An Improved Rest for Holding the Barrel of a Rifle on a Cycle.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Nov., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 18th June, 1898-Accepted, 13th Aug., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Rest for Holding the Barrel of a Rifle on a Cycle.
I, HENRY LEWIS DAVIS, of 120, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, W.C.,
Cycle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
I attach by means of a clip to the top tube of the cycle, the said rest, having a
hole of a suitable size running vertically through it, through which slides a piece of
tube or metal in the form of the letter L inverted, the said clip is further provided
with a set screw to hold the said piece of tube or metal at any desired height; the
rest is placed upon the horizontal part of the inverted ✓ piece by means of a
clip sliding thereupon and provided with a set screw to hold same firmly at any
desired part thereof. By means of this improved rest a rifle may be carried in
the most convenient and approved position without resting upon the handlebar of
the cycle, thereby rendering the steering of same difficult, for the rear clip to
hold the breach of the rifle any suitable form may be used.
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An Improved Rest for Holding the Barrel of a Rifle on a Cycle.
I, HENRY LEWIS DAVIS, of 140, Southampton Row, late of 120, Great Russell
Street, both in Bloomsbury, London, W.C., Cycle 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: -
My invention relates to an improved rest or clip to be used when fixed upon the
frame of a bicycle tricycle or other velocipede for holding the barrel end of a rifie
or gun, while its breech or stock end may rest upon the back stays of the machine,
or the said clip may be fixed upon the tube or standard of the seat pillar for holding
the said breech or stock end, while the barrel end may rest upon the handle bar of
the machine, but for preference I use two such clips fixed in the positions stated,
in order to hold both ends of the rifle or gun, as hereinafter explained.
In order that my invention, its general formation, and the manner in which I
prefer to fix and use the same for the purposes stated may be fully understood, I
have hereunto appended a sheet of drawings, of which:-

page_text: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved rest or clip, illustrating the manner
in which I purpose fixing the same upon the fore-end of the horizontal tube of a
bicycle or like machine, and near to the handle bar of same.
Fig. 2 illustrates the manner in which I fix the same upon the tube or standard
of the seat pillar of such a machine.
Figs. 3 and 4 are side elevation and plan respectively of an ordinary bicycle,
illustrating the manner in which a rifle or gun may be held upon such a machine
or a tricycle, by the means of the said rests or clips when fixed as shewn by Figs. 1
and 2.
My invention consists of a spring clip A, preferably of the shape shewn in Figs. 1
and 2, which may be of steel or other metal, horn, vulcanite, celluloid or other
suitable material, rivetted or otherwise fixed upon a lug B, through a hole in the
latter of which passes the shorter member C of an approximately ✓ shaped
rod or
tube D, the said lug B being provided with a set screw E
by means of which the said clip may be fixed in any desired posi-
tion upon the member C. The opposite end of the rod or tube D
passes through a hole in the lug F of a hinged clip G, the said rod or tube being
retained in any desired position in F by the means of a set screw H. The said
hinged clip G is of such shape and configuration as to render it adaptable for
fixation upon any part of the frame of a bicycle or other velocipede, for which
purpose the free ends of the jaws of the said hinged clip are provided with holes
through which passes a bolt and nut J, the tightening of which closes the said
jaws around and tightly upon that portion of the frame of the machine upon
which it is to be fixed, and in order not to injure the enamel of the said frame,
the said hinged clip G may be lined with rubber or other soft and yielding
material,
Although I may employ one only of the said clips for retaining and holding a
rifle or gun upon a cycle I prefer (as previously stated) to employ two of these, one
for the foremost end and one for the breech or stock end of the barrel, and in the
accompanying drawings, I have chosen to illustrate the latter method, for the
purposes of which I arrange the said pair of clips as follows:
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For holding the foremost end of the barrel of a rifle or gun such as K, I mount
and fix the hinged clip G of one of the said devices upon the horizontal bar L of
the machine, near to the handle bar M of same, and by means of the screw H
adjust the position of the tube or rod D thereon, until the clip A is slightly above
the level of the handle bar as, at Fig. 1, so that the barrel of the rifle, when placed
therein, may be above, extend over, and be clear of the said handle bar, as at
Figs. 3 and 4.
In like manner I fix the second device with its hinged clip G grasping the tube
or standard N of the seat pillar O, and by means of the set-screw H adjust the
position of the rod or tube D therein, that the same may extend backward and
pass between the back stays P and P₁ of the machine, and (when such is provided)
resting upon the bridge piece R of the said stays, the spring clip A (which for the
purposes of its use at this part of the machine may be slightly longer, as at Fig. 2,
than at the fore part and shewn by Fig. 1) being then placed in the desired position
by the tightening of its screw E, substantially as at Fig. 2, so that the breech
end of the barrel of the rifle or gun K may rest therein as at Figs. 3 and 4.
By reason of the springy or elastic nature of the clips A A and the fact that the
back one of these grasps the rifle at or just behind the breech, it is impossible
for the rifle or gun to be dislodged by the greatest possible vibration of the machine,
and by reason of the position of the said spring clips, the rifle or gun extends
along the machine almost in alignment with the frame of same, and in such a
position as not to impede the free movements of the legs of the rider, which will
be more clearly understood by reference to Fig. 4.
In the case of tandem bicycles, where each rider may desire to be provided with a
rifle or gun, a duplication of the foregoing pair of clips may be arranged for that
purpose.

page_text: 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 device for carrying a rifle or gun upon a cycle substantially as herein
described and shewn by the appended drawings.
2. In a device employed singly or in duplicate for carrying a rifle or gun upon
a cycle, the combination of a spring clip such as A, B, mounted adjustably upon a
suitably shaped rod or tube such as C, the said tube or rod being adjustably con-
nected to a hinged clip G, adapted to be fixed upon any convenient part of the
frame of a cycle, such for instance as the horizontal rail L, or and the standard N of
the seat pillar 0, substantially as herein described and shewn by the appended
drawings.
Date : 10th day of T1000
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
No. 1, Broad Street Buildings, Liverpool Street, E.C.,
Agent for Applicant.