A Portable Mud-guard for Cycles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 9th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 12th May, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Portable Mud-guard for Cycles.
ARTHUR APPLEBY 294 Burbury Street Lozells Birmingham Manufacturer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to bicycles tricycles &c. being a portable mud-guard
composed of macintosh cloth & umbrella wires or other suitable materials. The
wires are attached to a narrow strip of cloth down the length of the wires, a portion
of the wire at each end projecting a little beyond the cloth one end being pushed
into a tube or socket attached to the forks while to the other end of each wire is
attached a piece of cord furnished with a hook or loop to hook on axle or fork &
so by the elasticity of the wire & the resistance of the cord the guard is held in
the desired position following the arc of the wheel. When not in use the mud-
guards are folded (being jointed for portability) & placed in a couple of clips of
thin metal bent somewhat in the form of the letter M which grips the folded cloth
& one of the tubes forming the frame of machine. By another form of my invention
instead of the wire fitting into a socket a piece of wire forming a continuation of
the support of the cloth is bent so as to grip the fork or tube thus obviating the
necessity of a socket to receive the wire.
Dated this 8th day of June 1893.
ARTHUR APPLEBY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Portable Mud Guard for Cycles.
I, ARTHUR APPLEBY, of 294 Burbury Street, Lozells, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer, 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 a portable mud guard for cycles, such mud guard being
formed from mackintosh cloth and elastic wires or bands, or from other suitable
materials. My object is to so construct and arrange my improved mud guard that
when not in use it shall be rolled or folded to occupy a small space or compass, in
order that it may be conveniently carried by suspending clips from the framing of
the bicycle or other cycle..
In order that my invention and the method of carrying the same into effect may
be the more readily understood, I append hereunto one sheet of explanatory
drawings to be hereinafter referred to :-
Figure 1 illustrates an ordinary safety bicycle with my improved mud guards as
fixed in position, around the wheels, and also as rolled up and slung or suspended
from the framing of the cycle, when not required for use or service.
Figure 2 is a sectional view and Figure 2A a plan showing the construction of
the mud guard from a strip of mackintosh cloth or other suitable material, attached
to umbrella wires or to wires or a stiffening piece or pieces possessing sufficient
elasticity to allow the guard to be readily bent and maintained in position around
the wheel.

page_text: Figure 3 gives two views of the form of clip socket I preferably employ for
attaching the upper end of the mud guard of the front or steering wheel, to the
fork or framing of such wheel.
Figure 4 similarly represents the form of clip socket I preferably employ for
attachment to the rear or driving wheel framing.
Figure 5 represents by two views one form of the clip, as constructed of thin
sheet steel, for suspending the rolled or folded mud guards from the framing of the
cycle.
Figure 6 represents the form of socket for securing the lower ends of the rear or
driving wheel mud guard.
Figure 7 illustrates the form of attachment or connecting piece that I employ
to enable the mud guard to be readily secured to cycles having frames of varying
widths.
Figure 8 is a further view of the same attachment piece and the method of
clipping or clamping the same to the tubular framing.
The mud guard for the rear or driving wheel of the bicycle is preferably
composed of two portions A and B, (Figure 1), each portion being constructed
from a strip of mackintosh cloth or other suitable material, bound or stiffened, by.
elastic wires preferably as shown at Figure 2. I do not limit myself to the form
of elastic wires or stiffening. pieces, or to the method of construction illustrated at
Figure 2, but modify the guard and the method of stiffening the same to suit
particular requirements.
The projecting wires at the upper end of A are each inserted within one end of
a socket such as a of the clip socket such as shown at Figure 4, while the lower
end of A is kept in position by small wires or cords as a² (Figure 1) hooked or
attached near to the axle at the lower end of rear or driving wheel framing. The
guard A being thus secured at its upper and lower ends, its elasticity will cause it
to assume a circular form in proximity to the circumference. of the wheel.
The upper ends of the portions B of the mud guard are inserted within sockets
such as a (Figure 4) opposite to the end receiving the projecting wires of the
portion A. The sockets are clipped to the framing by means of the small bolt
and nut as illustrated. The lower ends of mud guard B are secured within sockets
such as shown at Figure 6.
The front or steering wheel mud guard C is secured at its upper end within
sockets such as b (Figure 3) the lower end being retained in position by thin wires
or cords as 63 (Figure 1).
When not required the mud guards may be readily detached, and after rolling or
folding into a small compass are carried or suspended from the bicycle framing as
at D Figure 1, by spring clips such as shown at Figure 5.
In the modified form of mud guard attachment as illustrated at Figures 7 and 8,
for readily securing the guard to frames of varying widths, I employ a connecting
bar E, Figures 7 and 8 preferably of a trough section. I bolt or clamp this bar
to the tubes F F of the cycle framing by means of the clip pieces G G¹ and
studs H H. The clips may be adjusted for varying widths of frames, by movement
within the slots formed in the bar. The projecting ends of the mud guard enter
within the sockets a a¹ formed on the connecting bar.
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 mud guard that may be readily detached. and rolled or. folded into a
small compass and carried by suspending clips or connections from the cycle
framing, constructed from mackintosh cloth or other suitable material and
metallic wires or other stiffening, pieces having sufficient elasticity to cause the
guard to assume an arched or circular form when attached to the cycle,
substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.

page_text: 2. The construction of a cycle mud guard such as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2
of the accompanying drawings, having connecting wires or cords, and clips or
clamping attachments such as illustrated in Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6, and substantially
as hereinbefore described.
3. The construction of a cycle mud guard having adjustable attachments or
connections substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated in Figures 7
and 8 of the accompanying drawings.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
and 13, Temple Street, Birmingham,
Agents for the Applicant.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
and 12, Temple Street, Birmingham,
Agents for the Applicant.