Improvements in Mounting and Adjusting the Handle Bars of Cycles and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: This Print is in accordance with the Original Specification as it stands after
Amendment (under Section 11 of the Patents, &c. Act, 1883) as required by
the decision of the Comptroller General of the 15th day of February 1898.
Date of Application, 10th Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 10th Aug., 1897-Accepted, 25th Sept., 1897
PROVISIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Mounting and Adjusting the Handle Bars of
Cycles and the like.
HENRY JOHN HERA PATH, Boot Maker, 12, Tottenham Street, W., London,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The lever screw self fastening handle bar adjuster for the rising and lowering
of the handles bars of cycles and the likes consisting of a bush or socket which
the handles bar is attached in the center of bush or socket a grove countersunck
to take top end of lever screw which is screwed in boss on the T handle bracket
which connects the handles bar to the ball head in the boss on handle bracket
which takes lever screw a spring attached to lever which self fastins the handles
bar.
A socket which the handle bars may be brazed to in center of barrel of socket
a grove countersunk in several places to take end of screw which come through
the boss on T bracket.
AT handle bar bracket with boss this bracket takes the socket which connects
the handle har to the ball head of the cycle.
A screw with lever handle (namely lever screw) this screws in the boss on
Tbracket which meets the countersunk holes in the grove on the barrel of socket
which loosens or tightens the handle bar.
A spring which is attached to boss on T bracket and to the lever handle which
self fastens the handle bar.
0th day of November 1806
HENRY JOHN HERAPATH.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED).
Improvements in Mounting and Adjusting the Handle Bars of
Cycles and the like.
I, HENRY JOHN HERAPATHI, of 12 Tottenham Street, W., in the County of
London, Boot Maker, 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in mounting and adjusting the handle
bars of cycles and the like, which consists of a lever screw self fastening handle
bar adjustable for the rising and lowering the handles of cycles and the like..
A bush or socket is provided to which the handle bars are attached, and in the
centre of the bush or socket a groove is cut with various countersunk holes drilled
in order to take the end or point of the lever or set screw. The lever set screw
is screwed into a boss fixed on the back of a sliding socket supporting the handle
bars, this said boss also receives a spiral spring one end of which is fixed to a hole
in the boss and the other end into a hole of the lever,

page_text: And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1, is a section of the handle bar and adjusting apparatus at the top of the
handle bar upright. The dotted lines indicate the position in which the handle
bars may be placed.
Fig. 2, is the inside view of the lever.
Fig. 3, is a view of the socket with countersinks braized to the handle bar,
drawn to an enlarged scale. The dotted lines indicate the position of the sliding
socket when fixed."
Fig. 4, is an elevation of the sliding socket and a part of the pillar, showing
how the handle bar may be moved through the sliding socket.
In carrying my invention into practice I fix a socket i herein termed a "slid-
ing socket" to a pillar e and at the back of the pillar e I fix a boss b this said
boss b is provided with a female thread j and a box k. The box k is formed in
order to receive a spiral spring h, one end of which is passed through a hole and
the other end is fixed to the lever hole g cut in the lever handle f. The lever
handle at the top at right angles is provided with a V point and male thread m
for operating in the female thread j in the inside of the boss.
In the centre of the handle bar c I braze or otherwise fix a bush or socket a
and on its periphery I cut a semicircular groove n and in the base of the groove n
I drill a number of countersunk holes these said holes are to engage with the
V point at the end of the screwed lever or set screw.
The object of the spiral spring is to hold the set screw in its normal position,
i.c. when the set screw is screwed home.
By releasing or unscrewing the set screw the handle bar c may be moved out
of the sliding socket i in either direction so that it may be adopted for locking
the front wheel by means of one handle passing between two of the spokes, or for
the convenience of packing.
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 I am aware
of the Specification of Letters Patent granted to Edward Johnson No. 21,673
A.D. 1892 and I wish it to be understood that I do not claim anything described
or claimed therein, but what I claim is :-
1. In mounting and adjusting handle bars of cycles, the combination of the
bush or socket a boss b handle bar e countersunk holes d pillar e lever handle f
hole g spring sliding socket i female thread j box k hole l' screw m and groove n,
substantially as herein described and according to the accompanying drawing.
2. In mounting and adjusting handle bars of cycles, the combination of the
bush or socket a groove n countersunk holes d and the handle bar, substantially
as herein described and according to the accompanying drawing.
3. In mounting and adjusting handle bars of cycles, the combination of the
sliding socket boss b screw j box k hole and pillar e, substantially as herein
described and according to the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 10th day of August 1897
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the applicant.