An Improved Construction of Mud Guard for Velocipedes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 23rd June, 1897-Accepted, 25th Sept., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Construction of Mud Guard for Velocipedes.
We, JoHN EDWIN TAYLOR of 3 Hardcastle Road, Edgeley, Stockport, Insurance
Agent, and GEORGE DAVY of 32 Gennings Street, Edgeley, Stockport, Insurance
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to provide safety bicycles and other velocipedes
with a flexible mud guard which can be rolled up and caused to lie in a compact
form when not required for use, and be readily unrolled or distended over the
whee! periphery when required, and without such improved mud guard being of
necessity removed from the machine, and with the advantage of its being always
on the machine for immediate usc.
In accordance with our invention we employ a strip of thin spring metal of
a length corresponding to the length of mud guard required. This strip we fix
to the breach of the wheel fork, and the temper or elasticity of such strip is such as
to cause it to coil up in a small compass (like a clock spring) against the machine
fork.
Upon, or around the strip, or applied in any suitable manner thereto is an air
tube made of india-rubber, parchment, bladder or similar air proof substance, and
which tube is closed at the free end of the metal strip, and at the opposite end where
the strip is secured to the machine is also closed and provided with an air or fluid
filling nozzle for enabling the tube to be inflated.
Upon such tube being inflated the pressure of the air serves to uncoil the strip
of metal and to distend it to a straight line, and when so distended the strip and tube
form our improved mud guard. To retain the guard in the required curved position
we secure its extremity to the usual supporting rods carried by the wheel centre,
and in case of a ladies cycle secure the usual lacing thereto.
In lieu of making the guard a fixture to the machine it may be made attachable
and detachable, and he carried in a suitable case when not in use.
Dated this 23rd day of October 1896.
JOHN EDWIN TAYLOR,
GEORGE DAVY.
By John G. Wilson & Co.

page_text: Stockport Insurance Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention of an Improved Mudguard for Velocipedes consists of a ribbon to
be made of Steel or other suitable material, the said ribbon to wind on a drum or
Cylinder enclosed in a case, or in the Framework of the Velocipede. If in the case,
the case to be attached to the Velocipede. The ribbon when the Mudguard is in
use will be drawn out of the above case, or the framework of the Velocipede, and
paitly cover a portion of the wheels that is required to protect the rider from being
splashed by mud and when not in use to be rewound into the case, or framework
of the Velocipede.
We are aware that steel ribbon is at present in use, as steel tape measures, what
we claim is, the ribbon and case with an Alteration can be applied to form an
Improved Mudguard for Velocipedes.
In order that these, our said Improvements may be more easily understood,
and readily carried into effect, we proceed to describe the accompanying drawing,
Reference being made to the letters and figures marked thereon that is to say.
Figure 1. Shews a plan of the mode of attaching the Case A containing
the Mudguard by means of a Spring Marked B to the portion of the Front Wheel
of the Velocipede Marked C.
Figure 2. Shews an Elevation of the mode of attaching the Case A containing
the Mudguard by means of a Spring Marked D to the portion of the Back Wheel
of the Velocipede Marked E.
Figure 3. Shews a Section through the Centre of the Case A shewing the Mud-
guard marked F and also the Spindle Marked H for looping the end of the
Mudguard too, the said Spindle being a fixture to the Drum or Cylinder, the Mud-
guard being wound on the Drum or Cylinder Marked G the said Mudguard having
a loop at each end, and also shews the arrangement of the said Drum or Cylinder
in the Case Marked A.
Figure 4. Shews an End Elevation of the Drum or Cylinder Marked G, shewing
the end of the Spindle Marked H for looping the end of the Mudguard too.
Figure 5. Shews the arrangement of the Cases A as applied to the Velocipede
and also shews the Mudguard F drawn out to the required extent, and connected at
the end to rods Marked I, the said connexion being made by a small Bolt, or pin,
going through the end of the rods, and also through the loop of the protruding end
of the Mudguard, the said rods, when the Mudguard is not in use will be in the
position shewn by the dotted lines Marked J, the power of the Spring, being wound
up tight in the Cases A holding the said rods in position. If the Spring Mudguard
is constructed in the Framework of the Velocipede it will be fixed in position, for
the Front Wheel to the part of the Velocipede Marked C, and for the Back Wheel
to the part of the Velocipede Marked E on Figure 5 by swelling out the tubes so as
to form a case, or a case can be made and welded or brazed to the above tubes
suitable for holding the Spring Mudguard. The working arrangements of the
above Guard will be precisley the same as shewn on Figure 3.
We do not confine ourselves to the precise details herein before mentioned in
reference to the above details of Construction of our Improved Mudguard.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what Manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. We claim the Construction of a case containing a Spring Mudguard as shewn
on drawing, and the same Spring Mudguard if requisite to be constructed in the
Framework of the Velocipede as described in our Complete Specification.
2 We claim the drawing out and the rewinding of the Spring Mudguard in the
above case or Framework of the Velocipede.

page_text: 3. We claim the attachment of the above case containing the Spring Mudguard
to the Velocipede.
4. We claim the position of the rods when the Mudguard is not in use.
Witness:
JOHN WILLIAM SARSON,
JOHN EDWIN TAYLOR,
GEORGE DAVY.
33, Mill Lane, Reddish, Nr. Stockport.