US595569A

US595569A - William c

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Publication number: US595569A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1897-12-14
Anticipated expiration: 1914-12-14

Description

(No Model.)

W. G. HUMAN. GYGLOMETBR.

-Paented Deo. 14,1897.

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INVENTOR:

` ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM C. I-IOMAN, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE EDIVARD MILLER 7e COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CYCLOMETER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,569, dated December 14, 1897.

Application fled September 8,1897. Serial No. 650,945. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM O. HoMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Meriden, county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cyclometers, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

My invention relates to improvements in cyclometers.

The main objects of my invention are to provide a simple, inexpensive, and effective means for adjusting the position of the cyclometer so that the star-wheel thereof will cooperate with the striker in the most effective manner.

My invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a rear view of the portion of a bicycle, illustrating the operative positions of the cyclometer and striker. Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are like views of the cyclometer-bracket, each illustrative of different positions, whereby the lateral adjustment of the cyclometer is effected. Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the cyclometer and bracket shown in Fig. 1. Fig. '7 is aside elevation of one of the details.

A. is the hub of the front wheel of a bicycle. Bis a shaft projecting through said hub.

C is the lower end of the front fork, the same being secured to the wheel in the usual manner.

D is a screw-threaded nut working on the shaft B.

E is the supporting member of the cyclometer-bracket, one end of which may be held between the front fork C and the inner surface of the nut D. The upper end of the supporting member E is bifurcated to form arms E E2. One of these arms E2 is offset at a greater distance from the main supporting member E than the other for the purpose hereinafter described.

F is a carrier of substantially tubular form projecting from one side of the casing G of the cyclometer. This carrier F is by preference internally screw-threaded and is provided with a slot about midway in its length. The space between the arms E E2 is substantially the same as the distance between the slot in the carrier F and the end of said car rier, so that the said arms E E2 may embrace that part of the carrier on the other side of said slot, as shown in Figs. 1 to 5.

Il is a set-screw- When the parts are assembled as shown in Figs. l to 5, the screw may be inserted and the arm of the carrier ad-` jacent the inner surface of the screw-head brought into close engagement with the car`= rier to prevent accidental displacement.

I is a star-wheel connected to a suitable train of registering mechanism within the cyclometer-casing.

J is a striker carried by the spoke M of the wheel and adapted to impinge against one tooth of the star-wheel I at each forward revolution of the wheel, and thus intermittently advance the train of registering mechanism.

As the distance between the fork and the spokes of a bicycle-wheel varies in different makes of wheels, it is desirable to providean effective means whereby the cyclometer may be laterally moved into the path of travel of the striker. The position indicated in Fig. 2 shows the cyclometer adapted to present its star-wheel in the path of travel of a striker carried by a wheel-spoke which runs close to the front-fork blade of the bicycle. Fig. 3 shows the bracket reversed, so as to move the cyclometer to a slight degree inwardly. Fig. 4t shows another position by which the eyclometer is moved inwardly still farther, while Fig. 5 shows its extreme inward position.

It is manifest that more than one slot may be provided in the carrier andthe bifurcated end of the bracket and arranged accordingly.

rlhe distance between the axial center of the cyclometer-casing G and the shaft B may be varied by loosening the setscrew H and swinging the cyclometenbody in the arc inA dicated in Fig. 5 by dotted lines.

l. A cyclometenbracket comprising a bi furcated supporting member., one of its forked arms being offset at a greater distance than the other arm.

2. A supportin means for a barrel-cyclometer, comprising, a carrier projecting from one side of the barrel-body, a slot in said car- IOO rieranda bifureated supporting-arm embraecarrier to one side of said slot, one of said ing` that part of Jche carrier to one side of said forked mns being,` offset farther than the ro Slot. A other, and a set-screw.

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