Improvements in and relating to Velocipedes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification 'Left, 4th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 9th Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Velocipedes.
We, JOSEPH WASS and WALTER HENRY COCKS, Engineers, both of
Pembroke Cycle Works, Uxbridge Road, Ealing, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improvement in the steering heads of cycles, and it
consists essentially of an improved device for locking the adjustable cone of the
steering head.
In carrying our invention into practical effect we taper or cone the bore of
the top end of the tube forming the steering post, and we form the lug carrying
the transverse handle bar to adapt it to fit in the said coned end of the steering
post. The coned end of the steering post is also split or slotted in one or more
places to allow it to expand when the snug carrying the handle bar is drawn down
into it. The snug carrying the handle bar is provided with one or more pins
or keys adapted to fit in the slot or slots in the steering post to guide the
handle bar in its central position with respect to the fork carried by the said
post.
To the snug carrying the transverse" handle bar is attached
tubular stem
adapted to pass down through the steering post, the lower end of the said stem
being threaded to receive a nut by which it may be drawn down into the steering
post so that the coned part of the snug carrying the transverse handle bar will
expand the split end of the steering post, causing it to bind the adjustable cone of
the steering head which is threaded on the exterior part of the said steering post,
and thus effectually lock it in position.
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The tubular socket and bearings of the steering head are of the usual
construction.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Velocipedės.
We, JOSEPH WASS and WALTER HENRY Cocks, Engineers, both of
Pembroke Cycle Works, Uxbridge Road, Ealing, in the County of Middlesex,
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 an improvement in the steering heads of cycles, and it
consists essentially of an improved device for locking the adjustable cone of the
steering head.
In the accompanying drawing;
Figure 1 is a view in broken sectional elevation illustrating our invention, and
Figure 2 is a broken view-partly in section-showing a modification thereof.
We, JOSEPH WASS and WALTER HENRY Cocks, Engineers, both of
Pembroke Cycle Works, Uxbridge Road, Ealing, in the County of Middlesex,
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 an improvement in the steering heads of cycles, and it
consists essentially of an improved device for locking the adjustable cone of the
steering head.
In the accompanying drawing;
Figure 1 is a view in broken sectional elevation illustrating our invention, and
Figure 2 is a broken view-partly in section-showing a modification thereof.

page_text: Throughout both views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
In carrying our invention into practical effect we taper or cone the bore of the
top end of the tube A forming the steering post, and we form the vertical part of
the lug B carrying the transverse handle bar X in the form of a male cone B' to
fit in the said tapered or coned end of the steering post A. The coned end of the
steering post A is also split or slotted in one or more places a to allow it to expand
when the cone B' is drawn down into it. The snug carrying the handle bar may
be provided with one or more pins or keys adapted to fit in a slot or slots in the
steering post to guide the handle bar in its central position with respect to the
fork carried by the said post, but we prefer to mount the pin a' in the lower end
of the steering post A and to form the slot 6 in the lower end of the tubular
stem C of the handle bar X which passes down through the steering post A as
shown in the accompanying drawing. The lower end of the tubular stem C is
threaded to receive a nut D by which it is drawn down into the tubular post A
whereby the cone B' expands the split end of the tubular steering post A and thus
'causes it to bind the adjustable cone E of the ball bearings of the steering head
which is threaded on the exterior part of the steering post A and thus effectually
lock it in position.
The tubular socket F and bearings of the steering head are of the usual
construction.
Instead of making the top part of the bore of the tubular steering post A and
the lug B tapered or coned they may be made parallel and a good fit one within
the other and the lug B be provided with one or more pins or teeth 6 adapted to
engage with one or more of a sèries of recesses e formed round the top of the
cone E as shown by Figure 2 to lock the said cone after adjustment.
It will be obvious that this device may be used with steering heads having
coned or other bearings, as well as with those having ball bearings.
By this device the top clip and bolt or similar devices now used for fixing the
adjustable cone are dispensed with which allows the handle bar to be kept lower
without shortening the length of the steering head. Further all possibility of the
handle bar stem being pulled out or the crown plates being drawn away from the
steering post is avoided.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manuer the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
(1.) The improvement in velocipedes, substantially as hereinbefore described
and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
(2.) In a steering head for velocipedes, the combination of a steering post such
as A having the top part of its bore tapered or coned and split vertically in one or
more places, of a handle bar stem having a cone such as B' on its upper end
adapted to engage with the tapered or coned end of the steering post A and
expand it so as to cause it to bind or lock the adjustable cone E threaded on it and
an external screw thread on its lower end to receive a nut such as D, as and for the
purpose set forth..
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(3.) In a steering head for velocipedes, the combination of a steering post such
as A having the top part of its bore tapered or coned and split vertically in one or
more places and threaded externally to carry the 'adjustable cone E of the ball
bearings, of a handle bar stem having a cone such as B¹ on its upper end adapted
to engage with the tapered or coned end of the steering post A and expand it so as
to cause it to bind or lock the adjustable cone E threaded on it, and an external
screw thread on its lower end to receive a nut such as D; of a pin such as a¹ in the
steering post, and of a slot such as 6' in the stem B, as and for the purpose set
forth.
(4.) In a steering head for velocipedes, the combination with a steering post such
as A having the adjustable cone E of the ball bearings threaded on it, and of a
handle bar stem such as B having one or more pins or teeth such as b at its upper

page_text: end adapted to engage with recesses such as e in the adjustable cone E, and an
external screw thread on its lower end to receive a nut such as D, as and for the
purpose set forth.
(5.) In a steering head for velocipedes, the combination with a steering post
such as A having the adjustable cone E of the ball bearings threaded on it, of a
handle bar stem such as B having one or more pins or teeth such as b at its upper
end adapted to engage with recesses such as in the adjustable cone E and an
external screw thread on its lower end to receive a nut such as D, of a pin such
as a' in the steering post A and of a slot such as b' in the stem B, as and for the
purpose set forth.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.