An Improved Clamp for Attaching Accessories to Cycles.
Year: 1893

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Clamp for Attaching Accessories to Cycles.
I, JULIUS OTTO FLIEGE, of 24 Kastinienstrasse Chemnitz, in the Kingdom of
Saxony, 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 an improved clamp or clip and it consists of two checks
or jaws bent to an obtuse angle, which are lined with rubber, leather or other
elastic material, and which are provided with a transverse clamping or binding
screw and a nut, and it has for its object providing a clamp or clip capable of being
fastened to the handle bar or other part of a cycle in such a manner that it will
not injure the said part, and so that it can be used for carrying various articles.
I attain this end by the construction illustrated by the accompanying drawing,
in which :-
Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of my improved clamp or clip, and
Figure 2 is a view in front elevation thereof.
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Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
The clamp or clip consists of two jaws "a" and "b" which have recesses "'c," "c,"
in their engaging faces to receive insertions "c¹," "c¹," of rubber or the like.
Each jaw is provided with a transverse hole above the insertions "c¹," "c¹," to
receive a transverse bolt "d" provided with a nut for connecting the two jaws "a,"
and "" together, and cause them to firmly grip the handle bar or other part of a
cycle. The jaw "has at its upper end an angle piece "a" which bears in or
against a recess "1" in the jaw "6" and thus finds a support when the jaws are
forced together by means of the transverse screw "d."
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The article to be carried such as a bell, luggage-carrier, etc., is fixed or mounted
on an extension "" of the jaw "b." The rubber insertions "c¹," "c'," in the
recesses "C," "
c," give by reason of their adhesive property, a firmer grip
than clamps or clips already known having metallic engaging faces. Furthermore
the insulation of the metal by the insertions serves to prevent injury to the handle
bar or other part of the cycle. When the clamp is to be used, the transverse
screw is loosened, the jaws are placed around the handle bar or other part of a
cycle, and then the screw is tightened up so as to press the jaws firmly against the
handle bar, or other part of a cycle and afford a firm hold to the clamp.
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
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1. A clamp or clip for attaching accessories to cycles, consisting essentially of
two obtuse-angled jaws "a" and "6" having insertions of rubber, leather or like
material on their engaging faces and adapted to be clamped to the handle bar or
other part of a cycle, by means of the transverse screw "d," as set forth.
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2. In a clamp or clip for attaching accessories to cycles, the combination of the
two jaws a and ""
each having a recess "c in its engaging or gripping face,
of insertions "c¹," "c¹," of rubber, leather or the like adapted to be fixed in the
recesses C₁
c," and of the transverse screw d," all combined, arranged, and
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operating as and for the purpose set forth.
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3. In a clamp or clip for attaching accessories to cycles, the combination of the
two jaws "a " and "" each having a recess "c" in its engaging or gripping face,
of insertions "c',' c," of rubber, leather or the like adapted to be fixed in the
recesses
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C,
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"the jaw
6:
a" having an angle piece "a" and the jaw "b" a

page_text: recess "," and of the transverse screw "d," all combined, arranged, and operating
as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 9th day of October 1893.
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.