US1204701A - Foot-pedal. - Google Patents

Description

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ALBERT C. SCHULZ, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THEFLOCOMOBILE COMPANY OF AMERICA, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION'OF WEST VIRGINIA.

FOOT-PEDAL.

Laumer.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patent-,Qd NOV 141, 1916,

Application filed April 21, 1916. Serial No. 92,735.

To all whom t may concern.' i

Be it known that I, ALBERT C. SCHULZ, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Foot-Pedals, of which the fcllowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to foot pedals, and is more especially, though not exclusively, concerned with pedals particularly intended and adapted for the control o f the clutch and brake of a motor'car.

My invention will be best understood by reference to the following description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings showing one specific embodiment thereof, while its scope. will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan of a foot pedal embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view on Referring to the drawings, and to the embodiment of my invention which I have selected for illustration, I have there shown a foot pedal comprising a foot pad fl, which may be formed of any appropriate material, preferably of such a nature as to afford a substantially non-slipping surface for the foot to engage. I prefer to employ for this purpose rubber or rubber composition, or other material having the desired characteristics, as, for example, cork composition, felt or fiber, which will have a certain degree of flexibility, and will have a tendency to cling to the sole of the operators shoe, and afford a substantially nonslipping engagement.

To enhance the non-slipping characteristic of the foot pad, it may be provided with a plurality of grooves 5, whose natural tendency will be to scrape the mud or moisture from the shoe sole, and further, by presenting a large number of edges, will tend to prevent accidental slipping of the shoe sole.

The foot pad 4, as herein shown, is mounted on a plate 6, the latter having one or more projections extending in 4a direction transverse to the plane of said plate, and

serving as a means of connection with the clutch or brake (not shown). In the present. example, such projections are in the form of a pair of ears 7 and 8, adapted to receive between them an arm 9, which may be secured thereto'by a screw 10 passing through the ear 7 and threaded into the ear 8, theY arm and the screw being indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3.

As a means for securing the plate 6 to the pad L1, the latter is herein provided with a chamber 11 and a recess 12 in substantially parallel planes, 'and in said chamber is disposed a plate 18, while the plate G is disposed in the Vchamber 12 and connected to the plate 13 by suitable fastening means. Such fastening means in the present instance comprises a plurality of threaded elements 14- secured to the plate 13, and extending therefrom through an intervening portion 15 of the pad 4 to and through the plate 6, and other screw-threaded elements 16, herein a pair of nuts cooperating therewith to secure the two plates together,

and thus fasten the'foot pad to the plate '6. The elements 14, as herein shown, are

provided `with reduced portions 17 passed through the plate 18 and riveted thereto.

It will now be apparent that the plate 13 is embedded in the foot pad in such a manner as to adord a simple and efficient means for securing the foot pad to the plate 6, yet without exposing any fastening element or elements upon the upper surface of the foot pad. It must also be evident that the plate 6, being disposed in the recess 12, interengages with the pad 1l, since the latter has a depending flange 1S entirely surrounding the margin of the plate and protecting the edges of the latter from contact with the foot and other objects, as well as greatly strengthening the attachment of the pad to its.. supporting plate. It will be understood that with this form of attachment, the lateral thrust is not borne solely by the fastening elements 14, but is distributed around the flange 18, and hence the fastening elements, since they are not called upon to take the entire strain, may be made comparatively small in size. Should the pad become worn to such an extent as to expose the plate 13, the pad may be conveniently re moved and replaced by a new one by the removal of the nuts 16.

VVhileI have herein shown and described one specific embodiment of my invention fer illustrative purposes, and have disclosed and discussed in detail the construction and arrangement incidental to one specific application thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is limited neither to the mere details or relative arrangement of parts, nor to its specific embodiment herein shown, but that extensive deviations from 'the illustrated form or embodiment of the invention may be made, Without departing from the principles thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim and desire by Letters Patent to secure is:

l. A foot pedal comprising, in combination, a foot-pad provided with an internal chamber and With a recess in substantially parallel planes, a plate disposed inv said chamber, a second plate disposed in said recess, and provided With a part projecting therefrom in a direction transverse to said planes, a plurality of screw-threaded elements secured to the first plate and extending therefrom through an intervening portion'of vsaid foot-pad to and through the ysecond plate, and other screw-threaded elements disposed on the outer face of the secend plate and .coperating with the firstV screw-threaded elements to secure the secoIfd plate to the first plate and to said footpad. 4 Y

2. A foot pedal comprising, in combination, a foot-pad provided with an internal chamber and with a recess in substantially parallel planes, a plate disposed inv said chamber, a second plate disposed in said recess and provided With fastening means, and other fastening means extending from one of said plates to the other and securing said plates to each other as Well as to saidfoot- Vpad and interengaging therewith, said plate being provided with an arm extending in av direction transverse to the plane of said plate, and fastening means extending from said plate to said element and serving to fasten said plate to said pad.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of tivo subscribing Witnesses.

ALBERT C. SCHULZ.

Witnesses:

L. R. ONEILL, G. L. NEFUES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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