Improved Methods of Fixing or Securing the Tube-ends of Bicycle and the like Vehicle Frames to their Connecting Lugs.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 16th Sept., 1897--Accepted, 12th Nov., 1897
ISIONAL SPE
TION.
Improved Methods of Fixing or Securing the Tube-ends of Bicycle
and the like Vehicle Frames to their Connecting Lugs.
I, WILLIAM SMITH (trading as Smith Bros.) 63, 65 Piccadilly, Hanley, and
77 Liverpool Road, Stoke-on-Trent, both in the County of Staffordshire, Bicycle
and Tricycle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:
This my Invention has reference to improved methods of fixing or securing
the tubular ends of bicycle and the like vehicle framing to their connecting-lugs,
the object of my said Invention being to rigidly secure the ends of such framing
to their lugs, and to economise time and labour by obviating the tedious process
of brazing the ends of such framing to such lugs.
One way of carrying my said Invention into practice is by making such con-
necting lugs hollow, and any suitable shape and size of or from cast or malleable
iron, steel or the like suitable material, such lugs having two or more suitably
shaped tubular projections formed thereon, each of which projections I drill or
bore by any suitable means to a suitable size, or such projections may be formed
solid, and a suitably sized hole drilled or bored therein, into each of such holes
in such projections I force or drive one at a time the tubular ends of the framing
of such vehicles, then I force or drive a tapering steel, iron or other plug of
suitable size and cross-section into the inserted end of each tube of the framing
in such projection.
The internal surface of such tubular projections on such lugs after being bored
may have one or more grooves of suitable depth, length and width formed in
same by any suitable means, after which the ends of such framing are first. forced
or driven into such projections, and a metallic plug of suitable size and cross-
section afterwards driven or forced as herein before described into each tube of the
framing inserted into the said projections on such lugs, so as to rigidly secure
the ends of such framing therein.
Instead of using a metallic plug for securing the ends of the framing of bicycles
or the like vehicles to the projections on such lugs I sometimes drill one or more
holes of suitable size in suitable position transversely through such tubular pro-
jections and the ends of the framing inserted therein, and into such-holes force
or drive a tapering or parallel wrought-iron, steel or other suitable metallic pin,
each protruding end of which pin may be rivetted over, or one end of each pin
may be screwed into a threaded hole in one side of each tubular projection, and
the opposite end of each of such pins rivetted over for rigidly securing the ends
of the framing of such vehicles to their connecting lugs as herein before described.
Dated this 14th day of December 1896.
JOHN NEWTON,
Longport, Staffs., Agent for Applicant.

page_text: Improved Methods of Fixing or Securing the Tube-ends of Bicycle
and the like Vehicle Frames to their Connecting Lugs.
I, WILLIAM SMITH (trading as Smith Bros.) 63, 65 Piccadilly, Hanley, and
77 Liverpool Road, Stoke-on-Trent, both in the County of Staffordshire, Bicycle
and Tricycle Manufacturer, 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:-
This my Invention has reference to improved methods of fixing or securing
the tubular ends of bicycle and the like vehicle framing to their connecting-lugs,
the object of my said Invention being to rigidly secure the ends of such framing
to their lugs, and economise labour and time by obviating the tedious process
of brazing the ends of such framing to such lugs.
One way of carrying my said Invention into practice is by making such con-
necting lugs hollow of any suitable shape and size of or from cast or malleable
iron, steel or like suitable material, such lugs having one or more suitably
shaped tubular projections formed thereon, each projection I drill or bore by
any suitable means to any suitable size, or such projections may be formed
or cast solid and a hole of suitable size drilled or bored therethrough, into such
holes formed through such projections I force or drive one at a time the tubular
ends of the framing of such vehicles, then I afterwards force or drive by any
suitable means a slightly tapered tubular or solid steel, wrought-iron or like
suitable plug of suitable size and transverse section into each inserted end of
the tubular framing in the said projections of such hollow connecting lugs.
The internal surface or periphery of the tubular projections on such lugs after
being bored or drilled, or whilst being bored may have one or more straight or
sinuous grooves or furrows of suitable depth, length and width formed in same,
so that after the tubular ends of the framing of such vehicles have been driven
or forced into such bored and internally grooved projections a slightly tapered
tubular or solid steel or like suitable metallic plug of suitable length may be forced
by any suitable means into the ends of the tubular framing inserted into such
bored and grooved lugs so as to more rigidly secure the inserted ends of such
framing in such lugs.
In order that my said Invention may be more readily understood and explained
in detail I have hereunto annexed a sheet of Drawings shewing one way of
carrying my said Invention into practice, and on which Drawings letters of refer-
ence are marked.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section of a hollow connecting lug with
two projections used according to my Invention for connecting the tubular ends
of the framing of bicycles and like vehicles.
Figure 2 is a plan view of the connecting lug shewn at Figure 1.
Figure 3 is an elevation of a slightly tapered tubular steel or like suitable
metallic plug with a plain external surface, and rounded corners at its upper
end.
Figure 4 is an elevation of a slightly tapered tubular steel or like suitable
metallic plug with a grooved or corrugated external surface or periphery.
Figure 5 is a plan view of Figure 3.
Figure 6 is a plan view of Figure 4, and
Figure 7 is an elevation of a tubular metallic plug with a plain external surface

page_text: parallel for about three-fourths of its length from its bottom end, slightly tapered
for the remaining one-fourth of its length, and with a rounded periphery at its
upper end.
The above Figures are drawn about full size showing two projections on the
connecting lug illustrated; but I would have it understood that such connecting
lugs may be made of various sizes with any requisite number of projecting tubular
portions.
On reference to the accompanying drawings it will be readily understood that
after the tubular end a of bicycle or like vehicle framing has been inserted into
one of the projections b, c of the connecting lug d, a hollow steel or other suitable
metallic plug e is passed through one of the open ends of the said lug and
inserted into the inner end of the tubular framing a and afterwards tightly forced
into such tubing by means of a steel, iron or like suitable metallic or other drift
or bolt passed into or through one of the holes f formed or drilled through the
lug and in line with the projection into which the tube end and plug have
been inserted, the inner periphery of such holes f may be tapped or threaded for
enabling a brass or other suitable metallic plug g to be screwed therein after the
ends of such vehicle framing have been rigidly secured to such connecting lugs
in the manner described.
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:
The improved method of securing the tubular ends of the framing of bicycles
and like vehicles to their connecting lugs by means of hollow or solid steel or like
suitable metallic plugs having a plain or corrugated external surface or periphery
in the manner as herein substantially described, set forth and illustrated at
Figure 1 of the drawings hereto annexed.
1008
JOHN NEWTON,
Longport, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Agent for Applicant.