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(No-Model.) A, J. H. HENDRICK 8v J. P. KELLY.

VELOGIPEDB.

No. 539,899. `999911999 Mw 2,8-, 1895.

Jig-1 dUNrrEE STATES PATENT @mirent SETTS, ASSIGNORS TO THE WAR PANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WICK CYCLE MANUFACTURING COM- VELOCIPEDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No'. 539,899, dated May 28, 189,5.

' Application filed June 6, 1893. Serial No. 476 ,798. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern,.-

Beit known that we, JOEL H. HENDEICK and JAEvIs P. KELLY, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and 'useful Improvements in Velociped'es, of which the following is a specification. f

This invention relates to bicycles, the object being to improve the details of construclion of certain parts thereof all as hereinafter fully described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the bicycle-head, showing a portion of the handle-arms thereof and of the forks having applied thereto improved `means for attaching the brake-lever and the brake-rod to the machine constructed according to our invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe parts illustrated in Fig. l, showing, however, in addi.- tion to what is there illustrated a section of a wheel-tire and the upper end of a mudguard attached near the fork-crown. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating handle-arm clamping devices, to be below described. Fig.

5 is a perspective view of the brake-rod,

sleeve-bolt, or hanger. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the fork-crown. Fig. 7is a longitudinal section of the fork-crown and of portions of the forks and the lower end ot' the head.

The object of this invention is to provide improved attachments for connecting the brake-lever and brake-rod to the handle-bar and to 'the f0rk-crown of the machine, to thev end that the said lever and rod may be rein the said drop-forging. After forging said part the said body, 2, is properly bored through, vertically, to receive the lower end ot' the inner tube, d, of the bicycle head, B, a section of which tube is shown in Fig. '7, and in dotted lines in Fig. 6, said lower end of the tube, d, being suitably brazed, or otherwise rigidly attached to the fork-crown. The said horizontal arms, 3, of the fork-crown are bored longitudinally, as shown in Figs. 2, 6, and 7, to remove the surplus stock from the interior and lighten this portionof the machine, and the opening so produced in said arms, 3, extends transversely. through the end of said tube, d, within the fork-crown, as shown in Fig. 7, thereby providing means on the machine for inserting a carrying-rod through the crown of the fork which'may extend laterally from the machine, in opposite directions, thereby providing convenient means for attaching light articles that it may be desirable to carry thereon. The forks, 5, are brazed or otherwise rigidly connected with the saidfork-stubs, 4, on the fork-crown. The handle-bars, 6, are secured to the upper extremity of said inner tube, d, in the usual way.

A sleeve-bolt, 7, having a sleeve, 8, on its forward end is secured in the fork-crownLA, as shown in Fig. 2, with its axis at right angles to the length of the bolt. The shank of said bolt passes transversely through holes which are shown as formed across saidV forkcrown from the front to the rear side thereof and somewhat below the axis of the arms, 3, of said crown, so as not to interfere with said open passage through said arms and crown. The said sleeve, 8, therefore, occupies a position vertically axial and in advance of the front side of said crown which adapts it to receive the lower end of the brake-rod, 9,.

which has the requisite sliding movement in said sleeve, the usual brake-shoe, l0, being secured to the lower end of said rod in proximity to the rim of the wheel,"12, of the machine. The said brake-rod has no other connection with the head of the machine than that afforded by said 'sleeve-bolt at its lower end,where the greatest strain comes when the brake is applied to the wheel. The upper-ex- IOO tremity of said brake-rod has a pivotal connection, as shown, with the end of the brakelever, K. The said brake-lever is pivotally hung to the handle-bar, 6, by means of a clip, 13, formed of two hinged sections as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, or having interlocking ends, as shown by the parts, 14, 14, Fig. 4:. The two members of said clamp fit tightly around the handle-bar and are prevented from slipping from their adjusted position thereon by a short stud, 15, which enters a perforation in said bar. A bolt, 16, passes through the lower ear lugs of said clamp members, as illustrated in Fig. 3, and through a washer, 17, and through said brake-lever, and constitutes a pivot, on which the latter swings, for operating the brake-rod in the usual way, and a nut, c, on the outside'of said lever retains the lat- 1er in place on said bolt.

The above described means for attaching the brake-lever,'K, to the handle-bar, and for attaching the lower end of the brake-rod to the fork-crown, provide improved means for hanging said brake devices on the machine, whereby the dismounting of said devices from the latter is greatly facilitated, and is accomplished as follows: The nut on the extremity p of the bolt, 7, at the rear side of theforkcrown, is removed and said bolt is withdrawn from the fork-crown without detaching the bolt from the lower end of the brake-rod; and then the nut, v, is removed from the end of the bolt, 16, of the handle-bar-clamp, 13, and the brakelever is then free to come offefrom said bolt and the dismounting of said brake parts is fully accomplished without the disturbance or derangement of any other part of the machine. It is obvious that when said nut, c, is removed frompthe bolt, 16, the latter may be withdrawn from the lower ends of the said clamp members and the entire clamp be then taken off from the handle-bar. Thus the dismounting of said brake-lever,

brake-rod, and brake, from the machine, and its remounting thereon, are greatly facilitated. The said sleevebolt, which is secured to the fork-crown, as above described, has a shank of sufficientlength to provide means whereby the upper end of a mud-guard, tu, for the wheel of the machine may be secured properly on the machine, the rear extremity of said bolt passing through Ithe upper end of said guard and being secured on the shank, 7, thereof by the same nut thereon which secures the bolt to the fork-crown.

What we claim as our invention is- 1. 1n a bicycle, a fork crown having intermediate'between its ends the horizontal transverse hole, a bola-having a sleeve at its forward end which is placed with its axis transverse to the length of the bolt, and screwthreaded at its rear extremity, passed through the perforated crown, receiving on its rear end the confining nut, in combination with the brake-rod guided for its reciprocatory movement through the said sleeve, substantially as described.

2. In a bicycle, the combination with the fork crown having intermediately between its ends the horizontal transverse hole, of a bolt, 7,-having the sleeve, 8, at its forward end, and screw-threaded at is rear extremity,- passed through the perforated crown, the mud-guard having an upper portion thereof set over the rearwardly protruding end of said bolt, a nut for confining said bolt to the crown and for confining said mud-guard upon said protruding end of the bolt-,and the brake-rod playing vertically through the sleeve, substantially as described.

JOEL H. HENDRICK. J ARVIS P. KELLY. Vitnesses:

H. A. CHAPIN, K. I. OLEMoNs.

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