Improvements in Baggage or Parcel Carriers for Velocipedes.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Baggage or Parcel Carriers for Velocipedes.
I, ROBERT BRUNO JENTZSCH, Engineer, of IV Wiedener Hauptstrasse, 6,
Vienna, Austria, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:-
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My invention relates to baggage or parcel-carriers to be attached to cycles or
velocipedes, and has for its object the construction of a device of this kind which
is adapted to securely hold and carry parcels or such like from the smallest size
up to the largest size possible to be carried on a velocipede, and which may not
only be attached to the handle bar, but to any other suitable part of the machine.
My improved parcel carrier essentially consists of two clasps or clips of any
suitable kind adapted to be attached to the handle bar or any other suitable part
of a velocipede, to which clips are attached two heads or bearings, in or between
which a shaft, by preference formed of a metal tube, is rotably journalled. At
one or both ends of this shaft means are provided, such as knobs or little hand
wheels to permit the turning of the said shaft. There are further provided
means for preventing the shaft to rotate in one direction, as for instance a small
ratchet wheel at one or both ends of the shaft and a suitable pawl or pawls in the
aforesaid heads or near the bearings of the shaft, with means, such as a spring
knob or button, for temporarily disengaging said pawl or pawls from the ratchet
wheel, so as to permit the rotating of the said shaft in the otherwise arrested
direction.
To this shaft, fitted in the manner described, is attached a strip of netting or
of any other kind of fabric of a width corresponding approximately to the length
of the shaft between its bearings, and of a length suited to reach around the
largest possible object or parcel to be carried on the velocipede. In place of an
uninterrupted strip of netting or fabric a number of narrow strips of netting,
fabric, leather or such like may be attached to the shaft beside each other. To the
free end or ends of the said strip or strips is attached a thin rod or bar, by prefer-
ence of steel, which may be placed into and held by hooks, eyes or other retain-
ing devices attached to the shaft heads or bearings or to the aforesaid clasps or
clips to which the bearings of the shaft are attached. When not in use, the
strip or strips of netting is or are wound upon the shaft.
manner.
The described device being attached by the aforesaid clips to any suitable part
of the velocipede, for instance to the handle bar, is employed in the following
The described pawl, which is so placed as to prevent the unwinding of
the net or other strip from the shaft, is disengaged by a pressure upon the spring
knob, and a suitable length of netting or the like is unwound from the shaft and
placed around the object to be held and carried. Now the rod or bar at the free
end of the netting or the like is placed into the retaining hooks, eyes or the like
upon the heads or clips of the carrier, whereupon the netting or the like is drawn
tight upon the object to be held by turning the shaft by means of the knobs or
hand wheels at its ends in the winding up direction, the pawl and ratchet device

page_text: arresting the shaft in this tightened position, so that the parcel or other object
is firmly and securely held to the handle bar or other suitable part of the machine.
Instead of placing the retaining hooks or eyes upon the shaft heads or clips
and the rod or bar at the free end of the netting or the like, the arrangement may
be reversed, and the hooks or the like attached to the netting and the rod or bar
between the heads or clips.
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In order to permit the attachment of the described device to handle bars of
different shape, I do not, by preference, attach the clasps or clips rigidly to the
heads or bearings of the shaft, but make them adjustable with reference to the
latier. This can be done in any of the different known ways for adjustably
attaching two bodies to each other. By preference I form a lug or web,u
each of the two clasps or clips, and a similar, corresponding lug or web upon each
of the two heads or shaft bearings, one or both of these lugs provided with a slit,
with a screw bolt going through them. This permits of increasing the distance
between the carrier proper and its clasps or clips sufficiently' to make the straight
carrier attachable to a handle bar of any bend.
As already said, the same object may also be attained in other ways, for instance
by employing a toggle joint for connecting the clips to the carrier or by attach-
ing to each of the two heads or shaft bearings a screw of a sufficient length and
providing each of the two clips at, the side with a threaded eye, into which fit the
Screws attached to the carrier proper.
If it is desired to attach the carrier to the saddle of a velocipede, the clasps or
clips, which fit over the round parts of the machine, are removed and two holding
strips are fastened into the. two strap holes in the rear flange of the saddle, to
which the carrier is attached the same as to the aforesaid clasps or clips. In this
case hooks or eyes for holding the rod or bar at the end of the netting or such
like must be provided either upon the holding strips attached to the saddle or to
the heads or shaft bearings of the carrier.
Dated 25th September 1897
GEORGE DOWNING & SONS,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in Baggage or Parcel Carriers for Velocipedes.
I, ROBERT BRUNO JENTZSCH, of IV Wiedener Haupstrasse 6 Vienna, Austria,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 baggage- or parcel-carriers to be attached to cycles or
velocipedes and has for its object the construction of a device of this kind which
is adapted to securely hold and carry parcels or such like from the smallest size
up to the largest size possible to be carried on a velocipede, and which may not
only be attached to the handle bar, but to any other suitable part of the machine.
In the annexed drawing a carrier of this kind is shown. Figure 1 represents this
carrier, as attached to the handle bar or frame of a cycle, in elevation, partly in
section. Figure 2 is an end view of the carrier partly in section. Figure 3 is
the other end view of the carrier without the clasp.
My improved parcel carrier essentially consists of two heads or end pieces a, a,
in or between which a shaft b of suitable length and by preference formed of a
metal tube is rotably journalled. At one end (or at both ends) the shaft b carries
a ratchet wheel c into which engages a spring pawl d pivoted upon the head or

page_text: end piece a.
At the other end (or at both ends) the shaft b is provided with a
thumb piece, hand wheel or similar device d. for turning the shaft.
To the shaft b a net e or such like is attached with one end and the other end
of this net e carries a rod f. The heads or end pieces a a are provided with hooks
or by preference with eyes a¹ a¹, as shown into which the ends of the rod f may
be inserted.
The device thus described may be attached to the handle bar or other part of a
cycle in any suitable manner. By preference I employ clasps or clips 9 g of the
well known kind used for attaching accessories to cycles. I connect these clips
with the described carrier in a peculiar manner, in order to permit the attach-
ment of the latter to handle bars of any bend. For this purpose I provide each
of the two end pieces a a with a rigid screw h, the head h¹ of which rests in a
cavity g of the clip. The inner surface of this cavity g' is rounded, as well as
the bearing surface of the screwhead h¹, and the aperture in the clip through
which the screw h passes is oblong or widened, so that the end pieces a, a may
stand at different angles to the clips when these are fastened to a handle bar.
nut i serves to fix these parts when they are set.
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The described carrier is used in the following manner. By pressing the pro-
jecting end of the spring pawl d the shaft is released and so much of the
net may be unwound therefrom as is required to reach around the object, parcel
or such like to be carried. The net is passed around this object and the ends of
the rod f are inserted into the eyes a¹, a' of the end pieces a, a, whereupon the
net is drawn tight by turning the thumb piece d' and with it the shaft ; the
ratchet device arresting the shaft b.
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 baggage or parcel-holder or carrier for velocipedes, essentially consist-
ing of two heads or end pieces with means for attaching them to the handle bar
or other part of the cycle, a rotable shaft held between these end pieces, a releas-
able ratchet device for arresting the rotation of the shaft in one direction, a thumb
piece or other handle for turning the shaft, a net or such like attached with one
end to the shaft, and provided at the other end with a bar or other means for
permitting it to be temporarily attached to the aforesaid end pieces; substantially
as described and shown.
2.) In baggage- or parcel-holders or carriers of the kind herein described a
flexible clip attachment, composed of a screw h attached to the end piece a, having
a rounded head h', a clip y having a rounded cavity g¹ for the head h¹ to rest in,
an oblong or widened hole through which the screw h passes, and a nut i for
rigidly setting the parts when adjusted; substantially as described and shown.
Dated 26th July 1898
GEORGE DOWNING & SONS,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agents.