Improvements in Bells.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd June, 1896-Accepted, 24th Oct., 1896
Improvements in Bells.
I, PAUL SCHILLING of Mehlis, Thuringia, Germany, Manufacturer of Iron
and Steel Goods, 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 invention relates to bells for cycles. According thereto the lower part or
base of the bell is pivoted to a bar adapted to be rigidly connected to some part
of the cycle for instance the handle bar and when it is desired to cause the bell
to sound, the base is by pressure caused to move relatively to the bar and through
a rack formed on the said bar and a pinion on the bell base (or equivalent means)
operate the striking hammers, the parts being brought back into their normal
relative positions by a spring.
Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive of the accompanying drawings shew a construction of bell
according to this invention Fig. 1 being an underside view, Fig. 2 a plan or top
view with the dome removed, and Fig. 3 a vertical section.
a is a bent bar rigidly connected to the handle bar d or some other convenient
part of a cycle by means of a clip c. To the bar a the base y of the bell is
pivoted as at e in such a manner that by lateral pressure the latter, with the parts
carried by it, can be moved into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2.
At the bar a is formed with teeth so that when the base g is moved as just
described the pinion k will be rotated and the striking hammers 6 operated. A
spring serves to bring the parts back into their initial positions.
b
It will be seen that the arrangement is such that the dome h together with the
base 9 can be partially rotated relatively to the stationary bar a, whilst heretofore
in such bells the part a has been constructed in the form of a lever, and the bell
base g fixed to the clip c.
By an arrangement of this kind, movable parts in the dome such as thumb-levers
and tappets, are obviated.
The transmission of the motion of the base g to the striker gear b may be
effected in any other suitable manner instead of as shown in Figs. 12 and 3.
For example in the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, instead of the single striker
gear, shewn in Figs. 2 and 3 there is provided jingling gear l m n which reacts
against a stop or stud of the bell gong o; and in the arrangement shown in
Fig. 5, the bar a is formed with a nose p which when the base g is moved, causes
the tappet g (which is pivoted at r) to move and consequently the strikers & which
are hung on springs t, to strike the bell gong.
The base g may have attached to it a part u which serves as a support for the
thumb and prevent the latter from slipping against the bell when moving the base
laterally.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A cycle bell, having a bar a adapted to be rigidly fixed to the handle bar or
other part of a cycle, and a base g capable of being rocked about a pin e on the
bar a in a plane parallel to the latter and against the action of a spring f, the
arrangement being such that on turning the bell-carrier to one side and in a plane
parallel to the said bar, the striking mechanism of the bell will be set in action by

page_text: the alteration in the relative positions of the bell carrier and transmitting part,
substantially as described.
2. Cycle bells constructed arranged and operating substantially as herein before
described with reference respectively to and shown in Figs. 1 2 and 3; in Fig. 4,
and in Fig. 5 of the drawings annexed.
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For the Applicant,
W. LLOYD WISE,
46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.