US1783954A - Automobile handgrip - Google Patents

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Dec, 9, 1930. R. BRODER I AUTOMOBILE HAND GRIP Fiied July 11'. 1929 REUBEN BROUER prises a plurality of twisted flexible cords. The cordsofthe body portion are prevented} fromunravelling "by means of a binding member 14 coiled around each end ofthe cord assembly and thus holding the individual cords in their propertwisted positions. In

' the usual practice .in the art, anumberofthese twisted cords aretwisted together to form a rope-like cord assembly, as best: shown Figure 1, and whilefsuch a cordassembly'is flexible and allows movement intany dire'c tion, it is desirable that an elementof resiliency be imparted, to the cords so-as to-insure their return to their normal elongated con:

dition without any distortion the "fabric cords..'.;For thispurpose fa spring wire has .i been incorporated within each cord and when the cord assembly is fabricated of f our cords, in accordance with the-usual twistingprocess,

the originally straight springwwires in the cords are coiled upand form four open-coil springs positioned concentrically between eachothers coils and running in line with each othersimilarfito amultiple screw thread.

; Each coil spring flexes:in conjunctionwith all the; other springs as a unit and :functions in unisonto provide an-element of resiliency and resistance; to longitudinal, deformation andtoma-intaintheoriginal eloingatedstraight linetorrn of the cord assembly aften-repeated use. 7 Each spring, wire assumes the,exact shape of the cord wherein it is housed. and reenforces the cord along every point of i ts r twisted convolutions and serves to' nraintain shape; of the convolutions. As bestfshown iirFigure 1,l, theseiwires are designatedl res Referring .to Figure-3; it will V 7 @thespring wires 159,153,15 are-located jspective1y 15 153. 15 15%.

some J distance away from the centre 1 of the cordlassemblyrand that the springwire coils drlawn up tightat the point 17 on thepoi'npon. V

are positioned along. a circle drawn through the,:centers of the four cords. The coils maintain this central position; and prevent any unwinding of the twistedrcords. v

best shown in Figure 1, the poinpoii 3 isa fr thegusualiball' shaped fornrand'has a I circular connecting member; 16, vwhich oinvcnmscribes and gr ps the pompo 'i. -Tl1e ends of the connecting member. are twisted Jand" ' 1hetwo ends 18, 19 continue longitudinally onopposite sides andparallel 'toithe; cord assembly 2. i These rparallel c ontin iations are bent to formsright angular extentions 20',- 121, which enter the cord asselnbly and extend through "to the, opposite t respective sides thereof,v and overlap eachlothei' The memher 16 may be madeout of a wire. Q

't split bushing .7; having a pluralityf of corrugations 8, 8, is pressed r against the ' ends 18, 19 of the wire, and clamps them to the" cord assembly and a sleeve 22 isfplaced on the split bushingand is secured theretol'by means of a number of grip members 24:, 24.

zoriginal elongated form indefinitely r L Itisthus readily seen that my re -enforced claim as These members snap in place in corresponding apertures 12, 12, in the split bushing 7.

When the "sleeve 22 is in position, the split bushing is hidden therein. 7

It will thus be noted that the clamping member 23 for the pompo'n has the same appearance'and. operates in, substantially the me e ne i .th ampin mem 6 for the attaching device, ln'the illustrationst the body portion or co rdsassemblyw is shown asmade up of four cords, When more cords are used, it maybe desirable-in order to prevent unnecessary stillness of the cordjassembly to place the freenforcin'g sprin'gfwires in only four of the c s f n eig t 0 d .i e nb y, st *m clainrsucha modification as within the scope of thepresent invention. r "Us if a; f lVhen. a non-reenforced hand .grip: "is in actual usethere is a' tendency to distort vthe cord assembly and toY destroy its original straight line form. In: hand grips of my d8? sign, the reeni0rcing' springs; return when .flexed and .returnthe; cord assembly to its hand grips arer esilient and servei First, to

maintain the original elongated straight line form j second, to maintain theshape of the convolutions; andthird, to prevent .unwin dingofthe twistedicords i M a Having; thus described my inventiongl' "Patent l .1. "A body oricord vehicle hand grin-comprising a plurality of new andclesire to secure 'byLetters twisted. cords having aspr ng-wire within each cordand the saidplurality of cords and wires twisted together in ,a rope like assem .bly, each spring wire formed of; the samecone 1 i volutions as its respective cordandforming a coil spring to maintainthe'shape of the re-i VSPBCUVG convolutlons and to impart resiliency to saldhand gr p. 1

2; A body portion or vehicle hand grip, comprisinga'pluralityof twisted cords, some of the-cords hzwing reenforcingrspring wires therein, and the wires "twisted together with the cords to iorm coil ssembily for imparting 0116 ,reenforcing' spring'means within-each cord and'of thesame convolutions as the bodyportion, binding'lmeansat-each end of said body portion to-prevent unravelling of the twisted m erials, aib ck t se u ed-i sw e ing t me e139

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