improvements in Fittings for Dalls and wants
Year: 1898

page_text: improvements in Fittings for Dalls and wants
I, ROBERT FREDERICK HUGHES, of 16, Westmoreland Street, Marylebone, in the
County of London, Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Having found that the space behind the rider is the best in which to instal fore-
and-aft sails or wind-vanes, for assisting in the propulsion of velocipedes; and
having by my Specification No. 23826 of 1896 described means whereby sails or
vanes can be supported in that position, I now proceed to explain the nature of
certain modifications which are sometimes desirable.
1. In a spar detachably fastened into the horizontal tube of the saddle-support
and thence rising at any angle behind the saddle, it is in many cases better to add
to the spar, near the rearward end of the saddle-support, a downward branch or
prolongation that abuts against or is fastened to the diagonal tube, bottom bracket,
back forks, or other members of the frame, for additional support, and for the pre-
vention of turning round the saddle-support tube as an axis.
2. In some cases the mast or spar rising behind the saddle and prolonged down-
wards and secured to the diagonal or bottom bracket below and to the upper back
forks above, does not require any fastening to the saddle-support, and can even be
allowed a limited amount of rotation round its own axis, thus permitting the use
of rigid joints between the mast and any booms that are used with it.
3. It is often convenient to fit a mast or spar used in the position stated, and
secured to the machine in any manner, with a secondary spar rigidly attached to
it and running in a median plane backward at any angle suitable to the velocipede,
and to the use of the secondary spar as a holder for the lower ends of a set of wind
vanes; or as a holder to which the sheet of a fore-and-aft sail can be made fast; or,
when the mast has a limited turning freedom round its axis as before mentioned,
as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail.
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) Improvements in Fittings for Sails and Wind-vanes on Velocipedes.
I, ROBERT FREDERICK HUGHES, of 16, Westmoreland Street, Marylebone, in the
County of London, Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
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page_text: what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to a mast or spar, which is to rise behind the saddle of a
velocipede, and give attachment to a fore-and-aft sail, or a set of wind vanes; and
the invention comprises, firstly, improved methods of detachably fastening the
mast to the machine; secondly, a method of holding the mast by which it is allowed
to turn round its axis; and thirdly, the combination with the mast of a boom or
spar rigidly attached to it, and serving, usually by the intervention of a swinging
boom or booms, to hold the lower ends of a sail, or of a set of wind vanes.
When the mast or spar has a forward branch to be pushed into the horizontal
tube of the saddle-support and there held, especially if the said tube is cylindrical
and the hold depends upon friction, it is usually better to add to the mast or
spar a downward branch or prolongation, that abuts against or is fastened to the
diagonal tube, bottom-bracket, back-forks or other adjacent members of the frame,
for additional support, and for the prevention of turning round the saddle-support
tube as an axis. Figure 1 shows a tapered tubular mast a, designed to stretch, in
combination with the back-wheel mud-guard of a bicycle, a set of the automatic
wind-vanes described in my Specification No. 23826 of 1896; is the horizontal
forward branch to be thrust into and held by the horizontal tube of the saddle-
support, and c is a downward branch, which, when bis pushed home, will pass
between the upper back-forks, to which it can be secured by the strings shown at d.
It is obvious that the branch c and its fastenings can be adapted for attachment to
other adjacent members of a velocipede frame, and that if c is lengthened and made
fast near the bottom-bracket, and to the upper back forks, the forward branch b
can be dispensed with. Figure 2 show a mast a with a downward branch c, and a
rearward branch e rigidly joined to the mast, and designed to stretch a fore-and-aft
sail between itself and the mast. f is a two-part collar encircling the mast, and
gripping each of the upper back-forks of a bicycle, and g is a pivot attachable at or
near the angle above the bottom-bracket. h is a handle by which the cyclist can,
if he wishes, turn the mast; and i is a spiral spring fastened at one end to the mast,
and at the other to the collar f in such a manner as to elastically oppose the turn-
ing of the mast in either direction.. Such a combined mast and sail
keeps the sail always tight, and flat, while the spring regulation makes the sail
self acting, prevents rattling and shocks, and moderates the effect of sudden gusts,
besides giving other advantages. A like rearward branch, rigidly joined to a non-
turning mast of suitable slope, can be used to stretch a set of the wind-vanes before
mentioned, the upper and lower cords running along the mast and along the rear-
ward spar respectively. Again the sheet of any ordinary fore-and-aft sail, sup-
ported by a non-turning mast of the kind herein before described, can be held by
a rearward rigidly joined branch of the same. The junctions of branches at the
base of the mast a can, when it is required, be strengthened by angle pieces joining
the bases of the branches; or all the branches may proceed from a strong globular
centre.
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. A mast or spar rising, at any rake, in the median plane behind the saddle of
a velocipede, and having both a forward branch to enter and hold to the horizontal
tube of the saddle-support, and a downward branch to abut against or be fastened
to the upper back-forks or other members of the hinder frame.
2. A mast or spar secured to a velocipede in such a way as to rise, at any rake,
in the median plane behind the saddle of the velocipede, and having a rearwardly
projecting spar rigidly attached to it.
3. A mast for a fore-and-aft sail, such mast rising at any rake in the median
plane behind the saddle of a velocipede, from the neighbourhood of the bottom-

page_text: bracket, and being detachably fastened to and held in position by the members
of the hinder frame of the velocipede, or some of them.
4. A mast or spar rising at any rake in the median plane behind the saddle of
a velocipede, such mast having a rigidly attached rearwardly projecting spar, and
being secured to the velocipede in such a manner that it can turn in its fastenings
round its own axis.
5. A turning mast with rigid spar as in the preceding claim, but with an elastic
resistance to the turning in either direction.
6. A turning mast with rigid spar as in Claim 4, or as in Claim 5, but with a
handle by which the cyclist can turn the mast.
Dated this 21st day of January 1899.
ROBERT FREDERICK HUGHES.