Detachable and Collapsible Mudguards.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 14th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 27th Nov., 1897
Detachable and Collapsible Mudguards.
L, FRANK LOTT of 74 South Road Waterloo, near Liverpool, Secretary and
Manager of Turner & Co. Limited Music Sellers and Instrument Dealers Walton
Road, Liverpool do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
For the back wheel (say of a bicycle) I provide two light tubes of any suitable
metal or other material which are attached to the bridge of the down stays, bent
to the circumference of the wheel, and slide through holes in a lug which is
fixed to the cross-piece of the bottom stays. Contained in these tubes are other
tubes, or wires either solid or of tubular form which may be drawn out when
required and fixed so as to extend over the rear portion of the wheel thus forming
a frame upon which may be laid and secured by any suitable means, straps of any
suitable material, such as leather, canvas, and the like, inserted in which aro
bridges which connect the longitudinal stays, and retain them at any desired
width, thus completing the mudguard. For the front wheel I fix to the neck, or
crown, or forks, by suitable means a lug, to which I hinge a fork of suitable
material. By means of a nut or other suitable fastening the fork or frame is held
at the necessary distance from the wheel and to the same the mud-guard is secured.
When not in use the frame is folded to the forks and held by the nut or fastening
as aforesaid.
Dated this 12th day of December 1896
Detachable and Collapsible Mudguards.
I, FRANK LOTT of 74 South Road, Waterloo, near Liverpool in the County of
Lancaster, Secretary to News Limited, (formerly Turner & Co. Limited) of 70
and 72 Walton Road, Liverpool 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 consists of frames and covers for same, making effective and light
mudguards for cycles and similar vehicles.
For the back-wheel-say of a bicycle-I provide two light tubes A, A. of metal
or other suitable material-attached to the bridge of the down stays B, B by a
screw passing through box H into which the tubes A, A, have been fastened
which are bent to the shape of the wheel C and slide through lugs or crosspieces D
which secure the tubes A. A to the bridge of the bottom stays E. E.
Contained in the tubes A, A, are wires of U or similar section-having stops at

page_text: each end to prevent them being drawn entirely out of the tubes A. A-which are
drawn out when required so as to extend over the rear portion of wheel C and
fixed-by a locking device G consisting of a crossbar R which by a screw or other
device may be tightened on to wires F. F. in box H, thus forming a frame upon
which may be stretched and fastened to a pin or hook at lug D strips of any suit-
able material such as leather canvas or the like, attached to or inserted in which
are crosspieces or bridges I, I having eyes or hooks which connect the longitudinal
wires F. F. and retain them at a fixed distance, rendering the whole frame
sufficiently rigid and thus forming the mudguard.
For the front wheel J I fix to the neck, crown, or top of forks K, K by any suit-
able means a plate L-which in the drawing herewith is shewn fixed to the
crown M having hooks N, N formed on the underside. To the plate L I hinge a
fork of suitable material, preferably of spring-brass wire, which when not in
use hangs down by the forks K, K and is secured there by spring clips P. P.
When required for use the fork is released from the clips P. P and lifted to a
position where it engages with the hooks N, N. A cover having bridges as
previously described is then stretched upon the fork O and secured to pins or
hooks provided on the plate L, thus completing the mudguard for front wheel.
When not required for use the covers are slipped off the frames and rolled up
for carriage in pocket or toolbag as convenient, the wires F, F, are returned into
tubes A, A and retained there by the locking piece G, the fork O being released'
from the hooks N, N and replaced in the spring clips P. P.
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. Sliding and folding frames for mud-guards, constructed substantially as and
for the purposes herein. set forth and shewn upon the accompanying drawings.
2. Flexible covers for mudguards having eyed or hooked bridges inserted or
affixed for the purpose of holding said covers in extension and fixing the afore-
said frames at desired distances.
3. The combination of sliding and folding frames with the flexible covers and
bridges to form a complete mudguard substantially as and for the purpose herein,
set forth and shewn upon the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 13th day of September 1897.