Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 29th July, 1886.
Complete Left, 22nd Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 24th May, 1887
I, HARRY LUCAS, of the firm of Joseph Lucas & Son, Little King Street,
Birmingham, Lamp Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
My invention is to provide an improved method for controlling the vibrating
clappers of bells, used on velocipedes and other vehicles, and which are set ringing
by the jolting or shaking action of these vehicles when in motion.
I place the vibrating clapper inside the bell, and control it by a piece projecting
and working through the top of the bell-dome. This controlling piece ends outside
the bell with a button or thumb-piece, and inside the bell, it is connected with the
vibrating clapper, say, by a link, or bit of chain, or cord. Pushing the button and
controlling piece towards the. bell, frees the clapper to vibrate and strike the bell,
while pulling the button and its connected piece outwards, controls the clapper from
striking the bell; or the actions may be reversed with the same results. Or, the
controlling piece may have a rotary action, so that turning it one way frees the
vibrating clapper, and turning it the other controls it; and again, the controlling
piece may be pivoted through the bell-done, and have a lever action for freeing and
controlling the vibrating clapper.

page_text: An Improved Bell for Velocipedes and other Vehicles.
I, HARRY LUCAS, of the firm of Joseph Lucas and Son, Little King Street,
Birmingham, Lamp 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 is to provide an improved method for controlling the vibratory
clappers of Bells used on Velocipedes and other Vehicles, and which are set ringing
by the jolting or shaking action of these vehicles when in motion.
I place the vibrating clapper inside the bell, and control it by a piece projecting
and working through the top of the bell dome. This controlling piece ends outside
the bell with a button or thumb piece, and inside the bell it is connected with the
vibrating clapper in any convenient manner, so that pushing the button and
controlling piece towards the bell frees the clapper to vibrate and strike the bell,
while pulling the button and its controlling piece outwards controls the clapper; or
as I now prefer, the actions may be reversed, so that pulling the button from the Bell
frees the clapper, while pushing it towards it, controls it.
I can best illustrate my method by the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1. shews the bell partly in section, with the vibrating clapper B. controlled,
and Fig. 2. shews the clapper free to vibrate and strike the Bell. E. is a spiraĺ
spring with the clapper B. at its free end. D. slidos in the stem of the bracket G-
F. is a small spiral spring which holds the piece C. in either position. When A. D. is
drawn outwards as shewn in Fig. 2, the piece D. is drawn to the top of the spring, so
allowing the clapper B. freedom to strike the Bell.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is-
The arrangement substantially as described for controlling and freeing the
vibrating clappers of Bells for Velocipedes and other Vehicles.
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