Improvements in Folding Bicycles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Folding Bicycles.
I, GILBERT PATERSON, Aughinver Lodge, Fermanagh, Ireland, Farmer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of improvements in folding bicycles, the object being
to so joint the frame that it may be readily disconnected and connected, said joint
being rendered stronger than heretofore owing to the employment of a cap
or socket piece which is placed over the ends or the junction of the tubes, said
tubes being so arranged that one shall enter the other, the whole being secured
together by means of a screw pin or stud which passes through the cap or
socket piece and the telescoped ends of the tubes forming the frame.
Dated this 20th day of October 1897.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.
I, GILBERT PATERSON, Aughinver Lodge, Fermanagh, Ireland, Farmer, 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 fol-
lowing statement:-
;--
This invention consists of improvements in folding bicycles, the object being
to so joint the frame that it may be readily disconnected and connected, said joint
being rendered stronger than heretofore owing to the employment of a cap
or socket piece which is placed over the ends or the junction of the tubes, said
tubes being so arranged that one shall enter the other, the whole being secured
together by means of a screw pin or stud which passes through the cap or
socket piece and the telescoped ends of the tubes forming the frame.
For purposes of illustration I will now refer to the annexed drawings, in
which:-
Figure 1. is a side elevation of my invention applied to a bicycle.
Figure 2. longitudinal section of joint to enlarged scale.
The frame of the machine is formed in sections c, the ends of which are
telescoped together as shewn and the cap a is passed over the ends of the
sections and is secured in position by means of the screw pin or stud which
is secured by the locknut d. By removing the screw pin or stud the frame of the
machine may be taken apart into sections and packed for export,

page_text: This machine is particularly applicable for military purposes as the rider can
readily dismount and pack up his machine, when required, into a small compass,
and carry it, this being particularly necessary when the ground is of a very
rough and uneven surface, and when crossing otherwise inaccessible country.
The parts of the machine when in sections may be packed in any convenient
manner and strapped to the back of the rider when required.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. In joints for folding frames for velocipedes: a strengthening cap or cover
which encloses or covers the ends of the sections of the tubes or rods forming
the frame, which are telescoped at their junction, said cap or cover being secured
in position by means of a screw pin or stud passing through the cap or cover
and the ends of the sections of the frame to be connected, said pin being secured
by means of a nut or the like.
Dated this 15th day of December 1807