An Adjustable Apparatus or Stand for Supporting Bicycles in such a manner that all parts are free for movement during cleaning; and also for Keeping Bicycles in an Upright Position at all times when not in use.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 21st May, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 21st Feb., 1898-Accepted, 7th May, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Adjustable Apparatus or Stand for Supporting Bicycles in such a
manner that all parts are free for movement during cleaning; and
also for Keeping Bicycles in an Upright Position at all times when
not in use.
JAMES STREFFORD, of Norton Cannock Colliery, Newtown, near Walsall, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
When bicycles are not in use it is requisite that they should be kept in an up-
right position, so that the various parts may be preserved from injury-and further
that the wheels of the machine particularly those having inflated or pneumatic
tyres, may be kept free from contact with any substance and clear of the
ground. Also when examining, adjusting or cleaning it is desirable that the
machine should be held in a rigid and upright position, with the wheels and
other parts free for any necessary movement. It is obvious that the bicycle will
be best held and supported at a point which is, or is near to, the centre of gravity
of the whole, which point will generally be found at or near the crank axle of
the machine. It is under the box bracket or boss through which such crank axle
passes or rotates that I fix the stand or support.
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By my invention I provide a standard or vertical bar which may be made of
iron, steel, brass or other suitable material, which is held in an upright position
by reason of its being screwed down or otherwise secured to a circular base.
constructing this apparatus I prefer to use iron-wrought, cast or malleable, as
the weight thus obtained in the base, which is preferably round, gives firmness
and rigidity to the whole. The standard or vertical bar may be made of any
suitable length and of any size necessary to properly support the weight of the
machine and to raise both wheels clear of the ground at one and the same time.
At the top of this vertical bar I fix horizontally two small strips of wood,
iron, steel or brass, which said strips may be covered with cloth or indiarubber
if necessary, and fixed in such a position and at such an angle as to be most suitable
for receiving and taking the full and proper bearing of the box or bracket in which
the crank axle or spindle rotates.
Further I fix at the top of the vertical bar, on the one side, a short arm made
of such a size and placed in such a position as to readily pass between the two
sides, or bottom stays, which project horizontally from the said bracket and
hold the back wheel of the bicycle. Further I may if desirable fix at the end of
the short arm a flat plate of wood, iron, steel, brass or other suitable material,
to take the bearing of both the said bottom stays.
On the other side of the stand I fix a longer arm of iron, steel, brass or other
suitable material, such arm being made of sufficient length and fixed or adjusted
at such an angle as to be parallel, or nearly so, with the bottom tube of the
bicycle frame. This longer arm may be fixed, or loose and movable upon a joint
formed at the lower end of the arm and near to the standard or vertical bar, and

page_text: by this means the said arm may be adjusted, so as to fit any bicycle-whether
lady's or gentleman's--no matter what the angle of the bottom tube of the machine
may be. For the purpose of keeping the arm rigid and at the same time render-
ing it adjustable, I provide for its support in various ways, but preferably by
means of an arc shaped rack, which at the one end is fastened at a fixed point in
the arm, and working loose at the other end through a slot hole formed in the
standard or vertical bar.
This arm may also be supported by means of a bracket with a boss at the one
end, fixed loose round the standard or vertical bar and at the other end made in
the shape of a claw in which the adjustable arm rests. The arm may thus be
adjusted by simply raising or lowering the said rack or bracket and securing it in
the required position by means of a set-pin or thumbscrew, which I provide, either
in the boss or bar referred to. Or further I may fix the adjustable arm by means
of a rack having numerous holes, in either of which a small peg may be inserted
at any point to suit the required augle, or in any other like or suitable manner.
At the extreme end of the adjustable arm I provide a V shaped claw which may
be either fixed or may be constructed with a slot hole to admit of its movement
along the arm. A thumbscrew attachment enables the said claw to be fixed at
any desired point along the arm. This claw is designed to take the bearing of the
bottom tube of the bicycle frame and may be covered with cloth or indiarubber.
Machines provided with a lock nut in the ball head will, when placed upon the
stand as described, be secure without risk of falling over, and the wheels and all
movable parts may be actuated freely as desired. For machines having no locking
arrangement I provide a double fork or claw, which being also covered with cloth
or indiarubber receives in the one end the bottom tube, and in the other, the front
wheel thereby holding them in the desired position.
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An Adjustable Apparatus or Stand for Supporting Bicycles in such a
manner that all parts are free for movement during cleaning; and
also for Keeping Bicycles in an Upright Position at all times when
not in use.
I, JAMES STREFFORD, of Norton Cannock Colliery, Newtown, near Walsall, in the
County of Stafford, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what maner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to the improvements hereinafter described in stands for
holding cycles in a vertical position whereby they may be exhibited or held
in position during the process of building up, or adjusting, or for cleaning purposes.
My improved stand is so arranged as to hold any cycle frame in any desired
position whereby all the movable parts are free to work.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood I will describe
it by reference to the accompanying drawings the same letters of reference indi-
cating similar parts throughout. Figure 1 represents in front elevation my
improved stand for holding a bicycle. Figure 2 represents the same stand drawn
to a reduced scale showing the manner in which the bicycle is held thereby.
Figures 3 and 4 are modifications of the same stand and Figures 5, 6, and 7 are
detail parts.

page_text: A represents the base of the said stand and B a vertical pillar or support
terminating in the rest D arranged to clip the bottom bracket of a bicycle as shown
at Figure 2. C represents a moveable arm capable of moving in a semicircle on
the pivot E, F is a quadrant by which the said arm is moved from one position to
another as shown in dotted lines at C³, Figure 3, the quadrant being adjusted
and held in position by means of the adjusting screw G. H represents a fork
shown separately at Figure 5, the said fork is intended to clip the front wheel
of the machine as shown at Figure 2, and is capable of sliding on the arm C and
may be adjusted in any desired position by the set pin I, J shows another form
of fork shown separately at Figure 6 arranged to clip the frame of the machine
as shown at Figure 2, this said fork is also capable of adjustment by means of
the set pin K. The arrangement and adjustability of the parts is such that any
size or shape of machine may be held firmly and at the same time a free movement
of the parts is obtained. Figure 7 illustrates a clip L arranged to clip the bottom
part of the frame and capable of being screwed up tightly by means of the
screw M which is especially useful for adjusting any part of the bicycle. N is
a fork like clip for clipping the back wheel. The various forms of clips or forka
described may be covered with rubber, felt, or other soft material to prevent
injury to the parts of the machine. Figure 4 shows a modification of the said
stand in which the clip part D is pivoted to stand B by the pin 6 the fork d being
jointed at E thus the clip parts of the stand are arranged to turn, in any desired
position, in which case the quadrant arrangement aforesaid may be dispensed with.
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
declare is:-
1. In a bicycle or velocipede stand consisting of a vertical pillar supporting a
diagonal arm capable of moving on a pivot in a semi circle by means of a quadrant
held in position by means of an adjusting screw substantially as described and
for the purpose set forth.
2. The combination with a bicycle stand as claimed above of the adjustable
holding or clipping devices all operating substantially as described for the purpose
set forth.