Improvements in Clips for the Trousers of Cyclists and for other Articles of Dress.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 30th July, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Mar., 1895-Accepted, 4th May, 1835
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Clips for the Trousers of Cyclists and for other
Articles of Dress.
We THOMAS HOOPER, and SAMUEL GEORGE MOORE, trading as Hinks
Wells and Company, of No. 106 Buckingham Street, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Steel Pen and Penholder Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in clips for the
trousers of cyclists and for other articles of dress.
Our invention is particularly applicable to trouser clips for cyclists,.that.is, for
clipping and holding the folded parts of the bottoms of the legs of the trousers so
as to tighten them upon the legs of the rider but our invention may also be applied
to shirt sleeves and other articles of dress.
We will describe our invention as used as a trouser clip for cyclists.
Our improved clip consists of two parts jointed together, namely of a flat strip
of sheet steel forming the back part of the clip, and a sheet steel lever jointed to
the head of the back part, the folded part of the trouser being gripped between the
two nearly parallel parts described of the clip. The head of the back part of the
clip bas cross pieces which are bent at right angles and slightly downwards and
constitute parallel ears or bearings for the lever to work in, a spring cut and bent
out of the back part of the clip pressing against the heel of the lever working
between the ears described and tending to close the lever upon the other part of
the clip. The edges of the spring lever for the greater part of their length are
serrated the teeth projecting inwards or towards the back part of the clip and the
bottom of the lever is provided with a handle for lifting it from the part of
the clip.
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The spring toothed lever being lifted from the back part of the spring clip, the
folded parts of the trouser are placed between the opened parallel parts of the
clip. On loosing the spring lever the latter is pressed home and the trouser is
gripped securely between the serrated edges of the said spring lever and the flat
back part of the clip.
The spring clip described is used for clipping and holding shirt sleeves and the
like in the manner before described with respect to a trouser clip.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicants.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
5 Improvements in Clips for the Trousers of Cyclists and for other
Articles of Dress.
We THOMAS HOOPER and SAMUEL GEORGE MOORE, trading as Hioks,
Wells and Company of No. 106 Buckingham Street, Birmingham in the County
of Warwick, Steel Pen and Penholder Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature
''מ.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
5 Improvements in Clips for the Trousers of Cyclists and for other
Articles of Dress.
We THOMAS HOOPER and SAMUEL GEORGE MOORE, trading as Hioks,
Wells and Company of No. 106 Buckingham Street, Birmingham in the County
of Warwick, Steel Pen and Penholder Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature
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page_text: of our invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Our invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in clips for the
trousers of cyclists and for other articles of dress.
Our invention is particularly applicable to trouser clips for cyclists, that is, for
clipping and holding the folded parts of the bottoms of the legs of the trousers so
as to tighten them upon the legs of the rider, but our invention may also be
applied to shirt sleeves neck ties aprons and other articles of dress.
We will describe our invention as used as a trouser clip for cyclists.
Our improved clip consists of two parts jointed together, namely of a flat or
corrugated strip of sheet steel forming the back part of the clip, and a sheet steel
lever jointed to the head of the back part, the folded part of the trouser being
gripped between the two nearly parallel parts described of the clip. The head of
the back part of the clip has cross pieces which are bent at right angles and
slightly downwards and constitute parallel ears or bearings for the lever to work in,
a spring, cut and bent out of the back part of the clip, pressing against the heel of
the lever working between the ears described and tending to close the lever upon
the other part of the clip. The edges of the spring lever for the greater part of
their length are serrated, the teeth projecting inwards or towards the back part of
the clip and the bottom of the lever is provided with a handle for lifting it from
the back part of the clip.
The spring toothed lever being lifted from the back part of the clip the folded
parts of the trouser are placed between the opened nearly parallel parts of the clip.
On turning down and loosing the spring lever, the latter is pressed home and the
trouser is gripped securely between the serrated edges of the said spring lever and
the flat or corrugated back part of the clip.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents in side elevation; Figure 2 in
vertical section; Figure 3 in front elevation and Figure 4 in back elevation, a
trouser clip for cyclists made according to our invention, the lever part being
closed upon the back part;
Figure 5 represents the clip open ready for the insertion of the folded part of
the trouser leg between the two parts of the clip;
Figure 6 represents the blank from which the lever part of the clip is made and
Figure 7 represents the lever made from the said blank;
Figure 8 represents the blank from which the back part of the clip is made and
Figure 9 represents the finished back part made from the said blank Figure 8.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of
the drawing.
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a is the back part of the clip made preferably with cross corrugations as
represented to increase the bite or hold of the clip upon the trouser and b is the
lever jointed by its pins or pivots c, c, at opposite sides, to the parallel ears or
bearings d, d at the head of the back part a; is the heel part of the lever b
working between the parallel ears or bearings d, d and e is a spring made from the
head of the back part a, the said spring pressing against the said heel and tending
to close and hold the lever upon the corrugated back part of the clip. The said
springe when pressed back by the opening of the lever b, as represented in
Figure 5, holds the said lever in its open position, a stop on the said spring
limiting the inward motion of the heel 62 and consequently the distance to which
the said lever can be opened or separated from the back part a. The edges of
the spring lever bare for the greater part of their length turned inwards or
towards the back part a and are serrated as represented for firmly holding the
trouser gripped by the lever.
In using the clip, the spring toothed lever b, 62 is lifted, by its handle end 6³,
from the back part and held in its open position by the spring e as represented in
Figure 5 and while the clip is so opened, the folded parts of the trouser leg are
placed between the opened parts a, b of the clip. On turning down and loosing

page_text: the spring lever b, 6 the latter is pressed home or closed by the action of the
spring e and the folded parts of the trouser leg are securely gripped between the
serrated edges of the said spring lever and the corrugated back of the clip.
In making the serrated edged lever b, 6, 63, a flat blank of the kind represented
in Figure 6 is cut from sheet steel or other hard and ductile sheet metal or alloy.
The said blank has serrated edges and near one end are the pins or pivots on which
it turns in the finished clip. By a bending operation the head of the blank is bent
into the heel 6 of the lever and the serrated edges are bent inwards at right angles
to the other part of the lever as represented in Figure 7.
In making the back part of the clip, a blank of the kind represented in Figure 8
is cut and pierced from sheet steel or other hard and ductile sheet metal or alloy.
The head of the blank has cross pieces, pierced at their ends, from which cross
pieces the ears or bearings d, d of the lever are made, and from the middle of the
head of the blank the spring e is cut and bent, the said spring being provided with
the stop fas before described. Figure 9 represents the blank Figure 8 after its
cross pieces have been bent at right angles to the body of the blank and the said
body corrugated to form the back part of the clip.
The spring clip described and represented is used for clipping or holding shirt
sleeves, neck ties aprons and other articles of dress substantially in the manner
herein before described and illustrated with respect to a trouser clip.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that we claim as our
invention ;-
The improvements in clips for the trousers of cyclists and for other articles of
dress hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing; that is
to say, sheet metal clips for the purposes described consisting essentially of a hack
part, preferably corrugated provided with the spring of the clip, and a serrated
edged lever jointed to the said back part and acted upon by its spring, the two
parts of the clip being constructed, arranged and acting substantially as described
and illustrated.
Dated the 23rd day of March 1895.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicants.