A New or Improved Carrier for Cycles and Method of Attachment thereto.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Jan., 1899-Accepted, 25th Feb., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Carrier for Cycles and Method of Attachment
thereto.
We, RICHARD WRIGHT EWER, Warehouseman, and JANE EWER, Gentlewoman,
both of The Homestead, Ashford, in the County of Middlesex, 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 consists in a new or improved attachment for cycles for the
purposes of carrying luggage, parcels or the like and relates also to, the method of
its attachment to the cycle frame.
The carrier comprises two baskets or receptacles adapted to hang one each side
of the rear wheel of the cycle or similar with regard to a wheel or a part of the
frame, such receptacles being preferably connected together rigidly or in an
articulated manner by a cross piece level with the lids of the receptacles so that
the whole when closed forms at the top a flat surface on which if desired other
luggage can be placed.
To secure this carrier there is employed a wire framework of a, resilient or
springy nature adapted to receive the carrier and support it or its receptacles
so that they do not touch the wheels or wheel or other part of the cycle. This
wire frame is attachable by clips to the cycle frame, for example to the back
stays of the frame and preferably lies in the space between the two receptacles
of the carrier which is detachably fastened thereto.
The annexed drawing illustrates the preferred form of this invention, and
shows the method of attaching it to the cycle frame. Fig., 1 is a longitudinal
section of the carrier and frame showing also part of a cycle frame and parts
of the rear wheel and its mudguard. Fig.. 2 is an elevation of carrier and its
frame as seen from the front, showing also part of the wheel and mudguard
but not of, the cycle frame. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the attachments
for securing the carrier on its frame.
A and B are two receptacles and CC the lids thereof. D is the connecting
part These parts may be made of any suitable material such as leather, can-
vas, wood, but preferably wickerwork-E E are strap and buckle fastenings,
but any others may be used.
F is one of the back stays of a cycle frame G part of the wheel rim and tyre.
II part of a mudguard, these forming no part of this invention.
JJ are two clips attachable to the back stays for example by use of screws K K.
From these clips a wire L proceeds. This wire is first carried rearward to lie
along the inner face of one of the receptacles, for example A it then returns
forwardly carrying pins M M into which rings N N on the receptacle A may be
slid from above. The wire L is then turned upward and curved to pass over the
mudguard and wheel and downward on the other side thereof, after which it
is again turned rearwardly and forwardly and carried to the other clip J. The
second receptacle B is supported by rings N N upon pins in the same manner as
the receptacle A. The bridge piece D is also preferably fastened to the wire L
A

page_text: at the highest point of its curve by means of a screw threaded pin O on the wire
passing through a hole in part D and secured by a nut P.
The clips JJ are preferably so placed that the part D in its vibration does
not touch the mudguard H.
We do not confine ourselves to the exact form of wire frame here shown nor
to the shape of the receptacles carried thereby, but the frame illustrated has the
advantages of resiliency and of being concealed between the two receptacles of
the carrier.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
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1. The combination with a carrier .comprising two receptacles connected
together so as to leave a sufficient space between them for the purpose set forth,
of a supporting frame adapted to be attached to the cycle frame and supporting
the carrier resiliently out of contact with any part of the cycle in the position
intended.
2. The construction of carrier as herein described comprising two receptacles.
spaced from one another and connected together by a bridge piece preferably
forming with the tops of said receptacles a substantially flat surface.
3. The construction of wire frame as herein described wherein the wire is
curved or shaped to resiliently hold the carrier and to extend fore and aft of
the cycle in two planes spaced from one another for the purpose specified.
4. The method of attaching a carrier comprising two receptacles spaced from
one another, by supporting the inner faces of the receptacles by means of attach-
ments such as rings upon a suitably shaped frame having pins to receive said
rings or equivalent devices.
5. The carrier and its attachment constructed substantially as herein described
and illustrated in the annexed drawings.
Dated 1 10+1.
1000
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, W.C., London
Agents for Applicants.