US397188A

US397188A - Pedal for velocipedes

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Publication number: US397188A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-02-05
Anticipated expiration: 1906-02-05

Description

(No Model.)

T. B. JEPPERY.

PEDAL FOR VELOOIPEDES.

No. 397,188. Patented Feb. 5, 1889.

.liimilmii NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

THOMAS H. .IEFFER'Y, OF RAVENSlVtJOD, ILLINOIS.

PEDAL FOR VELOCIPEDES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,188, dated February 5, 1889.

Application filed December 2'7, 1887. fierial No. 258,983. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS B. JEFFERY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ravenswood, (look county, Illinois, have in- "ented certain new and useful Improvements in Velocipede-Iedals, which are set forth in the accompanying specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which Figure l a plan of a velocipede-pedal illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same. Fig. 3 is a section through a 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 4. is an end elevation of the toot-support and foot-block therein.

A is a metal foot-support, comprising the vertical ridge A and the trough shaped part A B is the foot-block, and C C are the end pieces of the pedal, to which the support is secured by means of the screws (1 passing through them and the cars A on the footsupport A.

My invention relates to velocipede-pedals, l and comprises means for lightening them and for providing in one pedal two distinct styles ot' foot-rests.

I form the toot-suppm-t A of two pieces of thin sheet metal joined together by rivets, or I in any other manner convenient, up to about i their medial line, thus forming the ridge A, whose edge is serrated to engage the shoe of the rider, thereby forming upon this side an ordinary rat-trapfoot-support. The other halves of the metal pieces I form into a trough-shaped support, N, to receive a yielding foot-block, I This foot-support A may, if desired, be formed of one piece folded upon itself, the fold forming the edge of the ridge. The foot-block ll may be of rubber or other material desired. I prefer, however, to use cork for this purpose, both on account of its extreme lightness and for the reason i that when wet the foot will not slip on it as 1 easily as upon wet rubber. The lower part of this block is adapted to be fitted tightly into the trough A and project above and laterally beyond the edges of the metal support, forming a broad rest for the toot. The 3 edges of the trough-shaped support I bend slightly inward, so as to grip the foot-block and insert the block in the trough underi heavy pressure, by these means securing the l block firmly in position and preventing itl from springing or being torn out in use. I also so adjust the block or support in its securement in the pedal that its inner edge 1 is slightly lower than the outer, the support on each side thus being inclined inward, so that the upper surface of the foot-rest conforms to the shape of the ball of the riders foot. At each end of the metal support, in the angles formed by the ridge A and the trough A I provide 011 each side of the ridge, ears A which are secured to the end pieces, 0, by screws (t thus fastening the support in position. These ears are most readily provided by forming the strip of sheet metal, which is to be the support with lugs and turning them up to form these ears. I

The merits of my invention consist in the lightening of the pedal, both by the construction. of the metal support and by the use of cork as a foot-block instead of rubber, and in the providing of two distinct styles of foot-rests in one pedal, either of which can be used at will. The cork foot-block has the further advantage, above referred to, of not being so slippery when wet as rubber.

I claim- 1. A velocipede-pedal comprising a yielding foot-block and a metal foot-support, the latter formed of two pieces of sheet metal united for a portion of their width to form a vertical ridge, the other portions forming a trough to receive the yielding foot-block, suliistantially as set forth.

2. A volocipede-pedal comprising a yielding foot-block and a metal foot-support, the latter formed of two pieces of sheet metal united for a portion of their width to form a vertical ridge, the other portions forming a trough to receive the yielding foot-block, the edges of said trough being bent inwardly to secure the block, substantially as set forth.

In a velocipede-pedal, in combination with the end pieces, 0, a metal foot-support, one side trough shaped to receive a footblock, the other side a vertical ridge, and ears in the angles formed by the trough and the ridge, by means of which the foot-support is secured to the end pieces, substantially as set forth.

THOS. B. JEFFERY.

Witnesses:

CHAS. S. BURTON, E. F. BURTON.