車鈴
自行車車鈴是安裝在自行車上的一種可以發出聲音的設備,用於警示行人和其他騎車者。在某些司法管轄區,自行車上必須安裝車鈴[1][2][3][4]。車鈴通常安裝在自行車把手上,騎手通過拇指按下車鈴。
歷史
自行車車鈴是由約翰·理查德·德迪科阿特發明的,[5]自行車車鈴的專利早在1877年就出現了[6]。
參考文獻
- ^ Welcome back, bicycle bell. BBC News. 29 April 2004 [2011-07-03]. (原始內容存檔於2023-07-30).
If you get a brand new bicycle from 1 May, make sure its got a brand new bell. Bells on new bikes were compulsory until 1983, but from this weekend they will once again be mandatory.
- ^ Bicycling in New Jersey Regulations. State of New Jersey Department of Transportation. November 8, 2010 [2011-07-03]. (原始內容存檔於2023-07-30).
39:4-11 Audible Signal. A bicycle must be equipped with a bell or other audible device that can be heard at least 100 feet away, but not a siren or whistle.
- ^ Ontario's Guide to Safe Cycling. Ontario Ministry of Transportation. June 20, 2010 [2011-07-03]. (原始內容存檔於2011-07-06).
HTA 75 (5) - Bell: a bike must have a bell or horn in good working order. Set fine: $85.00
- ^ Cycling Fact Sheet No. 46: Ring your bell to make others aware (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Transportation. [2011-07-03]. (原始內容 (PDF)存檔於2011-04-08).
Pedestrians have right-of-way on the State’s shared path system and the onus is on cyclists to provide a clear warning of their presence, particularly when approaching another path user from behind. For that reason, a person riding a bicycle in WA must have a bell or similar warning device that is in good working order.
- ^ Bicycle Bell - Types, Facts and History of Bike Bells. [2023-07-30]. (原始內容存檔於2018-08-26).
- ^ The Federal Reporter (PDF) 73. West Publishing Co. 1896: 470 [2013-04-21]. (原始內容 (PDF)存檔於May 13, 2010).
The Rockwell patent, No. 471,982, for a bicycle bell, consisting of a combination of a base plate, with a revoluble striker bar, spring-actuated in one direction, a lever operatively connected therewith, and adapted to rotate the striker bar in opposition to the force of the spring, and a gong, held invalid because of anticipation by the English patent, No. 2,425, of June 22, 1877, to Alfred Bennett, for improvements in call bells, door bells, etc. 64 Fed. 859. reversed.
See also US 471982,E.D. Rockwell,「Bell」,發表於March 29, 1892