Improvements in Ornamenting Glass Sheets.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 25th July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 24th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 26th June, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ornamenting Glass Sheets.
I, RICHARD HALL, of No. 4 Elm Gardens, Hammersmith, London, W.,
Mason do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I use marbles & other stones for the purpose of making window blinds,
panels, screens, &c., so that the stones alluded to may be employed in lieu of
painted, stained & frosted glass, & other similar decorative materials. I have
developed a method, in the production of the above mentioned window blinds, &c.,
of cutting marble & other stones so thin that these latter become semi-transparent,
in which state they are affixed to sheets of clear glass, & may be used as window
panes, the various colours & patterns of the marbles & other stones thus
appearing as though they were tinted-glass designs. The sheets of glass with
the thin slabs of marble affixed are leaded up in the usual way for the decorative &
other purposes above mentioned.
Dated this 24th den of T.- 1000
RICHARD HALL.
Improvements in Ornamenting Glass Sheets.
I RICHARD HALL 4 Elm Gardens Hammersmith London W. Mason 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 :-
I use marble and other stones for the purpose of making window blinds panels
and screens and the like, so that the stones alluded to may be employed in lieu of
painted stained and frosted glass and other similar decorative materials. I have
developed a method in the production of the above mentioned window blinds and
the like, of cutting marble and other stones so thin, that the latter becomes semi-
transparent in which state they are fixed to clear glass and may be used as window
panes the various colours and patterns of the marbles and other stones thus appearing
as though they were tinted glass designs. The sheets of glass with the thin slabs
of marble affixed are leaded up in the usual way for decorative and other purposes
above mentioned.
METHOD OF CUTTING.
I use thin circular discs of charcoal iron, of various diameters, running vertically
on a spindle or spindles, with collars of various thickness between the discs
representing thickness of stone required. The discs are charged with diamond
bort or carborundun pressed into the edge of the discs by means of steel rollers,
lubricated with water only, the stone to be cut is held by clamps on a carrier, aud
pressed automatically against the edges of the discs.

page_text: METHOD OF FIXING ON GLASS.
The thin slabs of stone are ground with emery, and cemented with Canada
balsam, or other suitable material, to the pieces of glass, and are then ground down
until they become semi-transparent, they are afterwards polished.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. The herein described improvements in ornamenting glass sheets.
2. The ornamenting of glass sheets by cementing thereon thin sheets of marble
or other stone substantially as herein set forth.
3. The ornamenting of glass sheets by cementing thereon thin sheets of marble
or other stone, and then grinding and polishing the surface of the marble or other
stone substantially as herein set forth.
RICHARD HALL.

page_text: Improvements relating to Cycles.
I, BENJAMIN THOMPSON, of 184 Lordship Road, Stoke Newington, in the
County of Middlesex, no occupation, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to he as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct or connect the handle-bars and pedal
cranks of cycles in such mauner that they may be adjusted as required and may be
folded hack when not in use or taken completely off, so that the cycle may be
packed into a small space. One of the great disadvantages of the present form of
bicycle is that the handle bars and the pedal cranks protrude so far that the
bicycle takes up an excessive amount of space when not in use and my invention is
designed to overcome this disadvantage. A further advantage obtained by the use
of my invention is that the handle bars may be adjusted to suit the reach of the
rider and the throw of the pedal cranks is also adjustable to suit requirements.
The invention is equally applicable to cycles having more than two wheels.
According to this invention I make the handle, or the crank as the case may be,
in two sectious fitting one into the other in the form of a cylinder and tube and
secured together by set screws or the like passing through the tube engaging in
circumferential slots or holes in or on the cylinder. To allow the pedal or handle
to be turned into a plane at right angles without withdrawing the tubular section
from the cylindrical section, the former is fitted with circumferential grooves in
which engages a second set screw or the like passing through the tube.
To provide for the adjustment of the length of the handle or of the crank when
required, the circumferential slots or holes and the grooves in the tube are
arranged in rows as required.
As a modification of my invention the pedal axle may be provided with a right
angled prolongation having a spherical or squared head which is fitted into a
corresponding recess in or on the end of the crank arm, which latter is externally
threaded and secured by means of a threaded collar, divided or otherwise, and
working as a nut over said crank arm. Or in place of the threaded collar a plain
collar or ring may be used which is secured by means of a spring, bolt or set screw
to longitudinal slots in the crank arm and adjusted as desired.
With the spherical head form, by slacking the collar or nut, the pedal axle may
be rotated and the pedal thus turned out of the way; but with the squared head,
the pedal axle must be entirely withdrawn from the crank arm when it is desired
to take the pedal out of the way.
As a further modification of my invention the pedal axle may be formed solid
with the cylindrical part of the crank arm which cylinder fits into a tube as before
described.
F. W. GOLBY,
36 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements relating to Cycles.
I, BENJAMIN THOMPSON, of 184 Lordship Road, Stoke Newington, in the
County of Middlesex, no occupation, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to construct or connect the handle-bars and pedal
cranks of cycles in such manner that they may be adjusted as required and may be
folded back when not in use or taken completely off, so that the cycle may be
packed into a small space. One of the great disadvantages of the present form of
bicycle is that the handle bars and the pedal cranks protrude so far that the
bicycle takes up an excessive amount of space when not in use and my invention is
designed to overcome this disadvantage. A. further advantage obtained by the
use of my invention is that the handle bars may be adjusted to suit the reach of
the rider and the throw of the pedal cranks is also adjustable to suit requirements.
The invention is equally applicable to cycles having more than two wheels.
In Figs. 1 to 16 of the accompanying drawings I have shown various modifications
of my invention as applied to a cycle pedal crank, and in Figs. 17 to 19 have
shown a further modification of my invention as applied to a cycle handle bar.
In all these figures the same letters of reference where they occur are used to
denote the same or corresponding parts.
Figs. 1 to 4 show a pedal crank constructed according to one form of my
invention, Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively side and front elevations of the pedal
crank; Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on the line of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a
view similar to Fig. 2 and showing the method of detaching the parts. A is the
crank arm and B the pedal axle." The pedal axle B is made solid with a vertical
short arm which latter forms the lower end of the crank arm when fitted in
position. The upper end of this short arm b is made tapering vertically
upwards and inwards and of wedge shape in horizontal section, as shown in Fig. 3,
the front part, cr that part which lies nearest to the pedal axle B, being slightly
thicker than the rear part. At the top the tapering upper end is formed with
a boss 62 extending from front to rear of cylindrical shape see Figs. 1 and 4. The
lower end of the crank arm A is externally of cylindrical form and is bifurcated
and internally shaped to correspond with the upper part of the short arm b. Both
parts are so made that the upper part of the short arm fits closely in the
bifurcated lower end of the crank arm A and when so fitted together the two parts
form a true cylinder. This cylinder is externally screw threaded and a fly-nut,
such as C, is screwed thereover thus making a perfectly rigid connection between
the two parts A and B. In Fig. 1 the nut C is shown in full lines unscrewed and
raised on the crank arm A and in dotted lines the position when it is screwed on
over the two parts A and B as shown in Fig. 2. The horizontal wedge shape of
the upper end of the short arm 6 provides for the removal of the latter from the
crank arm A only in one direction, ri:., towards the front as shown in Fig. 4, that
is to say away from the chain or other gear with which it might perhaps become
entangled or which it might injure if the short arm should be removed in the other
direction.
In Figs. 5 to 7 I have shown an obvious modification wherein the exterior of the
parts A and B is provided with an interrupted screw thread, and the nut C being
made to correspond. A bayonet slot a is made in the crank arm A in which
engages a pin c on the inside of the nut C so as to guide the nut longitudinally of
the crank arm A, and when it is in the proper position the pin a then enters the
horizontal part of the bayonet slut a into which it may then be passed by turning

page_text: the nut when it engages with the threads of the screw on the exterior of the two
parts A and B in the well known manner. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of my inven-
tion with the nut C in the disengaged position so that the parts A and B can be
separated; Fig. 7 is a side elevation of same the nut being engaged with the
thread on the two parts A and B, and Fig 6 is a cross section of the nut C and the
screw thread with the nut brought down thereover and before the same is turned
so as to engage therewith.
In Figs. 8 to 10 I have shown a further modification in which the parts A and B
are secured together by means of a ferrule or collar C'hell fast in proper position
by a spring A mounted in a longitudinal slot a' in the crank arm A. Fig. 8 is a
side elevatiou with the collar C shown in sertion, Fig. 9 is a front elevation of
the collar C shown half in section, and Fig. 10 the rear side elevation of this form
of my invention. To separate the parts A and B the spring A' is pressed into the
slot and the collar C then raised from the full line position to the dotted
position shown in Fig. 9. And to secure the parts the collar C is lowered until it
has passed over the nose end A 2 of the spring A', when it then flys outwards and
pressing on the upper edges of the collar or ferrule C holds the same down.
The upper edge of the ferrule or collar C is notched and turned over inwar.ls
as shown in Fig. 10 so as to catch on a shoulder not shown in the drawings formed
on the lower part of the crank arm A, to prevent the collar or ferrule C₁ from
falling off or from being taken off the said crank arm when the pedal axle B has
been separated from the crank arm A. Or for the same purpose I make the lower
or bifurcated end of the part A slightly conical or tapering outwards towards the
bottom on the exterior and may fit thereover a ferrule or collar of cylindrical
shape formed of two vertical sections rivetted together after they have been fitted
on to the said conical part. A collar of this form obviously cannot be drawn down
over the enlargement formed by the tapering or conical end.
Figs. 11 to 13 show a slight modification of the previously described form of my
invention, in which the crank arm is made in two parts A and A 2 and the pedal
axle B secured to an eye in the lower part A 2 in the ordinary way by means of a
bolt and aut B, Fig. 11 is a sectional front elevation of this lock catch form of
my invention showing the parts in the locked position; Fig. 12 is a similar view
showing the collar or ferrule C raised and the two parts A A 2 partially separated;
and Fig. 13 is a rear side elevation of Fig. 11. The spring A' is pivotted in a top
slot a 6 and is provided with a square shoulder a 7. If desired the shoulder a 7
may be curved and the nose of the spring made so as to jam on the top of the collar
and thus act as a spring catch to hold the collar down. In that case the spring is
opened outwards turning on the pivot pin a8 after the manner of a knife blade.
In this form as well as in those shown in Figs. 5 to 7 and in Figs. 8 to 10, the
separable parts A and B or A and A 2 are made of similar shape to that described
with reference to Figs. 1 to 4.
In Figs. 14 to 16 I have shown a further modification in which the crank arm is
made in two sections A and A 2 the pedal axle B being formed solid with a lower
section A 2 in the same way as is shown in the forms illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4,
5 to 7 and 8 to 10. The crauk arm A is fitted with a tubular extension D which
is slotted and furnished with set screws d and which pass through the slot and
engage respectively in circumferential grooves a 3 and holes a 4 formed on or in the
upper end of the [section A 2 of the crank arm which said section fits into the
tubular extension A aforementioned. To turn the pedal axle into a plane at right
angles or thereabouts without withdrawing the lower from the upper section, the
lower set screws is withdrawn from engagement with the hole a 4, when the lower
section A 2 can be rotated on its longitudinal axis in the tubular extension D being
held therein by the upper set screw d engaging in the groove a 3. To remove the
pedal axle the upper set screw d is stacked, whereupon the lower section A 2 of
the crank arm can be entirely withdrawn from the tubular extension D. The
throw of the crank enn be adjusted by making a series of parallel grooves a 3
around the upper end of the section A 2 of the crank arm two of such grooves are

page_text: shown in Fig. 14, but more of course may be used if desired. The series of
circumferential holes at would of course he made to correspond in number and in
position with the grooves a 3, and the position of the holes a 4 in all the series
will correspond to the positions in which it is desired to fix the crank arm after
adjustment. Fig. 14 is a
Fig. 14 is a partly sectional front elevation of this form of my
invention; Fig. 15 is a plan of Fig. 14 with the pedal axle turned through a right
angle and Fig. 16 is a side elevation of same.
The forms herein before described with reference to Figs. 1 to 4, 5 to 7, 8 to 10
and 11 to 13 for separating the pedal axle from the crank arm are also equally
applicable to the handle bar for separating the handles therefrom and the separate
joints may be made in any convenient part of the handle bars. Also the form
described with reference to Figs. 14 to 16 for separating and for rotating the pedal
axle through a given angle relatively to the crank arm may with equal advantage
be applied for the same purpose to the han lles and the handle bars. The method
of application will be readily underst od by persons skilled in the art without
further description.
In Figs. 17 to 19 I have shown a further modification of my invention as applied
to a eyele handle bar. Fig. 17 is an elevation showing one of the handle hars anl
the steering pillar; Fig. 18 is a section taken on the line of Fig. 17, and
Fig. 19 is a plan of the joint in the handle bar; in this form the two parts E
and E2 of the handle bar are connected together by means of a tongue e and
slot e 2 through which is passed a pivot pin e 3 which may be made in the form of
a rivet or may be a screw bolt so as to be removeable and the two parts separated
if and when desired. A perfectly rigid connection may be made between the two
parts E and E2 in any of the ways already described with reference t Figs. 1
to 14. To adjust the hamlle bar to suit the reach of the rider the central part
thereof is longitudinally corrugated or toothed as shown at E3 in Fig. 18, and the
hend F2 of the steering pillar is similarly corrugated or toothed as shown at F3.
The head F 2 is made in the form of a tapering clamp secured by a bolt and not F4
and a tapering collar or ferrule F5 is passed round the clamp to relieve the strain
on the holt and nut. To adjust the handle bar the bolt is loosened or removed
from the clamp and the collar or ferrule F 5 is raised or taken off; the han lle
bar is then turned to the required position the clamp is then secured again by the
collar or ferrule F 5 and the holt and nut F4 tightened up until the corrugations
or teeth E3 on the handle bar are firmly held in the similar corrugations or tooth F3
on the steering head.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is;-
1. A cycle handle bar cach half of which is made in two parts or a crank arm
made in two parts fitting one into the other to make a true cylinder and externally
screw threaded and secured by a nut working thereuver, substantially as described
with reference to Figs. 1 to 4 of the accompanying drawings and for the purpose
stated.
2. A cycle handle bar each half of which is made in two parts or a crank arm
made in two parts fitting one into the other to make a true cylinder and externally
formed with an interrupted screw thread with which engages a corresponding out
for securing the parts together said uut having a pin which engages in a bayonet
slot in one of the parts to guide its travel longitudinally and circumferentially,
substantially as described with reference to Figs. 5 to 7 of the accompanying
drawings and for the purpose stated.
3. A cycle handle bar each half of which is made in two parts or a crank arm
made in two parts fitting one into the other to make a true cylinder and secured
together by means of a sliding collar or ferrule and a spring in a slot in one of the
parts, substantially as described with reference respectively to Figs. 8 to 10
or 11 to 13 of the accompanying drawings and for the purp se stated.

page_text: 4. A cycle handle bar each half of which is made in two parts or a crank arm
made in two parts fitting one into the other and secured together by set screws
passing through slots in one and engaging in circumferential grooves and holes in
the other so that the handle bar or crank arm can be adjusted in length, rotated on
its axis, or the two parts separated, substantially as described with reference to
Figs. 14 to 16 of the accompanying drawings.
5. A cycle handle bar each half of which is made in two parts fitting one into
the other to form a true cylinder and secured together by a screw and out or spring
and ferrule the handle bar being centrally toothed or corrugated and fitted into a
correspondingly toothed or corrugated clamp on the steering pillar so that the
angle of inclination of the handle bar can be adjusted as desired substantially as
described with reference to Figs. 17 to 19 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 21st day of April 1897.
F. W. GOLBY,
36 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicant.