Improvements in Steering Bars and Handles for Cycles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 21st Nov., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Steering Bars and Handles for Cycles.
I, LUDWIG LEHNER, of 34 Elbestrasse, Frankfort-on-the-Main, in the Empire
of Germany, Machinist, 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 steering bars for cycles in which the handles can be
adjusted on the bars so as to suit various postures of the riders.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings Figures 1 and 2 show steering bars with
adjustable handles applied thereto in accordance with my invention and Figures 3
to 6 show, to a larger scale than Figures 1 and 2, details of various devices for
fixing the adjustable handles to the steering bar, Figures 4 and 6 being
respectively cross sections taken on the lines x-x of Figure 3 and y-y of
Figure 5.
In the arrangement shown in Figures 1, 3 and 4 the ends of the handles a are
adapted to fit into the ends of the bar b, aud the handles are fixed to the bar in
any desired position by means of clamps c, which are tightened up by means of
clamping screws d. The stems of the handles a which enter the ends of the bar b
are preferably provided with grooves n into which the clamping screws d take, so
as to prevent the handles from slipping or being drawn out of the ends of the
bar b, as shown clearly in Figures 3 and 4, or from being otherwise moved except
round the axes of their stems.
In the arrangement shown in Figures 2, 3 and 6 the ends of the handles are adapted
to fit into the ends of the steering bar b, and the ends of the sail bar band of the
handles a are screw-threaded externally to enable the said handles to be secured
to the bar in any desired position by means of an internally screw-threaled nut or
socket l.
I do not confine myself to the precise means described for connecting the handles
to the steering bar as they may be varied without departing from the nature of my
invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what i
claim is :-
First. A steering bar and handles for cycles in which the two handles a are so
connected to the steering bar b by clamps and screws, or other equivalent devices,
that they can be adapted to suit various positions of the rider, substantially as
described.
Second. In a steering bar and handles for cycles of the kind herein described,
forming the stems of the adjustable handles a, which enter the ends of the bar b,
with grooves n adapted to receive the screws d for tightening the clamping
device c, for the purpose of securing the handles so that they can only turn on
their axes and cannot slip or be drawn out of the steering bar, substantially as
described.
Third. In a steering bar and handles for cycles of the kind herein described, the
means of securing the handles a to the ends of the steering bar 6 which consists in

page_text: forming screw-threads externally on the ends of the bar and handles, and screwing
thereon an internally screw-threaded nut or socket 1, substantially as described.
Dated this 29th day of September 1896.
Per W. H. Beck,
115 Cannon Street, London, E.C., Agent.