Improvements in and relating to Cycle Pedals.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 10th May, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 10th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 11th Mar., 1899
Improvements in and relating to Cycle Pedals.
We, ARTHUR GAY and FRANK GAY, both of 170, Burbury Street, Lozells, Bir-
mingham, Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention consists of improvements in and relating to cycle pedals, our
object being to arrange in combination with such pedals convenient and efficient
toe-clips for retaining the feet of the rider in the desired position.
In the application of our invention we construct the toe-clip preferably from
sheet steel in one or more parts suitably perforated to lighten same without detract-
ing from the strength. The central portion of the appliance, which receives the
toe part of the boot or shoe, we strengthen and stiffen by bending a portion or
portions of the metal to form brackets beneath it, and we secure the free ends of
such brackets to the central portion of the clip by rivetting over their extremities.
The toe portion of the shoe is retained within the clip by lateral gripping pieces
formed by bending over the forward ends or corners of the metal to the
proper curvature to cause them to grip and retain the shoe in the desired position
upon the pedal without discomfort to the rider.
The clip is either detachably connected to the front plate of the pedal by bolts
and nuts or by other means, or we make it as a part of or in rigid attachment with
such plate in the case of a rat trap pedal, whilst with a rubber pedal we arrange the
back or rear portion of the clip with lateral or flange like projections to embrace
the pedal end plates, securing them in position preferably by the bolt passing
through the adjacent rubber tread.
We, ARTHUR GAY, and FRANK GAY, both of 170, Burbury Street, Lozells, Bir-
mingham, Engineers, 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 consists of improvements in and relating to cycle pedals, our
object being to arrange in combination with such pedals convenient and efficient
toe-clips for retaining the feet of the rider in the desired position.
to.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter referred

page_text: Figure 1 is a side elevation, Figure 2 a front elevation, and Figure 3 a plan, of
our improved toe-clip as constructed from one piece of sheet metal.
Figure 4 is a side elevation of the toe-clip constructed from two pieces of metal.
Figure 5 is a front elevation and Figure 6 a plan of the toe-clip formed in one
piece with the front plate of a rat-trap pedal.
Figure 7 is a plan of the toe-clip attached to a rubber pedal whilst Figure 8 is
a plan and Figure 9 an end elevation of the attachment plate.
Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4, are drawn to a larger scale than the subsequent figures.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
In the application of our invention we construct the toe-clip preferably from
sheet steel in one or more parts suitably perforated to lighten same without detract-
ing from the strength. The central portion of the appliance, which receives the
toe part of the boot or shoe, we strengthen and stiffen by bending a portion or
portions of the metal to form brackets beneath it, and we secure the free ends of
such brackets to the central portion of the clip preferably by rivetting over their
extremities. The brackets as A1 and A2 are formed in one piece with the body A
and the back a of the toe-clip in the example shown by the Figures 1, 2, and 3, but
in the example shown at Figure 4 the brackets are formed from a separate piece of
metal having ends rivetted over on the body A.
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The toe portion of the shoe is retained within the clip by lateral gripping or
guard pieces as A3 A4 formed by bending over the forward ends or corners of the
metal to the proper curvature to cause them to grip and retain the shoe in the
desired position upon the pedal without discomfort to the rider.
The clip is either detachably connected to the front plate of the pedal by bolts
and nuts or by other means, we
or
make it as a part or in rigid
attachment with such plate in the case of a rat-trap pedal, as shown
at Figures 5 and 6. With a rubber pedal we arrange the back or
rear portion of the clip with lateral or flange like projections to em-
brace the pedal end plates, securing them in position preferably by the bolt passing
through the adjacent rubber tread, or we employ a separate plate as B (Figures 7, 8
and 9) having projections as 6 forced up from the same which engage with the
apertures in the strengthening and stiffening brackets of the toe-clip.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1. A. toe-clip provided with lateral gripping or guard pieces, with strengthening
and stiffening brackets, and arranged for attachment to a cycle pedal, substantially
as described and as illustrated.
2. The strengthening and stiffening of a cycle pedal toe-clip by brackets formed
with or attached to the body of the clip, substantially as described and as illustrated.
3. A rat-trap cycle pedal having a toe-clip formed as a part of its front plate
substantially as described and as illustrated.
4. A rubber pedal for cycles having a toe-clip arranged in combination therewith
substantially as described and as illustrated.
Dated this 9th day of February 1899.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, and 25, Cross Street, Manchester,
Agents for the Applicants.