Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 1st May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 20th Jan., 1897--Accepted, 20th Mar., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
owner,.do hereby declare-the.nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to a rotary stand or rack for facilitating the transport and
storage of bicyclės:
My improved apparatus consists of arrotary platform. provided with a number of
supports or seats varying according to the number of bicycles to be transported or
stored and according to the space available:
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1'is a verticab central section; and
Figure 2 a plan, of a bicycle stand or rack constructed according to my said
inventions
aristthe base which is provided at its centre with a pivot b. On the base a turns a
platformi whicht supports and. forms part of a rotary frame serving as a rack and'
provided with a series of radiating: sockets or forks m, narranged in two superposed-
planes for the reception of the bicycles: A series of springs.r enables the tires of the
wheels tor begripped by means of the barsin-so as to support the bicycles and protect
them from vibration. A kind of brace or hook t retains the bicycles in. position and.
prevents them from slippings
A bearing surface or rail k prevents abnormal friction in the event of the platform-
being unequally loaded.
The operation consists:
1. In loading each: bicycle, always at the same point,. by turning. the apparatus-
about its axis-so as to brings ther free spaces or seats successively in front of the
opening of the waggon or therlike, the bicycles being thus-loaded successively.
2. In unloading, it is only necessary to turn the apparatus to bring the bicycle to
be unloaded in front of the opening of the waggon or the like, without touching the
othersi
Itt will:ber easily understood.: that; by this operation, each bicycle is supported in a
separate compartment, and that, in this manner, the bicycles are protected from the
deterioration to which they are liable with the usual mode of loading and unloading.
My apparatus is especially useful for railway companies who would only have to fit
two of these rotary racks in each..waggon, in order to transport at least 20 bicycles.
with perfect safety and. so that they may be independently, and rapidly loaded and.
unloaded.

page_text: I can modify the method of mounting my apparatus according to the requirements
of special cases, especially for fixed apparatus where I dispense with the springs r and
where I can, if desired, make the rotary stands or racks with one or more platforms or
stories with a greater or less number of compartments; and, in general, I can
somewhat further modify the apparatus without departing from the nature of my said
invention.
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved Stand or Apparatus for Facilitating the Transport
and Storage of Bicycles.
I, JOSEPH OLLER, of 8 Rue Caumartin, Paris, in the Republic of France, Land"
Owner, 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 relates to a rotary stand or rack for facilitating the transport and
storage of bicycles.
My improved apparatus consists of a rotary platform provided with a number of
supports or seats varying according to the number of bicycles to be transported or
stored and according to the space available.
Referring to the drawing accompanying my Provisional Specification :-
Figure 1 is a vertical central section, and
Figure 2 a plan of a bicycle-stand or rack constructed according to my said
invention.
a is the base which is provided at its centre with a pivot b. On the base a turns a
platform which supports and forms part of a rotary frame serving as a rack and
provided with a series of radiating sockets or forms m, n arranged in two superposed
planes for the reception of the bicycles. A series of springs r enables the tyres of the
wheels to be gripped by means of the bars n so as to support the bicycles and protect
them from vibration. A kind of brace or hook t retains the bicycles in position and
prevents them from slipping.
A bearing surface or rail k prevents abnormal friction in the event of the platform
being unequally loaded.
The operation consists:-
1. In always introducing the bicycles from the same point, by turning the apparatus
about its axis so as to bring the free spaces or seats successively in front of the
opening of the waggon or the like, the bicycles being thus loaded successively.
2. In unloading, it is only necessary to turn the apparatus to bring the bicycles to
be unloaded in front of the opening of the waggon or the like, without touching the
others.
It will be easily understood that, by this mode of operation, each bicycle is placed
in a separate compartment, and that in this manner the bicycles are protected from
the deterioration to which they are liable with the usual mode of loading and
unloading.
My apparatus is especially useful for railway companies, who would only have to fit
two of these rotary racks in each waggon, in order to transport at least 20 bicycles
with perfect safety and so that they may be independently and rapidly loaded and
unloaded.

page_text: I can modify the method of mounting my apparatus according to the requirements
of special cases, especially for fixed apparatus where I dispense with the springs r, and
where I can, if desired, make the rotary stands or racks with one or more platforms or
stories, with a greater or less number of compartments, and, in general, I can
somewhat further modify the apparatus without departing from the nature of my said
invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
I claim is :-
First. A stand or rack for the transport and storage of bicycles, comprising a
rotary platform provided with a series of independent seats or forks in which the
bicycles rest in any position, so that, by the rotary motion of the platform, each seat
or set of forks can be brought in front of the operator to permit the introduction or
withdrawal of each bicycle separately.
2. The improved rotary bicycle-rack or stand constructed substantially as described
with reference to the drawing, and operating as and for the purposes above
specified.
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D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.