A Detachable Rubber redal Cover.
Year: 1898

page_text: HERMANN JAMES TOWNSEND, 17, Whittington Road, Bowes Park, London, N.,
Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention is one which I purpose adapting to rat-trap pedals on bicycles
or tricycles, the object of my invention being to convert a rat-trap pedal (or one
made of metal) into an india rubber pedal.
My invention is one which is constructed that it can be attached or placed
on to any rat-trap pedal by a simple adjustment, or by any suitable & convenient
fastening device, & which at the same time can be removed at the option of the
person riding the machine..
The means by which I can adjust my pedal cover is by the introduction of clips
or fastenings within the two rubber cross bars or treads, which grip the cover to
the treads of the rat-trap pedal, & also prevent the teeth of the latter from pene-
trating the rubber.
The cross bars or treads of my invention can be attached to one another by
means of a band of rubber, or other suitable fastening which would serve as an
additional means of security or grip to the cover.
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1000
HERMANN JAMES TOWNSEND.
A Detachable Rubber redal Cover.
HERMANN JAMES TOWNSEND, 17, Whittington Road, Bowes Park, London, N.,
Clerk, 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:
My invention is one which I purpose adapting to rat-trap pedals on bicycles &
tricycles, the object of my invention being to convert a rat-trap pedal (or one made
of metal) into an india rubber pedal. The construction of my invention consists
of two similarly fashioned steel (or other suitable substitute) pieces (A and B)
which form the cross bars of the "cover," & on the top of each of these said pieces
is placed or inserted a strip or bar of india rubber (F).
These strips or bars of india rubber form the tread or the portion of the "cover
which the rider rests his foot upon.
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The said pieces (A and B) have at either end two extended pieces forming a

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clip (C and D) which serve to attach or grip my "pedal cover over the two corres-
ponding treads or cross bars of a rat-trap pedal.
The top parts of the clips (C and D) and the pieces (A and B) are grooved or
hollowed inside so as to admit the teeth of a rat-trap pedal, & at the same time
preventing the teeth of this form of pedal from penetrating the said rubber strips
or bars. To obtain additional means of security or grip to my invention I can
attach the cross bars or treads to one another by means of an india rubber band (E)
or any other suitable attachment. A feature in this my invention is the fact of it,
when adjusted to a rat-trap pedal, enabling the rider to have both forms of pedals
at his disposal, rat-trap" & "rubber," & there is also a feature in the invention
being adaptible to any rat-trap pedal now in use.
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Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said
invention & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
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I. The manner of its construction enabling it to be detachable.
II. The fact of it, when adjusted, enabling the rider to have both forms of pedals
at his disposal, namely, "rat-trap" & "rubber."
III. Its adaptibility to any rat-trap pedal now in use.
1000