Improvements in Cycle Handles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 13th June, 1895-Accepted, 13th July, 1895
Improvements in Cycle Handles.
I, FRANCIS JOSEPH LINDSAY CAVANAGH, of No. 11 Elm Street, in the City
of Toronto, in the County of York and Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada,
Phrenologist, 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 particularly to providing convenient, safe and hidden
means in the handles or grips of cycle handle bars, or those portions of handle-
bars within the handles or grips, for carrying oil to lubricate the bearings, and
cement and materials with which to repair punctures in pneumatic tyres of cycle
wheels; the object being to renove to the remotest possibility the mishap of a
cyclist finding himself or herself on a journey or removed from these small but
indispensable necessaries.
1 accomplish this object by providing within the handles or grips of the handle
bar pockets or receptacles to carry said requisites and without impairing either
their utility or appearance and design, and I assign to one handle the lubricating
oil contained within any adapted oiler, and to the other handle the cement, material,
and requisites used to repair punctures in tires of pneumatic wheels, so that the
requisites to perform either purpose are together, and those for the other purpose
are not unpacked or removed from their place unnecessarily.
In the accompanying drawing illustrating my invention, similar numbers of
reference refer to similar parts throughout, and-
Fig. 1 represents a longitudinal section of a bicycle handle or grip according
to my invention and exhibiting an oiler placed therein.
Fig. 2 represents a modified form of the receptacle of much shorter length
and having a cement bottle and material for repairing punctures placed therein.
Fig. 3 represents another modification of my invention adapted to placing my
improved bandle on a small or tapered handle bar constructed of tapered or
reduced tubing,―
Fig. 4 represents a longitudinal section through another modification of the
invention and adapted to be supplied with a tubular lining threaded at the front
end and for 'use where it is desirable to remove the entire handle from the
handle bar which has adapted threads to receive the handle screwed over it.
The handle or grip 1, shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 differs from the ordinary form
heretofore in use, in having the cap 2, screwed on the rear end of the handle-bar 3,
and removable from the handle 1, and handle bar 3. This cap 2, extends outward
beyond the threaded portion and covers the end of the handle 1, as shown.
The modification of handle shown by Fig. 4 has the cap 2, like ordinary handles
not removable from the handle as in the foregoing forms.
In the modifications of the invention having the removable cap 2, a tube or
case 4, is secured to or within the cap 2, and adapted to extend freely within the
end of the handle bar 3, and form a receptacle in which an oiler or cement bottle
and rubber or repairing material is stored.
This case 4, may be long and have a lid 5, thereon or may be comparatively
short as shown by Figs. 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Then again the case 4, may have
a thread as shown by Fig. 3 and be screwed inside the handle bar 3, instead of the
cap 2, being threaded.
In applying this invention to a small or tapered handle bar 3, that will not admit
the ordinary size of oiler or other requisites, the modifications shown by Figs. 3

page_text: and 4 are employed and the handle bar 3, is shortened and threaded to receive the
handle 1, having the enlarged tubes within.
In every modification of the invention a stopper 6, is employed in the handle
bar 3, at or immediately in front of the front end of the handle 1, to prevent the
oiler or any other article placed within passing into the handle bar 3, and becoming
inaccessible.
In the modifications of the invention shown by Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the cap 2,
is externally knurled, milled or otherwise adapted to be unscrewed by the hand,
but in that shown by Fig. 4, this is unnecessary as the entire handle 1, removes
or detaches from the handle-bar. 3.
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;
Claim 1. A cycle handle adapted by means as shown and described to contain
requisites to lubricate bearings, and repair punctures in pneumatic tires, sub-
stantially as set'forth.
Claim 2. The combination of a cycle handle adapted by means as specified.to
contain requisites to lubricate bearings and repair punctures in pneumatic tires,
with a stopper placed in the handle bar in front of said handle; substantially as
shown and d'escribed.
Dated, this. 29th day of May 1895.
FRANCIS JOSEPH LINDSAY CAVANAGH.