Improvements in supports or Holders for bicycles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in supports or Holders for bicycles.
We, FREDERIC SIDDALL MARSH, Accountant, and ROBERT PRIMROSE, Estate
Agent, both of 8, Bowker's Row, Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows, that is to say: -
It relates to the class of supports or holders which are formed or constructed
to be secured to a wall or the like for being retained in position, and consists in
arranging and constructing same so that they may afford better facilities than
heretofore for retaining bicycles that are brought into connection with them.
In accordance with our invention we make use of a hinged arm which we mount
in bearings constructed in parts to take into the pivotal joint on said arm so that
a simple bolt may hold them together and form the hinge without necessitating
the employment of extra pieces for this purpose which would entail a greater
expenditure of labour in their production.
The hinged part is arranged to carry a quadrant having serrations or openings
for the reception of a weighted or otherwise operated holding catch, by which
means the hinged arm may be readily adjusted and held in any position in which
it may be found most appropriate for securing the bicycle it has to hold.
In connection with the above described hinged arm we employ an appropriately
formed clamping device arranged to slide thereon so that it may be adjustably
secured thereto in any position.
The clamping device consists of hinged or otherwise constructed jaw-pieces
preferably with leathered or similarly prepared faces which are arranged to be held
in one position by any spring catch or other devices, so that they readily allow
the placing into position of the bicycles framework, handle bar or the like within
their grip in which they firmly retain same.
These last described gripping jaws may be fixed upon arms secured to the walls
of a building or like support and arranged to maintain their positions rigidly, or
they may be mounted upon supports extending from the floor or ground upon
which the bicycle rests.
T] th:. 14th day of tuovat 1897

page_text: declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following state-
ment, that is to say:--
It relates to the class of supports or holders which are formed or constructed
to be secured to a wall or the like for being retained in position, and consists in
arranging and constructing same so that they may afford better facilities than
heretofore for retaining bicycles that are brought into connection with them.
In the accompanying sheets of drawings which are illustrative of our inven-
tion:-
Fig. 1 is an elevation showing our improved holder as fixed to a wall.
Fig. 2 is a view of parts shown by Fig. 1 (partly in section) but as seen from
above.
Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2 but illustrates modifications hereinafter
explained.
Fig. 4 is an end elevation of certain of the parts shown by Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is a view of the bearings shown by Fig. 3 as seen from above.
Figs. 6 and 7 are side elevations and plan, respectively, drawn to a reduced scale,
showing our improved device holding a bicycle by laying hold of the handle-bar
of same.
Figs. 8 and 9 are similar views to Figs. 6 and 7 respectively, but shew our
device as holding a bicycle when this latter is placed parallel with the wall on
which the device is mounted.
Fig. 10 is a similar view to Fig. 8 but illustrates the bicycle as being wholly
supported by our improved device and not resting. upon the floor.
Fig. 11 is an elevation showing a portion of our device as mounted upon supports
reaching to the ground.
Similar letters and figures indicate similar parts throughout the several views.
In carrying our invention into effect we make use of a hinged arm h having a
socket which we mount in bearings constructed in parts m m¹ to take into the
pivotal opening in said socket & so that a simple bolt t may hold them together
when its nut is tightly screwed thereon, thus a hinge or pivotal bearings is or
are produced without necessitating the employment of extra pieces which would
entail a greater expenditure of labour in their production for this purpose.
The part is arranged or constructed to have a quadrant part into which
serrations or teeth p¹ (Figs. 3 and 5) are cut or formed, or openings (Figs. 1
and 2) may be made therein for the reception of the weighted ratchet q2 or for the
sliding ratchet q which is actuated by its spring g¹, by which means the arm h may
be readily adjusted and held in any position in which it may be found most
appropriate for securing the bicycle it has to hold.
In connection with the hinged arm h we employ an appropriately formed clamp-
ing device d arranged to slide and turn thereon as well as to be secured thereto by
the screw which allows and enables its adjustment in any desired position, its
gripping jaws a al being pivotted on the bar w so that they may be moved apart
to allow the insertion of any tubular part of the framework 6 which they afterwards
encircle and firmly grip by having their pivotted holding screws r tightened up as
will be understood.
A modified form of clamping device and one which we preferably make use of.
consists of two jaw pieces a² and a³ the former being pivotally secured to the part d
while the latter is hinged by the bearing pin 5 to said part a².
Their faces 8 are covered with leather or otherwise prepared so that they will
not scratch or mark any of the bicycle's framework 6 upon which they lay hold.
The jaw a³ has ratchet teeth formed about its pivotal axis 5 (as shewn in broken
lines, Fig. 3) to receive a ratchet r which is forced to engage with same by the
spring thus when this latter is overcome and the jaw a is released to be turned
in an outward direction the tubular part 6 of the bicycle's framework may be
pressed against same so as to cause it to return into the position shown in the
drawings in which it will grip said tube 6 by forcing it against the other jaw a

page_text: where they (said jaw a³ and the tube which it grips) are secured by the ratchet r
engaging with the teeth on said jaw a³ as described.
By the jaw a³ having its part as adjustable as by the screw a it may be regulated
to suit any of the varied sizes of tubes 6 that it is required to lay hold of.
The jaws a² a³ may be fixed upon arms secured rigidly to the walls of a building
or the like or they may be mounted upon supports ss (see Fig. 11) extending from
the floor or ground upon which the bicycle rests.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. In a bicycle holder or support a hinged arm having its pivotal bearings con-
structed substantially as herein described.
2. In a bicycle holder or support, a hinged arm and ratchet mechanism for
securing same substantially as herein specified.
3. In a bicycle holder or support, gripping jaws and means for securing and
supporting same substantially as herein specified.
4. In a bicycle holder or support, a hinged arm, ratchet mechanism for securing
same in its varied positions and gripping jaws mounted on said arm the same
being arranged in combination substantially as herein specified.
Dated this 14th day of May 1898.
F. S. MARSH,
R. PRIMROSE,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.