Improvements in Home Trainer Attachments for Cycle Stands.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 8th June, 1894-Accepted, 28th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Home Trainer Attachments for Cycle Stands.
I, JOHN SISSON SLATER, of Seafield, Lytham, in the County of Lancaster,
Master of Arts, Doctor of Laws, and Barrister-at-Law of the Northern Circuit,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is applicable to various kinds of cycle stands though I prefer to
employ it with the stands made in accordance with my own previous Specification
No. 13910 of 1892.
The working parts of the apparatus comprise the following features. A. pulley
or roller conveniently of wood and having a hollow periphery to receive the
driving wheel of the bicycle or other velocipede, is carried in any convenient
support which I prefer to arrange so that the grooved roller can be pressed against
the periphery of the driving wheel by means of springs, weight or equivalent. I find a
pivotted fork whose free ends carry the pin or axle upon which the roller revolves
to give satisfactory results. Upon or in connection with the grooved roller is a
brake drum or equivalent around which any suitable form of brake band say a
strap for example passes one or both ends of the strap being connected with an
arm or equivalent device by which the tension of the band can be regulated, the
arm or equivalent being connected by a cord or the like with a convenient part of
the bicycle or other velocipede say with the handle-bar or the brake lever thereon,
so that the rider can regulate the tension of the brake as he may desire to increase
or decrease the power required to drive the machine when using it with this device
as a home trainer. The roller carrying, fork and the arm may both be pivotted
upon the same spindle or support which may also serve as a stay to connect the two
sides of a jointed frame for supporting the driving wheel of the bicycle or other
velocipede. This pivotted frame I prefer to arrange in the form of a triangle, the
ground line forming the base and the ends of the frame pivotted together at the
apex and extending beyond the pivot so as to form a fork into which the axle of
the driving wheel or other part of the machine may be placed so as to raise the.
wheel off the ground; by pivotting the bottom end of each leg of the frame to a
bracket movable upon the base line or rod and adapted to be fixed by set screws
or the like the angles of the frame can be varied and the height from the ground
of the supporting fork varied according to the size of the wheel or the wishes of
the rider. One jointed fork may be employed upon each side of the wheel and
between these and in line with the driving wheel of the bicycle is the roller
which by the manner of its support can be moved sideways as well as nearer to
or farther from the wheel so as to adapt it to the position or irregularities of the
wheel.
Any suitable means may if desired be employed for holding the brake at the
required tension upon the roller or this may be left to the convenience of the
rider applying it by hand upon the ordinary brake lever in the ordinary
manner.
This apparatus may be used as above described with either a rear or front
driving bicycle or with a tricycle having a single driving wheel; where it is.
desired to employ it with a double driving tricycle two of the apparatus may be
employed, one for each wheel.
This device may also be used independently of any special form of cycle stand
so long as the cycle itself is prevented from tumbling over. For example with a
single driving, tricycle it would only be necessary to run the non-driving wheels of
the tricycle against some support such as a wall or the like and raise the driving
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page_text: wheel off the ground by means of the supporting mechanism of this apparatus
(which supporting mechanism may be varied according to the requirement of the
machine) and the apparatus secured upon the floor or a board or the like.
With this apparatus it will be seen that instead of allowing the power to run to
waste it may be easily utilized for driving purposes say a sewing machine, a lathe,
drilling machine, pump, knife cleaner or the like by simply removing the brake
band and placing a driving band around the brake drum the driving band operating
by means of a pulley any counter or other shaft which it may be desired to drive.
Or without removing the brake band other means may be employed for taking off
the power as for example by securing a toothed wheel or ring upon the grooved
roller, by friction rollers, or by having the roller fixed
upon
its spindle and taking
the power from the spindle which in that case would revolve.
As another means of braking the grooved roller I may employ an arm having
one or more cam surfaces adapted to engage with corresponding surfaces in the
roller support the free end of the arm being connected by a cord to the brake
lever as before and when pulled moving inwards upon the spindle and tightening up
the roller.
'Dated this 8th day of September 1893.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Home Trainer Attachments for Cycle Stands..
1, JOHN SISSON SLATER, of Seafield, Lytham in the County of Lancaster,
Master of Arts, Doctor of Laws, and Barrister-at-Law of the Northern Circuit,
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 is applicable to various kinds of cycle-stands though I prefer to
employ it with the stands made in accordance with my own previous Specification
No. 13910 of 1892.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings
in which
Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of the apparatus showing it applied to
a cycle-stand constructed according to my before-mentioned Specification, and
Figures 2 and 3 are respectively a part elevation and a transverse section of a
modification of the brake device shown in Figure 1, which latter figure is drawn to
smaller scale than Figures 2 and 3.
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Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
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As shown in the drawings the working parts of the apparatus comprise the
following features;-A pulley or roller A conveniently of wood, and having
hollow periphery as at A', to receive the driving wheel of the bicycle or other
velocipede, is carried in any convenient support B which I prefer to arrange so
that the grooved roller A can be pressed against the periphery of the driving
wheel by means of springs, weight or equivalent C. I find a pivotted fork such as
shown in the drawings whose free ends carry the pin or axle A' upon which the
roller A revolves, to give satisfactory results. Upon or in connection with the
grooved roller A is a brake drum or equivalent A³ around which passes any
suitable form of brake-band say for example as shown in Figure 1, strap D one
or both ends of which may be connected with an arm or equivalent device by
which the tension of the band D can be regulated, the arm or equivalent E being
connected by a cord or the like E¹ with a convenient part of the bicycle or other
velocipede say with the handle-bar or the brake-lever thereon, so that the rider
can regulate the tension of the brake as he may desire to increase or decrease the

page_text: power required to drive the machine when using it with this device as a home
trainer. The brake-band D as shown in Figure 1 may be simply a strap whose
ends are adapted to be united by a buckle D', and be passed around a cross bar E'
provided in the forked end of the before-mentioned arm E. The roller-carrying
fork B and the arm E may both be mounted upon the same rod or support F
which may also serve as a stay to connect the two sides of a jointed frame G G
(in which it is preferably free to oscillate) for supporting the driving wheel of the
bicycle or other velocipede. This pivotted frame G G I prefer to arrange in the
form of a triangle, the ground line forming the base and the upper ends of
the frame pivotted together at the apex as at G and extending beyond the pivot
so as to form a fork Ginto which the axle of the driving wheel or other part of
the machine may be placed so as to raise the wheel off the ground; by pivotting as
at G the bottom end of the legs of the frame G G' to brackets H movable upon
the base line or rod I and adapted to be fixed by set screws or the like H¹ the
angles of the frame G G¹ can be varied and the height from the ground of the
supporting forks G* varied according to the size of the wheel or the wishes of
the rider. One jointed fork G G G G may be employed upon each side of the
wheel and between these and in line with the driving wheel of the bicycle is the
roller A which by the manner of its support upon the rod F being retained thereon
against sidewise movement by a pinching screw F', can be moved sideways as well
as nearer to or farther from the wheel so as to adapt it to the position or
irregularities of the wheel. If desired the rod F may be rigidly fixed in the
frame-arms G and have the fork B loosely mounted on it, instead of the reverse
arrangement before-described.
Any suitable means may if desired be employed for holding the brake D at the
required tension upon the brake-drum A or roller A or this may be left to the
convenience of the rider applying it by hand upon the ordinary brake-lever in
the ordinary manner. In Figure 1 the cord E' on its way from the armm E to
the brake-applying device, is shown as first passed through eyes K attached to or
formed in part with, one, the front bar H and the other, the bar L' of the
cycle stand L which is constructed substantially as described and illustrated
eyes K
in my before mentioned Specification, but if desired the
be
dispensed with and the cord E¹ led direct from the arm E beneath the crown of
the cycle steering-fork and thence up to the cycle brake lever or other brake-
applying device.
may
The home-training apparatus as above described may be used with either a rear
or front driving bicycle or with a tricycle having a single driving wheel; where it
is desired to employ it with a double driving tricycle two of the apparatus may be
employed. one for each driving wheel.
This device may be used independently of any special form of cycle stand so
long as the cycle itself is prevented from tumbling over. For example with a
single driving tricycle it would only be necessary to run the non-driving wheels of
the tricycle against some support such as a wall or the like and raise the driving
wheel off the ground by means of the supporting mechanism G G₁ of this apparatus
(which supporting mechanism may be varied according to the requirement of the
machine) and the apparatus secured upon the floor or a board or the like.
With this apparatus it will be seen that instead of allowing the power to run to
waste it may be easily utilized for driving purposes say a sewing machine, a lathe,
drilling machine, pump, knife-cleaner or the like by simply removing the brake-
band D and placing a driving band around the brake-drum A' the driving band
operating by means of a pulley any counter or other shaft which it may be desired
to drive. Or without removing the brake band D other means may be employed
for taking off the power as for example by securing a toothed wheel or ring or
providing a special band pulley upon the grooved roller A, by friction rollers, or by
having the roller A fixed upon its spindle A' and taking the power from the spindle
which in that case would revolve.
As another means of braking the grooved roller as shown in Figures 2 and 3

page_text: I may employ an arm J having one or more cam surfaces J¹ Figure 3 adapted to
engage with corresponding surfaces in the roller support or fork B the free end of
the arm J being connected by a cord or equivalent to the brake-lever as before
and when pulled, moving inwards upon the spindle A and tightening up the
roller A by itself pressing, and causing the distant arm B¹ Figure 3 of the fork B
to be drawn, against the ends of its boss A' which is preferably of metal and if the
roller A be formed of wood may, as shown, consist of a flanged screw-threaded
sleeve and a nut secured against independent rotation by screws A'; when
however the roller A is formed of metal the boss may be integral therewith. Or a
belt may be placed around the pulley A and be gripped between it and the tyre of
the cycle wheel.
The cycle stand L shown in Figure 1 is given. merely as an example and being
fully described in my before mentioned Specification needs no description here;
neither does it constitute any separate part of my present invention..
If desired I may form the roller A with a cylindrical instead of a hollow
periphery and besides this may make other modifications without departing from
the spirit of the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;-
1. In a home trainer the combination with a stand for supporting the cycle
driving wheel axle of a pulley or roller mounted in a fork or frame so as to bear
under the influence of spring or other pressure against the periphery of the driving.
wheel substantially as described.
2. In a home trainer the combination with a roller such as A of brake-device
substantially as and for the purpose described.
3. The combination with a home trainer of an adjustable brake-device comprising
a roller such as A brake-drum A³ spring or equivalently controlled fork or frame
such as B brake-strap D and strap-tightening arm such as E. substantially as
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
4. The combination with a home-trainer of an adjustable brake-device comprising
a roller such as A frame such as B B and lever-arm J having one or more cam
surfaces such as J1 adapted to co-operate with the fork. or frame B₁ for applying
*pressure to the ends of the boss or sides of roller A substantially as described and
illustrated in the accompanying. drawings...
.
5. In a home-trainer the combination with an adjustable stand comprising a
frame such as G G G pivotted to brackets such as H of a.brake-roller such as A
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
6. The combination with a cycle stand of a home-trainer comprising an
adjustable stand such as G G G G and H and an adjustable brake-device such
as A A B D and E substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
7. The combination with a. cycle of a power-transmitting device substantially as
-described.
8. The combination with a cycle of apparatus which may be used either as a
home-trainer or for the purpose of transmitting power substantially as described.
Dated this 7th day of June 1894.
JOHN SISSON SLATER.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.