Improvements in Stands for Holding Cycles in an Upright Position.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 12th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 13th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 16th May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stands for Holding Cycles in an Upright Position.
We ROBERT DALE of 2 Ethel Street Keighley in the County of York Cycle
Engineer and ARTHUR BINNS of 4 Smith Street Keighley in the County of York
Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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It relates to the arrangement and construction of stands for cycles whereby they
are more efficient and can be produced cheaper than those at present in use.
carrying out our said invention we make use of a piece of wire which we double in
the middle so as to leave sufficient room to admit the wheel of a cycle, the wire is
then, at a suitable distance from where it is doubled, bent at right angles, and the
outer ends are formed in curved or other suitable shape. We also make use of a
suitable shaped stand, made of cast iron or other metal said stand being formed in
an angular or other suitable shape, with a projection at right angles from its centre
part, said projection having a slot hole and also hollowed out on each side of the
slot hole.
The wire which is bent at right angles fits into the hollow parts and is held in
position by a plate or cap which passes across and which is bolted to the stand.
When the stand is placed in position one part of the wire projects vertically while
the other part rests on the floor and is held in position by two lips formed on the
stand. The stand may be fixed to the floor or can be made sufficiently heavy to
hold the cycle and yet not be fixed.
When the stand is in position all that is required is to place the cycle so that the
wheel goes between the bended wire by which it is held in a vertical position while
the cycle at the same time rests on the floor and is not to lift into or out of the
stand.
By the above arrangement the cycle is held by the rim and therefore there is no
danger of damaging the tyre or rim.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stands for Holding Cycles in an Upright Position.
We ROBERT DALE of 2 Ethel Street Keighley in the County of York, Cycle
Engineer and ARTHUR BINNS of 4 Smith Street Keighley in the County of York
Commercial Traveller 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 :-
It relates to the arrangement and construction of stands for holding cycles
whereby they, the said stands, are more efficient and can be produced cheaper than
those at present in use.
In the accompanying sheets of drawings Figs. 1 and 2 are perspective views of
our improved stand and Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are also perspective views of the different

page_text: parts of said stand, in detail. In carrying out our said invention we make use of a
piece of wire or tube a, made of suitable material, which we bend round in its
middle part a' so that one half becomes parallel to the other at a sufficient distance
to allow of the rim of a cycle wheel to pass between them. The wire or tube a is
again bent at a² (see Fig. 3) so that one part comes at a suitable angle to the other,
and the outer ends a³ are formed in curved or other suitable shape.
We make use of a suitable shaped stand b, made of cast iron, or other suitable
material, having a foot or lug c arranged upon it, (see Fig. 4). The foot or lug c
is arranged with an hole or opening and on each side of the said hole or opening cl
we arrange grooves c² (see Fig. 4). The stand b may be made very light and
screwed or bolted to the floor, or it may be arranged and made sufficiently heavy
to hold the cycle without being fixed to the floor.
The tube or wire a fits into the grooved parts 3 of the foot or lug c in such a
manner that the outside ends rest upon the floor and their outer ends a³ are curved
or suitably bent so as to stand at right angles to the floor. To hold the tube or
wire a in the grooves e² we make use of a plate or cap d (see Fig. 5) which we
secure to the lug c and which may be hollowed out at d¹ so as to grip and hold the
tube or wire a in the grooves c². The stand is arranged with suitable clams or
holders which engage with, and hold, the tube or wire a in a suitable rigid
position upon the floor." When the said stand is placed in position the cycle wheel
may be run or placed between the curved or suitably shaped ends a³ and also
between the part bent at a suitable angle to the outside ends and by these means
it is held in an upright position by reason of the said tube or wire a engaging with
the rim of the wheel, while at the same time the tyre rests upon the floor. By
these means the wheel may be run into, or removed from, the stand without having
to be lifted as heretofore. By the above arrangement there is no danger of
damaging the tyre or rim as is the case with stands at present in use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In a cycle stand the tube or wire a, the stand b, the foot or lip c, and the
plate or cap d all arranged in the manner and for the purpose as herein described
and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. A stand for holding cycles in an upright position as herein described.
3. In a cycle stand a wire or tube suitably formed and arranged for holding the
wheel of a cycle in an upright position, by engaging with the rim of the said
wheel and at the same time allowing the tyre of the said wheel to rest upon the
floor.
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ROBERT DALE.
ARTHUR BINNS.