Improvements in Clips for Carrying Rifles on Rear-driving Safety Bicycles
Year: 1897

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Clips for Carrying Rifles on Rear-driving Safety
Bicycles."
I, FRANCIS LLOYD of 5, Cromwell Road, London, in the County of Middlesex,
Commandant of the Guards Depôt Caterham, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to an improved set of clips for carrying rifles on rear-
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driving bicycles, and it is specially adapted for carrying the
magazine rifle on such machines.
The clips are two in number one being adapted to be fixed to the transverse
handle bar and the other to the "diagonal" of the frame. The former consists
of a U-shaped spring clip adapted to receive the barrel of the rifle near its muzzle
and the latter consists of a suitably shaped clip adapted to receive the stock of the
rifle immediately behind the magazine.
The spring clip on the handle bar is carried by a suitable clamp whereby it
can be mounted on the handle bar, the construction being such that the clip part
is fief to swivel on the clamp part so that the rifle can accommodate itself to the
movement of the handle bar necessary for steering the machine. The clip adapted
to receive the stock of the rifle is mounted on the "diagonal" of the frame by
suitable clamps the construction preferably being such that the clip part can
readily be detached from the clamp for the purpose of removing it from the
machine when not required for use without disturbing, the attachment of the
clamps.
"Improvements in Clips for Carrying Rifles on Rear-driving Safety
Bicycles."
I, FRANCIS LLOYD of 5 Cromwell Road, London, in the County of Middlesex,
Commandant of the Guards Depôt Caterham, 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 an improved set of clips for carrying rifles on rear-
driving bicycles, and it is specially adapted for carrying the
maazine rifle on such machines.
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page_text: In the accompanying drawing which illustrates this invention:-
Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a bicycle fitted with my improved clip.
Figures 2, 3 and 4 are views in side and front elevation and plan respectively
of the back clip, and Figures 5, 6 and 7 are similar views of the front clip.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
The clips are two in number one being adapted to be fixed to the transverse
handle bar hereinafter called the front clip and the other to the diagonal member
of the frame hereinafter called the back clip. The front clip consists of a U-shaped
spring clip A adapted to receive the barrel of the rifle near its nozzle, and the
latter consists of a suitably shaped clip B adapted to receive the stock of the
rifle immediately behind the magazine.
The spring clip A is pivotally attached to a grip bracket C adapted to be mounted
on the handle bar, the construction being such that the point at which the clip A
is pivotted to the grip bracket C overhangs thus allowing the point of pivot to
be placed immediately in line with the axial centre of the steering head, which
allows the handle bar to be moved for the purpose of steering the machine with-
out varying the position of the rifle. The rear clip B is carried by a curved arm D
adapted to fit in a socket e in a grip bracket adapted to be fixed to the diagonal
member of the frame of the machine. A hole el is provided in the free end of
the arm D to receive a throng or its equivalent as a preventative to the arm leaving
the socket accidentally.
It will be noticed that the sides of the clip B incline inwards and are not
splayed out at the top, as the stock of the rifle is not intended to be pressed directly
down into this clip, but the small part of the stock is passed into it and the rifle
is then drawn back until the clip grips the stock immediately in the rear of the
magazine.
It will be seen that the back clip B can readily be removed from the machine
without removing the grip bracket B.
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:-
The improved clips for carrying rifles on rear driving safety bicycles, sub-
stantially as herein described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 3rd day of November 1897.”
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.
Consulting Engineer & Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C. Agent for the Applicant.