US610495A - Bicycle-bell - Google Patents

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No. 6|0,495. Patented Sept. 6, |898i L. NUEL.

BICYCLE BELL.

(Application :filed Oct. 12, 1897.)

(N0 Model.)

N 75 (mmdmmy e UNTTED STATES* PATENT Ormea,

LOUIS NOEL, OF SPRINGFIELD,MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRY BLODGETT, 'OF 'LU'DLOW, MASSACHUSETTS.

Bi oYo La-BELL,

SPECI11`IGA'J.I[O1\ I- forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,495, dated September 6, 1898.

Application tiled October 12, 1897. Serial No. 6511.936.' (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Louis NOEL, a citizeil of the United States, and a resident of Springfield, (Indian 0rchard,) in the co u nty ofA Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have in` peated sounding of the bell. l Y .v

The invention consists of constructions an( Y.

combinations of parts to constitute the improvements, all substantially as will hereinafter appear, and be set forth inthe claims.

The invention is fully and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- .Y

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the forward part or head portion of a bicycle, showing the improved alarm-bell and its actuating devices mounted for operation thereon. Fig. 2 is a plan view and partial horizontal section ot'. the alarm-bell appliances, the front fork-legs of the bicycle, on which the bellis mounted, being also shown in horizontal section.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views.

In the drawings, A represents a yoke or holder of stirrup form, having the clips a a, by which it is secured in, place on theY forklegs b b of the bicycle, said yoke comprising the opposing forwardly and pwardly extended members 10 10, having the approached portions 12 12, which terminate in the upturned lugs 13 13.

B represents a stirrup or Y shaped frame, the same consisting of a single length of flat strip metal having its middle portion doubled on itself, as seen at 14, and having its forward separated extremities 15 15 arranged opposite each other to constitute the swinging support for the duplicate cup-shaped bells O O and the wheel or roller D, which is arranged between them. The said bell-carry- `ing stirrup B is atlG pivotally mounted between the said' lugs Y13 13 ofthe supportingi'rame A, the pivotal coneotionbeing constituted by the screw d, on which the spiral springsffare also connected and supported. These springs have their forward ends 1S engaged with the arms 15 15 of the stirrupframe B, their opposite ends, as seen at 19, being engaged with the yoke-frame A, all whereby said springs exert an elevating and support-in g force against the stirrup B, which carries the bells and the actuating-roller D.

G represents a sleeve or j ournal-shaft,on the middle of which the extended hub g of the roller Dl is mounted for rotation. The bells are of hemispherical or dish form, having the thickened hub or central portions 20, which :set againstthe ends of the said journal-sleeve, andthe screwsh 7i are passed through the stirrup members 15 15, through the bell-hubs, and with a screw engagement into the opposite ends of the said journal-sleeve Gr. The roller, of which the extended hub g is the center, has the median web or iange g2, Withthe edge rim g3, of trough shape, receiving therein the rubber ring g4, the same being secured by cementing. VEach be'll has an inwardly-extending rib or projection i, and the median web g2 of the roller has the laterally-extended spiral springs j,the same being suitably secured to said web, and each carries at its outer end a ball or knob 3'2, which serves as a striker by coming, as the roller D is rotated successively against the bell projection a'. `The springs on which the knobs are iixed permit the knobs to yield, so that the striker may readily pass the bell projection after striking it.

M representsa hand-operated lever mounted to swing on the clip m, which is secured on the handle-bar, and 'n represents the connecting-rod which unites the lever m with the rear arm of the bell and roll carrying stirrup B. This connecting-rod is constructed extensible and contractible by being made in two lengths 22 22, both of which have sliding engagement through the sleeve 23`and which are held as an integral rod by the bindingscrew 24. This extensible connecting-rod, while involving in itself no novelty, is advantageously employed to enable the bell-actuatsis IOO

ing device to be adjusted on bicycles having any height of head or any desired elevation of handle-bar.

It will be Vnoted that the j ournal-sleeve G is slightly longer than the hub g of the rollerD and that the screws h h bind the bell-hubs 20 firmly against the ends of the sleeve and prevent the bells rotating, while the roller is free to rotate relatively to the bells.

By providing two cup-shaped bells at op-l posite sides of the roller, with their projections to be struck in opposition, a full detonation of each bell may be had alternately in quick succession.

As manifest, the swinging of the lever m will impart a rising movement to the connecting-rod n and a downswinging of the roller onto the tire E of the bicycle-wheel, the rolling movement,through the strikersjzjsounding the bell in quick succession so long as the roller is purposely retained in contact against the tire of the wheel.

The present construction of bicycle alarmbell and operating appliances therefor may be mounted adjacent the rear wheel, obviously, as may be preferred by some riders, in lieu of having its location at the front of the bicycle, substantially the same or any equivalent operating means being provided to swing the movable support B into greater proximity to the tire.

I claim- 1. In an alarm-bell for bicycles, the combination with the stirrup-shaped Support B, and means for pivotally supporting it on the bicycle, adjacent the wheel thereof, of the duplicated dish-shaped bells provided with the internal projections t' and having the central internal hubs 20, and the journalshaft, the bells being arranged in opposition with their hubs against the ends of said journal-shaft, and all within the opposite members of the stirrup-support, the screws h h passed through the extremities of said support, through the hub-provided portions l of the bells, and with a screw engagement into the ends'of the journal-shaft, clamping' said bells against said shaft ends, a sleevehub g loosely surrounding said j ournal-shaft and free to rotate thereon provided with the central web or iiange g2 between the edges of the bells and extended diametrically out- Ward beyond the bells, and adapted for rolling bearing on the vehicle-wheel, said webflange carrying the laterally and oppositely extended springs provided at their free ends with the striker balls or knobs, and means for moving the stirrup-support toward and j away from the bicycle-wheel, substantially as described.

2. In an alarm-bell for bicycles, a stirrupsupport B consisting of a strip of iiat metal having its middle portion 14E doubled on itself, and having its extremities 15, 15, spread, a yoke or holder A provided with the clips a ct and comprising the opposing forwardly and upwardly extended members 10 with the approached portions 12, 12, terminating in the upturned lugs 13, 13, between which the return-bent parts 14 of said stirrup-support B are intermediately arranged, the screwbolt d passed through said parts 13, 14, and constituting a pivot for the latter upon the former, the springs ffcontiued by said screwbolt and having their extremities engaging the stirrup for imparting an elevating pressure thereon, the bells or gongs supported immovably between said members 15, 15 and provided with the projections t' the shaft G y endwise held between the bells, and the roller rotatable on the shaft, between the bells, and

u edgewise or diametrically extended therebemy invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 25th day of September, 1897.

\ LOUIS NOEL. Witnesses:

HENRY BLODGETT, WM. S. BELLows.

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