Improvements in the Handle Bars of Velocipedes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 27th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 17th Apr., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Handle Bars of Velocipedes.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD PARTRIDGE of 74 Grange Road, Small Heath,
Birmingham in the County of Warwick do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object, improvements in the handle bars of velocipedes
to enable a rider to either assume an upright & comfortable position, or the
position assumed when racing without complication or difficulty.
In carrying my invention into practice I take a piece of tubing of the required
length and bend it by suitable bending tools in an upward & inward direction in
the shape of a supplemental bar or loop as regards the body part. I then connect
a straight piece of tubing between which forms a stut or stay and onto this strut or
stay I connect the usual stem which fits into the socket of the ball head of the
machine for stearing purposes. The handles which the rider grips when assuming
a racing position are secured onto the ends of the bent piece of tubing. It will
be easily understood that if the rider grips the centre or about the centre of the
bent piece or loop of tubing he can assume an upright comfortable position and
still have perfect controll of the machine as that portion is considerably higher and
nearer the saddle and the loop is formed to suit either one or both hands. I may
when required fit a handle or handles on that portion of the bent tubing which the
rider grips.
As a modification of my invention I may bend a piece of tubing of the required
length and connect the ends onto any ordinary existing handle bar with the bent
portion towards the saddle in an upward direction. Or instead of connecting the
ends of the bent piece of tubing onto the handle bar I may secure them by means
of spring clips which allows it to be adjusted to any desired angle or it may swivel
loosely on the handle bar and a piece of tubing brazed onto it in the centre
which telescopes into another piece of tubing connected to the ball head and a
spiral spring placed inside by which means all vibration on the handle bar is
prevented.
Dated this 3rd day of June 1896.
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Handle Bars of Velocipedes.
1, WILLIAM EDWARD PARTRIDGE, of 74, Grange Road, Small Heath,
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Traveller, do hereby declare the nature
of my said 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 has for its object improvements in the handle bars of velocipedes
to enable a rider to either assume an upright and comfortable position or the
position assumed when racing without complication or difficulty.

page_text: In order that my invention may be clearly understood and easily carried into
practical effect I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon
which I have illustrated several examples of my handle bar.
Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved velocipede handle bar.
Figure 2 is an end elevation of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a plan view of my supplementary handle bar attached to an ordinary
velocipede handle bar.
Figure 4 is a cross sectional end elevation of Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a similar view to Figure 3 shewing a modified form of my supplementary
handle bar.
Figure 6 is a cross sectional end elevation of Figure 5.
Figure 7 is an end elevation of the spring clip G.
Figure 8 is a plan view of the clip before it is bent into the shape as shewn at
Figure 7.
In carrying my invention into practice I form my handle bar A from a piece of
tubing cut to the required length and bent in the centre into the shape of a bow or
loop. I then connect the straight piece of tubing B between the handle bar,
which forms a strut or stay, and on to the centre of this strut or stay I connect the
usual stem S which fits into the socket of the ball head of the velocipede for
steering purposes. The handles A' and A' are fixed on to the ends of the tube A
and when the handle bar is fixed into the steering socket these handles are in such
a position that the rider has to assume a bent position in order to grasp them, but
when the rider wishes to assume an upright and comfortable position he may
grasp the handles A3 and A' which are fixed on the bowed part near the centre of
the tube A.
At Figure 3 1 have shown a detachable supplementary handle bar C provided
with the handles C¹ and C2 which may be fastened to any of the present forms of
handle bars by means of the spring clips G. These clips are formed out of a piece
of sheet steel by suitable press tools as shown at Figure 8 and then bent into the
shape as shown at Figure 7. The end g' is fixed into the end of the tube C and
the part G, which forms the clip, passes around the ordinary handle bar and is
securely held thereon at any desired angle by the pin and nut g³ which passes
through the holes formed in the parts g*.
The modification as shown at Figure 5 is very similar to Figure 3 but the
supplementary handle bar F with its handles F and F2 is fixed to the ordinary
handle bar H by means of the pins and nuts h¹ which pass through the tube H
and through the lugs 2 which are secured into the ends of the tube F. In some
cases I may attach the piece of tubing J to the centre of the supplementary
handle bar, which telescopes into the piece of tubing J₁ fixed to the handle bar
stem S, and in the interior of these tubes J and J₁ I fix the coiled spring and
the lugs or their equivalents in this case would swivel loosely on the handle
bar by which means all vibration on the supplementary handle bar is prevented.
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 :-
First. The improvements in the handle bars of velocipedes consisting essentially
of the bowed up parts such as A either with or without the supplementary
handles A and A and the connecting stay such as B with the steering socket
stem S in the manner and for the purpose substantially as hereinbefore set forth
and as shown upon the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Second. In velocipede handle bars connecting the supplementary handle bar
such as C either with or without the handles C1 and C2 to an ordinary handle bar
by means of the clips such as G or their equivalents in the manner and for the
purpose substantially as herein set forth and as shown upon the accompanying
sheet of drawings.
Third. In velocipede handle bars connecting the supplementary handle bar such

page_text: as F either with or without the handles F and F to an ordinary handle bar by
means of the lugs such as A and the pins and nuts in the manner and for the
purpose substantially as herein set forth and shown.
Fourth. In a velocipede handle bar provided with a supplementary handle bar
as hereinbefore claimed, the means for preventing vibration consisting essentially
of the tube J with the spring such as telescoping into the tube J' in the manner
substantially as herein before set forth and as shown upon the accompanying sheet
of drawings.
Dated this 26th day of February 1897.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.