IMPROVEMENT IN THE STEERING OF VELOČEPEDES HAVING MORE THAN TWO WHEELS WHICH ARE STEERED BY THE BACKBONE AND REAR WHEEL BEING ALLOWED TO SWIVEL LATTERALLY-COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE HUMBER PATTERN REAR STEERER
Year: 1885

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We MORRISS WOODHEAD and PAUL ANGOIS Engineers & Machinists of Raleigh
Works Raleigh St in the town and county of Nottingham do hereby declare the
nature of our invention for AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE STEERING OF VELOČEPEDES
HAVING MORE THAN TWO WHEELS WHICH ARE STEERED BY THE BACKBONE AND
REAR WHEEL BEING ALLOWED TO SWIVEL LATTERALLY-COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE
HUMBER PATTERN REAR STEERER to be as follows:-
The present means of steering the above kind of velocepede requires the rider to
keep both his hands and attention fixed constantly on the handle or steering bar to
guide the machine and prevent it running promiscusly to the right or left And
our invention consists of making the machine maintain a straight course (auto-
maticaly) without the assistance of the rider One way is to fasten to the head or
other fixed part a flat spring having two flexable ends pressing one on each side of
the backbone forceing it and the steering wheel attached to maintain the position
required to keep the machine straight, the flexability of the springs permitting the
rider to swivel the backbone and steering wheel when it is required to turn the
machine out of the straight course Another way is to fasten to the backbone a
sliding bolt one end of which is forced by a spring into a suitable recess in the
head or other fixed part And this way may be varied by useing a flat spring
instead of a bolt and spring the effect in both cases being to keep the backbone
and rear wheel in the position required for mantaining a straight course.
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We MORRISS WOODHEAD and PAUL ANGOIS of Raleigh Works, Raleigh St,
in the town and county of Nottingham, Engineers and Machinists do hereby
declare the nature of our invention for AN IMPROVEMENT IN HUMBER PATTERN
TRICYCLES 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 relates to an improvement in the Steering of velocepedes having
more than two wheels which are steered by. the backbone and rear wheel being
allowed to swivil known as the, Humber Pattern Rear Steerer, and also to the
Humber Pattern Front Steerer (or Cripper) and to other velocepedes of a similar
type.
The object of our invention is to apply an apparatus which will assist the rider
to keep the machine on a straight course and (to a great degree) prevent it swerving
promiscusly to the right or left, without the constant attention otherwise required
In carrying out our invention we make use of the third method mentioned in our
provisional Specifications and abandon the other two.
And in order that the apparatus itself-the way in which it works and the
manner in which it is applied may be clearly understood referance is hereafter made
to the accompanying drawings in which similar letters of referance indicate
corresponding parts in the several figures.
Figure 1 is a plan of the apparatus forming the subject of our invention and is
drawn to about half the actual size.
Fig. 3 is an elevation of the Frame Backbone and wheels of a Humber Pattern
Rear Steerer.
Figure 4 is an elevation of the Frame wheels and Steering Rod of a Humber
Pattern Front Steerer (or Cripper).
In Figure 1 A is a bracket or plate which we fasten to the frame of the Rear
Steerer at i. as shown on (Fig. 3) and to the Steering Rod of the Front. Steerer
at n, as shown on (Fig. 4).
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B is a T.shaped sliding bolt (shown in section) which may be made hollow to
contain the coiled spring C, one end of which rests against the end of the tube D
while the other end is free to force the B against the face of the bracket A. D is
a tube or case (shown in section) inside which the the bolt B slides freely and which
is bolted or otherwise firmly fastened to the backbone at g. (Fig. 3) or to the Frame
at h. (Fig. 4) on the Front Steerer.
The projections at e e, on the bolt B with the corresponding recesses ff. on the
face of the bracket A are merely for the purpose of locking them more firmly.
together and not being important may be varied or dispensed with.
But it is essential for the proper working of our invention that when the
bracket A and the tube D have been fixed in the positions described that both ends
of the bolt B at e. e. shall be in contact with the corresponding ends f. f. of the
bracket A when the steering o. and m, are correctly in line with the other wheels

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of the machine or in other words when the machine is being steered on a straight
And it is obvious that as the pressure of the spring from behind will tend
to keep the bracket and bolt locked together in that position the same force that
is to say the pressure of the spring will be exerted to keep the machine on the
same (straight) course and prevent the swerving before refered to.
When the rider requires to change the direction of the machine he will pull the
handle (or steering bar) in the usual way and as the bracket A is fixed to parts
having the same motion as the handle, the sliding bolt will be forced back in the
tube as shown on (Fig. 2) the spring being made sufficeently elastic to allow the
necessary compresion.
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
In the construction of velocepedes having more than two wheels in which the
steering is efected by the swiveling of the backbone and rear wheel known as the,
Humber Pattern Rear Steerer, and in velocepedes in which the steering is efected
by the pivoting of the steering wheel as in the, Humber Pattern Front Steerer,
(or Cripper) or other velocepedes steered in a similar manner We claim the
manufacture application and use of the respective combination of parts as shown
in Figure 1 operating for the purpose and in manner substantially as hereinbefore
described, or any mere modification thereof.
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