Improvements in the Means for Holding Air Pumps on to Cycles.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Means for Holding Air Pumps on to Cycles.
I, HERBERT PRICE LAVENDER, of the Hollies, Sutton Road, Walsall, in the
County of Stafford, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The combination of an ordinary strap of convenient length to pass round air
pump and cycle tube together, with a piece of rubber tube or other elastic
substance, attached in such a manner as to form a cushion between the two, and
to retain the strap firmly upon the cycle tube when the pump is removed.
The said cushion if of rubber tube is about the same length as the width of
Two wire or metal
the strap and about five eighth of an inch diameter outside.
loops are attached to this, the said loops being of a width to contain the thickness
of the side of the rubber tube and the strap together. One of the long sides of
the other long
each loop is parted midway so as to slip the rubber tube over,
side of each loop which is thus outside the rubber tube is slightly notched inwards
at its centre.
The strap is passed through one loop, round the cycle tube and through the
other loop holes being pierced in the strap at such positions as to engage the
notches on the loops when pulled close round the cycle tube.
The two loose ends of the strap are thus left projecting from the two loops
and are brought together round the pump and connected with buckle or other
convenient fastening.
The elastic nature of the rubber, between the cycle tube and pump renders
very slight tension necessary on the strap in holding pump in position and
facilitates its attachment and detachment.
Dated this 23rd day of September 1897.
H. PRICE LAVENDER.
Improvements in the Means for Holding Air Pumps on to Cycles.
I, HERBERT PRICE LAVENDER, of the Hollies, Sutton Road, Walsall, in the
County of Stafford, Engineer, 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 the construction of holders for securing air pumps to
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cycles and may also be applied for securing parcels and other articles.
same consists of the combination of an ordinary strap, (of convenient length to
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pass round the frame tube of the cycle and the air pump or other article
to be secured,) with a short piece of rubber tube or other elastice or pliable sub-
stance forming an elastic cushion. between the said frame tube and the air pump.
The said strap and cushion are connected by means of loop or loops of any
suitable material & shape.
The hollow and springy nature of the said cushion permits of a pump being
inserted or withdrawn without unfastening the strap and at the same time pre-
vents slipping or shaking about on the frame tube.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a perspective view of one arrangement of the cushion and loops
combined without strap being passed through.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of an alternative arrangement of the said cushion
and loops with strap passed through, forming complete holder according to this
invention.
Figure 3 is a similar view to Figure 2, but with pump and frame tube therein
and showing the said cushion compressed thereby:
Like letters indicate like parts. A is a strap, B a hollow pliable cushion
C, C, loops with inward projections at D, D. The loops C, C; may be connected
into one piece, accommodating the cushion B, on the outside as in Figure 1, or
they may be in two parts as in Figure 2, and may enter the cushion B a short
distance each end, leaving sufficient opening to admit of the cushion B being
sprung into its place.
The strap A passes through loops C, C, and is retained in any desired position
by projections D, D. EF represent the pump & frame tube or their equivalents.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
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1. In holders for pumps and other articles to cycles the combination of a hollow
pliable cushion of rubber or other suitable substance such as B, and strap such
as A connected by one or more loops such as C, C, with projections such as D, D,
in such a manner as bring the said cushion between the cycle frame tube and the
article to be attached, substantially as described and illustrated in the accom-
panying drawings.
2. The combination of a cushion such as B with loops such as C, C, substantially
as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Eighth day of June 1898.
H. PRICE LAVENDER.