Improvements in or relating to Mud Guards for Cycles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 16th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 6th Feb., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Mud Guards for Cycles.
I, CHARLES STAMPER, of 61 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, in the County of
Chester, Tinsmith, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to the means for attaching leather or like mud guards to
the wheels of cycles: the objects of this invention are to enable the steering
wheel mad guard to retain the same relative position with the tyre irrespective of
the angle at which the wheel may be placed, and to facilitate the attachment and
removal of said mud guards.
In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a side view and Fig. 2 an edge view of
my invention.
a is a metallic plate which is placed on the wheel spindle at each side of the
wheel within the nut that fixes the bearings: is a groove formed on the face of
said plate and narrower than the inner recess b¹. I form a piece of wire rod c with
an eye c', and flatten said eye so as to pass through the groove b: in order that
the part near the opposite end of the wire rod c may be retained in the recess b',
I form the end 3 with an eye c3 which is bent back at right angles to the rod c.
In applying my invention to the steering wheel of a cycle, I place a plate d
on the spindle at each side of the wheel and at the back of the nut by which the
bearings are fixed: the rods c are then placed within the recess b' in the manner
herein before described, with the eyes c¹ towards the back part of the wheel: the
eye is then turned into the aperture a¹ in the plate a which causes the eye c¹ to
lie flat: I then place the hook ends of a wire d in the eyes c¹ which prevents the
wire c from turning and causes the bent end c² to remain in the aperture a¹. By
these means the rod c is firmly retained in the recess 6'. The lower portion of the
mud guard is affixed in any preferable manner to the rod d and the upper portion
to the upper end of the fork by a spring clip or an equivalent: the leather portion
of the niud guard is kept stretched by putting tension on the rods c which is
effected by turning the plates a as much as is necessary and fixing said plates with
the spindle nuts.
For the purpose of attaching the mud guard to the back wheel, the aforesaid
plates a are made with the aperture a¹ in a reverse position. When the mud guard
is not required the rod c is disconnected from the rod d and withdrawn from the
recess b', the eye then engages with the hook a² and the end c' is placed upwards
against the fork or the back stay and retained by an elastic band or equivalent.
Dated this 14th day of February 1896.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53 Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: I, CHARLES STAMPER, of 61 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, in the County of
Chester, Tinsmith, 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 the means for attaching leather or like mud guards to
the wheels of cycles.
The objects of this invention are to enable the steering wheel mud guard to
retain the same relative position with the tyre irrespective of the angle at which
the wheel may be placed, and to facilitate the attachment and removal of said
mud guards. I attain the objects set forth by the means hereinafter described and
as shown in the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 is the side view of a bicycle showing the application of my invention.
Fig. 2 is a side view and Fig. 3 an edge view drawn to an enlarged scale of my
improved adjustable plate for affixing to the wheel spindles and carrying the rods
to form a frame as shown in Fig. 4, for connecting the ends of leather or like mud
gears thereto.
In these views similar letters refer to similar parts.
a is a metallic plate which 1 form right and left hand to place on the wheel
spindle at each side of the wheel within the nut that fixes the bearings: I form
a tapered groove on the lower portion of the face of the aforesaid plate with
the slit 6 narrower than the inner recess b¹. I form a wire rod c with an eye c¹,
and flatten said eye so that it may be passed along the slit b but the rod c be
retained loosely in the recess 61: I form the end of the rod c with an eye or
loop which is bent back at right angles to the rod: I form the part c' of the
rod c of an increased diameter, and taper said part so as to fit into the recess b¹.
In applying my invention I place the plate a on the spindle at each side of the
wheel at the back of the nut a* by which the bearings are fixed, and with the
narrowest portion of the tapered recess 6' in the rear: I then pass the flattened
ends c¹ of the rods c through the slits 6 until the thickened portion c* fits into the
recess when the bent end is turned inwards through the slot a', thereby causing
the eye c to lie flat as shown in Fig. 4: I then place the hook ends d' of a wire d
in the aforesaid eyes c¹ which prevents the wire c from turning and thereby retains
the bent end c in the aperture a¹: by these means the rod c is firmly retained in
the recess b the lower portion of the leather or other mud guard g is affixed in
any preferable manner to the rod d or to the ferrule d and the upper portion to
the upper end of the fork or to the frame: said mud guards are kept stretched by
putting tension on the rods c which is effected by turning the plates a as much as
is necessary and fixing said plates with the spindle nuts a*: When the mud guard
is not required the rods c are disconnected from the rod d and withdrawn from
the recesses : the eye then engages with the book a and the end c' is placed
upwards against the front fork and against the back stay respectively.
By the means hereinbefore described, when the steering wheel is turned, the
mud guard is retained in a position to cover the periphery of said wheel by the
rods c which are fixed to the steering fork being turned with and to the same
extent as the wheel: the lower portion of the flexible mud guard g that is
suspended loosely from the frame near to the upper part of the steering fork, is
carried to the same extent by the rods e to the right or to the left.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1st. In combination with leather or like mud guards, the use of a plate as a
for affixing to the wheel spindles and on which a tapered groove or recess as 61
and a slit 6 is formed, rods as c that are constructed with oppositely turned ends,
and a wire or rod d with crooked ends as d¹, all substantially as and for the purposes
berein before described.
2nd. In combination with leather or like mud guards the use of a plate as a with
a longitudinally tapered groove or recess as b', a slit as b, a transverse slot as a¹
and a hook as a formed therein or thereon, rods as c constructed with oppositely
turned ends, a wire or rod d within a ferrule as d² and with crooked ends as d, all
substantially as and for the purposes herein before described.
Dated this 14th day of November 1896.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53 Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.