Improved Attachment Device for Holding Articles on Bicycles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 25th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 7th Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Attachment Device for Holding Articles on Bicycles.
A communication by AUGUST ULRICH, of 1, Friedenstrasse, Frankfort-on-the-
Main, in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturer.
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I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool and 6 Bank Street, Manchester, both
in the County of Lancaster and 323, High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention has for its object an attachment device so that articles, such for
instance as bells, whip-holders, baggage carriers, saddles, lanterns, etcétera, may be
fastened on velocipedes in such a way that they can easily be taken off at any
time at a single grip; the advantages of this new apparatus being great simplicity
and consequent cheapness of manufacture, lightness of weight and convenience of
handling.
Various patterns may be employed for the new device dependent upon circum-
stances, but this improved device consists essentially of an eccentric having a
handle and arranged on a drawbar. The drawbar is in its turn arranged on a
hinged piece which is flexibly connected with the article to be fastened, either
directly or by means of a particular connecting piece, such for instance as a
support. When the device is fastened, the eccentric bears against another hinged
part which is also connected directly or by means of the aforesaid support with the
article which is to be fastened.
The following is the mode of working of the new device-
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The eccentric is so arranged by means of the handle attached thereto, that the
eccentricity of the same is turned away from the drawbar. The article which is
to be fastened is then inserted where it is to be fastened, and the hinged pieces of
the device are placed round the place where the article is to be fastened; the
eccentric with its drawbar is then passed through a slot arranged in the hinge
pieces. If the eccentric be then pressed down, the hinge pieces are thereby drawn
together, and the article in question is fastened.
When this device is employed for bicycle handles, suitable blocks of rubber or
leather may preferably be employed as intermediate pieces, by using which the
device may be easily made to fit various diameters. This latter object may also
be attained by making the drawbar like a screw, which then engages in a nut
which is movably attached to the hinge piece.
Dated this with das of December 1809
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Attachment Device for Holding Articles on Bicycles.
A communication by AUGUST ULRICH, of 1, Friedenstrasse, Frankfort-on-the-
Main, in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturer.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E. of the Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, and 6 Bank Street,
Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster, and 323 High Holborn in the
County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, 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 has for its object an attachment device so that articles, such, for

page_text: instance, as bells, whip holders, baggage carriers, saddles, lanterns, etcetera, may be
fastened on velocipedes in such a way that they can be easily taken off at any
time at a single grip; the advantages of this new apparatus. being great simplicity
and consequent cheapness of manufacture, lightness of weight, and convenience of
handling.
On the accompanying drawings, various patterns employed of the new device
are shown, it is, however, in no wise limited to these, but, on the contrary, the same
may be employed in numerous other cases in addition to those shown.
Figures and 2 show the application of the device to a baggage holder
which is to be attached to the cross head of a bicycle, in a front view. and
section on a b..
Figures 3 and 4 show a front view and a view from below of a baggage carrier
attached to the steering.bar.
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Figure 5 shows the utilisation of the device for fastening a bell and
Figure 6, the same for fastening a lantern.
As may be seen from the drawing, this improved device consists essentially of
an eccentric C having a handle A and arranged on a drawbar B. The drawbar B
is, in its turn, arranged on a hinged piece D which is jointed to the article to be
fastened, either directly or by means of a special connecting piece, such, for
instance, as the support E in Figures 1 and 2. When the device is fastened,
the eccentric bears against another hinged part F, which is also connected,
directly or by means of the aforesaid support E, with the article which is to be
fastened.
The following is the mode of working of the new device :-
The eccentric C is so arranged, by means of the handle attached thereto, that
the eccentric part of the same is turned away from the draw bar B. The article
which is to he fastened is then inserted where it is to be fastened, and the hinged
pieces D and F are placed round the place where the article is to be fastened;
the eccentric C with its drawbar B is then passed through a slot arranged in the
hinge pieces D and F. If the eccentric C be then pressed down, the hinge pieces D
and F are thereby drawn together, and the article in question is fastened.
When this device is employed for bicycle handles, suitable blocks H, of rubber
or leather, may preferably be employed as intermediate_pieces, by using which the
device may be easily made to fit various diameters. This latter object may also
be attained by making the draw bar B like a screw F, which then engages in a
nut which may be fixed or may be movably attached to the hinge piece D, as shown
in Figure 7:
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. An attachment device for holding articles on velocipedes, provided with
an eccentric C having a handle, by means of which eccentric, in conjunction
with a draw bar B, there can be drawn tightly together two hinged parts
movably connected with the object to be held either directly or by aid of an
intermediate piece E.
2. In a device such as specified in Claim 1, the arrangement of the eccentric C
upon a screw engaging in a nut, which, in similar manner as the draw bar B,
is movably attached to a hinged part D for the object of making the device
adjustable.
Dated this 24th day of August. 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.