Improvements in Seats for Cycles, Music and Dental Stools, Saloon Chairs for Steamboats, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 26th June, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Seats for Cycles, Music and Dental Stools, Saloon
Chairs for Steamboats, and the like.
WILLIAM FARLEY MULLER Dentist, 17 Place de l'Hotel de Ville Havre
France 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 :-
Improvements for cycle saddles, music & dental stools, saloon chairs for steam-
boats & the like, having for its object to provide an arrangement whereby such
saddles, music & dental stools, and saloon chairs may adapt themselves to the
motion of the body in riding in the case of a cycle; or in sitting in the case of
music and dental stools or steamboat saloon chairs.
In carrying out my invention I employ a device which allows the saddle, music
or dental stool or saloon chair, to rock in any direction around a central supporting
pin; a resilient cushion being furnished which keeps the saddle, music or dental
stool, or saloon chair in their natural positions, excepting when a uneven pressure
causes the central supporting pin to turn to the right or left, backwards or forward,
according to the movements of the rider on a cycle; or according to the movements
of a musician on a music stool; or according to the movements of an operating
dentist on a dental stool; or according to the movements of a passenger on a
steamboat chair when the sea causes the boat to pitch.
To allow the saddle, music or dental stool, or steamboat chair to rock in this
manner a part ball & socket attachment is employed; one part of which is fitted to
the saddle or seat & the other to the stem of the cycle stool or chair. A buffer
spring rubber cushion forms a support for the saddle, stool or chair seat allowing
it to dip in any direction, but returning to its level position immediately pressure is
removed. This buffer spring rubber cushion also holds the central supporting pin
in place in connection with a threaded metalic cap forming half of a round box in
conjunction, with another half which forms the socket.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings in which Fig. I is a sectional view of the plan
of my invention applied to a cycle saddle and the remaining figures views of details.
a shows the plate, which is of steel, upon which the cushion b (made of rubber
felt or horse hair) rests.
This cushion and plate is covered with leather forming the seat of the saddle.
c shows an extra plate, rivited to the saddle plate a, having a threaded hole to
receive the central supporting pin, or part ball attachment h, which is held in place
on the saddle seat by the nut d. e shows the threaded metal cap-forming part of the
round box in conjunction with the socket f. shows the socket part wherein the
central supporting pin h and the rubber ring 9 are adjusted. g shows the buffer
spring rubber ring or cushion. When the box cover e is screwed down it
compresses this ring so as to make the oscillating motion of the saddle chair or
stool as stiff or easy as the rider or sitter may fancy. This box e in conjunction
with the rubber ring g holds the central supporting pin or part ball attachment in
place. This box e holds the rubber securely in place & also allows it to be
adjusted so as to give the required firmness to the support it affords the saddle
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page_text: stool or chair; its resiliency being altered according to the tightness with which it
is screwed down.
i represents a moving washer beneath the cape. This washer is a little smaller
than the socket and protects the rubber ring g from wear.
jrepresents the nut & bolt which fastens the lower end of the socket f to the
ordinary cycle.
Fig. 11 is a plan showing the plate a a.
This view contains no novelty.
As the saddle oscillates or moves with every action of the body & legs of the
rider it enables the cycle to be driven with less exertion than is the case with the
ordinary saddle. Comfort in riding is also greatly increased there being_no
liability for the saddle to chafe the rider or in any way to injure him. The
saddle is also more durable than the mobile saddles now in use as the parts are
not liable to wear or break rapidly & cannot alter their shape.
As regards my invention applied to music & dental stools & steamboat saloon
chairs, nothing is altered in the existing stools & chairs excepting the stem, on
which is adjusted my improvement.
The above remarks are applicable with slight variations to music & dental stools
& steamboat saloon chairs. Applied to a music or dental stool my invention
enables the musician or dentist to oscillate from the right to the left forwards &
backward giving him greater freedom of action. Applied to a steamboat saloon
chair its function is to enable a passenger to keep the seat of his chair more or less
on the level no matter how rough the sea may be.
.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of this said inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
(1) In an improved saddle for cycles, the absolute principle of which I apply to
the stem of music & dental stools & steamboat saloon chairs, the combination with
a part ball & socket arrangement supporting the saddle seat or stem of the stool
or chair, of a buffer rubber ring keeping the seat in proper position but allowing
it to dip in any direction, substantially as & for the purpose specified.
(2) In an improved saddles for cycles the principle of which I apply to the stem
of music & dental stools & steamboat saloon chairs, the combination with a part
ball & socket arrangement supporting the saddle seat or stem of the stool or chair,
of a buffer rubber ring & a threaded box around the said ring, allowing it to be
adjusted substantially as & for the purpose specified.
(3) In an improved saddle for cycles, applying the invention to music & dental
stools and steamboat saloon chairs, the combination of a socket fitted to the seat
pillar of a cycle, or stem of a music or deutal stool or steamboat chair, a central
supporting pin or part ball fitted to the said socket by means of a rubber ring &
box & secured to the saddle seat in the case of a cycle or secured to the stem in
the case of a music or dental stool or steamboat chair, substantially as described &
shown in the accompanying drawings for the purposes specified.
Dated this Twelfth day of February 1897.
WILLIAM FARLEY MULLER..