Year: 1897

page_text: I, RIVERS DUNNETT, of No. 185, Bristol Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Ironmonger, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention has reference to a carrier or holdall attachment for cycles, and
comprises in a single article, means for carrying or supporting a variety of articles,
such as bunches of flowers, pipes, cigars, walking sticks, umbrellas, small parcels
and the like.
One form of attachment adapted to carry three articles such as a bouquet, a
pipe and a stick, consists of a base plate having two or suitable number of con-
veniently arranged U-shaped clips adapted to embrace the handle-bar or other
tubular part of a machine, whilst attached by rivetting or soldering to the front
of the said plate are three volute-coiled springs, made either of spring wire or sheet
steel or metal and of suitable lengths to suit the articles to be embraced and held
by them. The middle spring may advantageously be made larger than the others
to accommodate the stems of a bunch of flowers, or a match box or like article,
whilst the other clips may be much smaller to hold a pipe stem, a cigar, a walking
stick or other small article.
In use the outer free end of the band or spring is taken hold of and drawn out
straight or nearly so. The article to be held is placed within the clip when the
free end is released and wraps itself automatically round the said article and firmly
holds the same to the machine.
The spring clips may be arranged in any number and in any situation as may
be convenient or according to the kind and number of articles it is required to
carry and instead of the clips being separately formed and attached to the base
plate by rivetting or like means, the whole or some of the clips and the base may
be cut out from sheet metal as an integral blank, the arms or branches of which
are subsequently fashioned into the required shape.
The volute coiled clips may be made in two pieces and be swivelly connected
or hinged to their carrying plate, The attachment clips may also be arranged
to engage with the lamp socket and supplementary hooks or like devices may
be formed or attached to the article from which parcels or the like may be sus-
pended. Studs or like projections may also be formed on the free ends of the clips
to engage holes or depressions in another part to hold or retain the clip in any
set or required position.
As another arrangement, a single clip may be adapted to clip the back of the
steering pillar and a strip of metal or length of wire may proceed from it over the

page_text: top of the handle bar and may terminate in a hook, clip, or the like from or by
which a parcel or other luggage may be carried.
Dated this 24th day of August 1897.
RIVERS DUNNETT,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.
A carrier or Holdall Attachment for Cycles.
I, RIVERS DUNNETT, of No. 185, Bristol Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Ironmonger, 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:-
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This invention has reference to carrier clips or holdall attachments for cycles
and consists in the combination, in a single article, of a clip or holder for carry-
ing or supporting upon a cycle, various objects, such as bunches of flowers, pipes,
cigars, walking sticks, umbrellas, small parcels, or the like, and of means for
connecting or attaching the same to a machine and keeping it in position thereon.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents a combined carrier attach-
ment constructed according to one form of my invention and shown in use as
carrying a pipe.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same, showing how the attachment clip
embraces the steering pillar, whilst a supplementary strip of metal proceeds from
it over the top of the handle bar and serves as a support for retaining the hold-
ing clip in position.
Figure 3 is a topside plan of Figure 1 and
Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section of Figure 3 upon the dotted line x.
a is a base plate, having two conveniently arranged clips b, adapted to embrace
the tubular member c, of the machine and extended into volute-coiled spring
members b', made of spring sheet steel or metal and of suitable lengths to suit
the article d to be embraced by them. The said spring arms are arranged to
cross or pass through one another and when the free ends 63, of them are taken
hold of and drawn together (which may be done by compressing together the said
ends) the middle part is opened out or forms a loop, into which the stem of the
pipe or article to be held is placed, and then on the said arms being released they
wrap themselves automatically round the said article and firmly hold the same
to the machine.
These spring clips may be arranged in any number and in any situation upon
the base or attachment plate as may be convenient, or according to the kind or
number of the articles requiring to be carried.
Proceeding upwards from the clips b, and coming at the back of the steering
pillar is a supplementary hook-shaped piece of metal a³, which passes over the
lap joint c¹, of the handle bar c³, and is terminated by a hook a³ from which parcels
may be suspended. This hook-shaped clip a³, serves to keep the carrier attach-
ment in position.
Figure 5 represents a plan of another spring holding attachment secured to the
handle bar of a cycle according to another form of my invention.
Figure 6 is a front elevation thereof.
Figure 7 3 side lowration

page_text: Figure 8 is a transverse vertical section of Figure 5 upon the dotted line a¹.
In this arrangement the clip consists of a base framing a, carried by a strap a²
and with a stem a, passing from the back of the base a, and having passed
around a part of it, a coiled spring ³, for forcing home a clip 6. The attach-
ment of the base to the steering post is effected by a secondary clip b.
Figure 9 is a front elevation of a further form of holding attachment con-
structed according to my invention.
Figure 10 is an edge view of the same and Figure 11 a topside plan thereof.
This attachment consists of a base plate a, an attachment clip b, a volute spring
clip 6', and a suspending strap or clip a³, passing over the top of the handle bar.
A curved spring stem or extension a³, of the base plate is terminated by a secon-
dary clip b When an article is required to be held, it is placed through the
clip 6, and then through the clip 6, after the said stem has been straightened
out. When the said clip is released, it tends to resume its normal position and
the said article is thereby clipped.
Figure 12 represents a front elevation of a still further form of holding clip
constructed according to my invention.
Fig. 13 is a plan thereof, and
Figure
14 is a section of Fig. 12 upon the dotted line ³.
This attachment consists of a foundation a, volute spring clips 61, for embracing
the article to be held, and U-shaped handle bar clips b.
Figure 15 represents an elevation of a wire clip or handle bar attachment, the
ends of which are formed into luggage or parcel suspending hooks constructed
according to another form of my invention.
Fig. 16 is an edge view of the same, and Fig. 17 is a topside plan of Figure 15.
.b is a clip, made from wire coiled into volute form in order to embrace a handle
bar e, or like member of a bicycle frame, and having its free ends b¹, formed into
hooks over which the string of a parcel is engaged in order to suspend the same
from the machine.
Figure 18 represents a side elevation, Figure 19 an edge view and Figure 20
a plan of a modification of the last described arrangement.
is the wire clip, which in this form is U-shaped, and 6 are the parcel-sus-
pending hooks at the free ends thereof, whilst the crown is provided with a
holder or
grip 6, by which the attachment may be laid hold of by hand for
carrying the parcels when removed from the machine.
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 cycle attachment for holding small articles, consisting of a holding
clip such as 6, an attachment clip b, and base a, with a supporting hook clip,
substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1 to 4.
Secondly: A cycle attachment for carrying articles, having spring arms
adapted to normally grip an article placed between them, but which is released
by pressing or bringing the ends of the said arm together, substantially as
described and set forth in Figures 1 to 4.
Thirdly: A carrier attachment for cycles, with the spring arms gapped so as to
admit of a portion of one arm passing through a portion of the other arm when
gripping or when being released, substantially as described and set forth in
Figures 1 to 4.
Fourthly: In a carrier attachment for cycles, the combination with attach-
ment clip b, having an upper extension a², for taking over the lap of a handle
bar, of an article clipping member 61, forced home by a coiled spring a³, and
enclosed within a carrier frame a, substantially as described and set forth in
Figures 5 to 8.
Fifthly: In a carrier attachment for cycles, the combination with a clip b,
having an extension a³, and carrying a volute spring clip 6¹, of a supplementary

page_text: or secondary clip 64, carried upon a curved spring member, substantially as and
for the purpose described and set forth in Figures 9, 10 and 11.
Sixthly In a carrier attachment for cycles, the combination with a base
plate a, and attachment clips b, of one or a series of volute coiled spring clips b¹,
arranged substantially as and for the purpose described and set forth in
Figures 12, 13 and 14.
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RIVERS DUNNETT,
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.