Appliance for Securing a Watch, Number-plate, Whip, or similar- Objects to Velocipedes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May, 1896-Accepted, 13th June, 1896
[Communicated from abroad by CARL SCHILBERS, of St. Veit, on the Golsen,
Lower Austria, Manufacturer.]
Appliance for Securing a Watch, Number-plate, Whip, or similar-
Objects to Velocipedes.
1, OLIVER IMRAY, of No. 28, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the
County of London, Chartered Patent 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 :-
This invention relates to an appliance for attaching securely, and yet in an
elastic yielding manner, the watch of a cyclist, or the number plate, or a whip, or
other object, to a velocipede.
This appliance is attached by a slight pressure either to the handle bar or to
any other part of the velocipede and is securely held in position by virtue of its.
spring action, and can be as readily detached when required. As shewn on the
drawing, the appliance as employed for holding a watch, as shewn at Figs. 1 and 2,
consists of an elastic steel blade spring, the middle part a of which is bent into
circular looped form, while the two ends form outward directed arms b and c, of
which the arm b is provided with a hook 6', with which is engaged the loop of the
watch, while the arm c has a spring notch c¹ widened out at its inner part, into
which fits the neck of the watch handle, so that the watch is securely held by
these two attachments.
The form and elastic material of the watch-holder prevent shocks or vibrations
due to the concussions to which the velocipede is subject, from being transmitted,.
except in a very diminished degree, to the watch, which is thus preserved from
detrimental action, while on the other hand, the hook 6' and fork c', effectually
prevent the watch from getting accidentally detached from the holder.
The watch can nevertheless be detached by hand by a very slight pressure.
If the device is to be employed for holding the numberplate, the arms b and c are
made shorter, and are arranged parallel to each other, being connected together
by a small screw, as at Fig. 3.
For holding a whip or other object, the arms b and c are curved towards each
other as at Fig. 4, the one arm being provided with a slot while the other has a
small hook that engages with the slot so as to connect the two arms.
Owing to its simplicity the above appliance can be very cheaply manufactured
and is therefore more universally available than the more or less complicated
appliances heretofore employed for the purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to performed, I declare that what I
claim is
An appliance for securing a watch, number plate, whip, or the like on a velocipede
consisting of a steel blade-spring having a circularly looped middle part, a which
is sprung on the handle bar or other part of the machine, and having arms b, c that
are either formed with a hook 6' and notch c¹ or a hook 6' and slot c¹ or are simply

page_text: connected by a screw, according to the purpose to which it is to be applied,
substantially as herein described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 11th day of May 1896.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.