Improvements in and Additions to Pedals for Velocipedes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 24th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 26th Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and Additions to Pedals for Velocipedes.
I, ERNEST JONES of 33 Trinity Road, Birchfields, near the City of
Birmingham, Jeweller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in and additions to cycle pedals, and
consists, in the one part, in a new form of tread; in another part, in means for
effecting an angular adjustment of the tread relative with the pedal axis; in a
third part, in means for the lateral adjustment of the said tread; in a fourth part,
in means for adjusting the virtual breadth of the pedal, and in a fifth part, forming
in conjunction with the pedal an adjustable toe-clip.
In constructing a pedal according to my invention embodying the whole of the
aforesaid improvements, I make the tread of a concaved and kite-shaped plate of
thin sheet metal, fitted at its fore part with an adjustable toe-clip, consisting of a
hook shaped piece of metal, with the fore part raking rearwardly so as to form the
clip to the toe, and with the shank part which comes under the front of the tread,
forked between the branches of which a depending screw pin carried by the pedal
plate fitted with a fly-nut, takes, whilst the said shank part also passes through a
forwardly disposed rectangular shaped guide loop hanging from the underside of
the extreme front of the pedal plate. By loosening the fly-nut, the toe clip is
released and can be lengthwise adjusted for changing its distance either inwardly
or outwardly.
The body of the tread plate has upon the middle of its underside a clip or a
band clip fitted with a clamping thumb screw or like device and surrounding a
laterally disposed barrel or sleeve wherethrough the pedal axis passes.
By
loosening the thumb screw, the tension of the band of the clip is relaxed and then
the tread plate may be turned to any angle relative with the sleeve or barrel, and
is then affixed in its adjusted position by the screwing up of the thumb lever, and
further, besides effecting an angular adjustment, the said tread plate, which has
spikes upon its topside to keep the foot in position can be slid and laterally
adjusted upon the barrel or sleeve, so that the distances between the pedals of a
machine can be adjusted to suit the varying treads.
The opposite undersides of the pedal plate have rest brackets or feet; concaved
upon their rest sides to fit upon the top of the sleeve and keep the pedal plate
steady, whilst the inner end of the sleeve has a bossed ear to confine the foot to the
pedal.
Fitted to the underside of the tread plate and taking through sinkings in the
band of the clip and through like holes through the outer rest bracket, are the
legs of an outside ear or horn made in the form of a slide, which is adjustable
laterally relative to the pedal, by means of which the virtual breadth of the tread.
plate, between the side ears, can be increased or diminished as may be required by
pulling out or pressing inwards the said ear alike unto a slide, and the car is
fixedly held in its adjusted position by the screwing up of the thumb screw which
closes the clip around the barrel or carrier sleeve and draws the said clip inwards

page_text: and upon the legs of the adjustable ear which lie partly within keep grooves of the
band of the said clip.
Dated this 22nd day of March 1894.
Improvements in and Additions to Pedals for Velocipedes.
1, ERNEST JONES of 33 Trinity Road, Birchfields, near the City of
Birmingham, Jeweller, 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 improvements in and additions to cycle pedals, and
consists, in the one part in a new form of tread, in another part, in means for the
lateral adjustment of the said tread; in a third part, in means for adjusting the
virtual breadth of the pedal; and in a fourth part forming in conjunction with
the pedal an adjustable toe-clip.
In constructing a pedal according to my invention embodying the whole of the
aforesaid improvements, I make the tread of a concaved and kite-shaped plate of
thin sheet metal, fitted at its fore part with an adjustable toe-clip, consisting of a
hook shaped piece of metal, with the fore part raking rearwardly so as to form the
clip to the toe, and with the shank part, which comes under the front of the tread,
forked, between the branches of which a depending screw pin carried by the pedal
plate and fitted with a fly-nut, takes, whilst the said shank part also passes through
a forwardly-disposed rectangular-shaped guide loop hanging from the underside of
the extreme front of the pedal plate. By loosening the fly-nut, the toe clip is
released and can be lengthwise adjusted for changing its distance either inwardly
or outwardly.
The body of the tread plate has upon the middle of its underside, a clip or a
band clip fitted with a clamping thumb screw or like device and surrounding a
laterally disposed barrel or sleeve wherethrough the pedal axis passes. By
loosening the thumb screw, the tension of the band is relaxed and the said tread
plate, which may have spikes, rubber studs or equivalent means upon its topside to
keep the foot in position, is slid and laterally adjusted upon the barrel or sleeve, so
that the distances between the pedals of a machine can be adjusted to suit the
varying treads.
The underside of the tread plate has a bracket frame adapted to embrace the
sleeve as a centre whilst the inner end of the sleeve has a bossed ear or horn to
confine the foot to the pedal.
Fitted to the underside of the tread plate and taking through sinkings in the
band of the clip and through like holes in the outer end of the bracket frame, are
the legs of an outside ear or horn, made in the form of a slide, which is adjustable
laterally relative to the pedal, by means of which the virtual breadth of the
tread plate, between the side ears, can be increased or diminished, as may be
required, by pulling out or pressing inwards the said ear, alike unto a slide, and the
ear is fixedly held in its adjusted position by the screwing up of the thumb screw,
which closes the clip around the barrel or carrier sleeve and also draws the said
clip inwards, and upon the legs of the adjustable ear, which lie partly within keep
grooves of the band of the said clip.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a topside plan of an all-over
adjustable and counterpoising pedal constructed, arranged and provided with
improvements in accordance with my invention.
Figure 2 represents an underside plan of Figure 1, showing the dispositions of

page_text: the under parts comprehending the bracket carrying the tread plate, the length
adjusting means of the toe clip, and the lateral adjusting means of the tread plate
itself.
Figure 3 represents a longitudinal vertical section upon the dotted lines x-x
Figure 1.
Figure 4 represents partly an elevation and partly a vertical section of the said
pedal upon the dotted lines A Figure 2.
Figure 5 represents a vertical section of the tread plate and bracket frame, with
an elevation of the clamping clip.
Figure 6 shows the spindle encircled by the sleeve.
Figure 7 represents an underside plan of Figure 5 and
Figure 8 represents my pedal fitted with another form of toe clip, whilst
Figure 9 is an underside plan of the same.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the drawings.
The pedal consists essentially of a tread plate a, preferably made of the figure of
a kite, and formed from a blank of thin sheet metal, pierced at parts so as to make
the same as light as possible. This plate has made fast upon its underside, a
bracket frame a', open at the sides at a², and pierced at its ends at a³, for taking
over and sliding upon a sleeve or hollow body b, through the axis of which, the
spindle c, having ball bearings located between itself and the inside of the sleeve,
passes. Connected to the underside of the tread plate is an all-round clip or band-
clip d, adapted to embrace the outside of the sleeve., which carries a fixed horn b²,
so as to fixedly secure together the said tread plate and sleeve. The free end d¹, of
the said clip has a hole ², wherethrough the screw pin d³, made fast to the body d',
of the clip d, having upon its end a milled-edge nut d³, takes, and by the screwing
up of which, the band is drawn around the sleeve, and a rigid connection between
the said sleeve and tread plate is made after adjustment has been effected.
When the binding pressure of the clip is relaxed, then the tread plate of the
pedal can be adjusted upon the sleeve, so as to make what is known amongst riders
as a narrow or a broad tread.
e is a width-adjusting slide, consisting of an ear or bowed horn e, having legs e³,
which latter take through holes or guide eyes a', in the ends of the bracket frame a',
and also through semi-sinkings do, in the inside periphery of the band clip d, so
that the outside surfaces of the legs stand a little above the inside periphery of the
clip, which, on being drawn to by the nut or milled head d, affixes or clamps the
said slide in any adjusted position in common with the clamping of the tread plate,
through its bracket frame, to the carrying sleeve, which forms the support or body
of the pedal.
In the toe clip part, which is marked the same comes upon the fore end of the
tread plate, and consists of a double loop f', with legs f², passing through a double
eye as, and having its ends taking upon the two opposite sides of a hanging screw
pin a, directed from the front underside of the tread, and upon which a binding
screw turn or fly collar nut a', comes.
It will be seen that by relaxing the pressure of the clamping nut, a length
adjustment of the pedal (or of the toe clip relative to the pedal) is obtained.
In the modified form of toe clip, Figures 8 and 9, the same is made from sheet
metal, with a branched or bifurcated connection end.
a is the tread plate, f is the toe clip, and the bifurcated inner end part. a' is
the eyed bracket, a the screw pin and a' the fly nut.
It will be understood that when in use, the whole pedal swings or turns about its
axle as a centre.
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. In cycle pedals, mounting and adjustably sliding the tread plate, or the

page_text: pedal proper, upon a freely-rotating body sleeve, so as to admit of the same
making a lateral movement, substantially as, and for the purpose as, described and
set forth.
Secondly. In cycle pedals, affixing the pedal plate in its adjusted position upon
the sleeve through the medium of a band clip or equivalent, substantially as
described and set forth.
Thirdly. In cycle pedal width-adjusting means, the combination with a slide
taking through guide holes in the frame, of a band clip, which simultaneously
affixes the slide and the tread plate in their adjusted positions, substantially as
described and set forth.
Fourthly. In cycle pedals, the combination with a sleeve and axis, of a sheet
metal tread plate, substantially as described and set forth.
Fifthly. In cycle pedals, the combination with a tread plate carried by a sleeve
turning upon an axis, of an adjustable toe clip, with the attachment end passing
under the fore part of the said tread, taking through a bracket eye, and having the
forked or bifurcated end secured by a nut or equivalent, substantially as described
and set forth.
Sixthly. In cycle pedals, the general construction, arrangement and combination
of the parts, either with or without the width and length adjusting means,
substantially as described and set forth.
Dated this 22nd day of December 1904
ERNEST JONES,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
ERNEST JONES,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.