Improved Means for Securing or Supporting Bicycles for Storage, or during Transit in Railway Vans.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 19th Nov., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Securing or Supporting Bicycles for Storage,
or during Transit in Railway Vans.
I, GEORGE BROWNE, of 10, Hills Road, Cambridge, in the County of Cambridge-
shire, Captain in the Suffolk Regiment, 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:—
This invention relates to improved means for securing or supporting bicycles
for storage, or during transit in railway vans, and has for object to secure bicycles
in such a manner that they will occupy a minimum amount of space and be prac-
tically free from liability to become damaged whilst being stored, or during transit
in the luggage vans of railway trains.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the course of the
subjoined description.
In order to accomplish the above objects, the invention consists in certain novel
features and details of construction and arrangement of parts, whereby advantages
in point of simplicity and efficiency are attained, as hereinafter fully described,
illustrated in the drawings, and finally embodied in the claims.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings,
Fig. 1, is an elevational view of the main portion of my invention the bicycle
supported thereby being indicated by dotted lines.
Fig. 2, a transverse section of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3, is a section upon line ab, Fig. 1, while
Fig. 4, is a front elevational view of the invention complete.
Referring to the drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate corre-
sponding parts throughout the figures, a represents a wooden or other bar which
is supported by standards 6 or their equivalent situated at the sides or other con-
venient part of the luggage van, for instance. The said bar a is preferably held
in position by means of the thumb-screws a¹. Passing through vertical openings
in the said bar a are rods c, having one flat side in section and capable of a vertical
movement in such bar. These rods have each a head c¹ at their upper extremities
and a saddle-like clutch 2 at their other ends, which clutches are lined with
leather or other yielding material upon their inner faces, and engage the heads
of the bicycles when in operation. The said rods c are regulated in height by
means of the set-screws e which pass through one side of the bar a and engage
with the flat surface of the said rods.
In operation the bicycles & are wheeled beneath the rods
adjusted in height to suit that of the said bicycles, by means of the before-
C, which are then
mentioned set-screws e. By this height-adjusting means the said rods can be
raised or lowered until the clutches are caused to pass over and grip the central
portion of the bicycle heads, the yielding linings preventing damage to such
bicycles. When the clutches are in position over the heads of the bicycles,
the rods c are pressed well down and maintained in the desired position by means
of the set-screws e, by this means holding the bicycles d rigidly and securely in
an upright position.

page_text: 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:
In means for securing or supporting bicycles for storage, or during transit in
railway vans, the over-head bar à in combination with depending rods c sliding
in vertical openings in said bar and having heads c¹ and clutches lined with
yielding material, said rods being flat upon one side in section and capable of
adjustment in height by means of set-screws e, all arranged, combined and operat-
ing, substantially as described, and as illustrated by the drawings.
Dated this 24th day of September 1898.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.