A New or Improved Combined Bicycle and Air Pump.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Oct., 1:92-Accepted, 3rd Dec., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Combined Bicycle and Air Pump.
I, EDWIN DORSEY LOANE, Jr., of No. 17 Eliott Street, Newark, N.J., United:
States of America, Commercial Traveller, 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 :-
My invention relates especially to the combination with a bicycle frame, or some
portion of the bicycle, of an air pump connected therewith, or formed of a part thereof,
arranged to inflate the pneumatic tires of the wheels of the bicycle wherewith my
invention is employed, the same being so arranged as to be out of the way, and
readily used with one hand, leaving the other hand of the operator free, thus
avoiding the necessity of holding the pump while being employed, as has usually
been the practice.
As my pump is always present with the bicycle, and cannot be mislayed or
forgotten, the user of the bicycle is at all times in a position to inflate the wheel
tires, and he is relieved of a great difficulty heretofore experienced by many.
In the accompanying drawing is shown a side elevation of a bicycle wherewith.
my invention is employed, a pump in the handle bar being shown in longitudinal
section.
In the said drawing. A is the frame of the bicycle, and B the wheels constructed
and arranged in the usual manner. It will be observed that the pump in the handle
bar is shown complete, as I have found this a very convenient location therefor, but
if desired, the pump may be placed within any of the tubular portions of the frame,.
as indicated in dotted lines in the different parts, or it may be placed in the saddle
or saddle support, without departing from the spirit of my invention.
C are the handles and D the handle bar, running down into the standard E in
the usual manner. In the present instance I have placed a bushing or lining F,.
within the bar D, said lining forming the pump barrel. Usually the interior of the
bar D, or any part of the bicycle frame, would not be sufficiently smooth to con-.
stitute the pump barrel. It may be bored out, or a lining inserted, as shown.
G is the rod of the pump provided with a hand piece H, said hand piece resting
upon the top of the handle bar when the rod G is pushed home. The rod G is
made hollow, and has an opening at I for the admission of the air supply. J is the
piston. Kis the outlet valve, provided with a nozzle L, for engaging with a tube l'
to connect with the wheel valve R.
I have shown the handle bar as pushed down to the bottom of the standard E,
but when said bar is raised, it will carry all of the parts of the pump upward within
the standard.
It will thus be seen that my invention is admirably adapted to the uses and
purposes for which it is intended, and is always ready for immediate use, while at
the same time the pump is out of the way, and held in a convenient position for
operating.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven--
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is: :-
1: The combination with a bicycle frame, or a part of a bicycle, of an air pump.
connected therewith or forming a part thereof, as set forth.
2: The combination with the frame of a bicycle, of an air pump, as set forth.
3: The combination with the handle bar of a bicycle, of an air pump located.
therein and arranged substantially as shown and described.

page_text: 4: The combination with the saddle or saddle support of a bicycle, of an air
pump, as set forth.
Dated this 12th day of October 1892.
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicant.