US833314A - Cycle. - Google Patents

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PATENTED OCT. 16, 1906.

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CYCLE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20. 1905.

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EDWARD FOTHERGILL, OF FOLEY, MINNESOTA.

CYCLE.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 16, 1906.

Appcation med November 20,1905. Serial No. 288,156.V

Be it known that I, EDWARD FOTHERGILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Foley station, in the county of Benton and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Cycles; and I do declare the following vto .be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to Which it appertains to make andV use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of lreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

y invention relates to improvements in quadrucycles or cycles of the class having four wheels and the objects are to provide a four-wheeled cycle of such construction that the rider may be able to apply his power to better advantage and with more force than on the ordinary cycles heretofore used and to make such cycle handy for the rider to steer and brake by his hands while propelling it with his feet. These and other objects I attain by the novel construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the `accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top or plan view of my quadrucycle, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with some parts broken away and the position of the operator indicated in dotted lines.

Referring to the drawings by referencenumerals, 1 represents front or steering wheels revolving on the axle 2, while 3 represents the driving-wheels revolving on the ends of the rear axle 4 and having long tubular hubs or sleeves 5, at the inner ends of which are fixed pinions 6, driven by gearwheels 7, fixed on two independent crankshafts 8, j ournaled in the hounds 9 10, which are secured upon the two axles and, together with the cross-bars 11, 11a, and 12, form the frame of the cycle. Each crank 8 is operated by a pitman 13 and short rocker-arms 14 of a rock-shaft 15, journaled upon the front bar or board 11 and having a long rocker-arm 16, serving as a powerful operating-lever, and is provided near its end with a pivotally-mounted foot-plate 17 for the operators footsaid plate having a strap 18 adjustable over the shoe by either a lace 19 or a buckle 20, as may be preferred, so that the foot may actuate the pedal both upward and downward.

.The operators seat 21 is mounted on springs 22, secured upon the ends of two uprights 23, fixed in spring-bars 24, which have their front ends secured at 25 to the under side of the hounds 10, to which they are supported by vertically-adjustable straps 26, so that the seat may be raised and lowered to suit the length of the operators legs, and at the same time the bars 24 help to make the seat comfortable and may even make the springs 22 superfluous.

The front wheels aresteered by the handlever 27, connected by a rod 28 and lug 29 to the front axle, which swings horizontally on the king-bolt 30, by which it is pivoted to the bolster or cross-bar 1 la. Said lever 27 is pivoted at 31 to a toothed sector 32, secured upon the platform or board 12. In Fig. 2 is shown that the lever has a finger-lever 27a, operating a latching-slide 27", engaging the sector to hold the lever 27 in such position as it may be desired to have it for some time. The hind wheels are braked by the brakeshoes -33, secured on the levers 34 34a, pivoted at 35 to the inner hounds 10 and supported to swing horizontally in guides 36, fixed on the outer hounds 9. p Upon the platform `12 is fixed another toothed sector 37, to which is pivoted at 38 a hand-lever 39, whose finger-lever 39a operates a latch 39h, interlocking with the sector when so desired. The lower end of said lever 39 is pivotally connected by a rod 40 to the brake-lever or beam 34a, and from a point above the fulcrum 38 extends another rod 41, which connects with the end 42 of a two-armed lever 43, pivotally mounted on the king-bolt 30 below the front axle and having its other end connected by a rod 44 to the brake-lever 34, so that the hand-lever operates the two brake-shoes simultaneously in the same direction, and in going down an incline or in keeping the brakes clear of the wheels it is only necessary to drop the latch-bolt 39b into the sector.

In Fig. 2 is shown how braces 45 may be used to brace the lever- arms 14 and 16 together; but these may be dispensed with when the rock-shafts and their arms are made integral or otherwise firm. The pitmen 13 are adjustable both vertically and horizontally on the arms 14, as indicated by the holes 46 and pins 47.

From the above description it will be understood that the pins 47 and holes 46 enable IOO IOS

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the operator to easily regulate the machine both as to the stroke of his feet and the force he may thereby transmit to the hind wheels and that such force is on its way to the wheels properly reduced, while the speed is` used until repair can be had.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A quadrucycle comprising 'a front and rear axle and four wheels revolving one on each end of the axles, a frame mounted on the axles and a seat for the rider at the re'ar end of the frame, a pair of rock-shafts journaled upon the front end of the frame and having each a long and a short rocker-arm; the long arms serving as pedals for the rider, the short arms having each a pitman extending to the rear part of the frame, two independent crank-shafts journaled in the frame and operated one by each of the pitmen, a

gear-wheel fixed on each crank-shaft, a pinion fixed to the .hub of each hind Wheel and meshing with said gear-wheels.

2. A quadrucycle comprising a front and rear axle and four wheels revolving one on each end of the axles, a frame mounted on the axles and a seat for the rider at the rear end of the frame, a pair of rock-shafts journaled upon the front end of the frame and having each a long and a short rocker-arm; the long arms serving as pedals for the rider7 the short arms having each a pitman extending to the rear part of the frame, two independent crank-shafts journaled in the frame and operated one by each of the pitmen, a gear-wheel fixed' on each crank-shaft, a pinion fixed to the hub of each hind wheel and meshing with said gear-wheels, said pedals having pivotally-mounted foot-plates with adjustable straps to go over each foot of the operator, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD FOTHERGILL.

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