An Improved Device for Attaching or Connecting the Supporting Frames of Bicycle and like Saddles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Nov., 1892-Accepted, 13th May, 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Attaching or Connecting the Supporting
Frames of Bicycle and like Saddles.
I, THOMAS MIDDLEMORE trading as William Middlemore, of 101 Holloway
Head, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, 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 an improved device for connecting together the springs
or wire frames of bicycle and like saddles, and it is specially applicable to saddles
of the spring type described in Meader's Specification No. 19247 of 1890.
The object of the invention is to simplify the means of connecting the parallel
springs or wire frames of such saddles while combining in one device the means.
of connecting the springs with the means of attaching the saddle frame to the
✓ piece or other saddle support, so that the screwing up of one screw or nut.
simultaneously grips the spring or wire frame and the L piece.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings-
Figures 1, 3, 5 and 7 are transverse sections showing my invention carried into
effect in various modifications, while Figures 2, 4, 6 and 8 are elevations corre-
sponding respectively to Figures 1, 3, 5 and 7.
In carrying the invention into effect as shown at Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4, a plate B.
is stamped or formed with two recesses to receive the two wires or springs E, F
of the saddle, and the recesses are suitably shaped to receive and hold such wires
whether the wires E, F be straight or as preferably constructed having sharp
bends. A clip piece or clamp A is constructed having ends which press the wires
or springs E, F into the recesses in B and having a screwed projection A¹ passing
through an aperture in the said stamped plate B. This screwed projection A' is
secured by a nut D and washer in such manner that on screwing up the said nut
both wires E, F are firmly held in the recessed plate B by the clip piece or
clamp A, and at the same time an eye in the clip or clamp piece engages an
L piece or other saddle support. The two wires and the ☐ piece may thus be
simultaneously gripped by screwing up one screw or nut. This is clearly seen by
reference to Fig. 2 where the L pin G is shown in dotted lines and it pulled by
the eye bolt A against projections or flats B' B' on B by screwing up nut D. It
is preferable to provide a set screw C passing through the maiu clamp screw A to
attach the saddle to the piece or saddle pillar G or other saddle support.
In another modification the set screw Ċ is arranged in the upper part of the
eye and screwed down upon the L piece or support.
When a specially powerful gripping action is desired the eye may be cut and
pulled in by a bolt and nut passing through lugs formed at a convenient part of
the said eye.
The lugs may be arranged conveniently at the upper or lower part of the eye.
This arrangement is shown at Figures 7 and 8 where the eye is cut and the two
lugs are pulled together on the L piece G by the screw bolt C. The other parts
are lettered as in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4. K is a washer under the nut D.
In Figures 5 and 6 the plate B is differently shaped and the washer K is made
to fit it. The other like parts are lettered as in the other figures.
One of the leading features of the invention lies in the arrangement whereby
one nut and clamp clips or holds two wires.
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. A device for attaching the wires of bicycle or like saddles and connecting the

page_text: saddle to an piece or saddle pillar in which a clip piece or clamp having an eye
for the piece or pillar is pulled against a plate shaped to hold the wires, and
one or two screws are used to lock together the whole device substantially as and
for the purposes hereinbefore described reference being had to the accompanying
drawings.
2. The saddle attaching and holding devices hereinbefore described and
illustrated at Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 15th day of November 1892.
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.