Improvements in and in the Manufacture of certain parts of Cycle and like Foot Rests.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Sept., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 8th June, 1899-Accepted, 8th July, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in the Manufacture of certain parts of Cycle and
like Foot Rests.
We, WILLIAM BRYCE, General Manager, and HUMBER & GODDARD LTD., Cycle
Manufacturers, both of Nelson Cycle Works, Beeston, Notts., in the County of
Nottingham, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to those foot rests which are made from a long blank of
sheet metal by doubling the said blank upon itself at its middle and forming the
said middle into a clip, to take onto the branches of the forks, and the free ends
into branches to constitute treads either of a rat-trap or rubber construction; the
said branches being held together near the clip by a cross pin, and distanced at
their extremities by a block or intervening piece.
It is in the construction and formation of this intervening piece or block wherein
the invention resides, the same being formed from the metal of the branches and
made to inwardly project from one or both of them and form a hollow boss and
distance piece. In carrying the invention into effect, sufficient metal is left at
the extremities of the blank from which the foot rest is formed to be cupped up
into shallow hollow bosses, preferably of slightly more than a semi-circle in shape,
These
one of such bosses being fashioned upon each of the blank extremities.
said shallow hollow bosses are adapted, when the blank is folded, to come with
their edges together and form between them a distance piece or block for spacing
the foot-rest branches, the same being held together by the closing in pin before
mentioned. A ferrule, a thimble, or a loose circular block is sprung into the
hollow interiors of the boss-parts, to make good their joint and prevent any lateral
displacement of the branches carrying them.
in a modification the hollow bosses may be formed of different sizes and deeper,
This would obviate
so that the small one shall fit into the inside of the large one.
the necessity of using a coupling block or thimble for making good their joint.
It is to be understood that the figure of the hollow bosses may be angular or
other suitable shape.
By this invention the manufacture of the foot rest is cheapened, and there are
no points to be rivetted up.
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W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
11, Burlington Chambers, New Street, Birmingham,
Patent Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in the Manufacture of certain parts of Cycle and
like Foot Rests.
We, WILLIAM BRYCE, General Manager, and HUMBER & GODDARD LIMITED,
Cycle Manufacturers, both of Nelson Cycle Works, Beeston, Notts., in the County
of Nottingham, 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 foot rests for cycles and such like, and distinctly to
those which are made from a blank of sheet metal by doubling the said blank upon
itself at its middle and forming the said middle into a clip and the free ends into
branches to constitute a tread either of rat trap or rubber construction.;. the said
branches being pulled together by a cross pin, near the clip and distanced at their
extremities by a block or intervening piece. It is in the construction and forma-
tion of this intervening piece or block wherein. this invention resides,. the same
being effected from the metal of the branches in a very simple way.
In carrying the invention into effect sufficient metal is left at the extremities
of the branches, as aforesaid, to be cupped up into shallow bosses, which latter
are adapted to come together edge to edge and form a distance piece or block
for spacing the terminations. A ferrule, a thimble, or a circular block, fits within
the hollow bosses to tie them together laterally.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings the invention is shown carried into
effect with a rat-trap foot rest in side section in Fig. 1, in horizontal section in
Fig. 2, and in top side plan in Fig. 3. Half of a blank is shown in Fig. 4, and a
modification of the formation of the distance piece in horizontal section in Fig. 5.
In the half blank, Fig. 4, a three-parts circular portion a² is left at the extremity
to be cupped up into a shallow hollow boss as of slightly more than a semi-circle
in shape, a like boss being formed on each extremity of the blank. The
hollow bosses, so formed on each extremity of the blank, are adapted to
come together edge to edge in the manner shown in Figs. 1 to 3, and form a
distance piece or block for spacing the foot-rest branches d², d, the same being
held together sideways by a closing-in pini 9 passing through the branches near
the clip part . A circular piece m is sprung into position within the hollow
interiors of the boss parts to make good their joint laterally, the said piece being
either solid as shown or hollow i.e., a tube.
In the modification, Fig. 5, the hollow boss parts a³, a³, are formed of different
sizes, the one slightly deeper than the other, and the smaller one takes into and
fits inside the larger one. This obviates the necessity of using the coupling piece
to stay them laterally as is the case in Figs. 1 to 3.
It will be obvious that the shape of the boss parts a³ need not be circular;
they may be formed semi-elliptical or angular.
By this invention the manufacture of the foot rest is cheapened and there are
no parts to be rivetted up, as is the case with those now in use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is―
First. Forming the block or intervening distance piece at the extremities of the
branches of a foot rest by shaping from the blank from which the foot rest is
formed hollow boss-like parts which come together and are coupled by a piece
such as m, for the purpose substantially as described.

page_text: Second. The modification of distance piece formed and fitted in the manner
described and set forth in Fig. 5.
Dad this L 1
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1000
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
11, Burlington Chambers, New Street, Birmingham,
Also of Liverpool, London and Manchester,
Patent Agents for the Applicants.