Improvements in the Mode of or Apparatus for Steering Safety Bicycles and other such like Machines.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 24th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 4th June, 1892-Accepted, 9th July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Mode of or Apparatus for Steering Safety
Bicycles and other such like Machines.
We, WILLIAM CHATTAWAY of 214 Great Bridge Street, West Bromwich, in
the County of Stafford, Works Manager, and HENRY CHATTAWAY of 13 Tildesley
Street West Bromwich aforesaid Works Foreman do hereby declare the nature
of our said invention to be as follows:-
Our invention has for its object improvements in the mode of or apparatus for
steering safety bicycles and other such like machines which enables the rider or
riders to have more freedom or liberty for their hands than is at present afforded
especially in the case of safety bicycles which require the hands to be kept almost
constantly upon the handles except in the case of very expert riders.
According to our invention we steer the machine by making a connection
.between the body and the handles so that a movement of the body will operate
the steering handles. This we accomplish by means of a belt having a broad
stout back and suitable attachments such as buckles or eyes or hooks at the side
or other part to which cords, straps, chains, rods, or other connections are attached
the other ends being fastened to the handles or handle cross head or bar. These
connections may be hooks, or rings, or eyes, or buckles, as found most convenient
but we prefer an attachment such as a straight projecting piece so that the con-
nection is very easily detached. The cords or connections may be crossed that is
the right hand connection may cross over to the left handle and the left hand con-
nection to the right handle. We may also put an intermediate spring or springs
between the body and the handle to relieve or regulate the pressure. It will be
evident that the equivalent of this belt with its attachments would be hooks,
rings, buckles, or other attachments fastened to the trousers or made up with the
trousers or other garment or a rude appliance might be made out of a simple cord
but with similar effect but we prefer to make the article as a detachable belt com-
plete in itself. The attachments might be rods fastened to the handle cross bar
and only used when required.
Dated this 23rd day of May 1892
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Mode of or Apparatus for Steering Safety
Bicycles and other such like Machines.
We, WILLIAM CHATTAWAY, of 214 Great Bridge Street, West Bromwich in
the County of Stafford, Works Manager, and HENRY CHATTAWAY of 13 Tildesley
Street, West Bromwich aforesaid, Works Foreman, do hereby declare the nature
of our said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Our invention has for its object improvements in the mode of or apparatus for
steering safety bicycles and other such like machines which enables the rider or
riders to have more freedom or liberty for their hands than is at present afforded
especially in the case of safety bicycles which require the hands to be kept almost
constantly upon the handles except in the case of very expert riders.
According to our invention we steer the machine by making a connection
between the body and the handles so that a movement of the body will operate the

page_text: steering handles. This we accomplish by means of a belt having a broad stout
back to support the back and suitable attachment such as buckles or eyes or hooks
at the side or other part to which cords, straps, chains, rods, or other connections
are attached the other ends being fastened to the handles or handle cross head or
bar. These connections may be hooks or rings or eyes or buckles as found most
convenient but we prefer an attachment such as a straight projecting piece so that
the connection is very easily detached. The cords or connection may be crossed
that is the right hand connection may cross over to the left handle and the left
hand connection to the right handle. We may also put an intermediate spring or
springs between the body and the handle to relieve or regulate the pressure.
It
will be evident that the equivalent of this belt with its attachments would be hooks,
rings, buckles, or other attachments fastened to the trousers, or made up with
them or a back stiffening strap or band may be made up with the trousers or other
garment or a rude appliance might be made out of a simple cord but with similar
effect but we prefer to make the article as a detachable belt complete in itself.
The attachments might be rods fastened to the handle cross bar and only used
when required.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice we have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon which
we have fully illustrated the nature of our said invention.
Figure 1, is a general view of a machine and rider with our steering arrangement
in use.
Figure 2, is a sectional plan of Figure 1.
Figure 3, is a similar sectional plan to Figure 2 but shewing a modification.
Figure 4, is a plan of the handle cross bar shewing the rods attached thereto
when not in use.
Figure 5, is a view an attachment to the clothes of the rider.
In carrying our invention into effect the belt A having the broad stout back
part a¹ is provided for the rider Z to buckle around his waist by any suitable
fastening such as a². Upon this belt the eyes a³ or equivalent hooks or buckles
are provided at the sides or in other suitable positions to which the one end of
the wire rods B are attached to the other ends 2 being fastened to the handle cross
bar Eat e and e². The connections a³ may be hooks or rings or eyes or buckles
as found most convenient but we prefer an attachment such as the straight pro-
jecting piece a³ so that the rod B may be easily detached. The rods cords or
connections B may be crossed as seen in Figure 3 and intermediate springs may
be provided between the body of the rider and the handle to relieve or regulate the
pressure. The attachments may be so hung as to fold across the handle cross bar
as seen at F Figure 4 and thus only be used when desired. We may provide a pin
fastening as shewn in Figure 5 for attachment to the clothes of the rider having
the eye to receive the end of the rod B.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is: :-
The improvements in the mode of or apparatus for steering safety bicycles and
other such like machines substantially such as and for the purpose herein set forth
and shewn upon the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of June 1892.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent.