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Spring-loaded lock

Patent drawing sheet showing multiple side views and cross-sections of a two-part telescoping bicycle crank with pedal, pin, spring, and locking recess details labeled with numbered reference lines.

EXTENSION-CRANK.Theodore F. Bourne · August 14, 1894

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