IMPROVEMENTS IN BICYCLE STANDS FOR HOLDING, CLEANING, ADJUSTING, AND TIGHTENING THE BEARINGS AND CONES OF BICYCLES, AND FOR HOLDING BICYCLES IN A VERTICAL POSITION
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Arthur Henry Lee, of the Avenue Works, Cambridge, in
the County of Cambridge, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
BICYCLE STANDS FOR HOLDING, CLEANING, ADJUSTING, AND TIGHTENING THE
BEARINGS AND CONES OF BICYCLES, AND FOR HOLDING BICYCLES IN A VERTICAL
POSITION"
Sealed the 1st April 1879, and dated the 3rd October 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Arthur Henry Lee at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd October 1878.
ARTHUR HENRY LEE, of the Avenue Works, Cambridge, in the County of
Cambridge, Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN BICYCLE STANDS FOR HOLDING,
CLEANING, ADJUSTING, AND TIGHTENING THE BEARINGS AND CONES OF BICYCLES,
AND FOR HOLDING BICYCLES IN A VERTICAL POSITION."
This Invention has for its object improvements in bicycle stands for holding,
cleaning, adjusting, and tightening the bearings and cones of bicycles, and for
holding bicycles in a vertical position. In constructing bicycle stands, a frame is
made of suitable sized iron or steel, or other metal, or hard substance some 2 feet 6
inches long, more or less, and about 15 inches wide, more or less, at the bottom end,.
and 5 inches at the top, so that the size taper up from the bottom which rests upon
the ground, while the top part of the frame is supported by means of a vertical stand
having two legs some 12 or 13 inches long. This vertical stand is made of flat, or
round iron, or steel, or other metal or hard substance, and is bent at the top so as
to form a recess or a fork is rivetted or welded on for the backbone of the bicycle
to rest upon, while the bottom part of the legs are connected by means of a small
rod rivetted through each leg. On each side of this vertical stand near the top are
holes corresponding with similar holes made in the ends of the two sides of the
frame, which when rivetted together form a joint by which means the vertical
portion of the frame can be folded up inside and between the two sides of the frame
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when not required for use. The bottom part of the frame is (as above stated) some
15 inches wide, and is connected at the ends by means of a round rod of iron
which passes through each end, and is rivitted. Thus the sides are connected at
the bottom by a rod rivitted through each end, and the top part is secured to
the vertical frame by means of rivetts through each side near the top.
means the frame is completed and can be folded up or opened at pleasure. On each
side of the frame and near to the bottom are hooks rivetted or welded on to carry
or support the handles of the bicycle. These hooks are made either of iron or
steel, or brass or other metal or hard substance and lined with india-rubber. The
recess or fork at the top and in the centre of the vertical part of the stand which
forms a bearing for the backbone is also fitted with a cap of india-rubber stamped
out to suit the shape required to suit the recess or fork, and is secured to the iron
by means of rivetts or cement to prevent the paint on the backbone being damaged
by contact with the iron.
The stand when unfolded for use is held in position by a spring with a round
end to drop into a hole at the side for that purpose, or by preference, a small pin
and chain to hold it in position when open. The sides of the frame are slightly
curved at the bottom in order to raise the handles sufficiently high to clear the nut
at the end of the fork, and also the saddle from the ground. The frame can also be
made parralel on the sides instead of taper, and can have a joint in the. centre to
fold up twice and thus take up a smaller space.
For holding the bicycle in a vertical position (as when running) a small grip
bracket having two forks one at each end is.used. This bracket is made of V shape
or otherwise and is made of iron, steel, brass, or any kind of metal or other hard
substance, with a small slot or half round cut in the bottom side of it to fit and
work upon the round rod at the bottom part of the stand, upon which it revolves
sufficient to allow the rim of the bicycle when run on to the stand to catch the fork
or slot in the top of the stand that carries the backbone when the bicycle is turned
the other way upwards for cleaning, &c. By this means it is hold sufficiently firm
without ropes or cords to hold it up.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Arthur Henry Lee in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
1st April 1879.
ARTHUR HENRY LEE, of the Avenue Works, Cambridge, in the County of
Cambridge, Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN BICYCLE STANDS."
This Invention has for its object improvements in bicycle stands for holding,
cleaning, adjusting, and tightening the bearings and cones of bicycles, and also for
holding bicycles in a vertical position.
In constructing bicycle stands a frame is made of suitable sized iron or steel
or other metal or hard substance, some two feet six inches long, more or less
and about fifteen and a half inches wide, more or less, at the bottom end, and
five inches at the top, so that the sides taper up from the bottom, which rests
upon the ground, while the top part of the frame is supported by means
of a vertical stand having two legs some twelve or thirteen inches long. This
vertical stand is made of flat or round iron or steel or other motal or hard substance,
and is bent at the top so as to form a recess; or a fork is rivetted or welded on
for the backbone of the bicycle to rest upon, while the bottom part of the legs are
connected by means of a small rod rivetted through each leg. On each side of this
vertical stand near the top are holes corresponding with similar holes made in the
ends of the two sides of the frame, which when rivetted together form a joint, by.
which means the vertical portion of the frame can be folded up inside and between
the two sides of the frame when not required for usc. The bottom part of the
frame is (as above stated) some fifteen and a half inches wide, and is connected at
the ends by means of a round rod of iron, which passes through each end, and is
rivetted; thus the sides are connected at the bottom by a rod rivetted through each
end, and the top part is secured to the vertical frame by means of rivets through
each side near the top. By this means the frame is completed, and can be folded
up or opened at pleasure.
On each side of the frame and near to the bottom are hooks rivetted or welded
on to carry or support the handles of the bicycles. These hooks are made either of
iron, steel, or brass, or other metal or hard substance, and lined-with india-rubber.
The recess or hook at the top and in the centre of the vertical part of the stand,
which forins a bearing for the backbone, is also filled with a cap of india-rubber
stamped out to the shape required to suit the recess or hook, and is secured to the
iron by means of rivets or cement to prevent the paint on the backbone being
damaged by contact with the metal.
The stand when unfolded for use is held in position by a spring with a round
end to drop into a hole at the side for that purpose; or by preference a small pin
and chain to hold it in position when open. The sides of the frame are slightly
curved at the bottom in order to raise the handles sufficiently high to clear the nut
at the end of the fork, and also the saddle from the ground.
The frame can also be made parallel on the sides instead of taper, and can have a
joint in the centre to allow it to fold up twice, and thus take up a small space.
For holding the bicycle in a vertical position (as when running) a small grip
bracket having two forks, one at each end is used. This bracket is made of V
shape or otherwise, and is made of iron, steel, brass, or any kind of metal or other
hard substance, with a small slot or half round cut in the bottom side of it to fit
and work upon the round rod at the bottom part of the stand upon which it
revolves, sufficient to allow the rim of the bicycle when run on to the stand to catch
the fork or slot in the top of the stand that carries the backbone when the bicycle
is turned the other way upwards for cleaning, &c.; by this means it is held suffi-
ciently firm without ropes or cords to hold it up.
Fig. 1 is a plan of the stand folded up, with grip bracket A placed on the rod at
the bottom; this grip bracket is sloted out to work upon and revolve on the round
rod so as to allow the bicycle when run on to the stand to enter the recess B at the

page_text: top part of it; C, C, are brass hooks for holding the handles of the bicycle when
turned upside down for cleaning or repairing purposes; B1 is a small fork fitted on
to a round rod in the front or vertical part of the stand; this fork moves round the
rod and grips the rim of the bicycle when run on to the stand, giving it an
additional firmness.
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Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the stand when open ready for use. C shows the
brass hook for the handle; and C 1, the small fork in front of stand, as above
stated; C2, the grip bracket.
Fig. 3 is the head of stand, with vertical recess N for cleaning purposes only.
Fig. 4 is the head of stand fitted with fork as for cleaning and holding
purposes.
Fig. 5 is for the same purpose, only made with a recess lengthwise of the frame,
as shewn in Fig. 1.
Fig. 8 is the plan of a parallel stand, with forks 1, 2, 3, for the rim of the bicycle
to run on to when being held in a vertical position; the centre fork 2 moves round
with the rod to suit the different diameters of bicycles.
Fig. 7 is a side elevation, showing the rim of a bicycle cliped by the hooks 1, 2, 3.
C3 is a side hook to hold the handles of the bicyclo when upside down for cleaning;
this stand folds up in the centre, and the head of it is brought down, also forming
two folds instead of one.
Fig. 6 is an end view of this stand shewn at E, E, a small stop coming under the
bottom of the frame to hold it in position when opened ready for use.
In witness whereof, I, the said Arthur Henry Lee, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named Arthur Henry Lee,
in the presence of
JA. W*. PRIOR,
Sok.,
Cambridge.
ARTHUR HENRY LEE. (L.S.)