An Improved Mud Guard for Velocipedes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Nov., 1892-Accepted, 8th July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Mud Guard for Velocipedes.
Major NEWTON PLOMER FOWELL R.A. Holmhyrst Kenilworth Warwickshire
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The mud guard consists of the top & sides.
The top is curved over the top of the rear wheel from the bottom of lower
bracket, to nearly the level of the centre of the wheel in rear and is rounded to
correspond to size & shape of the tyre.
The sides are soldered to the top & extend from end to end of the top, extending
also to level to bottom of larger cog-wheel in front. They vary in breadth from
about 3 inches in rear to 5 or more inches in front. The whole mud guard may be
made of any material, & the sides either plain or perforated.
The whole mud guard is removable without taking off the rear wheel.
It is intended to keep the chain, & bars &c. of the machine, & the riders feet,
clean.
Dated this Fourteenth day of November 1892
N. P. FOWELL,
Major, R.A.,
Holmhyrst, Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Mud Guard for Velocipedes.
NEWTON PLOMER FOWELL, Major, Royal Artillery, Holmhyrst Kenilworth
Warwickshire, 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 :-
The mud guard comprises a guard for each wheel (vide Figures 1 & 2 A. A).
The guard for hind wheel (Figure 1 a. a. a & b b b) consists of two (2) parts, the
top, and sides.
The top (a. a. a) extends from the level of bottom of larger cog-wheel in front,
to nearly the level of the centre of the wheel, in rear. It is rounded and curved
to correspond to size and shape of wheel and tyre.
The sides (b. b. b) extend from the level of bottom of large cog wheel in front, to
about two-thirds (3) of length of the top towards the rear. They are made broad
enough to reach about two (2) inches, inside the tyre and rim or a little more, or
less, as necessary as one machine may require a broader side than another. The
sides may also extend the whole length of the top, or any part of it if required.
The mud guard may be made of any material, or materials-and the sides may
be either plain, or perforated.
The sides may be rivetted, brazed, or soldered to the top. Or the top and sides
inay be all rolled out of one piece of metal, the spare material caused in the sides
by the rolling being cut out and the edges rivetted brazed or soldered together.
In order to shape the upper edge of the sides, to fit the top, the edge may be cut
in slits at any intervals, and small V shaped pieces being taken out.
The mud guard for hind wheel is secured to the machine, by three (3) screws
one (1) at A and one (1) on each side at B, Figure 1., and four (4) clips-one (1)
on each side at C and D (see drawing) Figure 1.
The three screws being unfastened, the clips slip off, and the guard is free without
the necessity of removing the hind wheel.

page_text: The guard for front wheel (Figure 2) consists of a top and sides, similar in con-
struction to that for the hind wheel. The sides extend for about ten (10) or
twelve (12) inches covering the tyre & rim and preventing mud flying off and
dirtying the pedals &c. &c.
The object of the above described mud guard is to keep the bars, chain, lower
bracket &c. of the machine, & the feet of the rider clean.
Being removeable without removing the hind wheel, it can be taken off and
washed; the remainder of the machine requiring little or no immediate cleaning.
Fig. 3 shows plan & elevation at C.
Fig. 4 side of guard shewing V cuts.
Figs. 5, 6 & 7 details of clip at D.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
(1) A mud guard with sides, which cover for a certain distance the entire tyre
and rim; substantially as described & illustrated.
(2) This guard being extended to level of bottom of larger cog wheel, carries
with it, all dirt, which otherwise had a tendency to fall on the bars &c. of the
machine, & the feet of the rider.
(3) A mud guard which being removed for washing purposes, leaves the remainder
of the machine practically clean.
Dated this Twenty-second day of November 1892.
N. P. FOWELL,
Major, Royal Artillery.