improvements in Cycles.
Year: 1897

page_text: improvements in Cycles.
We, WILLIAM BERRY THOMPSON, of Langley Cottage, Prestwich, near Manches-
ter, in the County of Lancaster, Commission Agent, and JOHN ASHWORTH, Managing
Director of the Dukinfield Cork Company, Limited, of Dukinfield, near Manchester,
aforesaid, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in cycles and the object of our Invention
is to utilize the space inside the handles on the handle bar to hold an oil can,
repair outfit, tools or other articles.
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We may apply our improvements to hollow cycle handles made of any material.
such as cork, metal, etc.; when it is desired to hold say an oil can for lubricating
the cycle in one handle and an oil reservoir for the lamp in the other we form
the can or reservoir of metal, celluloid, or other suitable material and of suitable
size to fit into the handle and we secure the can or reservoir to a collar on the
outer end of the handle or otherwise or to the end of the handle bar to which the
handles are fitted, by screwing the parts together or in any other suitable manner.
When the space in the handles is utilized to hold a repair outfit, wrenches, or
other articles we fit a removable cap on to the end of each handle to keep the
articles in the handles until required for use.
Dated this 4th day of March 1897.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicants.
Improvements in Cycles.
We, WILLIAM BERRY THOMPSON, of Langley Cottage, Prestwich, near Manches-
ter, in the County of Lancaster, Commission Agent, and JOHN ASHWORTH, Managing
Director of the Dukinfield Cork Company, Limited, of Dukinfield, near Manchester,
aforesaid, 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:-
Our invention relates to improvements in cycles and the object of our Invention
is to utilize the space inside the handles on the handle bar to hold an oil can,
repair outfit, tools or other articles.
We may apply our improvements to hollow cycle handles made of any material
such as cork, metal, etc.; when it is desired to hold say an oil can for lubricating
the cycle in one handle and an oil reservoir for the lamp in the other we form
the can or reservoir of metal, celluloid, or other suitable material and of suitable
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page_text: size to fit into the handle and we secure the can or reservoir. to a collar on the
outer end of the handle or otherwise or to the end of the handle bar to which the
handles are fitted, by screwing the parts together or in any other suitable manner.
The accompanying Drawing is a plan view of a cycle handle bar illustrating the
application of our improvements.
In this view we show a handle bar 1 made of a rectangular form in order that
we may obtain additional space for the storage of loose articles; in this case we
show a pump 2 on one side and a spanner 3 on the other side inserted into the
hollow handle bar and screwed or otherwise secured in position.
In one hollow handle we show a can 4 for lubricating oil, and in the other hollow
handle a can 5 for lamp oil, these cans being inserted into their respective handles
and secured in position by spring catches 6 or by any other suitable means.
It will be readily understood that the handle bar may be of the ordinary curved
or of any other suitable shape and that the articles shown as stored in the handles
and hollow spaces on the handle bar are merely intended as illustrations as other
loose articles may be substituted, and that instead of screwing or otherwise attach-
ing the parts directly to the handles or handle bar we may place them loosely inside
the hollow spaces and close the same by removable caps screwed or otherwise
attached to the handles or handle bar.
removal
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. Forming hollow handles and other hollow spaces on the handle bar of a cycle
for the reception of oil cans, pump, tools, repair outfit or other articles substan-
tially as herein set forth.
2. The combination with a cycle handle bar, of hollow handles formed as recep-
tacles for oil cans, tools, or other articles substantially as herein set forth.
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H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicants, 17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.