Improvements in Velocipede Holders or Stands.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Velocipede Holders or Stands.
I, FREDERICK HENRY WILLIAM BREININGER, of Sunnyside, Wychall Lane,
Kings Norton, near Birmingham, in the County of Worcestershire, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention is in the nature of an improved form of velocipede-holder to be
screwed or otherwise fastened to a wall or any other available means of support. It
is an arrangement whereby a velocipede can be held or supported in an upright
position, at any angle from a wall or side of any compartment. The holder being
fastened permanently to a wall or other support the clips or gripping parts can how-
ever we easily turned to any horizontal angle, and so held automatically, thereby
doing away with the present methods employed of holding or fixing the said clips
or gripping parts (previous to introduction of velocipede), by screws or otherwise.
Also by closing or connecting the open ends of aforesaid clips with a staple or chain
the wheel of velocipede can be locked to holder by lock and key. The holder
consists of two clips connected one to each end of a barrel shaped spring which
is embraced by the bracket that is to be fastened to wall or support.
The front wheel of velocipede is forced into the open end of clips, the back or
closed ends of said clips are so constructed that they will fit into the ends of a split
barrel or tube.
The said barrel or tube is expanded in diameter by the clips being forced open
and so become fixed or prevented from revolving in the cylindrical part of the
bracket, thereby holding the velocipede at any angle from a wall or support.
I may also hold the clips at any horizontal angle by allowing them to rest in
notches or grooves which may be formed in the top part of bracket.
A staple or link can be passed through holes in the clips for the purpose of
locking wheel of velocipede to holder or stand.
October 14th 1897.
Improvements in Velocipede Holders or Stands.
I, FREDERICK HENRY WILLIAM BREININGER, Engineer, residing at "Sunny Side,"
Wychall Lane, Kings Norton, in the County of Worcester, 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 the holding of cycles when not in use or when being

page_text: stabled or when being exhibited or otherwise held for show, cleaning, or other
purposes, and consists in an improved holder or bracket-support which is so con-
structed as to accommodate the placing and stabling of a cycle in various places and
positions which, with existing cycle-holders, it would be impossible or inconvenient.
The invention is characterised by a small but strong bracket-support or bracket-
like nolder built up of two elements, the one a socket or cylindrical bracket capable
of being attached by wood screws or the like to a wall partition or other available
supporting means, and the other a pair of clips or gripping parts carried upon a
split barrel or tube which is arranged to revolve or swing within the cylindrical
bracket or socket, as aforesaid, and which is capable of being easily turned to vary-
ing angles, the said clips or gripping parts being adapted to grip onto the
circumference of one of the cycle's wheels and so hold the cycle rigid and upright.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings the invention is completely illustrated,
both as regards the construction of the bracket-support and the manner in which
it is applied to the cycle. In the said sheet Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the bracket-
support complete, Fig. 2 a horizontal section through, the said fig. on the dotted
line, Fig. 3 a longitudinal vertical section of the bracket-support, Fig. 4 a horizontal
section of Fig. 3 upon the chain line, and Fig. 5 views of the parts, as shown in
Fig. 3, separated, the last named in order to illustrate of what parts the bracket-
support is composed and how it is built up. Fig. 6 is an independent elevation of
the split barrel or tube which carries the pair of clips, and shows how the split of
the said tube is fashioned, whilst Fig. 7 is an end view of the socket or cylindrical
bracket as shown separated in Fig. 5. Figs. 8 and 9 set forth how the cycle is
held by the bracket-support gripping one of its wheels, and also the varying angles
at which the cycle can be held, the last named being illustrated by dotted lines
in Fig. 9.
The bracket-like holder or support a is composed of two elements, the one being
a socket or cylindrical bracket c and the other an adjustable cycle-wheel gripping
member d, the latter being carried by the former. The adjustable gripping
member d consists of a barrel or tube length & carrying upon its extremities d³, d,
bifurcated clips or gripping parts 9, 93, the said gripping parts or clips being
formed either independent of the barrel or tube and attached, as shown, or from a
blank comprehending themselves and the tube or barrel. The tube or barrel da is
split or divided longitudinally at , the extremities de of the splitting being
broader than the middle part in order to accommodate the necks of the clips or
gripping parts as aforesaid. These latter are each built up from a length of strip
metal and consist of a bifurcated part, formed by yielding or spring sides or
legs 2 connected together by a cylindrical part or head, leaving a contraction
or neck between them. The heads h³ of these clips or gripping parts fit within
the bore of the ends of the split barrel or tube ³, and their necks or
contracted parts, h4, fit tight within the enlarged parts de of the split, 5, and are
affixed within the said ends, at one point only, by cross rivets 5. The pair of clips
or gripping parts 9, 92 are so connected to the split barrel or tube that, when
their branches or legs h, ² are forced apart, or open, an expanding or swelling
pressure is exerted upon the said tube through the necks or contractions h' and the
portions of the cylindrical part 3 adjacent to them exerting a pressure upon the
slot's edges, which slightly opens the said slot and enlarges the tube's or barrel's
diameter.
The socket or cylindrical bracket c is formed with a circular part or hollow
boss and an attachment plate 3, the former to carry the pair of clips or gripping
parts by encircling the middle part of their carrier barrel or tube 2, and the latter
for the purpose of attaching the socket or cylindrical bracket to a wall or other
available supporting means. This bracket is shaped up from a strip of metal
and its circular part 2 and its attachment plate part 3 are distanced and connected
by flat webbings c, c, through which transverse screw pins 6, having screw nuts
upon their ends, pass, for the purpose of setting up and keeping constant the inner
diameter or bore of the circular part c³. The middle part of the last named is cut

page_text: away to lighten the bracket, so that only strap-like portions abound upon the one
side.
The bracket-support a is fixed to a supporting means or wall as shown in Figs. 8
and 9, and its swinging pair of clips or gripping parts can, so long as the wheel
circumference is not being held, turn easily but stiffly within the cylindrical
bracket c, and can fold flat against the supporting means, but immediately the
circumference of a cycle wheel is forced between the gripping parts or clips the
branches or legs of these gripping parts, which are normally of a
less distance between then than the wheel circumference, are sprung
open or apart, which, as before stated, slightly increases or enlarges
the diameter of that part of the split tube which is within the
circular part of the bracket c, and so prevents the said tube turning within the
socket. In this way the cycle can be held at the precise angle and position which it takes
when the circumference of its wheel is forced between the bifurcations of the
clips.
The free extremities of the branches h, 2 of the clips g, g² are formed with cross
holes m, through which can be passed cross bolts provided with a padlock at the
one end and a head at the other, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, in order to
prevent the wheel of the cycle being withdrawn from the gripping parts. These
bolts constitute a lock to the holding.
Instead of connecting the socket part of the bracket-support to the wall or other
supporting media by wood screws or nails, it may be provided with a spike or
shank for being driven into the wall or the like and so secure the socket, and
instead of expanding the barrel or tube within the socket c, the top edge of the
socket may have notches cut in it, into one of which a projecting tongue upon the
swinging part & may take according to its angle with the said socket. In this case
the swinging member d would have a slight vertical movement within the socket.
The circular part 3 of the socket c may be swivelly connected to the attachment..
plate c³, so as to give an angular adjustment as well as an horizontal one, the
swivelling in this case being made stiff.
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 is:-
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First. A cycle holder or bracket support characterised by a socket-part, attach-
able to a wall or other supporting means, and a swinging wheel embracing member
having bifurcated gripping parts and which is adapted to work within, and to be
carried by, the said socket and to be expanded within the said socket by the action
of forcing the wheel circumference between the bifurcated gripping parts, and so
become locked therein or prevented from turning by frictional contact, substantially
as described.
Second. A cycle holder or bracket support distinguished by a socket part c,
attachable to a wall or other supporting means, and a swinging member d compris-
ing a split or divided tube and a pair of clips or bifurcated gripping parts g, q²,
adapted when opened to expand the said split tube, which swivels within and is
carried by the said socket part, substantially as described and set forth.
Third. In combination in a cycle holder, a socket or cylindrical bracket c com-
prising a hollow boss and an attachment plate 3, a split or divided rotatable
barrel or tube working within and carried by the said socket, and a pair of
expansible clips or gripping parts 9, 9, which are adapted to be carried upon the
ends of the barrel and to communicate their expansion movement to the said
barrel or tube to expand it and enlarge its diameter, substantially as described.
Fourth. In combination in a cycle holder as described, a socket or cylindrical
bracket e having a hollow boss and means for attaching it either rigidly or
swivelly to a support, a split or divided tube or barrel & working within the said
hollow boss, and a pair of clips or bifurcated gripping parts g, g³, having
cylindrical portions h³ and contractions or necks h, by which they are attached

page_text: to the ends of the said barrel or tube and through which their expanded movement
is communicated to the said barrel, as set forth.
Fifth. In combination in a cycle holder, a socket e having a hollow boss c³ with
notches cut in its top edge and provided with an attachment plate 3, and a barrel
or tube d³ carrying bifurcated gripping parts g, g, and having an extension upon
it for engaging the said notches so as to hold the swinging part & rigid, substantially
as described.
Sixth. Making the hollow boss of the socket or cylindrical bracket c adjustable
as to its inner diameter or bore, substantially as described.
Seventh. In combination with the socket member c of a cycle holder of a swing-
ing member d carrying bifurcated gripping parts 9, g³, having cross holes m in
their terminations and cross bolts or other similar locking means, substantially as
described.
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1000
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
11, Burlington Chambers, New Street, Birmingham,
Agents for Applicant.