Appliances and Arrangements for the Stowage of Cycles for Storage or Transport.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 11th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 20th Nov., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Appliances and Arrangements for the Stowage of Cycles for Storage
or Transport.
I, DAVID BAIN, of Glen Roy, East Parade, Harrogate, in the County of York,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to appliances and arrangements for the stowage of cycles
for storage or transport.
My object is to provide for the safe and compact stowage of cycles in any room,
warehouse, shop or place or in any suitable vehicle for transportation and my
invention is especially applicable for the safe stowage in hotels, in railway stations,
cloak or parcel rooms and in vehicles such as railway luggage vans or waggons
of as many bicycles as practicable without very materially reducing the space
available for luggage or parcels when not occupied by bicycles, my appliances
being such that they can, when not occupied, be so folded as to occupy less room
than when in use.
For this purpose, just above the floor of the apartment or vehicle or upon or
above a separate base adapted to stand on a floor I arrange, a number of pivoted
or hinged curved supports, chocks or channelled arms (hereinafter called "shoes")
side by side, a short distance apart, their upper surfaces being curved to a radius
somewhat exceeding that of the rim of the average diameter of cycle wheel
(so as to be able to accommodate different diameters of wheels) each
alternate curved shoe being higher than those at either side of it, so that when,
for example, the front wheels of a number of cycles are placed upon such shoes,
the handle bars of the machines will clear one another, and when the shoes are
not required for use, they can be turned over out of the way, thus leaving clear
for ordinary luggage or otherwise those portions of the floor which, when in use,
the shoes rest on or project over. In conjunction with such pivoted or hinged
shoes, means are provided to prevent the machines falling over sideways. In
some cases I provide for each machine a couple of uprights, between which the one
wheel will be located when resting on the corresponding curved support. I also
provide additional means for securing the machines against longitudinal move-
ment. One arrangement is a kind of loop able to turn about a hinge pin and
made extensible in length to suit different diameters of wheels, the bend at the
free end being a separate part moveable in relation to the remainder and capable
of being moved outward in opposition to the action of a spring or springs.
Also
The shoes can be retained in position for use by chains, rods or other connections
or by the hinges about whose pins they turn. I sometimes provide hinges with
two pins mounting the shoe or one pin and the arms or loops on the other.
I sometimes provide hooks to hold the loops out of use and chains or catches or
fastenings to hold the shoes out of use.
In some cases instead of providing uprights at the respective sides of each shoe,
to prevent the machines from falling over, I provide a couple of connected arms or
a bifurcated arm, able to be turned about a hinge or pivot, so as, when not in use,

page_text: to be held by spring catches or otherwise vertically or approximately so against the
wall of the room or vehicle, but which, when required for use, can be turned down.
into a position in which one arm or rod or prong of each pair will be at each side
of a wheel resting on the corresponding support, and the distance between the free
end of the pair of arms, rods or prongs and the free end of the corresponding
curved shoe will be less than the diameter of the wheel to be kept in place.
By means such as above described a number of bicycles can be safely stowed
and stored or if in a vehicle carried side by side in such a manner that any one
can be removed without disturbing the others, and that assuming some of the
bicycle holders to be occupied and others not, machines can be placed in the
unoccupied holders without disturbing the machines already in place.
As will be evident, in carrying out my invention the nature of which is set
forth above, the details of construction may be variously modified to suit the
requirements of particular applications, and appliances according thereto may be
made removable, and portable. Thus I can construct a cheap form of stand, or
tressel framed in wood which can be placed in cloak rooms hotel yards, railway
stations or other places and which will form a double holder taking bicycles on
both sides and if desired can be made movable on wheels.
Appliances and Arrangements for the Stowage of Cycles for Storage
or Transport.
I, DAVID BAIN, of Glen Roy, East Parade, Harrogate, in the County of York,
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 relates to appliances and arrangements hereinafter described
with reference to the accompanying illustrative drawings for the stowage of cycles
for storage or transport.
Fig. 1 shows in side elevation an arrangement of appliances according to my
invention, the parts being in the attitudes which obtain when a bicycle is being
held, as shown.
Fig. 2 is a corresponding plan.
Fig. shows in side elevation one complete holder, with its pivotted parts folded,
so that they occupy less room than when in use.
Fig. 4 is a front elevation, showing the parts in the same positions as Fig. 3.
I will describe one holder, premising that, as indicated in Fig. 1, it is convenient
to arrange a number of holders side by side a short distance apart, and with each
alternate pivotted or hinged curved support, chock or channelled arm (herein-
after called shoes) higher than those at either side of it, so that when the front
wheels of a number of cycles are placed upon such shoes, the handle bars of the
machines will clear one another, and when the shoes are not required for use, they
can be turned over out of the way, thus leaving clear for ordinary luggage or
otherwise those portions of the floor which, when in use, the shoes rest on or project
over, as described with reference to the cycle-carrying appliances for vehicles
forming the subject of my former application for Patent, No. 26511/96.
In the drawings, 1 is the shoe, (the cross sectional form of which is shown to a

page_text: larger scale in Fig. 5) 2, its hinge or pivot, 3 is a bracket to which the shoe is
hinged or pivotted.
4, and 4 are two arms (or a bifurcated arm might be substituted) able to be
turned about a hinge or pivot 5, by which said arms are jointed to the bracket (i.
The said arms are connected together at 7 and 8, or, in some cases, might even le
connected throughout their length, as mentioned with reference to
arrangements described in the specification of my previous application
for Patent already mentioned. 9 is a spring, which, when the con-
nected arms are in the attitude represented in Fig. 1, tends to press
their free ends towards the wheel of the bicycle, and when the said connected arms
occupy the position represented in Figs. 3 and 4, tends to so retain them.
As will be seen, the connected arms are provided, near their free ends, with
teeth-like projections 4b, 4°, 4d. The object of these will be explained presently.
10 is a loop, able to turn about the hinge pin 2, and made extensible in length
to suit different diameters of wheels, the bend at the free end being a separate
part, moveable in relation to the remainder 10%, and capable of being moved
outward in opposition to the action of springs.
Such a device may be variously constructed.
In the example, the loop 10 is made tubular, and the parts 10° are rods, pivotted
at 2, and provided at their other ends (which are arranged telescopically within
the arms of the loop 10) with piston-like enlargements, between which and the
covers applied to the open ends of the arms of the loop 10, spiral springs are
arranged around the rods 10%, the arrangement being such that if the loop be
moved further from the pivot 2, the springs will be correspondingly depressed.
The free end of the loop can move over the connected arms 4,4º, and by their
teeth-like projections can be retained in one or other of several positions; according
to requirement.
Near the pivot 5, the connected arms carrying a spring catch or bolt 11, which
serves to hold up the shoe 1, when turned up out of use, it being understood that, to
fold up the parts when no machine is in position, the connected arms are lowered the
leop turned back against the wall, so that its upper part engages with the part 11°
of the bolt 11, and then the shoe 1 is turned up and made to engage at its free end
with the bolt 11, as represented in Figs. 3 and 4.
.
12 is a seating (see enlarged sectional view, Fig. 6) to aid in holding the machine
in place.
Fig. 7 is a view, corresponding to Fig. 1, showing a modification in which an
apparatus (whose parts, in other respects, resemble those of that represented in
Fig. 1) is provided with a back plate or casting 13, to which the shoe, connected
arms and loop are pivotted.
Figs. 8, 9 and 10 illustrate a construction of compound bicycle holder which
provides accommodation for a number of bicycles, the arrangement being a double
one, that is to say, one in which there are holders with shoes and connected arms
and other parts at both sides of the stand, so as to accommodate two rows of
bicycles.
The stand comprises base parts 14, with uprights 15 and longitudinal connecting
members 16 and 17, and intermediate vertical members 18. To these are attached
back plates or castings 13, alternately in the higher position represented in full
lines, and in the lower position represented in dotted lines, in Fig. 8.
To each back plate or casting 13 there are pivotted, near its lower end, a pair
of connected arms, or a bifurcated arm, 4, 4°, besides which there is provided a
seating 12, such as hereinbefore referred to.
It will be understood that, in this and preceding arrangements, the connected
arms are so arranged that, when turned down for use, if a bicycle wheel be resting
on the corresponding shoe, one arm or rod of each pair will be at each side of
the wheel and the distance between the free end of the pair of arms or rods and the
free end of the corresponding curved shoe will be less than the diameter of the
wheel.
Other details of the construction of the improved stand under notice will be

page_text: readily understood from an inspection of the drawings, regard being had to the
description hereinbefore contained of other arrangements, the same reference
numbers being employed as used in previous examples to indicate like parts.
It is to be understood that, although the stand is shown as adapted to hold eight
bieveles, it might be constructed to hold a larger or smaller number.
It will be evident, also, that the arrangement represented in Figs. 8, 9 and 10
might he provided with loops 10, 10 (in addition to connected arms or bifurcated
arms) such as those described with reference to Figs. 1-4 inclusive and Fig. 7.
Figs. 11, 12 and 13 show a bicycle holder resembling that described with refer-
ence to Figs. 8, 9 and 10, but constructed with extensible loops 10, 10 of the
kind hereinbefore described, and without connected or bifurcated arms, such as
those provided in the example just previously described.
In connection with each shoe, 1, and the corresponding extensible loop, thero
is provided a chain 19, fixed at one end 19° to the stand and at the other end 19b
to the loop.
The free end of each shoo 1 is provided with a hook 1. When the loop is
moved outward into position for use, the extent of its outward movement is limited
by the chain, as will be seen to the left in Fig. 11. When the particular shoe.
and extensible loop are turned up out of use, the chain, being made to engage
with the hook at the free end of the shoe, serves to hold up not only the shoe but
also the loop, as represented to the right in Fig. 11.
An inspection of the drawings (in which the same reference numbers are
applied as in previous arrangements to indicate like parts) will enable the con-
struction to be clearly understood.
This construction also might have applied to it (in addition to the extensible
loops) the connected arms or bifurcated arms such as before described.
Figs. 14 and 15 are diagrammatic views, showing how, with a stand such as
just described, a number of bicycles may be supported in such wise that their
steering handles will clear one another.
By means of apparatus such as above described, I am enabled to provide for
the safe and compact stowage of cycles in any room, warehouse, shop or place, or
in any suitable vehicle for transportation; such apparatus is especially applicable
for the safe stowage in hotels and railway stations, cloak or parcel rooms, and in
vehicles such as railway luggage vans or wagons, of as many bieyeles as practicable,
without very materially reducing the space available for luggage or parcels or
otherwise, when not occupied by cycles: my appliances being such that they can,
as I have hereinalove explained and illustrated in the drawings, he folded up
(when not occupied) so as to take up less room than when in use."
As will be readily understood, the details of construction and arrangement
may be more or less varied to suit the requirements of particular cases, still
embodying some or other of the combinations hereinabove described and comprised
in the Claiming Clauses hereinafter contained.
The stand can be fixed or moveable, according to requirement.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:---
1. A portable bicycle-holder comprising a stand with feet or hase and holders
fixed at the respective sides of the stand, each holder comprising a pivotted or
hinged support, chock, or channelled arm or shoe and a couple of connected arms
(or a bifurcated arm) able to be turned about a hinge or pivot, so as, when not in
use, to he held by spring catches or otherwise vertically or approximately so
against the stand, the arrangement being such that, when required for use, the
connected arms (or bifurcated arm) can be turned down into a position in which
one arm or rod (or prong) of each pair will be at each side of a wheel resting on
the corresponding support, and the distance between the free end of the pair of
arms or rods (or prongs) and the free end of the corresponding curved shoe will
be less than the diameter of the wheel to be kept in place, substantially as described.

page_text: 2. In a bicycle holder, the combination of a pivotted or hinged curved support,
chock or channelled arm or shoe, and a device of the kind hereinabove referred to
as a loop, able to turn about a hinge-pin, and made extensible in length to suit
different diameters of wheels, the bend at the free end being a separate part
moveable in relation to the remainder, and capable of being moved outward in
opposition to the action of springs or a spring.
3. In a bicycle holder, the combination of a pivotted or hinged curved support,
chock, channelled arm, or shoe, a couple of connected arms (or a bifurcated arm)
able to be turned about a hinge or pivot in such wise that, when in use, one arm
or rod (or prong) of each pair will be at each side of a wheel resting on the corre-
sponding support, and a device of the kind hereinabove referred to as a loop,
able to turn about a hinge-pin, and made extensible in length to suit different
diameters of wheels, substantially as described.
4. My improved bicycle holders as respectively shown in and described with
reference respectively to Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, Fig. 7, Figs. 8 to 10 inclusive and
Figs. 11 to 13 inclusive of the accompanying illustrative drawings.
Dated this 10th day of September 1897.
For the Applicant,
W. LLOYD WISE,
46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.
Tor the Applicant,
W. LLOYD WISE,
46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.