Improvements in and connected with Saddle Clips.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in and connected with Saddle Clips.
We, CHARLES HENRY GOUGH, Manufacturer, and ARTHUR ERNEST WILBY,
Engineer, both of 84, Icknield Square, in the City of Birmingham, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
By our invention which relates to the connection of the base of a saddle such as
is used on a velocipede, the seat-pillar is encompassed by a ring or an eyebolt pro-
vided with one or more conical projections for the purpose of ensuring sufficient
friction between the latter and a corresponding concave washer or concave washers
which hold the saddle at any required angle. Studs or screws pass through the
base of the saddle, locking the latter to the washer or washers; these studs or
screws may be solid with the ring or eyebolt or they may be separate pieces. One
at least of the conical projections is split into two halves, so that when the con-
cave washer is pressed over these halves by the action of one of the studs or screws
they are made to approach and thereby cause the ring or eyebolt to close on and
tightly lock itself to the seat-pillar. We sometimes employ a right-handed thread
on one side of the ring or eyebolt and a left-handed one on the other side so as to
lessen the tendency of the saddle to loosen when the weight is not applied centrally.
Dated this 21st day of June 1897.
CHARLES HENRY GOUGH.
ARTHUR ERNEST WILBY.
Improvements in and connected with Saddle Clips.
We, CHARLES HENRY GOUGH, Manufacturer, and ARTHUR ERNEST WILBY,
Engineer, both of 84, Icknield Square, in the City of Birmingham, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
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By our invention, which relates to the connection of the base of a saddle such as
is used on a velocipede, the seat-pillar is encompassed by a ring or an eyebolt pro-
vided with one or more conical projections for the purpose of ensuring sufficient
friction between the latter and a corresponding concave washer or concave washers
to hold the saddle at any required angle. Studs or screws pass through the
base of the saddle, locking the latter to the washer or washers; these studs or
screws may be solid with the ring or eyebolt or they may be separate pieces. One
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page_text: at least of the conical projections is split into two halves, so that when the con-
cave washer is pressed over these halves by the action of the stud or screw they
are made to approach and thereby cause the ring or eyebolt to embrace the seat-
pillar with a concentrically closing action. Thus a far better frictional result
and also less distortion is produced on tubular seatpillars than where the latter
are gripped by solid jaws passed over solid eyebolts.
Where the weight of the rider does not rest directly over the clip, there is a
tendency to turn the washers gripping the saddle base and thereby loosen the
screw or nut on one side: in these cases we therefore prefer to provide a right-
handed thread on one side of the clip and a lefthanded thread on the other side;
sometimes we serrate or otherwise rough the cones or the conical recesses or both
of these.
Referring to the drawings:-
Fig. 1 shews our improved clip with parts of a wire saddle-base and of a seat-
pillar and Fig. 2 shews a side elevation of the same fixed on a vertical seatpost.
On Fig. 1 some portions are shewn in section so as to expose one end of the eye-
bolt. A A are wires forming the base of the saddle frame, B is a tubular seat-
pillar, C is the eyebolt with screwed arms c, c¹. From the centrepiece of the eye-
bolt and between it and these screwed arms project a pair of cones one of which
is shewn split. Over these cones lie the conically recessed washers D, D¹, beyond
which are the pressure plates E. E kept in position by the nuts F, F¹. The
washers and the pressure plates are furnished with grooves by means of which
they contain part of the saddle base A A, a a being steadies on the pressure plates;
where the saddle base is of the four-wire variety these steadying projections are
replaced by grooves for the lower wires in the usual manner. It is evident that
when the nuts F F are tightened up the pressure plates E E¹ will force the
wires A A against the washers 1 D¹ and these also tightly over the cones n on the
eyebolt with the result that the split on one of these will close and the eye or ring
will firmly clip the tube A. Where tube A fairly fits the eye, one cone only need
be split, but by splitting both cones greater margin in fit is obtained. Sometimes
one end, say c, may be screwed with a righthanded thread and the other end c¹
with a lefthanded thread: in this case righthanded end c must be placed on the
right side of the velocipede when the principal weight is exerted in front of the
clip and on the left side of the velocipede when the bulk of the weight on
the saddle is behind the clip.
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Figs. 3, 4, & 5 shew modified forms of the same clipping device Fig. 3 shewing
the screwed ends c, c¹ split as well as the cones: in this case the threads must be
of sufficient depth not to lose hold on the nuts when the same by their tightening
action close the halves of the cones and the threaded arms also.
In Fig. 4 c, c are separate screws: the cones on C are split and tapped along the
splits with a thread of slightly larger size than that on the loose screws so as to
allow the halves of the cones to be drawn together by the recessed washers. In
this case the nuts are dispensed with.
In Fig. 5 c, c¹ are also separate pieces being bolts with heads situate in suitable
recesses inside the halves of eyebolt C; the cones on C are split and bored for the
reception of these bolts c, c¹ which are sufficiently thin to allow the halves of the
cones to be drawn together by the tightening up of nuts F F¹,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1. A saddle-clip the jaws of which form the halves of one or two cones capable
of being closed by lateral pressure exerted on a suitable washer or on suitable
washers substantially for the purpose and in the manner described.
2. The combination of a split eyebolt with conically recessed washers, pressure
plates and screws or nuts for the purpose of joining the base of a saddle-frame to
a rod or tube,

page_text: 3. An eyebolt cut into two halves for the purpose of forming a saddle clip sub-
stantially in the manner described.
4. The split clip C Fig. 3 kept together by the washers, plates and nuts as
described.
5. The split clip C Figs. 4 & 5 in combination with the washers, plates and
screws as described.
6. The combination of the split clip C Fig. 5 with the bolts c, c¹ having heads
imbedded within the halves of the clip as described.
Dated this 23rd day of March 1898.
CHARLES HENRY GOUGH.
ARTHUR ERNEST WILBY.