Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 8th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 16th Mar., 1888
We, WILLIAM SMITH of 3 Standard Hill, Machinist, and GEORGE HICKING of
Lenton Road, The Park, Wine Merchant, both of the Town and County of the Town
of Nottingham, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to velocipedes for carrying one or two persons and is of the
kind described in our Letters Patent No. 8354 of 1886, it has for its object the
improved construction and arrangement of the framing of such velocipedes.
In carrying out this invention we use two driving wheels upon a shaft or axle which
may be constructed in two parts connected by balance gear and driven by a chain
from the crank axle in the usual manner.
On each side are suitable forks of ordinary construction each leg of each fork
having a bearing so that each wheel is supported upon each side of the hub.
These forks extend from their bearings in a forward and upward direction and are
connected by extensions thereof to a cross framing in front of the driving wheels.
In the centre of this framing is a socket for sustaining a steering wheel carried in an
ordinary fork. The upper end of this fork is a parallel spindle working in and
carried through the socket in the framing and is fitted at the top with a small lever
and an extension on which a handle bar can be placed.
At each end of the framing is a socket in which a pin works carrying the ordinary
handle bars and small levers by means of which the side sockets are connected to
the lever on the spindle of the steering wheels by means of one straight connecting
ro:1.
Connected to each of the forks of the driving wheels are upward extensions on
which are placed saddles for the riders and downward extensions carrying bearings for
a crank shaft which is connected to the driving wheel shaft by means of a chain and
chain wheels of ordinary construction.
The inner legs of the two driving wheel forks are connected by a cross stay in the
centre of which is a vertical projection on which a saddle can be placed for one rider
in which case the two side saddles are taken off and one of them placed on the central
projection.
In the latter case the machine is driven by means of the two inner cranks of the

page_text: crank shaft and the machine is steered by a handle bar placed on the top of the
steering wheel fork in this case the two outer handle bars would be removed.
Fitted on the driving wheel shaft is a suitable brake wheel with a band connected
to a lever pivotted on the socket the latter being actuated by a second lever in a well
known manner.
To assist the rider in steering the machine a T shaped spring is secured to the
socket of the steering wheel with its two upper ends resting on the handle bar on
each side of the centre and by the action of the spring the handle bar is returned to
its normal position or if preferred a boss having projections on opposite sides may be
attached to the spindle of the steering wheel and a T shaped spring arranged to act
on it in the same manner.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Velocipedes.
We, WILLIAM SMITH of 5 Standard Hill, Machinist, and GEORGE HICKING of
Leuton Road, The Park, Wine Merchant, both of the Town and County of the Town
of Nottingham, 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 velocipedes for carrying one or two persons, such velo-
cipedes forming the subject of previous Letters Patent granted to us and bearing
date the 24th day of June 1886, No. 8354, the present improvements relating to the
construction and arrangement of the framework and driving apparatus.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation, Fig. 2 is a plan and fig. 3
is a front view of the forward part of the framing including parts of the steering
apparatus.
A, A are the two driving wheels mounted upon the ends of a shaft or axle B on
which one of them is secured and the other allowed to run free, or is connected to the
axle by balance gear. Each wheel is mounted between a fork E which projects
forward horizontally and terminates in a single stem or bar E¹ which is bent upwards
with a backward inclination, the vertical portions F forming the sides of a rectangular
frame which is completed by a horizontal bar F¹, a central vertical bar G and the
diagonal bars G. The bar G forms a socket for the reception of the spindle or axis
of an upright wheel fork H between the branches of which is mounted the steering
wheel I. The spindle or axis of the fork H is preferably of equal diameter throughout
and it is carried upwards entirely through the bar or socket G, a bent lever J being
secured to the projecting end K which is also long enough to accomodate a handle
bar when the machine is worked by one rider only, seated between the wheels A.
The upper ends of the side portions F of the framework are socketed to receive
pins J2 on the projecting ends of which are fixed levers J¹ and ordinary handle bars L.
The levers J, J, J¹ are connected by a rod M; thus, if two persons are riding either
one or both of them can control the steering wheel I and when there is only one
rider the handle bars L can be removed and one of them placed on the extension K
of the steering spindle of the steering wheel I. If preferred the levers J J¹ J' and
bar M may be fitted to the lower portion of the framing, in this case a break would
be made in the vertical portions F.
The saddles N for the riders are each supported by two vertical rods or pillars O
which are secured at their lower ends to the branches of the forks E and the upper
ends of each pair are connected by a rectangular plate or frame P to which the
springs P' are fixed.
The saddle when only one rider uses the machine may be placed on a vertical
support fixed in a socket Q situated in the centre of the stay rod Q¹ which connects
the two inner vertical rods or pillars O. In this case the rider would drive the
machine by means of the inner cranks or treadles.

page_text: The machine may be driven by means of a single crank shaft extending from one
side to the other of the machine and provided with two inner and two outer treadles
as described in the specification of patent No. 8354 A.D. 1886, previously referred to,
or it may be driven by two short shafts R fitted with cranks R' of ordinary con-
struction each shaft being geared with the shaft or axle B by a chain S and chain
wheels S¹. These short crank shafts R are carried in bearings T formed in bearing
brackets T secured to and adjustable on the downward extensions U of the framing E
The adjustment of the bracket T¹ upon the extension U is effected by means of set
screw W which passes through a slot in U and screws into a removable block inside
the tube.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
:-
1. In a velocipede such as described a rectangular plate or frame such as P in
combination with vertical supports or pillars O placed one on each side of a driving
wheel and adapted to carry a saddle N substantially as described.
2. In a velocipedo such as described the combination with horizontal forks such
as E of saddle supporting pillars such as O in manner substantially as described.
3. In a velocipede such as described the shafts R provided with cranks and sup-
ported by bearings T formed in brackets T¹ secured to the framework in manner
substantially as described.
4. In a velocipede such as described the framework consisting of two horizontal
forks such as E, extensions E' and F, sockets G and G and cross frame all rigidly
connected substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
5. The complete velocipede substantially as specified.
Dated this 7th day of Fahru 1988