Improvements in Clips or Carriers particularly Applicable for Attaching Pumps or Inflators to the Framework of Velocipedes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Clips or Carriers particularly Applicable for
Attaching Pumps or Inflators to the Framework of Velocipedes.
I, HENRY ALFRED BATE, of 68, Spital Road, Maldon, in the County of Essex,
Cycle Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:―
This invention refers to improved clips or carriers particularly applicable for
attaching pumps or inflators to the framework of velocipedes. For this purpose
spring steel clips have been employed and also india rubber bands with metal
intermediate parts and hook and eye connections have also been made, but such
constructions have been found in practise to damage the surface of the tubes of
the velocipede framework, and the india rubber bands when so connected are
liable to break or tear away from the fixing devices. It has also been proposed
to employ an india rubber cord, having a ring of the same material at each end
and this cord has been attached to the frame by being placed around same and
then threading one ring through the other, the pump being then forced length-
wise through the remaining elastic ring, which latter operation is troublesome
and not secure.
Now the object of my invention is to produce a clip or carrier which while
being composed wholly or nearly of rubber, and without metallic fastenings,
yet is so constructed that the pump can be brought against the clip and the latter
passed round same and fastened. The clips can be made easily and cheaply,
and when applied provide cushions of rubber between the pump and the frame
tube.
According to my invention I provide a strip of elastic material or india rubber
of a sufficient length and thickness, and I form at one end thereof a perforation,
at a further point I form opposite notches in the edges of the strip, at a still
further point in the length I form a second perforation, and the end of the strip
I make T-ended by say forming opposite lateral notches in the strip at or near
such end.
In applying such a clip or carrier, I first fix it to the tube of the framework,
by passing the strip around same, threading the perforated end thereof through
the second perforation, and drawing said end therethrough until the opposite
notches in the edges of the strip engage the edges of the second perforation, when
the clip thus becomes attached to the frame tube. The pump is then laid up
against and between the two loose ends of the strip, which ends are stretched
around same, and the T-end is passed through the perforation of the other end,
and the pump thus firmly secured.
I generally employ two such securing strips at a distance apart but I do not
limit myself to the number of clips employed.
In construction, the strips may be thickened and strengthened at parts where

page_text: required, and I may stiffen parts. such as the T end piece by suitable means,
such as by the insertion during manufacture of wire or other material.
Dated this 29th day of September 1897.
BREWER & SON,
London & Leeds, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Clips cr Carriers particularly Applicable for
Attaching Pumps or Inflators to the Framework of Velocipedes.
I, HENRY ALFRED BATE, of 68, Spital Road, Maldon, in the County of Essex,
Cycle Maker, 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:
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This invention refers to improved clips or carriers particularly applicable for
attaching pumps or inflators to the framework of velocipedes. For this purpose
spring steel clips have been employed and also india rubber bands with metal
intermediate parts and hook and eye connections have also been made, but such
constructions have been found in practice to damage the surface of the tubes of
the velocipede framework, and the india rubber bands when so connected are
liable to break or tear away from the fixing devices. It has also been proposed
to employ an india rubber cord having a ring of the same material at each end,
and this cord has been attached to the frame by being placed round same and
then threading one ring through the other, the pump being then forced length-
wise through the remaining elastic ring, which latter operation is troublesome
and not secure.
Now the object of my invention is to produce a clip or carrier which while
being composed wholly or nearly of rubber, and without metallic fastenings,
yet is so constructed that the pump can be brought against the clip and the latter
passed round same and fastened.
The clips can be made easily and cheaply, and when applied provide cushions
of rubber between the pump and the frame tube.
According to my invention I provide a strip of elastic material or india rubber
of a sufficient length and thickness, and I form at one end thereof a perforation.
At a further point I form opposite notches in the edges of the strip; at a still
further point in the length I form a second perforation, and the end of the strip
I make T-ended by say forming opposite lateral notches in the strip at or near
such end.
In applying, such a clip or carrier, I first fix it to the tube of the framework,
by passing the strip round same, threading the perforated end thereof through
the second perforation, and drawing said end therethrough until the opposite
notches in the edges of the strip engage the edges of the second perforation, when
the clip thus becomes attached to the frame tube. The pump is then laid up
against and between the two loose ends of the strip, which ends are stretched
around same, and the Tend is passed through the perforation of the other end,
and the pump thus firmly secured.
I generally employ two such securing strips at a distance apart, but I do not
limit myself to the number of clips employed.
In construction the strips may be thickened and strengthened at parts where
required, and I may stiffen parts such as the T-end piece by suitable means
such as by the insertion during manufacture, of wire or other material.

page_text: Referring to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures and letters of
reference thereon, Fig. 1 is a plan view of band or strip made of rubber or other
suitable material. Fig. 2 is a cross section, showing made of attaching band
or strip to framework of machine. Fig. 3 is likewise a cross section showing the
band or strip actually securing the pump. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional
view of the band or strip.
The mode of employing the clip or carrier is as follows: I first apply the clip or
carrier to the tube G, Fig. 2 of the framework, and I then thread the end of the
strip A, Fig. 1 through the perforation D, Fig. 1, and I draw the said end until the
notches C C Fig. engage the edges of the said perforation D. By this action
the clip becomes attached to the tube G of the framework as shown in Fig. 2
at G. I then lay the pump H Fig. 2 up and against the two loose ends I. I.
Fig. 2 which ends II are stretched around the said pump H. The Tend E Fig. 1
is then threaded through the perforation B Fig. 1, the notches F F Fig. 1
engaging the edges of the perforation B. The pump H is thus firmly
secured to the framework as shown in cross section at K, Fig. 3. In Fig. 4 I
show one of the modes I may employ for thickening, strengthening or stiffening,
it desired, the T piece E Fig. 1. For this I use a piece or strip of wire, vulcanite,
or other suitable material which I insert at L, Fig. 4, either during or after
manufacture. I may also make the clip or carrier with edges of varying width
or widths and of oval, circular or other shapes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
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A band composed wholly or nearly of rubber and without metallic fastenings,
which band owing to its peculiar construction secures the pump or inflator to
the framework of the velocipede substantially as herein described and illustrated
by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this the Twenty-eighth day of June Eighteen hundred and Ninety-