Improvements in Stands for Cycles, and for other Purposes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Stands for Cycles, and for other Purposes.
I, CHAPMAN HINSON, of Wigmore Schools, West Bromwich, in the County of
Stafford, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as.
follows:
This invention relates to improvements in stands primarily intended for cycles but
which may be used for other articles, and consists as follows:-
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I will describe it as applied to a cycle:
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The stand consists broadly of two parts which are hinged or similarly connected
to each other, and capable of an opening and closing action so as to clip the lower
part of the wheel of the cycle.
These two parts are in length about equal to say one half of the diameter of the
wheel and suitable in height from the ground to clip the tyre or rim of the said
wheel, their upper portions being suitably shaped for this purpose.
These two parts may be hinged together, or they may be passed one into the other
in such a manner as to produce a hinge like action when the weight of the machine
rests thereon. About midway in the length of each of these two parts is provided
an upward clip like projection, between which and by which, the lowest part of the
wheel is also clipped.
Thus when the wheel is placed between these two parts, its weight resting thereon
only serves to tighten the clips upon the wheel at the three points, by reason of the
feet of the stand-which extend sideways upon the ground-acting like the reins of
a pair of tongs.
If desired, ball bearings or rollers may be further added to these feet, and in some
cases, the stand may thus be used as a training stand, that is it may readily travel
forward with the machine.
These feet may be so shaped that by a slight pressure from the foot the machine
may be readily placed in the device.
The device may be made of any suitable material such as wrought or cast iron,
or of wood &c.
It will be readily seen that the same kind of stand may be applied to the holding
of other articles such as photographs, screens, show cards &c. In such cases the size
and strength of the stand &c. being varied accordingly.
Dated this 25th day of March 1897.
י.
CHARLES T. POWELL
Applicant's Agent.

page_text: Improvements in Stands for Cycles, and for other Purposes.
I, CHAPMAN HINSON, of Wigmore Schools, West Bromwich, in the County
of Stafford, Engineer, 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 stands for holding cycles and other articles, principally
in an erect position, and has for its object, a stand which exerts an automatic
clamping or grip upon the article to be held. The said stand consists of a two-sided
frame provided with suitable grips or jaws and connected and jointed together
after the manner of a pair of levers of the first order, and so arranged that the
weight of the article to be held acts or is utilized as a means or force for operating
upon the levers and applying the grip.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents, in elevation, my invention
applied as a cycle stand and showing a cycle automatically held in an erect position
thereon.
Figure 2 is an end elevation of the said stand, showing the gripping jaws closed
around the cycle wheel.
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Figure 3 is a topside plan of Figure 1.`
Figure 4 represents an end elevation of the said stand showing the gripping jaws
of the jointed together frames opened out, which is effected by bearing upon one
of the rest branches of the levers by the foot or otherwise.
Figure 5 is a plan of the said stand in the same position as represented in
Figure 4.
Figure 6 is a transverse vertical section of the said stand, taken through the
gripping part, whilst Figure 7 is a section taken across the stand at the point
indicated by the dotted lines x¹, Figure 5, but with the jaws shewn in their closed
positions.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the drawings.
The frame consists of two sides a, each with lever ends a¹, connected by
longitudinal tie bars a², and with the upper end of each said lever terminated by a
claw, clip or half-round jaw a³, whilst the lower parts constitute curved rocker
feet at, the two opposed levers at each end are jointedly connected together by
overlapping eyed ears or lugs a³, of the respective levers, through which pins or
riyets a, are passed and constitute fulcra upon which the said levers or sides turn
in opening and closing like jaws, in common with the turning and sliding movement'
of the rest arms of the levers, also upon the ground as a fulcrum, on the foot being
placed upon the turned-up end a", of one of the levers, thereby raising the centre
of gravity of the whole stand and inclining the rest arms as, which are carried
respectively by the middle parts of the longitudinal tie bars a², into the position
represented in Figure 4, with the gripping jaws a³, at the upper ends of the said
levers, widely separated, so that when the wheel b, of a cycle is placed between the
open jaws with the periphery of the tyre resting upon the arms a8, the gravitating
effect of the weight of the machine depresses the said arms, closes the sides of the
frame together and causes the gripping jaws a³, to come together and around the
wheel circumference and to exert a grip thereon which is proportional to the force
set up by the weight of the machine and stand, thereby automatically holding the
said machine in an upright position.
Instead of the levering ends of the frame being jointed together as in the described
arrangement, they may be arranged to cross one another like a pair of tongs, in

page_text: which case the rest arms would be hung from the lever arms above their joint
centres.
Instead of pivoted joints, I may employ, any other form of joint or equivalent
connection which will admit of the parts making the desired movement, and the
parts of the levers which come upon the ground may be provided with rollers, wheels
or balls to facilitate the sliding movements made by them on the opening and
closing of the jaws.
It will be understood that this kind of stand, which may be made of any suitable
material such as wrought or cast iron or other metal, wood or the like, is applicable
to the holding of other articles, such as photographs, screens, show cards and the
like, in which cases the size and strength of the stand is modified to suit the weight
of the article to be held.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First: A cycle or other like stand, consisting of two jointed-together sides or
frames, one or both of which is provided with a rest arm or arms which is or are
depressed or turned by the weight of the articles to be supported and close together
gripping jaws or parts carried by the pivoted frames.
Secondly: A cycle or other like stand, consisting of two jointed together frames
or sides, provided at the ends or other parts with levers having jaws or grips, and also
with a rest arm or arms directed from the said sides and below the centre of jointing
in such a position as to receive the weight of the article to be supported,
substantially as and for the purpose described and set forth in Figures 1 to 7.
Thirdly-The improved stand for cycles and other article, and in the construction,
arrangement and combination of the parts, substantially as herein described and set
forth.
Dated this 95th day of Jon 1000