Improvements in or connected with Bicycle Stands or Supports, applicable also to other purposes.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Bicycle Stands or Supports,
applicable also to other purposes.
I, HENRY BATE of 11 Market Hill, Maldon, in the County of Essex, Bicycle Maker,
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
:-
My invention particularly refers to a stand or support for bicycles whereby the
latter may be supported and held firmly in several positions, while when desired the
saine stand may be applied and adjusted to the machine as a luggage carrying
frame.
I will describe the invention as applicable to machines with diamond shaped frames,
that is a frame having top and bottom longitudinal tubes, extending from the head
tube to the seat supporting tube.
According to my invention I so arrange a frame of metal that it may be applied to
say the lower down or lower main tube of the frame in the following manner :-
The device proper, is composed of a straight part, formed by two parallel bars
united at the outer end and there provided with a partly circular clip, made with a
moveable jaw or jaws, and controlled by a spring and screw. This clip is clasped
round, and firmly holds the lower down tube of the frame, at some distance from the
crank axle, while the lower part of the down tube below the clip rests on or is located
above the top of the straight parallel bars of the stand, being protected from rubbing
by pads of rubber or other material suitable for the purpose. At the end of the
straight part, the parallel bars are splayed apart and bent in a downward direction
until they rest on the ground, and a frame so formed, the splayed out ends of which
are connected, forms the aforesaid stand to hold the machine in an upright position.
By inverting the frame and applying the straight part to the top tube a stand is
formed for holding the machine upside down.
By applying the appliance within the interior of the frame so that the straight part
rests on the top of the down tube and is secured thereto, the splayed out or widenea
part, is then towards the steering tube and inclines upwards, thereby forming a frame
for luggage, held thereto by straps.
When used as a stand or carrier a strap may be applied at the bend for greater
security.
As a stand for "cycles" this frame or appliance is not only applicable to diamond
shaped frames, but to so-called ladies' straight frames and also to curved frames
provided the straight part of the stand is suitably curved for the purpose.
Dated this 26th day of November 1895.

page_text: Improvements in or connected with Bicycle Stanis or Supports,
applicable also to other purposes.
1, HENRY BATE, of 11 Market Hill, Maldon, in the County of Essex, Bicycle Maker,
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:-
My invention particularly refers to a stand or support for bicycles, whereby the
latter may be supported and held firmly in several positions, while when desired, the
same stand may be applied and adjusted to the machine, as a luggage carrying
frame.
In order that my invention may be readily understood I will describe same with
reference to the accompanying drawings, whereon similar letters of reference indicate
like parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stand or support constructed according to my
invention,
Fig. 2 is a plan section taken through a joint, on the line X Y, and Fig. 3 is a
similar sectional view at X' Y¹, both of Fig. 1 ;
Figs. 4, 5 and 6 shew examples of various applications of the device to bicycles of
ordinary safety type.
According to my invention the device proper is composed of a framework made
either of solid bent strip metal, or built up of parallel wires and joint pieces as shewn,
the latter being a convenient construction to produce a stand of light weight. The
device is formed with a straight part consisting of two approximately parallel
arms A A provided at the outer ends with a clip by which the device may be
conveniently secured to, and caused to grip on to, a tube of the frame of the cycle.
The clip shewn consists of two jaws B B¹, one attached to each parallel arm A A',
C being a screw passing freely through one jaw B' at or near its point of attachment
with the arm A', while the screw aperture at the other jaw B, is threaded to engage
with the screw C, whereby the jaws are drawn together, they being otherwise
separated by the spring action of the frame arms A A. I have found it preferable
to joint or pivot the jaws onto the frame arms, say by such a joint as shewn at Fig. 2,
whereby the jaws may be reversed as indicated by the dotted lines.
At the end of the straight part A A¹ of the frame, the latter is bent in a downward
direction, and the arms A A carry between them a pad of rubber or other suitable
material, fitted so as to be capable of removal when required; in the drawing the
rubber pad D is of cylindrical form, and is secured as shewn at Fig. 3 by a screw E
passing through the arm A, through a metal tubular core D' of the roller D, and
screwing into the arm A or into a joint piece or plate thereon.
The arms A A' as they extend downwards from the jaws B B', are made to some-
what diverge the one from the other, and at A2 A2 are splayed apart and again bent
in a downward direction, in order to produce a flat wide frame A³ preferably formed
with a central space A. I do not limit myself to the mere details of construction
of such a device, as it will be well understood that such may be varied and yet
produce equivalents for the approximately parallel arms A A', with the clips BB',
the pad D and the widened part A³.
The device as described is adapted to be utilized for three distinct purposes without
any alteration being made in the framework, and without any additional parts being
necessary.
When applied as a stand or support to hold the machine in an upright position, as
is illustrated at Fig. 4, the screw C is removed, the arms A A' are passed on either
side of the tube F of the cycle frame, the screw is inserted and the jaws B B' are

page_text: caused to grip the tube G, while the part A³ rests upon the ground and the machine-
is held in an upright position thereby and when desired with one of the wheels clear
of the ground, and without the gripping action of the stand being dependent on the
weight of the machine, the latter being held by the action of the jaws B B', held
closed by the screw C. When employed as a luggage carrying frame as at Fig. 5,
the screw C is removed, also the roller D, the frame is placed in the position shewn
with one arm on either side of the head tube H, the jaws are clipped on to the tube F,.
and the roller D is replaced and rests above the said tube F and immediately behind the
head tube H, while the brake rod of the machine, when such is fitted, easily passes.
through the space (marked J Fig. 1) between the arms A A'. I generally fit the
frame with straps, such as S Fig. 5, in order to secure the luggage to the frame.
Clips may be fitted, if desired, to the frame to carry a pump T.
When employed to support the machine in an inverted position as shewn at Fig. 6,
the tube K rests upon the roller D of the frame, while the clips B B¹ grip the same
tube. In this position the saddle is held off the ground while the widened part of the
frame bearing thereon, provides a firm support.
The appliance or device is not only applicable to diamond shaped frames, but to
so-called ladies straight frames and also to curved frames provided the straight part
of the stand is suitably curved for the purpose.
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 as my improvements in or connected with bicycle stands or supports applicable
also to other purposes, are as follows:-
1. A framework having two approximately parallel arms, a clip capable of being
caused to grip a tube or tubes of the cycle frame, and situated at the ends of the arms,
a pad of rubber or other suitable material, attached (preferable adjustably) at a lower
point between the arms and a widened part at the base of the arms, such a framework
and parts, being capable of attachment to the bicycle and to serve either for the
purpose of a support to hold the machine upright, or of a stand to carry same inverted,
or of a luggage carrying frame, all substantially as described.
2. The particular formation of frame formed from strip metal or built up of wire
substantially as and for the purposes described and shewn with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
3. The combination with the framework as claimed by Claim 1 of the gripping.
jaws B B' holding screw C, and the detachable roller D, substantially as and for the
purposes described and illustrated with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 24th day of August 1906.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicant..