Year: 1896

page_text: I, CHARLES THOMAS BROCK SANGSTER, Works Manager to the Cycle Components
Manufacturing Company Limited, of Bournbrook, near the City of Birmingham,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to means for securing the brake levers of cycles in an
acting position, and commonly called brake holders, and having for their object,
to relieve the hand from the strain of continuously holding on the brake.
The object of my present invention is a simple and efficient holder, devoid of
loose parts, and not liable to get out of order by use. My said invention consists
of a jointed and hanging lever, pivoted from the extreme termination of the right
hand handle of the handle bar, and having ratchet-shaped teeth upon its inner
face with which the tip end of the brake lever engages when the same is pulled up
by hand in the ordinary action of putting on the brake.
In carrying out my invention, the extreme end of the handle is fitted
with an eyed lug or with a cap carrying an eyed lug to which the upper
end of a trough-sectioned swinging and depending lever is pivotedly connected and
arranged to swing vertically in the path of the brake lever end, so that upwardly-
raking ratchet teeth formed upon the inside back of trough sectioned lever
engage the extreme end or tip of the brake lever, which is formed with a pallet or
ear of a breadth equal to that of the inside of the trough, whose box sides form a
lead to the teeth and guides for the brake lever end to run up and be steadied
thereby.
The lower end of the brake holding lever is curved or bent outwardly, and
wherein the end of the brake lever is located when the holder is not in use.
A Hat spring is carried at the closed back of the swinging rack lever with the
free end bearing against the back of the lug for the purpose of returning the brake
holder both on the brake lever end wiping over the ratchet teeth and after the said
brake holder has been released after the ratchet teeth have been disengaged from
the end of the brake lever, whilst to prevent the holder from being swung back
too far the tip of the returning spring is made to impinge against an abutment or
shoulder on the eyed lug.
OPERATION.
Assuming that the brake is required to be slightly applied, then pull the brake
lever to a small extent, when the tip end of it runs up or snaps past a tooth or teeth
of the ratchet, by the slight swinging back or yielding of the holding lever. To
put the brake on to its full extent, run the brake lever to the top tooth of the holder,
where it is held until released by pulling the holder away from the brake lever,
thus disengaging the tooth from the pallet cnd of the same and taking the said
holder clear of the brake lever end.

page_text: The brake holder may be stamped from a single blank of sheet metal first formed
into the section of a trough, with the back then fashioned into ratchet teeth or
their equivalent.
Dated this 2nd day of October 1896
CHARLES THOMAS BROCK SANGSTER,
By Henry Skerrett, Agent for Applicant.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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Improvements in Brake Holders for Cycles.
بالله
I, CHARLES THOMAS BROCK SANGSTER, Works Manager to the Cycle Components
Manufacturing Company Limited, of Bournbrook, near the City of Birmingham,
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 holding or retaining the brake levers of
cycles in an acting position, commonly known as brake holders, said holders being
designed for the purpose of relieving the hand of the strain of continuously holding
on the brake.
The object of my present invention is a simple and efficient holder, devoid of
loose parts, and not liable to get out of order by use, consists primarily in the
employment of a jointed and hanging lever, or catch arm pivoted from the extreme
termination of one of the handles of the handle bar, and having teeth or piercings
upon its inner face with which the tip end of the brake lover engages when the
same is pulled up by hand in the ordinary action of putting on the brake.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents an elevation of the right end
side of a cycle bar provided with a brake holder attachment constructed according
to my invention. The said view shows the brake lever and the holder in the positions
they assume when the brake is "off."
Figure 2 is a section upon the dotted liner Figure 1, looking in the direction of
the arrow and showing the brake holder attachment in elevation. The parts are
shown in the same positions as in Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a like view as Figure 1, but with the brake lever and holder in the
positions which they assume when the brake is "on."
Figure 4 is a front elevation of the brake holder attachment, separately and
upon an enlarged scale.
Figure 5 is a side elevation of the same and Figure 6 an elevation showing the
inside of the said attachment.
Figure 7 is a vertical section of the said attachment upon the dotted lines,
Figure 6.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the drawing.
In carrying out the form of my invention, as shown in the said figures the outer
extremity of the handle b, fitted upon the end of the handle bar, is provided
with a cap a, carrying an eyed lug a', to which the upper end of a trough-
sectioned swinging and depending lever c, is pivotedly connected by, means of a
pin, and is arranged to swing vertically in the path of the end of the brake
lever d, so that one or other of the series of transverse piercings e, formed along
the back, of the said trough-sectioned lever engage the said extreme end or tip
of the brake lever, which is formed with a curved-ended pallet or ear 2, of a
breadth equal to that of one of the piercings in the trough box sides e, form a
3

page_text: lead to the piercings and guides for the brake lever end to run up and be steadied
thereby.
The lower end of the brake holding lever is curved or bent outwardly, to form
a clearance wherein the end of the brake lever is located when the brake is in its
normal position and the holder is not in use.
A flat spring e, is carried from the back end of the cap a, being connected thereto
by the screw e', with the free end bearing against the back of the hanging holder
lever for the purpose of returning the same both on the brake lever end wiping over
the piercings and after the said brake holder has been released on the piercings
being disengaged from the end of the brake lever, whilst to prevent the holder
from being swung back too far the inside upper edges of the lever are formed into
abutment stops or shoulders c7, which impinge against the cap a, thereby limiting
its outward movement.
OPERATION.
Assuming that the brake is required to be slightly applied, then pull the brake.
lever upwards to a small extent, when the tip end of it runs up or snaps past a
hole or holes of the series of cross piercings in the holder by the slight swinging
back or yielding of the said holding lever, and the tip then engages in one of
the said holes, whereby the brake lever is retained. To put the brake on to its
full extent, run the brake lever to the top hole of the holder where it is held until
released which is performed by pulling the holder away from the brake lever, thus
disengaging the piercing from the pallet end of the same and taking the said
holder clear of the brake lever end.
The brake holder may be stamped from a single blank of sheet metal first formed
into the section of a trough with the back then pierced with holes or into a series
of ratchet or other teeth or their equivalent, which may be employed in lieu of the
series of cross piercings herein described.
Instead of the return-spring being carried by the cap with its free end bearing
against the outside of the holding arm or lever as described and shown, the same
may be attached to the outside of the said lever and press against the cap.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
First: A brake-holder for cycle, comprising a jointed and hanging lever or
catch arm, pivoted to a suitable part of a handle or handle bar and provided with
a series of piercings or ratchet or other teeth, with which the tip end or other part
of a brake lever engages and is kept in such engagement by a suitably arranged
spring or equivalent, and is taken out of engagement by hand, substantially as
described and set forth.
Secondly-In cycle brake holders as referred to in the preceding claim making
or forming the hanging catch arm or lever of a trough section, so as to form a rin
or guide wherein the tip end of the brake lever runs in order to ensure the engage-
ment of the same with one or other of the piercings or teeth of the said holder,
substantially as described and set forth.
Thirdly: The improvements in cycle brake holders, and in the means for
engaging and disengaging the same, substantially as herein described and set
forth.
1907
CHARLES THOMAS BROCK SANGSTER.
By Henry Skerrett, 24 Temple Row, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicant.