Improvements
Year: 1898

page_text: I, DAVID HENRY GUEST, of 27, Milton Street, Hulme, Manchester, Cycle Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My said invention relates to improvements in or applicable to the pedals of
cycles.
According to my said invention the end of the pedal pin nearest the cranks is
hinged so as to fold inwards against the crank. This enables the pedals to be
folded in so as to occupy less space for storage or transit.
In order to secure the hinged pedals at right angles to the crank of the machine
when required for use, I provide suitable locking devices such as a pin passing
through the projection or stud and taking through the tongue formed on the
spindle. Or I may use a plate hinged to the stud or projection taking over the
tongue and provided with a tightening screw for securing the said plate to the
tongue. Instead of a tightening screw I may provide a spring clip or a sliding
sleeve for taking over the hinge plate in order to hold the same in position against
the tongue. The grooved stud or projection may have a hexagonal or other nut
or have flats formed thereon to enable it to be screwed into the crank by means
of a screw key or spanner.
E. T. WHITELOW, A.M. Inst. C.E.,
70, Deansgate, Manchester, Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in or applicable to the Pedals of Cycles.
I, DAVID HENRY GUEST, of 27, Milton Street, Hulme, Manchester, Cycle Manu-
facturer, 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 said invention relates to improvements in or applicable to the pedals of
cycles and has for its object means to enable the pedals when required to be
folded inwards against the crank so as to occupy less space for storage or transit
while acting as a rigid pedal when in use.
In order that my said invention may be more clearly understood I will describe
the same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
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page_text: Fig. 1 is an elevation showing the pedal at right angles to the crank as required
when in use.
Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the pedal folded upwards and inwards against
the crank when not in use.
Fig. 3 is a plan of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation illustrating the hinge and a locking device for
securing the pedal at right angles to the crank.
Fig. 5 illustrates in plan another form of locking device to be hereinafter
described.
According to my said invention I mount on the cranks a of the cycle a projec-
tion or stud 6 having a slot or groove to receive a tongue e formed at the end of
the pedal pin d nearest the crank. Passing through the stud or projection
and the tongue c is a hinge pin e on which the pedal may be folded inwards in the
direction of the arrow y (Fig. 1) into the position shown in Fig. 2, so as to occupy
less space for storage or transit. The end c¹ of the tongue c and the lower half of the
face of the shoulder d¹ of the pedal pin are at right angles to the axis of the
pedal pin and take squarely against the outer face of corresponding parts of
the stud b. These squarely abutting contacts limit the downward movement of
the pedal when in use and thus cause the pedal when at right angles to the crank
to act as a rigid pedal.
In order to secure the hinged pedals at right angles to the crank of the cycle
when required for use I provide suitable locking devices for example such as
a plate (which in some cases may be hinged) formed as shown at Fig. 4 and
secured in position by the tightening or set screw 9 to the tongue c.
Instead of a plate f and tightening screw 9 the pedal may be secured in position
by a sleeve h sliding on the stud b over the tongue c as shown at Fig. 5. When
the pedal is to be folded the sleeve his slid against the crank into the position
indicated by dotted lines at h². Or I may use a pin passing transversely through
the stud or projection 6 and the tongue c as shown in dotted lines at (Fig. 4).
The grooved stud or projection 6 may have a hexagonal or other nut or have flats j
formed thereon to enable it to be screwed into the crank by means of a screw key
or spanner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1.An inwardly folding pedal for cycles substantially as and for the purpose
set forth and shown.
2. In a folding pedal for cycles the combination of a crank having a slotted
stud or projection 6 engaging with a tongue c formed on the pedal pin connected
by the hinge pin e and a locking device for securing the same at right angles to
the crank substantially as and for the purpose set forth and shown.
Dated this 30th day of November, 1898.
E. T. WHITELOW, A.M. Inst. C.E.,
70, Deansgate, Manchester, Agent for the Applicant.