Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Foot Rests, Steps, and Lamp and like Brackets for Cycles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 16th June, 1894-Accepted, 21st July, 1894
TRWYDDIONAL MULTICATION.
Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Foot Rests, Steps, and
Lamp and like Brackets for Cycles.
I, WILLIAM BAXTER TURNER, of The Coventry Machinist Company, of
Cheylesmore, Coventry, in the County of Warwick, Manager of Works, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in, and in the manufacture or production
of, attachable and detachable sheet metal foot rests, steps, and lamp and like
brackets for cycles, and has for one of its objects, an improved means of making
the same attachable and detachable, in a simpler and more efficient manner,
whereby the enamel upon the members by which the same are to be supported or
carried is not injured. Another object is the making of the said sheet metal
brackets from two sectional parts, and a further object is the providing of the clip
parts, in the case of foot rests or steps, with protections or defences, so that the
foot of a rider is shielded or prevented from coming into direct contact with the
enamel of the forks or frame of a machine.
In carrying out my invention first in connection with a foot rest, I make the
same up of two sectional parts, viz., a bracket arm member part and a clip
attachment body part, with the former connected to the latter by means as herein-
after described.
Thus the bracket arm member consists of a blank of sheet metal, folded upon
itself about its middle, and forming parallel or other vertically disposed sides,
with the top edges of them serrated or formed into teeth, and with the extreme
terminal ends turned outwards, and at right angles to the said sides, into flanged
ends or ears, of a less depth than the said inner end parts, so that the said
end parts above and below the said ears form abutments, whilst the said ear
parts pass through a central piercing made within the clip attachment -body
part, which has an extended upper part constituting a defence or protection,
against which the shoe of a rider comes, instead of against the enamel upon the
members of a machine.
Now the clip body part is made up from a blank of sheet metal, folded band wise
into an elliptical shaped clip, having flanged or eared extensions directed outwardly
from the terminal ends and from the back of the said clip, and through which
flanged parts, piercings are made, and a screw pin or bolt passed therethrough, for
the drawing-together of the spring sides of the said clip.
In putting together the component parts of the foot rest, first close or bring
together the inner ends of the sides of the bracket arm member, when the said
ends take the figure of a letter T, but with the flanged parts being curved to
the inside radius of the clip attachment body part, so that on passing the said
inner end through the piercing, which is of a like depth as the T end, and then
releasing the said inner end, the same opens out, and the flanged parts come behind
the solid parts at the opposite edges of the piercing, and with the top and bottom
shoulder parts as aforesaid coming and abutting against the face of the solid
metal of the clip attachment, above and below the said middle piercing, bence
the rigid holding of the one part to the other part, then by closing the spring
sides of the clip body part, and the screwing up of the pin, nut or equivalent, the
said clip body part is drawn around the branch of a fork or the framing member
of a machine, and the attached bracket member part is prevented from being
displaced from its assigned position.
Instead of employing teeth upon the top edges of the vertical sides, I may

page_text: employ a rubber tread, preferably of a T section, and with the web or flange
taking and fitting between the space coming between the sides, and if necessary
the said tread may be affixed by expansion, cross-pinning or by other means.
The head of the rubber tread is preferably a little broader than the breadth
of the arm of the bracket, so as to slightly overhang the edges of the same, so that
the foot of the rider has a relatively extended bearing to come upon.
In a further form of my invention, I connect the bracket arm member to the
clip attachment or spring band body part by passing cars or extensions of the
first named part through like-sized slits or piercings in the front of the clip
attachment or body part, and then clenching or turning back the said ears upon
the inner side of the said body part, hence the rigid connection of the one part to
the other part.
It will be understood that the metal above, below and between the ear parts or
extensions form abutments or rests for the inner ends of the sides of the said
bracket arm members to bear against.
This said body part is provided with a defence or protection to shield the
enamelled parts of a machine from injury.
In carrying out a further form of my invention, I form the bracket arm
member of or from a piece of tubing, either closed or open jointed, and with
the inner end of same formed with a stop collar, and the extreme end of the same
passed through a hole or piercing in the middle of the front of the clip attach-
ment, which said extreme end is then turned outwards into a flange, which comes
upon the inside back of the clip, thereby securely holding the said bracket arm
member part to the clip attachment or spring band body part, which is closed and
affixed around the part framing of a machine by a screw pin, bolt or other
drawing-to expedient.
Slipped upon the tube constituting the bracket arm member is a rubber tread
(preferably of a square cross section; which is prevented from coming off by turning
up the outer end of the tube flangewise at the back of a metal washer slipped
thereon.
I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the said means of fixing
the tube constituting the bracket arm to the clip part, as the said inner end may be
gapped or formed with ears, which are passed through like shaped piercings in the
clip and then clenched, turned-over or rivetted on the inner side.
The application of my invention to steps differs in no essential respect from its
application to a foot-rest as described, whilst its application to a lamp or like
bracket differs in no essential respect other than that the bracket arm member is
extended and bent upwardly at its outer end into a carrier or support upon which
the socket or other part of a lamp is slipped and secured.
Dated this 23rd day of September 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Foot Rests, Steps, and
Lamp and like Brackets for Cycles.
1, WILLIAM BAXTER TURNER, of The Coventry Machinist Company, of
Cheylesmore, Coventry, in the County of Warwick, Manager of Works, 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 —
This invention relates to improvements in, and in the manufacture or production
of, attachable and detachable sheet metal foot rests, steps, and lamp and like

page_text: brackets for cycles, and has for its objects, first a simple and efficient attachable
and detachable foot-rest, step or bracket or the surface of the same attached and
my said invention consists first in making the said foot rests or brackets from two
component parts, and secondly, in providing one of the said two parts, viz., the clip
part with a defence in the form of a shield, whereby the foot of a rider is
prevented from coming into direct contact with the enamel of the forks or frame of
a machine.
In carrying out my invention first in connection with a foot rest, I make the
same up of two sectional parts, wiz. a bracket arm member part and a clip
attachment body part, with the former connected to the latter by means a
hereinafter described.
Thus the bracket arm member consists of a blank of sheet metal, folded upon
itself about its middle, and forming parallel or other vertically disposed sides, with
the top edges of them serrated or provided with a rubber tread, and with the
extreme terminal ends turned outwards, and at right angles to the said sides, into
Hanged ends or ears, of a less depth than the said inner end parts, so that the said
end parts above and below the cars, form abutments, whilst the said ear parts pass
through a central piercing made within the clip attachment body, which has an
extended upper part constituting a defence, shield or protection, against which the
shoe of a rider comes, instead of against the enamel upon the members of a
machine.
The clip body part is made up from a middle pierced blank of sheet metal,
folded bandwise into an elliptical shaped clip, having flanged or eared extensions
directed outwardly from the terminal ends at the back thereof, and through which
Hanged parts, piercings are made, and a screw pin or bolt passed therethrough, for
the drawing-together of the spring sides of the clip.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in side elevation, a detachable
and two-part foot, rest, constructed according to my invention, and fitted to the fork
member of a machine.
Figure 2 represents a horizontal section of the same upon the dotted lines -
Figure 1.
Figure 3 represents an elevation of the component parts separated.
Figure 4 represents a horizontal section of the said separated parts Figure 3.
Figure 5 represents a like view as Figure 4, but with the fore parts of the sides
of the bracket arm member brought together, and into a position suitable for passing
through the piercing in the front of the clip member, for connecting one part to
the other.
Figure 6 represents a transverse section of the said bracket, upon the dotted
line A Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.
Figure 7 is a front elevation of the clip part separately, whilst
Figure 8 is a front elevation of the bracket arm part separately.
In Figures 1 to 7, a is a bracket arm member, and is the clip body part. The
former consists of connected-together vertical sides a', made from a fashioned blank
cut out of a strip of sheet metal, and folded nearly upon itself, and with the free
and terminal ends a², formed into turned-out flanges or ears a³, having shoulders or
stops a', at their underside edges, and with the said ends having bearing shoulders a³,
at their junctions with the rest stops a*.
The body part 1, which is cut out from sheet metal and subsequently fashioned
into shape, consists essentially of an elliptical-shaped clip, with the back formed
with rear terminations, through piercings in which a bolt c, passes, whilst the
front part has a rectangular shaped piercing 2, with the lower edge furnished with
breadth locking gaps b³, wherein the lower portious of the shanks a, of the free
ends a², at the back of the flanges a³, and adjacent to the shoulders a', and rests a³,
of the bracket part, take, and thereby lock the bracket arm members a', in fixed
positions, whilst the other parts of the shanks a, take through the piercing 62, and
the flanges a, lie within pockets or forward sinkings, formed within the metal at
the opposite sides of the piercing 6².

page_text: Made in one piece with the clip, and coming above the plane of the foot rest, is a
defence or shield e, which protects the enamel or surface of the framing member to
which the foot rest is applied from injury.
In putting together the component parts of the foot rest, first close or bring
together the inner ends a² of the sides a', of the bracket arm member, when the said
ends take the figure of a letter T, but with the flanged parts a³, being curved to the
inside radius of the pockets 6, in the clip attachment body part, so that on passing
the said inner ends through the piercing, which is of a like depth as the Tend,
and then releasing the same they open out and the flanged ends a, come behind the
metal at the opposite edges of the piercing 2, and the parts assume the positions
represented in Figures 1, 2 and 6.
Then by closing the spring sides of the clip body part and screwing up the pin,
but or equivalent, the said clip body part is drawn around the branch of a fork or
the framing member of a machine, and the attached bracket member part is
- prevented from being displaced from its assigned position by the frictional contact
of the parts.
Instead of employing teeth upon the top edges of the vertical sides, I may
employ a rubber tread, preferably of a T section, and with the web or flange
taking or fitting between the space coming between the sides, and if necessary the
said tread may be affixed by clipping, cross-pinning indentation or by other means.
The head of the rubber tread is preferably a little broader than the breadth
of the arm of the bracket, so as to slightly overhang the edges of the same, so that
the foot of the rider has a relatively extended bearing to come upon.
Figure 9 represents partly in section and partly in elevation, an attachable and
detachable two-part lamp-carrying bracket constructed according to my invention.
Figure 10 represents a front elevation of the same.
Figure 11 is a section upon the dotted lines - Figure 9.
a is the bracket arm member and is the spring-sided clip, a is an upright arm,
consisting of a plate of sheet metal, corrugated lengthwise to impart thickness and
lateral strength to the same.
In a further form of my invention, I connect the bracket arm member to the clip
attachment or spring band body part by passing ears or extensions of the first
named part through like-sized slits or piercings in the front of the clip attach-
ment or body part, and then clenching or turning back the said ears upon the
inner side of the said body, hence the rigid connection of the one part to the other.
It will be understood that the metal above, below and between the ear parts or
extensions form abutments or rests for the inner ends of the sides of the said
bracket arm members to bear against.
This said body part may be provided with a defence or protection to shield the
enamelled parts of a machine from injury.
Figure 12 represents a horizontal section of such a foot rest as last described
whilst
Figure 13 represents side and front elevations of the parts separately.
a is the bracket arın member and b is the spring sided and clip body part. The
terminal ends of the metal of the former have ears or extensions a³, and rest
shoulders or stops a, a, which ears take through like shaped piercings, in the
clip, and are clenched or rivetted at the back thereof.
In carrying out a further form of my invention, I form the bracket arm member
of or from a piece of tubing, either closed or open jointed, and with the inner end
of same formed with a stop collar, and the extreme end passed through a hole or
piercing in the middle of the front of the clip attachment, which said extreme end
is then clenched or turned outwards into a flange, which comes upon the inside
back of the clip, thereby securely holding the said bracket arm member part to
the clip attachment or spring band body part, which is closed and affixed around
the part framing of a machine by a screw pin, bolt or other drawing-to expedient.
Slipped upon the tube constituting the bracket arm member is a rubber tread,
(preferably of a square cross section) which is prevented from coming off by

page_text: turning up the outer end of the tube flangewise at the back of a metal washer
slipped thereon.
Figure 14 represents a vertical section of a foot-rest constructed according to this
last described form of my invention.
Figure 15 represents a front elevation of the clip part, and a part section and
part elevation of the arm part separated, whilst
Figure 16 is a cross section of the arm part upon the dotted lines -
Figure 15.
Figure 17 represents an end elevation of the connection part of the arm.
a is the tubular bracket arm, and the clip body part. The former consists of a
length of tubing a', with an outer flanged end a², and a threaded washer a³, and
carries a rubber tread at, which may be square, angular or of any other cross.
section.
The other and inner end has ears or extensions a³, which take through like-
shaped piercings 2, cut out of the middle of the front of the clip, and are clenched
upon the inner side thereof.
The application of my invention to steps differs in no essential respect from its
application to a foot-rest as described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
First. In foot-rests and steps for cycles, making the same of two component and
attachable and detachable parts, united together by flanges or ears upon the ends,
or free ends, of the one part passing through a gap or gaps, and engaging at the
back of the metal at the sides of the said gap or gaps, of the other part, and which
parts are secured together, and to a machine, by the way substantially as described
and set forth in Figures 1 to 8.
Secondly. The improvements in the construction, arrangement and combination
of the parts of foot-rests, steps and lamp-brackets for cycles, substantially as
described and set forth in Figures 1 to 11.
Thirdly. The improvements in the construction, arrangement and combination
of the parts of foot-rests, steps and lamp-brackets for cycles, and in the means of
permanently affixing the said parts together, substantially as described and set
forth in Figures 12 and 13.
Fourthly. The improvements in foot rests and steps, and in the affixing of the
same to their body clips, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 14
to 17.
Fifthly. In foot rests and steps for cycles, fitting the same, or the body clips of
the same, with defences in the form of shields standing above the plane of the clips,
substantially as and for the purpose as described and set forth.
Dated this 15th day of June 1894.
WILLIAM BAXTER TURNER,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.