Improvements in or appertaining to Cyclists' Training Apparatus.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Cyclists' Training Apparatus.
'A communication by Mrs. ANTONIE AHRENS, of 3, Ehrengutstrasse, Munich, in
the Empire of Germany, Married Woman..
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, and 6, Bank Street, Manchester,
both in the County of Lancaster, 118, New Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, and 322, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
"
This invention has for its object certain improvements in bicycle training
apparatus, known as "home trainers and is intended to afford a cyclist oppor-
tunity for training himself in his home with his own bicycle. The apparatus
is very simple, easily portable and may be erected in any room.
On a rear foundation plate which is placed at right angles to the cycle two
longitudinal bars are fastened which have slots at their front ends in order to
allow of a front foundation plate, which carries a support for the front wheel, to
be suitably adjusted according to the length of the cycle. Whilst the front
wheel is mounted on a fixed support the back wheel rests on a roller having an
adjustable brake device. The cycle is held upright by means of struts pivotally
connected with the foundation plates and carrying at their upper ends tubular
clamps. The front clamp embraces the handlebar tube, whilst the rear clamp
loosely embraces the saddle support bar so that the latter can adjust itself in the
clamp, when the cylist mounts his cycle, corresponding to the resilient action of
the pneumatic tyre. The rear clamp is of course mounted pivotally between the
two rear struts. The ends of the latter are provided with holes lying one behind
the other in order to allow of the clamp being suitably adjusted therein. Another
strut is also pivotally mounted on the front foundation plate and connected with
the lower frame tube of the cycle and consists of two mutually adjustable parts
capable of being fixed, and its object is to prevent any longitudinal displacement
of the cycle.
If the cyclist desires to train he only requires to insert his cycle in the apparatus
and to adjust the brake device according to will and requirements.
The main advantage of the apparatus is that the cyclist can train at any time
with his own cycle in his own home.

page_text: Improvements in or appertaining to Cyclists' Training Apparatus,
A communication by Mrs. ANTONIE AHRENS, of 3, Ehrengutstrasse, Munich, in
the Empire of Germany, Married Woman.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, and 6, Bank Street, Manchester,
both in the County of Lancaster, 118, New Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, and 322, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Civil 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 has for its object certain improvements in bicycle training
apparatus, known as home trainers and is intended to afford a cyclist oppor-
tunity for training himself in his home with his own bicycle.
The apparatus
is very simple, easily portable and may be erected in any room.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a plan view; and
Figure 2, a side elevation of the apparatus.
On a rear foundation plate a which is placed at right angles to the cycle, two 1
longitudinal bars are fastened which have slots s at their front ends in order
to allow of a front foundation plate at which carries a support e for the front
wheel, to be suitably adjusted according to the length of the cycle. Whilst
the front wheel is mounted on a fixed support the back wheel rests on a roller g,
The cycle is held upright by means of struts & pivotally connected at e with the 2
foundation plates a and a¹ and carrying at their upper ends tubular clamps
and f. The front clamp f embraces the handlebar tube whilst the rear clamp f
loosely embraces the saddle support bar so that the latter can adjust itself in the
clamp, when the cyclist mounts his cycle, corresponding to the resilient action
of the pneumatic tyre. The rear clamp fl is of course mounted pivotally between 2
the two rear struts d. The ends of the latter are provided with holes lying one
behind the other in order to allow of the clamp being suitably adjusted therein..
Another strut is also pivotally mounted c the front foundation plate and con-
nected with the lower frame tube of the cycle and consists of two mutually adjust-
able parts capable of being fixed, and its object is to prevent any longitudinal ;
displacement of the cycle.
The main advantage of the apparatus is that the cyclist can train at any time
with his own cycle in his own home by inserting the cycle in the apparatus.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to a
me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is:-
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A training apparatus for cyclists consisting of two foundation plates (a and a¹)
connected with one another by means of bars (b) and adjustable relative to one
another, struts (d d¹) pivoted on the foundation plates and adapted to hold the
cycle at various points, a fixed support (c) for the front wheel, and a roller (g),
arranged as a revoluble support for the back wheel, substantially as herein before
described.