An Improved Stand or Cleaning and Adjusting Frame for Holding Safety Bicycles.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Stand or Cleaning and Adjusting Frame for Holding
Safety Bicycles.
I, JOHN HENRY WHITAKER, of 8, Leopold Street, Derby, in the County of Derby,
Secretary, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide a stand or frame for holding a safety
bicycle in such a position that the wheels thereof do not come into contact with
the floor or with any part of the said frame or stand, and whereby the bicycle
is raised from the floor to a convenient height for cleaning and adjusting without
being suspended from any overhead arrangement, my improved frame or stand
is in itself rigid without being secured to a floor or made fast by any other
means, it is also light and portable.
My said improved frame or stand may be made of wood, cane, metal or other
suitable material and consists of three or more legs braced together by three or
more pieces supporting a transverse piece or pieces which may be grooved to
receive and carry the crank axle bearing, bearing case. or some other part of the
under frame of the bicycle and thereby support the principal weight of the said
bicycle, to the aforesaid frame are also secured two upright pieces for the purpose
of receiving between them and holding or clipping some part of the frame of the
bicycle, one of the said uprights being securely boited or in some other way
secured to the front part of the aforesaid frame or stand and the other being
hinged at or near the bottom of the said upright to some part of the aforesaid
frame or stand so that the two uprights may be drawn together by means of a
thumb screw or other suitable device.
The aforesaid fixed upright piece may he made longer than the aforesaid
hinged upright piece, and there may be fixed to the said lengthened upright by
means of a thumb screw or other suitable device a block grooved to receive, carry
or hold in position the top or transverse stay or some other part of the frame of a
gentleman's, diamond framed or other similarly built bicycle, the said grooved block
being made adjustable in any suitable manner, such as by slotting the said
lengthened upright, to accommodate different heights or designs of bicycle frame.
The parts of the before named stand or frame which come into contact with the
bicycle frame may be padded or covered with felt or other suitable material to
prevent any damage being done to the said bicycle frame.
At the base of the frame or stand there may also be secured or arranged a
box or receptacle for tools and other cleaning and repairing articles.

page_text: The legs of the stand may if necessary be made to fold up or otherwise take to
pieces for more convenient carriage.
Dated this 17th day of Now 1907
An Improved Stand or Cleaning and Adjusting Frame for Holding
Safety Bicycles.
I, JOHN HENRY WHITAKER, of 8, Leopold Street, Derby, in the County of Derby,
Secretary, 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 object of my invention is to provide a stand or frame for holding a safety
bicycle in such a position that the wheels thereof do not come into contact with
the floor or with any part of the said frame or stand unless desired, and whereby
the bicycle is raised from the floor to a convenient height for cleaning and ad-
justing my improved frame or stand is in itself rigid without being secured to
a floor or made fast by any other means, it is also light and portable.
In describing my invention reference will be had to the accompanying sheet
of drawings upon which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved device.
Figure 2 is a vertical section on line aa of Figure 1. Figure 3 is a front elevation
of the lower part of my improved device shewing the said lower parts folded together
for packing as will be hereinafter explained."
My said improved frame or stand may be made of wood, cane, metal or other
suitable material and consists of three or more legs A A' A braced together by
pieces B1 B2 supporting a transverse piece C which may be grooved if desired
to receive and carry the crank axle bearing, bearing case or some other part of
the under frame of the bicycle and thereby support the principal weight of the
said bicycle; to the aforesaid frame are also secured two upright pieces 1), E for
the purpose of receiving between them and holding or clipping some part of the
frame of the bicycle, one of the said uprights D being securely bolted or in some
other way secured to the front part of the aforesaid frame or stand and the other
upright being hinged at or near the bottom of the said upright to some part
of the aforesaid frame or stand, or instead of being hinged the said upright E
may be hollowed out or otherwise suitably formed at E to make it springy, so
that the two uprights may be drawn together by means of a thumb screw F or
other suitable device.
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The aforesaid fixed upright piece D is made longer than the aforesaid hinged
or springy upright piece E, and fixed to the said lengthened upright by means of
a thumb screw G or other suitable device is a block H grooved at H¹ to receive,
carry or hold in position the top or transverse stay or some other part of the frame
of a gentleman's diamond framed or other suitably built bicycle, the said grooved
block being made adjustable in any suitable manner, such as by slotting the said
lengthened upright at I, to accommodate different heights or designs of bicycle 4
frame.
The parts of the before named stand or frame which come into contact with
the bicycle may be padded or covered with felt or other suitable material as at K
to prevent any damage being done to the said bicycle frame.

page_text: At the base of the frame or stand there may also be secured or arranged a
box or receptacle for tools and other cleaning and repairing articles but I do
not wish to lay any claim to novelty in this respect and have therefore not shewn
such receptacle on the drawings.
The legs of the stand may if necessary be made to fold up or otherwise take
to pieces for more convenient carriage; for example the cross stay B₁ may be
pivotted to the piece B2 and secured by wing nuts or the like to the side legs A¹ A²
when the apparatus is being used; but when required to be folded up for packing
or storing the said cross stay B¹ is loosened from the side legs A¹ A2 and the latter
being hinged to the uprights 1) and E as shewn, or to the part B2, the whole of the
lower parts assume the positions shewn upon Figure 3.
When it is desired to fix the front wheel rigidly, as required for instance when
cleaning the handle bar, the bicycle is drawn back until the tyre or mud guard
fits in the recessed portions L.
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:
The improved bicycle stand or cleaning and adjusting frame having legs A, A',
A2, braces or stays B, B1, B2, transverse or bed piece C, rigid upright D, hinged
or springy upright E, thumb screw or clamp F, adjustable grooved block H and
means for folding the lower parts together, substantially as described and
illustrated.
1000
way
W. SWINDELL,
Imperial Chambers, Albert Street, Derby,
Agent for the Applicant.
W. SWINDELL,
Imperial Chambers, Albert Street, Derby,
Agent for the Applicant.