Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 20th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 17th July, 1897
I, GEORGE WILLIAM GARDINER, of 15 Albert Hill, Bishop Auckland in the County
of Durham, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention has reference to improvements relating to velocipedes and has for its
object an improved arrangement or construction of framing more especially applicable
to machines constructed for the use of ladies and means for locking machines to
facilitate their handling when required to be placed against a wall or analogous
position.
By one arrangement I effect the stiffening of the frane by providing a light truss
behind the seat pillar tube whose strut may project at or about right angles from or
about the crank axle bracket the truss or tension rods extending to lugs at or about
the upper end of the seat pillar tube and similarly to lugs at or about the end of a
conveniently arranged extension of the bracket or tube or projection below the bracket
or the strut of the truss may be arranged higher up the seat pillar or opposite the
sloping member of the frame between the front steering pillar and the seat pillar or
tube the tension members extending to suitable lugs on the upper and lower ends of
the seat pillar or alternatively a sloping member may be arranged extending from or
about the upper end of the seat pillar tube to a convenient point in the member
connecting the front steering post with the crank axle bracket such sloping member
passing through where required the upper sloping or curved member generally adopted
in ladies machines for connecting the front and rear portions of the inain frames.
In spring frame cycles of the type described in my Patent Specifications Nos. 5361
of the year 1892 and 4153 of the year 1893 the truss rods may conveniently be con-
nected to lugs formed on the eye piece where the hind frame is pivoted and thence
extend to the seat pillar tubing.
For locking the steering heads I form on the steering post tube contiguous to as
well as on the combined clip and ball race member corresponding lugs or projections
and lower down on the steering post tube I form another lug or eye having a
cylindrical portion thereon whose side is formed of an inclined bevelled or curved
shape after the manner of a cain.
Through the eye of or in the lug of this cylindrical portion or projection a spindle
is designed to pass up to the eye of the upper lug and when required into the recess
or eye of the uppermost lug on the clip and ball race member. The lower end of the
spindle is fitted with a knob or handle of suitable shape and a spring surrounds the
spindle or is arranged to work in connection therewith so that by turning the spindle
a transverse pin or projection thereon is caused to travel up the incline or cam-shaped
portion of the cylindrical part and compress or extend the spring and lock the
steering bead securely and safely the reverse motion of the spindle similarly unlocking
the parts.

page_text: I, GEORGE WILLIAM GARDINER of 15 Albert Hill Bishop Auckland, in the County
of Durham, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
inannner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention has reference to improvements relating to velocipedes
and has for its object an improved arrangement or construction of framing
more especially applicable to machines constructed for the use of ladies and
means for locking machines to facilitate their handling when required to be placed
against a wall or analogous position.
By one arrangement. I effect the stiffening of the frame by providing a light truss
behind the seat pillar tube, whose strut may project at or about right angles from or
about the crank axle bracket, the truss or tension rods extending to lugs at or a out
the upper end of the seat pillar tube and similarly to lugs at or about the end of a
conveniently arranged extension of the bracket or tube or projection below the bracket,
or the strut of the truss may be arranged higher up the seat pillar or opposite the
sloping member of the frame between the front steering pillar and the seat pillar or
tube, the tension members extending to suitable lugs on the upper and lower ends of
the seat pillar.
In spring frame cycles of the type described in my Patent Specifications Nos. 5361
of the year 1892 and 4153 of the year 1893, the truss rods may conveniently be
connected to lugs formed on the eye piece where the hind frame is pivoted and thence
extend to the seat pillar tubing.
For lecking the steering heads, I form on the steering post tube contiguous to, as
well as on, the combined clip and ball race member corresponding lugs or projections
and lower down on the steering post tube, I form another lug or eye having a cylin-
drical portion thereon, whose side is formed of an inclined, bevelled or curved shape
after the manner of a cam. Through the eye of, or in the lug of, this cylindrical
portion or projection a spindle is designed to pass up to the eye of the upper lug and
when required into the recess or eye of the upperinost lug on the clip and ball race
member. The lower end of the spindle is fitted with a knob or handle of suitable
shape and a spring surrounds the spindle, or is arranged to work in connection there-
with, so that by turning the spindle, a transverse pin or projection thereon is caused
to travel up the incline or can shaped portion of the cylindrical part and compress or
extend the spring and lock the steering head.
In the accompanying drawings I show as much of a ladies' cycle frame as will enable
my invention to be fully understood. Figure I is a side elevation of one arrangement
as applied to a rigid frame; Figure 2 is a similar view of a modification; Figure 3 is
a horizontal section hereinafter explained; Figure 4 is a side elevation of the
adaptation of my invention to a spring frame, Figure 5 being an end elevation thereof;
Figures 6 and 7 are elevations at right angles to each other of the lock, also shown,
on a smaller scale, in Figure 4.
Like letters of reference designate like parts in all the Figures.
In Figs. 1 and 2 I have illustrated a single tension member centrally arranged
behind, and connecting the top and bottom ends of the seat pillar tube, or a part or
parts fixed thereto, as I find that ample for ordinary use, but if desired, two rods may
be used as indicated in Fig. 3, and in Figs. 4 and 5 wherein I show two such neubers,
which is a most advantageous construction for the particular type of frame.
A is the bottom bracket, B the seat pillar tube, C and D the usual members
uniting respectively the bottom bracket A and seat pillar tube B with the steering
post E. is the arm or strut formed on the bracket A and supporting the tension

page_text: rod or member G connected at one end to the projection H on the bracket A and at
the other to the lug J at the upper end of the seat pillar tube.
In Fig. 1 the projection H is located in line or practically in line with the tube B,
while the strut projects from the bracket A, at or about right angles therewith,
but in Fig. 2 I show a slightly modified construction in which the projection H is
arranged near the rear fork K and the strut F opposite to the inclined or curved
member D.
In Figs. 4 and 5 1 illustrate a frame such as is described in my said prior Patents,
wherein I explained the mounting of the rear wheel in a triangular frame hinged to
eyes on the bottom bracket and carrying at its apex a guide or links and springs to
control its movement when the wheel encounters an obstruction on the road."
M is the triangular hind frame hinged at the eyes a a on the bracket A and in m
the links described under my Patent No. 41533. In a frame of this type, I prefer to
fit two tension rods ( G connected to the lugs or projections H. H on the bottom
bracket eye pieces a a, one at each side, and to similar lugs J J on the seat pillar
tube B. This arrangement effectually stays the frame and prevents any tendency to
lateral motion.
When I apply to the frame shown in Figs. 1 and 2 a double truss at the rear of the
seat pillar tube, I form two points of attachment for the ties at each end of the said
tube as in Figs. 4 and 5 and arrange the struts at an angle with regard to the bottom
bracket or tube and suitably tie them together to prevent bending, as indicated in
Fig. 3.
I have shown the members & secured by screwed connections, but if desired, I may
secure them by brazing, riveting or otherwise conveniently, while they may be solid
or tubular; further, I inay dispose their points of attachment and the struts in other
positions than those described, according to the varying constructions of individual
frames, without departing from the spirit of my invention or altering the effective
result of the combination.
Referring now to the steering head lock shown in Figs. 4, 6 and 7, in the former
of which the spindle or bolt is engaged, while in the two latter it is disengaged, P is
the steering post socket member and p the lng forined thereon in close proximity to
the lug r of the combined clip and ball race R.pl is the other lug of the part P and p2
its cam-shaped surface. S is the spindle adapted to enter the two lugs p and pl
and be borne thereby and to enter, when required, the lug r and at, its lower end it is
provided with an operating handle 8. This spindle is encircled by a spring Toperating
between the lug p and a transverse pin or projection 81 on the former, so that when
the handles is turned, the pin & must travel up the inclined or cam-shaped portion of
the lug p, compressing the spring and causing the end of the spindle to engage the
lug and thereby lock the steering head securely and safely, in which position the
pin s is held against the upper edge of the lug p' as in Fig. 4.
The reverse motion of the spindle S effects the unlocking, when the spindle pin or
projection & rests on the lower edge of the lug p', as in Figs. 6 and 7.
The spring T in the drawings acts in compression but it inay obviously be adapted
to work in tension by arranging it below the spindle S, the effect in both cases being
the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In a velocipede frame, the combination with the seat pillar tube of a single or
double rear truss the various members being arranged substantially as and for the
parpose herein described respectively with reference to and shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.
2. In a velocipede frame, having a hinged rear portion such as is above referred
to, the combination with the seat pillar tube of the arrangement of ties forming a
truss, substantially as described and illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5.
3. A steering lock for velocipedes comprising the combination of corresponding
lugs or eyes on the steering hend inember and on the combined clip and ball race
member and a spindle carried by the former adapted, on operation, to engage and

page_text: disengage the combined piece under the combined actions of a projection on the
spindle and a spring and a cam surface, all arranged and acting as and for the
purposes herein described and illustrated in Figs. 4, 6, and 7 of the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 17th day of April 1897.
For the Applicant,
J. C. CHAPMAN,
70 Chancery Lane, London, and
3 St. Nicholas Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Chartered Patent Agent.