Improvements in connection with the Handles or Handle Bars of Velocipedes and other Vehioles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 24th Apr., 1897
Improvements in connection with the Handles or Handle Bars of
Velocipedes and other Vehioles.
1, MONTAGUE Herbert GalSWORTHY, of 11 Greenfield Crescent, Edgbaston,
Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Electrical Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same 18 to be.
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention has for its object improvements in connection with the handles or
handle bars of velocipedes and other vehicles and consists in securing a match box
or boxes or similar receptacles in the interior of a velocipede handle or handles
or handle bars which will be found to be of great service to riders and more
especially to ladies.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understool and easily carried
into practical effect I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings
upon which I have illustrated examples of my match box and the application of
the same to a velocipede handle.
Figure 1 is a plan view shewing my match box open.
Figure 2 is a sectional view of Figure 1 shewing the match box closed.
Figure 3. is a sectional view of a velocipede handle and part of the handle bar
ehewing my match box secured therein in an open position.
Figure 4. is an end view of the part C.
Figure 5. is an elevation of Figure 3 shewing the match box closed.
Figure 6. is ati end view of Figure 5.
In carrying my invention into practice I form the outer case A of my match
box out of a piece of steel tubing or other suitable material and in the interior of
this casing I place the box or receptacle B which exactly fits inside and this may
also be formed out of tubing. The box or receptacle B is held in the casing by
means of the pin or peg b' which fits into the slot a formed in the outer casing.
The front end C of the box B is formed with two projecting catches e and which
when the box is closed pass through the holes a' formed in the end of the flange a
and catch on to the turned up ends of the springs and the other ends of which
are secured to the outer casing as clearly shewn at Figure 2, and on the top of
these springs I fix the studs and the heads of which protrude through holes
formed in the periphery of the flange a when by pressing these studs the catches
are released and the box or receptacle, shoots out by the action of the spring D
which is placed in the interior of the outer casing, a sufficient space being left
between the outer end of the box and the inner end of the casing for this purpose,
the peg 6' preventing it from coming too far out.
When securing my match box or receptacle in the interior of the velocipede
handle H the reduced end h fits under the flange a and the end of the handle
bar G on which the handle is fixed butts against the collar g' fixed under the
flange a thereby preventing the end of the handle bar from interfering with the
free action of the springs and ².
It will be evident that the casing A may be dispensed with in some cases and
the box made to slide in the handle itself and that the box may operate upon a
pivot or hinge as shown in diagram at Figure 7 or the box may be formed in the
handle bar as shown at Figure 8.

page_text: 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 :-
First. The improvements in connection with the handles or handle bars of
velocipedes and other vehicles consisting of a drawer forming a receptacle for
matches or other necessities mounted in the end or other part of such handles or
handle bars.
Second. In the handles of velocipede and other vehicles securing a match box
or receptacle in the interior of one or both handles consisting essentially of an
inner box or receptacle such as B and with or without the casing A. and operated
by means of studs such as ª and a or their equivalents and the spring such as D
in the manner and for the purpose substantially as herein before set forth and as
shewn upon the accompanying sheet of drawings by Figures 1 to 6 inclusive.
Third. Forming a hinged match or other box or receptacle in the handle or
handles or handle bar of velocipedes or other vehicles such as shewn at Figures 7
and 8.
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent.