Improvements in or in connection with Cycles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 28th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 13th Feb., 1897
Improvements in or in connection with Cycles.
I, JOHN THOMAS WHITTINGSLOWE, of High Street, Irthlingborough in the
County of Northampton, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object to enable the handles of a cycle to be turned
when required in line with the machine without turning the front wheel so that
the machine can more easily be taken through a narrow doorway and also take up
less space.
In carrying my invention into effect, I provide a suitable device which will lock
the handles either at right angles to the frame-work and wheels or in line therewith..
These two parts are so arranged and provided with a spring, that by lifting the
handles or head of the machine, and giving them half a turn the handles will come
in line with the machine and the spring will lock it in place again, and vice versa.
The device is covered with a strong cap with a thread inside and with screws to
both top and bottom parts. This is fitted as near as possible under the head of the
machine and has a stud on each side so that it can easily be turned with the hand,
and the whole thing locked or unlocked immediately. By this invention it will be,
seen that the machine can be made to take up a very narrow space, in fact just the
width of the pedals, and moreover enables the machine to be laid against the wall.
without any danger of it falling over.
1906
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
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I, JOHN THOMAS WHITTINGSLOWE of High Street, Irthlingborough in the
County of Northampton, 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 has for its object to enable the handles of a cycle to be turned
when required in line with the machine without turning the front wheel, so that
the machine can more easily be taken through a narrow doorway and take up less
space, also enabling it to rest more firmly against a wall than is possible when the
handles are at right angles to the wheels.
The invention will be understood from the following description, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a bicycle with the invention applied to it;
Biure a plan

page_text: Figure 3 a vertical section through the locking device, showing the teeth and
notches in engagement;
Figure 4 the same, but showing the teeth raised out of engagement with the
notches;
Figure 5 a cross section through the teeth E;
Figure 6 a cross section through the notches F.
My invention comprises a suitable device which will lock the handles either at
right angles with the framework and wheels or in line therewith. A A' is the
steering spindle, which is made in two parts, B the frame of the machine, C a spring
pin for limiting the vertical movement of the top part A of the steering spindle.
E projecting teeth engaging in the notches F. It will be seen that by lifting the
handles of the steering spindle A so as to bring the teeth out of engagement with
the notches F, the handle bar can be turned a quarter of a turn from the position
shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, into a position in line with the machine as
depicted by the full lines in same figure, and then if the handle be released, the
spring pin C will lock it in that position by bringing the teeth into engagement
with the notches. G is a sleeve with screw threads inside which screws to both.
top and bottom parts A A¹ of the steering spindle, and enables the top bar A to be
suitably locked to the lower part A' so that the handles cannot be lifted until the
sleeve is unscrewed. By this invention it will be seen that a machine can be
made to take up a very narrow space, in fact just the width of the pedals, and
moreover enables the machine to be laid against a wall without any danger of it
falling over.
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 1
claim is :-
1. The improvement in cycles, consisting in forming the steering spindle which
connects the handle with the steering wheel fork, in two separate parts instead of
in one piece as formerly, and in so arranging the said parts that they can be
interlocked together to form one rigid spindle, or be separated to enable the
handles to be turned independently of the steering wheel substantially as and for
the purpose described.
2. In a cycle in which the steering spindle is made in two separate parts,
forming the ends of one of the parts with teeth adapted to engage in notches in
the adjacent end of the other part, in combination with a spring device for
normally keeping the two parts of the spindle in engagement, whereby by lifting
the handles of the steering spindle so as to bring the teeth out of engagement with
the notches, the handle bar can be turned independently of the wheel, and be
locked either in line with the machine, or at right angles thereto as required,
substantially as described.
3. In combination with the matter set forth in Claim 2, the sleeve G
adapted and arranged to absolutely lock the two parts of the spindle together
when required sc that they cannot be accidentally separated substantially as
described.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, Patent Agents..