Improvements in Apparatus for Facilitating the Teaching of Bicycle Riding.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 16th June, 1898-Accepted, 30th July, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Facilitating the Teaching of
Bicycle Riding.
We, WILLIAM HIGGINS, of Broad Oaks, Attercliffe, Sheffield, in the County of
York, Mechanic, and STANISLAUS REUSCHEL, of 64, Moorgate Street, in the City
of London, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention has for its object to provide means whereby one person teaching
another to ride a bicycle may have more control over the machine than heretofore,
and at the same time enable the learner to acquire confidence more quickly than
when the ordinary method of holding up when teaching is adopted.
In carrying out the said invention we provide a bracket one end of which is
adapted to be attached to the scat stays or some other convenient part of an ordinary
bicycle, whilst the other end has pivoted upon it a handle bar which is adapted
to be connected with the ordinary handle bar of the machine by chains or cords in
such a manner that any movement imparted to the handle bar on the bracket will
be transmitted to the main handle bar.
With this invention the teacher who walks or runs behind the machine is able to
steer and balance the same, whilst at the same time the learner is soon able to
acquire a more independent feeling than when the teacher runs beside the machine.
Dated the 6th day of October 1897.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Apparatus for Facilitating the Teaching of
Bicycle Riding.
We, WILLIAM HIGGINS, of Broad Oaks, Attercliffe, Sheffield, in the County of
York, Mechanic, and STANISLAUS REUSCHEL, of 64, Moorgate Street, in the City
of London, Merchant, 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 has for its object to provide means whereby one person teaching
another to ride a bicycle may have more control over the machine than heretofore,
and at the same time enable the learner to acquire confidence more quickly than
when the ordinary method of holding up is adopted.
In carrying out the said invention we provide a bracket one end of which is
adapted to be attached to the seat stays or some other convenient part of an ordinary

page_text: bicycle, whilst the other end has pivoted upon it a handle bar which is adapted
to be connected with the ordinary handle bar of the machine by chains or cords in
such a manner that any movement imparted to the handle bar on the bracket will
be transmitted to the main handle bar.
To enable our invention to be fully understood we will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawings, in which :-
:-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improved apparatus represented as applied to
a bicycle; and,
Figure 2 is a plan of the same:
Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 Figure 1 looking in the direction of the
arrow in the said figure and drawn to a larger scale.
a is the bracket which at its front end is represented as attached to the seat stays
of a bicycle and at its rear end provided with the auxiliary handle bar b; c, c are
cords which connect the auxiliary handle bar b with the main handle bar of the
machine in such a manner that the two bars will move in unison.
As shewn in the drawing the bracket a is composed of two tubes d, d secured
to a base plate e and of two rods f, f which extend through and are adjustable in
the said tubes the said rods at the rear end being united to the socket g which
carries the auxiliary handle bar b.
h is a plate and i, i are screws and thumb-nuts which form with the base plate e
a clip for attaching the bracket to the seat stays of the bicycle.
In order that when using our appliance the seat stays shall be relieved as much
as possible from strain we extend the bars f, f beyond the front end of the bracket
and attach to them the plate j which is formed at its upper side with a notch k, as
shewn in Figure 3, designed to embrace the seat standard of the bicycle, as shewn
in Figure 1, the rods f, f by sliding in the tubes d, d permitting of bringing the
said plate into the proper position to embrace the said diagonal bar. 1, 7 are clips
on the front ends of the tubes d, d for securing the said "bars in any position to
which they may be adjusted.
With the apparatus herein before described the instructor who walks or runs
behind the machine is able to steer and balance the same, whilst at the same time
the learner acquires confidence sooner than when the instructor runs beside the
machine as has heretofore been usual.
The adjacent faces of the plates c and h and the sides of the notch k in the plate j
are faced with leather or other material which will prevent the enamel of a bicycle
to which our invention is to be applied being scratched or injured.
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:-
1. Apparatus for facilitating the teaching of bicycle riding comprising an
auxiliary handle bar carried upon a bracket projecting from the rear of the machine
and adapted to be connected by cords or the like with the handle bar of the
machine, substantially as described.
2. Apparatus for facilitating the teaching of bicycle riding comprising a bracket
designed to be attached to the seat stays of a bicycle at one end and at the other end
carrying a handle bar which is connected by cords, chains or the like with the
handle bar of the machine, substantially as described.
3. The improved apparatus for facilitating the teaching of bicycle riding, con-
structed and arranged substantially in the manner hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 16th day of June 1898.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.