Improvements in and connected with Stays and Clips for Luggage Carriers, applicable to Cycles and other like Vehicles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Oct., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 5th July, 1899-Accepted, 5th Aug.,
1899
Improvements in and connected with Stays and Clips for Luggage
Carriers, applicable to Cycles and other like Vehicles.
I, THOMAS ROSETHORN, of 4, Withy Grove, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Commission Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to devices for attaching luggage carriers to cycles and other
like machines and is especially suitable for use with luggage carriers described in the
Specification of my Letters Patent, No. 10,287, dated May 14th, 1896.
It consists in stays and clips for the same which may be attached to the lower
front tube of the cycle frame or alternatively to the steering tube or pillar; the latter
being suitable for luggage carriers intended to support light weights, only whilst the
former will bear any weight the machine is calculated to carry.
The luggage carriers supported by these clips may be made of wire, or willow, or
wood, or other suitable material.
In the former case the stay is composed of a rectangular frame of wire having
loops at one end by which it can be attached to the front lower tube of the machine
by means of a screw clip which encircles the said tube. In this case the loops for the
screws are in the same plane as the stay, which plane is approximately inclined at
the same angle as the front down tube. The other end of the wire frame is turned
upwards so as to engage the front edge or other suitable portion of the basket or
carrier which is disposed closely in front of and attached to the steering pillar when
there is no brake-rod fixed thereto; but in case a brake-rod is fixed to the steering
pillar then a "holder" composed of two semi-circular pieces of iron is fastened to the
frame of the basket or carrier to prevent the same from touching the brake-rod, these
being affixed to the steering pillar by means of the screw clips previously
mentioned.
In cases where the stay is attached to the steering pillar the same shape is
preserved, except that the loops for attaching to the clips are at an angle to the plane
of the stay frame. This is necessitated by the clips being in this case placed in a
nearly vertical position, while in the former they approach much more nearly the
horizontal.
The clips employed are of that description in which two metallic plates are
connected together at their ends by screws, while the middle of each is bent into a
semi-circular shape so that the two when placed together embrace tightly the
tube.
Dated this 7th day of October 1898.

page_text: Improvements in and connected with Stays and Clips for Luggage
Carriers, applicable to Cycles and other like Vehicles.
I, THOMAS ROSETHORN, of 4, Withy Grove, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Commission Agent, 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 devices for attaching luggage carriages to cycles and like
machines and is especially suitable for use with luggage carriers described in the
Specification of my Letters Patent No. 10,287 dated May 14th 1896.
It consists in stays and clips for the saine which may be attached to the lower front
tube of the cycle frame or alternatively to the steering tube or pillar; the latter being
suitable for luggage carriers intended to support light weights only, while the former
will bear any weight the machine is calculated to carry. The luggage carriers
supported by these clips may be made of wire or willow; or wood or other suitable
material.
In the former case the stay is composed of a rectangular frame of wire having
loops at one end by which it can be attached to the front lower tube of the machine
In this case the loops' for the
by means of a screw clip which encircles the said tube.
screws are in the same plane as the stay which plane is approximately inclined at the
same angle as the front down tube. The other end of the wire frame is turned
upwards so as to engage the front edge or other suitable portion of the basket or
carrier which is disposed closely in front of and attached to the steering pillar when
there is no brake rod fixed thereto; but in case a brake-rod is fixed to the steering
pillar then a "holder" composed of two semi-circular pieces of iron is fastened to the
frame of the basket or carrier to prevent the same from touching the brake-rod
these being affixed to the steering pillar by means of the screw-clips previously
mentioned.
In cases where the stay is attached to the steering pillar the same shape is pre-
served except that the loops for attaching to the clips are at an angle to the plane of
the stay frame. This is necessitated by the clips being in this case placed in a
nearly vertical position while in the former they approach much more nearly the
horizontal.
The clips employed are of that description in which two metallic plates are
connected together at their ends by screws while the middle of each is bent into a
semi-circular shape so that the two when placed together embrace tightly the
tube.
In order that my invention may be fully understood and ascertained, I append
drawings in which
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the front part of a bicycle with the stay attached in
position.
Fig. 2 is an edge view of the stay and clip.
Fig. 3 is an elevation of the clip.
Fig. 4 is an edge view and
Fig. 5 is a plan of a modified form of stay.
X indicates the front wheel, Y the steering tube, Z the lower front tube of the
cycle frame and the handle-bars.
In Fig. 1 the stay A is attached to the lower front tube Z of the frame by means of
a clip B similar to that shewn in Fig. 3. The stay is in this case similar in plan
to that shewn in Fig. 5 except the loops a are in the same place as the stays; but it
will be understood that the wire or other material of which the stay is composed may

page_text: be bent so as to have several longitudinal bars, and the ends a¹ may be bent up at
any angle and of any shape.
The stay shewn in Fig. 2 is intended to be attached to the lower front tube as
shewn in Fig. 1, and it has the loops a in the same plane as the stays. It is attached
to the lower front tube by the clip B which is formed of two bent pieces of metal b
and b¹ similar in shape and connected to each other by two bolts 62 having fly or
other nuts b. The loops a fit under the heads of these and when the clip is adjusted
so that the semi-circular parts encircle the lower front tube, the tightening up of the
fly or other nuts 63 simultaneously grips the lower front tube and fixes the loops a
thus holding the stay firmly to the frame of the cycle.
The modified form shewn in Figures 4 and 5 is the same as the foregoing except
that being intended to be attached to the steering pillar and yet project at about
the same angle as that shewn in Fig. 1 the loops a are inclined to the plane of
the stays at approximately the angle shewn in Fig. 4. Otherwise the stays are the
same and the clips employed are exactly similar.
In some cases the concave portions of the semi-circular parts of the clips may be
faced with felt, cloth or other similar soft material for the purpose of securing a
firmer grip, and preventing injury to the enamel of the cycle.
The clips and stays may be made to serve their purpose equally well if attached to
any other suitable part of the frame, it being necessary only to modify the loops
correspondingly.
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. A stay for supporting luggage carriers for cycles and like vehicles substantially
as shewn and described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2. A combined stay and clip for supporting luggage carriers for cycles and like
vehicles substantially as shewn and described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
3. In a stay for supporting luggage carriers for cycles and like vehicles, the
combination of a wire frame A, loops a and ends a substantially as shewn and
described.
4. In stays and clips for supporting luggage carriers for cycles and like vehicles,
the combination with a frame A having loops a and ends a¹, of a clip B, consisting
essentially of two parts 6 and b', two screws be and two fly or other nuts 63 substan-
tially as shewn and described.
5. Attaching stays and clips for supporting luggage carriers for cycles and like
vehicles, to the front down-tube or steering pillar substantially in the manner and for
the purpose described.
Dated this 5th day of July 1800
WILLIAM J. MUNDEN,
75, Chancery Lane, Agent for the Applicant.