Year: 1898

page_text: I, CHARLES THOMAS BROCK SANGSTER, Works Manager to The Cycle Com-
ponents Manufacturing Company Limited, of Bournbrook, near the City of
Birmingham, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to step and foot rest attachments for cycles, particularly
applicable for use in connection with D-sectioned tubes.
In carrying out one form of my invention in connection with a step, the body
of the step comprises a pair of separated cheeks or side plates, corrugated or
embossed to give stiffness thereto and preferably made from a sheet of metal blank
folded upon itself into a U or staple shape, with the returned part cleft or gapped
downwards from the upper edge. On either side of this gap are eyed or pierced
ears, the purpose of which will be hereafter described. The rear or inner edges
of the sides are formed into a seating of the same contour as the opposed side
of the D-shaped or other tube member to which the clip is to be applied. The
unpierced metal left at the return end and coming between the lower parts of
the inner ends of the side plates is for the purpose of forming a bearing for the
head of the screw which fastens the hinged attachment clip, which latter consists
of an inverted L-shaped member or strap with the end of the one or shorter leg
jointed to the before mentioned ears at the top inner edges of the side plates of
the body, whilst the end of the other and longer leg, which may be of a channel
section, or is provided with flutings or flanges, within which channel, the nut
of the fastening screw lies and is prevented from rotating thereby, whilst in
addition to this, the leg is also strengthened or stiffened.
The fastening screw passes through the end web between the side plates and
comes underneath or below the lower edge of the member embraced by the clip,
and its screwed end takes into the nut lying within the channel of the leg, so
that when the said screw is rotated the frame member is nipped and held between
the seatings at the inner edges of the side plates and the clip or strap jointed
thereto.
The connection or joint end of the clip or strap may be of an inverted channel
or boxed section so that its ends form side ears through which the joint pin
passes.
When used as a foot rest, the attachment only differs from the step herein
described, by the side plates being arranged at a suitable angle relative to the clip.
Dated this 19th day of March 1898.

page_text: I, CHARLES THOMAS BROCK SANGSTER, Works Manager to The Cycle Com-
ponents Manufacturing Company Limited, of Bournbrook, near the City of
Birmingham, 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 step and foot rest attachments for cycles, particularly
applicable for use in connection with D chain-stays and other like sectioned
members.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents a side elevation of a step
constructed according to my invention and applied to a D-sectioned tube.
Figure 2 is a back end elevation of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of the step upon the dotted line a',
Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a cross section of Figure 3 upon the dotted line a².
Figure 5 is a topside plan and Figure 6 an underside plan of the said step.
Figure 7 represents a cross section of Figure 1 upon the dotted line, Figure 1.
Figure 8 represents the several principal component parts of the improved step
separated.
Figure 9 is an elevation and Figure 10 an edge view of the blank from which
the body part of the step is made.
Figure 11 represents like views of the blank from which the attachment strap
is fashioned.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the drawings.
In carrying out this form of my invention in connection with a step, the body a,
of the step comprises a pair of separated cheeks or side plates a¹, corrugated or
embossed at a³, to give stiffness thereto and preferably made from a sheet metal
blank, such as marked b, and represented in Figures 9 and 10, folded upon itself
into a U or staple shape, with the returned part elett or gapped downwards at 6,
from the upper edge. On either side of this gap are eyed or pierced ears 6ª, the
purpose of which will be hereafter described. The rear or inner edges of the
sides are formed into a seating a', of the same contour as the opposed side c¹, of
the D-shaped tube member c, to which the clip is to be applied. The unpierced
metal, left at the return end and coming between the lower parts of the inner ends
of the side plates is for the purpose of torming a bearing for the head, of the screw d
which fastens the hinged attachment clip, which latter consists of an inverted
L-shaped member or strap, with the end of the one or shorter leg e¹, jointed at e³,
to the before mentioned ears 62, at the top inner edges of the side plates of the
body, whilst the other and longer leg ³, is of a channel section as seen in Figure 7,
or is provided with flutings or flanges, within which channel, the nut f, of the
fastening screw lies and is prevented from rotating thereby, whilst in addition to
this, the leg is also strengthened or stiffened.
The fastening screw passes through the end web between the side plates and
comes underneath or below the lower edge of the member embraced by the clip,
and its screwed end takes into the nut lying within the channel of the leg, so
that when the said screw is rotated the frame member is nipped and held between
the seatings at the inner edges of the side plates and the clip or strap jointed
thereto.
The connection or joint end of the clip or strap is provided with side ears
through which the joint pin g, passes, whilst the forward ends of the side plates

page_text: of the body are separated by a distance block h, whose ends h¹, are passed through
holes in the said sides and there secured by rivetting.
When used as a foot rest, the attachment only differs from the step herein
described, by the side plates being arranged at a suitable angle relative to the
clip.
I wish it to be understood that the body of the step may be of any other pattern
than that represented so long as provision is made for jointing the strap to it and
providing a bearing for the connection pin, whilst by varying the shape of the
jointed strap, the step or rest may be secured to other tubular members than those
having a D cross section.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
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First: In a detachable step or foot rest for cycles, providing the inner part
of the same with an L-shaped or equivalent strap or clip, hinged at one end to the
body of the said step and connected and drawn up at another part by means of a
pin or bolt, substantially as described and set forth.
Secondly: In detachable steps or foot rests for cycles as referred to in the first
Claim, providing the connection bolt or pin with a facetted nut which lies within
a channelled or trough-sectioned limb of the attachment strap and is thereby
prevented from rotating, substantially as described and set forth.
:
Thirdly A detachable foot rest or step for cycles, the body part of which
is made up from a blank of sheet metal such as represented in Figure 9, and pro-
vided with an L-shaped strap having turned-up edges or being made of a trough-
section for the purpose of increasing the strength, substantially as described and
set forth.
Dated this 171 of Antahan 1908