Improvements in Bicycle and Tricycle Bells and Gongs.
Year: 1885

page_text: Improvements in Bicycle and Tricycle Bells and Gongs.
We SAMUEL SNELL of 11 Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch, London in the
County of Middlesex, Lamp Maker; and WILLIAM HICKIN, of Buckingham
Street, Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Brassfounder, do hereby declare
the nature of our said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BICYCLE AND TRICYCLE
BELLS AND GONGS" to be as follows :—
The object of our invention is the construction of a bell or gong which shall
combine the essential qualities of a continuous sounding stop bell and a finger
lever gong.
Our bell is constructed as follows:-Fixed on a suitable bracket is an
ordinary "gong" shaped bell. Fixed to the bracked inside the bell is a piece of
tempered ribbon steel carrying a clapper at its free end, which in its normal state
is in close proximity to the lip or rim of the bell. When the machine to which
this bell is attached is in motion the vibration of it causes the clapper to vibrate
and so strikes the bell. To silence or stop the bell sounding, an arm is pivotted to
the bracket in the centre of the bell, having at its free end a finger piece whereby
it is manipulated. On the end of this lever is a finger, which when the lever is
pushed circumferentially round the bell protrudes between the clapper and the lip
of the bell and so breaks their contact which silences the bell. Fixed also to the
bracket is a stiffer spring carrying at its free end in close proximity to the lip of
the bell a combined clapper and finger piece, this Clapper is neither heavy enough,
nor the spring elastic enough, for the clapper to strike the bell owing to the
vibration of the machine, but it can be used as a striking lever to produce inter-
mittent sounds as desired by the rider.
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer & Patent Agent,
Royal Courts Chambers,
70, 71, & 72, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in Bicycle and Tricycle Bells and Gongs.
Wo SAMUEL SNELL of 11 Great Eastern Street Shoreditch London in the
County of Middlesex Lamp Maker and WILLIAM HICKIN of Buckingham Street
Birmingham in the county of Warwick Brass founder do hereby declare the
nature of our said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN BICYCLE AND TRICYCLE
BELLS AND GONGS and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement reference
being bad to the drawings hereunto annexed and to the letters and figures marked
thereon:-
The object of our invention is the construction of a bell or gong which shall
combine the essential qualities of a continuous sounding stop bell and a finger lever
gong. Our bell is constructed as follows: Fixed on a suitable bracket is an
ordinary gong shaped bell. Fixed to the bracket inside the bell is a piece of
tempered ribbon steel carrying a clapper at its free end which in its normal state
is in close proximity to the lip or rim of the bell. When the machine to which
this bell is attached is in motion the vibration of it causes the clapper to vibrate
and so strikes the bell. To silence or stop the bell sounding an arm is pivotted to
the bracket in the centre of the bell having at its free end a finger piece whereby
it is manipulated. On the end of this lever is a finger which when the lever is
pushed circumferentially round the bell protrudes between the clapper and the lip
of the bell and so breaks their contact which silences the bell. Fixed also to the
bracket is a stiffer spring carrying at its free end in close proximity to the lip of
the bell a combined.clapper and finger piece this clapper is neither heavy enough
nor the spring elastic enough for the clapper to strike the bell owing to the
vibration of the machine but it can be used as a striking lever to produce inter-
mittent sounds as desired by the rider.
Referring to the drawings Fig. 1 is an elevation of our Gong or Bell, Fig. 2 a
plan of the underside shewing the clapper within the bell in a position ready to
strike and Fig. 3 a plan of the underside shewing the clapper held so as not to
strike, (a) is the piece of tempered ribbon steel carrying the clapper (b) at its free
end which in its normal state is in close proximity to the lip or rim of the bell so
that when the machine to which the bell is attached is in motion the vibration of
it will cause the clapper to strike the bell, (c) is an arm pivotted to the head of the
bracket (d), in the centre of the bell having at its free end the forked piece or
clips (e) and the finger piece (f) by which it is manipulated so that in order to
silence the sounding of the bell by the vibration, the arm (c) is pushed round so
that the forked piece or clips (c) clutches the clapper (b) and moving it from its
proximity to the lip of the bell holds it firmly and prevents the vibration of the
machine from affecting it or causing it to strike, (g) is the stiffer tempered ribbon
steel spring carrying at its free end in close proximity to the lip of the bell the
combined clapper and finger piece (h) this spring is made too stiff and the finger
piece too light for the vibration of the machine to cause it to strike the bell but it
can be easily manipulated by pressure of the finger upon the finger piece (h).

page_text: 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
Firstly. The construction of Bicycle and Tricycle Bells and Gongs having within
them a clapper carried upon a tempered ribbon steel spring arranged so that the
vibration of the article to which it is attached shall cause it to strike the bell
in combination with the pivotted arm (c) with its clips (e) for the purpose of
removing the clapper from its striking position substantially as herein set forth and
specified.
Secondly. The steel spring (g) carrying the finger piece (h) for the purpose of
striking the bell by hand as herein set forth and specified.