An improved grip handle and other fittings for exercising apparatus and like purposes / [Frederick William Croucher].

  • Croucher, Frederick William.
Date:
1903
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Credit: An improved grip handle and other fittings for exercising apparatus and like purposes / [Frederick William Croucher]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    N° 8157 A.D. 1903 Date of Application, 10th Feb., 1903—Accepted, 7th May, 1903 '• COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. ■ An Improved Grip Handle and other Fittings for Exercising Apparatus and like purposes. I, Frederick William Croucher, of Avondale Road, Fleet, Hants, Manu¬ facturer of Athletic Appliances, do hereby declare the nature of this inven¬ tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement: — 5 This invention refers to chest expanders and other exercising apparatus. The present handle of such apparatus consists of a wooden gripping handle grasped by the hand, and held at a right angle to the pull by a three-sided metal loop, the return ends of which enter the ends of the wood handle, and which loop is usually formed of strong wire, and has one or more rings or eyes on its other 10 end to receive the ends of the elastic, or other cords, or spiral springs. My improvements consists in forming an additional wood or metal grip held between two extension bars projected from and rigidly attached to the first grip handle, and swivelled on the return ends of the metal loop, which connects and supports said gripping part. My other improved fittings consist of an 15 improved cleat or cord adjuster and of connecting hooks and eyes and the like. I will now describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: — Fig. 1:—shows an elevation of the usual wire loop and handle with my im¬ provement added thereto. 20 Fig. 2:—shows a side view of same. Fig. 3:—shows a hand operating the extension handle. The dotted lines show the wrist action. It also shows the new handle con¬ nected to an elastic cord with my improved adjustable cleat i and my improved wall plate and connecting hooks. 25 Fig. 4:—shows the adjustable cleat and cord in a different position with a longer stretch of the double cord, and also the improved connecting hooks. Fig. 5:—shows a section of my improved adjustable cleat with cord in posi¬ tion, and displays its three internal passages. Fig. 6:—show's sections of tw'o other forms of the cleat. 30 Fig. T:—shows a front and side viewr of a combined thimble and hook. Fig. 8:—show's a front and side view of a combined thimble and swivel hook used in connection with loop a. Fig. 9:—shows a wall plate combined with a swivel hook. The dotted lines in Fig. 1. show a dumb-bell of wTood or iron substituted 35 for the ordinary wood handle f. The dotted lines in Fig. 2 show my extension at right angles to the line of resistance. a-_is the wire loop or frame of the handle as now made. b :—is the gripping part of same. c:_is one of the return ends of the loop a. 40 d _are my extension bars which are rnade rigid with b, but sw'ivel on the (><qpds ,<?. [■P^e Sd.ri u-