MR T. C. DENNISON'S PATENT.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 832, 2 November 1895, Page 1

MR T. C. DENNISON'S PATENT.

The London correspondent of the Dunedin Star writes ; I hear that Mr T. C. Dennison, of Oamaru, has succeeded in perfecting his patent driving band for cycles, of which I gossiped some time ago, to the satisfaction of himself, Abelspeiss (the rider who tested Mr Dennison's Maori eye'o, and who invents on his own account;, and a syndicate of pi ivate gentlemen, who he'd themselves ready to put up a sum of money providing ceitin ti sts were snlisfac'orily passtd. • One of ihese was ihat a machine driven by msans of the band Bhould be ridden 1200 miles to ( est the wearing qua!iiies<f the New Zealander's inven•ion. Mr Abelspeiss opened the account wi h a run to Margate and back in a day, and the machine was then turned over to another rider for a countiy tour. Finally, h-iving been riddtn somewhat over the requisite distance the machine was returned. The band showed only the .slightest sign of having been used, and tho liders reported vo.y satisfactory of its behaviour. Wet or dry, the bmd showed no sign of slipping even when iidden up stiff gradient such aa ara found on the Margato route, nnd Abelepeiss himself told me th-*t compared to riding with a chain and cogs the band wds •' delightful." He ride 3 about 12,7, so the test was a very fair one. The band, by the way, weighs bub 4oz, aboub one-fifth of the weight of a strong chain v and possesses tremendous strength as compared with the light chains used on the racing machines now in vogue.