Improvements in Brakes for Bicycles, Tricycles, and such like Machines or Vehicles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 17th July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Oct., 1896-Accepted, 2nd Jan., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brakes for Bicycles, Tricycles, and such like
Machines or Vehicles.
I CHARLES HERBERT SUTTON of 21 White Ladies Road in the Town of
Swansea, and County of Glamorgan Pianoforte Manufacturer do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved means for retarding the movement of
wheels used upon bicycles tricycles and such like vehicles, and to obviate the wear
upon the tyres of such like machines or vehicles where the brake is applied upon
the surface of the rubber tyre or its cover. In carrying out my invention I cause
the brake to act upon the underside of the rim or felloes of the wheel instead of
acting upon the upper or rubber surface of the said wheel. I prefer to attach the
brake lever to the fork of the machine in such a way that it can be easily adjusted
or removed and so arranged that the present shaped brake fittings on the handle
bar may be used but in some cases I so arrange the brake that it can be actuated
by one or both feet when using the foot rests.
Dated this 15th day of July 1896.
CHARLES HERBERT SUTTON.
Improvements in Brakes for Bicycles, Tricycles, and such like
Machines or Vehicles.
I CHARLES HERBERT SUTTON of 21 White Ladies Road Swansea and
County of Glamorgan Pianoforte Manufacturer 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 an improved means for retarding the movement of
wheels used upon bicycles, tricycles, and such like vehicles, and to obviate the
wear upon the tyres of such like machines or vehicles where the brake is applied
upon the surface of the rubber tyre or its cover.
In carrying out my invention I cause the brake to act upon the underside of
the rim or felloe of the wheel instead of acting on the upper or rubber surface of
the said wheel, and I so arrange that it may be actuated by the hand in a similar
way to those at present in use, that is to say by a lever attached to the handle bar
of the machine, or in some cases by the hand and the feet together or by the feet
alone.
In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is an elevation showing a portion of a
wheel and fork with the brake attached to the fork by the clipplates A shown on
Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, A on Fig. 3.showing an edge view of the aforesaid plates A
with the pivot A 3 for carrying the levers A4 shown on Figs. 1 and 2. B, B, on

page_text: Figs. 1 and 2 show the friction blocks, the said friction blocks suitably shaped
and secured upon the levers A 4, shewn upon the Figs. 1 and 2. C on Fig. 1
shows a side view, C on Fig. 2 a plan view, and Fig. 4 a front view of the fork
for actuating the levers A 4, the said fork being connected to the levers by cotton
pins at B 2. At. Bx on Figs. 1, 2 and 4, is shewn an extension of the legs of the
fork C such extension being continued to any desired length and bent to a right
angle as shown at Bx on Fig. 4. D on Fig. 1 shows a moveable foot-rest.
A 2 shows the bolts for securing the plates A to the fork sides.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven
tion and in what manner the same may be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improved cycle brake substantially as herein described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 21st day of October 1896.