Improved Stand for Cycles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 24th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 5th Aug., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Stand for Cycles.
I, RICHARD ASPINALL HARDIE, of Regent Road, Salford, in the County of
Lancaster, Cycle Agent and Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
In many of the stands at present constructed for maintaining bicycles in an
upright position when not in use the bicycle is held by the wheel and a tendency to
strain or pull off the tyre is the result.
This invention is designed to provide a stand for cycles which will not put any
strain upon the tyre or wheel but which will engage with the crank or pedal and
thus maintain it in the desired position.
It consists essentially of a stand constructed with a base sufficiently strong and
heavy to maintain the weight of the bicycle and with an upright arm with a socket
at the top to grip or engage with the pedal crank.
I construct the base of the stand preferably of a broad flat piece of cast
metal of any desired pattern or design to give an extended bearing surface upon
the ground. And to the base I affix an upright arm or bracket with a socket
on the top. The upright arm or bracket is securely attached at its lower end
to the base plate and may be made telescopic or in two lengths bolted or screwed
together so that the length can be adjusted to suit bicycles with pedals at different
heights from the ground.
The socket to engage with or grip the crank is formed open at one side with
a sliding plate or pin sliding in grooves or in holes which is inserted in position
and holds the crank in the socket. The pin or plate may slide in vertically or
horizontally or a hinged cap with a spring catch or lock may be employed.
The plate pin cap or other device which holds or retains the crank in the socket
may also be provided with a lock to prevent the bicycle being removed by an
unauthorized person.
Dated this 1st day of November 1892.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Stand for Cycles.
RICHARD ASPINALL HARDIE of 288 & 290 Regent Road Salford Cycle Maker
and Agent, 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 boss of metal or other suitable material is pierced through by a central hole
and is likewise fitted at the side with a set screw or any mechanical equivalent for
a like purpose-this boss is supported, at a convenient distance from the ground by
having feet attached to it radially: the hole in this central boss is fitted with a bar
or tube capable of moving easily upwards or downwards within it and by means of
the aforementioned set screw, the bar or tube can be securely fixed in any desired
position in relation thereto the top or upper portion of this bar or tube expands
into a "head" which is constructed with a U shaped channel this channel having
grooves formed within it inside & on opposing sides close to the open end or edges
of said channel which admit of a shutter sliding within them and thus converting
the open channel into an enclosed tubular channel. The shutter or slide is also
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page_text: fitted with a set screw or similar equivalent device for the purpose of clamping the
inserted crank.
The manner of using or applying this device to cycles is as follows: The sliding
shutter in the adjustable head is removed and the pedal crank or fixed part of the
cycle inserted within the U shaped channel which is then closed by sliding the
shutter within the grooves and the crank clamped by means of the set screw:
the bar or tube carrying the head thus engaged with the crank &c. is then adjusted
to the right position within the hole of the "boss so that the feet of same may
rest solidly upon the floor when the set screw of the "boss" is finally tightened up
and the desired purpose effected.
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The channel in the "head" may be constructed at any desired angle as circum-
stances may dictate or the "head" may be made to swivel so that any desired angle
may at all times be afforded.
The upper portion of the sliding bar or tube may be bent and extended hori-
zontally or at any desired angle so as to accommodate the "head" to clutch the
cranks or frames of front driven cycles.
In order to further elucidate the meaning and purpose of this invention I make
reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the complete stand shewing the central boss in
section.
Fig. 2 is a transverse or cross section of the head.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion and in what, manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is
:
The construction and device substantially as herein shewn and described for the
uses and purposes of a cycle holder or stand.
Dated this 22nd day of December 1892.
KICHARD ASTINALL HARDIE..