AMENDED). A New or Improved Apparatus for Holding a Bicycle Erect when Stationary.
Year: 1897

page_text: This Print is in accordance with the Original Specification as it stands after
Amendment (under Section 11 of the Patents, &c. Act, 1883) as required by
the decision of the Comptroller General, of the 1st day of July 1898.
Date of Application, 24th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 22nd Jan., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED).
A New or Improved Apparatus for Holding a Bicycle Erect when
Stationary.
I, SAMUEL NEUMANN, G, Seidenstrasse, Stuttgart, Germany, Cafetier, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention relates to an apparatus for supporting a bicycle when not in
motion. The apparatus is also capable of being used as a permanent bicycle
stand.
And in order that my invention may be properly understood I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, whereon,
Fig. 1 is a view showing the apparatus resting upon the ground.
Fig. 2 is a view of the apparatus in perspective to an enlarged scale.
Fig. 3 is a view of the apparatus as it appears when folded up.
As is apparent from Figs. 2 and 3 the novelty of the invention consists in the
combination of a fork-shaped frame a and a forcing lever b. The frame is formed
of two standards c of channel section which run in a parallel direction to one
another and are slightly bent. The frame is so fitted to the front wheel e as to be
capable of rotating upon the lengthened axle d. The two standards are joined at
their lower ends by a plate f upon which, when the bicycle is stationary, the front
wheel e rests. The upper end of one of the standards is connected to the forcing
lever by means of the screw g in such a manner that a turning movement of the
lever 6 is permitted. The upper end of the forcing lever & passes through a bayonet
socket h, as shown at Figs. 1 and 3, which is attached by a secure fixture to the
fork i of the frame of the machine. The lever b is capable of a turning movement
within the socket. A pin is fixed to the upper part of the lever b and is capable
of being locked into the bayonet slot of the socket h so as to hold the apparatus
firmly in position when the same has been folded up.
To facilitate manipulation the lever b is provided with a knob k at its upper end.
The modus operandi is as follows:-
When the rider has dismounted he disengages the pin and then presses upon
the handle whereupon the frame a falls down. The front wheel e is now slightly
raised so as to allow the plate f to fall automatically underneath the wheel.
During this movement of the plate f a lock, below the screw bolt g as shown at
Fig. 2, locks with a snap and secures together the fork of the front wheel and
the frame a. When the rider wishes to use his machine again he opens the lock o,
by means of a special key, and then depresses the lever b so as to turn up the
device a to the position shown at Fig. 3; thereafter he gives the lever b a twist
so as to lock the pin in the bayonet slot of the socket h.

page_text: One advantage to be derived from the use of the apparatus, as hereinbefore
described, over the apparatuses as hitherto used consists in the fact that it not
only forms a bicycle stand but that it places increased difficulties in the way of
a person stealing the machine. The apparatus can be applied to both wheels if
so desired.
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 I wish it to
be understood that I am aware of the Specification of Letters Patent No. 135739
granted to Thomas Edmund Liddiard and that I do not claim anything described
or claimed therein, but what I consider novel and desire to claim is:-
In apparatus for holding bicycles erect when not in motion, the combination
with a swinging supporting frame such as described of a forcing rod arrangement
for folding up or lowering down the same whenever desired, substantially as
set forth.
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H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.