Improvements in Cycle Rests or Supports.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 9th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 18th July, 1896-Accepted, 28th Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cycle Rests or Supports.
I, HENRY HOWLAND, of 33 Chinnor Road, Thame, in the County of
Oxfordshire, Surveyor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in cycle rests or supports, and is intended
for the purpose of holding a cycle in a safe position when not in motion; it is
constructed on a light and ornamental principle; easy to adjust and simple in its
arrangements.
In carrying my invention into practice I construct a light steel rod or tube with
two clips these said clips are intended to be fixed to any part of the frame of
a cycle by means of bolts and nuts. The aforesaid steel rod or tube is provided
with an elongated slot this said slot at one end is cut into a recess. Inside the tube
I insert a sliding bolt with a sleeve attached thereto. To the sleeve I connect the
rest or support by means of a universal joint with loose pivots; on or in a vertical
slot cut in the upper portion of the rest or support I provide a slide and set screw,
the said slide having a block with a square hole and set screw. In the square hole
is inserted one end of a wire clutch or clip and secured in the block by a
set screw.
The object of the wire clutch or clip is to engage with a pedal of a cycle
in order to support the same, and the slide may be adjusted to suit the height of
any pedal.
The rest or support at the base is provided with two prongs or spikes.
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant..
Improvements in Cycle Rests or Supports.
I, HENRY HOWLAND, of 33 Chinnor Road, Thame, in the County of
Oxfordshire, Surveyor, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in cycle rests or supports, and is intended
for the purpose of holding a cycle in a safe position when not in motion; it is
constructed on a light and ornamental principle; easy to adjust and simple in its
arrangements.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawings thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1, is a plan of the rod or tube with a slot.
Fig. 2, is an elevation of the rod or tube with rest or support attached to

page_text: Fig. 3, is a section drawn to an enlarged scale on line A. B.
Fig. 4, is a side view of the sliding tube and box with a set screw.
Fig. 5, is an end view of Fig. 4, with the support in section.
Fig. 6, is a perspective view of a bicycle with the rest or support in its normal
position.
Fig. 7, is a perspective view of a bicycle with the rest or support placed in
position.
Jn carrying my invention into practice I construct a light steel rod or tube a
with two clips b these said clips b are intended to be fixed to any part of the frame
of a cycle by means of bolts and nuts c. The aforesaid steel rod or tube a is
provided with an elongated slot d this said slot at both ends is cut into recesses e.
Inside the tube a I insert a sliding bolt f with a sleeve g attached thereto. To the
sleeve g 1 connect the rest or support h by means of a joint i with loose pivot j;
on or in a vertical slot k cut in the upper portion of the rest or support I provide
a slide the said slide having a block o with a pin n' and on the pin n¹ is loosely
placed the eye m of the clutch p the said eye is secured by a washer n and the top
of the pin n' being rivetted over or clenched. The wire clutch p works loosely on
the pin n with an eye p¹ at the other end or extreme point which engages with
eye p on the wire p" fixed to the base of the rest or support h. The object of
the wire clutch or clip p is to engage with a pedal of a cycle in order to support
the same, and the slide / may be adjusted to suit the height of any pedal, and the
object, of the two eyes pl and pl is to allow the clutch to be secured by a padlock t.
The rest or support at the base is provided with two prongs or spikes q, these
said spikes may be covered with india rubber as per dotted lines g': The sliding
bolt is made to run easy in the outer case or tube a, the said tube a is made: fast
to the bicycle frame r and when placed in its normal position as in Fig. 6, the
slide is run up the case or tube a and the lower end or support is dropped into
a small clutch s.
To place the support in position to hold a machine the said rest and sliding bolt
is run down the slot into the recess and the clutch p placed over the pedal or pedal
bar as in Fig. 7, secured by a padlock or otherwise; in this position the machine
is quite stationary and stands secure.
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. In cycle rests or supports, the combination of the case or tube a clips 6 bolt
and nuts c slot d and recesses e in slot d, with the sliding bolt f sleeve g joint i
pivot j rest or support slot k slide l eye' m washer n pin n¹ block o clutch p eye pl
wire eye p and prongs or spikes q, substantially as herein described and
according to the accompanying drawings.
2. In cycle rests or supports, the combination of the various parts of the
apparatus as illustrated in the accompanying drawings and hereinbefore described
in the above specification.
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3. In cycle rests or supports, the combination of a support with a clutch and
slide and set screw, jointed to a sleeve, substantially as described.
4. In cycle rests or supports, the combination of a slide and sleeve sliding up a
slot in a case or tube with the clips and bolts and nuts, substantially as described.
Dated this 18th day of July 1896.
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.