Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 10th July, 1898-Accepted, 22nd Aug.,
1896
We PAUL CONARD and EDOUARD KRAEMER, of 34 Rue d'Areuberg,
Brussels, Belgium, both Merchants do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
A transverse frame of slight elevation is secured in front of the ordinary frame
of a safety-bicycle. This transverse frame is formed by three ball-pockets which
are either vertical, or slightly inclined, and connected with each other by tubes; the
latter are horizontal or oblique, and are fastened by coupling-boxes.
A steering-rod enters the central socket and is worked by a handle-bar. This
rod benre, at its lower extremity, an arm on which an horizontal rod is jointed at
its centre. The ends of the horizontal rod are jointed on arms secured to the
front branch of the forks. This articulation may be effected by an arm placed
directly on the pivot of the fork, especially in the case of an ordinary fork.
The usunt guiding-wheel is replaced by two front wheels with each a fork, the
pivot of which enters the lateral ball-sockets of the front frame. This guiding arrange-
ment comprises the principle of our invention. We resorve to ourselves the right of
fixing the forks to the sockets by pivots, hinges, or other suitable means.
Our strengthened fork comprises a pivot moving in one of the outside wookets and
fixed in the head-plates, in the form of a T, between the points where the inside
branches of the fork are fastened, occupying the extremities of the transverse, or
cross-bar, of the T, the outside branch being fixed on the extremity of the
perpendicular bar of the T.
The two inside branches meet, at the lower extremity, to form the bearing which
Bupports the axle of the wheel, along with the bearing of the outside branch.
The two wheels are kept apart by a rod jointed to an extension at the end of the
lower part of the inside branches of the fork.
The arrangement described, with or without the strengthened fork, allows a
vebicle with two front wheels, to be turned while going at a relatively quick pace,
and on the spot so to speak,-a result which has never hitherto been attained by
any guiding system.
The purpose of our strengthened fork is to add to the directing power of the
handle-bar and to increase the stability of the fork in making rapid turos.
Dated this 18th day of October 1895.
L. DUVINAGE,
Agent for Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in Velocipedes.
PAUL CONARD and EDOUARD KRAEMER of 34 Rue d'Arenberg, Brussels,
Belgium, both Merchants, do hereby declaro the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be partionlarly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Our invention consists in a new method of steering, or guiding, tricycles and
other vehicles, as well as in the introduction of a strengthened fork, the object of
which is to facilitate the application of our guiding system, rendering it more
practical and more efficacious.
The accompanying drawings show our invention as applied to tricycles.
Fig. 1 is a front view of the tricycle,
Fig. 2 a side view of the strengthened fork, Fig. 3 a front view of the same,
Fig. 4 shows the head plate of the fork,
Fig. 5 is a plan view of the tricycle and Fig. 6 a side view of the same..
A transverse frame of slight elevation is secured in front of the ordinary frame
of a velocipede. This transverse frame is formed by three ball-sockets B, B, B", 1
which are either vertical, or slightly inclined, and connected with each other by
the tubes A; the latter are horizontal, or oblique, and are fastened by the
coupling-boxes a.
The steering-rod D enters the central socket B, and is worked by the handle-
bar G. This rod bears, at its lower extremity an arm c on which the horizontal
rod C is jointed, at its centre.
The ends C, C, of the rod C are jointed on arms secured to the front branch G
of the forks. This articulation may be effected by an arm placed directly on the
pivot of the fork, especially in the case of an ordinary fork.
The principle of our invention being to furnish the two front wheels with two
forks, wedged-in by three ball-sockets close to the front frame, it is evident that
we are entitled to modify the guiding arrangement, whilst still adhering to its
principle. Moreover, we reserve to ourselves the right of fixing the forks to the
sockets by pivots, hinges, or other suitable means.
Our strengthened fork comprises a pivot D' or D", moving in the socket B'
or B", and fixed in the head-plates.1, in the form of a T, between the points where
the insile branches G of the fork are fastened occupying the extremities of the
transverse, or cross-bar, of the T.
The two branches G meet at the lower extremity to form the bearing O which
supports the axle of the wheel, along with the bearing O' of the branch H.
The two wheels are kept apart by a rod K, jointed to an extension at the end of
the lower part of the branches G.
The arrangement described, with or without the strengthened fork, allows a
vehicle with two front wheels to be tarnod, while going at a relatively quick
pace, and on the spot so to speak a result which has never hitherto been attained
by any guiding system.
The purpose of our strengthened fork is to add to the directing power of the
handle-bar and to increase the stability of the fork in making rapid turns.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declaro that what we
claim is :-
1. A new method of steering tricycles and other vehicles distinguished by the
arrangement, in front thereof, of two wheels mounted in two forks wedged in by
three ball-sockets, close to the front frame, the transmission of movement from the

page_text: handle-bar to the forks, as well as the jointing, or articulation, of the latter,
effected in a suitable manner.
2. A way of carrying out our invention applied to a tricycle and distinguished
by three ball-sockets B, B, B" connected with each other by tubes A, a directing-
rod D moved by the handle-bar G', two forks G, H, the pivot of which moves in
the socket B, B", a transmission-rod, jointed to the guiding-rod D and to the
forks G, H and a distance or separating bar K.
3. A strengthened fork G, H characterised by two head-plates I of T-shape, in
which are fixed the pivot at the point of junction, the branches G meeting at their
O lower extremity to form the bearing of the wheel-axle, and one of them receiving
the end of the governing-rod substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 9th day of July 1896.
L. DUVINAGE,
Agent for Applicants.