Improvements in Cyclists' Tool Bags and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Feb., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 19th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 21st Jan., 1899
Improvements in Cyclists' Tool Bags and the like.
I, NATHANIEL BUXTON, of Dunedin House, Basinghall Avenue, in the City of
London, Commission Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to cyclists' tool bags and the like and has for its object
to provide means for holding the flap or covers of such bags open in order to
afford ready access to the said bags.
According to my invention I arrange upon the back of the bag and inside the
same a bar which is mounted upon a pivot so as to move in a plane parallel with
the back of the bag the pivot being placed in such a position that when the bag
is closed the bar will be parallel or substantially parallel with the bottom but
that when it is open it will project above the top of the bag to hold up the cover
or flap.
Or instead of pivoting the bar it may be arranged to slide in a socket and be
projected vertically above the top of the bag when the flap is lifted.
I propose in some cases to employ a kind of spring hinge connected partly to
the back of the bag and partly to the flap.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Cyclists' Tool Bags and the like.
I, NATHANIEL BUXTON, of Dunedin House, Basinghall Avenue, in the City of
London, Commission Agent, 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:-
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My invention relates to cyclists tool bags and the like and has for its object
to provide means for holding the flaps or covers of such bags open in order to
afford ready access to the said bags.
According to my invention I arrange upon the back of the bag and inside the
same a bar which is mounted upon a pivot so as to move in a plane parallel with
the back of the bag the pivot being placed in such a position that when the bag
is closed the bar will be parallel or substantially parallel with the bottom but

page_text: that when it is open it will project above the top of the bag to hold up the cover
or flap.
Or instead of pivoting the bar it may be arranged to slide in a socket and be
projected vertically above the top of the bag when the flap is lifted.
I propose in some cases to employ a kind of spring hinge or hinges connected
partly to the back of the bag and partly to the flap.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:-
Figure 1 is an elevation of a bag provided with a pivoted bar according to my
invention; and
Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1:
Figure 3 is an elevation; and
Figure 4 a longitudinal section of the arrangement wherein the holding up
bar slides in a socket; and
Figure 5 is an elevation illustrating a modification of this arrangement:
Figure 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Figure 5:
Figure 7 is an elevation shewing the arrangement of spring hinges; and
Figure 8 is a section on the line 8-8 Figure 7:
Figure 9 is an elevation illustrating a modification of this arrangement; and
Figure 10 is a section on the line 10-10 Figure 9.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.
a is the body of the bag and b is the flap. c is the bar by means of which the
flap is held back.
As shewn in Figures 1 and 2 the bar c is connected to the back of the bag by
the pin d in such a manner that it can be turned from the position shewn in full
lines in Figures 1 and 2, in which it will hold the flap open, to the position
shewn in dotted lines in Figure 1 in which the flap can be closed down over the
bag.
In the arrangement shewn in Figures 3 and 4 the bar cinstead of being
pivoted is arranged to slide in a socket e fixed to the back of the bag, the said
bar may be made to fit the interior of the socket or provided with a friction
device so that when the bag is opened and the bar is lifted it will remain in this
lifted position. In practice, however, I prefer to arrange inside the socket a
spring which when the bar is pressed into the socket will be compressed and
which when the flap is opened will react to push out the said bar c. With this
arrangement it will be obvious that when the bag is to be closed the bar c will
have to be pushed down by hand into the socket before the flap can be closed over
the bag. To obviate the necessity for this I sometimes attach to the lower end
of the said bar e a strap f, as shewn in Figure 4, which strap passes through the
bottom of the socket and through the bottom of the bag so that it can be brought
round to the front of the bag and secured on to a stud or buckle on the Hap
for the purpose of closing the bag. It will be obvious that with this arrangement
when the flap is to be closed a pull upon the strap f will draw the said bar into
the socket.
If the bar c is to be held by friction the socket e may be dispensed with the
said bar being connected to a slotted plate g as shewn in Figures 5 and 6.
In the arrangement of my invention shewn in Figures 7 and 8 two spring
hinges h, h are represented as being employed. Each of these hinges has one
leaf i fixed to the back of the bag whilst the other leaf j is curved to approximately
correspond with that part of the flap which turns over the top of the bag and
is free to slide through a socket k when the flap is lifted or lowered.
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The leaf has upon it two flats 1, m and the leaf i has fixed to it a spring
which bears against one or other of the said flats according as the flap is raised or
lowered and thus serves to hold the said flap in either of its two positions.
Although I have shewn two spring hinges I wish it understood that in some
cases I use only one hinge and where two hinges are employed they may be
connected together to ensure their simultaneous operation.

page_text: In the modification of my arrangement shewn in Figures 9 and 10 I use the
bar o having at the ends the two coil springs p, p the outer extremities of which
are attached to the back of the bag. It will be obvious that with this arrange-
ment the springs p, p always tend to lift the flap so that the usual bag fastening
will have to be relied upon for holding the flap down.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. The combination with a cyclist's tool bag, wallet or the like adapted to De
closed by a flap, of means for holding such flap or cover open in order to afford
ready access to the bag, substantially as described.
2. The combination with a cyclist's tool bag, wallet or the like of a pivoted
bar substantially as described by reference to Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying
drawings.
3. The combination with a cyclist's tool bag, wallet or the like of a bar adapted
to slide in a suitable guide, substantially as described by reference to Figures 3,
4 and 5 of the accompanying drawings.
4. In a cyclist's tool bag, wallet or the like the combination with a bar adapted
to slide in a socket, of a spring which normally tends to cause the said bar to
project from the said socket and of a strap which forms part of the fastening of
the bag and which when pulled in order to close the bag draws the said bar into
its socket, substantially as described.
5. In a cyclist's tool bag, wallet or the like the use of spring hinges substantially
as described by reference to Figures 7 and 8 and Figures 9 and 10 of the accom-
panying drawings.
Dated the 10th do. of Donau 1000
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.