Improvement in Driving Gear for Velocipedes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 8th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 20th July, 1895-Accepted, 12th Oct., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Driving Gear for Velocipedes.
I, BEAUMARIS WOODWARD, 4 Summerhill Villas Chislehurst Kent Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to driving gear for velocipedes and the same is carried out
as follows:-
To the pedal crank is secured a wheel having teeth thereon of any suitable
pattern. Gearing with these teeth is a toothed wheel which is fixed to a rod or
shaft having suitable bearings attached to the frame of the velocipede. This rod
carries another toothed wheel which engages upon teeth upon a wheel which is
secured to, or formed integral with the driving wheel or axle thereof which may
either be the front or rear wheel. By this means the use of a driving chain is
dispensed with. The gearing may be enclosed in a suitable casing.
Dated this 8th day of July 1895.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.
I, BEAUMARIS WOODWARD, 4 Summerhill Villas, Chislehurst Kent, Gentleman,
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 driving gear for velocipedes and the same is carried out
as follows:-
To the pedal crank or spindle thereof is secured a wheel having teeth thereon
of any suitable pattern. Gearing with these teeth is a toothed wheel which is
fixed to or formed integral with a rod or shaft having suitable bearings attached
to the frame of the velocipede. This rod carries another toothed wheel which
engages upon teeth upon a wheel which is secured to or formed integral with the
driving wheel or axle thereof which may either be the front or rear wheel. By
this means the use of a driving chain is dispensed with. The gearing may be
enclosed in a suitable casing.
In order that my invention may be understood I will now refer to the annexed
drawings in which :-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention applied to a bicycle.
The
a is a rod or shaft having bearings 6 fixed to the frame of the machine as shown
or at another suitable part thereof. Attached to this rod a or formed integral
with same are the toothed wheels c and d, the wheel d gearing with a toothed
wheel e which is secured to the pedal crank for spindle carrying same.
toothed wheel c gears into a toothed wheel secured to the driving wheel 9 or
axle thereof. By this arrangement the use of a chain is entirely dispensed with
as the rod or shaft a and toothed wheels c & d take the place of the ordinary
driving chain.
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page_text: 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 I
claim is :-
1. The improved driving gear for velocipedes all in combination substantially
as described and illustrated herein.
2. The improved bicycle all in combination substantially as herein described and
illustrated for the purpose set forth.
3. In combination with means for driving a bicycle or velocipede a rod or shaft
having two toothed wheels thereon for transmitting the driving power.
Dated this 20th day of July 1895.
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E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.