An Improved Adjustable Clip applicable to Bellows in Musical Instruments.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Sept., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 9th May, 1891-Accepted, 20th June, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
An Improved Adjustable Clip applicable to Bellows in Musical
Instruments.
I, CHARLES GEORGE ROYLANCE, Musical Instrument Manufacturer, of
184 Tottenham Court Road, in the County of London, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows :—
My invention relates to an improved adjustable clip applicable to bellows in
musical instruments, which consists of a metallic clip of any suitable shape so as
to grip the bellows of an organ, accordion, or any wind instrument, where the
bellows is operated by a pedal or back rail. The clip is mounted on a tube or
perforated slide, the said slide being provided with a set screw. The tube is passed
over the back rail of the pedal, and the clip adjusted to the bellows and secured
on the rail or pedal by the set screw.
It will be understood that the foregoing is given by way of illustration only and
that the shapes, materials, and proportions of the various parts may be varied in
many ways within the scope of my invention.
Dated this 18th day of September 1890.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Adjustable Clip applicable to Bellows in Musical
Instruments.
1, CHARLES GEORGE ROYLANCE, of 184 Tottenham Court Road, in the
County of London, Musical Instrument Manufacturer, 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:-
My invention relates to an improved adjustable clip applicable to bellows in
musical instruments, which consists of a metallic clip of any suitable shape so as to
grip the bellows of an organ, accordion, or any wind instrument, where the bellows
is operated by a pedal or back rail. The clip is mounted on a tube or perforated
slide, the said slide being provided with a set screw. The tube is passed over the
back rail of the pedal, and the clip adjusted to the bellows and secured on the
rail or pedal by the set screw.
I attain these objects by the illustrations in the accompanying drawing, in
which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the clip attached to the pedal or back rail and
the bellows of an accordion; portions of this figure is broken off for want of
space;
Fig. 2, is the back view of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3, is the top view of the clip.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the views.
I construct the metallic clip of either steel or hard rolled metal and to the said
To the tube e I
clip I attach an adjustable tube e by a washer or nut and screw.
fix by brazing a small boss and in the said boss and tube e I drill a hole and tap
the same to receive the adjusting set screw f. The clip is fixed to the bellows d
by passing the said clip along a parallel projection c at the back, and adjusted to
the top of the pedal or back rail a and fixed in any desirable position by the set
I have
screw. The tube e passes over the top of the pedal or back rail a.
Prins 1

page_text: described the tube e on the drawing to be square, or round as shown by dotted lines
in Fig. 3.
It will be understood that the foregoing is given by way of illustration only and
that the shapes, materials, and proportions of the various parts may be varied in
many ways within the scope of my invention.
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 1
claim is :-
1. The combination of the clip b tube e and set screw f to be adjusted to the
back rail a and the bellows of any wind instrument, substantially as herein described
and according to the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination of the clip, tube and set screw, to be constructed of any
shape and of any metallic substance, substantially as herein described and for the
purpose specified.
Dad h
1001
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.