Improvements in Dress Guards for Ladies' Cycles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 21st July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Apr., 1894-Accepted, 25th May, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dress Guards for Ladies' Cycles.
I, JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS, of Great Charles Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to the arming of the back wheels and also the gear of
cycles, with a defence or guard for preventing the clothes of a rider from coming
in contact with them.
Now my invention consists in the constructions of the frames or the skeleton
frames of the said guards, and particularly of that class in which the open work
sides are formed by lacings.
In carrying out my invention, I make a guard or defence of two skeleton
framings, one for a part of one side of the said wheel, and the other both for a like
part of the other side of the said wheel, and for the chain and gear wheels.
The said skeleton framings are formed from double channelled section metal,
or from wire alike unto the section of a double-headed rail of a permanent way,
or of a dumb-bell section.
The channels coming between the enlarged edges of the metal form or con-
stitute opposite side and middle sinkings, which are pierced with holes at suitable
distances apart wherethrough lacings pass, and are prevented from being cut by
the same passing over the spherical or rounded edges.
Now assuming that the outer boundary framing of each part of the said defence
or guard, and also the cross bars of the same, are composed of metal of the
section, or alike unto the section as described, the same are pierced through the
web of the metal dividing the sinkings with holes at suitable distances apart.
Assuming that the skeleton frame has been produced from the said section metal,
the lacings start through one of the holes in say the inner part of the frame, then
the same are directed through one of the holes in the bar, and then through the
first hole in the outer and boundary bar of the frame.
Then the said material of the lacing comes over the rounded edges of the sides,
and passes through a hole in the middle bar, and then through a hole in the inner
bar, and so on, backwards and forwards until the whole of the skeleton frame has
been filled up with lacings, alike unto the open-work sides of a cage.
Instead of employing leather, or cord lacings, I may employ wire lacings, and
instead of employing a sinking upon the two sides of the metal of the framing, I
may employ only one, so that the said section may be alike in shape to that of an
ordinary colliery tram rail, or of the figure of half the section of a double headed
rail, divided longitudinally from head to head.
As a further form of my invention, I may make the first named section hollow,
and from tubing, or from open-jointed tubing, or from strips or lengths of
metal, fashioned first into a tube, and then drawn down to the size and shape
required.
Or the section of the boundary framing may be that of a bead with a web,
which latter is pierced, and through the piercings the lacings pass.
In order to lighten the frame, I propose to pierce the web with superfluous
holes, which may be used or not as the lacings dictate.
Dated this 20th day of July 1893.
JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Dress Guards for Lauts
I, JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS, of Great Charles Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer, 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 :-
This invention relates to appliances for arming the back wheel, and also the gear
of cycles with a defence or guard for preventing the clothes of a rider from coming
in contact with them.
Now my invention consists in the construction of the frames or the skeleton
frames of the said guards, and particularly of that class in which the open work
sides are formed by lacings.
In carrying out my invention in connection with a wheel guard, I make a guard
or defence of two skeleton framings, one for a part of one side of the back wheel,
and the other for a like part of the other side of the said wheel.
.
The said skeleton framings are formed from double channelled section metal, or
from wire alike in section to the section of a double-headed rail of a permanent
way, or of a dumb-bell section.
The channels coming between the enlarged edges of the metal form or constitute
opposite side and middle sinkings, which are pierced with holes at suitable distances
apart wherethrough lacings pass, and are prevented from being cut by the same
passing over the spherical or rounded edges.
Now assuming that the outer boundary framing of each part of the said defence
or guard is composed of metal of the section or alike unto the section as described
the same is pierced through the web of the metal dividing the sinkings with holes
at suitable distances apart.
Each side of the guard is formed as follows:-
Assuming that the skeleton frame has been produced from the said sectioned
metal, the lacings start through one of the holes in say the inner part of the frame,
and then are directed through the first hole in the outer and boundary bar of the
frame.
Then the said material of the lacing comes over the rounded edges of the sides,
and passes through a hole in the inner bar, and so on, backwards and forwards until
the whole of the skeleton frame has been filled up with lacings, alike unto the open-
work sides of a cage.
Instead of employing leather cr cord lacings, I may employ wire lacings, and
instead of employing a sinking upon the two sides of the metal of the framing, I
may employ only one, so that the said section may be alike in shape to that of an
ordinary colliery tram rail, or of the figure of half the section of a double headed
rail, divided longitudinally from head to head.
As a further form of my invention, I may make the first-named section hollow,
and from tubing, or from open-jointed tubing, or from strips or lengths of metal,
fashioned first into a tube, and then drawn down to the size and shape required.
Or the section of the boundary framing may be that of a bead with a web, which
latter is pierced, and through the piercings the lacings pass.
In order to lighten the frame, I propose to pierce the web with superfluous holes,
which may be used or not, as the lacings dictate.
In making a gear guard, I proceed in essentially the same manner as in the
production of one of the sides of a wheel guard, but the boundary edge is made box
form or flanged, thus leaving the inner side open and the outer side closed by bars
or lacings.

page_text: Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a ladies' safety bicycle with
the rear wheel and the gear wheels and chain fitted with laced dress guards made
according to my improvements.
Figure 2 represents upon an enlarged scale a side elevation of a two-part dress
guard, for a back wheel, made according to my said improvements.
The boundary edgings of each of the sides are united together by attachable and
detachable bridge stays, whilst the guards themselves are connected to the rear
oblique member of the semi-diamond frame of a machine by attachable and
detachable clips.
Figure 3 represents a topside plan of Figure 2.
Figure 4 represents a cross section upon the dotted line a Figure 1, whilst
Figure 5 represents a cross section upon the dotted lines A B Figure 1.
Figure 6 represents, upon an enlarged scale, a section of the boundary framing
of the dress guard upon the dotted lines CD Figure 1.
Figure 7 represents a section of a further form of metal to form the boundary
framing, which is made hollow.
Figure 8 represents a section of a further modified form of boundary framing
metal, whilst Figure 9 represents like sectioned metal as Figure 8, but made from
tubing.
Figure 10 represents a front elevation of a chain and gear wheels guard
constructed according to my invention and Figure 11 represents a plan of the edge
of the same.
In Figures 1 to 6, a, a' are skeleton front and off side frames, arranged side by
side and separated from each other by a distance about equal to the thickness of a
wheel to be guarded, and united together by attachable and detachable bridge or
cross stays b, which form the connection means between the upper framings of the
respective sides a, a', which are themselves connected to the tubular members c, of
the framing of a machine by attachable and detachable clips d, best seen in the plan
Figure 3.
The off-side frame a', extends below the lower edge of the frame a, to admit of
the placing in position of the gear and chain guard e.
Each framing or side of the said wheel guard consists of a double bead-edged
frame, preferably made continuous or from one piece of metal, of the section as
shown in Figure 6, and with holes or piercings a³, directed laterally through the
channel or web a, coming between the beaded edges a. fare lacings, threaded
through the holes a³, in a continuous manner, which said lacings, which are prefer-
ably made of leather, in laterally passing (as at f¹) from one hole to the other, lie
within the channels or sinkings a, between the beaded edges a³.
In the clips d, d² are screw pins passing through holes de, in the ears d³, of the
said clips, and through holes a, in the framings a, a¹; and also through screwed
nuts d', having keep grooves d, upon their opposed faces to embrace the beaded
edges, so that on the screwing up of the pins, the whole of the parts are firmly
drawn together.
In the gear guard marked e, in Figures 1, 10 and 11, the same consists of a frame
made up of like sectioned wire as in Figure 6, a length of which is first formed into
a long loop which is then folded upon its middle, with the edges g, running parallel
and at short distances apart, as seen in Figure 11, and the sides are connected and
stayed together, both laterally and crosswise, by stays h, h. The stays h, carry
clips i, for securing the guard to the framing member of a machine. The stay h³,
is a lacing one, and is pierced with holes g³, alike unto the holes g², in the edging
frames g.
The lacing f, pass from hole to hole as already described in respect to the wheel
dress-guard.
By constructing wheel and gear guards as described, the same admit of being
readily removed from the machine without the necessity of unlacing the cords.
I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the particular section
of metal described as any other section may be employed if required.

page_text: 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 :-
First. Detachable and attachable laced dress guards for the wheels and gear of
cycles as set forth.
Secondly. An attachable and detachable dress guard for the wheels of cycles,
consisting of two frame sides preferably with one of them extending lower than the
other, and with the upper parts of them connected together by bridge stays or ties,
and with the middle parts fitted with attachable and detachable attachment clips
for connecting the guard to a machine, substantially as described and set forth in
Figures 1 to 5.
Thirdly. In attachable and detachable dress guards for the wheels and gear of
cycles, making the edgings or skeleton framings of the sides or parts of the same
from channelled or single or double beaded-edged metal, either solid or hollow,
substantially as described and set forth in Figures 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11.
Fourthly. In gear and chain guards for cycles, making the skeleton framing of
the same from a long endless loop-shaped metal frame, which is returned parallel
upon itself, thereby forming the front and boxed edge to the guard, substantially as
described and set forth in Figures 10 and 11.
Fifthly. In wheel and gear guards of safety bicycles the general construction,
arrangement and combination of the parts, substantially as described and set forth
in the several figures of the drawings.
Dated this 21st day of April 1894.
JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.