An Improved Holder for Bicycles.
Year: 1897

page_text: I, HERBERT FROOD, of 10, West Mosley Street, Manchester, Agent
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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A piece of steel or iron wire bent and so arranged as to issue in a horizontal
direction from a perpendicular one, from a suitable fastening containing springs
intended to keep the steel wire rigid in either perpendicular or horizontal position,
in use the springs would allow the steel wire to be bent over and round the wheel of
a bicycle and when not in use resuming the perpendicular position.
The square (or other shape) block will be screwed on the side of a guards van,
shop or warehouse etc., wall, the bicycle thus stabled will be kept upright and
almost immovable.
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Lahan 10017
An Improved Holder for Bicycles.
I, HERBERT FROOD, of 10, West Mosley Street, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturer, 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:-
A piece of steel or iron wire is bent and so arranged as to issue in a horizontal
direction from a perpendicular one from a suitable fastening containing springs
intended to keep the steel or iron wire rigid in either perpendicular or horizontal
position. In use the springs would allow the steel wire to be bent over and round
the wheel of a bicycle and when not in use resuming the perpendicular position.
The square or other shaped block to which the iron or steel wire aforesaid is
connected will be screwed on the side of a railway guard's van, shop or warehouse,
etc., wall. The bicycle thus stabled will be kept upright and almost immovable:
In the accompanying drawings in all the figures of which the same letters of
reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts, several forms of bicycle-
holders constructed according to my invention are shown by way of illustration.
Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are respectively a front elevation, partial side elevation and
partial vertical section of one form of bicycle-holder constructed according to my
invention and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the holder illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3
and shows the manner in which such holder may be employed to hold the front
wheel of a bicycle. The line (A) (A) of Fig. 1 indicates the plane upon which
the section Fig. 3- is taken. Fig. 4 is drawn upon a smaller scale than Figs. 1, 2
and 3.

page_text: In the bicycle-holder illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 (a) is the steel or iron
wire, (b) the fastening to which the steel or iron wire (a) is connected and (c) the
springs provided in the said fastening. The steel or iron wire (a) is curled at its
ends to receive a square stud (d) passed through a hole in the fastening (b) and
secured therein in any suitable manner. The stud (d) is in engagement with the
innermost coil of each of two coiled springs (c) and the steel or iron wire (a) is pro-
vided at each of its extremities with portions (a¹) so bent as to form projections to
engage with the outer ends of the said springs (c) which tend to turn the said wire (a)
in the direction indicated by the arrow (B) in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, into the position
in which it is indicated by the dotted lines (C) in Fig. 4. The steel or iron wire (a)
is bent so that at the part (a2) farthest from the stud (d) the space between the
parts (a) of the wire (a) which are inclined to each other is made to taper so as to
be capable of embracing and being fitted upon bicycle-tyres of different diameters so
as to securely hold them and the part (a²) of the wire (a) is preferably turned
upwards in order that it may be more conveniently placed upon and removed from
the wheels to which it may be applied. The wire (a) is made of such length that
when applied to the front wheel of a bicycle it may be made to extend in an upward
direction from the stud (d) from the front of the wheel to beyond the
highest part thereof SO that the said wheel can not be withdrawn
without the said wire (a) being turned upwards. The parts (at) of
the steel or iron wire (a) which embrace the stud (d) are separated more
widely than the parts (a³) which are intended to embrace and fit upon the
tyre of the wheel to be held and this is done in order that the holder may be
sufficiently stiff laterally and in order that the separation of the said parts (a) of the
wire (a) may not allow the front of the said wheel to move so as to loosen the hold of
the parts (a) of the wire (a) upon such wheel I provide a wire (e) formed with curls
or eyes (e) at its ends to embrace the stud (d) and bent so as to form cheeks or jaws (e²)
to embrace the front part of the said wheel. The wire (e) is bent so that a curl
or eye (e) is provided upon each jaw or cheek (e²) and so that the transverse part (e)
joining the cheeks or jaws (e²) is provided with an eye (e) through which a screw
may be passed to secure the lower part of such wire (e) to the wall to
which the fastening (b) is secured. Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively a partial front
elevation and a plan illustrating another form of bicycle-holder constructed according
to my invention. The bicycle-holder illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 is similar to that
illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and except in that there are two studs (d) which are
round instead of being square and provided with heads (d¹) and washers or collars (d2)
secured by rivetting or expanding the ends (3) of the studs (d) so as to secure such
washers or collars (2) and the wire (a) upon such studs (d) and in that the wire (a)
is connected to the studs (d) by being bent to form eyes (a*) for the studs (d) to pass
through and also to permit the wire (a) to be moved and in that there are two fasten-
ings (b) instead of one and in that the wire (e) instead of being secured in position by
a screw through an eye on its transverse part (e) is secured in position by the
eyes (el) being formed upon parts (e) which project forwards from transverse
parts (e) at the upper end of such wire (e) so that shoulders are formed and
by projections (61) being formed upon the fastenings (b) so as to form notches in
engagement with which the said shoulders are placed and in that there are no
springs (c). One of the holders (b) is shown separately in front elevation in
Fig. 5 and in side elevation in Fig. 5B in order that the projections (6¹) on such
holder (b) may be clearly shown. The notches formed by the projections (6¹) of the
holders (b) prevent the cheeks (e²) from being moved forwards and the wire (e)
from being turned upwards when a bicycle-wheel is being withdrawn from such wire (e)
and thus in the holder (b) illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 the projections (61) serve
instead of the screw passed through the loop (e) employed in the holder illustrated
in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4. Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively a plan and a partial front elevation
illustrating another form of bicycle-holder constructed according to my invention.
The holder illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8 is similar to that illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6
except in that the wire (a) is connected to the fastenings (b) and the wire (e) by

page_text: being provided with projecting parts (a) which being kept in engagement with the
fastenings (b) and the wire (e) by the elasticity of the wire (a) form studs so as to
permit the wire (a) to be turned about the fastenings (b) and in that the fasten-
ings (b) are provided with notches (62) on the outer faces of the lugs through which
the parts (a) of the wire (a) pass. The notches (2) receiving the parts (a) of
the wire (a) when turned downwards at such times as the said wire (a) is not
required to hold the wheel of a bicycle, hold such wire (a) steady.
Figs. 9 and 10 are respectively a side elevation and a plan in part a horizontal
section illustrating another form of bicycle-holder constructed according to my
invention. In the bicycle-holder illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10 there are two
fastenings (b) and the wire (a) is connected to the fastenings (b) which are formed
with eyes to receive it by being bent so as to be provided with parts (5) to pass
through such fastenings (b) and the parts (a) of the wire (a) which project in wards
through the fastenings (b) are bent forwards and laterally and curled or bent back-
wards, downwards, forwards and upwards so that cheeks (e²) to hold the front of a
bicycle-wheel placed in engagement with the parts (a³) of the wire. (a) are formed.
Except in so far as it has already been herein described and in so far as it is not
capable of being turned downwards when not in use the bicycle-holder illustrated in
Figs. 9 and 10 is similar to those illustrated in Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8.
The wire (a) is made to act as a spring in order that it may more efficiently clip
the wheels to be held by it and in order to obtain a greater elasticity than is possible
with a wire approximately straight in the parts which extend from the fastenings (b)
to the parts (as) of such wire (a) I may form such wire (a) with eyes (48) at the
sides as illustrated in front elevation and side elevation in Figs. 11 and 12 respectively
or with an eye (a) at the part (a2) as illustrated in front elevation and side elevation
in Figs. 13 and 14 respectively, the eyes (a³) or eye (aº) so formed enabling the
fingers of a person making use of the bicycle-holder to be passed through them also
afford convenient means by which the wire (a) may be moved into and out of position
to hold the wheel of a bicycle at any time. The eyes (as) illustrated in Figs. 11 and 12
also form cheeks to hold the tyre of a bicycle-wheel at a part in advance of the part
held by the parts (a³) of the wire (a).
The eyes (es) or in any case in which the cheeks (e²) have no eyes (63) the said
cheeks themselves, form convenient means to enable bicycles to be secured to a holder
as a chain may be permanently secured to one eye (e³) or cheek (e²) and be secured
to the other by a padlock which may be permanently attached to such chain or instead
of a chain, a bolt or link or any other device passed, through the wheel to be
secured and connected to or passed through one or both of the eyes (e³) or cheeks (e²)
may he used.
It is obvious that the wire (a) instead of being round as is illustrated in the
accompanying drawings may be made square or rectangular or of any other section
which may be suitable, and that instead of the cheeks (e²) made of wire, cheeks of
cast or other metal formed with or attached in any suitable manner to the fasten-
ings (b) may be employed.
A bicycle-holder constructed according to my invention is advantageous in that
the wheel held in such holder is held at two places so as to be firmly held thereby, in
that the separation, of the ends of the wire ensures great lateral stiffness, and
facilitates the insertion of wheels therein by rendering it unnecessary for the wheels
to be very carefully adjusted in position before being placed in the holder, in that
tyres of any size can be securely held, in that when a chain and lock are used they
hang clear of the holder when not in use and so do not interfere with the placing of
a wheel in such holder and in that it is light and neat in appearance.
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. For holding bicycles a holder with a wire to receive and hold the wheel of a
bicycle by resting upon and engaging with such wheel near the top thereof and

page_text: capable of being turned about a fastening in conjunction with which are arranged
ears or cheeks to hold the front of the wheel held by the said wire and all constructed
arranged and employed for the purposes and substantially in the manner herein-
before described.
2. For holding bicycles a holder consisting in the combination of a wire to receive
and hold the wheel of a bicycle by resting upon and engaging with such wheel near
the top thereof and capable of being turned about a fastening and ears or cheeks
arranged in conjunction with such fastening to hold the front of the wheel held by
the said wire and all constructed, arranged and employed for the purposes and
substantially in the manner hereinbefore described.
3. For holding bicycles a holder constructed, arranged and employed substantially
in the manner hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the
accompanying drawings.
4. For holding bicycles a holder constructed, arranged and employed-substantially
in the manner hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 5 and 6 of the accom-
panying drawings.
5. For holding bicycles a holder constructed, arranged and employed substantially
in the manner hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 7 and 8 of the accom-
panying drawings.
6. For holding bicycles a holder constructed, arranged and employed substantially
in the manner hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 9 and 10 of the accom-
panying drawings.
7. For holding bicycles a holder constructed, arranged and employed substantially
in the manner hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 11 and 12 of the accom-
panying drawings.
8. For holding bicycles a holder constructed, arranged and employed substantially
in the manner herein before described with reference to Figs. 13 and 14 of the accom-
panying drawings.
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