US476479A

US476479A - Saddle for velocipedes

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Publication number: US476479A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-06-07
Anticipated expiration: 1909-06-07

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(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1. W. D. McGOY. SADDLE FOR VELOGIPEDES.

No, 476,479. Patented June 7, 1892.

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\VILLIAM D. MCCOY, OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

SADDLE FOR VELOCIPEDES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,479, dated June 7, 1892.

Application filed October 1891. Serial No. 407,683. (No model.)

as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a saddle free from objectionable rigidity at all points on the seating-surface, while it will at the same time afford a firm and steady support for the rider.

A further object is to secure a tension in the flexible seat independent of the support-v ing-spring, whereby the elasticity of the said supporting-spring will not affect the said tension, to prevent the sliding of the rideron his seat when the vehicle receives a momentary check, to convert the saddle from a swinging seat to one that does not swing, and to secure other advantages and results, some of which will be more fully referred to in connection with the descriptions of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved saddle and in the arrangements and combinations of parts, substantially as will be l1ereinafter set forth, and finally be embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved saddle. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same, taken on line (a. Fig. 3 is a detail side View of a certain sliding bearing for the spring upon which the flexible saddle is suspended, and Fig. 4. is a section of the same on line y. Fig. 5 is an inverted plan of the saddle. Fig. 6 is a rear elevation without the seat-support. Fig. 7 is an inverted plan showing. a modification in construction, and Fig. 8 is a detail side View of a portion of the same.

In said drawings, a indicates a vertical bar connecting with the frame of the vehicle and which serves as the foundation or base of the spring-support, and 1) indicates a horizontal portion, which in the ordinary vehicles has been integral with the vertical bar a, but in the present case is hinged or pivoted to said vertical bar, as at c. The horizontal portion 1) has thus a pivotal movement, and the vibrations-such, for example, as are caused by riding over ordinary paving-stovesare deadened before being transmitted to the main center spring.

The parts a and b are each provided with lateral projections d and e for a spring f, which last controls or governs the vertical play of the portion 7) and holds the same normally in a horizontal position.

The bearings dand e preferably consist of independent castings or pieces from the portions a and b of the l'-rod, the said portions a and I) being tubular sections and the said bearing-pieces being set in said tubes and held therein by brazing, rivets, bolts, or other mechanical means.

The spring f takes the weight of the rider, admits of limited vibration, and renders the riding more smooth and easy, as will be understood.

It will be noted that I have shown two methods of interposing the springf between the bearings d 6; but I am aware that other constructions varying from those shown may be employed without departing from this invention.

Upon the barb is secured an adjustable seat g, held by a set-screw h or other suitable means, the upper surface of said seat being grooved or recessed to receive the main supporting-spring 2', in which said spring is held by suitable clampsj. The main spring G01} sists of a heavy wire or rod doubled at or near the cantle of the saddle, forming what we may term lobes or divisions, which lie on opposite sides of the longer axial center of the saddle, as will be understood upon examination of Fig. 5. Each of said lobes is given the form of a loop of oblong shape, as shown in Fig. 1, which loop rests on the seat, as described. In forming the loops the wire rod, after having been bent to form the lobes, extends forward and downward, as at 7e, and is then turned backward to provide the hearing Z, at which said spring rests upon the seat. The said portion Z is laterally bent, as at m, to prevent any conflict or engagement with part It when pressure is brought to bear. Each division of the wire is then bent, as at n, upward and forward to means for connecting the extremities with the distending-bart. Said wire may here have a rigid relation to said distending-bar; but I prefer to allow a little play of parts.

The means preferred for connecting the extremities of the main spring to or with the distending-bar are shown more clearly in Figs. 1, 3, 4, and 5, and consist in a perforated block or piece 0, through the center of which the distending-bar passes, and at opposite sides of said distending-bar the extremities of the spring find bearings. As before indicated,I prefer to allow a little play of said extremities in said block, and to this end I form the perforations p p, as indicated in Fig. 4, so that when the portions q of the spring change their angle under pressure there will be little, if any, binding of parts, such as will cause an interference with an easy sliding of the bearing-block on the dis tending-bar. A shoulder r in the spring serves to limit motion in one direction and the extremities are upset, as at s, to prevent detachment. To secure the swinging efiect, the bearing-block 0 slides on the distcndingbar. To prevent such swinging, a set-screw (1' may be employed. At the front and rear which is provided with a socket, and the latter is provided with bearings for a bracket to, which extends downward a short distance and at its lower extremity provides bearings for the distending-bar, said bracket being provided, preferably, with an angular perforation and set-screw.

The distending-bar if is preferably formed of a square rod, although it may have any other shape adapted to prevent turning. It is also preferably of steel brought to a spring temper, thus affording a yielding of the seat under the weight of the rider and relieves the said seat of excessive rigidity of tension. By making the rod angular or other than round, or by using two rods, I am enabled to maintain a substantiallyhorizontal action without lateral or pivotal play, and thus insuring a positive longitudinal action of the part 0 and maintaining a correct relation of the pommel with the cantle.

hen the set-screw cl in the" bearing 0 is not in contact with the rod 15, the lobe-arms q are free to push the bearing forward along the rod 25 and to compress the spring f. The sliding action of the hearing will take place whether the construction of the opposite arm is and its connection with the cantle-plate be of the compound joint shown in Fig. 1 or of the simple hinge construction shown in Fig. 7; but to secure a backward-and-forward movement throughout the whole seat, as a distended body independent of the springs, I have provided the double or compound hinge connection consisting of a link 0 and a swinging rear support d the said link joining the said spring at the union of the portions or arms is to the lower end of the said swinging support, and the said support extending upward from the said link to bearings provided between the bracket a and cantle-plate. The said swinging support is bent to secure a limited though sufficient spring action therein. To control the swinging of the seat, as described, and to cushion the vibrations, as will be understood,I have interposed the bearingblock 0, to which the extremities q are secured between the springs f g, the said springs being adj ustably held in place and in proper relation to the sliding bearing-block by collars h i. By these devices and operations the rider is relieved of the unpleasant sliding on the seat heretofore referred to when encountering obstacles and inequalities in and of the roadway.

The distending-bar at its forward end is bent upward and forward to enter the socket of the horn or pommel-plate, and at its rear end it passes through the perforation in the bracket, where it is held by the set-screw b to give the desired tension to the flexible saddle-seat. The forward end of the bar 25 is turned, as shown, or it maybe spirally turned to secure a limited but sufficient spring action. Thus the main supporting-spring at its opposite upturned extremities is connected with supplemental springs, which tend to further reduce unpleasant vibration and conduce to the ease and comfort of the rider.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- 1. The combination, in a saddle, of a seat e and means for tensioning the same, and a spring 1' for supporting the same, said spring being connected at one end to said seat by a slide-bearing independent of said tensioning means and the other end of said spring having a hinged relation to said seat, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a saddle, of a rigidor tensioned seat for the rider and a spring having forward and rearward projections, one of which is hinged to said seat and the other having a sliding relation to said seat, free to slide without affecting the tension of the seat, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a flexible saddleseat and a distending-bar, of a spring providing a support for the seat, the said spring at one of its ends or pair of ends having a sliding relation to said bar, substantially as set forth and shown.

4. In combination, the flexible saddle-distending bar, supporting-spring 'i, and sliding bearlng 0, all said parts being arranged and adapted to operate substantially as set forth.

5. In combination with the bars a b and adjustable spring-seat g, a supporting-spring 2 having oppositely-extending arms or parts 7.: and q, and a saddle-seat having an independ- IIO ent distending-bar supporting said seat and supported at one end by said arms or parts q, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. In combination with a saddle,a supporting-bar CL and horizontal bar I), hinged thereto, and a spring f to cushion the vibrations, substantially as described.

7. In combination with a saddle, a support a, having abearing (Lahorizontal bar having a bearing 6, and a spring f, interposed between said bearings and cushioning the vibrations of said horizontal bar, substantially as set forth.

8. In combination with a saddle, a hinged support comprising the hollow or tubular bars a b and inserted bearing-pieces d e and spring f, arranged and combined substantially as set forth.

9. In combination with the seat g, a spring 1', bent in the form of a loop, with upwardly and oppositely projecting arms, supplemental springs attached to said arms and supporting the saddle-seat e, and said seat, all arranged and combined substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

10. In combination with the seat 9, a central main spring clamped thereon and having arms 7.: and q, extending toward the cantle and pommel, respectively, and supplemental springs secured to said arms and supporting said cantle and pommel, substantially as set forth.

1 1. The combination, with a seat e and a distending-bar for giving tension to the same, of a supporting-spring having arms is and q, one of which is connected with the cantle and the other with the distending-bar, and said seat 6' having said cant-1e, substantially as set forth.

12. In combination with the supportingspring with upturned arms or extremities, a saddle movable backward and forward independent of said spring, and springs for cushioning the backward and forward vibrations, substantially as set forth.

13. In combination with the seat g, spring 2', link 6, and swinging support (1, a seat 6, having cantle and pom mel plates and bracket, a distending-bar t, and bearing-block 0, all arranged and adapted to operate substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

1%. In combination with the seat g, spring 2', link 0, and swinging support 6 a seat 8', having cantle and pommel plates and a depending bearing a, a distending-bar t, secured in said bearing, and a sliding bearing 0, arranged on said distending-bar and receiving the spring 2, all said parts being arranged and adapted to operate substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

15. The combination, with the flexible sad-, dle-seat and distending-bar, of a supportingspring centrally located under the seat and having an independent relation to said bar in the matter of tension on the seat, so that when the tension is applied by means of the bar the said spring is in no way affected thereby, for the purpose set forth.

16. The combination, with a seat e and a distending-bar for giving tension to the same, of a supporting-frame centrally arranged under the said seat and having arms 7s and (1 provided to admit of a downward movement, a slide 0, adapted to admit of said movement of said arms, and a spring f, limiting the move ment of said arms, substantially as and for the purpose described.

17. The combination, with a flexible sad'dlcseat, of a tension-rod, and a bearing 0, and a spring 11, having a hinge connection with one of the terminals of the said seat and extending therefrom to the opposite extremity of the seat and engaging the bearing 0, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

18. The combination, with a flexible saddleseat, of a tension-rod provided with a sliding bearing, and a spring 1', having a'hinge connection at one extremity of the seat and thence extending to the other extremity of said seat and engaging said slide-bearing, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 3d day of October, 1801.

IVM. D. MCCOY.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, D. H. MCCOY.