New or Improved Adjustable Grip or Clutch Device for Ropes, Flexible Cords, or the like, applicable for the Suspension of Bicycles, and for other Suspending Purposes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 16th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 4th Feb., 1899
Date of Application, 10th Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 16th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 4th Feb., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Adjustable Grip or Clutch Device for Ropes,
Flexible Cords, or the like, applicable for the Suspension of
Bicycles, and for other Suspending Purposes.
I, LADY MABEL Marian Lindsay, of Burcote House, Clifton-Hampden, Abing-
don, in the County of Oxford, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows; -
This invention refers to a grip or clutch device as hereafter described which
is applied to a rope or cord so that it is adjustable thereon, and this device
provides means whereby any part in the length of the cord on either side of
the said device can be brought buck thereto and instantly held secure thereby,
so that a loop in the length of the cord is produced, which is secure, and this
securing of the loop can be effected without threading either end of the cord, and
in fact such a loop can be produced and secured even if both ends of the cord
were not available for use, or even if both ends were fixed or attached to some
other part or place.
Such a device is applicable to various and many useful purposes too numerous
to specifically mention in this specification, and among other it is especially
useful to facilitate the convenient and ready suspension of bicycles generally
when the same are not required for use, and particularly when the machines
are being carried by railway.
According to my invention I provide a block of suitable material, say of
wood, and of any desired shape and I form three holes extending through same
at right angles to the parallel flat surfaces of the block; two of these holes which
I will call 1 and 2, are vertically one above the other, and the third hole No. 3
may be located about centrally and a short distance laterally away from the first
two holes. This third hole is preferably of somewhat elliptical shape with the
major axis parallel with the vertical line joining the first two holes." The holes
Nos. 1 and 2 should be of a diameter to just allow the cord or rope to be threaded
or rove freely through same.
I provide below the hole No. 3 an eye calculated to receive the lower end of
a pin or staple which can conveniently be secured to the wood block by a short
flexible cord or chain. Such a device is utilized as follows:-Supposing one end
of the rope or cord to be suspended by being fixed to a hook or the like, the
cord is threaded through the hole No. 1 from say the back of the block to the
front and is then threaded through No. 2 hole from the front to the back and
the pendant end of the cord may then be knitted with say a "turks head" knot.
When thus threaded the block can be slidden up or down the cord and will
remain and be retained in whatever position it is placed thereon, mainly by
reason of the friction produced by the bends of the cord as its direction is changed
by passage through the said holes.
If an article is now to be suspended, the pendant end of the card can be passed
around or through same, and then a part in the length of the cord is bent upon

page_text: itself and such bend is passed through the elliptical hole No. 3, and the securing
pin is passed through the loop of the bend on the opposite side of the block to
that through which such loop has been threaded, and the end of the pin is caused
to enter the eye or socket on the block below the said hole No. 3. When thus
adjusted the article is suspended by the loop and the latter will not slip, nor
will the block slide down the cord.
The device or appliance may be employed to suspend bicycles and especially
is this mode of suspension of bicycles applicable to railway carriages where it
is required to safely carry and hold a number of machines, in as small a space
as possible, without the machines being damaged, without occupying the space
of the carriage with fittings which are not required, or are in the way when not
carrying bicycles, and where it is required that the bicycles must be easily and
quickly secured in position.
In such an application, I screw into the roof of a railway van as many pairs
of hooks as it is calculated to carry bicycles, and immediately below each pair
of hooks I sink a ring into the floor. For each bicycle one pair of cords should
be provided, each cord being attached at one end to one of the hooks. On every
cord is threaded one of the attachment devices the cord passing through the
holes Nos. 1 and 2, all as described. The block should be slidden as high up the
cord as can be conveniently reached by the attendant. When a bicycle is to be
secured, a cord is passed through, say for example, below the upper stay tubes
and the diagonal tube of the frame, the bend is formed in the cord and the bend
is passed through hole No. 3. The bicycle is then raised and the cord pulled
through hole No. 3 until the bicycle is supported by the loop, when the pin is
passed through the bend and into its eye, while the free end of the cord is pulled
taut. The loose end of the cord can then be looped around a lower part of the
frame and the extreme end secured to the ring in the floor when the bicycle is
thus prevented from swinging.
The front portion of the bicycle is suspended in a similar manner and the
machine could be slung alternately as to the direction of the handle, and space
economized.
Dated this 16th day of March 1908
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Adjustable Grip or Clutch Device for Ropes,
Flexible Cords, or the like, applicable for the Suspension of
Bicycles, and for other Suspending Purposes.
I, LADY MABEL MARIAN LINDSAY, of Burcote House, Clifton-Hampden, Abing-
don, in the County of Oxford, 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 refers to a grip or clutch device as hereafter described, which
is applied to a rope or cord, so that it is adjustable thereon, and this device
provides means whereby any part in the length of the cord, on either side of
the said device, can be brought back thereto, and instantly held secure thereby,
so that a loop in the length of the cord is produced, which is secure, and this
sccuring of the loop can be effected without threading either end of the cord, and
in fact such a loop can be produced and secured even if both ends of the cord

page_text: were not available for use, or even if both ends were fixed or attached to some
other part or place.
Such a device is applicable to various and many useful purposes too numerous
to specifically mention in this specification, and among others it is especially
useful to facilitate the convenient and ready suspension of bicycles generally,
when the same are not required for use, and particularly when the machines
are being carried by railway.
I will describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings,
whereon Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my grip or clutch device, Fig. 2 is a
front elevation of same, Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively vertical transverse sectional
views taken on the line XY and X¹Y¹ of Fig. 2, und Fig. 5 shews such grip
or clutch device applied to the suspension of a bicycle, for example, in a railway
carriage or other place.
Similar letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures of the
drawing.
According to my invention, and as shewn at Figs. 1 to 4, I provide a block A
of suitable material, say of wood, and of any desired shape, and I form three
holes B, C and D, extending through same at right angles to the parallel flat
surfaces of the block A; two of these holes B and C are formed vertically one
above the other, and the third hole D may be located about centrally, and a short
distance laterally, away from the first two holes B, C. The hole D is preferably
of somewhat elliptical shape with the major axis parallel with the vertical line
joining the first two holes B and C. The holes B and C should be of a diameter
to just allow a cord or rope E to be threaded or rove freely through same.
I provide below the hole D an eye F, calculated to receive the lower end of
a pin or staple G, which can conveniently be secured to the wood block by a
short flexible cord or chain H. Such a device is utilized as follows: Supposing
one end such as El of the rope or cord E to be suspended by being fixed to a
hook or the like, the cord is threaded through the hole B from say the back of
the block A to the front and is then threaded through the hole C from the front
to the back, and the pendent end of the cord E may then be knotted with say
a "turk's head" knot.
When thus threaded the block A can be slidden up or down the cord E and
will remain and be retained in whatever position it is placed thereon, mainly
by reason of the friction produced by the bends of the cord, as its direction
is changed by passage through the said holes.
If an article is now to be suspended, the pendent end of the cord E can be
passed around or through same, and then a part E in the length of the cord E
is formed into a bight and such bight E is passed through the elliptical hole D,
and the securing pin G is passed through the bight E², on the opposite side of the
block A to that through which such bight has been threaded, and the end of the
pin G is caused to enter the eye or socket F on the block A below the said hole D.
When thus adjusted the article is suspended by the loop E3 and the latter will
not slip, nor will the block A slide down the cord.
The device or appliance may advantageously be employed to suspend bicycles,
and especially is this mode of suspension of bicycles applicable to railway
carriages, where it is required to safely carry and hold a number of machines,
in as small a space as possible, without the machines being damaged, without
occupying the space of the carriage with fittings which are not required, or are
in the way when not carrying bicycles, and where it is required that the bicycles
must be easily and quickly secured in position.
In such an application, and as shewn by way of example at Fig. 5, I screw
into the roof of a railway van as many pairs of hooks, such as JJ, as it is calcu-
lated to carry bicycles, and immediately below each pair of hooks I sink a ring K
into the floor. For each bicycle one pair of cords EE should be provided, each
cord E being attached at one end E¹ to one of the hooks J. On every cord E is
threaded one of the attachment devices A, the cord passing through the holes B

page_text: and C, all as described. The block A should be slidden as high up the cord E
as can be conveniently reached by the attendant. When a bicycle is to be
secured, a bight is formed in the cord E and passed through, say for example,
below the upper stay tubes and the diagonal tube of the frame; the bicycle is
then raised, and the bight Es is passed through the hole D. The pin G is then
passed through the bight E2 and into its eye or socket F while the free end of
the cord is pulled taut. The loose end of the cord E can then be looped around
a lower part of the frame and the extreme end secured to the ring K in the floor
when the bicycle is thus supported and prevented from swinging.
The front portion of the bicycle is suspended in a similar manner, and the
machines could be slung alternately as to the direction of the handles, and space
thereby economized.
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:―
1. A new or improved adjustable clutch device for ropes, flexible cords, or
the like, applicable for the suspension of bicycles, and other suspending pur-
poses; composed of a block, having an upper and a lower hole extending through
the block, at right angles to its face, through each of which holes à cord is
threaded, the block being located in the length of the cord, in combination with
a third hole extending through the block, to receive a bight formed in the cord
at a point distant from the block, and a locking pin to pass through the bight
of the cord to hold same in position, whereby a supporting loop is formed in the
length of the cord to carry the articles to be suspended, substantially as set forth.
2. A new or improved adjustable grip or clutch device, for ropes, flexible cords
or the like as claimed by Claim 1, applicable for the suspension of bicycles, such
devices being suspended from hooks in the roofs of railway vans, in combination
with rings sunk into the floors of such vans, such suspending devices being
arranged in pairs, so as to so support bicycles with economy of space in the vans
and preventing same rocking when so suspended, all arranged and acting sub-
stantially as herein before set forth.
3. The general arrangement and combination of parts, all arranged and acting
substantially as and for the purposes herein before set forth.
Dated this 104L
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BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicant.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicant.