A Detachable Railway Label for Bicycles and other Vehicles.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Detachable Railway Label for Bicycles and other Vehicles.
We, HORACE WALTER DOVER (Engineer), and PICKERING PHIPPS (Gentleman),
both of The Dorman Engineering Company, Mayorhold, Northampton, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a detachable railway address label
for cycles and other vehicles and it consists essentially of a tablet of celluloid,
xylonite, or similar material shaped so as to partially embrace the handle bar
or one of the tubular members of the frame of the machine and furnished with a
pair of lateral extensions (in one with the tablet) forming a clip adapted to be
sprung on to and grip the handle bar or other part to which the label is applied.
This clip is re-inforced by a steel spring embedded in the thickness of the tablet,
the exposed ends of the spring embracing the clips externally so that the cellu-
loid clips alone will come into contact with the handle bar or frame to which the
label is applied.
The tablet, with its clip extensions, may be formed by stamping or otherwise
from a sheet of "seasoned" celluloid, xylonite, or the like and by bending or
moulding the blank thus obtained upon a suitable mandrel. The tablet portion
may consist of two superposed layers cemented together and holding between
them the steel spring or springs above mentioned. The pair of clips is at the
middle of the tablet, the length of the tablet and the extent to which it embraces
the handle bar or other part to which it is applied being such as to prevent any
tendency of the label to cant or twist.
The smooth surface of the tablet is well adapted for writing upon with ink
which can nevertheless be readily washed off as required. A raised margin
may be formed around the tablet whereby risk of damage to the inscription by
abrasion or otherwise will be reduced. The tablet in one form is panelled or cut
away so as to expose the spring which passes between loops on the tablet and is
thereby securely held in place.
A Detachable Railway Label for Bicycles and other Vehicles.
We, HORACE WALTER DOVER (Engineer), and PICKERING PHIPPS (Gentleman),
both of The Dorman Engineering Company, Mayorhold, Northampton, do hereby
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page_text: declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The object of this invention is to provide a detachable address label for applica-
tion to cycles when in transit by railway and it consists essentially of a tablet
of celluloid, xylonite, or similar material shaped so as to partially embrace the
handle bar or a tubular member of the frame of the machine and furnished with
a pair of lateral extensions (in one with the tablet) forming a clip adapted to be
sprung on to and grip the handle bar or frame. This clip is reinforced by a
steel spring so applied that whilst the spring is covered by the tablet its ends
embrace the celluloid clips so that the latter alone will come into contact with
the handle bar or frame which will therefore not be liable to be scratched.
The combined tablet and clip is illustrated in the accompanying drawing
forming part of this specification in which Figure 1 is a cross section and Figure 2
a longitudinal section of the tablet drawn to an enlarged scale.
A is the tablet and B are the lateral extensions thereof, forming the clips the
whole being formed by stamping or cutting from a sheet of seasoned cellu-
loid xylonite or the like, and by pressing or moulding the blank thus obtained
in a suitable mould. The tablet portion A is of suitable length for the inscrip-
tion it is intended to receive and of a breadth about equal to one-third of the
circumference of the handle bar to which it conforms in transverse curvature
so as to closely embrace the same without any tendency to cant or twist. The
tablet is formed with a raised rim or margin a which protects the inscription
on the slightly sunk surface of the tablet from abrasion, the edges a¹ at the rear
side of the tablet being bent inwards as shewn so that these edges and the clips
are the only parts which come in contact with the handle bar.
The clips or extensions B are at the middle of the length of the tablet and
are slitted as at b to give passage to a steel spring C tempered to the curvature
of the tablet and clips, the middle portion of the spring passing beneath the
tablet whilst the ends embrace the clips externally so that the spring is securely
retained in position without other fastening. The edges a¹ of the tablet afford
space for the spring beneath the tablet and prevent contact of the spring with
the handle bar whilst the ends of the spring being outside the clips the latter
will alone come in contact with the surface of the bar in springing the tablet
on and off.
The smooth surface of the tablet is well adapted for writing on with ink or for
the reception of an adhesive label, the writing or label being readily removable
by washing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
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The herein described detachable label formed of a tablet of celluloid or the
like, with lateral clips or extensions in combination with a steel spring passed
through slits in the clips so as to lie beneath the tablet and reinforce the clips
externally substantially as specified.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.