Year: 1897

page_text: 1897
Date of Application, 21st Sept., 1
Completa Cannifination a
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I, GEORGE THOMAS CHAPMAN, of 25, Middle Street, Stroud, in the County of
Gloucestershire, General Smith, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved stand or support for bicycles, adaptable for
the suspension of any make or type of machine, for both show and cleaning purposes,
since both the wheels of the machine are clear of the ground when so suspended.
My invention consists of a metallic standard, so constructed and arranged as to
provide three feet or legs for supporting the perpendicularity thereof, the upper end
of the said standard having bolted or otherwise connected thereto an adjustable hook,
adapted to receive and hold the seat pillar, while another hook or projection fixed
upon or formed integrally with the standard receives and holds the bottom stay
cf the machine, the last named hook serving to maintain the weight of the cycle
while the former serves to hold the machine upright and firm. The said hooks may
be padded with a resilient material to prevent rupture of the enamel of the
machine.
Dated this 21st day of Santember 1907
I, GEORGE THOMAS CHAPMAN, of 25, Middle Street, Stroud, in the County of
Gloucester, General Smith, 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:-
My invention relates to an improved stand or support for cycles, adaptable for the
suspension of any make or type of lady's or gentleman's machine, and suitable for
both show and cleaning purposes since both or all the wheels are clear of the ground
when the machine is so suspended.
In order that my said invention and the manner of its use may be fully and
clearly understood I have hereunto appended a sheet of drawings in which
Figs. 1 and 2 are side and front elevations respectively.
Fig. 3. is an enlarged detached view of the upper hook or rest, while
Fig. 4 is a view illustrating the manner of its use. in supporting a gentleman's*

page_text: bicycle, which will serve to illustrate its applicability for supporting a lady's bicycle
or other machine.
In carrying my invention into effect I construct of iron, steel or other suitable
metal or combination of metals a standard composed of three members A, B, and C,
the two former being bent or curved at their lower ends to form feet or supports A', B¹,
and are connected together at their upper ends by a bolt, rivet or pin a, and are
thereat divided by a metallic or other block b, so as to provide a clearance between
them for the reception of the third member C, or the block b may be dispensed
with, and the said clearance be provided by a bend or curve made in A or B or
both.
The member C is preferably pivotally connected to A and B by a bolt, pin, screw
or the like c, so that C may (when the machine is not in use and or to facilitate
housing or packing for transit) be folded within the space between A and B, as shewn
by dotted outline in Fig. 2, but when the member C is in use as a support, as shewn
at Figs. 1 and 4, and by full lines in Fig. 2, the same is retained in rigid connection
with A and B by a thumb screw or its equivalent D, engaging with holes in A and B
and a hole in the upper end of C, as at Fig. 1, but when folded between A and B as
before mentioned, the said thumb screw or the like may engage with holes such as d
in A B, and a hole such as e in C, shewn in Fig. 2.
The upper end of the member B is bent or curved outwardly at E, in such a
manner as to conveniently receive the lower horizontal member or back fork of the
machine, and in order that the enamel of the said member or fork may not be
ruptured by being placed within or removed from the curve E, the latter (and so
much of the member A as may be necessary) may be lined or faced with a padding F
of rubber, rubber-composition, cloth, or other resilient substance.
The upper end of the member A is provided with a hole for the reception of a bolt
and nut G, which before engaging with the said hole is passed through a slot or slotted
passage formed in a supporting device H, (shewn detached at Fig. 3) which may
conveniently be formed of stout wire or thin rod, bent or curved to form the said slot,
the united ends being again bent or curved at right angles (or thereabouts) to the
said slot, to form a rest for the reception of the seat pillar or standard of the machine
being supported, and for the same purposes as the tining F of E, the said united
curved ends of H may be covered by a casing such as J, of rubber, rubber-composition
or other resilient material. It will thus be understood that the position of the
device H upon the member A may be adjusted to suit machines, the seat pillars of
which may differ in position or angle, and to facilitate housing, and or packing for
transit, the said device when, not in use, may be placed in alignment with the
member A, as suggested by dotted outline in Fig. 2.
In practice, to suspend a machine upon my improved support or stand, the entire
weight of the machine would be borne by the hook or curve E, when the horizontal
member or back fork K of the machine is placed therein, as shewn in Fig. 4, and at
the same time the seat pillar L would be placed within the embrace of the curved
portion J of the adjustable device or arm H, and by reason of the point of
suspension E being behind the centre of gravity of the machine, the super weight of
the forward end would ensure that the seat pillar L would remain in contact with J,
and the pendicularity or stability of the machine would be assured by reason of the
said seat pillar being grasped on the one side by J and on the other by A.
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 :-
1st. The improved stand or support for cycles substantially as herein described and
shewn.
2nd. The improved stand or support for cycles consisting of the combination of
two members such as A and B adapted to form feet A¹ B¹, and arranged to receive
and hold a third member forming a third foot C, and adapted to fold up between the
members A and B when not in use, the member B being curved at E; and the
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page_text: member A carrying an adjustable device such as H, the whole connected, combined
and operating substantially as and for the purposes herein described and shewn by
the accompanying drawings.
1000
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1, Broad Street Buildings, Liverpool Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for Applicant.