Improvements in Means and Appliances for Supporting or Holding Cycles in Position in Railway Vans, Sheds, and other Places of Storage.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 10th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 12th Mar., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means and Appliances for Supporting or Holding
Cycles in Position in Railway Vans, Sheds, and other Places of
Storage.
We, JOHN FREDERICK SARGEANT, of Holly Bank, Bracknall, in the County of
Berks, Solicitor, and FREDERICK LONGHURST, of Ascot, in the County of Berks,
Cycle Agent, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to provide means and appliances for supporting
and holding bicycles, tricycles and other velocipedes in position in railway vans,
cycle sheds, and other storage places.
According to our invention we fix a slotted plate to the walls or sides of the
railway van or other storage and provide the same with a sliding block to which
an arm is pivoted. The pivot end of the arm is formed as a cam surface so that
when the arm is turned parallel with the wall the block is capable of sliding; but
when the arm is turned at right angles to the wall the cam causes the block to grip
the slotted plate whereby the arm is held in position.
The arm is in some cases provided with a double clip capable of sliding on the
arm which is formed with a slot or otherwise formed to govern the movements of
the clip thereon. The clip which is intended to grip the handle bar or other suit-
able part of the cycle, is provided with a lining of felt, rubber or other suitable
material and the one lug is provided with a fixed bolt formed with holes through
which a pin is passed after the clip closed around the tubing of the cycle. The
clip on the arm is provided with a quick threaded bolt turned at right angles at
the head to form a handle, whereby the clip is readi! adjusted to the required
position.
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GEORGE DOWNING & SONS,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in Means and Appliances for Supporting or Holding
Cycles in Position in Railway Vans, Sheds, and other Places of
Storage.
We, JOHN FREDERICK SARGEANT, of Holly Bank, Bracknell, in the County of
Berks, Solicitor, and FREDERICK LONGHURST, of Ascot, in the County of Berks,
Cycle Agent, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention and in what manner
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the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
The object of our invention is to provide means and appliances for supporting
and securing bicycles, tricycles, and other velocipedes in position in railway vans
cycle sheds, and other storage places.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascer
tained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar
letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is an elevation, showing the position of the cycle holder when out of use,
with the arm parallel to the wall.
Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line a b of Fig. 1, the arm being in the same
position as in Figs. 1 and 2.
Fig. 4 is a similar section showing the arm extended at right angles to the wall.
Fig. 5 shows a modification of the invention.
Fig. 6 is a plan view of Fig. 5.
e and fare two brackets secured to the wall or side of a railway van or other
storage are two bars, integral with the brackets ef, and together forming
a plate with a slot h. kk are two lugs to which the spindle m is pivoted at the
upper and lower ends. These lugs pass through the slot h and are formed integral
with the back plate n; the combination of the lugs kk and back plate n forming a
sliding block. o is an arın and p is an eccentric, both being integral with the
spindle m. r is a plate fitted loosely between the spindle m and the slotted plate gg.
The eccentric p is so formed that when the arm o is in the position shown in
Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the plate r is loose, and the sliding block falls to the bottom of
the slot h; but when the arm o is placed at right angles to the wall, the eccentric p
jams the plater against the plate y g, as shown in Fig. 4. The effect of this action
is that the sliding block is retained in any suitable position relatively to the slotted
plate, and the arm becomes fixed at right angles to the wall or thereabouts, and
in a suitable position for holding a bicycle, tricycle or other velocipede.
The outer end of the arm o is formed as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 with clips s and t,
one side of the jaws being pivoted to the fixed jaw at y. s is the clip for receiving
and holding the head tube of a cycle. t is a smaller clip for accommodating the
brake rod. is a perforated segmental bar attached to the loose jaw and passing
through a slot in the fixed jaw, for locking the loose jaw in position, when securing
the cycle; a pin (as shown) or a padlock, being used with the appliance.
Referring to Figs. 5 and 6, is an elongation of the lug k. z is a slot for receiving
the set screw fitted to a boss on the arm o, whereby the arm o may be fixed at
right angles or thereabouts to the wall when required. This arrangement may be
used either in combination with the eccentric p and plate r, or without those
appliances.
When applying my present invention in securing cycles constructed in accord-
ance with the Specification of Letters Patent granted to Francis Geddes and another
dated 5th November 1896, No. 24,753, in which one portion of the handle bar is
detachable, I dispense with the clips and t, and form the arm o cylindrical, as
shown in Fig. 6, over which the remaining portion of the handle bar, is slipped so
as to enclose the arm, o.
As a modification the arm may be provided with a double clip capable of slid-
ing and being clamped on the bar o at any desired position, one of the clips being
used for the purpose; the other clip is arranged to grip any suitable portion of the
frame of a cycle. The segmental bare may be fitted on the hinge side of the clip
jaws so as to facilitate its attachment to cycle frames.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1. The improved arrangement and construction of apparatus for supporting or

page_text: holding cycles in position in railway vans, sheds, and other places of storage,
substantially as described.
2. In means and appliances for the purposes aforesaid, the combination of a
slotted plate gg, bracketed to any suitable support; a sliding block having lugs kk,
spindle m, eccentric p, arm o fitted with or without clips s t, formed to open out,
and suitably lined, and a loose plate r capable of being jammed against the plate g g,
substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
3. In means and appliances for the purposes aforesaid, the modification and
arrangements of parts herein before described and illustrated by Figs. 5 and 6 of
the drawings.
Dated Oth Tahmua 1900
GEORGE DOWNING & SONS,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agents.