Improvements in and relating to Toe Clips for the Pedals of Velocipedes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 29th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 30th Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Toe Clips for the Pedals of
Velocipedes.
I CHARLES ANDREW EDWARD Talbot Palmer, trading as The St. George's
Engineering Company, of Pope Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Cycle Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an improved construction of toe clip which is attained in
the following manner :-I take two brackets or clamps adapted to fit over the square
bar of the pedal and having at their top ends eyes or hooks through which are
passed over the top of the bar of the pedal-the two ends of a length of wire
shaped to form a toe clip. These brackets or clamps are fixed to the front bar of
the pedal by means of thumb screws threaded through the undersides of the said
brackets or clamps and bearing against washers placed against the underside of the
pedal bar. By slackening the said screws in the brackets or clamps the wire toe
clip can be adjusted with respect to the said brackets or clamps and therefore to
the pedal bar by sliding the ends of the clip through the eyes or hooks thereon,
and clamping them down to the pedal bar by means of the thumb screws after the
necessary adjustment is obtained. The undersides of the ends of the wire toe clip
passing over the pedal bar are roughened or serrated to engage with the said bar
when they are drawn down to them by the thumb screws. As a modification the
ends of the wire forming the toe clip may be adjusted with respect to the brackets
or clamps by means of nuts threaded on the ends of the said wires and engaging
with each side of the eyes or hooks on the said brackets or clamps.
Dated this th
Naban 1000
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Toe Clips for the Pedals of
Velocipedes.
I, CHARLES ANDREW EDWARD TALBOT PALMER, trading as The St. George's
Engineering Company, of Pope Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Cycle Manufacturers, 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 an improved construction of toe clip, which consists of
two U-shaped brackets or clamps adapted to fit over the front bar of a pedal, the
said brackets or clamps having at their top ends eyes or hooks through which are
passed (after they are placed on the bar of the pedal) the ends of a length of wire
shaped to form a toe clip. The U-shaped brackets or clamps are fixed to the front,
bar of the pedal by means of thumb screws threaded through the undersides of the
said brackets or clamps and bearing against washers placed against the underside
of the pedal bar which draw the brackets or clamps downwards until the ends of
the wire toe clip are clipped on to the top of the pedal bar, the undersides of the
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page_text: ends of the wire toe clip being roughened or serrated to make them more securely
engage with the said bar.
The object of my invention is the construction of a toe clip which can readily be
attached to a pedal, which is adjustable in length and which is light in weight.
I attain these ends by the construction shown by the accompanying drawing, in
which :-
Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of my improved toe clip the rubber bar of
the pedal being shown by dotted lines.
Figure 2 is a view in plan thereof.
Figure 3 is a view in sectional elevation of one of the brackets or clamps.
Figures 4 and 5 are views in side elevation showing another form my invention
may assume, and
Figure 6 is a view in end elevation of one of the clamping plates.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
The toe clip A consists of a length of wire bent double at the centre of its length
and shaped to form a hook at its bent part. The free ends "a," "a," of the toe
clip are each adapted to pass through eyes "b," "b," on the ends of a U-shaped
bracket or clamp B adapted to be passed on the front bar X of the pedal from the
bottom side thereof, the underpart of each of the free ends "a," "a," of the
toe clip being roughened or serrated to give them a better grip on the top of
the said bar. After the length of the toe clip has been adjusted with respect to
the pedal, its ends are clamped to the bar of the pedal by drawing down the
brackets or clamps B, B, with respect to the bar X of the pedal, by means of
thumb screws C, C, threaded into the bottom parts of the brackets or clamps B, B,
and adapted to impinge on the underside of the pedal bar, washers "c," "e," being
preferably interposed between the ends of the thumb screws and the pedal bar.
As a modification two plates B, B, and a bolt B' may take the place of the clamp
or bracket, the said plates having holes or eyes "6" at each end, those at the one
end for the ends "a," "a," of the wire toe clip A to pass through, and those at the
other end for the bolt B₁ to pass through, the plates B, B, being clamped to either
the rubber bar X of the pedal as shown by Figure 4, or to the rat trap bar X of
the pedal as shown by Figure 5 by means of nuts "a¹," "a¹," etc. on the threaded
ends "
," "a," of the toe clip and by means of the bolts B¹, B', and their
I wish it to be particularly understood that I do not limit myself to the precise
details of construction hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawing, but that I hold myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as
fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.
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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. The hereinbefore described combination of parts constituting an improved toe
clip-for the pedals of velocipedes.
2. In a toe clip for the pedals of velocipedes, the combination of a toe clip
shaped, fashioned and formed out of a length of wire, of two brackets or clamps
adapted to embrace the front bar of the pedal and having eyes to receive the free
ends of the wire toe clip, and of screws threaded into the bottom parts of the
brackets or clamps and adapted to impinge on the bottom side of the pedal bar and
so clamp the toe clip to the said bar, as set forth.
3. In a toe clip for the pedals of velocipedes, the combination of a toe clip
shaped, fashioned and formed out of a length of wire, of two pairs of clamping
plates adapted to fit on each side of the front bar of the pedal and having eyes or
holes at their one end to receive the free ends of the wire toe clip and having eyes
or holes at their other ends to receive clamp bolts the said clamp bolts and the ends

page_text: of the wire toe clip-which are threaded-being provided with suitable lock nuts,
as set forth.
Dated this 19th day of August 1893.
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.