Improvements in or connected with Velocipedes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 5th Jan., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Velocipedes.
I, JOHN FLETCHER, of Gill House, Ulverston, Lancashire, Gentleman, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in or connected with velocipedes and refers
more particularly to that class of machines known as safety bicycles, the object
being to so arrange the seat or saddle pin that the down tube of the machine
which usually takes the said saddle pin may be utilized to hold or contain the
stiffening rib or ribs.of detachable flexible mud-guards, the pump for inflating the
pneumatic tyres, or for carrying other useful articles for which it is suitable.
In carrying my invention into practical effect the saddle pin is composed for
preference of a piece of tubing of sufficient length formed with a socket at one end
which is brazed or attached in any other suitable manner to the down tube of the
machine so that the opening of the said tube shall be quite free. The saddle pin
may extend both ways so that the saddle is capable of being adjusted horizontally,
and the tube forming the storage receptacle for the aforesaid articles may be
covered with a spring or screw cap to prevent the entrance of damp, dirt, or
the like.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood I will now proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a part of the frame of a safety bicycle showing the
improved attachment of saddle pin, Fig. 2 being a similar view of a slightly
different form,
Fig. 3 is a modified form of saddle pin to allow for adjustment of the saddle in
either direction and Fig. 4 is a plan of same.
According to my invention the saddle pin p (Fig. 1) is brazed or fixed in any
suitable manner to a short upward extension of the tube t so that the interior of
the said tube t may be utilized for holding or containing articles required to be
carried, while the top of the tube is closed by a cap c to prevent the entrance of
dirt dust and the like.
The saddle pin p shown in Fig. 2 is formed of two pieces of tubing op connected
with a socket g so that the said pin allows of greater horizontal adjustment of the
saddle.
In the modified form shown in Figs. 3 & 4 a short length of tubing or rod 2 is
brazed to the short upward extension of the tube t and is formed at the other end
with a sockets through which a saddle pin 7,3 of the usual shape and form passes
and which is secured in position by means of the set screw s'. By this means the
saddle may be adjusted both vertically and horizontally, at the same time allowing
the tube t to be utilized for carrying suitable and useful articles required by
the rider.
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 :-
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page_text: velocipedes, substantially as herein described and shown and for the purposes
specified.
2. The improvements in or connected with velocipedes, substantially as berein
described and shown and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 4th day of December 1894.
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.