Folding Mud Guard for Cycles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Jan., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 5th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 5th Jan., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Folding Mud Guard for Cycles.
WILLIAM BOWKER Senior, Consulting Engineer, 4 Fairmont Terrace, St. Pauls
Road, Preston, WILLIAM RUSHTON BOWKER, Electrician, 4 Fairmont Terrace,
St. Pauls Road, Preston, and JOHN RUSHTON BOWKER, Electrician, 4 Fairmont.
Terrace, St. Pauls Road, Preston, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to obtain a mud guard for cycles, etc., which can
be folded either on the machine, or readily taken off the machine, then folded and
carried in any convenient place the rider may desire. This object is attained by
making the guard or mud catcher of two or more pieces of thin steel or other
flexible material, which are hinged to each other so as to fold up to any convenient
length, and two or more stays or stretches; one end of said guard is hinged to two
main stays or stretches, which stays are attached to the pivot or hub spindle of the
machine, or other convenient fixing near centre of said wheel, the other end of the
mud guard is attached to the frame or saddle-rest of the machine by means of a
lace, strap, or any suitable fixing. To each of these main stays are hinged a
secondary stay, in such a manner that they will fold up to the main stays, or when
opened out form a radii from the main stay to the guard; these secondary stays
are fastened together at the top by a suitable stay or stretcher, on which are formed
an elongated loop or slot, into which suitable projections or button heads engage;
the said heads are fastened into said mud guard, thereby connecting said mud
guard to said stays; the said hinge or hinges of mud guard are so arranged that
they will only fold one way; when the secondary stays are extended, and the loop
is engaged with the projections or button heads, the hinges are locked, thereby
allowing the stays to bend the mud guard to the proper curve of the wheel; when
it is desired to disuse the mud guard, the top of said stay loop is disengaged from
the projections, the end of the mud guard that is attached to the frame is then
released, and the sectious forming mud guard are folded up, the stays are then
folded together, the whole can then be turned from the hub spindle or pivot, up
to the fork of the wheel, and fastened there, or can be taken off altogether, and
either carried by the rider or fastened to any suitable part of the machine.
Dated Second day of January 1892.
WILLIAM BOWKER, SENR.
WILLIAM RUSHTON BOWKER.
JOHN RUSHTON BOWKER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Folding Mud Guard for Cycles.
WILLIAM BOWKER Senr. 270 St. Paul's Road Preston Lanc. Consulting
Engineer WILLIAM R. BOWKER 270 St. Paul's Road Preston & J. R. BowKER
270 St. Paul's Road Preston Lanc. Electricians, 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 :-
Reference to accompanying drawings Figs. 1 & 2 represent elevation & plan and
Fig. 3. the mudguard folded.

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A Fig. 1, 2 & 3 is the part that connects to the spindle or other convenient part
of the cycle. B is the main stay to which is hinged the guard C. D & D₁ are
stays which are pivoted to A at G & G¹, the other end of said stays forming
loops H&H which engage with the button heads E & E¹. F & F¹ are the
hinged joints which connect C, C₁ & C' together. The end C is fastened to the
fork of the front wheel, or frame of the back wheel, either by a screw, or by a lace
or strap, which is placed through eyelet holes in the end C; or in any other con-
venient way that the user may desire; as the method of fixing would vary with
each different design of frame. The parts forming the guard C C₁ & C³ are made
of rolled steel, brass or other suitable elastic material; the other parts of the mud-
guard are all made of iron, steel or brass.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
The combination A B C D etc., for the front wheel; and as fully described and
set forth in the above Specification and drawings for the back wheel.
Dated this 5th day of Dctober 1802
WILLIAM BOWKER.
WILLIAM RUSHTON BOWKER.
JOHN RUSHTON BOWKER.
Witness to signatures,
ROBERT ECCLES,
275, St. Paul's Road, Preston.