Improvements in and relating to Velocipedes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in and relating to Velocipedes.
I, GEORGE LEONARD MORRIS of 16, Well Street, Grays Inn Road in the Parish
of St. Andrews Holborn, Cycle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates first to an improved method of carrying the lamp
bracket, and secondly to an improved device for mounting and carrying the brake
haad lever.
According to the first part of this invention the lamp bracket is formed in one
with the clip on the rod connecting the brake with the operating handle which
is usually employed to clamp the two parts of the said bar together. The lamp
bracket may be of any suitable size, and shane and may either be made in one piece
with the clip or attached to it by screws or equivalent devices. The clip may be
of any suitable type but it is preferably of that split type adapted to be operated
by a transverse screw passing through ears carried by it."
According to the second part of the invention the hand lever of the brake is
pivotted to a bracket adapted to be clamped to the handle bar by means of a band
clip, the pin on which the hand lever is pivotted being utilized also for tightening
or drawing up the said clip.
In one form the pivot pin after passing through the bracket and carrying the
hand lever is threaded into a nut adapted to travel in a recess in the back of the
bracket, the ends of the band forming the clip being attached to the said travelling
nut by pins or their equivalents. As a modification one end of the band may be
attached to the travelling nut and the other end be pivotted or otherwise attached
to the bracket. In another form the two parts of the band may be attached to one
end of the pin by being placed in a slot therein and fixed by a transverse screw
or rivet; in this case the other end of the pin is threaded to receive a nut by
which the band clip is tightened.
I, GEORGE LEONARD MORRIS of 16, Wells Street, Grays Inn Road, in the Parish
of St. Andrews Holborn, Cycle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
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page_text: 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, first, to an improved method of. carrying.. the lamp
bracket, and secondly, to an improved device for mounting and 'carrying the brake
hand lever, and it consists, first, in forming the lamp bracket in one with the clip
or clamp employed for fixing the two parts of the brake rod together, and secondly,
in utilising the pin on which the hand lever is pivotted for fixing the bracket
carrying it to the handle bar.
In the accompanying drawing:
Figures 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6, and 7 and 8 are views in side clevation and
plan respectively showing various methods of carrying the first part of this
invention into practice.
Figures 9 and 10 are views in transverse section and plan respectively showing
one method of mounting the brake hand lever, and'.
Figures 11 and 12 are views in transverse section of modifications.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
Referring to the first part of this invention the lamp bracket A is formed in
one width, or in combination with, a clip B mounted on the tubular part C of the
rod connecting the brake with the operating hand lever, and adapted to contract
the said part and grip the other part C sliding within it. The lamp bracket A
may be of any suitable size and shape and may either be made in one piece with
the clip as shown by Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, or may form part of it or otherwise be
attached to it as shown by Figures 5, 6, 7 and 8. The clip B may be of any
suitable type or construction, such for instance as the split socket type adapted to
be operated by a transverse screw b passing through ears or lugs b carried by it
as shown by Figures 1 and 2.
Another convenient construction is that shown by Figures 3 and 4 in which the
clip consists of a socket B carrying a set screw b adapted to impinge on the top of
the tubular part C of the rod which is split as shown to allow it to contract to
grip the part C².
As a modification the bracket A may be carried by an independent part B
adapted to engage with the part B of the clip carried by the tubular part C of
the brake rod. The part B has a hole to receive the part C of the brake rod.
The parts B and B are adapted to be moved transversely with respect to one
another by means of a nut 62 threaded on a screwed shank 6 on the part B so
as to make the holes through the said parts eccentric one with the other, thus
locking the two parts C and C¹ of the brake rod together.
According to the second part of the invention the hand lever D of the brake
is pivotted to a bracket E adapted to be clamped to the handle bar X by means
of a band clip F, the pin G on which the hand lever D is pivotted being utilised
also for tightening or drawing up the said clip.
In one form the pivot G after passing through the bracket E and carrying the
hand lever D is threaded into a nut f adapted to travel in a recess e in the back
of the bracket E, the ends of the band E forming the clip being attached to the
said nut by pins or their equivalents.
As a modification one end of the band E may be attached to the nut f and the
other end be pivotted at el or otherwise attached to the bracket E as shown by
Figure 11.
In another form the two ends of the band E may be attached to one end of the
pin G by being placed in a slot therein and fixed by a transverse screw or rivet
as shown by Figure 12. In this construction the other end of the pin G is
threaded to receive a nut by which the band clip is tightened, and the hand
lever D is mounted on a washer or collar & mounted on the pin G. This washer
is preferably made of a coned shape and in one with the nut g as shown by
Figure 12, but this is not obligatory.

page_text: 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 F
claim is:-
(1) The improvements in and relating to velocipedes, substantially as herein-
before set forth and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
(2) In a velocipede mounting the lamp bracket on the brake rod by forming
it on or in conjunction with the clip or clamp provided for fixing the two parts of
the said rod together after adjustment, as set forth.
(3) In a velocipede, a bracket for carrying the hand operating lever of the
brake, adapted to be fixed to the handle bar by a band clip, characterised by the
fact that the pin on which the brake lever is pivottod is also used to expand and
contract the band clip for fixing the bracket to the handle bar, as set forth.
Dated this 18th day of June 1897.
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 Applicant.