An Improved Swivelled Flexible Clip for Attaching Mudguards, Dressguards, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Aug., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 26th May, 1899-Accepted, 1st July, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Swivelled Flexible Clip for Attaching Mudguards,
Dressguards, and the like.
We, OTTO RUDOLF OPPERMANN, of "The Ferns," Oakleigh Road, Whetstone,
in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, and ERIC LEONARD BROWN, of Beverley
House, 139, Friern Barnet Road, New Southgate, in the County of Middlesex,
Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our new or improved swivelled clip attachment is designed for the purpose of
facilitating the attaching or removal of mudgurds, dressguards, and the like to
and from cycles and other velocipedes. The clips are made of pieces of flexible
material preferably steel, of suitable width, and of the requisite resiliency to re-
gain their original shape after having been opened in being attached to the bars
stays, or forks of the cycle or velocipede, they are made the same shape as the
sections of these bars, stays or forks which they have to follow in every bend. One
or both ends of the open part of the clip are slightly bent outwards to facilitate
the clipping on. One or both sides or arms of the clip are attached by means
of a rivet to the stays or bridges commonly used with mudguards or directly to
the mudguard itself, such rivet allowing the clip to turn or swivel on the said
stays or bridges, and thereby adopting the best position for gripping the frame of
the cycle firmly, and keeping the guard in position. In cases when dressguards
are required the clips are attached in a similar manner, the rivet passing through
the stay of the mudguard, and the ordinary quadrant used in conjunction with
such dressguards, so that when necessary to remove the mudguard, the dressguard
is withdrawn intact.
All that is necessary to attach the mudguard, or the dressguard and mudguard
combined, to the machine, is to place the guard into position, then by a slight
pressure, that portion of the framework coming in contact with the clips, is forced
into the clips, the clips thereby retaining the guards in the desired position.
Dated this 30th day of August 1898.
An Improved Swivelled Flexible Clip for Attaching Mudguards,
Dressguards, and the like.
We, OTTO RUDOLF OPPERMANN, of The Ferns, Oakleigh Road, Whetstone,
in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, and ERIC LEONARD BROWN, of Beverley
House, Friern Barnet Road, New Southgate, in the County of Middlesex. Clerk.
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
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page_text: be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement;-
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Our improved swivelled flexible clip is designed for the purpose of facilitating
the attaching or removal of mud-guards dress-guards and the like to and from
cycles and other velocipeds or to or from such other machinery requiring a re-
movable guard.
The clips are made of pieces of flexible metal, preferably steel of suitable width
and shape and of the requisite resiliency to regain their normal position after
having been extended through coming into engagement with the bars stays or
forks of the cycle or velocipede or to that portion of other machinery suitable for
receiving a removable guard.
They are made of the same shape as the section of the bars stays or forks of
the cycle which they follow in every bend one or both sides of the open part of the
clip are slightly curved outwards to facilitate the clipping on, one or both sides
of the arms of the clip are attached by means of a rivet to the end of the stays
or bridges commonly used with mud-guards,, the end of such stay being suitably
shaped for this purpose, or when necessary direct to the mud guard, such rivet
allowing the clip to turn or swivel on the stays bridges or mudguard or on that
portion of other machinery suitable for receiving such clips, thereby adopting
the best position for gripping that portion of the framework of the cycle to which
they enter into engagement and retaining the guard firmly in position.
In cases when the mud and dress guard combined is required the clips are
attached in a similar manner, the rivet passing through the clip and the ordinary
quadrant usually used in conjunction with such dress guards and thence through
the stay so that when necessary to remove the mudguard the dress guard is with-
drawn intact.
All that is necessary to place the mudguard or the mud and dress guard com-
bined into engagement with the cycle or other velocipede is to place the guard into
position then by slight pressure that portion of the framework coming in contact
with the clips is forced into the clips, the clips thereby retaining the guards firmly
in the desired position.
The clips may be lined with felt or other suitable fabric in order to prevent
their scratching or otherwise disfiguring that portion of the framework to which
they come in contact.
In order that our invention may be easily understood and readily carried into
practice we will proceed to further describe the same with reference to the accom-
panying sheet of drawings.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a velocipede with the mud guard and mud and dress guard combined
attached thereto and retained in position by means of our swivelled flexible clips,
such clips acting in conjunction with the quadrant stay or mudguard.
Figure 2 is an ordinary mud guard with our swivelled flexible clips attached
thereto by means of the stays or bridge ready for being placed into engagement
with the velocipede.
Figure 3 is a view of the ordinary quadrant and stay combined acting in con-
junction with our swivelled flexible clip.
Figure 4 is a view of our clip's attached to the bridge.
Figure 5 is a view of the clip attached to the stay.
Referring to Figure 3 of the drawings A is the clip B the quadrant C the stay
D the rivet.
Referring to Figure 4 E is the metal bridge.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. An improved swivelled flexible clip for attaching mud-guards, dress-guards

page_text: and the like to and from cycles and other velocipedes or such other machinery
requiring a removable guard substantially in the manner as and for the purpose
hereinbefore described.
2. A swivelled flexible clip A acting in conjunction with the quadrant B and
the stay C such clip being attached to the mudguard quadrant or stay by means
of the rivet D upon which it turns or swivelles substantially in the manner as
and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth and illustrated in the drawings here-
unto annexed.