An Improved Combined Lamp and Luggage Bracket for Cycles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Apr., 1898-Accepted, 18th June, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combined Lamp and Luggage Bracket for Cycles.
I, WYNDHAM WILLIAM LEWIS, of 113, Lightwood Road, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, 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 a combined lamp and luggage bracket adapted for
attachment to the front pillar of a bicycle. It is constructed in such a manner as
to form a carrier of considerable strength and to afford a strong support for any
form of bundle or parcel out of a very light guage of wire.
Referring to the accompanying drawing:-
Out of one rod of steel wire, starting with the root a I form the arm b. I then
bend the rod up, and, forming the loop c I bring the rod down outside the arm b
and so form the nearly vertical stem d. I then bend the rod up to a suitable angle,
and, at a suitable point bend the wire back inside the stem d until at right angles
to the said stem, thus forming the nearly horizontal arm, e. From the point touch-
ing the stem I bend the remaining length of rod inwards to a suitable point to
correspond and run parallel with the arm b, thus formning the arm g, and finish by
bending the end slightly back to form the root t which lies in line and corresponds
with the root a.
Assuming the foregoing to be the right hand side I make the left-hand side of
one rod in a similar manner to correspond.
I now take the right and left sides of the bracket or carrier, as described above
and connect them with the crosspiece h which forms part of or to which is fixed
the lamp bracket k. This I do by passing the roots t through the holes provided
near either end of the crosspiece h, and slipping the latter to the other side of the
stems d.
I then solder the arms e to the respective stems d at the points n.
The roots a and t are screw-threaded.
I brace together the stems & with the loops o in the manner shown or in one
similar.
On the roots a and t I screw stop-nuts or shoulders r.
If the bicycle is provided with the ordinary plunger brake the bracket or carrier
as described is attached to the pillar by setting the loops s between the brake rod
and pillar, passing the roots a and t through the holes in either side of loops s, then
setting on the loops 8¹, and screwing up the flynuts x.
The crosspiece h is provided with slits as shown or some similar arrangement
may be adopted for serving their purpose.
Straps provided with buckles are attached to the crosspiece h through the slits :
and suitable lengths of straps provided with holes are attached to the loops c.
It will be seen that the crosspiece h with lamp bracket kis movable and may be
slid to any position on the arms e: that is, may be adjusted to come against the
bundle or parcel carried, and that when strapped up some of the strain on the
arms e is taken off by the loops c and the stems d. From this method of construc-
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page_text: tion it is obvious that the weight of the object carried is well distributed, and the
utmost supporting strength got from the material used.
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. The improved combined lamp and luggage bracket for cycles substantially
as and for the purpose herein set forth and shown upon the accompanying
drawings.
2nd. The method of construction of the sides forming the carrier or bracket as
shown and described.
3rd. In combination with a luggage bracket or carrier the movable lamp bracket
substantially as shown and described.
WYNDHAM WILLIAM LEWIS.