Improvements in Connecting Devices for the Frames of Cycles and other Structures.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Connecting Devices for the Frames of Cycles and
other Structures.
We, HENRY BELCHER, General Manager of Humber & Company, Limited,
Beeston, in the County of Nottingham, and CHRISTOPHER HARCOURT SHACKLOCK,
of The Ashes, Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, Cycle Works Manager,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows;
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This invention relates to devices for connecting the frames of cycles and other
structures with a view to securing increased rigidity by preventing separate play
of the frame tubes. The invention is particularly applicable to open-fronted
bicycles having two tubes, which, by means of the present invention, can be
securely coupled together so as to prevent independent movement without the
necessity for brazing, the invention being applicable to existing machines as
well as to those specially made.
The invention comprises two clips preferably made of steel, though other
material may be employed; these clips are placed with their open ends over-
lapping so as to form approximately a figure of 8. The ends of the clips are
perforated and a screw bolt or equivalent is placed through so as to draw them
together and grip them on to their respective tubes, while at the same time
holding the two clips together so that the whole device when in position forms,
as it were, one rigid clip. Suitable washers of appropriate shape are employed
at the neck, through one of which the bolt passes, and into the other of which it
screws; these washers not only assist the clips to obtain a good grip on the tubes,
but also form a wall between the tubes, so as to prevent any tendency of the latter
to approach each other or alter their relative positions when the clip has been
tightened up. The holes in the clips are preferably elongated so as to allow of
play so that the clips may grip their tubes properly and may be drawn together
tightly. The bolt may be provided with a wing head or may be sunk into its
washer and turned with a screw-driver or by other suitable means.
The double clip of the whole figure of 8 may, if desired, be formed in a single
piece with suitable clamping arrangements, though we prefer the separate clips
as above described; in either case, however, the advantages of an attachable and
detachable clip are secured.

page_text: Improvements in Connecting Devices for the Frames of Cycles and
other Structures.
We, HENRY BELCHER, Manager of Humber & Company, Limited, Beeston, in
the County of Nottingham, and CHRISTOPHER HARCOURT SHACKLOCK, of The
Ashes, Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, Cycle Works' Manager, 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:-
This invention relates to devices for connecting the frames of cycles and other
structures with a view to securing increased rigidity by preventing separate play
of the frame tubes. The invention is particularly applicable to open-fronted
bicycles having two tubes, which, by means of the present invention, can be
securely coupled together so as to prevent independent movement without the
necessity for brazing, the invention being applicable to existing machines as
well as to those specially made.
The invention comprises two clips preferably made of steel, though other
material may be employed; these clips are placed with their open ends over-
lapping so as to form approximately a figure of 8. The ends of the clips are
perforated and a screw bolt or equivalent is placed through so as to draw them
together and grip them on to their respective tubes, while at the same time
holding the two clips together so that the whole device when in position forms,
as it were, one rigid clip. Suitable washers of appropriate shape are employed
at the neck, through one of which the bolt passes, and into the other of which it
screws; these washers not only assist the clips to obtain a good grip on the tubes,
but also form a wall between the tubes, so as to prevent any tendency of the latter
to approach each other or alter their relative positions when the clip has been
tightened up. The holes in the clips are preferably elongated so as to allow of
play so that the clips may grip their tubes properly and may be drawn together
tightly. The bolt may be provided with a wing head or may be sunk into its
washer and turned with a screw-driver or by other suitable means.
The double clip of the whole figure of 8 may, if desired, be formed in a single
piece with suitable clamping arrangements, though we prefer the separate clips
as above described; in either case, however, the advantages of an attachable and
detachable clip are secured.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a plan of the improved connecting device.
Figure 2 is an elevation of the same with the head of the bolt removed.
Figure 3 is an elevation of a portion of the frame of a ladies bicycle showing
the connecting device in position.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
Two strips of metal A and B are bent round and arranged so that their ends
in which are slotted holes overlap, so that a bolt C may be passed through the
holes in order to enable the two strips of metal to be clamped simultaneously by
the tightening of the nut C¹. The shape of the holes in the ends of the strips
allows of the necessary play of the two strips when the bolt is tightened.. The
head of the bolt is preferably countersunk in a washer D, the screwed end passing
out through another washer D¹, which thus forms a flat surface against which
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page_text: Figure 3 shows the application of the device to the frame of a ladies bicycle,
where it is employed to connect the tubes E and F at a point about midway
between their junctions with the head and down tubes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we.claim is:-
1. A double clip such as A B for connecting the frame tubes of cycles and other
structures substantially as described.
2. In a device for connecting the frame tubes of cycles and other structures,
the combination of two clips secured by a single bolt substantially as described.
3. The combination with two cycle frame tubes of a double clip the whole being
secured by a single bolt substantially as described.
4. The complete clip for cycle frame tubes and other structures substantially
as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 13th day of September 1898.
BOULT & WADE.