US576968A

US576968A - Bicycle-saddle

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Publication number: US576968A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1897-02-09
Anticipated expiration: 1914-02-09

Description

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JpzA@ HUNT. BICYCLE SADDLE.

No. 576,968. Patented Pbyg, 18.97.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JONATHAN A. HUNT, OF W'ESTBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.

BICYCLE-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming' part 0f Letters Patent NO. 576,968, dated February 9, 1897'. Application filed September 30, 1895. Serial No. 564,097. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern/.-

Beit known that I, J oNATHAN A. HUNT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Westborough, in the county of IVorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle-Saddles, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to saddles for bicycles, &c., and more particularly to the manner of clamping the spring which supports the seat to the seat and also to the saddle post or support; and the object of my invention is to improve upon the manner of clamping the spring to the seat and to the saddle post or support now ordinarily employed and to provide an improved clamping attachment of A very simple construction and operation and very light in weight and which may be used in connection with a saddle-seat and saddle post or support of any Ordin ary construction. My invention consists in certain novel features of construction of my saddle-springclamp attachment, as will be hereinafterfully described, and the nature thereof indicated by the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of a spring and a saddle-post provided with my improved clamp attachments. The saddle-seat and spring-holders thereon are shown in section. Fig. 2 is a cross-section through the spring on line 2 2, Fig. l, looking in the direction of arrow ct, same figure. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3, Fig. 2,

.looking in the direction of arrow Z9, same figure. Fig. 4 isa section on line 4 4, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of arrow c, same iigure. (The seat is not shown.) Fig. 5 is a crossfsection on line 7 7, Fig. l, looking in the direction of arrow d, same figure. (The seat is not shown.)

In the accompanying drawings, l is a saddle-seat of any ordinary shape and con struction and preferably made of leather and provided with the metal rib or support 2 at its rear end and the cantle or spring-holder 3, attached to said support 2 or made integral therewith, and the spring-holder 4 at the front end of the seat and attachedthereto.

The saddle-spring 5 consists of a single bar, preferably of triangular shape in crossfsection and bent or curved at about its middle point, where it is attached to the upright tubular post 6.

The tubular post 6 is provided with an upper end 6', preferably made separate from the Vtubular part and brazed or secured thereto. The end 6' has an opening 7 extending horizontally through said end. The opening 7 is adapted to receive two movable jaws or

clamps

8 and 9, which extend lengthwise in said opening and are provided with lips or' triangular-shaped bar or spring 5, whichl passes through the opening 7 between the

jaws

8 and 9.

A screw or bolt l0 turns in a threaded hole tapped in one side of the end 6 and bears at its inner end against the outer side of one of the jaws, as 9. When said bolt l0 is turned in, it acts to force said jaw 9 against the top of the opening 7 and against the bar or spring 5 and said bar or spring against the other jaw 8, which in turn is forced against the side of the opening 7. In this way the triangular or three-sided bar or spring 5 is rigidly clamped on all sides between the jaws 8 .and 9 and the upper part of the head 6'. A

The advantages of my improved clamping attachment for saddle springs or supports will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art.

It will be understood that the details of con struction of my clamp attachment may bel Varied, if desired.

-Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with an upright post, having a horizontal opening therein at its upper end, through which the saddle-spring, of noncircular shape in cross-section, extends, of two movable jaws or clamps extending through said opening, and made beveled or cut out to receive said spring, and with lips or flanges at their outer ends which extend over the edges of said opening, and a screw or bolt turning in a threaded hole in one side of the post, and adapted to bear at its inner end against one of the jaws, to clamp the saddlespring between said jaws and the top of the post, substantially as set forth.

J. A. HUNT. Witnesses:

M. J. GALvrN, J. O. DEWEY.

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