US398745A - Herbert s - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

H. s. OWEN.

BICYCLE.

No. 398,745. Patented Feb.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT b. O\VEI\ OF XdSllIXG'lOX, DISTRHT OF COLI BIBIA.

BICYCLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,745, dated February 26, 1889.

Application filed February 16, 1888. Serial No. 264,200. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT S. OWEN, of ashing-ton, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain Improvements in Bicyles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to the construction of the frame-work, having in view the adaptation of the bicycle for the use of ladies and children and a reduction in the cost of its manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side. elevation of the complete machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the main frame. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line .11. Fig. i is a vertical central section through the brake i'nechanism. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section through thelower part of the frame.

Referri n to the drawings, A represents the rear wheel; B, the frame or reach, divided at the lower end to receive said wheel; (I, the front steering-fork provided with a steeringbar, and swiveled, as usual, to the front end of the frame that it. may turn horizontally, and D the front steering-wheel. The frame consists, essentially, of a tubular bar, a, provided at its forward end with steering-centers, as usual, and curved thence downward between the two wheels to or about the level of the pedal-shaft and carried thence upward in front of the rear wheel, its rear end terminating in a vertical position, so that it is adapted to receive and support the seat-standard E.

The rear wheel is carried on each side by two arms, I) b, one connected to the lower and the other to the upper portion of the rear part of the reach. These arms, which are preferably formed in one piece, meet at the center of the wheel, being bent, as shown particularly in Fig. 2, in such manner as to leave between them a horizontal slot, 6, for the reception of the axle. The arms are preferably formed of drawn or rolled steel rods or tubes, and are attached at their ends to the frame or reach I5 by brazing or welding them thereto, or, through the means of suitable clips, e, welded or otherwise fastened to the reach.

F represents a shaft provided with the usual crank and pedals and lying transversely beneath the frame in front of the rear wheel, being supported by a suitable bearing plate or plates, j, brazed or otherwise secured to the reach. The lower arms,b', maybe connected to the same plate, as shown in Fig. 2. The shaft is provided with a sprocket-pulley, g,

connected in the usual manner by a sprocket- 1 chain, 71, with a pulley on the driving-wheel. l The brake-lever i is pivoted to the steering handle or bar, as usual, and jointed to the l upper end of a rod, At its lower extremity 1 this rod enters the upper split end'of a tube,

7., passing through a suitable guide, 7, on the front of the steering-fork, attached at its lower l extremity to the brake-shoe m. The tube 7.-

is tapered externally at the upper end and i threaded to receive a nut, n, by which it may be contracted firmly upon the rod j. This nut also serves as a collar or hearing for the upper end of a spiral spring, 0, which encircles the tubeand bears upon the guide Z, as shown in Fig. l, for the purpose of holding thebralce norn'ially out of action.

Owing to the downward curvature of the frame between the wheels, the machine may be used by ladies without interference with l their shirts and without the necessity of sitting astride of the frame, as in other machines.

In order to strengthen the frame for the use of heavy persons, a detachable brace, p, may be applied between the two extremities of the reach, as shown in the drawings. This brace 79 is not claimed as part of the present invention.

The saddle is preferably constructed, as shown, by carrying the upper end of the standard E forward to support the front extremity of the flexible seat r,which is sustained at its rear end by springs 5, attached to a plate thereon and supported in their turn by avertically-adjust-able arm, I, encircling the standard E and confined by a set-screw, u.

If necessary, the main frame may be stilt ened by the insertion of a filling before it is bent, as shown in Fig. 5.

llavingthus described my intent-ion, what I claim is t i. In a bicycle-finme, and in combination with the U-shaped bar a, the two carryingarms for the rear wheel, each arm consisting of a continuous rod bent to an angular form, its two extremities rigidly attached to the bar a and its central or angular portion adapted to receive the axle of the Wheel.

2. In a bicycle-frame, the Wheel-carrying arms I) Z), formed in a single piece and bent to form the axle-receiving slot 0.

3. In combination with the brake-shoe, its tubular standard, the operating-rod and nut 92.

4. I11 a brake for bicyles and the like, the brake-shoe having the tubular standard, in combination with the operating-rod adjustably secured thereto.

5. In a bicycle or tricycle, the seat consisting of the standard E, bent laterally at its upper end, the arm I, springs s and flexible seat 1*. t

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 21st day of January, 1888, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

HERBERT S. OlVEN.

Vitnesses:

FREDK. D. OWEN, P. T. DODGE.

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