Improvements in or relating to Velocipedes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 11th May, 1894-Accepted, 11th Aug., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Velocipedes.
CHARLES HENRY SNOWDON Designer 4 Borough Road Terrace Sunderland
Durham, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
To improve upon the present practice of cyclists of carrying upon the person the
oil feeder which in so many cases leak, and the shifting key, which is so liable to
get lost by arranging them into such a position as will enable them to be fixed
into the handle of machine, which is also arranged to receive them.
To provide an oil feeder which can be fixed into, and a shifting key which can
be folded into such a position as Fig. 2, which will enable it to be inserted into the
tube of handle instead of carrying them about the person as is the present practice,
which is so annoying to cyclists, who often find their pockets well lined with oil.
A. in Fig. 5, showing handle and F. showing position of key, after being folded as
in Fig. 2. A. 1 in Fig. 5. showing position of oil feeder closed as in Fig. 3.
Fig. 1, showing shifting key unfolded, A. A. 1. gripps, B. sliding block.
C. screw for shifting position of gripp A 1. H. wheel attached to screw C for
shifting gripp. F chain to attach key to stop E.
Fig. 2. showing key folded, A. A 1. gripps in folded position. B. sliding
block. C. screw. D. handle. The whole of the key to be made of best steel
or other suitable material polished or in nickel.
Fig. 3. A showing body of feeder. C. feeding point. C. 1. screw to attach
cup B to feeder. B. 1. wash leather facing to rubber stopper B. 3. in end of
cup B. to stop the oil from escaping. D. end screwed into feeder to enable it
to be taken off. D. 1. rubber facing to screw to make it tight. F. chain to
attach E. to feeder. H. 1. screw to E 1.
Fig. 4. A. oil feeder uncovered ready for use. C. feeding point. D. screw
for fixing cup. To be made of best copper-tin or other suitable materials,
with brass and rubber to parts where needed to be finished polished or nickeled.
Fig. 5. A. A. 1. showing handles. E. E. 1. stoppers attached to key and feeder.
F. position of key in A folded as in Fig. 2. F. 1. position of feeder closed as in
Fig. 3. C. C. 1. screws to stoppers to attach to handles.
Dated this 14th day of August 1893.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Velocipedes.
I, CHARLES HENRY SNOWDON Designer Boro. Road Terrace Sunderland
Durham 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 relates to handles of cycles, velocipedes perambulators or similar
vehicles, and has for its object, to so provide that the handles or the tube in
connection with the said handles are so arranged, that a folding shifting key may
be carried or fixed into one side of bandle thus obviating the necessity of carrying
the said key on the machine in the ordinary manner which is so exposed to the
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page_text: public and which is so liable to be lost, stolen or forgotten. Also an oil feeder
which is so arranged that it may be carried or fixed into the other handle, or
end of the said tube instead of carrying it in the pockets or upon the person as
is the present practice of cyclists who often find the ordinary oil feeder to leak
and therefore to oil their clothing.
This invention is to improve upon the present practice of carrying the said
shifting key and oil feeder loose upon the machine or upon the person, as both
practices are inconvenient to the cyclist, who frequently lose them, or may have
them stolen, or may forget them, whereas they cannot be forgotten or lost in the
above arrangement and are very difficult for any one to steal from the private
position.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood I shall now
describe the manner of carrying it into practice and will now refer to the
drawings left with the Provisional Specification.
Fig. 1. showing shifting key unfolded or ready for use. A. & A. 1. representing
the gripps. B. sliding or moving block, for shifting the position of gripp A. 1-
C showing screw attached to sliding block B. for the shifting of position of the
said block and gripp A. 1. F. representing the chain attachment of key to stopper
E for fixing into the tube of handle.
or screw
H representing the wheel or screw for shifting the screw marked C. attached
to sliding block-B. 2. showing position of back spring to keep the gripps A & A. 1.
rigid and in position when in use, the above figure is represented with one face or
side of handle taken off giving the inside view.
Fig. 2. showing the shifting key folded or closed. A and A. 1. gripps. B. sliding
block. C. screw. D. handle.
The whole of the shifting key to be made of best steel or best steel and brass
to parts if required or any suitable material or materials, and may be finished
in polish or nickel or in any similar manner.
Fig. 3. showing oil feeder, A. showing body of oil feeder with stopper E. 1.
attached-C showing feeding point, C. 1. screw for attachment of cover or cup
to oil feeder when not in use. B. cup or cover to oil feeder. B. 1. leather
acing to rubber stopper in end of cup. B. 3. rubber stopper attached to cup
or cover B. for preventing oil from escaping. D. representing the end of oil
feeder showing the mode of screwing it into the body of feeder. D. 1. rubber
facing to screw D to make it tight. F showing attachment chain to stopper E. 1.
and to the body of oil feeder H. screw to stopper E. 1. which may be screwed into
the tube of handle for securing the same.
Fig. 4. showing oil feeder uncovered ready for use. C. showing feeding point.
D. screw for fixing cover or cap. The above oil feeder to be made of copper, tin,
steel, brass or any similar or suitable material, to be finished in polish or nickel or
any similar manner.
Or the oil feeder may be arranged and divided into two distinct or equal parts
reserving the feeding point end for oil or other lubricant materials or substances,
when the other end may be used for retaining cement or similar substances and
materials used in and for the repairing of pneumatic or similar tyres, when a brush
or other instrument or tool may be fitted or fixed into the end marked D in Fig. 3.
to apply the cement or similar material, or repairing material or any similar manner
or mode.
Fig. 5. representing the tube or handles for fixing or placing the shifting key
and oil feeder as above described. A and A. 1. showing bandles E. and
E. 1. stopper for the attachment of the said key and oil feeder to handles F. showing
position of key in handle A. folded as in Fig. 2. F. 1. showing position of oil
feeder closed in handle A. 1. as shown in Fig. 3.
The above details are not given as a rigid rule for they may be varied in many
ways or manners in accordance with the spirit of this invention, but always
retaining and according with the above principles.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-.
tion and in what manner the said is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is my mode of arranging and fixing the key, oil feeder and handles as above
described.
1. My mode, manner or principle of arranging the oil feeder so as to enable it to
be fixed into the handle tube or in any similar position.
2. My mode manner or principle of arranging the shifting key so as to enable it.
to be fixed into the handle tube or in any similar position.
3. My mode manner or principle of arranging the handle bar or tube so as to
enable it to be used for the keeping or fixing the key and oil feeder as above
described or in any similar manner.
4. My mode, manner or principle of dividing the oil feeder in two equal or
distinct parts so as to enable one part or end to be used for oil or any similar
lubricant and the other part or end for cement or similar substances and materials
for use in repairing pneumatic or similar tyres, arranged for fixing into the handle
as above described.
5. The general arrangement and combination of parts constituting my
improvements in or relating to handles shifting keys and oil feeders as above.
described and illustrated by the aforesaid drawings.
Dated this 10th day of May 1894.
CHAS. H. SNOWDON.