US604216A - Paul raczek - Google Patents

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P. RAOZEK.

VELOOIPEDE HANDLE.

No. 604,216. Patented May 17,1898.

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PAUL RACZEK, OF BROOKLYN, NEl/V YORK, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN S. LENGS SON & 00., OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

VELOCIPEDE-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,216, dated May 17, 1898.

Application filed November 11, 1896- Serial No. 611 ,697. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL RAOZEK, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Velocipede-Handles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in velocipede-handles, the object being to provide handles which will be very strong, light in weight, inexpensive to manufacture, and in which the several parts of each handle may be easily and permanently glued or cemented together, and,furthermore,to provide handles which may be firmly secured to the handlebar against 11 nintentional displacement thereon or removal therefrom.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 represents a side view of my improved handle and a portion of the handlebar to which it is attached. Fig. 2 is a vertical central longitudinal section through the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 represents in longitudinal vertical central section a modified form of handle in which the tubular core consists of a single section.

The handle-bar to which the handle is to be applied is denoted by A. The handle is made up of a tubular core upon which is secured the grip, the core and grip being engaged by suitable tips or ferrules at their opposite ends.

Proceeding to describe the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, respectively, the tubular core of the handle consists of an outer tubular section B and an inner tubular section B, telescoping within the section B. These two sections are made of paper and are of about the same length, the interior diameter of the inner section corresponding in size to the exterior diameter of the handle-bar A, so that the endof the handle-bar A may be inserted within the core and the core secured thereto. The outer tip or ferrule of the handle is denoted by C and is of cup form. The said tip 0 is provided on its interior with an abutment 0, against which the end of the tubular core rests, the said tip 0 extending along the exterior of the core for a short distance, as shown at c.

The inner tip or ferrule of the handle is denoted by D, and it is provided with acentral opening (1, through which the handle-bar A is adapted to pass when the handle is inserted 5 5 in position thereon. The ferrule or tip D is provided with a suitable abutment d, against which the inner end of the tubular core of the handle abuts, and the said tip extends along the exterior of the said tubular core a short distance, as shown at (1 The grip portion of the handle is denoted by E, and it is secured to the tubular core between the ends of the two tips 0 and D and is of such size as to form an extension of the exterior walls of the said tips. The said grip portion E of the handle may be formed of any suitable material pressed into the required shape.

The tips O and D may be made of any suitable material-such, for example, as a celluloid or rubber composition molded into shape, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, inclusive, .or a metal tip provided with a suitable composition covering, as shown in Fig. 4c.

In the form shown in Fig. 4: the tubular core of the handle consists ofa single section B instead of two telescopic sections, as shown in the other figures. Otherwise this form is quite similar to that already described.

It is well known in the art that it is very difficult to secure the tips and grip portion of the handle together in such a manner as to withstand the hard usage to which they are subjected, and it is also well known that it is extremely difficult to secure the handle to the handle-bar, a great many manufacturers goin g to the further expense of screw-threading the handle-bar and providing the handle with a metal screw-threaded core, so as to insure the proper fastening of the handle in position.

By providing my handle with a tubular paper core I am enabled to permanently cement the tips and grip portion thereto and am also enabled to permanently cement the said tubu- 5 lar core to the handle-bar, thereby procuring an extended engagement .of the handle with the handle-bar for doing away with any lia bility of the handle becoming displaced.

By forming the tubular core in two sections, as in my preferred form, the liability of the handle to be bent or forced out of shape be fore it is applied to the handle-bar is reduced to a minimum.

It is evident that slight changes may be resorted to in the construction and arrangement of the several parts Without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not Wish to limit myself strictly to the structure herein set forth; but

What I claim is A handle comprising a tubular paper core, an outer cup-shaped tip overlapping one end of the core and having an annular abutment Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, GEORGE BARRY, Jr.

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