Improvements in Stands or Supports for Bicycles and other Velocipedes.
Year: 1896

page_text: ROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stands or Supports for Bicycles and other
Velocipedes.
I, WILLIAM HENRY HOWARD of the Royal County Cycle Works, 42 Broad Street
Wokinghain, Berkshire, Cycle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my
said invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in the stands used for
supporting bicycles and other velocipedes in such a manner as to allow of the
wheels being revolved whilst cleaning or effecting a slight repair.
According to my invention, I mount two or more supports upon a base and
preferably cast in one piece therewith. These supports or standards are of
varying length and are provided with suitable clips, resting places and the like, by
which and on which the cycle is placed and held in position.
The clip for holding the lower front tube of the cycle is formed separate from
the standard and is provided with a slotted plate through which a screw bolt passes
and is secured in position by a thumb screw. By this means the position of the
clip is rendered adjustable to the particular angle of the tube which it is desired
to grasp and support.
A fork is pivoted to one of the standards for the purpose of retaining the front
or steering wheel in alignment with the frame and in which fork the wheel is
capable of revolving.
The standards or supports may be braced together as found desirable.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stands or Supports for Bicycles and other
Velocipedes.
I, WILLIAM HENRY HOWARD, of the Royal County Cycle Works, 42 Broad Street
Wokingham Berkshire, Cycle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my
said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in stands used for
supporting bicycles and other velocipedes, in such a manner as to allow of the
wheels being revolved while cleaning or effecting a slight repair.

page_text: And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and
ascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which
similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a perspective elevation, showing one side of the stand or support,
and Fig. 2 is a similar view of the other side, with a portion of a lady's bicycle
shown by dotted lines.
a is the base, and b b' are two standards, connected by a cross bar c, all
(preferably) cast in one. The standard 6 carries at its upper end a curved plate d
for supporting the crank bracket. The standard 61 carries an adjustable clip e,
which is held to the standard by means of the thumb screw f passing through the
slot e¹ formed in the clip.
The clip is formed with two jaws e and e³, the jaw e
jaw pivoted at e*.
being fixed and the
The jaw es is adjustable by means of the thumb screw e. The clip e is applied
to the lower front tube g of the cycle, in the jaws of which the tube g is firmly
held, the clip being adjusted to the angle of the tube g. h is a fork attached to
the standard b', whereby the front or steering wheel k is retained in alignment
with the frame.
In using the apparatus the crank bracket is placed upon the support d. The
clipe is adjusted to the angle of the tube g and clamped in such a manner as to
raise both wheels a short distance above the ground.
The fork is then placed in position with respect to the mudguard of the
'steering wheel k, as shown in Fig 2. Both wheels can then be freely turned, as
required.
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 :-
1. The improved stand or support for bicycles and other velocipedes substantially
as described.
2. In a stand or support for bicycles and other velocipedes, the combination
of a base a, fixed standards bb', fixed plate or support d carried by the standard b,
adjustable clipe and fork h carried by the standard b'. together operating
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
drawings.
Dated 20th May 1807