Improvements in Grips or Handles for Velocipedes and the like.
Year: 1897

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Date of Application, 5th Oct., 1897
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Grips or Handles for Velocipedes and the like.
I, TIMOTHY SHEPHERD, of Kenilworth, Oakfield Road, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to grips or handles for velocipedes and the like, and more
especially to grips or handles of that kind or class which are adapted to be secured
to the tubular handle-bar or its equivalent without the aid of cement. My said
invention comprises the improvements hereinafter set forth.
According to my said invention I provide a hollow or longitudinally perforated
grip or handle of any suitable material and open at each end. To secure this
tubular piece or grip in position upon the tubular handle-bar, or its equivalent,
I provide a plug having a shoulder on its extreme end so that it cannot be forced
further up the grip piece than the said shoulder, and which is of such dimensions
near this shoulder that the said plug will be a tight fit in the tubular piece or grip
for a sufficient length to enable it to be secured firmly thereto. The remainder of
the plug I form of a somewhat less diameter than the bore of the tubular piece
or grip so as to allow of its fitting inside the end of the tubular handle-bar or its
equivalent, and I provide, moreover, in this part of the plug splits or saw cuts so
as to admit of its being expanded to grip the handle-bar. For the latter purpose
I form a central longitudinal or axial hole or perforation in the above mentioned
plug, and I fit therein a suitable conically ended piece or pin having screw-threads
upon its other end upon which a nut, working in the hereinbefore described plug,
adapted to screw so as to allow of the conical head being drawn into the split
portion of the said plug by working the nut from the outside, and thus to expand
the plug and secure the same firmly in position in the tubular handle-bar and
through the herein before mentioned shoulder and larger portion hold the grip
or handle firmly in position thereon.
The tubular piece or grip may be covered with leather, cork, felt or other suitable
materials.
Improvements in Grips or Handles for Velocipedes and the like.
I, TIMOTHY SHEPHERD, of Kenilworth, Oakfield Road, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
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page_text: and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement;-
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My invention relates to grips or handles for velocipedes and the like, and more
especially to grips or handles of that kind or class which are adapted to be secured
to the tubular handle-bar or its equivalent without the aid of cement. My said
invention comprises the improvements hereinafter set forth.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section, and
Figure 2 is a transverse section through the line - looking to the left, show-
ing my improved grip or handle.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
a is a tubular, hollow, or longitudinally-perforated grip or handle of any
suitable material and open at each end. is the handle-bar of a velocipede or the
like. To secure the tubular piece or grip a in position upon the tubular handle-
bar bor its equivalent, I provide a plug c having a shoulder c on its extreme end
so that it cannot be forced further up the grip piece than the said shoulder, and
which is of such dimensions near this shoulder as indicated at c, that the said
plug will be a tight fit in the tubular piece or grip for a sufficient length to
enable it to be secured firmly thereto by rivets or otherwise. The remainder of
the plug c I form of a somewhat less diameter than the bore of the tubular piece
or grip a so as to allow of its fitting inside the end of the tubular handle-bar bor
its equivalent as shown, and I provide, moreover, in this part of the plug splits or saw
cuts e² so as to admit of its being expanded to grip the handle-bar b. For the
latter purpose I form a central longitudinal or axial hole or perforation ³ in the
above mentioned plug c, and I fit therein a suitable filling piece d having wedge-
shaped wings or projections adapted to engage in the said splits or saw cuts ca
and a pin or spindle having screw-threads upon its other end upon which
a nut e, working in the plug c is adapted to screw so as to allow of the head or
filling piece d and wedge shaped wings or projections being drawn into the
split portion of the said plug c by working the hollow screw or nut e from the
outside, and thus to expand the plug c and secure the same firmly in position in
the tubular handle-bar and through the hereinbefore mentioned shoulder c
and larger portion c³, hold the grip or handle a firmly in position thereon.
The tubular piece or grip a may be covered with leather, cork, felt or other
suitable materials.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. An improved grip or handle for velocipedes and the like comprising a plug
formed with an axial hole or aperture, and a split or cut portion wherein is
adapted to fit an expanding device comprising a filling piece or head
having wedge shaped wings or projections, a screw threaded spindle formed or
fixed thereon and a hollow screw or nut for operating the same from the exterior
of the grip or handle, substantially as described.
2. The improved grip or handle for velocipedes and the like constructed sub-
stantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 5th day of August 1898.
A. F. SPOONER,
323, High Holborn, London, Agent for the Applicant.