Improvement in the Manufacture of Detachable Adjusting Lug or Clip for Bicycles, Tricycles, or other Velocipedes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left 14th Luke 4005
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Manufacture of Detachable Adjusting Lug or
Clip for Bicycles, Tricycles, or other Velocipedes.
I JOHN EDWARD MEREDITH of No. 7 Spencer Street in the City of Birmingham
in the County of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object the production of a metallic detachable adjusting
lug or clip for connecting the breakwork to bicycles tricycles and other velocipedes
also applicable to various other purposes in which lug or clip there is great strength
lightness and simplicity of construction.
I will describe my invention as applied to a bicycle it being understood that the
description applies also to other velocipedes. My method of forming or making
the lug or clip is as follows I take a piece of thin sheet steel brass copper iron or
any other metallic substance or any other suitable material for making the said lug
or clip in one or more parts I have a blank cut out of an oblong shape and a
little wider at both ends than in middle I then have a slot pierced in centre of
an oblong or oval shape I then have two holes pierced near both ends of blank
I then have formed on both ends curves ridges ribs or beads which is raised or bent
to shape required by means of press stamp or machine or any other suitable means or
method to give strength and reduce weight I then have two or four lip pieces
pierced or cut on side and bent at right angles to form stops I then have sides
at both ends bent or raised and turned over to form a half tubular or bowl shape
I then have the middle bent a circular oval or any other shape required to clip
or connect to handle bar tube rod or fork of bicycle tricycle or velocipede The
lug or clip is attached to the handle bar tube rod or fork in a most effectual
manner by cutters pins or bolts and nuts or with rivets passing through the same
at or near the half circular angle raised or formed at ends The two or four lip
pieces bent at sides near ends are to prevent the projecting part of lug or clip
from binding break-lever so as not to prevent the free action or working of the
lever The breakleaver is connected or attached to the lug or clip in a most
effectual manner by means of a cotter pin or bolt being passed through the hole
pierced in one end or side of lug or clip thence through hole in breakleaver and
thence through hole pierced in the other end or side of lug or clip Then the
cotter pin or bolt is secured by means of a nut being screwed or end of same.
Another method of making the lug or clip I take a piece of thin sheet steel
brass copper iron or any other metallic substance or suitable material from wbich
I then have a blank cut out to such shape and size required The sides at both ends
projecting and connected to centre by two narrow necks I then have the centre
bent or raised in a circular oval or any other suitable shape or form the two ends
being bent or turned to an angle required by means of a press stamp machine or any
other suitable means or method I theu have the two ends bent raised or drifted
into a tubular shape the one wrapping over the other to give greater strength and
to reduce weight I then have the tubular part taped to receive an ordinary pin
or bolt This lug or clip is attached in a most effectual manner to the bar rod
tube or fork of the bicycle tricycle or velocipede by the pin or bolt which is

page_text: screwed into the tubular part so as to connect the rod or lever to the tube bar or
fork of the bicycle tricycle or velocipede.
Dated this Nineteenth day of October 1894.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Manufacture of Detachable Adjusting Lug or
Clip for Bicycles, Tricycles, or other Velocipedes.
I, JOHN EDWARD MEREDITH, of No. 7 Spencer Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer, 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 improvements in the manufacture of detachable band
clips or carrier brackets, principally applicable for attaching the brake work of
cycles to the handle bars, and capable of being adjusted to any position upon the
same, but the said clips are also applicable to other attachments, bearings or
supports in connection with cycles.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a front elevation of a
velocipede handle bar with the brake work attached thereto by a band clip made
according to my method of production.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the said clip, showing the half round or tubular
box ends of the same.
Figure 3 represents a transverse vertical section of Figure 1 upon the dotted
line - and upon an enlarged scale.
Figure 4 is a vertical section of the clip upon the dotted line A. Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a transverse section of Figure 4 upon the dotted line B.
Figure 6 represents a plan, end view and edge view of the thin sheet metal blank
from which the clip is made.
Figure 7 is a vertical section of the partly shaped blank.
Figure 8 is a topside plan of the same.
Figure 9 represents a plan of the blank Figure 8, showing the wings which form
the backs to the hollow or box ends turned into position.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in Figures 1 to 9 of
the drawings.
The brake lever clip consists of a band body part a, and lug or bracket box or
hollow ends a', having lips or ears a³, standing out at right angles to the inside
walls a, and constituting stops for preventing the inside surfaces of the said end
from binding or coming into intimate contact with the brake lever, which is
marked b, whilst the handle bar to which the clip is connected is marked c. d is
the brake-lever pivot or fulcrum pin, passing through holes or piercings at, in the
said ends a¹, whilst a are piercings for the screw pin e, to pass through for
connecting the said clip or bracket lug to the handle bar.
In making the said clip or lug bracket, I take a cut-out sheet metal blank a³,
with the body part a', having a longitudinal middle piercing as, ends a', wings a³,
extreme ends a³, and stop lips or ears a². This blank is turned up into a trough
figure having an arched middle part as represented in Figures 8 and 9, which are
marked with the same letters of reference as the blank.
The partly formed blauk Figures 7 and 8 is then further operated upon and the
wings a³, turned over, with their edges meeting and the stop lips standing at right
angles to the inside walls of the ends.
The bearing ends of this clip are thus formed hollow or box-like.
The fashioned blank Figure 9 is then bent up semi-circularly into a band clip,
with the insides of the hollow ends brought opposite to each other, as represented
in Figures, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

page_text: By my improvements, an extended bearing for the fulcrum pin or pivot of the
orake lever is obtained, and also great lightness combined with strength.
Figure 10 represents another form of detachable eyed clip or lug constructed
according to my invention and shown applied to a telescopic brake rod.
Figure 11 is a cross section of Figure 10 upon the dotted line x.
Figure 12 represents a section of the said clip, with the pin removed.
Figure 13 is a plan of the end of the neck of the clip alone.
Figure 14 represents in plan and edge view the blank from which the clip is
made.
Figure 15 is a partially bent blank before the tubular part of the one end is
passed into the trough-shaped part of the other end.
In Figures 10 to 15, g is the band clip part, g' the hollow shank or neck, inside
tapped at g, up which a screw pin h, passes for the closing of the split end, of
the hollow tube i, upon the rod j, to be affixed after adjustment.
In making the said necked or eyed clip, I take a blank g³, Figure 14, with a
necked or contracted middle part g, and expanded or cross ends y, g, having
curved outside edges. The middle part of this blank is then troughed, and the
end is bent into a tubular shank g', whilst the end, is bent into a trough
figure 9. The blank is then folded about its middle into a bowl shaped socket or
eye, and the tubular shank g', is then passed into the trough part 98, and the
walls of the latter are closed around the walls of the former, thereby forming a
tubular shank with a double thickness of metal, with the joint of the one thick-
ness presented to the solid of the other, hence the breaking of joint. The inside
of the shank is next tapped to receive the screw pin h.
If necessary, the joints may be brazed or welded, but in ordinary work, the
same are sufficiently strong when simply closed.
Figure 16 represents an eyed clip or band lug such as last described applied to
a handle bar for the purpose of forming the fulcrum of the brake lever.
Figure 17 is a section of Figure 6 upon the dotted line x Figure 16.
g is the band clip and g' the hollow neck, g' the inside screw part thereof, and
is the pin upon the shank of which, the brake lever b, turns, whilst i is the
handle bar to which the clip is secured by the pin h.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
First. In detachable eyed bracket clips or band lugs, making the bracket or lug
ends of a hollow or boxed construction, whereby strength and increased bearing for
the fulcrum pin of the brake lever is attained, substantially as described and set
fort: in Figures 1 to 9.
Secondly. In detachable eyed bracket clips or band lugs, providing the bracket
or lug ends with distance stops, carried by the inside faces of the said bracket or
lug ends, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1 to 9.
Thirdly. Making detachable brake-lever and like clips, having closed hollow
ends, from sheet metal by the process and in the way substantially as described and
set forth in Figures 1 to 9.
Fourthly. Making shanked sockets or clips for brake rods, levers, and the like
from sheet metal in the way and by the process substantially as described and set
forth in Figures 10 to 17.
Dated this 10th day of July 1895.
JOHN EDWARD MEREDITH,
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.