Improvements in or relating to Cycle Stands.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 9th May, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 9th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 11th Mar., 1899
Improvements in or relating to Cycle Stands.
We, HOLMES AND SONS, LIMITED, of Castle Hill Works, Norwich, in the County
of Norfolk, Agricultural and General Engineers, and WALTER JOHN DIX, of
Cricket-ground Road, Lakenham, Norwich, in the County of Norfolk, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows: —
This invention relates to a cycle stand of cheap and simple construction made
without loose parts which are liable to be lost or injured.
According to this invention the stand comprises a bar with jaws at its opposite
ends adapted to engage with the down tube and bottom stay of a safety frame;
these jaws can be padded if desired to prevent the possibility of injury to the
parts of the cycle which they receive; for instance they may be formed by bending
the ends of the bar into a suitable hook form and slipping short lengths of rubber
tubing over the hooks. From this bar extends a member preferably integral
therewith which is intended to be more or less vertical when the stand is supporting
a machine. The lower end of this bar is preferably forked or otherwise so formed
as to bear upon the ground at say, two points, in a plane which is at right angles
to that in which the bar before referred to and the machine supported, is contained.
When the machine in place on the stand it is supported on three points, when
a stand is constructed as above described, that is to say, on the two points at
which the stand touches the ground and by one or other of the wheels of the
cycle; the machine and stand when engaged are nearly balanced upon the stand
so that the whole can be tilted in such a manner that either the front wheel or the
rear wheel can readily he brought clear of the ground; this, in the operation of
cleaning the machine is a great convenience.
Preferably, the stand is
shaped with a forked foot, but the foot need not
necessarily be forked nor need the stand be Ṭ shaped.
Dated this Oth
J
1000
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in or relating to Cycle Stands.
We, HOLMES AND SONS, LIMITED, of Castle Hill Works, Norwich, in the County
of Norfolk, Agricultural and General Engineers, and WALTER JOHN DIX, of
Cricket-ground Road, Lakenham, Norwich, in the County of Norfolk, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
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This invention relates to a cycle stand of cheap and simple construction madé
without loose parts which are liable to be lost or injured.

page_text: According to this invention the stand comprises a bar with jaws at its opposite
ends adapted to engage with the down tube and bottom stay of a safety frame;
these jaws can be padded if desired to prevent the possibility of injury to the
parts of the cycle which they receive; for instance they may be formed by bending
the ends of the bar into a suitable hook form and slipping short lengths of rubber
tubing over the hooks. From this bar extends a member preferably integral
therewith which is intended to be more or less vertical when the stand is supporting
a machine. The lower end of this bar is preferably forked or otherwise so formed
as to bear upon the ground at say, two points, in a plane which is at right angles
to that in which the bar before referred to and the machine supported, is contained
When the machine is in place on the stand it is supported on three points, when
a stand is constructed as above described, that is to say, on the two points at
which the stand touches the ground and by one or other of the wheels of the
cycle; the machine and stand when engaged are nearly balanced upon the stand
so that the whole can be tilted in such a manner that either the front wheel or the
rear wheel can readily be brought clear of the ground; this, in the operation of
cleaning the machine is a great convenience.
Preferably, the stand is T-shaped with a forked foot, but the foot need not
necessarily be forked nor need the stand be shaped.
One construction of stand according to this invention is illustrated in the
accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the stand showing a bicycle in position upon it.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the stand alone in a slightly changed position.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the accompanying drawings.
In the construction illustrated the stand is intended to support the cycle by
means of the hook shaped ends of the horizontal rod or bar A. The hook shaped
ends may if desired be covered with rubber caps A¹ in the well known manner to
prevent injury to the members of the machine with which they engage. The bar A
is carried by an upright member B preferably integral with it. The member B
is branched at its base the branches B¹ curving away from one another and being
set at right angles to the top member or bar A.
When in use the member B is slightly inclined towards that wheel of the
machine which rests upon the ground as shown in Figure 1. The machine is thus
supported partly by one of it's wheels which rests upon the ground but is prevented
from falling either to the right or left by the stand resting upon the ground by
means of its branched members B'.
To raise the rear wheel of the machine and bring the front wheel down upon
the ground it is only necessary to slightly tilt both machine and stand forward.
Obviously the horizontal member A may if preferred be curved instead of
straight or set at any angle to the member B also the member B need not be
branched at its base but may be provided with a T piece set of course at right
angles to the member A.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is-
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The cycle stand constructed and operating substantially as described or illus-
trated in the accompanying drawings.