A New or Improved Cyclist's Trousers Clip, applicable also for use as a Clip for Holding Neckties, Papers, Stockings, Ladies Dresses, and for other like uses.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left 3rd Aug 1897-Accepted 2nd Oct
1807
Date of Application, 31st Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left 3rd Aug 1897-Accepted 2nd Oct 1807
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Cyclist's Trousers Clip, applicable also for use
as a Clip for Holding Neckties, Papers, Stockings, Ladies
Dresses, and for other like uses.
We, LEOPOLD MYERS, of the Firm of M. Myers & Son, of Charlotte Street, in the
City of Birmingham, Pen Manufacturers, and FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER, of 40, Saint
Paul's Square, Birmingham, aforesaid, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of the herein described new or improved clip for use by
cyclists for holding the trousers in position folded round their ankles, and also for use
for clipping a necktie or scarf to the wearer's shirt front, or for holding papers, or
as the clip part of a stocking suspender, or as a lady's dress holder, or for suspending
or holding articles in shop windows and for many other like uses for which clips are
now employed.
Our improved clip consists of two two armed levers jointed together side by side at
a point situated nearer to one end so that each lever has one long arm and one short
arm. The longer arms form lever clipping jaws which will open apart to admit
between them the cyclist's trousers or other article to be clipped by them.
These jaws are serrated or otherwise roughened to increase their hold. The shorter
arm of one of the said levers is formed as a pair of ears which carry between them a
locking lever jointed to the ears and made with a heel which when the clip is closed
will act upon the shooter arm of the other lever jaw and thus maintain the two levers
locked upon the article which is clipped between them. The locking lever is by
preference cranked so as to lie against the lever jaw when the clip is closed..
Between the two lever jaws we provide a spring which is by preference somewhat
U-shaped and acts upon and opens the levers when the locking lever is turned to the
unlocked position.
The clip above described acts as follows:-To open the lever jaws the locking
lever has first to be turned outwardly so that its heel part will not act upon the
shorter arm of the lever jaw, and the lever jaws will then be free to be opened by the
action of the said spring between them. To close and lock the lever jaws on to
the article they are first pressed to clip the article and then the locking lever is
turned to its locked position so that its heel acts upon the shorter arm of one of the
lever jaws and serves as a strut between the two shorter arms of the levers
keeping them apart and their longer arms securely closed upon the article which
is being clipped.
The two lever arms are by preference raised from sheet metal blanks into a trough
section, and the shorter arm of the lever which is acted upon by the heel of the
locking lever is by preference made with a central spring tongue for the heel to act
upon so as the better to permit of the clip accommodating itself to various thicknesses
of material or articles which are held between the lever jaws.
When the said clip is used as part of a stocking suspender or a ladies' dress holder
or for suspending or holding articles in shop windows or for some other purposes, one

page_text: of the lever jaws has formed or attached to it a hook or ring for the purpose of
suspending or attachment of the clip in a shop window or for the attachment of the
clip to the stocking suspender or ladies' dress holder or other article of which the
clip forms a part.
1000
A New or Improved Cyclist's Trousers Clip, applicable also for use
a Clip for Holding Neckties, Papers, Stockings, Ladies
⚫ Dresses, and for other like uses.
We, LEOPOLD MYERS, of the Firm of M. Myers & Son, of Charlotte Street, in the
City of Birmingham, Pen Manufacturers, and FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER, of 40, Saint
Paul's Square, Birmingham, aforesaid, Mechanical 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 following statement:-
This Invention consists of the hereindescribed new or improved clip for use by
cylists for holding the trousers in position folded round their ankles, and also for use for
clipping a necktie or scarf to the wearer's shirt front, or for holding papers, or as the
clip part of a stocking suspender, or as a lady's dress holder, or for suspending or
holding articles in shop windows and for many other like uses for which clips are
now employed.
We will describe this Invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which Fig. 1 is a front elevation, Fig. 2 is a side elevation and Fig. 3 is a back
elevation of one form of our improved clip; Fig. 4 shews the same clip in section;
Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the said clip open; Fig. 6 shews the spring part of the
clip separately; Fig. 7 is a front elevation, Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a slightly
modified form of our Invention and Fig. 9 shews separately the spring of the clip
represented by Figs. 7 and 8; Figs. 10 and 11 shew the same clip as constructed for
use as the clip part of a stocking suspender or as a ladies dress holder or for suspend-
ing and holding articles in shop windows and for other uses, and Fig. 12 shews a
modified form of the said clip constructed for displaying articles in shop windows and
for other uses.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawings.
Referring firstly more particularly to Figs. 1 to 6 both inclusive, our improved clip
consists of two two-armed levers marked respectively A and B jointed together by a
cross rivet C situated at a short distance from one end of each lever so that each lever
has one long arm and one short arm. The long arm of the lever A is marked a¹ and
the short arm thereof a²; the long arm of the lever B is marked 6' and its short
arm 62. The longer arins a b¹ form lever gripping jaws which will open apart as
shewn by Fig. 5 to admit between them the cyclist's trousers or other articles to be
clipped by them; these jaws are serrated or otherwise roughened to increase their
hold and they are by preference made of trough section as shewn each lever arm
being made from a sheet metal blank bent into a trough section by suitable tools.
The shorter arm 62 of the lever B is formed with a pair of ears 63 63 which carry
between them the locking lever D jointed to these ears at d² and made with a heel d¹
'which when the clip is closed acts upon the shorter arm a² of the other lever jaw A
and thus maintains the two levers locked upon the article which is clipped between

page_text: them. The two levers A B are shewn thus locked together in Figs. 1 2, 3 and 4. The
locking lever D is by preference cranked as shewn so as to lie against the lever arın B
as shewn in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 when the clip is closed. Between the two jaws A and B
we provide a spring E which acts upon and opens the levers A B when the locking
lever is turned to the unlocked position shewn by Fig. 5. This spring E may be con-
structed in various shapes to answer the purposes above stated. The spring shewn
by Fig. 6 is made from a straight elongated sheet steel blank which is bent at e to
pass round the joint pin C and this part has a tongue e formed out of the solid metal
which is bent round the joint pin and which keeps the spring in place. The upper
part of the spring E is divided as shewn so as to form the two spring tongues e³ e* which
are bent apart to act respectively upon the arms A and B and force them open. The
other part e of the clip E which is a continuation of the tongue e is continued back-
wardly within the arms a² and turns up slightly at the end for the heel d¹ of the
locking lever D to act upon.
The clip above described acts as follows-To open the lever jaws A B the locking
lever D has first to be turned outwardly as represented in Fig. 5 so that the heel
part di will then not act upon the shorter arm a² and the lever jaws will be free to be
opened by the action of the spring E between them as will readily be understood,
To close and lock the lever jaws A B on to the article they are first pressed to clip
the article between them and then the locking lever D is turned to its locked position
shewn by Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 so that its beel d' acts upon the spring E and upon
the shorter arm a' and thus serves as a strut between the two shorter arms a² 62 of
the levers A and B keeping them apart and their longer arms b¹ a¹ securely closed
upon the article which is being clipped.
The two lever arms A B are by preference raised from sheet steel blanks into a
trough section as shewn and the shorter arm 2 which is acted upon by the heel d'
of the locking lever D may as shewn in Figs. 7 and 8 be made with a central spring
tongue a³ for the heel d to act upon to permit of the clip to accommodate itself to
various thicknesses of material or articles which are held between the lever jaws A
and B. In this case the spring E may be made of a blank bent into somewhat of a
U-shape as shewn in Fig. 9 the ends of the blank forming the parts ee for acting
upon the lever arms A B and each having a small tongue e' forined out of it to pass
round the joint pin C and thus keep the spring E in place.
When the said clip is used as part of a stocking suspender or a ladies' dress holder
or for suspending or holding articles in shop windows or for some other purposes, one
of the lever jaws has formed or attached to it a hook or ring for the purpose of suspending
or attachment of the clip in a shop window or for the attachment of the clip to the
stocking suspender or ladies' dress holder or other article of which the clip forms a
part. In Figs. 10 and 11 the shorter arın a² of the arm A is elongated and has a ring
or loop I fixed to it for the attachment of the clip to the stocking suspender or ladies'
dress holder or other article with which the clip forms a part. In the clip shewn by
Fig. 12 the shorter arm a² is elongated and turned backwardly so as to form a hook a'
by which the clip and the article which it is holding can readily be suspended from a
line or string or attached to a glass shelf or other part to hold an article in a shop
window.
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. In a clip for holding cyclists' trousers in position folded round their ankles and
for other purposes the combination of two two-armed levers jointed together side by
side each lever having one long arm and one short arm the said longer arms forming
jaws adapted to clip an article, a spring to open the jaws apart, and a locking lever
jointed to one of the shorter arms and made with a heel which when the locking ever
is turned in one position forms a strut between the two short arms and keeps the jaws
closed together and when the locking lever is turned in the other direction allows the
jaws to open, all substantially as hereinbefore described.

page_text: 2. In a clip of the kind denoted under Claim 1 for the purposes stated, the com-
bination of the two two-armed levers A B jointed together side by side by a cross pin C
and adapted to clip an article between their longer arms, the spring E to open the jaws
apart, and the locking lever D jointed to the shorter arm of the lever B for locking
the jaws together the parts being constructed and arranged for joint operation in any
of the ways substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.