Improved Apparatus for Packing Bicycles in Railway Vans, applicable also for storing purposes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 28th Oct., 1897-Accepted, 4th Dec., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Packing Bicycles in Railway Vans, applicable
also for storing purposes..
I, EBENEZER GOOLD, Junior, Clovelly Lodge, Adelaide Road, Leamington, Master
in Arts, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This apparatus is designed to prevent injury to bicycles in transit in luggage
vans.
At the end of the van, at a height of about 30 inches, are a series of bars or rods
for use lengthwise. They are either hinged or attached by rings on a rod or fastened
by a peg or bent end into a hole and are about 7 inches apart.
The unfastened end has a fork or opening of about 1in wide by 3 in deep,
protected on the inside with pads of rubber with or without a spring or lock.
When the rod is in place the 'head' of the bicycle enters this opening.
Another short bar or rod is hinged or otherwise attached to the side of the van at
right angles to the first bar & hooks thereinto to prevent lateral movement; and
each lengthwise bar has a small rod attached to its side by means of which each bar
is fastened to its neighbour in a line parallel with the end of the van.
The lengthwise bars or rods vary in length, so that the fork of the 2nd bar is
further from the end of the van than the fork of the 1st; & the 3rd further than
the 2nd. The 4th, 5th & 6th are similarly placed & so on in series of three, so
that the handle bars of the bicycles do not interfere with each other & the bicycles
may be moved in & out separately.
For further stability a 'foot' is provided formed of two projecting sides or flanges
to embrace about th of the arc of the wheel. This portion is grooved into a frame
and provided with a rubber strap so as to be adjustable within a few inches to take
different sizes of wheels.
For a second row of bicycles, above the first, vertical poles are provided carrying
'feet' for the wheel, & a similar arrangement of rods to grip the 'head' of the
bicycle.
Where the apparatus is used for storing purposes only, the whole may be fixed.
Improved Apparatus for Packing Bicycles in Railway Vans, applicablè
also for storing purposes.
I, EBENEZER GOOLD, Junior, Clovelly Lodge, Adelaide Road, Leamington Spa, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
Price 811

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The purpose of my invention is to secure the bicycle in an upright position when
being stored, and, when in transit, to preserve it from injury.
The apparatus consists of a fork with or without a spring and padded with rubber or
other suitable material to receive a rigid part of the bicycle such as the "head."
Referring to Fig I of the illustrations the fork A with padding B shaped to take
the bicycle "head" C may be the terminal of a rod D, the other end of which E
*may be fixed or hinged or otherwise attached so as to drop or slide along when not in
use.
A tie-rod F is hinged as shown or otherwise attached to the fork-rod and fastens
at its other end to some fixed place, as the side of a luggage van, or in the case
of a series of rods to the next rod; the second to the first, the third to the
second and so on; G shows the place where such a tie-rod from a next fork might.be
fastened.
It is obvious that various arrangements of the fork-rods and tie-rods may be made
which still come within the scope of this invention. For instance, where it is not
desired to drop or slide the fork-rods, out of the way when not in use, the forks may
be secured to a fixed cross-bar which in affect would take the place of the tie-rods.
Where the bicycle is liable to be affected by the movement of the vehicle a "foot"
or catch is placed at the back of the wheel furthest from the part held by the fork
to prevent backward movement.
This may be made with two flanges to embrace a portion of the wheel as at Fig II,
having pegs H or some other arrangement to hold in the floor. The part marked J
may be a strap fastened at one end and adjustable to the size or position of the
wheel.
Where the bicycles are required to be raised as for a second or upper row in van or
store-room, "feet" may be provided for both wheels, and take the form of a rail as
shown at Fig III with sides or flanges to guide the wheels and an adjustable catch
or block as shown at K or a strop to secure the back wheel. The ends L, L, show
how the rail may be carried on horizontal cross-bars M, M, raised from the floor or
suspended from the roof or ceiling.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
I. An apparatus consisting of a fork or forked rod with or without a spring or
padding, so placed as to hold the rigid portion of a bicycle, preferably the "head,"
substantially as described and illustrated.
II. In connection with a fork, a "foot" or catch or block with or without flanges,
so placed as to secure the wheel or wheels of the bicycle from movement, substantially
as described and illustrated.
Dated this 07th day of Octahan 1005