Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 2nd Feb., 1895
in the Empire of Germany, Merchant, 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 relates to a combined whip or stick and air pump intended
primarily for cyclists, the air-pump being arranged as a stem or part thereof and
capable of being readily dismounted when wanted to be used for the purpose of
inflating pneumatic tires of cycles or the like.
In the annexed drawing:
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the combined whip or stick as a whole.
Fig. 2 a longitudinal section of same.
Fig. 3 the pump and
Fig. 4 the stem part of the whip or stick both in elevation.
The cylinder a is made preferably of suitable metal closed at the top by a disk a¹
provided with an air inlet opening and has at its lower end a perforated bottom b
which is provided with a threaded pin 6' and hose piece 6 upon which latter one
end of a connecting hose c is fixed, the other end being fashioned so as to be
screwed on to the valve of a pneumatic tire.
In the cylinder a a piston d of appropriate construction is provided, the piston
rod d of which carries on its outer end a handle g constructed with a hollow head;
said handle serves for closing the cylinder a at the top. For this purpose the
cylinder has at its upper end two pins e on which the handle g¹ is held fast by
means of a bayonet fixing lastener. For withdrawing the haudle g from the
cylinder a, after the bayonet closure has been released a spring fis arranged on the
piston-rod between the disc a and the inner surface of the handle g; this spring
on fixing the handle on to the cylinder is slightly compressed.
For receiving the connection hose c the whip or stick part p is drawn off and is
for the purpose of fixing the stem or the air pump respectively on to it, provided
with a connecting piece which, having screw threads, is screwed into the female
thread of the pin of the cylinder a.
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Air pump and connecting piece are mounted with a suitable layer or coating.
When used the pump is screwed off the whip or stick, then the handle
released, so that the piston rod together with the piston becomes freely movable
and then the connection hose c is screwed onto the valve of the pneumatic tire.
By the reciprocating motion exerted upon the piston through the medium of the
piston rod with its handle a sufficient quantity of air is then pumped into the tire
and the latter closed again. After re-fixing the handle g on the cylinder the air
pump is reconnected to the whip or stick.
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 :-
A whip or stick combined with an air pump, the cylinder of which is at its
lower end provided with a connecting hose or part suitable for connecting the
same with a pneumatic tire, the upper end of aid cylinder being provided with a
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page_text: handle and a spring serving at the same time as a handle for actuating the pump
and to close the cylinder substantially as illustrated and set forth for the purposes
described.
Dated this 20th day of December 1894.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.