Improvements in Bicycle Stands or Supports.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Mar., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 20th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 5th Feb., 1898
Improvements in Bicycle Stands or Supports.
I, WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON, of 24, St. James Street, Kings Lynn, in the
County of Norfolk, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention for improvements in bicycle stands or supports has for its object
to provide a support which can be used either as an ordinary stand for supporting
the machine in an upright position or in which it can be secured in an inverted
position so as to greatly facilitate cleaning and repairing operations.
A bicycle stand or support constructed according to this invention comprises
a light framework having mounted thereon or forming part therewith two pairs
of brackets, one at the front and the other at the rear thereof between which the
frame and wheels of a bicycle may pass. The rear brackets are perforated to
permit of the passage of a rod for fixing the machine when inverted, while the
front brackets are hollowed or notched to receive the handle bars. An open or
splayed V shaped bar is pivoted at its open ends to the front brackets for the pur-
pose of maintaining the machine in its upright position when standing.
When securing a bicycle in its ordinary upright position in this stand it is
placed with its front wheel between the frame that connects the front and back
brackets together, the hinged V shaped bar being then turned over on to the front
wheel so that the root of the ✓ falls on the tire, by which means it is maintained
in a vertical position.
When securing the bicycle in an inverted position the handle bars are caused
to rest in the herein before mentioned notches in the front brackets of the support
while the saddle passes between the back brackets, a bar being then passed through
a pair of perforations in the same and between the spring and seat of the saddle.
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WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.
I, WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON, of 24, St. James Street, Kings Lynn, in the
County of Norfolk, 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:
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This invention for improvements in bicycle stands or supports has for its object
to provide a support which can be used either as an ordinary stand for supporting

page_text: the machine in an upright position or in which it can be secured in an inverted
position so as to greatly facilitate cleaning and repairing operations.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings: Fig. 1 is a side elevation.
Fig. 2 a plan and Fig. 3 an end elevation of a bicycle stand or support constructed
according to this invention.
Figs. 4 and 5 are side elevation and vertical section of a spring clip bracket
for maintaining the hinged bar in position, and Fig. 6 is an elevation showing a
stand supporting a bicycle in an inverted position.
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On a wood base or framework comprising two longitudinal pieces a secured to
cross pieces are mounted standards or brackets cd, the brackets being pro-
vided with notches e while the brackets & are provided with holes to receive
a rod g.
Two pieces h are also provided on which the tire of the wheel of the
bicycle rests when in an upright position as shown by a dotted circle.
The wheel is held in a vertical position by means of an open or splayed
V-shaped bar i pivoted at its open ends to the front cross piece b at 7 and the pro-
jecting and pointed ends of which serve when the bar is elevated to lift the frame
and wheel tire off the floor.
When a wheel is placed in position in the stand the bar i is turned into the
position shown, the upper part clipping the rim and is held in such position by
means of a spring catch bracket m secured to the front cross piece b having a
recess n into which the bar springs. When not in use the bar i may be turned
into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.
When securing a bicycle in an inverted position the handle bar is placed in
the notches e in the front brackets e, a strap p secured to the cross piece b is then
passed round the handle bar stem and securely buckled, while the saddle passes
between the back brackets d, the rod g being then passed through a pair of holes
in the same and between the spring and seat of the saddle.
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. In a cycle stand or support the combination of the longitudinal pieces a,
crosspieces b, brackets e provided with notches e, brackets d provided with holes
and the rod substantially as described.
2. In a cycle stand or support the combination with a base structure of a
pivoted V-shaped bar i and a recessed bracket m for maintaining the said rod
in an elevated position substantially as described.
3. A cycle stand or support arranged and constructed substantially as described
and shown.
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WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.