Improvements in Cycle Saddle Attachment Clips.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 16th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 17th Mar., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cycle Saddle Attachment Clips.
I, JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS, of Great Charles Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer of Leather Goods, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows: :-
This invention relates to means for the securing of cycle saddles to their supports
such as pins and seat pillars, and has for its object, an adjustable attachment,
whereby the said saddles admit of being attachedly connected to any sized supports,
within certain limits.
In carrying out an adjustable cycle-saddle pin attachment or boss according
to one form of my invention, I take four triangular or wedge shaped loose sectional
middle parts, which, when put together, comprehend, more or less, the circumference
to be embraced or gripped by them, and which sectional parts, which are concaved
upon their inner presented faces, are, when in position, separated transversely from
each other by spaces or clearances about equal to the extent of the adjustment
which the said blocks are desired to have.
The outer presented faces of the said blocks slope down to the ends alike unto
the sides of a triangle, and with a base forming the cross concaved or troughed
seatings for taking upon the surface of the L pin.
These said double wedge-shaped sections are carried within, and are adjustably
brought together, by, end frames or cheeks, having she-bearings formed within the
middles of them for the reception of the wedge ends of the blocks. The said she
seatings are preferably chamfered or inclined to the wedge inclinations of the
blocks so that as the said end frames or cheeks are drawn closer together, or made
to recede from each other, the said sectional blocks, which are the gripping means,
are brought nearer to, or made to recede from each other, according to the relative
positions of the said end plates, which are adjustably connected by screw pins, bolts,
cottars, tie-bars or their equivalents.
I propose that the said gripping blocks, which are thus confined and adjustably
brought together through the medium of the end cheeks or frames, should be made
slightly dovetailed in cross section, and work within like she-dovetail recesses
formed within the said frames or cheeks, hence the prevention of the said blocks
from falling out, or becoming disconnected.
In securing the frame rods to the attachment or boss at the same time that the
adjustment of the said boss to the L pin member is made, I slot or upright pierce
the frames or cheeks, and pass the rods of the saddle frame members through them,
and I also fit within the said slots or upright piercings, wedge-shaped gripping
devices, carried by, or made separate from, the pins or adjusting means of the end
cheeks, so that as the said end cheeks are adjusted, so are the gripping blocks of
the frame made to impinge upon the rods, and so grip and hold them.
Now assuming that the component parts of the attachment are separated to their
full extent, and that the same are passed over the pin member, then by turning
or screwing home the nuts at the ends of the bolts, the said bolts are made to
traverse or slide, and the cheeks made to approach each other, which draws
inwards the sectional gripping blocks, and at the same time, the wedge blocks of
the bolts are made to impinge on the frame rods of the saddle, hence the clamping
of the said saddle to the attachment, and the attachment to the L pin member.
Instead of employing four middle and sectional clamping blocks, I may employ
three, or a greater number than four.
As a further form, the gripping blocks may be attachedly or fittedly connected

page_text: to a band clip, by which they are carried and adjustably drawn together by screw
pins, or by any such mechanical expedient.
Dated this 15th dex of Max 1803
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cycle Saddle Attachment Clips.
1, JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS, of Great Charles Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer of Leather Goods, 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 means for the securing of cycle saddles to their supports
such as pins and seat pillars, and has for its object, an adjustable attachment,.
whereby the said saddles admit of being attachedly connected to any sized supports,
within certain limits.
In carrying out an adjustable cycle-saddle ☐ pin attachment or boss according
to one form of my invention, I take four triangular or double wedge shaped loose
sectional middle parts, which, when put together, nearly comprehend, the circum-
ference to be embraced or gripped by them, and which sectional parts, which are
concaved upon their inner presented faces, may, when in position, be separated
transversely from each other by spaces or clearances about equal to the extent of
the adjustment which the said blocks are desired to have.
The outer presented faces of the said blocks slope down to the ends alike unto
the sides of a triangle, and with a base forming the cross concaved or troughed
seatings for taking upon the surface of the L pin.
These said double wedge-shaped sections are carried within, and are adjustably
brought together, by, end frames having she-bearings formed within the middles of
them for the reception of the wedge ends of the blocks. The said she seatings are
preferably chamfered or inclined to the wedge inclinations of the blocks, so that as
the said end frames are drawn closer together or made to recede from each other
the said sectional blocks, which are the gripping means, are brought nearer to, or
made to recede from each other, according to the relative positions of the said end
plates, which are adjustably connected by screw pins, bolts, cottars, tie bars or their
equivalents.
propose that the said gripping blocks, which are thus confined and adjustably
brought together through the medium of the end frames, should be made slightly
dovetailed in cross section, and work within like she-dovetail recesses formed within
the said frames hence the prevention of the said blocks from falling out or becoming
disconnected.
In securing the frame rods to the attachment or boss at the same time that the
adjustment of the said boss to the ☐ pin member is made, I slot or upright pierce
the frames and pass the rods of the saddle frame members through them, and I
also fit within the said slots or upright piercings, wedge-shaped gripping devices,
carried by, or made separate from, the pins or adjusting means of the end frames
so that as the said end cheeks are adjusted, so are the gripping blocks of the frame
made to impinge upon the rods, and so grip and hold them.
Now assuming that the component parts of the attachment are separated to
their full extent, and that the same are passed over the L pin member, then by
turning or screwing home the nuts at the ends of the bolts, the said bolts are made
to traverse or slide, and the cheeks made to approach each other, which draws

page_text: inwards the sectional gripping blocks and at the same time, the wedge blocks of
the bolts are made to impinge on the frame rods of the saddle, hence the clamping
of the said saddle to the attachment, and the attachment to the L pin member.
Instead of employing four middle and sectional clamping blocks, I may employ
three, or a greater number than four.
As a further form, the gripping blocks may be attachedly or fittedly connected
to a frame by which they are carried and are adjustably drawn together by
screw pins, or by any such mechanical expedient.
This invention is an improvement or improvements upon the whole or part of
several Letters Patent granted to me and bearing date the 28th day of April 1893
No. 8553, 18th day of March 1893 No. 5829, 9th December 1892 No. 22608,
28th July 1892 No. 13733, October 12th 1891 No. 17335, April 13th 1891
No. 6283.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in side elevation an adjustable
saddle-attachment boss constructed acccording to my invention and applied to a
trussed framing.
Figure 2 represents a transverse vertical section upon the dotted lines A B
Figure 1.
Figure 3 represents a like section as Figure 2, but with the loose sectional
gripping blocks removed, showing the end frames and the dovetail recesses for
receiving the said gripping blocks.
Figure 4 represents a longitudinal vertical section of Figure 2 upon the dotted
lines CD, showing the horizontal part of the pin in elevation and also the
gripping blocks in elevation.
Figure 5 represents a longitudinal section of the said boss upon the dotted
lines E F Figure 2.
Figure
separately.
In the framing part of the saddle, a, a', are side framing members, which are in
duplicate upon each side of the boss and united together at their outer ends and with
the middle parts of them having enlargements a², a³, and with each of the former a²,
having a sector slot at, wherethrough the trunnion ends 62, of the end carrier
frame b, take and are there secured for clamping after tilt adjustment by nuts and
washers 63, as hereinafter more fully described.
represents the gripping blocks and the end frames or carrier frames
Situated at a short distance from the frame b, is a second carrying frame c,
alike unto b, and each of these said frames have inclined she recesses b, c, directed
around the inner circumference of the middle piercings and c³, of each frame.
Fitted within the said recesses and bridging the space between the frames, are
double-wedge shaped sectional gripping blocks d, with the inclines d', of each of
them lying respectively within the she recesses b, c, of the carrier frames b and c.
The concaved inner presented faces d², of the blocks d, form the gripping
surfaces of the same, which blocks, when brought together, nearly comprehend
the circumference of the L pin or pillar member, the space left between the
approximate edges representing the amount of adjustment allowed so as to admit
of the boss taking upon varying sized pins within certain limits.
Taking through plain holes c², in the frame c, and through screwed holes 66, in
the frame b, are headed screw pins e, which, when rotated, travel up the inclines d',
of the blocks d, and bring the concaved gripping surfaces d², into intimate contact
with the outer circumference of the pin member f, hence the connection of the
saddle boss to the pin and the saddle framing to the boss.
The connection of the boss to the framing other than by the nuts 6° and trunnion
ends, of the carrier frame b, is made by pins, pivots or loose rivets 68, taking
through the frame parts a³, and the lower end parts b', of the said frame b, upon
which opposite pivots the saddle frame turns for giving tilt to the seat.
Instead of the she recesses, which are preferably taper, being inclined they may
be made plain, but they are preferably made dovetail to prevent the blocks falling
out when the pin is withdrawn.

page_text: Figure 7 represents in vertical section, a further form of adjustable attachment
boss made according to my invention and shown applied to a rod or wire framing
of a saddle.
Figure 8 shows a section of this saddle boss upon the dotted lines G H Figure 7,
looking from the right hand side, or in the direction of the arrow, whilst Figure 9
represents a section upon the dotted lines I J Figure 7.
Figure 10 is a transverse section upon the dotted lines K L Figure 9.
In Figures 7, 8, 9 and 10, b and c are carrier frames, the former having vertical
slots 68, through it, whilst the latter has holes c8, through it, and which holes are
fitted with double-wedge-headed saddle frame securing pins e, of which the heads
are marked e, the shanks e and the wedge surfaces e, e, whilst the screwed end
of the stem e³, has a nut e, coming upon the outside face of the carrier frames c.
The middle parts of the respective carrier frames b and c, are pierced with
clearance holes and she recesses 64, 65, c², co, wherein the double-wedge shaped
clamping blocks d, lie, alike as in the preceding arrangement.
It will be seen that the saddle frame rods h, take through the upper parts of the
slots 6, (see Figure 8) and that the wedge faces e', of the heads e¹, of the pins e,
take their bearing against the undersides of the frame rods h, whilst the lower
inclined faces e³, of the said heads take their bearings upon the bottom edges of the
said slots 68.
The loose sectional gripping blocks d, which may be of any number, are concaved
upon their inner faces 66, and are kept back in position, when not in use, by an
evolved spring or springs t (see Figures 9 and 10) which lie within recesses or
sinkings d'.
By screwing up the nuts es, the carrier frames b and c are slightly drawn together
and at the same time the inclines of the heads are pulled inwards and the whole of
the loose component parts are wedged closer together, whereby the frame rods h,
are clamped or rigidly fixed to the boss and the boss to the L pin.
Figure 11 represents a horizontal section of an adjustable attachment boss con-
structed according to a still further form of my invention.
Figure 12 represents a vertical section of the said L pin boss Figure 11.
b is a hollow and upright carrier frame, having horizontally directed keep
channels 6, formed within the inside faces of the opposite walls of the same,
and with holes 62, through the base or lower part, and with upper holes or
clearances 3. Directed through the holes or piercings 6', in the bottom 64, are
wedge or double-taper-ended pins or bolts e, with nuts e, taking upon the screwed
outer ends e². The wedge ends or heads are marked e¹, and the inclined or wedge
sides are respectively marked e³, e¹.
The sides e, impinge or come against the saddle frame rods h, lying within the
horizontal keep recesses b', and the other inclined sides es, take within recesses d²,
formed in the opposite sides of the sectional clamping blocks or cheeks d, which
have concaved inner contact faces d³, which when brought together embrace the
circumference of the L pin member f.
By screwing up the nuts es, the wedge-ended pins are drawn down and the
component parts are forced together and the frame rods are clamped to the
attachment boss and the attachment boss to the L. pin.
Figure 13 represents in elevation, another form of attachment boss constructed
according to my invention and applied to a wire saddle framing.
Figure 14 is a longitudinal vertical section of the said boss.
Figure 15 is a transverse vertical section of Figure 14 upon the dotted
lines M N.
b is an open ended sleeve or barrel shaped carrier frame inside screwed at 62, at
one end and contracted and cone-seated at 63, upon the other inside end. Located
within the hollow of the said carrier frame are loose sectional gripping blocks or
cheeks or a split tube or ring d, outside double coned and concave faced upon their
inner presented faces for taking upon the L-pin member f. Screwing within the
screwed end of the frame is a sleeve out e, with a tapering inside fore end e², which,

page_text: when propelled, slides over the adjacent coned sides of the sectional blocks or
rings d, and at the same time forces them or it into the coned end 6³, which
collectively gather-in the said sectional parts or walls of the ring and force them or
it circumferentially upon the outside of the L pin member, hence the connection of
the said boss to the supporting member of a machine.
The saddle frame-rod members h, are independently connected to the boss by
loop ended or eyed screw pins i, through the looped ends, of which the said
frame rods pass and are gripped between the said looped ends and the keep
groove 6, formed upon the two opposite sides of the carrier frame b. By screwing
up the nut, upon the stem, the loops are drawn upwardly and the frame rods 7,
are clamped between them and the keep-grooves 6, of the overhanging sides b³.
The wedge blocks may be normally kept back by suitably fitted evolved spring
or by springs.
The application of my invention to adjustable attachment bosses for vertical seat
pillars differs in no essential respect from its application to an L pin boss as
hereinbefore described other than in the change of the position of the parts.
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 attachment bosses or adjustable attachment bosses for cycle saddles,
employing in connection with the same, loosely fitted and wedge shaped or double
wedge shaped sectional gripping blocks which are drawn together and closed
around the article to be gripped through the medium of an advancing or retiring
frame or frames or its or their equivalents.
Secondly. In attachment bosses or adjustable attachment bosses for cycle
saddles, employing in connection with the same, loosely fitted and single or double
wedge shaped sectional gripping blocks which are closed or brought together for
gripping through the medium of an advancing or retiring carrier frame or frame,
which has or have middle gaps or seatings wherein the end part of the said
sectional gripping blocks take, substantially as described and set forth in
Figures 1 to 10.
Thirdly. In attachment bosses or adjustable attachment bosses for cycle
saddles, employing in connection with the same, loosely fitted dovetail-sectioned
single or double wedge shaped sectional gripping blocks, which are closed or
brought together for gripping by screw pins taking through approaching carrier
frames having middle clearances through them and with their inner peripheries
she-dovetail recessed for receiving the ends of the said sectional gripping blocks,.
substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1 to 6.
Fourthly. In attachment bosses, for cycle saddles having trussed supporting
framings, the general construction arrangement and combination of the parts,
substantially as and for the purpose as described and set forth in Figures 1 to 6.
Fifthly. An attachment boss or an adjustable attachment boss for cycle saddles
with wire or rod supporting framings having loosely-fitted sectional gripping blocks
drawn together through the medium of a carrier frame or carrier frames suitably
gapped or slotted to receive or take the said sectional blocks, and with the said
frame or frames fitted or provided with headed screw bolts having inclined planes
upon the said heads or parts and adapted to impinge upon the frames to be gripped
by the traversing of the said bolts on the rotation of nuts or equivalents whereby
the saddle framing is attached to the boss and the boss to the saddle support,
substantially as described and set forth in Figures 7, 8, 9 and 10.
Sixthly. In attachment bosses for cycle saddles having wire or rod supporting
framings, the general construction, arrangement and combination of the parts
substantially as described and set forth in Figures 7, 8, 9 and 10.
Seventhly. In attachment bosses for cycle saddles, securing the supporting
framing to the boss and the boss to the saddle support through the intervention or
medium of wedge-ended bolts or equivalents, which, when traversed or moved, act

page_text: in common upon the whole of the parts to be gripped, substantially as described
and set forth in Figures 11 and 12.
Eighthly. In attachment bosses for cycle saddles, closing or drawing-to the
Lpin or pillar member gripping parts of the same and also securing the framing
members of a saddle by or through the medium of advancing wedges or double
inclined planes, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 11 and 12.
Ninthly. In attachment bosses or adjustable attachment bosses for cycle saddles
having wire or rod supporting framings, employing in connection with the same
loosely fitted sectional L-pin or seat-pillar-gripping blocks or cheeks centrally
located within an open ended frame or frames having keep grooves or channels
formed within the inside of it for receiving the frame rods and also having wedge-
headed screw bolts fitting within the said frame, and with the said wedge ends
coming between the sectional blocks or cheeks and the wire or rod members or
equivalents, whereby the screwing up of nuts or equivalents upon the ends of the
bolts or pins simultaneously secures the saddle framing to the boss and the boss to
the saddle support, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 11 and 12.
Tenthly. Securing cycle saddle attachment bosses to their pin or seat pillar
members by the means and in the way substantially as described and set forth in
Figures 13, 14 and 15.
Eleventhly. Securing saddle framings to their attachment bosses and the bosses
to their pin or seat pillar members by the means and in the way substantially as
:described and set forth in Figures 13, 14 and 15.
Dated this 15th day of February 1894.
JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS,
.
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.