An Improved Stand or Holder for Bicycles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Apr., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 9th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 11th Mar., 1899
An Improved Stand or Holder for Bicycles.
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I, JOHN SIDNEY CROWLEY, of Lexden, Bath Road, Reading, in the County of
Berks., Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an improved stand or holder for bicycles, and the objects
of my improvements are to construct a simple and efficient stand suitable for hold-
ing bicycles in railway vans, steam ships, warehouses and other places and also to
make the stand so that it can be readily fixed and removed without interfering with
the floor or surface upon which it has been fixed.
My improved stand consists essentially of a pillar formed in one part or two
or more parts as may be most convenient and terminating at the upper end in a
fork which is covered with indiarubber or other suitable material. At the foot of
the pillar resting upon or secured to or formed in the floor or ground is a trough
or grooved part formed to receive and steady the front wheel of the bicycle while
that part of the frame known as the bottom tube is placed in the forked end of
the pillar. The cycle when in this position is held quite firmly for warehousing
or storing but for travelling in a van or steam ship I employ a strong rubber clip
or other suitable spring clip or fastening which is hooked to a stud on the pillar
and the spring is then drawn across the bottom tube and hooked on to another
stud on the pillar.
In this way a perfect grip and hold on the cycle is obtained which will, with-
stand any ordinary vibration or shock.
For railway vans and steam ships and other places if desired I propose to fit a
metal socket into the floor or deck, and to cast or form a projection at the foot of
the pillar to fit into the socket, and in order that the bracket may always
occupy the same position when placed in the socket, I make the projection say
triangular with one long side and a corresponding hole in the socket.
The socket can be permanently fixed and being flush with the floor it offers no
obstacle or projection when the bracket is removed.
My improved stand can be made of metal or wood, or of metal and wood com-
bined and a padlock can be. fitted to lock the upper clip and prevent the bicycle
from being removed until the padlock has been opened.
Dated this 7th day of April 1898.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.
I, JOHN SIDNEY CROWLEY, of Lexden, Bath Road, Reading, in the County of
Berks. Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
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page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
-
My invention relates to an improved stand or holder for bicycles, and the objects
of my improvements are to construct a simple and efficient stand suitable for hold-
ing bicycles in railway vans, steam ships, warehouses and other places and also to
make the stand so that it can be readily fixed and removed without interfering with
the floor or surface upon which it has been fixed.
My improved stand consists essentially of a pillar formed in one part or two
or more parts as may be most convenient and terminating at the upper end in a
fork which is covered with indiarubber or other suitable material. At the foot of
the pillar resting upon or secured to or formed in the floor. or ground is a trough
or grooved part formed to receive and steady the front wheel of the bicycle while
that part of the frame known as the bottom tube is placed in the forked end of
the pillar. The cycle when in this position is held quite firmly for warehousing
or storing but for travelling in a van or steam ship I employ a strong rubber clip
or other suitable spring clip or fastening which is hooked to a stud on the pillar
and the spring is then drawn across the bottom tube and hooked on to another
stud on the pillar.
In this way a perfect grip and hold on the cycle is obtained which will with-
stand any ordinary vibration or shock.
For railway vans and steam ships and other places if desired I propose to fit a
metal socket into the floor or deck, and to cast or form a projection at the foot of
the pillar to fit into the socket, and in order that the bracket may always
occupy the same position when placed in the socket, I make the projection say
triangular with one long side and a corresponding hole in the socket.
The socket can be permanently fixed and being flush with the floor it offers no
obstacle or projection when the bracket is removed.
My improved stand can be made of metal or wood, or of metal and wood con-
bined and a padlock can be fitted to lock the rubber clip and prevent the bicycle
from being removed until the padlock has been opened.
In the accompanying 3 sheets of drawings-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation, Fig. 2 a front view and Fig. 3 a plan view of a bicycle
stand or holder adapted for holding a bicycle in a railway van or on a steamship,
and Fig. 4 is a plan view of a socket to receive a projection formed with the pillar
of the stand or holder.
Fig. 5 is a plan view showing a convenient arrangement of stands or holders
for railway vans or other confined spaces. Fig. 6 is a side view of a stand with a
bicycle supported in it.
Figs. 7 and 8 are sectional end views of two modified forms of bicycle stands or
holders and Figs. 9 and 10 are plan views of the platforms on which they are
mounted.
In the drawings, a designates the pillar, provided with a fork a¹ at its upper
cnd, and a triangular or other suitably shaped projection at its other end to fit
into the socket b, see Fig. 4, these parts are secured to or cast with a base a³ pro-
vided with sides a which form a trough shaped extension; this base rests upon
the bottom of the railway van or other floor.
A socket 6 provided with a flange 61 is let into and flush with the floor of a rail-
way van, deck of a steamship or other desired place, and to the pillar a is secured
an eye e and a pin d the eye supporting an elastic band e. The hole in the socket
is preferably triangular or of other suitable shape, so that when several stands are
to be placed near together as in Fig. 5, the sockets are set out so that these stands
can only be placed in reverse positions, thus ensuring that as many bicycles as
possible shall be secured in the space at disposal.
When the stands are arranged as shown with the sockets for holding or steady-
ing them it is only necessary to set out and fix the sockets in the floor to allow of
the stands being secured by simply dropping their projecting ends into the sockets,

page_text: and when the stands are not in use they can be removed and all the ground space
of the van or floor utilized for any purpose, the combined projection and socket
giving to the stand a perfectly firm support without any other fixing.
To protect the cycle the fork of the pillar is covered with india rubber or other
suitable material, and two rubber rings may be placed near the bottom of the
fork.
To place a bicycle in the stand the front wheel of the machine is placed in the
trough a³, while the bottom tube is placed in the forked end of the pillar, sec
Fig. 6, and is drawn tight into the fork by the elastic band e which is passed over
the tube and its end hooked on to the pin d, where it may be locked or secured if
found desirable.
The socket and projection at the foot of the pillar may be dispensed with, and
the stand secured to the floor by screws passing through holes in the base a².
When the stands are used in a railway van or deck of a ship &c. the base a²
with sides a could be dispensed with, and in their stead suitable spaces or grooves
in the floor made in line with the pillars a, so that when the front wheel of a bicycle
is placed in one of the grooves in the floor its front tube could be placed in one
of the forks and secured as before mentioned, or the arrangement of a loose or
independent platform f, or platforms wide enough to receive say two sockets bas
shown in Figs. 7 and 8 might be employed, each socket b being secured in its
proper position to receive a pillar a and the platform having slots g cut in it to
receive and steady the front or both wheels of the bicycle supported in. the fork of
the pillar, but in place of slots, ribs of wood could be nailed on to the platform f
to receive and steady the bicycle wheels.
In the arrangement shown in Figs. 9 and 10 the sockets are dispensed with
and in their stead the pillars are rigidly secured to the platform; this arrangement
is adapted for railway and other transport and for general storage and other
purposes.
The stand may be made of metal or metal and wood combined or of wood or
other suitable materials and the band e dispensed with when the bicycles are not
subject to vibration as on railways &c.
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:-
:-
1. A bicycle stand or holder consisting of a socket fixed in a floor or platform
and supporting a pillar having its upper end forked to receive part of the cycle
frame in conjunction with a trough or groove to receive and steady the front wheel
either with or without the elastic band fastening all substantially as herein set
forth.
2. In combination, the forked pillar a, the trough a³, or a groove in the floor
or ground and either with or without the elastic band fastening substantially as
herein set forth.
3. In combination the forked pillar a and a suitable supporting base or platform
slotted grooved or prepared to steady the wheels of a bicycle either with or with-
out the elastic band fastening substantially as herein set forth.
Doted this 8th day of Webruary 1899
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant, 17. St. Ann's Square, Manchester.