Improvements in Watch Holders, chiefly designed for use on Bicycles and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 25th June, 1898-Accepted, 13th Aug., 1898
[Communicated from abroad by THE ANSONIA BRASS & COPPER COMPANY, a Corpora-
tion organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut, and having its place
of business at Ansonia, New Haven County, State of Connecticut, United
States of America.]
Improvements in Watch Holders, chiefly designed for use on Bicycles
and the like.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 a holder for watches which is adapted for attachment
to vehicles, and more especially to bicycles.
The holder comprises a suitable clamp for embracing a portion of a bicycle and
a receiver supported from the clamp; the holder being adapted to yieldingly hold
a watch. In the preferred form of the invention the receiver has a depending
portion against which the pendant of the watch may rest. Suitable locking means
secure the watch in place, and in the preferred form of the invention by passing
through the said depending portion and pendant.
A holder embodying the invention will first be described and then the novel
features thereof pointed out in a claim.
In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of one form of holder;
Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 in the direction
indicated by the arrows;
Fig. 3 is an end elevation;
Fig. 4 is a detail view partly in section showing a.different locking means for
the watch and holder;
Fig. 5 is a detail top view of the lower part of the holder, showing a different
manner of securing the name plate to the holder:
Fig. 6 is a side elevational view of a different form of watch holder;
Fig. 7 is a view of the locking key.
Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all figures.
A represents a holder which comprises a clamp a and a receiver a¹, which is
connected with the clamp by an intervening portion a². These several parts are
preferably stamped from a single piece of metal, the stamped piece being after-
wards bent to the required form. Referring to the holder shown in Fig. 1, the
clampa is preferably of the form shown and embraces the handle bar of a bicycle.
It is locked to the handle bar by means of a bolt B which preferably has a flat
and circular head b. It also has a square portion 61 fitting in a corresponding
opening in one arm of the clamp, and a screw threaded portion 6 for receiving
a circular nut 3 that is screwed on and off the bolt by a key C (see Fig. 7) one
end of which is provided with prongs that fit in openings c in one of the flat
faces of the nut. The intervening portion as preferably extends upwardly from
the clamp and the receiver a¹ is bent away from it so that a spring will be provided
at a3 which will prevent the watch being jarred while the bicycle is moving. The
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page_text: receiver a¹ comprises a base d, curved arms d¹ and a recessed arm which has
a depending portion d against which the pendant of the watch bears. A spring
tongue D is cut out of the base and is bent at d so that its end will bear against
the watch and hold it from movement in the receiver. The watch is placed in
the receiver in the position shown in Fig. 4 with the stem fitting in the recessed
arm and the pendant bent against the depending portion so that a locking device
may be passed through the depending portion and pendant to hold the watch in the
receiver. It will be seen from the drawings that this leaves the stem of the watch
free, so that it can be wound without the necessity of removing the watch from
the receiver. The locking device or padlock E is held from movement by the
tongue D forcing the watch upwards so that the end of the depending portion d³
will bear tightly against the padlock E.
F represents a plate for covering the end of the clamp, and which may serve
as a name plate. In Fig. 1 the plate F is formed integral with the holder A, being
stamped at the same time as the other parts, and afterwards bent as shown in
Fig. 2.
In Fig. 5 the plate F is shown separate from the clamp, and it is secured
in place by the nut b3 and a pin 6 which enters a corresponding opening in the
adjacent arm of the clamp. Fig. 4 illustrates a different form of locking means.
In this form a bolt f having a hook end f¹ which passes through the depending
portion and pendant is held in position by means of a nut f2 which is turned
on and off the bolt by a wrench which may be integral.with the key C.
Fig. 6 illustrates a modification in the arrangement of the holder A. In this
form the tongue D is dispensed with, and an additional spring is provided between
the clamp and receiver through the medium of the bend g and strip g¹ which are
integral with the intervening portion a². This form of holder may also be stamped
from a single piece of metal if desired, which is afterwards bent as shown. Either
of the locking devices described may be used in connection with this form of
holder.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
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1. A watch holder comprising a clamp by which the holder can be attached to
a vehicle, a receiver for a watch, and a spring for preventing movement of the
watch in the receiver, substantially as described.
2. A watch holder comprising a clamp by which the holder can be attached
to a vehicle, a receiver for a watch, and a lock for securing the watch in the
receiver, substantially as described.
3. The combination of a suitable clamp, a receiver for yieldingly supporting
a watch from said clamp, and a suitable locking device passing through the pen-
dant of the watch and the receiver, substantially as described.
4. The combination of a suitable clamp for embracing part of a bicycle, a watch
receiver supported from said clamp and adapted to yieldingly hold a watch, said
receiver having a depending portion against which the pendant of the watch may
rest, and a suitable locking device passing through said pendant and depending
portion, substantially as described.
5. In a watch holder, the combination of a suitable clamp adapted for attach-
ment to a bicycle, a receiver for a watch yieldingly supported above the clamp,
and a name plate detachably connected with said clamp, substantially as described.
Dated this 24th day of June 1898.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.