Improvement in Brakes for Bicycles and other Machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Nov., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 6th Aug., 1898-Accepted, 24th Sept.,
1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Brakes for Bicycles and other Machines.
GEORGE HUMPHREYS, 1, Fenwick Street, Bishopthorpe Road, York, Engineer,
and CLARENCE ST. JOHN PEPPER, 12, Bootham Crescent, York, Mechanical
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows: —
The invention has for its object the construction of a brake which can easily
be applied by the foot or feet by the person riding the bicycle or other machine.
With this object in view we attach to each or either of the foot rests (or similar
brackets) which are usually attached to the front fork of the bicycle a spring of
steel or other suitable material and to the other end of these springs is fixed a cross
This cross piece may be
piece which passes over the back of the tyre of the wheel.
of steel or other suitable material and faced or not with india rubber or other suit-
able material where it is over the tyre and rim of the wheel. These springs are
of such a length and so adjusted that they keep the cross piece clear of the tyre or
rim when in their usual position but when the feet of the rider are placed on the
foot rests (as in going down hill) the ends of the cross piece comes under the
heels or back part of the feet and can thus be easily pressed by a slight movement
of the feet on the tyre or rim of the wheel and so form a brake.
Dhia Cirth day of November 1907
GEORGE HUMPHREYS.
CLARENCE ST. JOHN PEPPER,
Improvement in Brakes for Bicycles and other Machines.
We, GEORGE HUMPHREYS, of 1, Fenwick Street, Bishopthorpe Road, York.
Engineer, and CLARENCE ST. JOHN PEPPER, of 12, Bootham Crescent, York,
Mechanical Engineer, 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:―
The invention has for its object the construction of a brake which can easily
be applied by the foot or feet by the person riding the bicycle or other machine.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood we now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1, is a plan of brake bolted to the ordinary foot rests of a bicycle.

page_text: With this object in view, we attach to each or either of the foot rests a (or
similar brackets) which are usually attached to the front fork of the bicycle, a
spring bor flat steel or other suitable material and to the other end of these
springs bis fixed a cross piece c which passes over the back of the tyre of the
wheel.
This cross piece c may be steel or other suitable material and faced or not with
india rubber or other suitable material where it is over the tyre or rim of the
wheel. The springs 6 are of such a length and so adjusted that they keep the
cross piece c clear of the tyre or rim when in their usual position, but when the
feet of the rider are placed on the foot rests (as in going down hill) the ends d
of the cross piece comes under the heels or back part of the feet and can thus be
easily pressed, by a slight movement of the foot, on the tyre or rim of the wheel
and so form a brake.
The various parts of the apparatus can be fixed together by bolts e and nuts f
or where required rivets are used. Block pieces g are attached to the screw bolted
to the foot rests as in Figs. 1, and 2.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is;
―:
1. In cycle brakes, the combination of the various parts of mechanism con-
structed in the manner hereinabove described in the above specification and illus-
trated in the accompanying drawing.
2. In cycle brakes, the combination of the cross piece c ends d and spring b, sub-
stantially as herein described and according to the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 6th day of August. 1898
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicants.