Improvements in Brake Attachments for Cycles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Sept., 1894*
Complete Specification Left, 22nd May, 1895-Accepted; 22nd June, 1895
Improvements in Brake Attachments for Cycles.
I, ALFRED BLACKWELL, of Icknield Street, in the City of Birmingham, Cycle
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to brake attachments for safety bicycles and tricycles, and
consists in an attachable and detachable brake clip, made from thin sheet metal,
and adapted to be easily put on and taken off a machine according as to whether
the brake is required to be used or not!
It is now the custom of riders, unless riding in very hilly countries, to dispense
with the brake entirely, and' to retard the motion of the machine, in case of need,
by-back pedalling.
One form of attachment is a clip bracket, with a socket guide, wherethrough the
brake rod passes and works.
Another form of attachment is a brake lever bracket, with bracket, ears,
wherethrough the pivot pin of the lever passes, whilst the body of the clip embraces
the handle bar.
In carrying out one form of the first mentioned attachment, I make the
attachment in the form of a band clip, of 'a size suitable for taking upon the upper
part of the tubular sleeve of the head, or that part surmounting the forks, and
through which the steering rod passes.
The said clip consists of two spring members, with ears or extensions at the
outer and free ends of them, wherotlirough' a screw-pin, bolt or other drawing-to
and 'affixing expedient passes.
The metal at the opposite side of the clip is formed into a bracket, carrying.a
jointed and eyed loop forming a tubular guide, and with the walls of the bracket
part connected together by a fastener, such as a clip or rotating stud.
Instead of the sections of the attachment being jointed together at the guide
loop part, they may be jointed together at that part which takes upon the socket
or head of a machine, in which form the sections would be secured in position, after
being opened out and then passed around the socket or head, by a screw pintor like
expedient at the bracket parts:
As a further form, the sections of the' attachment' may be jointed together upon
one side of the primary clip, the other side having bracket ears for the drawing.
together of the said 'sections by a screw or the like. In this arrangement, the
guido eye for the brake rod is formed' without a joint.
In carrying out one form of the attachment for attaching brake levers to handle:
bars; I take a horse-shoe" shaped 'clip; having extended ears upon one side, which
normally open out and are drawn together around the handle bar by'a screw pin;
link or the like. The other side of the clip (which is made from sheet metal)
carries a plate bracket, wherethrough the fulcrum pin of the brake lever takes, and
upon which pin the said brake lever turns.
In another form of this arrangement, I make a sheet metal brake lever clip in
two parts, hinged together at one side; and having the other and free ends
extended into plate brackets carrying the fulcrum pin.
When in use; the brake lever may come between the bracket extensions, or it
may come upon 'either the top or underside of the pair of plates when brought
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page_text: As a still further form, I propose to joint the sections of the band clip together
upon one side, with the drawing-to flanges directed from the other side, whilst the
bracket, which is made in the form of a hauging loop, open at its top end to the
band clip, is situated on one of the sections, centrally between the joint and
the drawing-to clips.
By constructing brake lever and brake rod clips as described they are readily
attached to and removed from a machine.
Dated the 28th day of September 1894.
I, ALFRED BLACKWELL of Icknield Street, in the City of Birmingham,, 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 :--
This invention relates to brake attachments for safety bicycles and tricycles and
is an improvement upon or a development of the invention described in the
Specification of former Letters Patent granted to me and bearing date the 9th day
of April 1894 and numbered 6998.
My present invention consists in an attachable and detachable brake clip, made
from thin sheet metal, and adapted to be easily put on and taken off a machine
according as to whether the brake is required to be used or not.
It is now the custom of riders, unless riding in very hilly countries, to dispense
with the brake entirely, and to retard the motion of the machine, in case of need,
by back pedalling hence a brake and attachments are required which can be
entirely detached from the machine and leave no. unsightly lugs on the handle-bar.
One form of attachment is a clip bracket, with a socket guide, wherethrough
the brake rod passes and works.
Another form of attachment is a brake lever bracket, with bracket ears,
wherethrough the pivot pin of the lever passes, whilst the body of the clip embraces
the handle bar.
In carrying out one form of the first mentioned attachment, I make the same in
the form of a band clip, of a size suitable for taking upon the lower part of the
tubular sleeve of the head, or around the crown surmounting the forks, and through
an eye at the front of which the steering rod passes.
The said clip consists of two spring members, with ears or extensions at the
outer and free ends of them, wherethrough a screw-pin, bolt or other drawing-to
and affixing expedient passes.
The metal at the opposite side of the clip is formed into a bracket, carrying a
jointed and eyed loop forming a tubular guide, and with the walls of the bracket
part connected together by a fastener, such as a clip or rotating stud.
Figure of the accompanying drawings represents. such a brake-rod guide
attachment clip constructed according to this form of my invention, and Figurò 2 is
a front elevation of the same showing the joint.
The said clip and guide is made up of two halves a', jointed together at a², with
the body part a, having lugs a, adapted to be drawn together around the head or
crown of the forks by a screw pin a. a is the guide loop.for the brake rod.
. Instead of the sections of the attachment being jointed together at the guide loop
part, they may be jointed together at that part which takes upon the socket or
head of a machine, in which form the sections would be secured in position, after

page_text: being opened out and then passed around the socket or head, by a screw pin or
like expedient at the bracket parts.
Figure 3 represents a plan and Figure 4 a back elevation of such an arrangement.
In this form, the divided halves a, are jointed together at the back of the body
part a', and drawn around the crown by a screw pin a, passing through hugs a', at
the front of the brake rod guide part a. Or the screw pin may pass through
the bracket, part between the guide and body part as shown in dotted lines'in
Figure 3.
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As a further form, the sections a', of the attachment may be jointed together
(at a) upon one side of the primary clip, the other side having bracket ears a*, for
the drawing together of the said sections by a screw or the like.
In this arrange
ment the guide eye for the brake rod is formed without a joint, as represented in
Figure 5.
In carrying out one form of the attachment for attaching brake levers to handle
bars, I take a horse shoe shaped clip, having extended cars upon one side which are
drawn together around the handle bar by a screw pin, link or the like. The other
side of the clip, (which is made from sheet metal) carries a plate bracket, where-
through the fulcrum pin of the brake lever takes and upon which pin the said
brake lever turns.
Figure 6 represents a brake lever clip so constructed.
a is the horse-shoe-shaped spring clip, which is drawn around a handle bar by a
bolt or pin 6 passing through the ears a', whilst a is a plate bracket, to which the
brake lever c, is jointedly connected by a cross pin a³.
In another form of this arrangement, I make a sheet metal brake lever clip in
two parts, hinged together at one side, and having the other and free ends extended
into plate brackets carrying the fulcrum.pin.
When in use, the brake lover may come between the bracket extensions, or it
may come upon either of the sides of the pair of plates when brought together.
Figure 7 represents such a clip, with the lever coming upon the outside of the
plate bracket.
a is the body clip, composed of segments a¹, jointed together at a², with the free
ends, which are extended into a bracket plate a³, secured together by a screw pin b,
or by the fulcrum pin c³, of the brake lever c.
As a still further form, I propose to joint the sections of the band clip together
upon one side, with the drawing-to flanges directed from the other side, whilst the
bracket, which is made in the form of a banging loop, open at its top end to the
band clip, is situated on one of the sections, centrally between the joint and
the drawing-to clips.
Figure 8 represents. a brake lever clip constructed in accordance with this form
of my invention, and Figure 9 represents the same opened out.
Figure 10 is a side elevation of the one side of the clip and Figure 11 a like view
of the other side.
Figure 12 shows the brake lever clip in position upon the handle bar of the
machine.
a and a¹ are the sections of the clip, jointed together at us, and each having
lugs a, drawn together by a pin or bolt a³, whilst a³ is a hanging loop or box
bracket, through which the brake lever c passes and to which it is fulcrumed by
a pin a².
By constructing brake lever and brake rod clips as described, they are readily
attached to and removed from a machine.
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 :-
First. A sheet metal brake-rod guide attachment clip, consisting of two
segmental parts a¹ jointed together at a³, substantially as described and set forth in
Figures 1 to 5.

page_text: Secondly... A. sheet metal brake lever, attachment clip, consisting of a spring clip
having a depending bracket plate to which the brake lever is jointed, substantially
as.desoribed and set forth in Figure 6.
Thirdly. A sheet metal brake lever attachment clip,,consisting of two segmental
parts a', jointed together at a,substantially, as described and set forth in Figure 7.
Fourthly. A sheet metal brake lever attachment clip, consisting of two
sections, aa, jointed together, at a, and with one of 'the sections provided with a
loop or box bracket a³, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 8 to 12.
Dated this 21st day of Maya1895.
ALFRED BLACKWELL,-
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.