Improvements in Cycle Saddles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Feb., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 17th Nov., 1898-Accepted, 11th Feb., 1899
Improvements in Cycle Saddles.
I, WALTER GRIFFITHS, of Highgate Square, Moseley Road, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in cycle saddles and is a further
improvement on my Patent No 4694 A.D. 1897 by which I obtain the reciprocating
action of the seat to suit the movement of the legs in a much more direct and
effective manner and which at the same time enables me to make the double nose of
the saddle of less width and of more compact form than before.
In carrying my invention into effect I attach a suitably shaped clip to the
fore part of the underframe of the saddle and this clip may be so bent up as to
have a central vertical flange which is provided with a hole cupped at both sides
and which forms a bearing for a cross spindle. This cross spindle is provided
with cones which take their bearing on the cupped recesses on each side of the
flange, sufficient liberty being allowed for the spindle to have similar freedom
of movement to that obtained by a ball joint by which the said spindle can within
certain limits move to any angle. The fore part of the seat is divided and the
sides are turned over to form a double nose each side being riveted or otherwise
attached to suitably shapd plates which are pierced and cupped to receive the
ends of the spindle which in turn is provided with cone washers for working in the
cups of the plates at each side of the double nose. By these means the most perfect
freedom of reciprocating action of the divided seat in all directions is obtained with
an equality of strain on the spindle, the arrangement at the fore end being so
compact that the double nose is little if any wider than that of any ordinary undivided
saddle.
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I, WALTER GRIFFITHS, of Highgate Square, Moseley Road, Birminghamn, in the
County of Warwick, 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 :—
My invention has for its object improvements in cycle saddles and is a further
improvement on my Patent No 4694 A.D. 1897 by which I obtain the recipro-

page_text: cating action of the seat to suit the movement of the legs in a much more
direct and effective manner and which at the same time enables me to make
the double nose of the saddle of less width and of more compact form than
before.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried into
practice I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which I have fully
illustrated the nature of my said improvements.
Figure 1 is a general plan of one of my saddles complete.
Figure 2 is a cross section of the nose on the line 1—2.
Figure 3 is a sectional plan of the nose on the line 3-4.
Figure 4 is a longitudinal section on the line 5.
In carrying my invention into effect I attach a suitable shaped clip or support B
to the forepart of the underframe F of the saddle and this clip is so bent up as to
have a central vertical flange b¹ which is pierced with a hole 62 and cupped at 63 on
both sides. This flange forms a bearing for the cross spindle A which is provided
with the cones which take their bearing on the cupped recesses b³ on each side of
the flange B sufficient liberty being allowed for the spindle to have similar freedom
of movement to that obtained by a ball joint by which the said spindle can within
certain limits rock to any angle whether vertical or horizontal as shewn by dotted
lines W in Figures 2 and 3, the fore part of the leather or other seat D is divided into
two parts and d² and the sides are turned over to form a double nose each side
being riveted or otherwise attached at to suitably shaped plates E which are
pierced at el and cupped at e³ to receive the ends a² of the spindle which in turn is
provided with cone washers a³ for working in the cups e² of the plates at each side of
the double nose the whole being riveted in position by the centre spindle A as
hereafter described. The spindle A is inserted in the hole which is provided in the
flange B after which the cones a¹ are placed upon the said spindle on each side of the
flange. The cupped plates E are then placed on the ends of the spindle A at each
side after which the cones or circular washers a³ are also placed on each end of the
spindle the whole being then secured together by the riveting over of each end of the
spindle at a. By these means the most perfect freedom of reciprocating action
of the divided seat in all directions is obtained with an equality of strain on the
spindle A, the arrangement at the fore end being so compact that the double nose ¹,
and d² is little if any wider than that of any ordinary undivided saddle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be perforined, I declare that what
I claim is
1st. In a divided saddle the rocking spindle A pivoted in the support B and
carrying the divided nose d¹ and d² substantially as and for the purpose herein set
forth and illustrated.
2nd. In a divided saddle the roeking spindle A having cones a¹ in combination
with the support B having cups 63 substantially as and for the purpose herein set
forth and illustrated.