Improvements in or connected with Saddle Supporting Devices for Cycles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 26th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 5th Nov., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Saddle Supporting Devices for
Cycles.
THOMAS HUGH FLEMING, of No. 24, Duke Street, in the Town of Douglas, in
the Isle of Man, Ironmonger, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
The invention consists in a steel plate or tube with a hole to allow saddle bar
to pass through into down tube of cycle. Attached to said steel plate or tube is
a screw band for holding saddle bar at required heighth. The said steel plate or
tube is connected with frame of cycle by pneumatic metal or other springs. The
object of the invention is to overcome any vibration or jolting on rough ground.
Anril 7th 1898
THOMAS HUGH FLEMING.
Improvements in or connected with Saddle Supporting Devices for
Cycles.
I, THOMAS HUGHI FLEMING, of 24, Duke Street, Douglas, Isle of Man, Ironmonger,
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:
My invention relates to improvements in or connected with saddle supporting
devices for cycles, the object being to provide a device of suitable construction for
supporting the saddle pin to which the ordinary saddle is secured in the usual
manner, the said supporting device being arranged to intercept and absorb any
vibration resulting from inequalities in, or the roughness of, the road surface,
during the travel of the machine.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, the form of device that I prefer-
ably employ comprises a supporting platform or piece consisting of two superposed
metal plates secured together by means of small nuts and bolts, the said supporting
piece or platform being furnished with an approximately central hole or perforation
through which the saddle pin passes, and which is secured at the required height
by a conveniently arranged set screw. This supporting platform or piece is
further furnished with longitudinal channels, one upon each side, through which
the top horizontal members of two steel springs pass, the extremities of said springs
being conveniently secured to the frame of the velocipede, in such a manner that
the platform, to which the saddle pin is secured, is supported on these springs,
while the extremity of the said saddle pin enters the main down tube of the cycle
frame, and is free to slide up and down therein.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will now proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which,

page_text: Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved saddle supporting device with the
This form of device is suitable for use
necessary parts of the cycle frame shown.
in connection with velocipedes for gentlemen.
Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a slightly modified form of device suitable for use
in connection with either a ladies or gentleman's machine.
As shown in the accompanying drawings the supporting piece or platform con-
sists of two suitably shaped and superposed plates a b secured together by four
small bolts carranged at the corners of the said plates, while through the centre or
thereabouts of the supporting piece or platform the saddle pin ? passes and is
secured at the required height by means of the set screw d taking through the
block which projects from the top plate a.
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The supporting piece or platform, formed of the two superposed plates a b, is
furnished upon each side with grooves or channels through which pass the top
horizontal members of two steel springs, the rear extremities g¹ of these springs
being secured to the bolt h connecting the back fork tubes h¹ to the frame of the
machine, while the forward extremities g² are either secured to the bolts m of a
bracket m¹ carried by the top horizontal tube of the frame (Figs. 1 and 2) which
arrangement can only be employed in connection with a gentleman's machine, or
the said forward extremities are secured to the bolts n2 of a similar bracket m³
carried by the main down tube of the machine t, and this arrangement is suitable
for use in connection with either a ladies or gentleman's machine.
By this arrangement it will be seen that the saddle pin p has no direct con-
nection with the frame of the velocipede, but is supported upon the horizontal
members of the springs g through the supporting piece or platform, in such a manner
as to be free to move up and down according to the inequalities of the road, the
extremity of the saddle pin sliding up and down within the main down tube t of
the cycle frame, while the saddle as herein before mentioned is secured to the
horizontal arm of the saddle pin in the usual manner.
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/. The new or improved saddle supporting device for velocipedes comprising
a supporting piece or platform consisting of superposed plates such as a b prefer-
ably bolted together as shown and through which the saddle pin p passes, in com-
bination with a set screw or the like for securing the said saddle pin to the
supporting piece or platform at any required height, and side springs g having their
rear extremities preferably secured to the back of the velocipede frame and their
forward extremities secured to the bolts of a bracket carried either by the top
horizontal member or the main down tube of the frame, substantially as herein
described and shown with reference to the accompanying drawings, and for the
purposes specified.
27. In a saddle supporting device for velocipedes the combination of a support-
ing piece or platform designed to carry the saddle pin; with side springs, the
extremities of which are suitably secured to the frame of the velocipede, arranged
and operating substantially as herein described and shown, and for the purposes
specified.
1
09. 1 J.
1
1000
F. G. CASSELL
(Of Cassell & Co.,)
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.