Improved Brake Lever Cup for Cycies
Year: 1898

page_text: I, LAMBERT WALKER, of Holliers' Hill, Bexhill-on-Sea, in the County of Sussex,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows;
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My invention relates to an improved brake lever clip by which the fulcrum
for the brake lever is mounted upon the handle bar of a cycle, and the invention
has for object to simplify and improve the construction of the clip and to facilitate
mounting and dismounting the clip and brake lever. The improved clip consists
of a U-shaped bracket piece or hollow frame shaped to partially embrace the
handle bar and a steel band adapted to encircle the handle bar, the band being
tightened by means of a screw-bolt. The fulcrum for the lever is formed by a
tubular stud or boss at one end of the frame upon which the lever is secured by
the head of the screw bolt which turns freely in the stud or boss, the bolt passing
through one end of the band and screwing through a nut to which the other end
of the band is attached, the end of the band passing around a cross-bar at the
other end of the frame and the two ends of the band being received between
the side members of the frame or bracket so that by turning the bolt the ends of
the band may be drawn tightly together.
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L 1000
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.
Improved Brake Lever Cup for Cycies,
I, LAMBERT WALKER, of Holliers' Hill, Bexhill-on-Sea, in the County of Sussex,
Gentleman, 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 improved means of mounting the fulcrum for the
brake lever upon the handle bar of a cycle and has for its object to facilitate the
mounting and dismounting of the brake lever and of the clip by which its fulcrum
is supported.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming part of this
specification wherein Figure 1 represents a part perspective view of the handle
bar and brake lever shewing the clip and fulcrum of the lever in cross section
and Figure 2 is a perspective view of a detail.

page_text: The clip consists of a hollow bracket piece or open frame 0 (shewn separately
in Figure 2) of substantially rectangular shape in edge or plan view shaped at
its upper edge so as to fit partially around the circumference of the handle bar A,
and of a band of steel or other suitable metal D by which the handle bar is
encircled, the ends of the band being received between the side cheeks of the
frame C and the band being tightened up by means of a screw bolt E, the bolt
passing through a hole in the one end d of the band and screwing through a nut d
to which the other end of the band is attached, this end of the band passing around
a cross bar c at the end of the frame C so as to hold said frame firmly in place
against the handle bar and the nut working between the side cheeks of the
frame by which it is guided and prevented from turning when the two ends of
the band are drawn together by the action of the screw in tightening up the band.
The fulcrum for the brake lever B is formed by a tubular stud or boss b formed
on the end of the frame C through which the band tightening screw E passes
freely the head e of the screw bolt serving also as the means of retaining the
lever upon the stud b so that by the one motion of the screw the lever may be
mounted upon its fulcrum and fulcrum and clip may be secured upon the handle
bar, and vice-versa, whereby the mounting and dismounting of the lever and its
fulcrum is facilitated and fewer parts are required, the same screw serving the
purpose of securing both the clip and the lever.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim
is:-
The herein described brake lever clip and fulcrum constructed as described and
provided with means of both tightening the clip upon the handle bar and securing
the lever upon its fulcrum by one and the same screw bolt substantially as
specified.
1000.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.