Improved Umbrella Holder and Support for Cycles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd July, 1897-Accepted, 25th Sept., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Umbrella Holder and Support for Cycles.
We, RICHARD GABRIEL of 121, Grunewald Strasse Schoeneberg, Mechanic, and
ERNST LOEWENTHAL, of 12, Culmstrasse, Berlin, Riding Master, all in the
German Empire, 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:-
The present application for Letters Patent relates to an improved umbrella
holder and support for cycles.
This invention enables the cyclist to carry with him an umbrella or parasol
in such a manner that the same does not cause the slightest inconvenience when
out of use, and is applicable as a support for holding up the machine when
required.
The invention consists essentially of a clip attached to the guiding bar in
which the umbrella stick is so secured that it can be turned both in a perpen-
dicular plane, approximately parallel to the frame of the cycle, and also at right
angles to this direction, consequently it can be raised and lowered, or lifted, or
adjusted sideways, and can be secured firmly in position.
In the accompanying drawing:
Figure 1 shews a cycle in side view provided with the umbrella open ready
for use.
Figure 2 shews a side view in which the umbrella is shewn out of use.
Figure 3 shews a similar view in which the umbrella serves as a support for
the cycle.
Figure 4 shews a side view of the umbrella holder.
Figure 5 a back view of the same.
Figure 6 a plan of the same.
Figures 7 to 9 shew details of the clip.
Figure 10 shews the end of the umbrella handle on a larger scale.
Figures 11 and 12 shew a plan and elevation of an arrangement for lengthening
the umbrella stick at will in order to fix the umbrella higher or lower.
Figures 13 and 14 shew a clip for holding the end of the umbrella when the
same is not in use and hangs down.
Upon the guide bar the piece A is secured by means of the screw a. Upon
the front prolongation of the screw bolt a before the connection a¹ is placed
another piece B which, as shewn in Figures 5 to 9 is longitudinally slotted above,
and provided with eyelets b; the aforesaid piece can be adjustably fixed by
means of the nut A¹ in any inclined or vertical position corresponding to the
direction of the arrows (Figure 5). Between the eyelets b there is placed upon
the bolt the piece C prolonged into a wood screw, which can by means of the
nut D be held firm in any position relatively to its axis of revolution in the plane
of the slot of B by the pressing together of the eyelets b. Upon the screw of C
the umbrella stick E (Figure 10) may be directly screwed, or in the place of C is
secured a metal bar F (Figures 11 and 12) provided below with a corresponding
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page_text: eyelet, over which the stick F¹ formed as a metal tube is thrust. This tube F¹ is
provided below with two projections F in which the spring ends of the piece Fa
are secured. In the middle Fa has a bar f2 which engages through a hole in F¹
in one of the holes f3 bored in a row in F. These holes lie in a recess f. If
the button F be drawn the pin f is released from the hole f³ which was hitherto
exactly opposite to it, and the umbrella can be raised and lowered, whilst f³ again
engages immediately in the hole f³ opposite to it when the button F4 is released.
The adjustable inclination of the axis of the umbrella in the plane of the cycle
is effected by means of a nut A. When out of use the closed umbrella is turned
completely downwards in which position the end of its stick engages in the clip H
(Figures 13 and 14) which is secured by. means of the clip h and the screw h
to the steering fork. If the closed umbrella be turned as shewn in Figure 5,
that is to say, if the piece B after the release of the nut A be turned round the
bolt a downwards, the umbrella can be utilised as a sloping support for the cycle
when not in use in the manner shewn in Figure 3, and for this purpose the use
of the stick, which can be lengthened or shortened as shewn in Figures 11 and 12,
is advisable in order to obtain the proper inclination of the cycle. In place of
the arrangements shewn by way of example in Figures 11 and 12 for the altering
of the length of the umbrella stick any other known arrangement might equally
well be employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
1. An umbrella holder for cycles consisting essentially of a clip fastened upon
the cycle fork, to which is fixed an arm which can be turned and screwed fast
upon a pivot at right angles to the plane of the cycle, to the end of which upon
a pin the end of the umbrella handle is revolubly secured by means of an eyelet
parallel to the plane of the cycle, and can be fixed by means of a screw nut,
substantially as described and shewn in the drawings.
2. An umbrella holder for cycles substantially as set forth in Claim 1 in which
the arm B secured to the clip is slotted above, and provided at both sides of the
slot with eyelets which receive a bolt which hears a wood screw C provided at
its end with an eyelet, whilst the end of the threaded bolt c bears a nut, sub-
stantially as described and shewn in the drawings.
3. An umbrella holder for cycles substantially as set forth in Claims 1 and 2
in which a bar F is placed upon the bolt c set forth in Claim 2, which bar encircles
the bolt by means of an eyelet, and which possesses a longitudinal groove, and
holes perforated in the same, whilst the hollow umbrella handle, which is placed
over it, possesses a hole with a pin secured to a spring piece, substantially as
described and shewn in the drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of Tulu
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
322, High Holborn, London, W.C., Patent Agents for the Applicants.