Improvements in Attachments or Clips for Securing Inflators to Cycles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 16th June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 15th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 29th May, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Attachments or Clips for Securing Inflators to
Cycles.
I, CHARLES THOMAS BROCK SANGSTER, Works Manager of the Cycle
Components Manufacturing Company, Limited, of Bournbrook near the City
of Birmingham, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to loose attachments or clips for securing pneumatic tyre
inflators or air pumps to the framings of cycles, and consists essentially of a two-
part elastic clip, separated from each other by a bracket, and with one part of the
clip adapted to embrace a tubular member of a machine and the other part adapted
to embrace the barrel of a pump or inflator.
According to one form of my invention, I take an open double-sided frame
bracket preferably formed from cut out sheet metal, and concaved upon its two
opposite sides to form seatings for pump barrel and machine tubing respectively
and with the outer end pierced with a square hole thus leaving square bars with
which the hooked ends of the metallic attachments carried by elastic bands.
threaded or running through a common slit in the other end of the frame bracket
engage.
Each of the hook attachments consists of a plate of metal with the tip of the fore
part turned into a hook whilst the metal at the rear part is formed into a rolled
end whilst the metal at the sides is cut into ears or clips which, when turned over,
grip or circumferentially embrace the bands.
To connect the clip to a machine, place one of the concaves of the attachment
under and up to a tubular member of the frame, and then bring the doubled elastic
band over and around the said tubular member with the hooked end engaging with the
bar at the other end of the bracket, hence the connection. Then place the pump
barrel up to the other concave side of the bracket and bring the material of the
double band around it and make its hooked end engage with the bar at the
other end of the bracket, when the connection of the inflator to the machine is
made.
I propose to make the connection end of the frame bracket in the form of a two
barred fork through which the band is threaded and then brought back and closed.
The bands respectively pass over these bars which are then turned across the open
end of the frame and then secured by brazing or rivetting. In the latter case pegs
on the ends of the fork engage in holes in the side of the frame.
As a modification I make the bracket of a U-figure, with a square hole cut out of
the closed end to form square bars for the hooks of the connection to engage with,
whilst the sides, near to the open end of the frame, are pierced with opposite pairs
of small holes through which a staple-shaped piece of wire is passed and secured in
place by clinching or turning the free ends of the same over into the outer side of
the frame. The space between the sides of the staple constitute the common slit
through which the flexible bands or clips are threaded.
Instead of cutting the bars out of the ends of the frame, they may be in the form
of wires or rivets passed through holes in the separated side plates and there
rivetted and I might add that the connection of the metallic hooks to the band clip
is made at the back so as to give a long neck to the part of the metal preceding
the hook. The fore part of the bracket may be made oblique or inclined, with the

page_text: bars or pins crossing the same projecting one in advance of the other, so that
assuming that the hook on the band encircling the frame member is in connection
with the set back bar, the hooked end of the clip encircling the pump can be
readily connected with the outstanding bar, hence facility of connection.
In a still further form, the bars of the oblique part with which the hooks engage
may be made removable, or one may be fixed and the other detachable, so that the
connection of the bands may be effected without the employment of a hook or eye
connection attachment. When an eye is employed then the bracket carries a
headed stud.
The hook or eye connections may be made to form runners upon the bands.
As a further modification the bracket may be made of two jointed-together
frames making a cruciform figure. The bands are passed over the end bars of one
of the frames whilst the hook connections engage over the bar ends of the other
frame, thus forming a frame bracket having adjustable seatings.
In another modification I take two endless bands and connect them together by
a loop having a Z-shaped frame terminated outwardly by a hook turned back
horizontally and with the extreme tip formed into an eye. Threaded upon one of
the bands is a runner loop, with a loop directed from it and an end of the wire
forming it fashioned into a loop for taking hold of.
In making the connection, that band which has no metallic attachment is engaged
with the long hook of the bracket part, whilst the hook of the metallic part of the
other band is made to engage with the eye terminating the frame.
Instead of elastic bands I may employ webbing or an adjustable buckle band, or
a metallic spring band of any construction, and I do not confine myself to the
methods herein described of fastening the bands to the brackets or of forming the
loops for embracing the inflator and cycle frame member respectively.
By making the attachments fast to the machine framing but independent of
the inflator, there are no loose ends to get in the way of the hands when the inflator
is in use and further the said attachments are much more neat in appearance.
Dated this 15th day of June 1896.
Improvements in Attachments or Clips for Securing Inflators to
Cycles.
1, CHARLES THOMAS BROCK SANGSTER Works Manager of the Cycle
Componerts Manufacturing Company Limited, of Bournbrook near the City of
Birmingham, 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 to loose attachments or clips for securing pneumatic tyre
inflators or air pumps to the framings of cycles, and consists essentially of a two-
part elastic clip, or of two elastic clips or bands separated from each other by a
bracket or double seated bearing, and with one band or part of the clip adapted to
embrace a tubular member of a machine and the other part or band adapted to
embrace the barrel of a pump or inflator.
According to one form of my invention, I take an open double-sided frame or
bracket, preferably formed from cut out sheet metal, and preferably being concaved
upon its two opposite sides to form, seatings for pump barrel and machine tubing
respectively and with the outer end pierced with a square hole thus leaving square

page_text: bars with which the hooked ends of metallic fastening attachments carried by
elastic bands threaded or running through a common slit or around bars formed at
the other end of the frame bracket, engage.
Each of the hook attachments consists of a plate of metal with the tip of the fore
part turned into a hook and the metal of the rear part is formed into a rolled over
end constituting a finger hold for facilitating the disengagement of the hook, whilst
the metal at the sides is cut into ears or clips which, when turned over, grip or
circumferentially embrace the bands.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents, in perspective, a cycle
inflator attachment clip constructed according to this form of my invention.
Figure 2 is a front side elevation of the same, showing its bands respectively
embracing a member of the machine framing and the barrel of an inflator.
Figure 3 is a cross section upon the dotted line a Figure 2.
Figure 4 represents a back elevation of the applied clip.
Figure 5 represents a vertical section and an elevation of one of the hook con-
nections secured to one of the bands of the clip.
Figure 6 is an edge view and a plan of the cruciform blank from which the
said hook connection and its securing ears is made.
Figure 7 represents a plan, a back end elevation, a side elevation and a front
end elevation of the double-seated bracket or bearer part, separately, and
Figure 8 is a plan of the blank from which the said bracket is fashioned.
a is the bracket or body part of the clip, consisting of the frame a', having
concaved seatings a², a³, on its top and bottom sides, against which the framing
member b, and pump barrel c, take a bearing when respectively encircled by the
separated elastic bands or clips d, d, which are formed of a continuous india-rubber
band, threaded or passed around the bars a', at the back of the seating and each
carry at the other end, a book-end fastening or connection e, secured to the band
by turned-over ears or tents e, and having a rolled-over part, grip or finger-
hold e, whilst the hook part e, takes over one of the bars as, at the front of said
seating.
To connect the clip to a machine, place one of the concaved seatings of the
bracket attachment under and up to a tubular member of the frame, and then
bring the doubled elastic band over from the back and around the said tubular.
member and engage the hooked end with one of the bars at the other or front end
of the bracket hence the connection of the clip to the machine. Next place the
pump barrel up to the other concaved seating of the bracket and bring the material
of the double band around it and make its hooked end engage with the other front
bar when the firm connection of the inflator to the machine is made.
As a modification I make the bracket of a U-figure, with a square hole cut out
of the closed end to form square bars for the hooks of the connection to engage
with, as in the preceding arrangement, whilst the sides, near to the open end of the
frame are pierced with opposite pairs of small holes through which a staple-shaped
piece of wire is passed and secured in place by clinching or turning the free ends
of the same over onto the outer side of the frame. The space between the sides
of the staple constitute the common slit through which the flexible bands or clips.
are threaded.
Figure 9 is an elevation of the back of a clip, showing the application of this
last named arrangement.
a is the frame of the bracket and a' is the staple shaped piece of wire passed.
through holes in the sides of said frame and with the free ends a°, turned over
against the frame side, thereby securing in place the staple, the top and bottom,
wires of which constitute the bars around which the rubber bands (which are
preferably of double thickness) pass.
I also propose to make the band-connection end of the frame bracket in the
form of a two barred fork around the bars of which the hands are threaded prior:
to the ends of the bars being rivetted to the side of the frame.
The bands are first passed over these bars which are then turned across the open

page_text: end of the frame and secured to the side by brazing or rivetting. In the latter
case pegs on the ends of the fork engage in holes in the side of the frame.
Figure 10 represents partly in elevation and partly in section, a view of the back
end of a clip so constructed, and
Figure 11 is an elevation, partly in section, of the frame of the clip separately
prior to the pegs at the tips of the forked ends being rivetted to the sides.
a is the clip body, and as the bars of the forked back end thereof, having pegs
or studs a, at the tips which take through holes a' in the frame side and are there
rivetted, the rubber bands being slipped over the bars beforehand.
Instead of cutting the bars out of the ends of the frame they may be in the form
of single pieces of wire or rivets passed through holes in the separated side plates
and there rivetted and I might add that the connection of the metallic hooks to
the band clip is made at the back so as to give a long neck to the part of the metal
preceding the hook.
The fore part of the bracket may be made oblique or inclined, with the bars or
pins crossing the same projecting one in advance of the other, so that assuming
that the hook on the band encircling the frame member is in connection with the
set back bar, the hooked end of the clip encircling the pump can be readily
connected with the outstanding bar, hence facility of connection.
Figure 12 represents a front elevation of this arrangement, applied to a framing
member and pump barrel and
Figure 13 is a section on the dotted line 3, Figure 12, showing the frame or
bracket of the clip in side elevation.
In Figures 12 and 13, a is the double seated frame or bearing bracket and a, a,
are the bars crossing the oblique or inclined end of said frame, the bar as, projecting
in advance of the other as described.
In a still further form, the bars of the oblique part with which the hooks engage
may be made removable, or one may be fixed and the other detachable, so that the
connection of the bands may be effected without the employment of a hook or eye
connection attachment as the bars are simply passed through the returned end of
the continuous band.
Figure 14 shows a topside plau of a bracket as shown in Figures 12 and 13,
with one of the bars a made removable, Figure 15 showing the said bar partly
removed to admit of an end of the band being slipped over it. The said bar is
screw threaded at a, and takes unto a screwed hole a", in the side of the frame.
The hook or eye connections may be made to form runners or be adjustable upon
the bands instead of being fixed thereto as shown.
Figure 16 is a front end elevation of another modified form of clip, in which
both the bearer frame and the hook or fastening attachments are made of wire.
Figure 17 is a vertical section upon the dotted line 2, Figure 16.
a is the bearer frame or seating, having a loop a¹ at one end, around the bars a
of which the doubled rubber bands or clips d, d', pass, whilst the other end is
fashioned into an eye a³, with which the hook part a³, of the combined hook and
eye attachment a, a, carried by the framing-encircling clip d, engages, whilst the
pump clipping band d', carries a long-shanked hook a, which is engaged with
the eye a, of the said fastener part a³, a.
As a further modification, the bracket may be made of two jointed-together
frames, the outermost edges of which constitute the seatings.
Figure 18 is an elevation of this form of clip, applied, and Figure 19 is a section
upon the dotted line a.
a, a', are the two component frames, pivoted together at a³, and with the
edges a, a constituting the seatings for the framing and pump. d, d' are the
encircling clips, the one end of the former being carried by the bar a, of
the frame a, with its hooked attachment d², engaging over the bar a, of the other
frame a', whilst the band d, is made fast to the bar a' of the frame a, and its hook
attachment engages the bar as, of the frame a¹, whereby the seatings are made
adjustable to fit different sized members or pumps.

page_text: Instead of elastic bands I may employ webbing or an adjustable buckle band, or
a metallic spring band of any construction, and I do not confine myself to the
methods herein described of fastening the bands to the brackets or of forming
the loops for embracing the inflator and cycle frame member respectively.
By making the attachments fast to the machine framing but independent of the
inflator, there are no loose ends to get in the way of the hands when the inflator
is in use and further the said attachments are much more neat in appearance.
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. A securing attachment or clip for pneumatic tyre inflators, consisting
essentially of two elastic or adjustable clips or bands adapted to respectively
embrace a framing member of a machine or vehicle, and the inflator, said bands
being attached to, but separated by, a bracket, frame or bearing having double or
suitable seatings substantially as and for the purpose described and set forth.
Secondly. A securing attachment or clip for pneumatic tyre inflators, consisting
of two frame-member and pump-embracing bands or clips passing at one end
around, or otherwise secured to a cut-out or other bar, cross wire or equivalent at
one part of a double-seated bearer, bracket or frame and having a hook or other
connection at the other end engaging in a cut out slit or equivalent in the opposite
part of said bearer or bracket, substantially as described and set forth in.
Figures 1 to 15.
Thirdly. In inflator attachments or clips as referred to in the preceding claims,
making the bearer, bracket or frame from a single blank of sheet metal, one end
or part of which is formed into separated bars round which the clipping bands are
passed, whilst the other end or suitable part is slit to take the hooked or othe
connections or fastenings substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1 to 8.
aud 10 and 11.
Fourthly. The form of inflator clip or attachment shown in Figure 9, in which
the end band-carrying bars are formed from a staple shaped piece of wire, secured.
to the bearer frame in the way substantially as described and set forth.
Fifthly. In inflator clips or attachments, securing the end bars to a side of the
sheet-metal bearer or bracket in the way substantially as described and set forth in
Figures 10 and 11.
Sixthly. An inflator clip or attachment in which the books or connections of the
bands engage (for fastening) with either fixed or removable wires or cross bars.
directed between the sides of the bearer or bracket, and with one of the said wires
or bars preferably being disposed slightly in advance of the other, substantially as.
and for the purpose described and set forth in Figures 12, 13, 14 and 15.
Seventhly. An inflator clip or attachment in which the bracket, bearer or frame
and the fasteners or connections carried by the bands are fashioned from wire,.
such as set forth in Figures 16 and 17.
Eightbly. An inflator clip or attachment in which the bearer or bracket is.
formed of two hinged or pivoted together crossing frames, arranged substantially
as described and set forth in Figures 18 and 19.
Ninthly. The improvements in, and in the manufacture of, clips or attachments.
for securing inflators to the framing nembers of a cycle and vehicle, substantially-
as described and set forth.
Dated this 19th day of March 1807
CHARLES THOMAS BROCK SANGSTER,
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant..