Year: 1896

page_text: I, CHARLES THOMAS BROCK SANGSTER, Works Manager to the Cycle Components
Manufacturing Company Limited, of Bournbrook, near the City of Birmingham,
do hereby, declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to detachable clips for securing cycle brake levers to
the handle bars of cycles, and has for one of its objects, a simple and efficient clip
made in two parts, and for another part, the making of the said clip from a single
piece or blank of sheet metal with hollow or boxed ends.
One form of my new or improved clip consists of two sectional parts, concaved
upon their inner presented faces, which when brought together, make a
clip which embraces the handle bar of a machine. The said loose sections are
strung upon a pin or holt passing freely through holes in the said halves of the
clip which have toes or lateral inward extensions at their lower ends, bearing upon
each other and forming fulcra for the sections of the clip to slightly turn upon
as bearings in closing their upper parts when the same are drawn together by
the screwing up of the nut on the end of the bolt threaded through them.
Assuming that the clip sections, are threaded over the pin or bolt, which also
forms the centre whercon the brake lever turns, with their upper or free ends
separated from each other to a short distance, then by screwing up the nut on
the bolt or pin, the sections or halves make an angular movement towards each
other on the abutting foot ends as centres, the upper ends approaching each other
whilst the said lower or foot ends remain quiescent. The clip is thus drawn round
the handle bar, whilst the brake lever is left free to turn upon the pin as a centre.
In carrying out the second form of my improvements, I make the clip from thin
sheet metal, and in construction alike unto a band with boxed or troughed and free
ends, wherethrough the pin for drawing up the clip, and upon which the brake
lever turns, transversely passes.
Thus the clip consists of a band with the ends formed into enclosed hollow boxes,
which may be open at their inner presented parts, or they may be enclosed on all
sides. The inward upper parts of the said box ends form seatings for the handle
bar tube to rest upon, when the clip is tightened up by the screw pin passing
through the body parts of the said hollow ends.
The clip is made from a length or blank of thin steel or sheet metal, having
suitably shaped side ears or wings which are turned inwards at a right angle to
the body of the clip to form the sides of the hollow ends.
When the said box parts are to be enclosed on all sides, the blank is, in addition
to the side ears, provided with end extensions whose edges overlap the inwardly
presented edges of the said ears when bent into their proper position.

page_text: The clips are provided with a suitable spring whose free end bears against the
underside of the brake lever, beyond its pivot, and is adapted to return the same
to its normal position after use.
Dated this 24th day of Sentomber 1806
CHARLES THOMAS BROCK SANGSTER.
By Henry Skerrett," ","
Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in Detachable Brake-attachment Clips for Cycles.
I, CHARLES THOMAS BROCK SANGSTER, Works Manager to the Cycle Components
Manufacturing Company Limited, of Bournbrook, near the City of Birmingham,
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 detachable clips for securing cycle brake levers to
the handle bars of cycles, and has for one of its objects, a simple and efficient clip
made in two parts, and for another part, the making of the said clip from a single
piece or blank of sheet metal with hollow or boxed ends.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents one form of iny new or
improved brake lever attachment clip in side elevation.
Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same and Figure 3 a front elevation.
Figure 4 represents an underside plan of the clip.
Figure 5 represents the sections or halves of the clip separately, one of them
being shown in elevation and the other in vertical section.
Figure 6 is an elevation of the combined drawing-up pin and brake lever
fulcrum, separately.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in Figures 1 to 6.
The said improved clip a, consists of two sectional parts a, a, concaved upon
their inner presented faces at a so that when brought together, the said
sections, which are separated at the crown, by a space as, make a clip which
embraces the handle bar of a machine. These loose sections are strung upon
a pin or bolt b, passing freely through holes a, in the said halves of the clip,
which have toes or lateral inward extensions a at their lower ends, bearing upon
each other at as, and forming fulcra for the sections of the clip to slightly turn
upon as bearings in closing their upper concaved parts a3 around the handle bar
when the same are drawn together by the screwing up of the nut b', on the end of
the bolt threaded through them. The said pin b, has an enlarged collar 62,
whereon the brake lever turns whilst one of the sections is recessed at a', to receive
the end c, of the spring e, which bears against the lower edge of the brake lever
beyond its pivot and effects the return movement of the same.
Assuming that the clip sections a, a, are threaded over the pin or bolt b, with
their upper or free ends separated from each other to a short distance at a³, then
by screwing up the nut b, on the bolt or, pin b, the sections or halves, make an
angular movement towards each other on the abutting foot ends a³, as centres,
the upper ends approaching each other whilst the said lower or foot ends. remain
quiescent. The clip is thus drawn round the handle bar, whilst the brake lever
is left free to turn or pivot upon the pin.
Figure 7 represents a modified form of two part clip constructed according to
my invention."

page_text: Figure 8 is a vertical section of the same and Figure 9 a transverse section of
the same upon the dotted liner, Figure S.
In this arrangement, the sections a, a, of the clip, when drawn together around
a handle bar by the screwing up of the nut b¹ on the end of the pin b, make a
parallel movement along the said pin, instead of slightly turning inwards, as
in the first arrangement, upon abutting foot ends as centres, the said foot abutments
being dispensed with in this form.
By making the brake lever attachment clip in two sections as described the
placing of the same in position around the handle bar clip is greatly facilitated.
Figure 10 represents a perspective view of another form of attachment clip
constructed according to my invention.
Figure 11 is a side elevation of the same.
Figure 12 a vertical section thereof.
a is the body part of the clip, which is in the form of a continuous band having
boxed free ends a'; through the holes a", in which the combined drawing up pin
and brake lever fulcrum b, passes.
The boxed free ends are open upon their inner sides at a2 and bottoms a³,
whilst the upper parts a, are concaved to form seatings for the handle bar tube
to rest upon on the clip being tightened up by the rotation of the nut 6', on the
screwed end of the pin b. c is the brake lever spring, the end of which lies in
a recess a³, in the clip.
In carrying out the second form of my improvements, I make the band or
boxed ends of the clip from a thin sheet metal blank of a shape such as represented
in plan in Figure 13.
The part d, of the thin steel or sheet metal length or blank d, is formed into
the body of the clips, whilst the suitably shaped side ears or wings 3, are turned
inwards at a right angle to the said body part to form the sides of the hollow
or boxed ends.
When the said box parts are to be enclosed on all sides, the blank is, in addition
to the side ears, provided with end extensions whose edges overlap the inwardly
presented edges of the said cars when bent into their proper position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
First: In brake lever attachment clips, making the body of the clip in two
sections respectively having abutments coming below or outwards of the pin
whereon the said sections are strung, substantially as described and set forth
in Figures 1 to 6.
Secondly-In brake lever attachment clips, making the same in two sections,
both of which are strung upon a pin and have hollow, boxed or trough sectioned
ends with inward seatings for the handle bar tube, substantially as described and
set forth in Figures 7, 8 and 9.
Thirdly-In brake lever attachment clips, making the band parts, which
have integral hollow, boxed or trough-sectioned free ends with inward-bearings
or seatings for the handle bar tube, from a single blank of sheet steel, or sheet
metal, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 10, 11, 12 and 13.
Dated this 17th day of June 1897.
CHARLES THOMAS BROCK SANGSTER.
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.