Year: 1886

page_text: We, WILLIAM HILLMAN, WILLIAM HENRY- HERBERT and GEORGE BEVERLEY
COOPER, all of the Premier Works, Coventry, in the County of Warwick, Bicycle
Manufacturers, ROBERT ARNOLD DALTON, of the Quadrant, Coventry, aforesaid,
Gentleman, GEORGE FRANCIS TWIST, of Keresley near Coventry, aforesaid, Gentleman
and ALEXANDER ROTHERHAM, of Coundon Hall near Coventry, aforesaid, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :—
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The invention relates specially to that class of safety bicycles generally known as
the "Premier Safety" but is also applicable to other bicycles of a somewhat similar
construction.
Heretofore the seat and pedal bracket have been carried at the upper and lower
ends of a tube or rod fixed at or near its centre to the backbone of the machine and
close to the loop of the back fork, a mud guard to the back wheel has also extended
from the pedal bracket up to and over the crown of said wheel and said mud guard
on account of its lightness has been steadied by suitable stays attached thereto and to
the bearings or bearing ends of the back fork. This machine consequent on the
construction above referred to is heavier than is requisite for strength and it is some-
what wanting in symmetry.
According to the present invention these objections are removed by dispensing with
the rod or tube carrying the seat and pedal axle and by attaching the scat pillar and
pedal axle bearing to the mud guard which is made of sufficient strength to carry the
same.
In carrying the invention into effect we make the mud guard preferably of tubing
having a half round or crescent shaped section and we connect the lower end of the
same to the pedal axle bearing by inserting and brazing the same into the open end of
the tube or otherwise as may be desired whilst we attach the seat pillar to the said
guard at a suitable position on the upper part thereof; we also dispense with the
aforesaid stays, as the mud guard in consequence of its increased strength is
sufficiently steady without them.

page_text: We, WILLIAM HILLMAN, WILLIAM HENRY HERBERT and GEORGE BEVERLEY
COOPER, all of the Premier Works, Coventry, in the County of Warwick, Bicycle
Manufacturers, ROBERT ARNOLD DALTON of the Quadrant, Coventry, aforesaid, Gentle-
man, GEORGE FRANCIS TWIST, of Keresley near Coventry, aforesaid, Gentleman, and
ALEXANDER ROTHERHAM, of Coundon Hall near Coventry, aforesaid, 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:
The invention relates specially to that class of safety bicycles generally known as
the "Premier Safety" but it is also applicable to other bicycles of a somewhat similar
construction.
Heretofore the seat and pedal bracket have been carried at the upper and lower
ends of a tube or rod fixed at or near its centre to the backbone of the machine and
close to the loop of the back fork, a mud guard to the back wheel has also extended
from the pedal bracket up to and over the crown of said wheel and said mud guard on
account of its lightness has been steadied by suitable stays attached thereto and to
the bearings or bearing ends of the back fork. This machine consequent on the
construction above referred to is heavier than is requisite for strength and it is
somewhat wanting in symmetry.
According to the present invention these objections are removed by dispensing with
the rod or tube carrying the seat and pedal axle and by attaching the seat pillar and
pedal axle bearing to the mud guard which is made of sufficient strength to carry the
same.
In carrying the invention into effect, we make the mud guard preferably of tubing
having a half round or crescent shaped section and we connect the lower end of the
same to the pedal axle bearing by inserting and brazing the same into the open end of
the tube or otherwise as may be desired whilst we attach the seat pillar to the said
guard at a suitable position on the upper part thereof; we also dispense with the
aforesaid stays, as the mud guard in consequence of its increased strength is
sufficiently steady without them.
And in order that the said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect we will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully to
describe the same.

page_text: a is the back bone, b the front fork, c the back fork, d the front wheel, e the back or
driving wheel the steering bar and handles, g the break, g' the break lever, I the
pedal axle, the pedal cranks, h the pedal chain wheel, h³ the pedal bracket or
bearing, e¹ the chain wheel on the axis or hub of the driving wheel e, i the driving
chain, the bracket carrying the L pillar k and the seat.
The parts above referred to are those hitherto employed and form no part of our
present invention.
Heretofore the seat or L pillar bracket k and the pedal bracket or bearing h³ have
been carried at the upper and lower ends of a tube or rod fixed at or near its centre to
the back bone a of the machine and close to the loop of the back fork c; a mud guard
to the back or driving wheel e has also extended from the pedal bracket or bearing up
to and over the crown of said wheel and said mud guard on account of its lightness
has been steadied by suitable stays attached thereto and to the bearings or bearing
ends of the back fork c.
According to the present invention we dispense with the rod or tube carrying the
seat or L pillar bracket; and the pedal bracket or bearing h³ and in lieu of said rod
or tube and of the mud guard ordinarily employed we employ a tube m preferably of
the section shown at Figure 2 extending sufficiently far around the back or driving
wheel e and of sufficient strength to serve the combined purpose of a support for the
Lpillar bracket ; and pedal bracket or bearing h³ and a mud guard.
The pedal axle bearing or bracket 3 is inserted into the open lower end of the
tube m and is brazed therein or such bracket or bearing may be fixed to the tube m
in other convenient manner as may be desired and we attach the L pillar or seat
bracket at a suitable position on the upper part of such tube m.
We connect the tube m which is in two parts and the back bone a and back fork c
together by means of a swaging nas shown at Figures 3 and 4 or by other suitable
means.
In carrying our invention into effect we also dispense with the mud guard stays
hitherto employed as the mud guard tube m in consequence of its increased strength
is sufficiently steady without them.
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 :-
In safety bicycles the employment of a tube m to serve the combined purpose of a
mud guard and a support for the pedal bracket or bearing and for the seat or
L pillar bracket j substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 3rd day of March 1887