.
2nd. In cycle frames the double branched lug B with its two members K and K
secured thereto and passing down to the two special lugs a' and a² at the botton
of the bracket A in combination with the member M whether attached to R or
to A substantially as set forth and shown.
Dated this 15th day of April 1896.
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicants.