Improvements in Appliances for Holding the Sockets of Bicycles and the like in Position, and at the Proper Angle, During the Process of Boring or Cleaning Out.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 27th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 30th Jan., 1897
Improvements in Appliances for Holding the Sockets of Bicycles
and the like in Position, and at the Proper Angle, During the
Process of Boring or Cleaning Out.
I, ALFRED HENRY MORTIMER CLOSE 22 Summer Row Birmingham Pattern
Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
To do this I make, first a frame preferably of cast iron, having a base with two
or more lugs, for screwing down purposes.
This frame I construct with two upright sides rising from it at right angles to
the base, and their sides having two radial slots in their hindermost part for the
purpose hereinafter described.
The tops of these sides terminate with a flat or fillet piece, whereupon a plate
carrying a wheel and screw is affixed, for the purpose of holding the socket to be
operated on in position. This wheel and screw is bored with a hole through its
centre, for the purpose of allowing the drill to pass down freely into the socket.
I next form a carrier upon which the socket rests, also out of cast iron, in the
following manner.
I cast this carrier in the form of an oblong link, having a slot in it, across its
centre, for the purpose of carrying the peg upon which the socket is fixed.
This link is pivoted on one side of it to the frame within the sides and travels in
a radius thereby, being controlled and fixed by a further two pins passing through
the radial slots above described into the bottom sides of the link.
The action then is as follows:-
On the socket being placed on the pin it is secured at the proper angle by the
moving of the pin in the slot of the carrier, combined with the movement of the
carrier itself which travels in the slots in the sides and is secured by the pins
and also by the screwing down of the pressure plug from above thus giving the
right angle.
The socket itself is fixed on the pin by a cone, or screw, or other adjustment
as desired.
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ALF. H. M. CLOSE.
Improvements in Appliances for Holding the Sockets of Bicycles
and the like in Position, and at the Proper Angle, During the
Process of Boring or Cleaning Out.
I, ALFRED HENRY MORTIMER CLOSE, of 224 Summer Row, in the City of
Birmingham, Pattern 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in appliances for holding the sockets of

page_text: bicycles (and the like) in position and at the proper angle during the process of
boring or cleaning out, and thus I effect by the means as illustrated in the
accompanying drawing upon which are figures and numbers of reference similar
numbers referring to the same thing or part throughout the several views.
Fig. 1, is a front view, Fig. 2, a side view and Fig. 3 a plan view of this my
invention.
Fig. 4, is a rear view of the invention.
Fig. 5, is a sectional side elevation on line A-B Fig. 1.
. I make a frame 8 preferably of cast iron, having a base 9 with two or more
lugs 10 for screwing down purpose.. This frame I construct with two upright
sides 11, 11, rising from it at right angles to the base, and each of their sides
having radial slots 12 in their hindermost parts for the purpose hereinafter
described. The tops of these sides terminate with a flat or fillet surface 13
whereupon a plate 14 carrying a wheel 15 and screw 16 is affixed. This wheel
aud screw is bored with a hole through its centre for the purpose of allowing the
drill to pass down freely into the socket, and which also serves as a
guide for the
drill. I next form a carrier 17 upon which the socket rests, which may be of
cast iron, in the following manner. I make this carrier in the form of an oblong
link, having a slot 18 in it, across its centre for the purpose of carrying the pin
or mandril 19 upon which the socket 20 is placed, this carrier 17 is pivotted at 21
to the frame within the sides and travels in a radius thereby, being adjustably
controlled and fixed by a further two pins 22 passing through the radial slots 12 in
the sides 11, 11, into the link, or by other suitable means.
The peg or mandril 19 has upon it variously shaped washers or blocks to suit
the various shapes or sizes of sockets &c. to be fixed thereon, and which may be
rigidly secured by the screw nut 23 or other equivalent device. This pin 19 may
be adjustably fixed at any point along slot 18. Upon the surface of the sides 11
I make marks, numbers or other characters, and in combination therewith I attach
a finger or pointer 24 which shall indicate the angle which the carrier 17 at that
point bears to the vertical line of the drill or other tool used.
The action then is as follows:-On the socket 20 being placed on the pin 19 it
is secured at its proper angle by the moving of the said pin in the slot 18 of the
carrier 17, combined with the movement of the carrier itself which travels in the
slots 12 in the sides 11, and is then secured by the pins 22 and also by the
screwing down of the pressure screw 16 from above, thus giving the right angle.
At 25 an oil hole is made in combination with the upper side of the wheel 15
which is dished somewhat, so that any lubricant being poured thereinto may readily
find its way to the drill or other tool.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is-
1. The combination with the frame 8 having the sides 11, of the adjustable
carrier 17 with slot 18 and the mandril 19 all substantially as set forth and shown
and for the purposes specified.
2. The general combination and arrangement of the frame 8 with sides 11,
plate 14, and hollow screw drill guide and socket grip 16, of the adjustable
carrier 17 with mandril 19 all substantially as set forth and shown and for the
purposes specified.
Dated this 26th day of November 1896.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
12 Cherry Street, Birmingham, Applicant's Agent.