Improvements in and relating to Cycle Saddles.
Year: 1897

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Cycle Saddles.
I FRANK PENDLE of Woodland Road, North field in the County of Worcester
Lithographic Artist 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:-
Reference being had to the accompanying sheet of Drawings and to the letters and
figures marked thereon.
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This invention relates to improvements in saddles for bicycles and other velocipedes,
and refers, firstly to the saddle seat, secondly to the saddle frame, and thirdly to the
clip for attaching saddles to the machines.
Referring to the drawings,
Fig. 1 shows the form of the leather saddle, Fig. 2 shews the form of the frame or
support each to a reduced scale, and Figs. 3, 4, & 5 illustrate the clip in detail.
drawn full size, and Fig. 6 the same complete.
The leather top or seat is blocked in such a form as to give perfect freedom from
central pressure, and secure a passage for air underneath the rider. This is obtained
by forming a deep depression A B down the centre of the saddle, the front portion B
of the depression dividing the peak or nose so as to form a channel C between the
two parts D D and the back portion widened out as at E E with sloping sides F from
top to bottom of the depression, the depression being cut out at the bottom nearly
its whole length as at G, G.
By this form of seat all central pressure is avoided and a free current of air passes
from front to back of the seat underneath the rider.
The improvements in the frame consist in forming the bottom frame H of a strong
piece of steel wire, the two ends of which are brought to the front and bent into the
form of vertical volutes I I, or other curved forms giving a similar character of
flexibility to these parts, and the centre portion (forming the back support) bent into
a vertical bow shape J terminating with loops at K K to support the spiral springs L
which carry the ordinary back plate M. From the centre of each volute I I extends
an arm N carrying a piece of flat metal O fashioned as shewn to follow the shape of
the peak D D¹ of the saddle. Two stay rods P P extend from the back plate and are
joined by a collar Q carrying a screw pin R which passes through a screwboss S
attached to the under part of the metal support O so that the tension of the leather
seat can be adjusted by a screw nut upon the pin R. This construction of frame
gives a firm support to the seat and at the same time provides the requisite flexibility
in the parts where such is most required.
The new and improved clip is formed as follows:
The centre block a Figs. 4 & 6 has a hole b through the centre, of a size which
allows it to slip easily along the seat pin of the machine. From the bottom of each
side projects a screw bar c c, from the base to the top of the block are recesses d d
the flat surfaces e e are checked or roughened, cuts represented by the lines ff are
made through the block so that the ends of the block are separated from it with the
exception of a small segment of the circumference at the top g, the ends are divided
at the bottom as shewn at h. The separate pieces xx, of which Figure 4 shows the

page_text: outer side and Fig. 5 the inner side, slip loosely over the pins or screw bars cc, and
are fixed by nuts i as shewn in Fig. 6, and can be fixed at any angle to suit any
desired tilt of the saddle. The inner faces j of the loose pieces x x are checkered or
roughened (see Fig. 5) and are provided with grooves k k.
These grooves kk carry the parrallel wires at the bottom of the frames of the
saddle. When the clip is attached to the frame and is placed upon the seat pin, the
tightening of the nuts brings the roughened surfaces of the pieces x, x, into contact
with the roughened surfaces e e, the inner faces of the wire H H Fig. 2 are also
brought into close contact with the roughened faces e e, and the combined pressure of
both tightens the ends of the centre block against the seat pin and gives a firm and
secure hold.
The advantages of this clip are its compactness strength and ease of adjustment.
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. Making cycle saddles, substantially in the form described, and illustrated, in
Fig. 1 of the drawings, for the object set forth.
2. Constructing cycle saddle frames, as herein described and illustrated by Fig. 2
of the accompanying drawings.
3. Constructing clips for holding Cycle saddles on to the seat pin of the machines
substantially as described and illustrated by Figs. 4, 5, & 6 of the accompanying
drawings.
4. In seats for velocipedes and the like machines, the combination of a saddle and
frame attached to the seat pin, all as and for the purposes herein set forth and
described.
Dated this 28th day of May 1897.