New or Improved Band Clip for Fixing or Holding Articles together.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 10th June, 1897
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Band Clip for Fixing or Holding Articles together.
I, JOHN JOSEPH KEMPSTER, of 38, Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge,
London, S.W., in the County of Middlesex, Dentist, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
The principal object of this invention is to provide improved means for holding
or attaching dresses, trousers, boots, leggings, cycle capes inflators, umbrellas &
for other purposes. For this purpose I form in any suitable manner clips, catches,
or other fastning devices of metal, vulcanite, or other similar & suitable material,
of any desired shape, according to the purpose for which they are intended to be
used. These said devices I connect with one or more elastic bands, containing
eyelets or holes moulded or otherwise formed in the free ends of the rubber. Metal
eyelets may surround these aforesaid holes, & woven fabric, & rubber of a harder,
tougher & less elastic nature than that forming the intervening band, may be
used in conjunction with elastic rubber vulcanized or otherwise attached thereto
in any part of the fitting. My invention is described as applied to a single band
of rubber, the which may be suitably employed for fastning & securing dresses,
trousers, & for holding any two articles together, & for the like purposes. The
fastnings are formed by holes or slots moulded & vulcanized into, or otherwise
formed in the rubber & adapted to receive a hook or other similar device. The
free ends may be also adapted to thread onto an ordinary stud or buckle, or one
end may be provided with a buckle, taking into the hole on the other end of the
band when in use. When it is desired to apply this clip for the purpose of hold-
ing a lady's dress in place during cycling, walking, horse riding or otherwise, the
band is passed through a loop or ring attached to the skirt of the dress for
example, & then is passed round the ankle or under the foot. One or more bands
of this description may be used for cyclists & other shoes & leggings in place of
the ordinary leather strap & buckle fastnings. One end of the band may be pro-
vided with a metal reinforcement through which it may be rivetted to the leather
or other material of the shoe for example, & the free end of the band may be pro-
vided with any of the forms of fastnings herein before mentioned. Or the buckle
may be attached to a strap of leather or other inelastic material on the one side of
the shoe & the elastic band attached to the shoe on the opposite side as described.
Or instead of a tongue & hole for similar purposes I may sometimes employ an
enlargement on the band, which when the free end of the band is in the buckle
abuts against the bar & prevents accidental withdrawal. My invention is also
described as applied to a perambulator, or carriage for example for the purpose
of carrying an umbrella, inflator, light luggage, or other article. The distance
piece is attached to the body of a perambulator for example by means of a wood,
or other screw, bolt & nut, the free end of the band after passing round the
umbrella or other article is secured to the other end of the screw which is pre-
ferably formed in the shape of a hook or knot for example.
Cyclists capes & light luggage may be attached in a like manner as just

page_text: described to the body or back portion of a cyclist's tool bag, this may also be
made in leather or other inelastic material with a buckle or otherwise & rivetted
or otherwise attached to the bag. I may also hold an inflator or other article to
the frame of a cycle, by means of a rubber distance piece & two elastic bands,
clamped or otherwise held together by means of a metal pin, having knobs or
other fastning devices at each end. The bands pass round the inflator & frame
respectively & fix each to a knob on the opposite side of the fitting, by means of
the holes moulded or otherwise formed in their free ends. This inflator clip is
intended as a further modification as illustrated in Figures 5, 6, 7, of my Complete
Specification No. 16095, & dated 21st July 1896.
Any other suitable form of fastning may be employed than that described for
the purpose of connecting the free ends of the fittings, & knobs & projections
may be moulded on to the rubber bands at time of vulcanization to facilitate the
fastning & unfastning operations.
Dated this 9th day of June 1807
New or Improved Band Clip for Fixing or Holding Articles together.
I, JOHN JOSEPH KEMPSTER, of 38, Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge,
London, S.W., in the County of Middlesex, Dentist, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The principal object of this invention is to provide improved band clips which
may be used for holding or retaining in position inflators, umbrellas, cyclists
capes and other articles to the frame of a cycle, perambulator, or other carriage
for example, as a dress or trouser clip for cyclists, or horse riders, for holding in
place or attaching certain parts or fittings to cycles and the like, and for other
similar purposes.
In the accompanying drawings are shewn various applications of my inven-
tion, Figure 1 illustrates my invention as applied for the purpose of carrying
an umbrella, inflator, or other similar article at the side of a perambulator or
carriage for example. a is a band of india-rubber having a hole b in one end
thereof, which hole is preferably surrounded by some re-inforcing material
vulcanised, or otherwise attached to or imbedded therein, such for example as
metal eyelets, woven fabric, or rubber of a harder, tougher, and less elastic nature
than that forming the band a. At the other end of the band a is connected by
vulcanizing or otherwise a thickened part or distance piece c which may be of
vulcanite, metal or other suitable material and through which is passed the hook d
or other convenient fastening device, the end of which is adapted to be screwed
into the wooden side of a perambulator for example, and serves to hold the
distance piece c firmly thereto. The umbrella or inflator for example may now
be placed in position across the band a which is then brought round the umbrella
or inflator as shewn in dotted lines and the eye passed over the hook d thus
holding the umbrella or inflator in place, the distance piece c serving to keep the
umbrella or inflator out of contact with the surface of the perambulator. Two 4
of these bands may conveniently be employed for the purpose of carrying a
cyclists' cape, the screwed end of the hook d being in that case passed through
the tool wallet and held fast by the nut shewn in dotted lines in Figure 1.
Figure 2 shews a band for holding articles together, or it may be employed as

page_text: a dress or trouser clip; or for other like purpose. a is a rubber band with a
hole b as in Figure 1. d is a buckle the tongue d' of which takes into the hole b
when in use.
Or instead of the tongue and hole I sometimes employ an
enlargement e on the band a which, when the free end of the band is in the buckle,
abuts against the bar and prevents accidental withdrawal. A band of this
description may also be used for cyclists' and other shoes, in place of the ordinary
leather strap and buckle fastening, one end of the band being preferably pro-
vided with a metal reinforcement through which it may be rivetted to the leather
or other material of the shoe, and the free end of the band may be provided with
any of the forms of fastening herein referred to. Or the buckle may be attached
to a strap of leather or other more or less inelastic material on one side of the
shoe, and the band a attached to the shoe on the opposite side.
Figure 3 illustrates my improved clip for holding a lady's dress in place during
cycling, horse-riding or otherwise. f is a loop or band of elastic webbing or
other suitable material attached to the inside of the dress a by a safety pin 9. Or
the loop may be permanently attached to the interior of the dress as it is not
visible unless the bottom of the dress be turned up. When it is desired to pre-
vent the dress from being displaced as it is likely to be when cycling for example,
one end of the band a (which is preferably of canvas-lined flexible rubber) is
threaded through the loop f, then passed round the lady's ankle or under her
foot and fastened by passing the eye b over the head of the stud d or connected
in some other convenient manner.
Figure 4 illustrates in plan and Figures 5 and 6 in edge view an improved clip
as applied for holding an inflator h to the frame i of a cycle for example. In this case
the band a of indiarubber or elastic canvas-lined rubber, is provided with a thickened
portion of rubber or other suitable material, a stud d, and two or more holes or
eyes b. On reference to Figure 6 it will be seen that the end of the band a which
carries the stud d is passed round the cycle frame i and the hole or eye bis
threaded on to the said stud. A bed is thus formed at j for the inflator h to lie
in without any risk of its coming into contact with the frame or damaging it
in any way at the same time avoiding the use of an excessive thickness of rubber
where unnecessary. The free end of the band is now passed round the inflator and
the hole in its end is also threaded over the stud d, and the whole is thus held
securely together. If desired a second thickened portion may be provided as
shewn in dotted lines at j*.
Figures 7 and 8 illustrate in front and edge view respectively a dress-guard
quadrant fitting for the purpose of receiving the laces which serve to guard a
lady cyclist's dress from the wheels, such quadrant fitting being connected to the
frame of the cycle by one of my improved bands or clips. k is the quadrant fitting
the stem of which has a stud or projection formed on each side thereof, and
being preferably covered by an indiarubber sleeve 7 in order to avoid any scratch-
ing of the cycle frame when the fitting k is in place. a is an indiarubber band
with holes or eyes in the ends thereof. One of these holes or eyes is first passed
over one of the studs or projections 3, the quadrant fitting is then placed in
position, the free end of the band a is then passed round the frame and the
other hole or eye is threaded onto the other stud or projection and the fitting thus
secured in place. I find that my clips thus applied grip the frame more securely
than the metal clamps and clips now in use for this purpose. My clip can be
fitted to framework of any section and allows of the easy and quick removal of
the quadrant fitting for cleaning, oiling and other purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
First. The new or improved band clip for fixing or holding articles together,
substantially as described.
Second. The new or improved band clip which consists of the elastic band a,

page_text: the distance piece c and fastening and attaching devices bd, substantially as
described with reference to Figure 1 of the drawings.
Third. The new or improved band clip which consists of the elastic band a
and fastening and attaching devices b d e, substantially as described with
reference to Figure 2 of the drawings.
Fourth. The new or improved band clip which consists of the loop f attached
to the garment f', in combination with the band a and fastening or attaching
devices bd, substantially as described with reference to Figure 3 of the drawings.
Fifth. The new or improved band clip which consists of a band a having a
thickened portion or portions in combination with the fastening or attaching
devices 6 61 d, substantially as described with reference to Figures 4, 5 and 6 of
the drawings.
Sixth. The new or improved band clip which consists of a band a in combination
with the sleeve l and the studs or projections of the article to be secured, sub-
stantially as described with reference to Figures 7 and 8 of the drawings.
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J. J. KEMPSTER.
Per W. H. Beck,
115, Cannon Street, London, E.C., Agent.