Bouquet Holders for Bicycles and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 10th July, 1899-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1899
Bouquet Holders for Bicycles and the like.
I, GEORG BARTSCH, of Dresden, 53, Friedrichstrasse, Saxony, Germany, 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 follow-
ing statement:-
In the drawings in which similar letters refer throughout to similar parts,
Fig. 1 is a side view of my invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.
Fig. 3 is also a side view with parts in section.
In the construction and use of my invention I employ a split ring or collar m
which may be easily fastened to the steering rod of the bicycle, and which has
a hollow hinge adapted to receive a pintle or pin e as shown in the drawings.
Secured to said pintle is a plate g through which passes an axle a so constructed
as to have a predetermined vertical adjustment in addition to its rotary move-
ment, while a spiral spring i wound about said axle and below said plate holds
it in its lower or normal position.
Secured to the lower end of the axle a is a small thumb wheel h, while tightly
mounted on the said axle and above plate g is a ratchet b whose teeth, when said
axle is in its lower or normal position, engage a stud formed on said plate g.
Above said ratchet a cylinder c is fastened on said axle and has secured thereto
one end of a steel band or tape d and which latter is adapted to be wound about
the cylinder aforesaid.
Fastened to the upper end of axle a and adapted to move vertically with the
latter is a bridge provided with slots k, through which latter pass guiding
arms ff stationarily secured to plate g. Preferably formed on said bridge is a
depending arm j through a slit in one side of which passes the steel band or tape
aforesaid while to the other side the remaining end of the tape is made fast.
It will be clearly seen that by raising the axle a the ratchet b is freed from
stud whence the tape d can be drawn out forming thereby a loop of any
desired size. Having placed the stem of the bouquet, through the loop the tape d
is then tightly drawn thereabout by revolving wheel which rotating the
cylinder e wind the tape up to any desired tension. For maintaining this tension
the thumb wheel h is released, whence the ratchet & dropping engages the stud 1.
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:
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1/ In a new and improved holder for bouquets on bicycles etc., the combina-
tion of a steel band forming a loop and adapted to be tightly drawn about and
to support the object and means for operating said band, substantially as
described.
2/ In a new and improved holder the combination of a plate, a vertically
movable axle passing therethrough, a stud, a ratchet on said axle, a spiral spring
adapted to hold said ratchet in engagement with said stud, a cylinder, a steel

page_text: tape fastened at one end to said cylinder and forming a loop, a bridge, an arm
thereon in connection with the outer end of said tape and detachable means for
suitably securing said holder as desired, substantially as described.
3/ In a new and improved holder the combination of an attaching device pro-
vided with an opening therein, a pintle adapted to enter said opening, a plate
secured to said pintle, an axle passing through said plate, a ratchet on said
axle, a stud on said plate engaging said ratchet a cylinder on said axle, a steel
band fastened at one end thereto, a bridge on the upper end of said axle, guide
arms connecting said plate and bridge, a depending arm on said bridge having
said band pass through one side thereof and made fast at its outer end to the
other side thereof, a spiral spring and a thumb wheel on said axle, substantially
as described.
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