Improvements in and applicable to Saddles for Cycles and the like, for Preventing Unauthorised Use or Misappropriation of the Machines.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Nov., 1898-Accepted, 1st Nov., 1899
Improvements in and applicable to Saddles for Cycles and the like, for
Preventing Unauthorised Use or Misappropriation of the Machines.
I, ROBERT CUIN, Merchant, of 22, Wallstrasse, Breslau, in the Empire of
Germany, 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 certain improvements in and applicable to saddles for
cycles and the like, for preventing unauthorised use or misappropriation of the
machines. The accompanying sheet of drawings will be referred to by figures
and letters in the following description.
Fig. 1, shows in side view, partially in section, the security means in position
of rest or disuse.
Fig. 2 is a like view but with the security device in operative position.
Fig. 3, is a partial sectional view, from rear of the saddle, and through the
security device.
The device is shown applied to a saddle with a longitudinal seating. Under
the saddle cover a, is arranged a case or boxing a¹; c, is a sliding bolt to which are
jointed the spines or points b.
These spines in their inoperative position rest in oblique direction in the case n³,
with their free ends in the openings in the upper part of the case a¹, close under
slitted portions of the saddle seat but covered thereby.
When the sliding bolt c, is moved in direction of the arrow Fig. 1, the points
or spines b will become raised in the openings 61, of the case a¹, and project through
the saddle cover (see Fig. 2). If then the bolt c, is secured in this position,
the spines b, remain in erect position and the use of the saddle, and the cycle to
which it is attached, for riding purposes will be impossible.
For this purpose of operating and securing the bolt c, the lock e, is provided
and this is mounted, so that it can be turned down and partially around on the
axis f, of the case a¹. The lock piece e, is fitted with a toothed quadrant piece.
which gears with the rack teeth, i, below the bolt c. The lock-piece e, is at its
front end provided with a projecting spring bit, which in the position shown in
Fig. 1, engages with a recess in the hanging lug k; when the lock piece e, is
turned back the projecting bit of the lock-piece o, is withdrawn from the hanging
lug by the action of the key and the bolt e can be turned in direction of the
arrow Fig. 1, to the position shown by Fig. 2. By so turning the lock piece e, a
longitudinal movement is communicated to the bolt c, and a consequent rising of
the spines will take place and by firmly shutting the lock piece end in the
hanging lug 4, the bolt c, is firmly held and the points b, will remain in elevated
position.
Any suitable lock arrangement may be used to fasten or withdraw the bolt c.
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:-
First. In a security device for cycle saddles the movable points b, arranged in

page_text: a casing in the saddle seat and capable of being erected or lowered as and for the
purpose herein set forth.
Secondly: The construction of the device having raising and lowering points
combined with a saddle seat having the points b, jointed to a slidable bolt c, which
is operated by the lock piece e and secured in position thereby.