An Apparatus for the Carriage of Bicycles on Railways.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Sept., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 25th Sept., 1396-Accepted, 31st Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Apparatus for the Carriage of Bicycles on Railways.
CHARLES EDWARD CRAMP 10 Denzil Terrace, Westcombe Hill Blackheath,.
London, S.E. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Two hooks to be suspended from the ribs of the roofs of luggage vans, or the
like, or additional ribs or supports added thereto. One hook to be fixed to a
stationary holder and the other hook to hang on a slide bar so that it can be moved
horizontally.
Dated this 8th day of September 1896.
CHARLES EDWARD CRAMP.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Apparatus for the Carriage of Bicycles on Railways.
I, CHARLES EDWARD CRAMP of 10 Denzil Terrace, Westcombe Hill
Blackheath, London S.E. Accountants Clerk 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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide an apparatus that may be fixed with
duplicates of the same to the ribs of the roofs of railway luggage vans and the like
or to ribs of wood or metal added to the roofs of the beforementioned railway
luggage vans and the like on which bicycles may be hung so as to leave space for
other luggage to be conveyed underneath at the same time.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part:-Two hooks made of metal or alloy shaped
as per drawing (Figure 1) are hung by the small ends in and on separate supports
(Figures II & III) and the points A of the small ends of both hooks are then bent
round the parts of the said supports so as to be undetachable. The said supports
with books attached are then fixed by bolts or screws to the ribs of the roofs of
railway luggage vans and the like or to ribs of wood or metal added to the roofs
beforementioned for the purpose of carrying the said supports.
One of the supports to be made of metal or alloy shaped as per drawing
(Figure 1) so that the hook hung in the hole B, can swing under the centre of
the support but cannot shift entirely away from that centre, such hook for the
latter reason being called a stationary one.
The other support to be made of metal or alloy, (steel preferable) shaped as per
drawing (Figure III) and to be fixed to the ribs beforementioned so that the hook
hung on it can be made to slide away or slide nearer to the stationary hook
attached to the first named support (Figure 1) when the latter is fixed in
position.
A bicycle to be carried would be turned upside down, the rim of one wheel bung
on the stationary hook, and the rim of the other wheel on the sliding hook, which
would be brought nearer or moved away so as to agree with the wheel base of the
bicycle.

page_text: It is evident that modifications of the supports herein described may be made
without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing its advantages;
and I reserve the right to make all such alterations and modifications thereof as
fairly come within the scope of the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
An apparatus consisting of two hooks as per drawing (Figure 1), one of them
hung in a support as per drawing (Figure 11), the hook having the point A at the
small end bent round the support so as to be undetachable, the other hook hung on
a slide bar support as per drawing (Figure III), the point A at the small end of
the hook being bent round the support so as to be undetachable, which supports
with hooks attached can be fixed by bolts or screws to the ribs of the roofs of
railway luggage vans and the like or to ribs of wood or metal added to the roofs
of railway luggage vans and the like, for the purpose of carrying bicycles of
different sizes by suspending them upside down substantially as described herein.
Dated this 24th day of September 1896.
C. E. CRAMP.