Improvements in Detachable Mud-guard Stays for Velocipedes and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Jan., 1895-Accepted, 2nd Feb., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Detachable Mud-guard Stays for Velocipedes
and the like.
I, JOHN FLETCHER, of Gill House, Ulverston, Lancashire, 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in detachable mud-guard stays for
velocipedes and the like, and has for its object to provide a means whereby stayed
mud-guards can be detached in a much shorter space of time than is possible with
those hitherto in use, at the same time doing away with the necessity for loosening
the nuts on the axles of the wheels.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, each stay is constructed of a
piece of tubing of sufficient length furnished at one end with a short length of rod
brazed in same, which is screw threaded and furnished with two nuts, while into
the other end enters a link or eye which is secured in position by means of a small
screw. The link or eye is permanently attached to the axle of each wheel, one on
either side, by means of the nuts, while when the stays are to be attached the end
of the rod projecting from the link or eye is pushed into the end of the tube forming
the stay and secured in position by means of the aforesaid screw.
The tubes or stays are fixed one on either side of the wheel and are connected
together by means of a suitable cross piece having slots at the required distance
apart into which the screw threaded rods at the end of the tubes or stays enter,
while they are firmly fixed in position by means of the nuts on the aforesaid rods,
or in some cases where metal mud-guards are used the ends of the tubes or stays
may be permanently rivetted or brazed to the mud-guard.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood I will now proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a side view of one of my improved detachable mud-guard stays and
Fig. 2 a plan of same.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the cross or connecting piece and Fig. 4 shows two of the
tubes or stays connected together by a cross piece suitable for supporting a flexible
mud-guard.
Fig. 5 is a section through one end of a tube or stay with the link or eye in
position and Fig. 6 is a side view of one end of a tube or stay with the link or eye
detached.
Fig. 7 shows one end of a tube or stay of slightly modified form and
Fig. 8 shows one of my improved detachable mud-guard stays applied to the
front wheel of a velocipede.
My improved detachable mud-guard stay consists of the tube t having a short
length of screw threaded rod r brazed in one end and furnished with the nuts n
for holding the cross piece e in position, the said cross piece being furnished with
slots ss a sufficient distance apart so as to readily engage with the ends of the
aforesaid rods, while the said cross piece may be permanently attached to a flexible
Diud-guard in any suitable manner, the ends projecting sufficiently so as to readily
engage with the tubes or stays when required for use.
Each tube or stay is furnished at the other end with a link or eye l which is
permanently attached to the axle of the wheel while the free or projecting end

page_text: enters the tube t, the screws passing along the slot b so as to prevent it turning,
when the said screws is tightened up so as to retain the whole in position.
By this means the mud-guard stays can be detached in a few moments by
turning the screws and in the case of metal mud-guards which would be
permanently attached to the stays they would be removed with them; while in the
case of flexible mud-guards, the cross piece c would be employed, and the mud-
guard attached to it by means of a cord or lace or in any convenient manner,
or the said cross piece could be permanently attached to it as hereinbefore
described.
In the modified form shown in Fig. 7 the outer surface of the tube or stay is
screw threaded and the brazed in rods are dispensed with, while a flange fis
formed with, or a washer permanently attached to, the tube t, and one nut only
employed.
In this modified form the tube is open right down to where the end of the rod of
the link or eye enters, and within this space any stiffening wires or the like used
for flexible mud-guards may be carried.
By means of the slots s¹ in the cross piece c it is only necessary to give the
nuts n half a turn in order to remove it, and as the nuts do not have to be
removed, (as would be the case if holes were used instead of slots) they are not
liable to be lost, in fact the end of the rod r may be so formed as to prevent the
removal of the said nuts.
In a like manner, when removing the tube or stay from the link or eye lit is
only necessary to turn the screw s round sufficiently until the end is clear of the
screw hole in the tube t, and it is thus not necessary that it should be completely
removed and is therefore not liable to be lost.
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:
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1. The improved detachable mud-guard stay consisting of the tube t, screw
threaded end or rod and detachable link or eye / substantially as described and
shown and for the purposes specified.
2. The new or improved detachable mud-guard stay, arranged and constructed
substantially as described and shown and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 1st day of January 1805
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.