Improvements in Carriers for Velocipedes.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Carriers for Velocipedes.
We, RICHARD JOHNSON, of 73, Park Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne, in the County
of Northumberland, Inspector of Factorics, and WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON, of
34, Bath Street, Newton Heath, Manchester, in the County of Lancashire, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved carrier for carrying small parcels on
velocipedes, and it consists essentially of an horizontally arranged collapsible
platform constructed on the "lazy tongs" principle adapted to be mounted on
à bracket carried by the handle bar pillar and carrying suitably shaped pins or
arms adapted to embrace and hold the article to be carried.
The centre links of the platform are mounted on a plate carrying a suitably
shaped stem adapted to fit in a socket bracket adapted to be fixed to the handle bar
pillar so that the said platform can be mounted approximately over the handle
bar, a clamping screw or its equivalent being provided to lock the stem carrying
the platform in the said bracket, thus providing for its ready attachment and
detachment without the use of spanners or other tools.
The expansible and contractible platform is provided with any suitable form
of guide to ensure its parallel movement. The end pair of links carry pins or
arms preferably made of some slightly elastic material such as steel wire-
which are adapted to embrace and grasp the article or package to be carried. The
parcel or package may be placed on the platform so as to be gripped by the pins
or arms either on the contraction of the platform or on its expansion, as found most
convenient to the size and shape of the parcel.
The expanding platform is locked when the article or package is firmly gripped
by the pins or arms by providing one or more of the pivots of the links with a
screw bolt and thumb nut or their equivalents whereby one or more pairs of the
links may be rigidly fixed together.

page_text: 34, Bath Street, Newton Heath, Manchester, in the County of Lancashire, Engineer,
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 follow-
ing statement;-
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This invention relates to an improved carrier for carrying parcels on velocipedes,
and it consists essentially of an horizontally arranged collapsible platform con-
structed on the " lazy tongs" principle, of a bracket supporting the said platform,
of a socket to receive the said bracket and adapted to be fixed to the handle bar
pillar, of suitably shaped arms or pins carried by the end members of the platform
and adapted to embrace and hold the article or articles to be carried and of means
for locking the collapsible platform when the arms or pins carried by it are grip-
ping the extension or the contraction of the said platform.
In the accompanying drawing which illustrates this invention:-
Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the complete carrier.
Figure 2 is a view thereon in side elevation, and
Figure 3 is a view in perspective of the socket for attachment to the handle bar
pillar.
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Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
The platform consists of a series of links A, A etc. pivotted together so as to
act as
lazy tongs" the centre links of the platform are mounted on a bracket B
consisting essentially of a plate band a stem b¹. The latter is adapted
to fit in a socket c carried by a split clip C adapted to be fixed
to the handle bar pillar X the arrangement being such that the said platform can
be mounted approximately over the centre of the handle bar. A clamping screw D
and thumb nut d or its equivalent, is provided to lock the stem 6' of the bracket B
to the socket c which is slotted to allow the screw D to slide in it thus providing
for the ready attachment and detachment of the carrier without the use of spanners
or other tools.
The expansible and contractible platform is provided on its underside with a
bar E which slides through the bracket B and so acts as a guide to ensure the
parallel movement of the platform.
On the end pairs of links are fixed pins or arms F, F, etc.-preferably made
of some slightly elastic material such as steel wire-which are adapted to embrace
and grasp the article or package to be carried.
The parcel or package to be carried may be placed on the platform so as to be
gripped by the pins or arms F, F, etc., either by the contraction or the expan-
sion of the platform, as found most convenient to the size and shape of the parcel.
The platform is locked when the article or package is firmly gripped by the
pins or arms F, F, etc. by forming one or more of the pivots of the links with a
screw bolt G and fitting it with a thumb nut 9 whereby one or more pairs of the
links may be rigidly fixed together, thus rendering the whole unmovable.
When the carrier is intended to be operative in holding the article or articles
by contraction only, an automatic locking device may be employed either alone
or in combination with the screw bolts G and nut g as shown by Figures 1 and 2
of the accompanying drawing. A convenient form of automatic locking device
consisting in ratchet teeth e e etc. in or on the guide bar E and a hanging pawl E¹
pivotted to the bracket B and adapted to engage with the said ratchet teeth auto-
matically as the platform is collapsed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is: -
(1) A carrier for velocipedes consisting of an expansible and contractible plat-
form constructed on the lazy tongs" principle, of pins or arms carried by the
end members of the said platform and adapted to engage the article or articles to
be carried, of a supporting bracket adapted to engage with a socket carried by
clips adapted to be fixed to the handle bar pillar, and of means for locking together

page_text: one or more of the joints of the expansible and contractible platform, as and for
the purpose set forth:
(2) A carrier for velocipedes consisting of an expansible and contractible plat-
form constructed on the "lazy tongs" principle, of pins or arms such as F carried
by the end members of the said platform, of a supporting bracket such as B and
of a clip such as C adapted to be fixed to the handle bar pillar, of a socket such as c
carried by the clip C and adapted to receive the bracket B of a guide bar such as E
and of means for locking together one or more of the joints of the expansible and
contractible platform, as and for the purpose set forth.
(3) A carrier for velocipedes consisting of an expansible and contractible plat-
form constructed on the "lazy tongs" principle, of pins or arms such as F carried
by the end members of the said platform, of a supporting bracket such as B and
of a clip such as C adapted to be fixed to the handle bar pillar, of a socket such as c
carried by the clip C and adapted to receive the bracket B of a guide bar such as E
having ratchet teeth such as c, and of a hanging pawl such as El pivotted to the
bracket B and adapted to engage with the ratchet teeth of the guide bar E, as an
for the purpose set forth.
(4) A carrier for velocipedes consisting of an expansible and contractible plat-
form constructed on the "lazy tongs" principle, of pins or arms such as F carried
by the end members of the said platform, of a supporting bracket such as B and
of a clip such as C adapted to be fixed to the handle bar pillar, of a socket such as c
carried by the clip C and adapted to receive the bracket B of a guide bar such as E
having ratchet teeth such as e, of a hanging pawl such as El pivotted to the
bracket B and adapted to engage with the ratchet teeth of the guide bar E, and of
means for locking together one or more of the joints of the expansible and con-
tractible platform, as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 19th day of April 1898.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer & Patent Agent, 70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicants.