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being securely attached to the spring Ii, as before rider, and thus to make his operation of them easier
stated, thus becomes the medium of guiding the ma- than if he had to stretch his legs out in a forward di-
chine, by turning the hind wheels in the one direction rection, as would be the case if the machine were made
or the other. exactly an the plan of the drawing.
A handle, O, at the upper end of rod N, enables I have demonstrated, by a full-sized machine, that
the rider with ease to turn the rod, and with it, the over thirty miles an hour can readily be made by a
machine, at pleasure, and guide it wheresoever he I velocipede in which my improvements are embodied,
pleases, with less fatigue to the rider than is involved in ri -
When the machine is running in a straight direc- ing ten miles an hour on one in which the treadles
tion, the rider may raise himself off the seat, and rest, are placed directly on the crank-wrists.
or lean forward on the handle 0, and in thus chang- Having thus described my invention,
ing his position find great relief. What I claim, and desire to secure by LrV1ers Pat-
A spring-catch, provided with teeth, may be placed ent, is-
in front of the rod N, to take into correapouding teeth 1. The treadle-levers E, when the same are con-
fixed in any suitable manner on said rod, to hold the nected with the cranks a a' by means of thb slots cc',
machine on any given line of travel; but as such an and are provided with adjustable vibrating fulcra F,
arrangement is not new, I have not thought it neces- substantially as herein described, for the purposes set
sary to show it on the drawing. forth.
Just behind the rod N a seat, P, is placed, on the . 2. The combination of a steering or guiding-rod, Nk
side pieces D D', by means of four corner supports, and its pinion g, with a circle, I, when the latter con-
6 7 8 9, which, being thus nearly, if not exactly over nects with pinion g bya cog-periphery, and is secured
the spring K, and more conveniently formed, is far to and rests on a spring, K, that Is fixed on the axle
more comfortable to the order than the seats usually B, in the manner and by the means substantially as
found on velocipedes. herein described and for the purposes set forth.
The drawing is not drawn on any given scale, and 3. The above combination, in combination with a
hence does not represent the proportions, nor the re- rider's seat, P, when all the parts are constructed and
lations of the several parts of the machine to each arranged substantially as herein described, for the
other, as when made for actual use. For example, I purpose set forth.
the hind wheels, in practice, overlap the rear part of D. P. FLINT.
the fore wheel, in a slight degree, instead of there
being a considerable open space between them, as Witnesses:
shown on the drawing, in order to bring the rear ends i. N. JENKIs,
of treadle-levers more nearly under the body of the j uruus R. RHODns.
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Flint, Daniel P. Improvement in Velocipede., patent, June 15, 1869; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165182/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.