Improvements relating to Bicycles
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Oct., 1896-Accepted: 28th Nov. 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION:
Improvements relating to Bicycles
I, WILLY RICHTER, of 18" Schumannstrasse, Berlin, in the German Empire,
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
This invention relates to an improvement in bicycles and has for its object to
enable several bicycles to be coupled together in such a manner as to allow of the
riders or cyclists riding side by side.. A four wheeled vehicle can be produced in
a very simple manner by coupling two bicycles together, so that the riders can then.
ride through all the streets. In other cases also it is often desirable that two
riders, especially when learning to ride should be able to couple their cycles
together and thus reduce the risk of falling to a minimum.
The main condition for a coupling of this kind is obviously that it shall be
capable of being readily and easily disconnected and shall be capable of being
carried when unscrewed in a convenient manner.
In the accompanying drawings.
Figure illustrates in perspective view two bicycles situated side by side
connected together by the new coupling.
Figure 2 is a plan of the coupling on a larger scale.
The coupling consists essentially of two rods A A' which connect the two
bicycles together, and of a cross bar or rod B for connecting the rods A A¹ one to
The rods A A¹
the other and for the purpose of effecting a secure connection.
are provided at their ends with tube clips S by means of which they can be.
fastened to the frames of the bicycles, the arrangement being such that the rod A
is fastened preferably to the steering tube N whilst the rod A' is fastened to the
lower hind wheel forks M of the bicycles substantially as illustrated in Figure 1.
The tube clips S consist of heads s pivotted to the ends of the tubes A A¹ and
of hinged or folding parts s' provided with thumb nuts so that each tube clip can
be easily and conveniently unscrewed or disconnected..
The rods A. A themselves may be suitably divided into three parts a ala which
are connected together by any means such as by screwing into or on to a socket,
sleeve or nipple. The central portion a' is preferably provided with a branch or
support a for the purpose of fastening the rod B which is also suitably composed
of two parts b b¹.
The division of the rods A A' and B into the parts a a¹ a and b 6' is done only
for the purpose of enabling them to be folded together.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1
claim is--
1. The improvement in bicycles consisting in connecting together two or more
bicycles in a suitable manner by means of a coupling so as to enable them to be
employed as vehicles having four or more wheels.
2. A form of construction of the coupling specified in Claim 1, comprising two
rods A Awhich serve to connect. the steering tubes N and the rear hind wheel

page_text: forks M of bicycles; and a rod B which serves to connect the two rods A A' in a
suitable and secure manner, substantially as described.
3. Un the coupling specified in Claims 1 and 2, connecting the rods A A¹ with
the steering tubes N and the hind wheel forks M by means of tube clips S capable
of being turned around the longitudinal axis of the rods A A' substantially as
described.
4. In the coupling specified in Claims 1, 2 and 3 the arrangement of the
tubes A A B consisting of a number of parts a a' a and b adapted to be screwed
together with the object of enabling the coupling to be easily carried about
substantially as described TAO17
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18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
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