Improvements in connection with Inflators.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd June, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 16th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 2nd Apr., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Inflators.
I, SAMUEL WHITE, of 1,. Princes Square, Bayswater, Engineer, do hereby declare.
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a support for inflators, and more particularly those used
for inflating tyres of cycles and other vehicles, the object being to afford support
to the pump and enable the user to devote more power to working it. In carrying
my invention into effect, I proceed in or in about the following manner. I pro-
vide two strips of stout sheet metal and hinge them together, so that they can be
turned up at right angles to each other. The free end of one strip is curved over
somewhat, and provided with a piping, and to the free end of the other strip are
hinged two wire struts the free ends of which are bent outwards at right angles. To
the same end of this second strip, is attached a bracket having therein an opening
to accommodate the nozzle of the inflator. In use the two stays are turned up on
their hinges, and the free ends inserted in the piping at the end of the other strip,
a portion at the centre of the length of the piping being removed to allow the ends
of the struts to be inserted. The appliance when thus fastened up forms a right
angled triangle of which the struts are the hypothenuse.
It is used by placing it on the ground with the bracket uppermost, the strip
on the ground being held down by the user placing his foot on it. The nozzle of
the inflater is then placed in the opening provided for it in the bracket, and pump-
ing proceeded with. When out of use the struts can be unfastened and the whole
thing shut up on its hinges.
I, SAMUEL WHITE, of 1, Princes Square, Bayswater, Engineer, 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 a support for air pumps and inflators, and more particu-
larly those used for inflating tyres of cycles and other vehicles, the object being to
afford support to the pump and enable the user to devote more power to working it.
In carrying my invention into effect, I proceed in or in about the following manner
making reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which, Fig. 1, is an
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page_text: isometrical view of the apparatus partly folded up, and Fig. 2, a similar view of
the apparatus erected for use. I provide two strips of stout sheet metal a and b
and hinge them together at c. The free end of one strip a is curved over somewhat
and provided with a piping d, and to the free end of the other strip are hinged two
wire struts or stays e each having its free end outwards as at f. The struts also 5
cross one another at about the centre of their length. To the same end of this
second strip is attached a bracket g having thereon an opening h to accommodate
the nozzle of the inflator. In use the two stays e are turned on their hinges and the
ends inserted in the piping d. The appliance when thus fastened up forms
a triangle of which b and c are two sides and a the base. It is used by placing it 1
on the ground with the bracket g uppermost, the strip a being held down by one
of the user's feet. The nozzle i of the inflator is then placed in the opening h and
pumping proceeded with. When out of use, the struts can be unfastened and the
whole thing shut up.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
An improved support for air pumps and inflators, the said support consisting
essentially of two flat strips of metal hinged together, the free end of one strip being
turned up somewhat and provided with a piping, the free end of the other strip
having attached to itself a bracket with a suitable opening to receive the nozzle
of the inflator, the same end having also hinged to it stays having turned out ends
destined to be inserted in opposite ends of the piping already mentioned, the said
stays crossing one another at about the centre of their length, the whole substan-
tially as described in the above specification, and exemplified in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 10th day of February 1898
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.