Improvements in Cycle and other Air Pumps and in Means for Attaching the same.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in Cycle and other Air Pumps and in Means for
Attaching the same.
I, JAMES THOMAS ELLIS, of No. 21, Garville Avenue, Rathgar, Ce Dublin, Title
Investigator, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Certain improvements in, or in connection with air pumps, and in means of
locking same to the member of the vehicle on which it may be carried.
I so shape or form such a pump that it may be also used as a wrench, and in
same cases to carry oil, solution or other small articles. In one method I have
to the end of the pump, or clipped thereto, two opposite spurs, or other means,
by which I pivotally secure a wrench, the handle of which is so shaped as to be
pivotally attachable thereto and so attached as to be capable of being folded
against or in line with the pump, and also to be brought at an angle thereto so as
to act as a footplate during pumping or the pump or equivalent, may have one
side or end flat shaned and flanged. slotted or socketted, so as to retain the end
of the wrench handle which would have spurs thereto, or be otherwise suitably
shaped for such purpose. I may use screw pins, nuts, rings, or other means to
safely secure such wrench.
In some cases the pump may be shaped with flats or projections or have a bar
secured thereto, to which I would have square, hexagon. or other shaped holes of
different sizes, which would engage with a nut or bolt head or in alternative means
I may have the handle formed as a wrench or have the body of the piston formed
of a flat bar, instead of the usual circular bar or tube, and have such bar formed
with nut shaped recesses of different sizes. I may also have to such pump,
wrench, or bar, a suitably shaped part or parts to act as a tyre lever or screw driver.
The hollow piston I use to also contain oil, solution or other small articles,
adapting same for such purpose and having in some instances a case therein. To
eject the oil or solution I may use within same a piston spring or compressible
finger piece. In some cases the piston may be in two or more parts, each screwing
into the other.
To lock a pump to a vehicle such as a cycle, I may have its retaining clip so
secured to a member thereof by locks or threaded pins or such like that it cannot
be removed without force, without the use of a key. In some cases I have the
clip or clips with holes or slots by which an ordinary padlock or other detachable
lock is attached or I form a clip of two pieces of suitably bent material, hinged at
one end and drawn and locked together either centrally or at the further end by
two hollow bolts which pass into each other one being screw threaded to engage
with a pin which engages with same and draws both bolts together. This pin
being so headed or adapted with slots, flats or lugs, and so secured as to be only
rotatable by a key. Such a pair of bolts and pin may be used with any clips
having suitable holes or slots. In some cases both bolts may be screwed to each

page_text: other reversely to the pin thread, and I may have only one bolt but have the pin
with a dished collar lying loosely on its head.
Improvements in Cycle and other Air Pumps and in Means for
Attaching the same.
I, JAMES THOMAS ELLIS, of No. 21, Garville Avenue, Rathgar, Co. Dublin, Title
Investigator, 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:-
Certain improvements in or in connection with an air pump and in means of
locking same to the member of the vehicle on which it may be carried.
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I so shape or form such a pump that it may be also used as a wrench, and in
some cases to carry oil, solution, or other small articles. In one method I have
to the end of the pump, or clipped thereto, two opposite spurs or other means,
by which I pivotally secure a wrench the handle of which is so shaped as to be
pivotally attachable thereto, and so attached as to be capable of being folded
against or in line with the pump, and also to be brought at an angle thereto, so as
to act as a foot plate during pumping, or the pump or equivalent, may have one
side or end flat shaped and flanged, slotted or socketted, so as to retain the end
of the wrench handle, which would have spurs thereto or be otherwise suitably
shaped for such purpose. I may use screw pins, nuts rings, or other means to
safely secure such wrench.
In some cases the pump may be shaped with flats or projections or have a bar
secured thereto, to which I would have square, hexagon, or other shaped holes, of
different sizes which would engage with a nut or bolt head or in alternative means
1 may have the handle fo:med as a wrench or have the body of the piston rod formed
of a flat bar instead of the usual circular bar or tube, and have such bar formed
with nut shaped recesses of different sizes. I may also have to such pump,
wrench or bar a suitably shaped part or parts to act as a tyre lever or screw driver.
The hollow piston rod I use to also contain oil, solution or other small articles,
adapting same for such purpose, and having in some instances a case therein. To
eject the oil or solution I may use within sume a piston, spring, or compressible
finger piece.
In some cases the piston rod may be in two or more parts, each screwing into
the other.
To lock a pump to a vehicle such as a cycle, I may have its retaining clip so
secured to a member thereof by locks or threaded pins or such like that it cannot
be removed without force, without the use of a key. In some cases I have the
clip or clips with holes or slots by which an ordinary padlock or other detachable
lock is attached or I form a clip of two pieces of suitably bent material hinged at
one end and drawn and locked together either centrally or at the further end by
two hollow bolts which passes into each other, one being screw threaded to engage
with a pin which engages with same and draws both bolts together. This pin
being so headed or adapted with slots, flats or lugs, and so secured as to be only
rotatable by a key. Such a pair of bolts, and pin may be used with any clip
having suitable holes or slots. In some cases both bolts may be secured to each

page_text: other reversely to the pin thread, and I may have only one bolt but have the pin
with a dished collar lying loosely on its head.
By the figures hereinafter referred to and illustrated in the drawings I show some
means I may use of carrying my invention into effect and modifications or
variations thereof.
Fig. 1 shows an ordinary form of wrench A having to the end thereof the pivotal
spur a¹ or a hole a through which a pivotal pin may be passed. There may also be
a second hole a³ through which a locking pin a is passed.
To the pump I attach a clip preferably of the form shown in Fig. 2. The
clip B has a bent end b' which has a hole 63 which engages with the screw pointed
end of the pump i', Fig. 4 and is kept thereon by a nut the body of the
clip B lying along and on the pump as shewn, from the body there is upwardly
bent flanges having thereon the slots 64. Between the flanges I pass the wrench
cnd, the pivotal spurs or pin engaging in the slots, thus pivotally securing pump
and wrench together. When the wrench is lying along the pump as in Fig. 5
it is locked in that position by the pin a passing through the holes a³ thereon
and the inner parts of the slots. When this pin is withdrawn the wrench may be
turned at an angle to the pump and used as a foot plate while pumping, or if
required for use may be detached by drawing its pivotal spurs towards the centre
of the slot and on being turned sidewardly the spurs are disengaged from the
slots. Instead of the flanges being slotted there may be a hole to each end of
the glot.
By Fig. 5 I show a pump ('having one side shaped as shown with inwardly
bent flanges 6 which have therein the slots 6. Between these flanges I pass a
wrench such as A its spurs a passing into the slots. The sides of this wrench
lie under and are retained by the inwardly bent part of the flanges, and when re-
quired for use as a foot plate it is drawn towards the upper part of the slots and
may then be turned at an angle on its spurs, or I may secure this wrench to the
rump by a clip as shown by B Fig. 3 which is secured to the pump in a similar
manner as chip Fig. 2 the flange holes whereof engage the wrench spur a
(Fig. 5) and when lying on the pump it is secured in that position by the clip
pin 66 (Fig. 3) passing into the wrench slot as (Fig. 5) and retained therein by a
nut. in this method I may dispense with the slots in the inwardly bent flanges
retaining the spur end of wrench.
Fig. 6 shows a pump end C with wrench retaining clip B brazed thereto or
integral therewith, between the flanges I place a flat wrench A its pivotal spurs
or pin a passing into the clip holes . The pump handle I shape as shown
with one side enlarged and flatted so as permit of its retaining the head of the
flatted wrench in a sint or space, therein, such as just over the piston rod D. I
may have the crank head shaped with a screw driver as or bent to form a tyre
lever. When the pump or wrench are not in use the pump handle passes over
the head of the wrench and secures it against swinging and when the handle
draws back the wrench may be turned at an angle for use as a foot plate or turned
outwardly in line with the pump for use as a spanner.
By Fig. I show a flat wrench A with forked end the ends a have therethrough
holes a for pivotal vin a. To attach it to the pump I may use a clip B having
Hanges and pin holes b. This clip also secures a locking plate the semi-
circular end of which passes under and between the clip and pump. The pivotal
pin also serves to lock the clip to the pump, tightening up same by the nuts 6º,
which abut against the clip flanges. The wrench is locked along the pump by
the locking plate pin be passing into the wrench slot a and being therein retained
by the nut b7.
Fi. 8 shows pump piston rod D of a flat shape and adapted to act as a flat
wrench. The end screws into a shoulder c¹0 on the valve or niston and the
head a screws into a hole in the head of the pump handle & both end and
head of the piston rod may be shaped as a screw driver. When the piston rod
is required for use as a wrench it may be detached from either pump handle or

page_text: valve or both. In some cases I may prefer to have the piston rod and piston in
one instead of screwed together and I prefer to have the pump of an oval instead
of a circular shape.
With wrenches such as described with reference to Figs. 4, 5, 6 & 7, I may use
clips B such as shown by Fig. 9 screwing same on to the end of the pump C.
By Fig. 10 I show a piston rod D) the inner end of which is screwed into or on
to the piston c10 and the unward end screwed into the head of the pump handle ³.
This piston rod almost fills the pump cylinder, and is hollow so as to carry small
articles, such as a repair outfit, and may be formed with slotted or holed sides.
To prevent the piston slipping within the pump when the piston rod is unscrewed
I have a sliding collar ell on the piston retained thereon by the nut When
the piston projects out side the pump cylinder the collar is slid until its further
part rests on the pump edge.
Instead of having the piston rod formed as one hollow case it may be formed of
two or more pieces, detachably joined together, preferably screwing one into the
other, for instance the end of the inner tube D may have a shank Fig. 11 to
screw into the piston co the upper end having a collar screwing into it which
has a hollow shank into which the shank of another length of tube might
screw, the last and outer part of the piston rod screwing to the inner part of the
pumn handle as shown at Figs. 8 or 10 one of these tubes may be used to hold
solution and another to hold oil and to be suitably adapted for that purpose so that
the oil or solution would be ejected by compressing the sides or with the part com-
prising an oil tube I may elect the oil by having within same a spring a, Fig. 11*
which abuts against a hollow shanked collar d. The shank lies in a double
shanked collar d the inner shank & of which screws into a nut d' which is screwed
to the tube D. To eiect oil the point of the hollow shank is placed within
the oil hole and on the case being forced against the spring oil escapes through
the hollow shank F. The shonk is for the purpose of screwing into a hole,
such as c. of another tube, or into the piston 10 (Fig. 11).
By Fig. 12 I show a tyre lever E attached to the piston rod top for use as a handle
in one case it is shown as screwed by a hole to the piston rod top and in another
instance it has a square slot or hole which engages with a squared or flatted
shank on the piston rod top and then screwed thereto by a nut, one end e¹ is
shaped as a screw driver and the other end as the lever.
Figs. 13 & 14 show means of locking a pump clip which is in two parts, one
part H, the end I being curved and having at about the centre a pin hole to
engage the pin J, the other part I preferably being, straight and having the slot I'.
Into this slot is passed a hollow screw threaded collar L the shoulder being
flatted so as to prevent rotation. This collar is engaged by the screw threaded
pin J being worked by a screw driver passed into the hole 2 until it engages with
the slot J on the pin J. Before engaging the pin and collar I pass over the collar
end the washer K, or both the pin J and the collar L may rotate and screw into
the washer K, instead of to each other. When all are in normal position secured
to a tube F and pump G the tightening up of the pin locks all together, and the
pump can only be with drawn by the loosening of the pin (or collar) when sufficiently
lonse, the clip part I is slid up as shown by the dotted lines Fig. 13 (the slot L'
being for that purpose) leaving an enlarged space 2 through which the pump may
b: drawn. The outter head of the collar and pin are rounded off so as to ie
unworkable by a wrench.
By Fig. 15 I show a clip in two parts, the part H having a round pin hole
on the screw pin J and the part I having a squared hole I which engages the
flatted shoulder of the pin L. Passing around the frame tube F I have a band K,
preferably of rubber, the ends ¹ having holes for the engagement of the pins J
& L, as shown-the pin J is threaded externally, the pin L being hollow, and
threaded interiorly-both pins screwing together. The screwing together is
effected by a ker which is passed through the hollow of the pin L until it engages
with a flatted hollow J¹ on the pin J.

page_text: Fig. 16 shows the two clip sides H & I hinged together at h³, each side has
pin holes 3 & 1 to take the pin J and collar M. Both pin and collar are hollow
and have squared shoulders such as J2 the pin being internally threaded. The
collar has the internal shoulder m³, which prevents the inward travel of the ex-
ternally threaded pin L the head whereof abutting against such shoulder and the
threaded shank screwing into the hollow pin J. The pin L is operated by a key
or screw driver passing into the hollow collar and engaging in the pin slot *.
Fig. 17 shows an ordinary spring clip locked together by the externally threaded
pin L screwing into the hollow threaded pin J; either being rotatable by a key.
taking into pin holes such as LA.
In the drawings the delivery nozzle is shown, for convenience sake only, as at
the pump end, but in practice it may be situated at any convenient part thereof.
But when at the pump end as shown I prefer to have the clips as in Fig. 3 with
the pivotal holes 6 or wrench retaining flanges so projecting beyond the nozzle,
that when the wrench is being used as a foot plate such nozzle is kept clear of the
ground.
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:
SEPTED
1. In cycle and other air pumps means and methods of so securing and attaching
an adjustable or spanner wrench thereto that it may be used as a foot plate while
operating the pump.
2. In cycle and other air pumps the means and methods in the foregoing
writings referred to, illustrated and described, of securing an adjustable or
spanner wrench to a pump or the like substantially for the purposes mentioned.
3. In cycle and other air pumps so shaping such pump that it may retain
an adjustable or spanner wrench for the purposes mentioned.
4. In cycles and other air pumps so shaping an adjustable or spanner wrench that
it may be pivotally attached to such punip or to a clip or plate secured thereto.
5. In cycle and other air pumps so shaping forming and securing the piston rod
or equivalent that it may also be used as a spanner wrench..
6. In cycle and other air pumps means and methods in the foregoing writings
referred to, illustrated and described of so shaping forming and securing the
piston rod that it may also be used as a spanner wrench or the like substantially.
7. In cycle and other air pumps so shaping forming and securing a piston rod
or parts thereof that it or parts thereof may be used as means of carrying a repair
outfit or other small articles.
8. In cycle and other air pumps, means and methods in the foregoing writings
referred to illustrated and described of so shaping forming and securing a piston
rod or parts thereof that it or parts thereof may be used as means of carrying a
repair out fit or other small articles or the like substantially.
9. In cycle and other air pumps so shaping forming and securing a pump handle
that it may be used as a tyre lever or screw driver.
10. In cycle and other air pumps means and methods in the foregoing writings
referred to, illustrated and described of so shaping forming and securing a pump
handle that it may be used as tyre lever or screw driver or the like substantially.
11. In locking an air pump to a cycle or other vehicle frame having its retaining
clips so secured that it cannot be removed without the use of a key or equivalent.
12. The means and methods of retaining a pump to a member of a vehicle in
the foregoing writings referred to, illustrated and described, or the like sub-
stantially.
Dated this 20th day of October 1808
JAMES THOMAS ELLIS,
Applicant.

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and Appertaining to Cycles and such like Vehicles,
Motor or otherwise.
I, JAMES THOMAS ELLIS, of No. 21, Garville Avenue, Rathgar, Co. Dublin, Title
Investigator, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in cycles and such like vehicles,
motor or otherwise, and appertains to various parts thereof ridelicet cranks, locking
various parts, chain adjusting, nuts and bolts, brakes and their connections, lamp
and other sockets and brackets, an improved wheel, means of carrying articles, and
selfadjusting bearings.
My first improvement relates to means of turning the pedal side of the crank,
with the pedal, inwardly towards the machine, so as to take up less space, and in
some cases in so doing, to leave the driven wheel free to rotate independently of
the cranks, or it may be of the crank spindle.
I have integral with or secured to the chain wheel, or cone, a shoulder, or lug,
the outer end of which is adapted by having thereto interior, or exterior, slots,
notches, or projections, to engage with the crank.
In cases in which they are loose on the axle they may be secured against longi-
tudinal movement by screw pins, or such like.
The crank I pivotally secure to the outer end of such shoulder, or to the axle,
or a ring, or equivalent, which is loosely retained thereon. In some cases I have
it also to slide on its pivotal pin, so that it may be drawn out of engagement
with the cone, or wheef shoulder, but in every instance so shape and secure it as
to effectually rotate the driven wheel when in its normal position.
When the crank is attached directly to the axle 1 may have firstly on such axle
screwed thereto, a short tube, for the purpose of strengthening same, or I may
have two lugs, rings, or equivalents, on the axle, one retained loosely thereon, to
which the crank is swung, and the other locked to the axle, and to which the crank
is secured when in its normal position, or in an alternative means I have a loose
lug on the axle, with a transverse threaded hole therein, into which takes a hollow
nut. I have the axle with a key way, into which a projection on the head of the
crank takes, I firstly pass the hollow nut loosely on to the crank head, and then
a locking nut, or other means, to prevent it coming off. I then pass the crank
into the lug hole, screwing up the hollow nut into such hole, until it forces the
crank into engagement with the axle, or may dispense with the hollow nut, and
screw the crank into the lug hole until it engages against the flat on the axle, or
a hole therein, and be locked in that position.
It will be understood that the crank locking or attaching lugs may be formed
in one with the chain wheel, or secured thereto, in any of the ways that a crank
is thereto usually attached, such as by brazing, bolting, or screwing.
A further improvement is in connection with the locking of the wheels and
crank spindle against rotation when the machine is not in use.
In one with or screwed or otherwise secured to the bottom bracket, or the hub,

page_text: I have a hollow bracket, or tubular case, the upper part is flanged inwardly, form-
ing an internal shoulder, and thus narrowing the outward diameter of the hollow
interior, this shoulder has to its upper part two or three pairs of opposite slots,
one pair going through, or nearly therethrough, and the others of shallow depth.
I have a bolt, the lower end having a shoulder, and adapted to take into a hole in, 5
or engage with, a projection on the spindle, or a collar, or cone, theon. The
body passes through the case and projects through the shoulder hole, and has to
its head, one or two pegs, or lugs, arranged to engage with the shoulder slots, and
terminates with a cap, or finger piece. Between the case shoulder, and the bolt
shoulder I may have a spring, or it may bear between the bracket, (or hub) and i
the bolt pegs.
To lock the spindle the bolt is turned until its pegs and slots coincide, it is
then pushed into locking connection with the spindle hole, and given a turn until
its pegs are opposite to, and brought into engagement with, the other pair of
slots.
The arrangement of the peg and slots may be reversed and the finger piece dis-
pensed with and the bolt only be capable of being operated by a key working within
slots and against a shoulder and the number of pegs or slots may be reduced.
To lock the wheel against rotation, and by same operation in some cases to lock
the steer.ng, I have a nut, or tube, through which the inake rod passes loosely,
the lower end whereof screws into a hole in the brake crown lug, or guiding clip.
When this nut is fully screwed down it keeps the brake locked against the wheel,
or I may have a tube the immediate lower end of which passes loosely into the hole
in the brake crown lug, or clip, the upper part of this lower eud is screw threaded,
to screw into such hole for locking. This tube may be sufficiently long as to
act as a case to conceal the brake spring, and it may be interally traded so as to
be screwed to the brake rod above the spring.
To lock the steering, I would have to the end of the steering socket, or to a part
of the frame, adjacent thereto, or to the ball cup, one, or more lorking gaps, holes,
or spurs, or to a clip thereon, having the like. To the steering post or fork crown,
or adjacent thereto, or to the brake crown clip, or lug, I would have pivotally
attached, a locking piece, one part whereof, preferably the front, being shaped
or bent so as to be operated by the screwing down of the locking nut, or tube,
above mentioned the other end, preferably the back, being shaped so as to be
tilted, or swung, into one or more of the locking gaps, or equivalents above men-
tioned, a spring may serve to keep this locking piece in normal position. In some
cases the back part of the locking piece may be used to attach the mudguard too,
and the mudguard would be arranged to give with such pivoted locking piece, or
to bear against the tyre.
Or I may dispense with the screwed nut or tube, and in lieu thecof have a
hollow unthreaded sleeve, provided with opposite pegs, or lugs, or such like;
adapted to take respectively into either of two pairs of opposite notches, cut within
the retainer clip, one of these pair of gaps may be of slight depth only, so that
when the pegs are engaged therein, the brake is locked against the wheel, but the
other pair of notches are much more deeply cut, or cut entirely through, and admit
of the pegs passing so far up as to be out of locking connection with the brake.
In some cases I may have a third pair of shallow notches to the upper part of the
clip into which the pegs normally take.
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With pull up" brakes the locking nut or equivalent would be screwed to the
rod, or a suitable part of the brake so as to engage against the crown lug or
equivalent and in such cases wherein the brake acts against the back wheel, rim,
or hub, it may be locked against same by suitably engaging a bearing against
one or more of the brake guiding clips, or equivalents by any of the means above
indicated.
My fourth improvement refers to a method of adjusting the chain.
I have the cones mounted on the hub axle, eccentrically thereto, shaping th
outer parts of the axle with flats, slots, or other means, that it may be easily

page_text: turned. I may also have the extreme ends shouldered or otherwise adapted for
the forks to bear against, or I may have the cups of the crank bracket so shaped, that
the axle passes eccentrically therethrough, so efficiently securing them, that they
be easily turned, and locked, for such chain adjustment.
In a further improvement I form nuts, bolts, pins, or equivalents, with a pro-
jection or shank, formed in one therewith, or brazed thereto, and bent as necessary,
such spur, or equivalent, forming a carrier for a direction label, and having slots,
or flanges, or centrally cut away, or otherwise adapted, so as to effectually retain
a card, or tablet. In some cases the carrier may have a threaded hole thereto
and so act as a nut. In some cases I may have a second plate, to be attached to
the first mentioned one, by a screw pin or pins.
A further improvement relates to means for retarding the motion of the front
wheel, and also for intercepting shocks from such wheel, such object being attained
by a brake, the block, or equivalent, of which also acting as a buffer, in the event
of a machine colliding or the brake may be dispensed with, and the buffer retained.
I have a pair, or pairs, of rods radiating from the spindle, or forks, or from spurs
thereto, and rotatably secured to the centre, a small wheel, or roller, preferably
I have the normal position of this roller in front of the wheel and kept in such
position by a spring, or springs. The rods are so pivotally secured too, or adjacent
too, the spindle that on pulling, or pushing pressure being applied to such ends,
the roller may be brought to bear against the wheel, and for such purpose the rod
ends may be connected to the handle bar, by rods, links, wires chains, levers, or
such like, or may have to the extreme ends foot plates for operation by the foot.
The outer ends of the arms may be slotted, or otherwise adapted to carry springs,
against which the ends of the roller spindle may bear, and such roller may be of
any suitable_construction, pneumatic, or otherwise. In some cases to form a
buffer only, I may retain the rods, roller, and springs only, and dispense with
the means for utilising same as a brake.
A further improvement relates to a socket such as for attaching to a lamp or
carrier, and a bracket for carrying or engaging a lamp socket or suchlike, attach-
able to the machine. Instead of having the socket as at present used, with the
internal slot passing from top to bottom, or in conjunction therewith, I have a
slot passing from side to side, or have one or more holes to the sides thereof, or in
the top and bottom. I may dispense with a hollow socket and instead thereof
have the front plate only but with side flanges or top and bottom flanges, to which
I have one or more holes, slots or projections.
The bracket for such sockets may be formed tongs like, preferably with the
ends bent at an angle inwardly, and when for the slotted socket, such ends may be
oppositely taperod. In some cases the bracket arms will be kept normally open,
in other cases close together, and I may use suitably placed springs for such
purpose or have them made of suitably tempered steel, springlike,
and when in use kept pressed towards each other, or from each other, by a suitably
adapted sliding sleeve or a screw threaded pin, or bolt taking into or unto a threaded
case or equivalent, and operatable by a key, or by a bolt and nut, or other suitable
means. In some cases the back end has a small spur to take into one of the holes
in the socket, from the inside, and in other instances the ends may have one or
more small holes or slots to engage the projections when on the flanged plate, and
I may also have one of the arms pivoted to the other or the clip.
I may form these brackets from one piece of steel, wire or other suitable material,
forming the tube clip attachment part in one therewith as a spring clip, or form
the clip in any suitable manner in one therewith or attachable thereto. In some
instances the tongue-like arms may engage, the socket downwardly, in others
sidewardly.
I may also so adapt the brake rod by having slots, holes, or projections therein or
thereto, that may be engaged by the locking part of the bracket when it is desirable
to keep the brake locked against the wheel.
By a further improvement instead of connecting the wheel spokes directly to

page_text: the hub, I secure them to a tube, which is not connected to the hub. This tube
may be in two, or more, parts and screwed together, or sliding, one into or upon
the other, and may have thereon spoke connecting rings, between this case and
the hub, which passes loosely therethrough, I may have springs, or rubber, or an
air chamber, for the purpose of intercepting vibration. I connect the hub to
the wheel by having two, or more, arms, or bars, connected to each side of the
hub, the further ends being secured to the wheel rim. In some cases these arms
may be each divided and have thereon, or be connected by, springs, and in some
cases the spoke tube, or rings, may have to each end annular flanges extending
inwardly towards the hub axle. By adapting the above improvement the strain on
the spokes is to some extent relieved and vibration minimised.
My improvements in easily detachable attachments for carrying bags, parcels,
music cases, and suchlike, are effected by forming or shaping a carrier, of any
suitable material, with a socket, tongue, or clip, to engage with a bracket of similar,
or equivalent, construction to the lamp bracket, or with the lampbracket, or with
a clip having a braket tongue to take into a socket, or a bracket having a socket,
or gripping lips, to engage with a tongue on the carrier; but in some cases the
carrier may be formed with spring or other clips, and attachable to the handle
bar, or machine tubing, or the back of the saddle.
I shape a preferably foursided blank plate of metal so as to have two or more
radial projections, two of which have knobs, teeth or equivalents towards the ends,
the centre of the plate may be cut away wholly or in part, to diminish weight
having the sides to form a frame, a part of the bottom may be bent out to form a
parcel support. The extreme ends of one side (preferably the bottom) are pro-
longed and bent backwardly forming wings having holes therein to
carry a rod which may have spools, or equivalent means,
to carry
straps or cords. Part of the centre end a side may be slit and bent back to form
a central clip or tongue and part of the top may also be cut away and the part
left bent and shaped into retaining clips. Such clips may be attachable to parts
of the frame of the cycle at right angles to each other, or to the saddle back, but
instead of cutting away the centre I may slit and bend it in such manner as to form
a socket for attachment to a lamp bracket. The rod will be so shaped with collars
or otherwise that it cannot move longitudinally between the wings only rotably
to tighten up the straps thereto attached, and may also be slotted or gapped or
otherwise adapted so as to be locked against further movement when the required
tension on the strap or straps is attained.
To keep such carriers more rigidly secured, (as when attached to the saddle, or
standing out from the handlebar) I may have a detachable bar or bars to the
back thereof, the further end of such a rod being clipped to the machine or the
saddle pin. Such a rod may be adjustable for length by being in two parts, one
part being screwed or pinned into or upon the other.
I may modify the carrier by dispensing with either the strapping portions of the
frame, or the gapped, knobbed or toothed parts retaining the other of them and
suitably placing the retaining clips or sockets and instead of forming the socket
tongue or clips integral therewith I may have them secured thereto.
With other improved alternative forms of carriers may bend a piece of metal
or wire so that the upper or central part will form a clip for attachment to the
machine or saddle back, and the other end or ends bent so as to form one or more
spring clips capable of retaining a parcel against, upon, or within them, bending,
in some cases, the extreme end or ends to form a further clip or clips for carrying
on or hanging too, small articles, as a pump or corded parcel.
In some cases the ends have slots for attachment of straps to secure an articlo
upon or against them. One or more of these clips may be connected together
by connecting bars a in some cases by being cut or stamped out of a blank of
metal and to such bar I may have a central clip to hold the carrier more rigidly.
I may also have the upper or central part of such carrier adapted for attachment
to the lamp bracket or such lika preferably by a socket, or so bend or shape the

page_text: attaching ends as to have them take into a slotted or holed clip which would be
attached by usual means to a tube or the saddle pin and have as a support to such
carrier a detachable and adjustable rod the lower end of which would rest against
a tube or part of the machine and in such case may dispense with the upper attach-
ing clips.
I would have the straps preferably cordlike and of wire cord, catgut, leather,
rubber, or such like, and have secured thereto so as to slide thereon, guards of
leather, rubber, felt or such like. I would dispense with buckles and suchlike
fastenings having the end of the cord or strap formed with loops, slots, rings
or equivalents to engage with a projection or part of the frame, or having the usual
holes in flat straps, and I may have embedded in or attached to the clip carrying
parts of the carrier, studs or serrated or crimped plates of rubber or other material
for the purpose of minimising and to such carriers may have a lamp carrying
tongue or socket formed on or secured thereto.
Instead of attaching or carrying a carrier on the ordinary placed lamp bracket
in front of the machine I may have such a bracket or equivalent, to the side or
to any part of the machine, forks or wheel spindle, and may have such bracket of
any suitable shape and may have a lamp and carrier bracket made out of the one
piece or may have the tongue of the lamp bracket of double, or other abnormal
length so as to efficiently retain both a carrier and a lamp at same time, and I may
form a lamp or carrier bracket (instead of with the usual tongue) with a socket or
a slotted tongue, or gripping tongue, with means, such as a screw pin for tightening
up same.
In some cases the front plate of the bracket socket, or equivalent, may have two
or more carrier arms formed therewith or attached thereto, and having slots or
other means to retain straps or equivalents, or there may be attached to such
socket front, or plate, one or more spring clips.
A further improvement relates to means for making bearings self adjusting, and
I do so by having the cups, or cones, or equivalents, loose, or sliding, on the case,
or axle, and tensioned by means of springs. I may employ various methods of
retaining and securing such springs.
In one method I have the cones loose, or sliding, on the axle, towards the centre
of the axle I have loosely retained a sleeve, each end being internally hollowed,
and threaded, right and left handed, taking into each end thereof, I have the
shoulder of a collar which travels upon the axle, or may be screwed thereto between
this collar and the cone, and abutting against each, I have a spring; strong
enough to keep the cone pressed against the balls. The collar may be hollowed
out sufficiently to retain the spring within it. The retained sleeve is adapted by
holes, spurs, or other means, to be rotated through a hole in the bearing case, and
when rotated, causes each collar to travel along the axle, thereby freeing, or com-
pressing the springs, and adjusting the pressure of the cone on the balls.
Instead of the retaining sleeve being screwed to the collar, it may be engaged
therewith by slots, to the one, and coincident engaging spurs to the other, and
instead of the above described sleeve it may be formed of a case. into the ends of
which the collars screw, or slidably engage.
Or I may have the cone shoulder extending inwardly terminating with a collar,
and a shoulder to the sleeve, and have the inner end of the spring to bear against
the cone shoulder collar, and the outer end against the travelling collar-a reversal
of the above mentioned method.
I may also apply such an adjustment to the cups, having them loose, or sliding,
within the bearing case, and preferably with inwardly extending shoulders, ter-
minating with a flange, or collar, screwed to, or slidably engaged with the case, or
a short case which is slidably engaged with or screwed into a loose tube, (each end
thereof engaging a short case). This tube has holes so as to be rotated by a pin
passed through a hole in the outer case or is otherwise adapted to be rotated. A
spring interposes between the short case collar and the cup.

page_text: Other modifications and arrangements of a similar character as with the cone
adjustment may also be adopted.
The remainder of the bearings may be put together in any well known or other
usual manner so as to form a complete bearing.
0041 T1000
Improvements in and Appertaining to Cycles and such like venicies,
Motor or otherwise,
I, JAMES THOMAS ELLIS, of No. 21, Garville Avenue, Rathgar, Co. Dublin, Title
Investigator, 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:-
1
My invention has for its object improvements in cycles and such like vehicles, 1
motor or otherwise, and appertains to various parts thereof, viz.:-Cranks, locking
brakes or steering, chain adjusting, means of carrying articles and in lamp and
other sockets and brackets.
I wish it to be understood that the matter set forth in my Provisional Specifica-
tion, descriptive of improvements in locking bearings, in brakes, in backwheel,
nd self adjusting bearings, I hereby abandon and disclaim.
My improvements in cranks relates to means of turning the pedal side of the
crank, with the pedal, inwardly towards the machine, so as to take up less space,
and in some cases, in so doing, to leave the driven wheel free to rotate indepen-
dently of the cranks, or it may be of the crank spindle.
I have integral with or secured to the chain wheel or cone a shoulder or lug,
the outer end of which is adapted by having thereto interior or exterior slots
notches or projections to engage with the crank.
In cases in which they are loose on the axle they may be secured against longi-
tudinal movement by screw, pins or such like.
The crank, I pivotally secure to the outer end of such shoulder or to the axle
or a ring or equivalent which is loosely retained thereon. In some cases I have
it also to slide on its pivotal pin so that it may be drawn out of engagement with
the cone or wheel shoulder, but in every instance so shape, and secure it as to
effectually rotate the driven wheel when in its normal position. When the crank
is attached directly to the axle I may have firstly to such axle, screw thereto a
short tube for the purpose of strengthening same, or I may have two lugs, rings,
or equivalents on the axle, one retained loosely thereon, to which the crank is
swung and the other locked to the axle, and to which the crank is secured when
in its normal position or in an alternatave means, I have a loose lug on the axle
with a transversely threaded hole therein into which takes a hollow nut I have
the axle with key way, into which a projection on the head of the crank takes.
I firstly pass the hollow nut loosely on to the crank head and then a locking nut or
other means to prevent it coming off. I then pass the crank in to the lug hole,
Ecrewing up the hollow nut into such hole until it forces the crank into engagement
with the axle, or I may dispense with the hollow nut and screw the crank into the
lughole until it engages against a flat in the axle or a hole thereon and be locked
in that position.
It will be understood that the crank locking or attaching lugs may be formed
in one with the chain wheel or secured thereto in any of the ways that a crank
is thereto usually attached such as by raising bolting or screwing.

page_text: By Fig. 1 I show axle A having loosely thereon the cones B the inner parts of
which abut against shoulders a¹ on the axle; on one coue I have a lug or collar C.
This lug and cone are retained on the axle against longitudinal movement by a pin
which passes through the hole but are not locked against rotary movement as
one side of the pin engages loosely in an annular channel on the axle. I have
a crank head (such as in Fig. 3) attached to the cone pivoting same on the cone
retaining pin by the hole f. The axle end is flatted to one or more sides, so that
when the crank is in operative position it engages the axle end and rotates there-
with and is locked in that position preferably by a pin passing through holes fl
in the crank into a hole in the lug C. On the further side of the axle I have
the chain wheel D on the cone, and the lug C on the prolonged boss of the wheel
keying all together and to the axle by a pin passing through holes which pin
also engages with an annular channel on the axle. The crank is pivoted, locked,
and rotated as on the further end. Or, the cone may not pass under the wheel
or its shoulder but the wheel lie directly on the axle and be fixed thereto by its
shoulder and lug C being keyed thereto as shown by Fig. 2. The crank to wheel
side may also have its pivotal hole f slotted as shown by the dotted lines f so
that when reversed it may be drawn away from bearing against a gear case.
In Fig. 3 the wheel D which is brazed or otherwise secured to the axle has a
shoulder d and lug C. To the axle end I have an annular channel a² on this end
I pass a loose ring E securing it by a pin passing through the hole c', so that it
engages in the axle channel. The crank head F which is forked, is pivotally
secured to the ring E by the ring rotating pin. The forked shoulder f* of the crank
engages the wheel lug C and is locked thereto by a pin. On the further side the
cone is keyed or screwed to the axle and has a similar lug C as on wheel shoulder
which engages the crank shoulder f and the crank is also pivoted to a loose ring
as on the wheel side.
In Fig. 4 I show the gear wheel 1) brazed or keyed or otherwise rigidly secured
to the axle A, and loose on the axle, the lug C. This lug is secured to the wheel,
preferably by having two or more lugs which take screw pins which take into
the wheel side. The mode of securing the crank to axle ring and lug is as shewn
by Fig. 3 or the crank may be pivotally secured to the axle by a pin passing through
a hole therein and the lug and wheel loose on axle but secured to the axle by a pin
engaging in the hole c' and with axle anuular channel as shown by Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 shows the axle A having thereon the cones B both in one with each
other or connected together by a tube, and loose on axle. On one cone is a lug C
secured to cone, and the cone to the axle by a pin engaging in annular groove a
in axle as with Fig. 1. The chain wheel D having thereto a lug C is also secured
to cone and the cone to the axle by a pin loosely running in an annular axle
groove a. Each end of the axle is flatted to engage and rotate with the crank
when in its operative position. The chain wheel may be without the lug which
may be to the cone or tube and
Fig. 6 shows forked crank F the inner part of each fork having a spur fl which
takes into a slot 2 in the axle A the sides whereof are flatted. The crank forks
have the holes f connected together by the slot f³ and is attached to the axle by
a pin passing through the lower holes into a hole in the axle. When the pin
is slacked the crank may be slid till the pin rests in the upper of the two holes &
when being so slid the spur fl passes out of the slot leaving the crank free so
that the pedal may be turned inwardly. Instead of having the slot in the axle it
may be in the cone or wheel shoulder.
Fig. 7 shows axle A having thereon the fixed lug G and loose ring E both are
kept thereon by the collar H which is secured to the axle by a pin passing through
holes in lug G and collar and through the axle. The crank is pivoted to the
loose ring E at pin holes el and operatively secured to the lug G by the spur f
passing into the lug hole g and retained there by the pin the point whereof
passes into the dotted hole on the spur; this pin is retained in a hole in the lug G

page_text: and has a wing headed shank g³ secured thereto and has between its shoulder and
the lug end a spring g' which effectually keeps its point projecting into the slot g¹.
Fig. 8 shows axle A having annular groove a² and pin hole a³ and flatted to the
pin hole side, E is a loose ring into which is screwed the crankhead f4 which has a
spur which takes into the axle groove when in operative position the crank is 5
so fully screwed into the ring that its head tightly abuts against the flatted side
of the axle and the spur is passed into the axle hole all are then locked in that
position by the pin which locks ring and crank head together.
Fig. 9 shows loose ring E on axle A which has an annular groove as in Fig. 8
and is flatted to one side and has to that side a hole to engage the crank head 1
spur f. On the crankhead f is passed a loose ring, a nut f, and then a fixed
ring the crank head is then passed into a threaded hole in the ring E and the
nut screwed into it the screwing up thereof drawing up the crank until it is
locked against the flatted side of the axle.
As to any of the foregoing described alternative methods in such cases as when
the chain wheel or equivalent is loose on the axle the crank connecting lugs or
cone may be so attached to the axle as to rotate therewith.
My second improvement has reference to means of locking the wheel against
rotation, and by the same operation I may also lock the steering. I have a nut
or tube through which the brake rod passes loosely, the lower end whereof screws 2
into a hole in the brake crown lug or clip. When this nut is fully screwed down
it keeps the brake locked against the wheel. Or, I may have a tube the immediate
lower ends of which pass loosely into the hole in the brake crown lug or clip,
the upper part of this lower end may be screw threaded to screw into such hole for
locking. This tube may be sufficiently long so as to act as a case to conceal the 2
nake spring, and it may be interiorly threaded so as to be screwed to the brake
Tod above the spring.
or
To lock the steering I would have to the end of the steering socket or to a part of
the frame adjacent thereto, or the ball cup, one or more locking gaps, holes, or
spurs, or a clip thereon having the like. To the steering post or fork crown or a
adjacent thereto or to the brake crown clip or lug I would have pivotally attached
a locking piece, one part whereof, preferably the front, being shaped or bent so
as to be operated by the screwing down of the locking nut
tube above mentioned, the other end preferably the back, being shaped so
as to be tilted, a swung into one or more of the locking gaps or equivalents above 3
mentioned. A spring may serve to keep this locking piece in normal position. In
some cases the back part of the locking piece may be used to attach the mudguard
too, and the mudguard would be arranged to give with such locking piece or to bear
against the tyre. Or I may dispense with the screwed nut or tube and in lieu
thereof have a hollow unthreaded sleeve provided with opposite pegs, lugs, or
suchlike adapted to take respectively into either of two pairs of opposite notches
cut within the retainer clip, one of these pairs of gaps may be of slight depth only
so that when the pegs are engaged therein the brake is locked against the wheel,
but the other pair of notches are much more deeply cut, or cut entirely through
and admit of the pegs passing so far up as to be out of locking connection with
the brake. In some cases I may have a third pair of shallow notches to the upper
part of the clip into which the pegs normally take. With "pull up" brakes the
locking nut would be screwed to the rod or a suitable part of the brake so as to
engage against the crown lug or equivalent part. And in such cases wherein
the brake acts against the back wheel rim or hub it may be locked against same t
by such locking nut suitably engaging or bearing against one of the guiding
clips or other rigid part. By Figures 10 to 13 I show various means of attaining
my object.
Fig. 10 shews part of the steering post I and brake J, with block j¹, brake
crown lug ³, locking nut 3, locking piece, locking spur . The nut is
screwed into the brake rod hole in the lug, and the rod J passes loosely there-
through. On the brake block being forced against the tyre the nut may be screwed

page_text: down against the block so as to prevent it rising, thus locking the wheel against
rotation. The steering may be locked by turning around the locking piece and
passing its spur into a slot in a part of the steering post I, preferably at the
part Instead of having this lecking piece screwed to the brake rod it may be
loose thereon and may be secured against the nut 3 by a nut screwing on the rod
over it, and would for that purpose have a longer shank than shewn.
Fig. 11 shews an alternative method of locking the steering in which the locking
piece is pivotally attached at to the brake lug .
To the further end of the locking piece I have the spur screwed, so as to be
turnable around. je is a clip attached to the frame I having one or more holes
therein into which the spur 75 may take. When the brake block is being locked
against the tyre, the screwing down of the nut or tube forces down the end
of the locking piece, tilting up the further end till its spur jo, engages with the
clip or in a hole if preferable, in the steering post I.
Fig. 12 shews the brake rod J and block 7, lug j³, tube and spring jo.
The end of the tube screws into the lug, the brake rod passing loosely through
both. The tube has an internal shoulder jo on which rests the spring. The
screwing down of this tube also prevents the block rising.
Fig. 13 shews the tube screwed to the brake rod J, its end 12 passing loosely
through the hole in the lug 2, a part of the tube is threaded externally and
when the brake block is against the tyre it is locked so by the screwing of the
tube into the lug hole, with this form the external screwing of the tube may be
dispensed with and the upper part may also be dispensed with, retaining only the
head to screw into or against the lug. Although in the drawings and above descrip-
tions I only shew a brake such as ordinarily used. I only do so for convenience
sake, but do not limit myself to any particular form of brake whether applied to
the tyre or rim or otherwise, and may make such modifications as necessary for
any particular form of brake. Such for instance as when the block or rod is
pivotally attached or hinged to a hinged guide or retainer, in which case the
locking piece or nut would practically be a wedge turning on the brakerod so as
to come under the steering post and prevent the block rising.
My improvement as to chain adjustment I carry out by having the cones
mounted on the axle eccentrically.
Fig. 14 shews axle K with cone ¹, cup and hub .
°
The cone although shewn as integral with the axle, may be screwed, brazed or
keyed thereto. The axle is secured by any usual or well known means to the forks.
and normally is so placed that the eccentric side of the cones is frontwards, but
on being turned so as to bring such side backwards, causes the wheel to be brought
slightly backwards also taking up slackness with chain. The means referred to
in connection with the cups of the crank bracket I abandon and disclaim.
In a further improvement I form nuts, bolts, pins or equivalents with a projec-
tion, shank or spur, formed in one therewith or brazed thereto, and bent as neces-
sary, such spur or equivalent forming a carrier for a direction label, and having
slots or flanges, or centrally cut away, or otherwise adapted so as to efficiently
retain a card or tablet.
In some cases the carrier may have a threaded hole thereto and so act as a nut.
In some cases may have a second plate to be attached to the first mentioned one
by a screw pin or pins.
Figure 15 shews such a carrier L formed on a pin 12, the carrier having flanges l
to retain a label. Figure 16 shews such a label attached to the nut
My improvements in easily detachable attachments for carrying bags parcels
music cases and such like, are effected by forming or shaping a carrier
of any suitable material with a socket (which may be such as in my Patent
No. 5492 of 1894) tongue or clip or to engage with a bracket of similar or equivalent
construction to the lamp bracket or with the lamp bracket or with a clip having
a bracket tongue to take into a socket or a bracket having a socket or gripping
lips to engage with a tongue on the carrier but in some cases the carrier may be

page_text: formed with spring or other clips and attachable to the handle bar or machine
tubing or in the back of the saddle.
With either form of attachment the corner frames may be adapted to carry or
retain straps cords or bands the further end of which may be attachable to such
frame or the saddle.
I shape a preferably four sided blank plate of metal so as to have two or more
radial projections, two of which have knobs or teeth towards the ends, the centre
of the plate may be cut away, wholly or in part to diminish the weight leaving the
sides to form a frame, a part of the bottom may be bent out to form a parcel support.
The extreme ends of one side (preferably the bottom) are prolonged and bent back-
ward by forming wings, and have holes therein to carry a rod which may have
spools or equivalent means thereon to carry straps or cords part of the centre end
or side may be slit and bent back to form a central clip or tongue and part of the
top may also be cut away and the parts left be bent and shaped into clips such
clips being to parts of the frame of a cycle at right angles to each other, or to
the saddle back, but instead of cutting away the centre I may slit and bend it in
such manner as to form a socket for attachment for the lamp bracket.
To keep such carriers more rigidly secured (as when attached to the saddle, or
standing out from the handle bar) I may have a detachable bar or bars to the back
thereof the further end of such a rod being clipped to the machine, or the saddle
pin, such a rod may be adjustable for length by being in two parts, one part being
pinned or screwed into or against the other.
I may malify the carrier by dispensing with either the strapping portion of the
frame, or the gapped, knobbed, or toothed part, retaining the other of them, and
suitable placing the retaining clip, or sockets, and instead of forming the socket
tongue, or clips, integral therewith, I may have them secured thereto.
With other improved alternative forms of carriers I may bend a piece of metal,
or wire, so that the upper or central part will form a clip for attachment to the
machine or saddle back, and the other end or ends bent so as to form one or more
spring clips capable of retaining a parcel against upon or within them bending,
in some cases the extreme end or ends, to form a further clip or clips for carrying
on, or hanging to, small articles, as a pump or corded parcel. In some cases the
ends have slots for attachment of straps to secure an article upon or against them.
One or more of these clips may be connected together by connecting bars, or in
some cases by being cut or stamned out of a blank of metal, and to such har, I
may have a central clip to hold the carrier more rigidly.
I may also have the upper or central part of such carriers adapted for attachment
to the lamp bracket or such like preferable by a socket or so bend or shape the
attaching ends as to have them take into a slotted or holed clip which would be
attached by usual means to a tube, or the saddle pin, and have as a support to such
carrier, a detachable and adjustable rod, the lower end of which would rent against
a tube, or part of the machine, and in such case may dispense with the upper
attaching clips.
I would have the straps preferably cordlike and of wire, cord, catgut, leather
rubber or such like and have secured thereto so as to slide therein guards of leather,
rubber, felt or such like, I would preferably dispense with buckles, and such like
fastenings having the end of the cord or strap looped or slotted to catch on to a
projection or part of the frame, or having the usual holes in flat straps to take
into a catch or knob or equivalent, to the other part thereof, or the frame, and may
have embeded in or attached to the clip carrying parts of the carrier, studs or
serrated or crimped plates of rubber or other material for the purpose of minimising
vibration, and to such carrier may have a lamp carrying tongue formed on or
secured thereto.
Instead of attaching or carrying a carrier on the ordinary placed lamp bracket
in front of the machine, I may have such a bracket, or equivalent to the side or
to any part of the machine, forks, or wheel spindle and in such case may have
such bracket of any suitable shape, and may have lamp and carrier bracket made

page_text: out of the one piece or may have the tongue of the lamp bracket of double or other
abnormal length, so as to effectually retain both a carrier and a lamp at same
time, and I may form a lamp or carrier bracket, instead of with the usual tongue,
with a socket or slotted tongue, or gripping tongue with means, such as a screw
pin for tightening up same.
In some cases the front plate of the bracket socket or equivalent may have two
or more carrier arms formed therewith or attached thereto and having slots or
other means to retain straps or equivalents or their may be attached to such socket
plate one or more spring clips.
The following Figures 17 to 30 inclusive show various forms of carriers as
above referred to.
Fig. 17 shews a blank plate M cut away so as to form the four carrier wings M¹
and two clip wings m³ which are bent as shewn to form spring clips. The centre
is cut away all but the part m the ends of which are cut from connection with body
of plate and bent back to form a spring retaining clip to attach to the arm tube of
the handle bar. The wings m' may be slotted so as to take straps or such like
but I prefer to have them with serrations such as m by which cords or bands may
be retained or on which bags or parcels may be hung.
Fig. 18 shews a plate M with serrated wings m' and spring clip wings m² the
serrations m being to retain the cords or straps of parcels or handle rings of bags.
These serrations however may be dispensed with and a tool or other bag rivited
or otherwise secured to the plate.
Fig. 19 shews a form in which the carrier M is preferably shaped as shewn out
of thin and tempered steel the wings m¹ being clipped to retain parcels and
the wings m being spring clips for attachment to a tube, a part of the centre m
is bent at the centre as shewn so as to partly encircle the down part of the handle
bar tube.
Fig. 20 shows carrier M with its spring clips m'. It is attached to the handle
bar m by the spring clips m³, and the centre cut away leaving the part m³ the
end of which m³ is formed as a spring clip or support which clips to or lies against
the down bar m² so as to keep the carriers in the upright position shown.
Fig. 21 shows carrier M with straps or band wings m, spring returning clip
wings m³ and wings m', which act as spring clips for retaining articles.
Fig. 22 shows a form of carrier M to be carried on a bracket such as the lamp
bracket. The centre thereof is formed as shown to form a socket m³ into which
the bracket is passed. To one part which I call the front I may have an upper
part me to carry a lamp on, the lower part is formed with serrated wings m¹ and
the back part with two other wings m² formed as spring carrying clips.
This may be modified by dispensing with the serrated wings, or retaining them
and dispensing with the clip wings. The wing m³ may also be dispensed with.
Fig. 23 shows a plate M having wings m¹ a pair preferably the lower being
serrated, and the other pair having holes or slots for straps or bands. The centre
is cut away save the part m³ which is bent to form a socket, within which the
lamp socket or such like is passed,
Fig. 24 shows carrier with bracket socket at m³ and carrier clips m¹.
Fig. 25 shows socket m³ having fronting its upper part wings me to the bottom
of the back I have a part bent to form a tube mº. I form the carrier out of a piece
of wire, each side shaped as at mo the back part being passed within the tube or
part m which retains and secures it. The wire is supported on the socket front by
the bent parts m" resting on each of the wings m¹. The spring arms m¹ being
parcel retainers.
Fig. 26 shews a form of carrier for attachment to the saddle back having the
four wings m¹ which may be serrated as shewn or be adapted for straps bands
or such like. The part m³ is bent back at right angles to the body (though it may
be used in line therewith) and is passed into the slit on the saddle seat.
This form may be modified by dispensing with the central part and lower
wings and retaining only the upper ones.

page_text: Figs. 27 & 28 also show forms of carriers for attachment to saddle back by the
bent right angled wings m³. in Fig. 27 the wings m' acting as spring clips to retain
articles, with Fig. 28 the lower part of the wing m' are bent at right angles to
the upper part so as to form a support for articles carried.
These wings are also slotted or serrated or otherwise adapted to retain straps or
bands.
By Fig. 29 I show a carrier frame for attachment to the saddle back, the part m³
taking into the saddle slot. To the frame I attach by rivets or other means a tool
bag or other bag, and the bottom ends I may shape as at m¹ to carry a pump and
I may use a similar device for the handle bar or frame by dispensing with the
straight wing m³ and using instead two wings formed as spring clips.
Fig. 30 shows another form of carrier frame M with socket back m" the wings m³
being bent at right angles to the body to support a box bag or other article, with
this form I would preferably have each attached to an interposing spring or springs,
In all these forms of carriers my object is to form such that they may be easily
attached and detached from the cycle or other vehicle, and although, for con-
venience I show them as in one piece I may form them of two or more pieces
revitted brazed or otherwise secured together, and may have the spring clip carry-
ing wings of any suitable shape, and I may also form them of wire.
With some of the forms of carriers that I may carry on the lamp bracket or
other bracket I may have to the front of the carrying socket and between the
carrier frame one or more springs or pads of rubber or air pads to intercept or
minimise vibration. Preferably I form such a socket with springs and arms as
are usually used to support a lamp-the carrier frame taking the place of the
lamp.
may also cover any of the carrying clips or frames with leather or other
material so as to form a receptacle bag or wrap for articles carried
I wish it to be understood that my attachments of carriers to the saddle does
not in any way relate to the usual means of attaching a tool or other bag thereto
by buckled straps and such like.
A further improvement relates to a socket such as for attaching to a lamp
or carrier, and a bracket for carrying or engaging a lamp socket or such like,
attachable to the machine. Instead of having the socket as at present used, with
the internal slot passing from top to bottom, or in conjunction therewith, 1 have
a slot passing from side to side, or have one or more holes to the sides thereof, or
in the top and bottom. I may dispense with a hollow socket and instead thereof
have the front plate only but with side flanges or top and bottom flanges, to which
I have one or more holes, slots or projections
The bracket for such sockets may be formed tongs like, preferably with the
ends bent at an angle inwardly, and when for the slotted socket,
such ends may be oppositely tapered. In some cases the bracket
arms will be kept normally open, in other cases close together, and I
may use suitably placed springs for such purpose, or have them made of suitably
tempered steel, spring like, and when in use kept pressed towards each other, or
from each other, by a suitably adapted sliding sleeve or a screw threaded pin, or
bolt taking into or unto a threaded case or equivalent, and operatable by a key, or
by a bolt and nut, or other suitable means. In some cases the back end has a
small spur to take into one of the holes in the socket, from the inside, and in other
instances the ends may have one or more small holes or slots to engage the pro-
jections when on the flanged plate, and I may also have one of the arms pivoted
to the other or the clip.
I may form these brackets from one piece of steel, wire or other suitable material
forming the tube clip attachment part in one therewith as a spring clip or form
the clip in any suitable manner in one therewith or attachable thereto. In some
instances the tongue-like arms may engage the socket downwardly, in others
sidewardly.
I may also so adapt the brake rod by having slot holes, or spurs therein or thereto,

page_text: that they may be engaged by the locking part of the bracket when it is desirable
to keep the brake locked against the wheel.
By Figures 31, 32, 33 & 34 I shew forms of suchlike sockets N, n¹ being the
usual tubular part to which the lamp arms are secured Ns being slots; holes or
spurs with which the bracket arms engage. Fig. 35 shews bracket O for passing
into the slot in a socket such as in Fig. 31 by the flanged parts O', or instead
of these flanged parts there may be spurs to take into the holes n² in sockets such
as in Figs. 32 & 33 or the flanges may be dispensed with and there be holes in the
side of the bracket to engage the spurs to a socket such as in Fig. 34. The
semi-circular part is for the free travel of the brake rod.
By Figure 36 I show a bracket that may be used with ordinary sockets. It
is clipped to the tube 0 and is preferably made of spring steel and kept pressed
into the socket by a pin passing through the holes 0, the brake rod passing
through the slot U³.
By Figures 37 & 38 I shew parts of the bracket O having screw pins (3 so
placed within the holes in the enlarged part 07 of the arms as to be only rotatable
by a special key the rotation of the pin drawing together or extending the
gripping ends of the arms against the lamp socket. The brake rod may have
pins or equivalents thereto, such as a collar, adjacent to the bracket, so that if the
brake be depressed and the bracket arms be tightly closed together against the rod
it is prevented from rising.
These or suchlike brackets may be further varied so as to have the spurs or
flanges outwardly extending so as to grip or retain the socket by being expanded,
and a socket may also be so varied as to have the spurs extending inwardly.
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:-
:-
1st. A reversible or inwardly turning pedal crank characterized by being
pivotally connected to a ring which is secured to the outer end of the cone and
both of which are loosely secured to the axle or' pivotally
connected to a ring which is secured to the gear wheel shoulder and which
lies upon the cone end, all being loosely secured to the axle, such crank being
rigidly connected when in its operative position to a shoulder on such ring, and
thus rotataly locked to the axle (more particularly by the means described
referred to or illustrated).
2nd. A pedal crank connected to a ring which is secured to the shoulder or boss
of the gear wheel which wheel is loosely attached to the axle, the end of which
is flattened, such crank being secured to a shoulder or such ring when in its
operative position (more particularly as described referred to or illustrated by
Fig. 2).
3. A reversible or inwardly turning pedal crank characterized by being
pivotally connected to a ring which is loosely secured to the outer end of the
spindle and rigidly connected to a shoulder on the gear wheel or cone, which are
rigidly connected to the spindle (more particularly by the means as described,
referred to or illustrated).
4. A reversible or inwardly turning pedal crank characterized by being pivotally
connected to a loose ring which is loosely connected to the outer end of the spindle
and rigidly connected when in operative position, to a lug which is secured to the
gear wheel and rotates therewith. Such lug or wheel being rigidly connected to
the axle (more particularly by the means described referred to or illustrated)
or the like substantially.
5. A reversible or inwardly turning pedal crank characterized by being pivotally
connected to a ring or lug on the cone end or the end of a tube on which is such
cone, or to a lug on the boss of the gear wheel which is attached to such cone or
tube end such tube or cone being loosely connected to the spindle so that when
the cranks are in inoperative position the axle may rotate without rotating cranks,

page_text: which cones or tube (more particularly by the means as described referred to or
illustrated or the like substantially).
6. A reversible or inwardly turning pedal crank characterized by being pivotally
connected to the axle by a pin passing through both, a slot in such axle and a
coincident spur on such crank and means for sliding such spur out of operative
connection with such axle (more particularly by the means as described referred to,
or illustrated or the like substantially).
7. A reversible or inwardly turning crank characterized by being pivotally
connected to a ring which is loosely secured to the outer end of the spindle and
rig.dly connected when on its operative position to a lug, collar, or equivalent,
integral with, or keyed or rigidly secured to an inner part of such spindle and
locked to such lug by a spring pressed pin (more particularly as described illus-
trated or referred to) or the like substantially.
8. A reversible or inwardly turning crank characterized by being pivotally
connected to a ring which is loosely secured to the outer end of the spindle and
rigidly connected when in its operative position to a lug, collar, or equivalent
integral with or keyed or rigidly connected to an inner part of such spindle such
loose ring and by being secured to such spindle by the means (as described referied
to or illustrated) or the like substantially.
9. A reversible or inwardly turning crank characterized by being secured in
to a ring which is loose upon the spindle and retained thereon by the head of
the crank, or a spur thereon taking into a channel in the spindle (more particu-
larly by the means and methods described or referred to or illustrated) with
reference to Figs. 8 & 9.
10. A reversible or inwardly turning pedal crank so placed as to rotate with the
spindle (by means illustrated and described with reference to Figs. 8 and 9 or the
like substantially).
11. In cycles the means and methods as described referred to or illustrated of
locking the brake against the wheel or locking the steering or the like substantially.
12. In cycles locking the brake against the wheel by a nut, tube or equivalent
screwing into, under, over or against the crown clip break lug or equivalent for
retaining and guiding the brake.
13. In cycles locking the steering wheel on the locking of the brake by a pivotall
or tilting catch attached to the brake or its retaining lug or other contiguous
steering part the end tilting or turning into slots or equivalent parts in the franc
or a rigid part thereto or a clip thereon so that both steering and frame are locked
together.
14. The particular means and methods of retaining and carrying an address
tablet card or such like on a cycle as hereinbefore described or illustrated or the
like substantially.
15. In carriers for address labels or such like forming same in one with screwpins
or nuts.
16. The particular means and methods hereinbefore described or illustrated of
forming easily detachable carriers or the like substantially.
17. Means and methods of carrying bags, parcels, etcetera at the back of a
saddle of a cycle or such like vehicle, by carrier frames, straps or bands, attached
to such saddle, or attached to such saddle, its pin, or adjacent part of the frame
(the means usually adopted of strapping tool bags to saddles excepted.
18. Attaching or carrying a carrier for parcels, bags, etcaetera; to, or on, a saddle,
of a cycle or such like vehicle, retaining same by passing a part thereof into the
central, or other slit in the seat in the seat or frame thereof.
19. The particular means and methods of carrying or forming a carrier for attach-
ment to the back of a saddle as herein before described referred to or illustrated
or the like substantially.
20. The particular forms and constructions of carriers for attachment to a lamp
or other bracket as herein before described or illustrated or the like substantially.
21. Means and methods of forming a carrier or carrier frame for carrying on a

page_text: lamp bracket, other than those as described in my Patent No. 5492 of 1894 more
particularly as herein before described.
22. Means and methods of forming a carrier, or carrier frame for carrying on a
bracket other than a lanp bracket, but similar thereto.
23. The particular forms, shapes, and constructions of carriers or carrier frames,
or means and methods of forming carriers for attachment to the handle bars, or
tubes, of the machine, as herein before described, or illustrated, or the like
substantially.
24. A carrier frame, serrated or otherwise with means therto for retaining
articles thereon or thereto by straps, bands, or cords attached to the handles or
machine by spring clips.
25. In brackets for retaining and carrying lamp backs, and brackets for their
sockets, the particular forms and constructions as hereinbefore described, or illus-
trated, or the like substantially.
26. Brackets for retaining lamps, having two arms the compression or extention
of which, by means of a special key, within or against the lamp socket or equivalent,
serves to effectually retain the lamp, and by the compression thereof locking the
brake against rising.
27. Lamp back sockets or equivalents so formed or shaped that they may be
retained to the bracket by the compression or extention of the arms of such bracket.
Dated 30th November 1898.
JAMES THOMAS ELLIS,
Applicant.