AN IMPROVEMENT IN SADDLES FOR BICYCLES, TRICYCLES, VELOCIPEDE BOATS AND SUCH LIKE VEHICLES AND VESSELS to be as follows:-
Year: 1885

page_text: I, JAMES ALFRED Lamplugh of the firm of Lamplugh and Brown of Birmingham
in the County of Warwick, Saddle Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN SADDLES FOR BICYCLES, TRICYCLES,
VELOCIPEDE BOATS AND SUCH LIKE VEHICLES AND VESSELS to be as follows:-
"
In my Specification No 10899 of 1884, I described a construction of Saddle for
bicycles, tricycles and such like vehicles,. in which the leather of the seat is
stretched over an elastic pad at the rear, and in my Specification No 1568 of 1885
I have described a frame for a saddle of this kind, consisting of three tubular arms
radiating from the central support. According to my present invention I employ
only two such tubular arms extending, the one forwards and the other backwards
from the support, both these being preferably parts of a single tube secured to the
support at about its middle, with its ends bent from the middle upwards. Each
end of the tube receives an adjusting bolt provided with a nut arranged between
collars as described in my Specification N° 1568 of 1885; the one bolt having a tail
piece secured to the front of the leather seat, and the other bolt having also a tail
piece secured to the frame that carries the elastic pad over which the leather is
stretched and secured. By this construction the saddle is rendered capable of a
little lateral oscillation or rocking, giving ease to the muscular movements of the
rider. When greater rigidity is required, this may be obtained by giving the ends
of the central tube a greater bend upwards, or the rear bolt may be prevented
from turning beyond a certain amount in the tube by a pin or feather or otherwise.
When great simplicity and economy of construction and lightness are required,
the elastic pad is dispensed with, the rear of the leather being in that case secured
to a bent metal tube which is secured at its middle to the rear adjusting bolt.
It is often convenient to remove the leather seat instead of leaving it exposed
to the weather. By turning the rear edge of the leather into a loop embracing
the tube and cutting a central slit along the leather from the rear to about its
middle, the two segments of the leather can be drawn off the rear curve of the
frame, and the front end of the leather can be detached, so that the leather can
be bodily removed, leaving the metal frame of the saddle on the vehicle. In
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page_text: order to provide for varying the width of the saddle at the rear, I make the
bent tube which holds the rear segments of the leather in parts fitting each other
telescopically so that by drawing more or less out the one part on each side, the
rear of the leather can be spread out to a greater or less width. When it is
desirable to make the leather removeable without slitting it along the middle,
I make the part of the tubular frame which receives either the front or the rear
stretching bolt with a slot covered by a screwed sleeve. By withdrawing this
sleeve so as to leave the slot open, the stretching bolt at that part can be moved
vertically out of the tube, and then the other stretching bolt can be drawn out;
thus the leather with the two stretching bolts and the rear tube can be bodily
removed.
Dated this 28th day of March 100k
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant,
28, Southampton Buildings, 1
London, W.C.

page_text: I, JAMES ALFRED LAMPLUGH of the firm of Lamplugh and Brown of Birmingham
in the county of Warwick, Saddle Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN SADDLES FOR BICYCLES, TRICYCLES,
" and in what manner
VELOCIPEDE BOATS AND SUCH LIKE VEHICLES AND VESSELS
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
In my specification No 10899 of 1884, I described a construction of Saddle for
bicycles tricycles and such like vehicles in which the leather of the seat is stretched
over an elastic pad at the rear, and in my specification N° 1568 of 1885 I have
described a frame for a saddle of this kind, consisting of three tubular arms
radiating from the central support. According to my present invention, I employ
only two such tubular arms extending, the one forwards and the other backwards
from the support, both these being preferably parts of a single tube secured to the
support at about its middle, with its ends bent from the middle upwards. In a
saddle having a frame thus constructed, the elastic pads may be dispensed with, and
the rear parts of the frame may be made telescopically extensible so as to admit of
increased width of leather. I provide also means of adjusting the tightness of the
leather, and of removing the leather when the machine is left exposed, as I will
explain referring to the accompanying drawings. Fig. 1 is a plan looking from
below, fig. 2 a plan from above, fig. 3 an end view and fig. 4 a longitudinal section
of a saddle according to my present invention in its simplest form without the
elastic pads at the rear. Fig. 5 is a plan looking from below and fig 6 is a longi-
tudinal section of a similarly constructed saddle with elastic pads at the rear and
additional means of tightening the leather; fig. 6 is a transverse section at Z
(Fig. 6) shewing one arrangement for readily removing the leather from the frame.
Referring to figs 1 to 4 inclusive, A is the tube bent upwards towards each end
from about its middle where it has a flange B for fixing it to the vehicle in the
usual way. Into the front end of the tube A enters freely the screwed shank of
the piece C which has the front end of the leather L attached to it.
Into the rear
end of the tube A screws the shank of a collar bolt D the part of which beyond the
collar enters an eye formed in the middle of a tube or bar E which is bent in a
circular sweep to form the rear frame of the saddle. By turning the nut and lock
nut c, or by turning the bolt D and its lock nut d the leather L can be more or less
strained lengthwise. Again, by slackening the nut d' on the bolt D, the rear
frame E can be left free to rock on D as a pivot. The bent tube E may have
sliding within its ends bent bars such as indicated at e fig. 1 so that by drawing
out telescopically these bars the width of the rear of the saddle may be increased to
take a wider leather as indicated by the dotted lines L¹. The leather L, besides
having numerous perforations through it as usual, is divided along its middle from
the rear more than half way towards the front and a hook H, which turns on one
of the rivets of the. leather has a pivot and is hooked on to another rivet h',
prevents the two lobes or segments of the leather from spreading apart. When it

page_text: is desired to remove the leather, so as not to leave it exposed to the weather, the
fastening H is unhooked, and then each segment or lobe of the leather can be
drawn off the rear frame E and the front piece C can be withdrawn from the
tube A. Figs. 5 and 6 shews the same construction of metal framing as has been
described above, but the loop of the leather which embraces the rear frame, instead
of being secured by rivets as in figs. and 2, is held by buckle straps S by means
of which the leather can be more or less tightened. In these figures also the loop of
the leather is shewn embracing elastic pads P which are pieces of caoutchouc tube
passed on to the bent bar or tube E that forms the rear frame. In figs 6 and 6*
I shew a ready way of separating the leather from the frame of the saddle without
the necessity for dividing it along its middle. For this purpose the rear end of the
bent tube A is thickened and has an external screw thread on which screws a
sleeve a; it has also cut through its underside a slot r large enough for the shank
of the bolt D to pass through it laterally. When it is desired to remove the
leather, the sleeve a is screwed back until it exposes open the whole length of the
slot the bolt D can then be passed down through the slot and the front piece C
can be withdrawn from the tube A and thus the leather, along with the rear
frame E, can be removed The sleeve a, besides serving to cover the slot r when
the leather is replaced, serves also to tighten the leather by screwing it backwards
along the tube A. When this mode of detaching the leather is adopted it is not
necessary to divide the leather.
Having now particularly, described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1, The construction of saddle for a velocipede vehicle or vessel, wherein a central
tube bent upwards from its middle, where it is fixed, receives in its front end a
piece attached to the leather and in its rear end a bolt on which is pivotted a bent
tube embraced by a loop of the leather, substantially as herein described.
2, For a saddle of the kind referred to in the preceding claim, dividing the
leather along its middle into two segments or lobes held together by a catch, on
disengaging which the leather can be withdrawn from the framing, substantially as
herein described.
3, For removing the leather and rear frame of a saddle of the kind referred to in
the first claim, making the rear end of the central tube with a lateral slot and a
screwed sleeve, substantially as described with reference to figs. 6 and 6ª.
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