Improvements in or connected with Handle-bars and Handles for Velocipedes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Oct.. 1895-Accepted, 12th Dec., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Handle-bars and Handles for
Velocipedes.
I, NOËL BANKART MAY, of 38, Brunswick Place, Hove, Brighton, Sussex,
Gentleman, 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 handle-bars and
handles for velocipedes, the object being to arrange or construct them in such a
manner that their position can be quickly and easily adjusted to suit all riders, and
to this end I arrange or construct them as hereinafter more fully described 'with
reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
Fig. 1 shows four diagrammatic views of my improved handle-bar and handles in
different positions.
Figs. 2, 3, and 4 illustrate a portion of the handle-bar, and means by which the
adjustment is effected.
Fig. 5 is a sectional view of one of the handles with the end of the handle-bar
and the locking or adjusting mechanism in elevation and Fig. 6 is a sectional plan
of Fig. 5.
Fig. 7 is a side elevation of one of the handles.
In these last three figures the outer covering of cork or other suitable material
is not shown.
My invention comprises firstly, the means for adjusting and securing the handle-
bar in any required position, and secondly, a means for adjusting and securing the
handles themselves in a suitable position to correspond with the handle-bar.
According to my invention the end of the stems (Figs. 3 and 4) is forked or
furnished with two circular side discs or flanges a, a, each provided with a series of
slots b, b, as shown. The handle-bar proper passes through central holes or
perforations in the forked end of the said stems in which it is free to turn, lateral
or side motion being prevented by means of the enlarged portions or collars c
(Fig. 2). 1 likewise provide a locking strap or bar d pivoted at one end d' in any
suitable manner, said strap or bar taking into any required pair of slots b, b, in the
forked end of the stem s, so as to lock the handle bar b¹ in any required position,
the free end of the locking bar or strap d being secured by means of a suitable
spring catch such as d', (Figs. 2 and 4), but I wish it to be understood that I do
not restrict myself to the means I employ for securing the free end of the said
strap, as any other convenient catch may be employed, or a locking nut, screw or
the like.
In order to adjust the handles to correspond with the tilt of the handle-bar, each
handle comprises a tubular portion t, (Figs. 5, 6, and 7) to the outer surface of
which is secured a layer of cork or other suitable material in any convenient
manner, which is not shown. The tubular portion t has formed integrally with it
an enlarged portion t', side plates of which are pivoted to the forked end f of
the handle-bar b', said forked end being furnished with a series of slots g, g, into
which takes the locking plate p, secured to the end of an operating rod r, while
between the said plate and a stop or disc r is arranged a coiled spring / for
retaining it in the locked position. In order to adjust the handles, the locking
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page_text: plate p is drawn back within the slot p¹ which allows of the handles being turned
to the required position in which they are secured by allowing the locking plate p
to pass into and enter the corresponding pair of slots g, g, in the forked end fof
the handle-bar b¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improved means for adjusting the handle-bar of a velocipede comprising
a stem s having a forked end or side flanges a, a, furnished with a series of pairs of
slots b, b, in combination with the handle-bar proper 6' and a locking strap or bar d,
the free end of which may be secured in any convenient manner, substantially as
herein described and shown, and for the purposes specified.
2. The new or improved adjustable haudle for velocipedes, comprising a tubular
portion having an enlarged portion t¹ pivoted by means of its side plates to a
forked end of the handle-bar b¹, said forked end being furnished with a series of
pairs of slots g, g, the whole in combination with the locking plate p operating rod r
and spring h, substantially as herein described and shown and for the purposes
specified.
3. The improvements in or connected with handle-bars and handles for
velocipedes, substantially as herein described and shown and for the purposes
specified.
Dated this 9th day of October 1896
F. G. CASSELL
(Of Cassell & Co.),
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.