An Improved Handle Bar for Cycles.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Handle Bar for Cycles.
WILLIAM HILL, Bow Chambers, 55, Cross Street, Manchester, Iron Agent,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The improved handle bar for cycles is made preferably of a tube round in
section & oval (or a modified oval) in form & therefore endless. At the point
furthest away from the rider it passes through another tube about two inches
long attached to or forming part of the tube which falls into the crown of the
cycle. In this two inch tube it moves freely so that the rider by raising it to
an increased angle from the plane can put on the brake, an attachment being
made to the handle for that purpose. In the tube about two inches long referred
to above a narrow portion in the centre is cut away so that the attachment to
operate the brake can be fastened on to the handle. There is also a stud
fastened on nearer the rider to prevent the handle bar falling below a certain
fixed angle.
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An Improved Handle Bar for Cycles.
I, WILLIAM HILL, of Bow Chambers, 55, Cross Street, Manchester Iron Agent,
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:-
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This invention consists of an improved handle bar for cycles, my object being
to construct such a bar of a more convenient form than those now in use and to
adapt it in a simple manner for the effectual application and control of the
brake.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter referred
to:-
Figure 1 is a side elevation and Figure 2 a plan of a cycle handle bar as con-
structed and arranged in accordance with my invention for the application of
the brake to the tyre of the wheel beneath the handle.
Figure 3 is a front elevation of a portion of my improved handle bar.
Figure 4 is a side elevation of a portion of my improved handle bar as arranged
for applying the brake to the inner surface of the rim of the wheel beneath the
handle.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
I make the handle A from a tube preferably of a circular section and bent to
an oval or like form such as illustrated. The two ends of the tubular handle

page_text: or handle bar are connected by a junction piece, which may be either solid or
of a tubular form, and are fitted loosely within a socket B on the upper end of
the steering tube C, the handle being thus made to an endless configuration.
As the handle or handle bar is free to move within the socket B the rider can
readily raise it to a position such as indicated by the dotted lines at Figure J,
and as the brake rod D is connected by the bolt d with the stud E which is
screwed into the handle A, such movement by depressing the rod D will apply
the brake to the tyre of the wheel beneath it. A slot as F is cut in the centre
of the socket B to permit of the necessary movement of the stud E with the
handle.
When the handle A is allowed to fall back to its normal position indicated by
the full lines at Figure 1, the brake will be automatically lifted off the wheel;
movement of the handle below the normal position shown at Figure 1, is pre-
vented by the abutment of the stud E against the inner end of the slot F, or
the end nearer to the rider. I am thus enabled with my improved arrange-
ment of cycle handle bar in combination with a brake to dispense entirely with
the use of a spring for releasing the brake.
In the modification shown at Figure 4, which is adapted for use with a rim
brake, the brake rod D¹ and the stud E¹ are arranged on the inner side of the
socket B, and thus on raising the handle A the brake rod D' being drawn up
with it will pull the brake on to the rim; on allowing the handle to fall to its
normal position the brake will be automatically released as herein before described.
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. The improved cycle handle bar substantially as described and as illustrated.
2. The improved arrangement of a cycle handle bar in combination with a
brake, substantially as described and as illustrated.
3. The general construction and combination of parts substantially as and
for the purposes described and as illustrated.
Dated this 18th dox of Fahmia 1000
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., &
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.