Improved Device for Holding the Air Pump (for Inflating Pneumatic Tyres), Walking Sticks, or other Articles on to the Handle Bar or Frame of a Bicycle or other Velocipede.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 16th July, 1894-Accepted, 18th Aug., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Device for Holding the Air Pump (for Inflating Pneumatic
Tyres), Walking Sticks, or other Articles on to the Handle Bar
or Frame of a Bicycle or other Velocipede.
I HARRY HODGES, of Loscombe, West End, Christchurch, in the County of
Hants, Cycle-mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a device for clipping various articles on to the handle
bar or frame of bicycles and other velocipedes.
According to this invention I bend a piece of wire (preferably steel wire) in the
following manner so as to hold on to the handle bar (for example) and act as a clip
to hold the articles i.e. I take a length of wire and bend it at about its centre so as
to form a V. I then roll this V shaped piece of wire round the handle bar (for
example) so that it may hold on to the aforesaid handle.
Lastly I bend the angle of the V and its ends over to face in opposite directions,
so that the pump stick or other article when clipped between them may be held
tightly.
Dated this 14th day of October 1893.
BROWNE & Co.,
9, Warwick Court, W.C., Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Device for Holding the Air Pump (for Inflating Pneumatic
Tyres), Walking Sticks, or other Articles on to the Handle Bar
or Frame of a Bicycle or other Velocipede.
I, HARRY HODGES, of Loscombe West End, Christchurch in the County of
Hants, Cycle-mechanic, 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 a device for clipping various articles on to the handle-
bar or frame of bicycles and other velocipedes.
According to this invention I bend a piece of wire (preferably steel wire) in the
following manner so as to hold on to the handle-bar (for example) and act as a clip
to hold the articles; i.e. I take a length of wire and bend it about its centre so as
to form a V. I then roll this V-shaped piece of wire round the bandle-bar (for
example) so that it may hold on to the aforesaid handle.
Lastly I bend the angle of the V and its ends so as to face in opposite directions
so that the pump stick or other article when clipped between them may be held
tightly.
And in order that my said invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to
describe the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in
which
Fig. 1. shews how I first bend the wire into a V and curved shape in order to
form my clip;
Fig. 2 shews perspective view of the wire bent round a tube or rod and as it
would appear on a handle-bar (for example);

page_text: Fig. 3 shews end view of clip complete in position on the tube or rod, and
Fig. 4 shews elevation of the clip complete in position on the tube or rod and
holding another round article such as a tyre inflator, stick, or umbrella.
The same letters denote the same parts in all the views.
a shews wire, preferably steel wire; b tube or rod; c article held.
In order to construct a clip according to this invention I take a piece of soft
wire preferably steel and first bend it into a form similar to that shewn in Fig. 1.
I next bend this round a rod of the required size as shewn at Fig. 2, so that the
point d of the V comes between the two ends e, e of the wire a. The ends e, e and
the point d are then bent inwards assuming the form shewn at Fig. 3. The whole
is then tempered thus forming a kind of double spiral spring clip.
Clips made as aforesaid need not be wrenched entirely apart when attaching the
clips even to the centre of the handle-bar of a bicycle and they will adapt them-
selves to more than one size of tube; advantages not possessed by other clips as
at present constructed. This is owing to the spiral form of the clip owing to which
its attachment is effected by a kind of twisting motion.
I first place the clip a so that the bar 6 comes between the point d and one of
the ends e. I then twist the clip slightly round and spring the other end e into its
place so as to assume the position shewn at Fig. 4. The article c to be held is then
clipped between the ends e, e and point d.
am aware of Letters Patent granted to John James Henry Sturmey dated
Feb. 18th 1893 and numbered 3601 for "Improvements in or relating to clips for
carrying pneumatic tyre inflators on velocipedes, for holding papers, and for
other similar purposes" and I make no claim to anything therein contained.
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 :
1. In a spring device for clipping various articles on to the handle-bar or frame of
bicycles and other velocipedes, a piece of wire bent in a double spiral form
substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn in the accompanying sheet of
drawings.
2. The device for clipping various articles on to the handle-bar or frame of
bicycles and other velocipedes substantially as described and shewn on the
accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 16th day of Jul. 180.1
BROWNE & Co.,
9, Warwick Court, W.C., Agents for Applicant.