A Clip for Securing Lamps, Bells, and similar Articles Carried on Velocipedes.
Year: 1894

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Clip for Securing Lamps, Bells, and similar Articles Carried on
Velocipedes.
WILLIAM CHIVERS 15 Newton Street Stapleton Road Bristol do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A metal band forming about two thirds of a circle. The ends of the band are
shaped to form sockets; two arms are passed through these sockets, and the lower
ends of said arms are bent inwards towards each other, in such manner as to
complete the circle partly made by the band. The portions of the arms above the
sockets are bent forward and sprung in the direction of each other, and held in
position by a socket in the article to be carried.
Dated this 13th day of November 1894.
WILLIAM CHIVERS.
A Clip for Securing Lamps, Bells, and similar Articles Carried on
Velocipedes.
1, WILLIAM CHIVERS of 15 Newton Street, Stapleton Road Bristol Cycle
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
My invention relates to improvements in brackets for clamping to rods or tubes
of round square or curved sections and is more especially applicable to carry cycle
lamps on that part of cycles called the ball head.
I carry my invention into practice in manner as follows. I use a piece of steel or
other suitable metal or material of any suitable size or shape so as to clip round a
certain proportion of the diameter of the rod or tube it is going to be attached to
The free ends
such rod or tube will be hereinafter referred to as the "ball-head."
of the clip will be formed into loops and through these loops wires of any section
are passed both ends of the said wires projecting beyond the loop but one end
projecting to a considerable greater length than the other end the longer ends of
wire will be hereinafter called the bracket-ends and the shorter ends the clipping
ends.
The bracket ends are bent as regards the loop in a double angle inwards and
outwards and are again bent some distance from the clip upwards or in any other
required direction.
The clipping ends of the wires are bent towards each other and also in such a
manner as to butt on the ball head and act as a fulcrum when the long ends are
drawn towards each other.
In order to more fully explain my invention I annex hereto one sheet of drawings
In the drawings like
which are to be taken and read as part of these presents.
letters apply to like parts.
G is the ball head B is the loop A is the clip C is the butting angle that clips
on the ball head D is the long end E the bent part which the lamp bracket or

page_text: any other equivalent part of an article it is desired to carry is passed through Fis
the short end A. B. is the clip of which A is the part that partially encircles the
ball head G the free ends of the clip are bent into loops B. into the loops B are
inserted wires of any suitable section. C. D. E are the bracket ends at C the
bracket end is bent inwards in such a manner that when the bracket ends C. D. E.
are brought more or less together the parts CC butt against the ball head and
become fulcrums of the bracket ends C. D. E. which are levers and any force used
to draw the bracket ends together tends to tighten the grasp of clip A. B. around
the ball head G.
The ends of the bracket ends may be bent in any desired manner for fitting into
or over the loop or projection of any article it is desired to be held by the clip the
drawing shows them bent in a position suitable for being inserted into the loops of
a cycle lamp.
Fis the clipping end which is formed and acts in precisely the same manner as
regards butting against the ball head as the part C does in the bracket end herein-
before described.
The method of securing the clip to the ball head is as follows. The part A. B.
being made of flexible metal or material by preference I use springy steel upon
being forced against the ball head G springs open and encircle the ball head.
The ends E being brought together as shown by the dotted lines in Figures 2
and 4 pull upon the clip A. B. and by the tension thus induced clamp the clip
securely to the ball head the ends E are maintained in the clamped position as
shown by the dotted lines in Figures 2 & 4 by means of any of the usual and
well known methods of loop or other means of tying or fixing them in a fixed
position.
The action is as follows.
The clip A is placed round the ball bracket the free ends E are brought together
and in doing so the parts C & F butt on the ball head and act as fulcrums to strain
or tighten the clip around the ball head and thus fix it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare what I
claim is,
1. A clipping bracket as hereinbefore described and set forth for the purposes as
hereinbefore named..
Dated this 10th day of &
W. M. LLEWELLIN, C.E.,
15 King Square, Bristol, Agent for Applicant.