An Improved Bicycle Stand and Home Trainer.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left. 13th July, 1894-Accepted. 18th Aug.,
1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Bicycle Stand and Home Trainer.
WILLIAM ROBERT RAY 38 Keildon Road Clapham Common S. W. Foreman
Tailor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an apparatus for use with bicycles, which will serve as
a stand and also when desired as a support, allowing a rider to practice at home.
The stand is formed with a base, of square, circular, or oval shape, formed with
slots at each side, which serve to carry the standards. One, two or more slots are
employed at each side, and the two standards (of wood or metal) employed are
formed with ends which will fit closely in these slots. They are fixed in these
slots by means of nuts and bolts, or thumb screws. The standards may also be
fitted to the base by being simply placed in the slots.
These standards are formed with perforations at a suitable height in which the
ends of the axle are placed when to be fitted to the stand. The wheel is thus
raised a suitable distance from the ground. The standards are of sufficient length
to extend for some distance above the wheel, so that when the wheel is inserted
they may be connected firmly together, by a bolt and nut or other convenient
device, making a rigid support for the bicycle.
The back wheel with chain and pedals attached will thus be suspended clear of
the ground, and will enable a beginner to learn to pedal, balance, and sit on the
bicycle without the risk incurred when commencing in the ordinary manner.
The slots in the base will allow the standards to be adjusted in position to suit
the width of any safety bicycle and to be altered as required for the front or back
wheel, which is necessary owing to the rear wheel carrying the driving mechanism,
therefore requiring more room.
When used simply as a stand, it allows the wheel to revolve freely and thus is
convenient for cleaning and oiling the various parts, and also for inflating and
repairing pueumatic tyres.
When used for training, a roller carried by a spring fitted to the floor or stand
can be employed for giving the required resistance.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings illustrating the invention,
Figs. 1 & 2 are plans of two forms of the base,
Fig. 3 shows the standards,
Fig. 4 the stand supporting a bicycle and
Fig. 5 the stand with bicycle, used as a home trainer.
A is the base formed with the holes a or recesses a¹ in which the ends of the
standards B are placed. The standards are fixed by means of the screws or bolts C
firmly securing them to the base. The back wheel of the bicycle D is fitted
between the standards as shown in Figs. 4 & 5.
Dated this 20th day of Auril 1894.

page_text: An Improved Bicycle Stand and Home Trainer.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT RAY of 38 Keildon Road, Clapham Common,
London, S. W. 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 relates to an apparatus for use with cycles, which will serve as a
stand and also as a home trainer." The stand is formed with a base of square,
cross, circular, oval or other suitable shape, formed with slots at each side which
serve to carry the standards. One, two, or more slots are employed at each side,
and the two standards or posts (of wood or metal) employed are formed with ends
which will fit closely in these slots. They are fixed in the slots by means of nuts
and bolts, thumb or ordinary screws or other means. The standards may also be
fitted to the base by being simply placed in the slots. These standards are formed
with perforations or recesses at a suitable height in which the ends of the wheel
axle are placed. The wheel is thus raised a suitable distance from the ground.
The standards may be of two lengths, the shorter serving simply as a stand, and
formed with a notch at top to receive the wheel axle. The longer standards are of
sufficient length to extend for some distance above the wheel, so that when the
wheel is inserted they may be connected firmly together, by a bolt and nut or
other convenient device, making a rigid support for the cycle.
The back wheel with chain and pedals attached will thus be suspended clear of
the ground, and will enable a beginner to learn to pedal, balance, and sit on the
bicycle without the risk incurred when commencing in the ordinary manner.
The slots in the base will allow the standards to be adjusted in position to suit
the width of any bicycle wheel and to be altered as required for the front or back
wheel, which is necessary owing to the rear wheel carrying the driving mechanism,
therefore requiring more room.
When used simply as a stand, it allows the wheel to revolve freely and thus is
convenient for cleaning and oiling the various parts, and for inflating and repairing
pneumatic tyres. It will also hold the wheel when detached from the machine
thereby retaining the wheel in position while putting on outer covering.
When used for training, a roller carried by a spring fitted to the floor or stand
can be employed for giving the required resistance.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings illustrating the invention,
Figs. 1 and 2 are plans of two forms of the base, and
Fig. 3 shows the standards
Figs. 4 and 5 the stand ready for use,
Fig. 6 the stand with bicycle used as a home trainer,
Fig. 7 the posts used in training and
Fig. 8 the friction roller to bear on the cycle wheel.
A is the base, shown in Fig. 1 of oval shape, and in the other figures in the
shape of a cross, which I find preferable. A number of slots B is formed in the
base, which serve to hold the standards C of wood or other suitable material, with
ends c rebated to fit the slots if found desirable. As shown in Fig. 1 two slots are
provided at one side of the base and one at the other, permitting the distance
between the standards to be varied to suit varying widths of machine. Screws or
bolts are shown which can be used to fix the standards in place.
As shown in Fig. 2 in the cross shaped base, two slots are formed in opposite
arms in any of which the standards can be fitted allowing them to be adjusted for
greater variations of width. Any other number of slots may be employed found
suitable.

page_text: As shown in Fig. 4 the wheel D, when the apparatus is used simply as a stand,
is supported by the spindle being placed in the notches c' at top of the posts. The
posts C¹ shown in Figs. 6 and 7 are of greater length and are for the purpose of
holding the cycle more securely in order to permit a rider to train or to learn to
pedal properly. These posts project above the top of the wheel a short distance
and the ends are connected by a bolt c² screwed or otherwise secured. The spindle
of the driving wheel is carried by the hole c³, the wheel thus being held firmly at
a suitable distance above the ground. The standards are placed in the slots and
the wheel then fitted, the posts being afterwards connected together at top. On
the base is fixed the small spring arm E carrying the friction roller e which
when the cycle is fixed bears upon the periphery of the wheel, as shown in Fig. 6,
giving the required resistance to the pedalling.
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 :-
(1.) An improved stand for bicycles, consisting of a base, having a number of
slots into which can fit two detachable standards provided with means for retaining
the spindle of the cycle wheel, substantially as and for the purposes specified.
(2.) An improved stand for bicycles, consisting of a base having three or more
slots in two of which two detachable standards can be held, adjustable in position,
and provided with means by which the spindle of a cycle wheel can be held, and
screws or bolts for fixing the said standards to the base substantially as described
and for the purposes specified.
(3.) An improved stand for bicycles suitable as a home trainer, consisting of a
base with slots in which two detachable adjustable standards are held, the standards
being perforated to receive a wheel spindle and connected together at top, above
the wheel, by a bolt, substantially as described and shown and for the purposes
specified.
Dated this 13th day of July 1894
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.