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Description

(No Model.)

G. J. TAYLOR.

VELOGIPEDE.

No. 404,123. Patented May 2 8, 1889.-

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE JOHN TAYLOR, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH TERRITORY.

VELOCIPEDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,123, dated May 28, 1889.

Application filed February 7, 1888. Serial No. 263,222. (No model.) Patented in England June 1, 1885, No. 8,015, and in Canada September 17, 1885,1lo. 22,482.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE JOHN TAYLOR, of Salt Lake City, and county of Salt Lake, in the Territory of Utah, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pedomotive Vehicles, of which the following is a specification. The same has been patented to me in Great Britain No. 8,015, June 1, 1885, and in the Dominion of Canada No. 22,482, September 17, 1885.

The invention will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a bicycle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of one of the treadlelevers and the driving-crank to which it is attached.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates the main driving-wheel, and A the smaller steering-wheel, which is in advance of the driving-wheel.

Referring now to the drawings, a designates the axle, upon which are driving-cranks a at opposite sides of the machine. Upon the axle a is supported a main frame, which, as here represented, is composed of front and rear forks, b I). These forks b b are connected above the wheel by a seat-bar, b which may be elastic, and on which is supported the riders seat O. The front steeringwheel, A, is journaled in a fork, O, which is mounted upon a shaft, 0 and at the upper end of this shaft are the steering-handles 0, whereby the shaft 0 may be turned slightly and the steering-wheel A correspondingly shifted to change the course of the machine. A brace-rod, 0, extends from the main frame at a point adjacent to the axle aforward to a bearing, 0 which receives the shaft 0 D designates treadle-levers, which are supported or pivotally connected between their ends one with each of crank-pins d upon driving-cranks a. These levers D are shown as supported and fulcrumed at their rear ends by swinging links or rods D'one on each side of the machine-and are at their forward ends provided with foot-pedals d.

I have here represented the rods or links D as connected with clamps (1 These clamps fit upon the two rods which form the fork b.

In addition to the foot-pedals d, which are upon the treadle-levers D, I provide the usual foot-pedals, (P, which are directly upon the crank-pins d.

It is advantageous toemploy the treadlelevers D, supported and operating as herein described, because by their use the rider has a full and powerful downstroke with a comparatively short upstroke in the rear, as shown by dotted line in Fig. 1, which indicates the path traveled by the foot-pedals d. By the use of these foot-treadles the rider is enabled to operate more powerfully for upgrades or in racing-machines, and when the machine is being propelled along level ground or on downgrade the rider may use the pedals d which are directly upon the drivingcranks, and thereby save much foot and leg motion over what would be necessary if he used the pedals d. He would, it is true, operate the machine with less power than when using'the treadle-levers D, but on level ground or downgrades so much power would not be required.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

. The combination, with the driving-wheel and its cranks, having footpedals on the crank-pins, of treadle-levers D, having footpedals at their forward ends and pivotally connected between their ends with the said crank-pins, whereby provision is afforded for using either the crank-pedals or the leverpedals in propelling the machine, substantially as herein described.

' GEORGE JOHN TAYLOR.

\Vitnesses:

M. L. CUMMINGS, M. W. TAYLOR.

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