Improvements in or relating to the Steering Mechanism of Velocipedes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 29th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 4th Dec., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Steering Mechanism of
Velocipedes.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD WATTS, of 79 Montague Road, Leytonstone, in the County
of Essex, Company Director, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:
The object of this invention is to provide the steering mechanism of velocipedes
with a device or atachment which enables the rider to sit upright on the saddle
in a perfectly natural position, and which is self adjusting in position and tends
to absorb or reduce the vibration of the handles or handle-bar.
In one form of my invention the attachment consists of a pair of supplementary
handles which are connected to the ordinary handles or to the handle-bars of the
machine by helical springs carrying clips or other attaching means at their ends
by which said springs may be temporarily or permanently secured in position
on the handles or handle-bar as desired.
In another form of my invention the supplementary handles are secured on the
ends of rods whose other ends are attached by a ball and socket or universal joint
direct to the handles or handle-bar or to clips secured on or to the handles or
handle-bar.
In vet another form of my invention the supplementary handles are connected
to helical springs which are passed over so as to surround the handles or handle
bar; or these latter may be made tubular and the helical springs passed into or
through it or them; the springs being secured to the handles or handle-bar in any
suitable manner.
ULTIVATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Steering Mechanism of
Velocipedes.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD WATTS, of 79 Montague Road, Leytonstone, in the County
of Essex, Company Director, 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 object of this invention is to provide the steering mechanism of velocipedes
with a device or attachment which enables the rider to sit upright on the saddle

page_text: in a perfectly natural position, and which is self adjusting in position and tends to
absorb or reduce the vibration of the handles or handle-bar.
In one form of my invention the attachment consists of one or a pair of supple-
mentary handles which are connected to the ordinary handles or to the handle-bars
of the machine by helical springs carrying clips or other attaching means at
their ends by which said springs may be temporarily or permanently secured in
position on the handles or handle-bar as desired.
In another form of my invention the supplementary handles are secured on the
ends of rods whose other ends are attached by a ball and socket or universal joint
direct to the handles or handle-bar or to clips secured on or to the handles or
handle-bar
In yet another form of my invention the supplementary handles are connected
to helical springs which are passed over so as to surround the handles or handle-
bar; or these latter may be made tubular and the helical springs secured to or
inside the handles or handle-bar in any suitable manner.
In the accompanying drawings I have shown three different methods of carrying
my invention into practice.
Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively side elevation and plan of a handle-bar to which
my invention is fitted. A A are the supplementary handles, which in this case
are each secured to the end of a rod B. To the latter one end of the helical spring C
is secured, the other end being pivotted or hinged at D to the clip E. The
pivots D allow of the supplementary handles being folded up close against the
ordinary handle-bar when not in use and in conjunction with the helical springs C
provide a self-adjusting practically non-vibrating attachment to the, handle-bar.
The clip E is made in halves hinged or pivotted together and secured by 'lugs I
and a screw bolt D. H' are cheeks on one of the parts of the clip E, between which
the end of the spring C is held by the screw bolt D which forms the pivot D.
The clips may however be of other suitable construction and may be secured to the
handle-bar Gin any other suitable manner.
Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively side elevation and plan of a modification of my
invention, which differs from the form already described in having the rod B
secured direct to the clip E by means of the universal joint J. Fig. 5 shows a further
modification in which the helical spring C is secured at one end to the interior of
the ordinary handle K which is made hollow and provided with a block L for that
purpose.
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:-
1. An attachment for a velocipede consisting of one or a pair of supplementary
handles secured to the handles or handle-bar of the velocipede. by intermediate
springs substantially as described.
2. An attachment for a velocipede consisting of one or a pair of supplementary
handles secured to the handles or handle-bar of the velocipede by an universal
joint substantially as described.
Dated this 20th day of Santa
1807
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F. W: GOLBY,
36 Chancery Lane, London, WC. Patent Agent for the Applicant.