Improvements in Clips for the Steering Heads and Seat Posts of Velocipedes, and for other like purposes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 5th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 13th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 17th M r.. 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Clips for the Steering Heads and Seat Posts of
Velocipedes, and for other like purposes.
I FREDERICK JOHN OSMOND of "Ridgeway" South Norwood Park in the
County of Surrey Works Manager do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention consists first in making in the manner hereinafter described sheet
metal clips for binding together the adjustable parts of the steering heads and seat
posts and for binding together similar telescopic parts for various purposes.
In making a
clip according to this part of my invention I proceed as follows.
I take a blank of sheet steel or other strong and ductile sheet metal of the same
width as the clip to be made but more than double its length. The said clip blank
has semi-circular ends and near each end and concentric therewith is a circular hole
of the diameter of the tube or part on which the clip is to be fitted. Between the
opposite sides of these circular holes is a longitudinal slit or piercing preferably
with a middle enlargement. The clip blank is bent at its middle by a semi-circular
bend so as to bring the bent branches parallel. A spring or elastic clip is thus
made by one bending from a single plate or strip the said clip consisting of two
parallel divided or split rings which are connected together by the divided semi-
circular bend, the division crossing and being situated at the middle of the bend..
In the semi-circular split or divided bend of the clip a headed screw pin is placed, a
stud projecting inwards from the head preventing the rotation of the pin within the
bend. On the projecting screwed end of the pin a screw nut works. By screwing
home the screw nut on the screw pin the divided halves of the bend of the clip are
pressed together so as forcibly to contract the split rings upon the split tubular
part which they embrace and thereby bind the steering head or other adjustable
part to the split tube or column as is well understood.
One of the branches of the clip may be prolonged at its middle, the prolonged
part being bent into the lamp bracket.
My invention consists secondly of a sheet metal clip made as hereinafter
described to be used for connecting the saddle frame to the top of the seat post of
the velocipede.
I take a strip or blank of sheet metal having a semi-circular end and perforated
concentrically with the semi-circular end, the other end of the blank being angular
and having a rivet hole at its middle. Portions of the strip near each end are bent
nearly at right angles to the middle part so as to form two branches nearly parallel
to one another and joined by the said middle part or bend. The lower branch has
at its middle the perforation herein before described and the extreme end of the
upper branch, having the rivet hole, is bent downwards and inwards into a hollow
knuckle or eye. The sheet metal body of the clip thus made is secured to the
head of the seat post by sliding the perforated lower branch upon the seat post and
brazing it in its place, the upper brauch crossing and being supported upon the top
of the seat post, the said upper branch being secured in its place by brazing its
knuckle end to the side of the seat post a rivet at the knuckle end holding the body
of the clip in its place during the brazing operation. Through the knuckle at one
end and the angular bend at the other end of the body of the clip screw bolts are
passed and also through the perforated bars of the saddle frame to connect the said

page_text: frame to the seat post clip washers at opposite sides of the saddle bars of the frame
being made to grip the said bars by the fastening of the screw bolts.
Dated this 5th dex of June 1893
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Clips for the Steering Heads and Seat Posts of
Velocipedes, and for other like purposes.
1 FREDERICK JOHN OSMOND, of "Ridgeway," South Norwood Park, in the
County of Surrey, Works Manager do hereby declare the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:―
My invention consists first in making in the manner hereinafter described sheet
metal clips for binding together the adjustable parts of the steering heads and seat
posts of velocipedes and for 'binding together similar telescopic parts for various
purposes.
In making a clip according to this part of my invention I proceed as follows.
I take a blank of sheet steel or other strong and ductile sheet metal of the same
width as the clip to be made but more than double its length. The said clip blank
has semi-circular ends and near each end and concentric therewith is a circular hole
of the diameter of the tube or part on which the clip is to be fitted. Between the
opposite sides of these circular holes is a longitudinal slit or piercing, preferably
with a middle enlargement. The clip blank is bent at its middle by a semi-circular
bend so as to bring the bent branches parallel. A spring or elastic clip is thus.
made by one bending from a single plate or strip the said clip consisting of two
parallel divided or slotted rings which are connected together by the divided semi-
circular bend, the division crossing and being situated at the middle of the bend.
In the semi-circular split or divided bend of the clip a headed screw pin is placed,
a stud projecting inwards from the head preventing the rotation of the pin within
the bend. On the projecting screwed end of the pin a screw nut works. By
screwing home the screw nut on the screw pin the divided halves of the bend of the
clip are pressed together so as forcibly to contract the slotted rings upon the split
tubular part which they embrace and thereby bind the steering head or other
adjustable part to the split tube or column as is well understood.
One of the branches of the clip may be prolonged at its middle, the prolonged
part being bent into the lamp bracket.
My invention consists secondly of a sheet metal clip made as hereinafter
described to be used for connecting the saddle frame to the top of the seat post of
the velocipede.
I take a strip or blank of sheet metal having a semi-circular end and perforated
concentrically with the semi-circular end, the other end of the blank being angular
and having a rivet hole at its middle. Portions of the strip near each end are bent
nearly at right angles to the middle part so as to form two branches nearly parallel
to one another and joined by the said middle part or bend. The lower branch has
at its middle the perforation hereinbefore described and the extreme end of the
upper branch, having the rivet hole is bent downwards and inwards into a hollow
knuckle or eye.
The sheet metal body of the clip thus made is secured to the
head of the seat post by sliding the perforated lower branch upon the seat post and
brazing it in its place, the upper branch crossing and being supported upon the top
of the seat post, the said upper branch being secured in its place by brazing its
knuckle end to the side of the seat post, a rivet at the knuckle end holding the
body of the clip in its place during the brazing operation. Through the knuckle at
one end and the angular bend at the other end of the body of the clip screw bolts

page_text: are passed and also through the perforated bars of the saddle frame to connect the:
said frame to the seat post, clip washers at opposite sides of the saddle bars. of the
frame being made to grip the said bars by the fastening of the screw bolts.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings the
manner in which my invention is to be performed.
.
Figure 1 represents in vertical section and Figures 2 and 3 in elevation, the said
elevations being taken in planes at right angles to one another, a sheet metal spring.
or elastic clip constructed according to one of the arrangements. of my invention
applied to the steering head or seat post of a velocipede; Figure 4 represents a
horizontal section and Figure 5 a plan of the same; Figure 6 represents the screw
pin detached.
In making the clip I take a sheet metal blank of the kind represented in plan and
edge view (partly in section) in Figure 7. The said blank has semi-circular ends
and a circular hole a at each end, the said holes a, a having a diameter proper to
fit tightly upon the part of the steering head or seat post with which it is to be
used. Between the two holes a, a is the longitudinal slit or piercing b and the
middle enlargement c. By bending the clip blank Figure 7 transversely at its
middle by a semi-circular bend, two parallel branches are made and the spring or
elastic clip represented in plan and elevation in Figure 8 produced. By the single
bending described of the blank, a clip is formed consisting of the two parallel.
divided rings d, e which are connected together by the semi-circular bends ff.
The spring clip thus made is fitted on the split tubular part g of the steering head
or seat post Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 by making its divided rings d, e embrace the
said part g. The said clip is secured in its place by the headed screw pin hand.
screw nut i, the said screw pin being fitted in the semi-circular bends ff of the
clip. By means of a stud on the screw pin the latter is prevented from rotating
in the bends of the clip. Or in place of the stud h², the screw pin may be flattened
on one side, the flattened side taking a bearing against the part g for the same,
purpose. By screwing home the screw nut i on the protruding end of the non-
rotative screw pin h the halves of the bend f,f of the clip are pressed together so
as to forcibly contract the divided rings d, e of the clip upon the split tubular part g
of the head or seat post which they embrace and thereby bind the adjustable part k
of the said head to the split tube or column g.
A tubular sleeve may be made between the parallel branches or divided rings d, e
of the spring clip as represented in Figure 9, the blank being represented in
Figure 10. In this case a circular flange a is made around each hole a on the same
face of the blank Figure 10 so that when the said blank is bent at its middle and
the branches brought parallel, the edges of the two flanges a², a² come together and
a tubular sleeve is formed between the parallel parts of the clip as represented in
Figure 9 and marked a².
When the spring clip is to be used with a steering head, a cup may be made by
means of pressing tools on the underbranch of the clip and around the hole in the
said branch to contain the ball bearings as represented in Figure 11, where the cup is
marked 1. The lower branche of the clip may be prolonged at its middle and the
prolonged part bent into the lamp bracket as indicated in dotted lines in Figures 8
and 10 and marked m.
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Figure 12 represents in side elevation; Figure 13 in vertical section; Figure 14 in
horizontal section and Figure 15 in end elevation partly in section, a sheet metal
clip made according to my invention for connecting the saddle frame to the top of
the seat post of the velocipede; Figure 16 represents the blank from which the
clip is made. This clip consists of the upper and lower branches p, q joining one
another by the angular middle bend r. The lower bend q has at its middle a
perforation or hole of a size proper to fit upon the top of the tubular seat post k
and the extreme end of the upper branch p of the clip is bent into the hollow
knuckle or eye s.
The clip is made by bending the blank Figure 16, the said blank
being angular at one end and having a hole or perforation q³ at the other end.
From the portion of the blank containing the perforation 9 the lower branch q is

page_text: made and from the other portion of the blank the upper branch p, the knuckles
and angular bend are made. The clip is secured to the head of the seat post k by
sliding the perforated lower branch r upon the seat post until its upper branch
crosses and is supported by the top of the seat post as seen in Figure 13. The clip
is then fixed in its place by brazing the ring part of the lower branch and the upper
branch and the lip part of the knuckle ends to the seat post. A rivet at the lip
part of the knuckle end may hold the body of the clip in its place during the
brazing operation. The perforated bars t, t of the swivelling saddle frame are
secured to the clip by the screw bolts u, u², clip screw nuts a³, ² and clip washers x, x.
That is to say, a screw bolt u is passed through the knuckle ends of fhe clip and
perforated saddle bars t, t and another screw bolt u2 is passed through the angular
bend at the other end of the clip and through the perforated saddle bars and
astened by the screw nuts, and clip washers x, x the said nuts and washers
gripping the saddle bars in the manner seen in Figures 14 and 15.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that I claim
as my invention;-
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First. The improvements in spring or elastic clips for the binding together of the
adjustable parts of the steering heads and seat posts of velocipedes and for binding
together similar telescopic parts for various purposes hereinbefore described and
illustrated in Figures 1 to 11 both inclusive of the accompanying drawings; that
is to say, making the said clips by bending transversely at its middle a perforated
and pierced blank or strip of sheet metal of the kind described and illustrated so as
to form therefrom two parallel divided or slotted rings connected together by semi-
circular bends, the semi-circular bends of the clip being pressed together by a screw
bolt and nut so as forcibly to contract the slotted rings upon the parts to be bound
together substantially as described and illustrated.
Secondly. The improvements in clips used for connecting saddle frames to the
tops of the seat posts of velocipedes herein before described and illustrated in
Figures 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of the accompanying drawings; that is to say, a sheet
metal clip consisting essentially of two nearly parallel branches joined by an angular
bend, the free end of the top branch being bent into a hollow knuckle or eye and
the lower branch having a hole in it for fitting upon the seat post, the fixing screw
bolts by which the saddle frame is connected to the clip fixed to the seat post being
passed through the angular bend and tubular knuckle or eye of the clip.
Dated the Ninth day of February 1894.
FREDERICK JOHN OSMOND.