Improvements in Carriers or Bracket Clips for Pneumatic Tyre Inflators.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 25th May, 1894-Accepted, 21st July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Carriers or Bracket Clips for Pneumatic Tyre
Inflators.
I, ROBERT FREDERICK Hall, of The R. F. Hall Manufacturing Company
Limited, of Sampson Road North, Sparkbrook, in the City of Birmingham,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in the carriers or the bracket clips for
the carrying of pneumatic tyre inflators or air pumps, and the said invention consists,
in the one part, in an adjustable clip or an adjustable bracket carrier, capable of
being changed so as to suit a gths, 4ths, ths or 1 inch tube member of a framing;
in the second part, in an adjustable and automatic gripping clip bracket or carrier ;
in the third part, in detail improvements in inflator carriers or attachment clips
generally.
In carrying out one form of my invention, I make up the carrier or clip of three
primary and component parts, viz., a tube or frame attachment, an inflator band
clip and a tightening or drawing-to expedient in the form of a screw, having a
milled head, which, when rotated, draws the said band clip around a portion of
the inflator requiring to be carried and connected to the framing of a machine.
Now the frame or tube attachment consists of a thin sheet metal band, nearly
circumferentially embracing a tube member framing, and with the outer ends
directed outwardly, so that the said clip somewhat resembles in figure, the shape of
a horse-shoc.
The obliquely directed branches or ends of the said horse-shoe form an inclined
or V-shaped seating for the inflator barrel to come upon, whilst the said ends, which
are thickened by folding the metal of the clip upon itself or over an attached
bracket part, are drawn together by a cross pin passing through a curved-faced
seat washer of the one side, and through the solid metal of the bracket of the
other side.
This said bracket consists of a curved piece of metal, having the inward part
obliquely directed upwards into a half seat, and the other part outwardly directed,
and gapped or slotted, through which, the stem of a screw pin, jointed to the fore
part of the inflator band clip, laterally passes, whilst the underside of the said
bracket surrounding the slot or gap may be sunken, for receiving the abutment end
of a milled head or screw nut taking upon the end of the pin, and prevented from
coming off by an expanded end.
The other or inner end of the inflator clip, which consists of a semi-circular or
like thin steel or thin sheet metal band, is hinged or jointedly connected to the
other side of the attachment by a hinged joint, so that the inflator band clip is
capable of being thrown from off an inflator barrel for detachment, or brought over
the said barrel for attachment.
The whole of the carrier or apparatus is detachably connected to, and carried by,
a tube member of the frame.
In affixing the carrier in position, first remove the clamping cross pin of the
attachment, then throw back the inflator baud clip, and open out the branched
members of the attachment by the forcing of the same over the tube. This done,
re-insert the cross pin, and screw the same home, when the said attachment is
firmly clamped to the tube.
Now place the inflator upon the inclined or bifurcated seating, and turn the
band-clip upon its hinge crosswise over the outer portion of the inflator barrel.
Then pass the shank of the hinged or jointed screw, inward of the milled head or nut

page_text: upon its end, through the slot or gap in the outward terminal end of the bracket,
and with the adjacent portion of the milled head or nut taking its bearing upon the
outer side of the said bracket, so that when the said nut or milled head is rotated,
the band clip is drawn over and around the inflator barrel, and the instrument
thereby temporarily affixed to the member of a cycle framing through the medium
of a carrier.
As a modification of this first form of my invention, I may make the screw square
or angular in cross section, and I may provide the inner terminal end of the same
with a hook, which engages with the band clip by hooking on instead of a joint,
and with the other end passing through a hole in the bracket, instead of through a
slot or gap.
To adapt the carrier to varying sized inflator barrels, not capable of being
affixed by a fitted carrier, dissimilar sized band clips may be detachably connected
by the removal of the band clip previously fitted.
As a further modification of this part of my invention, the bracket part may be
dispensed with, and an end of the screw pin hinged or jointed to a terminal of a tube
clip, alike unto the inner end of the inflator clip, whilst the outer end of the inflator
clip is provided or fitted with a gapped or slotted termination, through the gap of
which the outer end of the screw, inward of the milled nut, passes.
In carrying out a further form of my invention, in connection with an automatic
gripping carrier, the seat and bracket parts are made by cutting out from sheet
metal, two horn shaped plates, with the middle or body parts pierced with holes
suitable for taking upon the tube member of the framing, and which plates are
arranged at suitable distances apart, and with the horn portions made to lie in
coincident planes, and with their tips directed upwards, so as to form seats upon
which the inflator rests.
Partially circumferentially embracing the said tube member, and coming between
the bracket plates, is a band clip, with one end terminating at a cross pin, and with
the other and forward end being formed into a half clip with terminal tip, and
with the former arching semi-circularly over the concaved seatings as aforesaid.
The space comprehended by the concaved seatings and the concaved part of the
free end of the spring clip is of a circular or nearly circular figure, and between
which concaved parts, one being yielding and the other fixed, an inflator instrument
is clipped, after being passed over the one and under the other by a snapping
or forcing action.
In carrying out a still further form of my invention, the carrier is made to
automatically grip both the tube member of the framing and also the barrel
member of the inflator, by combining in one apparatus, a double clip, one for
taking upon the tube member and the other upon the inflator, and which clips are
under the direct influence of flat or other springs acting upon levers constituting
the outer ends of the grippers.
Thus, in carrying out a carrier with a duplex grip, I take a frame made up by
connecting together two cruciform-shaped blanks or sides, by rivetting or otherwise,
and with the upper portions of the cross members formed into opposite concaved
seatings and circumscribed by semi-circular ends of lever clips, jointed to the
middle cross members of the frame, and with the terminations of the said semi-
circular parts resting upon the top edges of the frame as stops.
By pressing the lever ends of the clips towards each other, the gripping parts of
the said clips are opened out collectively, and the loose carrier or bracket clip can
have the inflator instrument connected to it, and also the instrument, with its loose
loose clip, connected to a tube member of a cycle framing, when the arms are
released.
In carrying out a modified form of this last part of my invention, I fit the tube
member, as aforesaid, with seat plates, or plates separated from each other, and
with the same having concaved or coincident seatings. Embracing the tube
member between the seat plates, is the concaved or gripping part of a presser clip,
consisting of two primary and hook-ended members, each having stalks or stems,

page_text: coming adjacent to and sliding upon each other, and with the terminal ends of the
said members directed into thumb and finger pressers, and coming between the said
pressers, and surrounding the stems, is a coiled spring, which normally tends to
close the said members, and to grip the tube member of the cycle framing and
also an inflator instrument, which is placed upon the seatings, between them.
To connect the semi-loose carrier to a tube, and also the inflator to the carrier,
force together by the thumb and finger, the thumb and finger pressers, when by
the crossing of the sliding members, the coiled spring surrounding them is
compressed.
Then insert the said carrier upon the tube, and the instrument and inflator on its
seating and within the range of its gripping member.
Now release the said grippers, when the carrier is affixed to the tube or frame,
and the inflator to the carrier.
In carrying out a still further form of my invention, I make a dual gripping
carrier or bracket clip in the following manner.
I take a pair of double convexed or double seated plates, with the said seatings
separated by convexed swells, whose opposed parts are presented to each other,
alike unto the opposed concaves or semi-circular parts lying upon the two opposite
sides of the said convexes which are fitted with seating washers, through holes in
which, and the said plate a screw pin passes or screw pins pass, for the clamping of
the said plates together, and the tube member of the framing and inflator embraced
by the concaves.
As additional means of clamping, I propose that the terminal ends of the plates,
which constitute primarily the loose carrier and grip, should be made solid by wire
or other insertions, wherethrough clamping screw pins or like expedients pass.
In carrying out a still further form of my invention, in connection with a fixed
carrier having a loose attachment, I fix to the tube of a cycle framing, a clip,
somewhat alike in construction to that described in the first arrangement, but with
the same provided, upon one side, with a guide strap or bracket, with which a
tongue or slide piece carried by the pump clip, engages, so that the pump clip,
which consists of a thin sheet metal horse-shoc-shaped band, drawn together by a
cross screw, has fitted to it, a resilient slide, which engages with a she counter-part
shaped bracket carried by the tube clip, so that the slide, which is carried by the
inflator, is passed into the bracket of the carrier, and the inflator is connected to a
machine.
Dated this 24th day of August 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Carriers or Bracket Clips for Pneumatic Tyre
Inflators.
I ROBERT FREDERICK HALL of The R. F. Hall Manufacturing Company
Limited, of Sampson Road North, Sparkbrook, 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in the carriers, or the bracket clips for
the carrying of pneumatic tyre inflators or air pumps.
In carrying out one form of my invention, I make up the said carrier or clip of
three primary parts, viz., a tube or frame attachment, an inflator band clip and a
tightening or drawing-to expedient in the form of a turn screw which, when

page_text: rotated, draws the said band clip tightly around the barrel portion of the inflator
requiring to be carried and connected to the framing of a machine.
Now the frame or tube attachment consists of a thin steel or a thin sheet metal
band, nearly embracing circumferentially a tube-member of the framing, of a
machine and with the outer ends of the said band directed outwardly so that the
said clip somewhat resembles in form the figure of a horse-shoe.
The obliquely directed branches or ends of the said horse-shoe, form an inclined
or V-shaped seating, for the inflator barrel to come upon, whilst the said ends,
which may be thickened by folding the metal of the clip upon itself, or over an
attached bracket-part, are drawn together by a cross pin, passing through a curved-
faced seat washer of the one side, and through the solid metal of the bracket of
the other side.
This said bracket consists of a curved piece of metal, having the inward part
obliquely directed upwards into a half seat, and the other part outwardly directed,
and gapped or slotted, through which, the stem of a screw pin, jointed to the fore
part of the inflator band clip, laterally passes, whilst the underside of the said
bracket, surrounding the slot or gap, may be sunken for receiving the abutment end
of a milled head or screw nut, taking upon the end of the pin, and prevented from
coming off by an expanded end.
The other or inner end of the inflator clip, which consists of a semi-circular or
like thin steel or thin sheet metal band, hinged or jointedly connected to the
other side of the attachment by a hinged joint, so that the inflator band clip is
capable of being thrown from off an inflator barrel for detachment, or brought over
the said barrel for attachment.
The whole of the carrier or apparatus is detachably connected to, and carried by,
a tube member of the frame.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a safety bicycle, having fitted
to one of the tubular members of its frame, an inflator carrier, or an inflator-
carrying clip made in accordance with one form of my invention.
Figure 2 represents, upon an enlarged scale, a transverse section of the same
upon the dotted lines - Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of Figure 2, looking from left to right and showing
the connections and position of the pulling-up screw relative to the band, which is
drawn partly around the inflator barrel.
Figure 4 represents the said carrier or clip open, for the placing in position of an
inflator to be carried.
Figure 5 represents a horizontal section of the said clip, upon the dotted
lines A B Figure 2.
In Figures 1 to 5, a is the frame-member clip, consisting of a thin sheet metal
band a, made preferably of steel, and with the branched ends a³, a³, inclined
outwardly so as to form a mouth or seatings at, for the barrel of the inflator c, as
hereinafter described, to take upon, and with the end a³, thickened by a loose and
fitted or an attached bracket b. The metal at the other end a³, is folded upon
itself, and forms a joint as, to which a like folded end d', of the inflator or pump
band d, is jointedly connected by a pin d', whilst the metal at the loose and free
end d³, of the said band d, is like folded upon itself and secured by rivetting and
is attachedly connected to the eyed end e², of the drawing-up screw pin e, by a
stud or rivet e³.
The end e, of the said screw pin e, passes laterally through a gap b', formed
within the edge of the bracket b, and taking upon the said end et, is a milled head
or nut e, coned or swelled upon its underside to take within a like-shaped recess
formed at the end of the gap b', and upon the topside of the fore part of the
bracket b.
The bracket part a, for embracing the tubular frame member f, is drawn
together, and the bracket affixed to it, by a transversely directed screw pin g,
whose screwed stem part takes through an inside screwed hole 3, made through
the bracket b, and through a plain hole aº, formed through the end a².

page_text: The stem of the screw pin takes through a plain hole a', formed through the
end a, and through an inside-convexed washer h, lying between the concaved
inside part of the clip a, and the collar g', of the looped turn end g³.
In affixing the carrier in position, first remove the clamping cross pin 9, of the
attachment, then throw back the inflator band clip, and open out the branched
members of the attachment by springing the same over the tube member f. This
done re-insert the cross pin through the washer h, and through the holes a', a', and
screw the same home, with its end passing through the screwed hole 6³, of the
bracket 6, when the band clip ends are drawn together and the attachment is
clamped to the tubular member f, of the framing of a machine.
Now place the inflator c, upon the inclined seating a', and turn the band-clip d,
upon its hinge crosswise to the upper part of the clip a, and partially around the
outer portion of the inflator barrel.
Then pass the shank of the hinged or jointed screw e, inward of the milled head
or nut upon its end, through the slot or gap b', in the outward terminal end of the
bracket b, and with the adjacent portion of the milled head or nut e, taking its
bearing upon the outer side of the said bracket, so that when the said nut or milled
head is rotated, the band clip is drawn over and around the inflator barrel, and the
instrument thereby temporarily affixed to the member of a cycle framing, through
the medium of a carrier.
As a modification of this first form of my invention, I may make the screw
pin e, square or angular in cross section, and I may provide the inner terminal
end, of the same with a hook, which engages with the band clip by hooking
on, instead of being joined up by a pin, and with the other end threaded
through a hole in the bracket b, instead of being introduced into a slot or
gap b
Although the inflator clip as described will fit dissimilar sized inflator barrels
within certain limits, yet when large sized barrel are required to be carried,
then the band clip b, is removed, and one of a greater length is substituted
for it.
Instead of the combined band clips a', d, being made in two parts connected
together by a joint the said clips may be made from a continuous length of
resilient and thin sheet steel.
In carrying out a further form of my invention, in connection with a self gripping
carrier, the seat and bracket parts are made by cutting out from sheet metal, two
horn shaped plates, with the middle or body parts pierced with holes suitable for
taking upon the tube member of the framing, and which plates are arranged at
suitable distances apart, and with the horn portions made to lie in coincident
planes, and with their tips directed upwards, so as to form seats upon which the
inflator rests.
Partially circumferentially embracing the said tube member, and coming between
the bracket plates, is a band clip, with one end terminating at a cross pin, and
with the other and forward end being formed into a half clip with terminal lip,
and with the former arching semi-circularly over the concaved seatings as
aforesaid.
The space comprehended by the concaved seatings and the concaved part of the
free end of the spring clip, is of a circular or nearly circular figure, and between
which concaved parts, one being yielding and the other fixed, an inflator instrument
is clipped, after being passed over the one and under the other by a snapping or
forcing action.
Figure 6 represents a side elevation of the said last-named clip or inflator carrier,
whilst Figure 7 is a vertical section of Figure upon the dotted lines CD.
Figure 8 is a back elevation of Figure 6.
a is the framing member band clip, connected at its end a², to a cross pin g,
carried by horn-shaped bracket plates b, fixed by brazing or otherwise to the framing
member, and arranged parallel to each other, and at distances apart equal to the
breadth of the band a', whose free end or part a³, forms the inflator clip d, whilst

page_text: the bracket plates b, which have concaved seatings a', are united or connected
together by a stay d.
To secure the inflator c, to the attachment clip, after the same has been affixedly
connected to the said tubular member f, draw aside the spring limb d, a³, of the
clip, and insert the barrel of the inflator in position between it and the seatings, and
when released, the inflator is gripped.
In carrying out a still further form of my invention, the carrier is made to self-
grip both the tube member of the framing and also the barrel member of the inflator,
by combining in one apparatus, a double clip, one for taking upon the tube member
and the other upon the inflator, and which clips are under the direct influence of
flat or other springs acting upon levers constituting the outer ends of the grippers.
Thus, in carrying out a carrier with a duplex grip, I take a frame made up by
connecting together two cruciform-shaped blanks or sides, by rivetting or otherwise,
and with the upper portions of the cross members formed into opposite concaved
seatings and partly embraced by semi-circular ends of lever clips, jointed to the
middle cross members of the frame, and with the terminations of the said semi-
circular parts resting upon the top edges of the frame as stops.
By pressing the lever ends of the clips towards each other, the gripping parts of
the said clips are opened out collectively, and the loose carrier or bracket clip can
have the inflator instrument connected to it, and also the instrument, with its loose
clip, connected to a tube member of a cycle framing, when the arms are released.
Figure 9 represents in vertical section, such an attachable double clip as last
described.
Figure 10 is a topside plan of the same and Figure 11 is an underside plan.
b is a bracket, with each side made from a cruciform-shaped blank of metal,
which sides are separated from each other and are united or stayed together by
stay pins d', ², and with the said pins d', passing through holes in the ears a³, d³,
of lever clips a', d, having levering arms a, d, and with the free ends 12, of a
spring, which passes around the pin d', taking their bearings against the inside of
the said levering arms respectively.
To secure the attachment to a tubular frame member f, of a machine and at the
same time to place in position the inflator to be carried, open out the clipping and
concaved ends a', d, by pressing forcibly together the levering arms a, d. Then
insert the clip a¹, over the member f, with the said member coming between the
seatings a, and the clip a', whilst the inflator c, is inserted between the seatings a¹,
and the clip d, and then on releasing the gripping arms, the frame member and
inflator are gripped, and the latter is connected to the former through the medium
of the free ends of the spring, which may be of any construction.
In carrying out a still further form of my invention, I make a dual gripping
carrier or bracket clip in the following manner.
I take a pair of double convexed or double seated plates with the said seatings
separated by convexed swells, whose opposed parts are presented to each other,
alike unto the opposed concaves or semi-circular parts lying upon the two opposite
sides of the said convexes, which are fitted with seating washers, through holes in
which, and the said plate, a screw pin passes or screw pins pass, for the clamping
of the said plate together, and the tube member of the framing and inflator
embraced by the concaves.
As additional means of clamping, I propose that the terminal ends of the plates,
which constitute primarily the loose carrier and grip, should be made solid by wire
or other insertions wherethrough clamping screw pins or like expedients, pass.
Figure 12 represents in vertical section, such a dual carrier as last described.
Figure 13 represents a side clevation of the same.
a' and d are double-convexed or double-seated thin sheet metal plates, having
rolled ends a³, d', fitted with solid insertions a, d, through plain and screwed holes
in which, screw pins g, pass, and by the screwing up of them and the middle pin g',
(which latter takes through plain holes in the sides a', d, and through plain and

page_text: screwed holes in washers h, h',) the clip or carrier is connected to the member, of
a machine and the inflator c, to the clip or carrier at the same time.
Or the part of the clip to be connected to the frame member, may, if necessary,
be secured prior to the placing in position of the inflator.
In carrying out a still further form of my invention in connection with a fixed
carrier having a loose attachment, I fix to the tube of a cycle framing, a clip,
somewhat alike in construction to that described in the first arrangement, but with
the same provided, upon one side, with a guide strap or bracket, with which a
tongue or slide piece carried by the pump clip, engages, so that the pump clip,
which consists of a thin sheet metal horse-shoe-shaped band, drawn together (if
necessary) by a cross screw, has fitted to it, a resilient slide, which engages with a
she counter-part shaped bracket carried by the tube clip, so that the slide, which
is carried by the inflator, is passed into the bracket of the carrier, and the inflator
is connected to a machine.
Figure 14 represents in vertical section such a clip as last described.
al and d are three-quarter band clips, drawn together and closed by screw pins 9,9',
passing through the rolled terminations a³, d, of them, and with the band clip a',
carrying upon its underside an undercut or she-shaped plate a³, with which a
he tongue plate d³, engages slide like.
The he tongue of the one part is adapted to slide and fit tightly within the
undercut she plate of the other part so that to affix an inflator c, to a machine, it is
only necessary to slide one part within another, or one part within the other, when
an attachment is made.
Figure 15 represents a modified form of this said last-named clip. In this
arrangement, the he-tongue or he-plate which slides within the she tongue or plate
of the other part, is fixedly connected to the pump barrel, instead of being carried
by a clip which is secured to the barrel of the inflator.
Figure 16 represents a side elevation of the inflator tube, with the sliding tongue
plate.
a' is the clip surrounding the framing member f, and drawn together by the screw
pin g.
a is a she-sectioned plate having overhanging sides, with which a tongue-
plate d, secured to an inflator c, engages.
To connect the inflator to the clip attachment, simply insert the tongue into the
she-shaped plate or slide a³, when the parts become attachedly connected together.
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. An inflator or air pump carrier attachment for cycles, consisting of a two-
part clip, made up of two jointedly connected-together thin sheet metal bands or
equivalents, and with the free and loose end of the one part fitted with a drawing-up
screw pin, and with an end of the other part being provided with a supporting
bracket for the said pin, and through a part of which bracket, the screwed end of a
clamping cross pin, which takes through holes in the ends of one of the bands,
passes, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1 to 5.
Secondly. An inflator or air-pump carrier attachment for cycles, consisting of
a two part clip, made up from a single band, or from connected-together thin sheet
metal bands, and with the said two parts being provided with independent clamping
and drawing-up screw-pins, the one for transversely gathering-in the band or bands
around one member to be gripped, and the other for pulling up a band or bands
around another and loose member to be gripped and held whereby the said carrier
is secured to a machine, and an inflator to be carried is secured to the carrier,
substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1 to 5.
Thirdly. In inflator or air-pump carriers attachment for cycles, the general
construction, arrangement and combination of the parts of the same, substantially
as and for the purpose as described and set forth in Figures 1 to 5.
Fourthly. An inflator or air-pump carrier attachment for cycles, consisting

page_text: essentially of two or more brackets b, separated from each other, and fixedly
connected to a frame member, and with the same having concaved seatings, opposed
to the concaved gripping part of a spring gripping band, whose inner end is fixed
and the outer end free, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 6, 7
and 8.
Fifthly. An inflator or air-pump carrier attachment for cycles, consisting of
double and jointed clips, opposed respectively to double seatings of a bracket or
brackets, and with the said clips or gripping parts carried by levering arms, forced
or pressed home by a spring or springs, substantially as described and set forth in
Figures 9, 10 and 11.
Sixthly. An inflator or air-pump carrier attachment for cycles, consisting of
two opposed and double concaved seating plates, separated from each other, and
with the concaves of the one coming opposite to the concaves of the other, and with
the ends, or both ends and middle, fitted with transversely directed drawing-up
screws, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 12 and 13.
Seventhly. A two-part inflator or air-pump carrier attachment for cycles,
consisting of two band clips, connected to the respective members by cross screws,
and with the one carrying a she-bracket for receiving a he-tongue carried by the
other part, substantially as described and set forth in Figure 14.
Eighthly. A two-part inflator or air-pump carrier attachment for cycles,
consisting of a band clip, adapted to embrace one member, and having upon one
side of it, a she-bracket, or a he-tongue, with which a tongue or bracket, carried
by the other part engages, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 15
and 16.
Ninthly. In air-pump or inflator carrier attachments for cycles, the general
construction, arrangement, combination and fitting of the parts, substantially as and
for the purpose as described and set forth in Figures 6 to 16.
Dated this 24th day of May 1894
ROBERT FREDERICK HALL,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.