Come In Doyle Supports.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Feb., 1857-Accepted, 20th Mar., 1857
Come In Doyle Supports.
A communication by GEORGE E. BIERBACH, Carriage Manufacturer, of
Milwaukee, in the County of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, and
JOHN KELLY, Tailor, of 527, Murray Avenue, Milwaukee, aforesaid,
United States of America.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of The Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, and 6, Bank Street,
Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster, 118, New Street, Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick and 322, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex,
Civil Engineer, 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 invention relates to improvements in bicycle supports.
The object of the invention is to provide means for conveniently and safoly
storing bicycles in baggage and freight cars, or in other places where there is
limited space, or a neat and convenient holder is required.
In the following description, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in
which―
Figure 1 is a side view of the holding bar showing a bicycle as it is supported
against the wall.
Figure 2 is n detail section view drawn vertically through the centre of the wall
plate, and a portion of the holding bar.
Figure 3 is a detail side view of the outer end of the holding bar, showing the
holder and its spring.
Figure 4 is an edge view of the name.
Figures 5 and 6 are side and edge views respectively, showing a modified form
of holder.
Figure 7 is a view of the reverse side of the holding bar, from that shown in
Figure 1.
Figure 8 is an edge view of the holding bar.
Like parts are identified by the enine reference letters throughout the several
views.
The bar A. is attached to a wall B, or other supporting surface, and is provided
ut its outer end with a holder C, adapted to engage with the lower head rod of the
bicycle, when the latter is turned upwardly with the wheels against the wall. The
end of the bar A is preferably hent downwardly at a, in order to support
the holder as near the crank bearings as is desirable without interfering with the
sprocket wheel and crank hanger.
The holder may consist in a V shaped plate C pivotally secured to the bar, and
held in a position for engaging the frame rod by a spring E secured in eyo flanges F
and F projecting from the plate or bar respectively. Or if desired, the holder
may be formed of a deeply grooved wheel G, as shown in Figures 5 and 6. D is
a chain secured to the holding bar below the holder, and provided with a lock for
engaging the bar at a point above the holder, thus providing for locking the
machine and its support together where there is danger of theft.
The holding bar A is attached to the wall by a wall-plate H provided with a
socket 1, in which a downward projecting pin J carried by the bar A is adapted to

page_text: fit. The end of the bar is formed with a diagonal surface which fits against the
inclined surface K of the wall plate, thus causing the pin J to bind rigidly in the
socket of the wall plate.
The surface K may be inclined laterally at various angles to cause the bar to
assume a corresponding angular position with reference to the surface of the wall.
When not in use, the bar may be easily removed by lifting it to release tho pin
from the socket.
For holding the wheels from shifting laterally along the wall by reason of an
accidental push or sudden jar, the wall is provided with vertical wheel channels
which are easily formed by cleats L L secured to the wall in an obvious manner.
These cleats are of especial service with reference to the front wheel, as they
prevent it from turning, but it will be found expedient in many cases to dispense
with them where the wheels are not liable to sudden jolts, and where their
presence would tend to render the wall unsightly.
It will be observed that the weight of the bicycle tends to force it down-
wardly between the roller and the wall, and as the lower head rod diverges
upwardly and outwardly from the wall, the bicycle becomes securely wedged
between the holder and the wall, and can only be removed by raising it sufficiently
to release the holder from the rod.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The combination of a wall or other supporting surface, a bar secured
thereto, and a holder attached to said bar, adapted to engage the lower head
rod of a bicycle frame when the latter is turned upwardly, with the wheels
against the supporting surface, substantially as described.
2. The combination of a wall or other supporting surface, a bar removably
secured thereto, a holder adjustably secured to said bar and adapted to engage
the lower head rod of a bicycle frame when the latter is turned upwardly with
the wheels against the supporting surface, substantially as described.
3. The combination of a wall or other supporting surface, a wall plate affixed
thereto and provided with a socket, a holding bar provided with a piu adapted
to removably engage in said socket, and a holder attached to said bar and adapted
to engage the lower head rod of a bicycle frame when the latter is turned
upwardly with the wheels against the wall, substantially as described.
4. The combination of a wall or other supporting surface, a wall plate affixed
thereto and provided with a socket, and an inclined bearing surface, a holding bar
provided with an end bearing surface, adapted to engage against the inclined
surface of the wall plate, and to cause said pin to bind rigidly in said socket, and
holder secured to said bar and adapted to engage the lower head rod of a bicycle
frame when the latter is turned upwardly with the wheels against the wall
substantially as described.
5. The combination of a wall or other supporting surface, a bar secured thereto
and a holder attached to said bar, adapted to engage the lower head rod of
bicycle frame, when the latter is turned upwardly with the wheels against said
surface; said surface being provided with vertical channels into which the wheel
of the bicycle are adapted to fit, substantially as described.
Dated this 3rd day of February 1897.