Improvements in Bicycle Stands.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 29th June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 11th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 17th Apr., 1897
I, LOUIS MARIE HASTINGS of South Clark Street Chicago, County of Cook,
Illinois, U.S.A., Inventor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The bicycle stand of this invention comprises an upright board or standard
provided at about the height from the ground of the axle with a rectangular
aperture in which is fixed a frame or bracket having two nearly semicircular arms
one pivotted and one fixed to the frame. Upon the wheel of a bicycle being
entered between the two arms the tyre strikes against a lug projecting from the
pivotted arm at the pivotted end so as then to close the pivotted arm towards
the fixed arm. In this position a bolt in connection with a lock through a con-
necting rod is when the lock is operated shot to engage against another lug on the
pivotted end of the pivotted arm at the back of the upright and thus lock
the bicycle in the stand. A stop piece on the frame prevents the pivotted arm
from closing so much as to interfere with the spokes of the wheel. To obtain a
better grip of the bicycle wheel the inner circular edges of the clasping arms may
be provided with broad vertical clasping pieces.
Dated this 29th day of June 1896.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Bicycle Stands.
I, LOUIS MARIE HASTINGS of South Clark Street, Chicago, County of Cook,
Illinois, U.S.A., Inventor, 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:-
The bicycle stand of this invention is shewn in the accompanying drawing in
which Fig. 1 is a perspective view thereof, A and B being semicircular arms which
clasp the rim of the wheel at the height of the axle, and above them out of the
way of the wheel and at a convenient height for the hand, is a lock L, which after
the bicycle is in place holds the clasping arms together and prevents the withdrawal
of the wheel.
Fig. 2 is a back view of the stand and of the lock L with the bolt e of this latter
depressed to cause the rod R terminating in a metal block V to descend close to
the short end of the clasping arm B, thereby preventing any lateral movement of
the same and keeping the clasping arms closed. Upon raising the bolt e of the
lock by turning the key of the same the block V is drawn through the rod R
upwards above the opening O in the stand S and then the arm B is free to move.
Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the stand on line x-x of Fig. 1 and shewing in
plan view the clasping arms A, B. These are of metal and the arm A is rigid,
being cast as part of the metal frame or box that fills the opening O in the stand S
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page_text: The arm B is pivotted at and has a lateral movement in the opening O. The
arm B has a finger, or extension of its inner curve N which projects into the circle
enclosed by the arms when the arm. B is open. The pressure of the wheel upon
the diverging point of the arm B opens it and the pressure upon the finger N closes
it again. The post M cast in the same metal frame prevents the arms from coming
in contact when closed, and causes a space of about of an inch at Y so that the
spokes of the wheel are not touched at all.
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At the middle of the semicircular curve of each arm the material is produced
upwards and downwards into broad fingers, or, projections d, their inner surfaces
following the curve of the arms, for the purpose of getting a better clasp upon the
rim of the bicycle wheel. These fingers are shewn more clearly in Fig. 4.
In Fig. 3, the block V is shewn holding the arm B.
The rod R and block V is to be regarded as a prolongation or extension of the
bolt e.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. In a bicycle stand, the combination, with a pair of pivotted clasping arms
at the height of the bicycle wheel, of a lock for the purpose of keeping closed.
said arms, at the convenient height of a man's elbow, substantially as described
and shewn.
2. In a bicycle stand, the combination of a pair of semicircular pivotted clasping
arms, one rigid and immovable, and cast as part of the box or frame containing it,
the other movable and pivotted in said frame so as to allow a lateral motion therein,
substantially as described and shewn.
3. In a bicycle stand, the combination with a pair of semicircular pivotted
clasping arms, one rigid and cast as part of the box or frame containing it, the
other movable and pivocted in said frame, of a lock with a bolt produced to engage
the short end of said movable arm, at the back of said frame, to hold said arm
closed, substantially as described and shewn.
4. In a bicycle stand, the combination with a pair of semicircular pivotted
clasping arms, of projections with curved inner surfaces produced from the middle
of the semicircular portion of the clasping arms, above and below the horizontal
plane of their motion, to engage a greater surface of the rim of the bicycle wheel,
substantially as described and shewn.
5. In a bicycle stand, the combination with a pair of semicircular pivotted
clasping arms, one rigid and cast as a part of the box or frame containing it, the
other movable and pivotted in said frame, of a bolt or block operated by a lock or
otherwise to engage the short end of said movable arm at the back of said frame,
to hold said arm closed, and prevent its lateral motion, substantially as described
and shown.
6. In a bicycle stand, the combination of a pair of semicircular pivotted clasping
arms, which do not quite come in contact with each other when closed, but leave a
space so as not to interfere with the spokes of the wheel, substantially as described
and shewn.
7. In a bicycle stand, the combination with a pair of semicircular pivotted
clasping arms, of a finger, or extension of the inner curve of one or both of said
arms, which projects into the space enclosed by said arms, when the arms are open,
and the pressure upon which by the rim of the bicycle wheel closes said arins,
substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 11th dose of March 1807
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.