Improvements in Saddles for Bicycles and similar Vehicles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Oct., 1894-Accepted, 3rd Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Saddles for Bicycles and similar Vehicles.
I, FRANK HULME, of Woodlands Park, Altrincham, in the County of Chester,
Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention is designed to provide a light elastic saddle for bicycles and
similar vehicles.
It consists essentially of a saddle constructed with a seat composed of a woven wire
fabric mounted on a suitable frame to hold it tight both in longitudinal and lateral
directions.
In carrying out the invention I mount the saddle upon a suitable spring or
springs of the ordinary construction. The frame which carries the seat I form
with a bracket or clip at the back preferably of curved shape and at the front
I form a narrow bracket somewhat of inverted U form in cross section pivoted at
or near the centre. The seat I form of a woven wire fabric-such as is employed
in woven wire mattresses-of rectangular or oblong shape. This is clamped or
otherwise attached to the back bracket and bent over the pivoted front bracket
and attached thereto by clamps or otherwise. This bracket is pivoted to adjust
itself to the strain on the top and sides of the saddle. An adjusting screw is
also attached to the pivoted bracket or otherwise so that the longitudinal tension
on the woven wire composing the seat can be adjusted as desired.
Dated this 3rd day of January 1894.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Saddles for Bicycles and similar Vehicles.
I, FRANK HULME, of Woodlands Park, Altrincham, in the County of Chester,
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 :-
This invention is designed to provide a light elastic saddle for bicycles and
similar vehicles.
It consists essentially of a saddle constructed with a seat composed of a woven
wire fabric mounted on a suitable frame to hold it tight both in longitudinal and
lateral directions.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
as an example the saddle is mounted upon a hammock saddle frame.
Fig. 1, side elevation of saddle.
Fig. 2, plan.
Fig. 3, longitudinal section.
Fig. 4, elevation of back bar C.
Fig. 5, elevation of front bar D.
Fig. 6, longitudinal section of saddle showing modified arrangement for securing
the ends of the wires.
Fig. 7, plan of same.

page_text: The addle A is mounted upon a suitable spring saddle frame B of any ordinary
or suitable construction.
To the saddle frame B I attach at the back of the saddle a bar, bracket, or clip C
of the curved shape such as shown in Figs. 4 and 8 which gives the desired shape
to the saddle, and at the front of the saddle frame B I attach a bar, bracket or
clip D of inverted U shape.
The back bar C is rigidly attached to the saddle frame B by snap head bolts cor
otherwise and the front bar D is attached by means of a cross bar E with pivot
ends e upon which it is capable of oscillating or swivelling so that as the curved top
is drawn towards the back bar C by the stress upon it when weight is applied to
the saddle the lower ends are forced in the opposite direction and increase the
tension upon the wire forming the lower edges of the saddle A.
The seat or saddle A I form of a coiled or woven wire fabric in which coils of
wire are interwoven or interlaced one into the other such as is commonly employed
in what are known as woven wire mattresses. The wire fabric is preferably made
with spirals of small diameter and pitch and is of rectangular shape and the ends
are attached to the back bar C and the front bar D which are of approximately
equal length. The woven wire fabric is attached to the bars D and Ceither by
coiling the ends of the strands of wire round the bars or by clamping them between
two plates or bars riveted together or in other suitable way.
In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the seat A is secured by coiling the ends of the wire round
the bars C and D at the end of the fabric each wire is drawn out and straightened,
one wire being wound round the bar in one direction and the next or adjacent
wire in the opposite direction and the two ends connected to pull against each
other.
In Figs. 6 to 9 the bars D and C are made of two plates riveted together and
the wire is secured by being clamped between them. The wires are separated from
each other and straightened and are passed over the top plate and turned back
between the two being firmly clamped when the two plates are riveted together.
The edges of the top plate are rounded off to prevent the wire being cut by
vibration. The top plate also may be made wider than the bottom one to give a
better finish, the ends of the wires being cut level with the bottom plate.
In another method of fixing the bars may be drilled with a number of small
holes, and the ends of the wires after being coiled around them may be thrust into
the holes and thus secured.
An adjusting screw such as F may be applied so that the longitudinal tension on
the woven wire composing the seat can be adjusted as desired.
The saddle A may be covered by some soft material such as wash leather or a
woollen fabric to prevent the wire rubbing the breeches and to protect it from the
weather. Such material should be so secured as to prevent any movement between
it and the wire webbing and to allow the webbing to be tightened without putting
any tension on the cover.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A saddle for bicycles and similar vehicles composed of a coiled or woven wire
fabric mounted on a suitable frame to hold it tight both longitudinally and laterally
substantially as described.
2. In a saddle for bicycles the combination of a curved back bar fixed to the
saddle frame, U shaped front bar pivoted thereto, and a coiled or woven wire fabric
attached thereto substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 29th day of September 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.