An Improved Fastening for Fixing Lamps, Bells, Luggage Carriers and other Articles to Velocipedes
Year: 1888

page_text: An Improved Fastening for Fixing Lamps, Bells, Luggage Carriers,
and other Articles to Velocipedes
HARRY LUCAS, "Tom Bowling " Lamp Works, Little King Street, Birmingham,
Lamp Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
follows
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as
My invention is for an improved split socket or clamp fastening for fixing lamps,
bells, luggage carriers and other articles to velocipedes Lo one side or half of the
split socket I hinge a kind of link or fork shaped piece with a pin screw through its closed
end This link or fork shaped piece passes over a projecting lug on the other half of the
split socket and the screw being tightened against the lug draws the two parts of the
socket tightly round any bar or bracket on which it may be fitted

page_text: An Improved Fastening for Fixing Lamps, Bells, Luggage-carriers,
and other Articles to Velocipedes
I, HARRY LUOAS, of the Tom Bowling Lamp Works, Little King Street,
Birmingham, in the County of Warwickshire, Lamp Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed
to be particularly described in and by the following statement
My invention relates to an improved fastening for fixing lamps, bells, luggage-
carriers, and other articles, fittings, or parts, to Velocipedes, and it consists of a split
socket or clamp, one half of which carries the article, fitting, or part to be attached
to the velocipede To this part of the socket or clamp, the other part of the said socket
or clamp is hinged by any suitable form of hinge or joint To one side of the half
socket or clamp is hinged a link, or fork shaped piece, carrying at its free end a set
screw which is threaded therein This link passes over a projection or snug on the
other half socket or clamp, and on the set screw being screwed up it impinges on the
said projection or snug and forces the two parts of the socket or clamp together, and
so causes it to grip tightly round any bar, bracket, or other part of a velocipede on to
which it may be fitted
In the accompanying drawing Figures 1 and 2 are views in front and side elevation
respectively of my improved fastening, and Figures 3 and 4 are views in front and
side elevation respectively of a modification-thereof
Throughout these views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference
Referring to Figures and 2 The two halves or parts A and A¹ of the split
socket, or clamp, are hinged together by any suitable hinge or joint a' On either
one of the two parts, as found most convenient, an arm or its equivalent is formed to
carry the lamp, bell, or other article, fitting, or part it is intended to carry On to
each part A and A¹ a snug a and a', respectively, is formed On to the snug a a link
or fork B is fulcrated at a This link or fork B carries a set screw 6 threaded through
its solid end When the split socket or clamp is passed round the part of the
velocipede to which it is desired to fix the article carried by the clamp, the fork B 18
passed over the projection or snug a¹ and the set screw b 18 screwed up, when it
impinges against the said projection or snug, and forces the two parts of the split
socket or clamp together
As a modification the socket or clamp may be made in more than two parts, as
illustrated by Figure 3 of the accompanying drawing, and also instead of using the
fork B and set screw b, a threaded bolt B may be fulcrated to the projection or
snug a, the projection or snug a' being slotted to allow the thumb or other nut 6 to
engige with the said projection or snug to close the two parts of the clamp
or socket together as illustrated by Figures 3 and 4 of the accompanying
drawing

page_text: I am aware that clamps or sockets have already been constructed in two parts
hinged together on one side and drawn together by a bolt passing through lugs on the
other side, and I therefore do not broadly claim such a device, but 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
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1st A chp for carrying or attaching parts or fittings to Velocipedes, constructed
specifically as set forth
2nd A clip for carrying or attaching parts or fittings to Velocipedes, consisting of
two or more sections of a circle hinged together, a swinging link hinged to a
projection on one section and carrying a set screw adapted to engage with a snug or
projection on the other section, is herein before described and illustrated by the
accompanving drawing
3rd A clip for carrying or attaching parts or fittings to Velocipedes, consisting of
two or more sections of a circle hinged together, a swinging stud hinged to a pro-
Jection on one section and threaded to receive thumb or other nut to engage with a
snug or projection on the other section, which is slotted to receive the swinging stud, is
herein before described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing
Daten wis day of March F
ROBT ED PHILLIPS, MIME,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
Royal Courts Chambers,
70, 71 & 72, Chancery Lane, London, WC,
Agent for the Applicant