An Appliance for Hanging or Supporting Cycles from the Roofs of Luggage Vans and other Places.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Mar., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 18th May, 1897-Accepted, 19th June, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Hanging or Supporting Cycles from the Roofs of
Luggage Vans and other Places.
I, DAVID MAXWELL TYRE of 27 Windsor Terrace, Glasgow, N.B.
Draughtsman, do hereby declare the 'nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an appliance for hanging or supporting cycles from
the roofs of luggage vans and other places and consists of a double hook of metal
or other suitable material adapted to be screwed or otherwise secured to the roof
or ceiling from which the cycle has to be supported.
The appliance may consist of a strip of metal of any desired breadth and
thickness having the one end formed as a fork the ends of which are bent upwards
so as to form a hook such that the handle bar of the cycle can be readily supported
thereby. The other end of the strip of metal may be provided with a depending
arm the extremity of which is also formed as a hook for supporting the frame of
the cycle at or near the position occupied by the saddle. The said depending arm
is preferably formed with a bend or curve.to enable the hook to be attached to
the frame below the saddle without the arm coming in contact with the saddle.
The hooked portions may also be covered with india-rubber or similar material
to prevent their damaging the machine in any way.
To secure the appliance I may provide the metal strip with two three or more
holes so that it can be screwed to the woodwork of the roof or ceiling or I may
secure it in any other convenient way.
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JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Petitioner's Agents.
An Appliance for Hanging or Supporting Cycles from the Roofs of
Luggage Vans and other Places.
1, DAVID MAXWELL TYRE of 27 Windsor Terrace, Glasgow, N.B.
Draughtsman, 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 :-
This invention relates to an appliance for hanging or supporting cycles from or
near the roofs of luggage vans and other places and consists of a double hook of
metal or other suitable material adapted to be screwed or otherwise secured to the
roof or ceiling from which the cycle has to be supported.
But in order that my said invention may be more readily understood and easily
carried into effect I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the
accompanying drawings in which

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Fig. 2 a plan and
Fig. 3 a cross section of a passenger luggage van fitted with a number of the
said appliances.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the appliance shewing a cycle suspended
thereby.
Fig. 5 is an elevation and
Fig. 6 a plan of a modification.
Referring to Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the said drawings, the appliance consists of
a strip of metal of any desired breadth and thickness having the one end A formed
as a fork the ends a of which are bent upwards so as to form a hook such that
the handle bar of the cycle can be readily supported thereby, with the steering
fork in position between the said hooked ends a. The other end of the strip of
metal is provided with a depending arm B the extremity b of which is also formed
as a hook for supporting the frame of the cycle at or near the position occupied
by the saddle. The said depending arm is preferably formed with a bend or curve
as shewn to enable the hook to be attached to the frame below the saddle without
the arm coming in contact with the saddle.
The hooked portions are also covered with india-rubber or similar material to
prevent their damaging the machine in any way.
To secure the appliance I provide the metal strip with a cross piece C having
two three or more holes C¹ formed therein so that it can be screwed to the wood
work of the roof or ceiling or I may secure it in any other convenient way.
The appliance may also be used for suspending the cycle from the side or wall
of the luggage van or other place in which case it would be secured to a suitable
bracket fixed on the wall.
As a modification I may as shewn in Figs. 5 and 6, construct the appliance in
two portions each of which may be secured separately to the roof where the cycle
has to be suspended thus enabling the distance between them to be adjusted. Also
I may mount the arm B' so that it is free to pivot at D so that it can adapt itself
to cycles having frames of different dimensions.
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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 :-
The means or appliance for hanging or suspending cycles in railway vans, and
other places, substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn in the accompanying
drawings.
run day of May 1897.
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.