New or Improved Combination Supporting and Locking Device for Cycles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 31st Dec., 1897-Accepted, 26th Feb., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Combination Supporting and Locking Device for
Cycles.
I, ARTHUR MALDEN, of The Agricultural College, Uckfield, in the County of
Sussex, Agriculturalist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved combination supporting and locking
device for cycles, and in accordance therewith I provide a tube connected at one end
with a shorter tube by means of a universal joint. Within the first tube slides,
telescopically, a rod having at its lower end a claw. foot or its equivalent pivoted
or hinged thereto, while at its other end is a collar which surrounds and slides
upon the said tube, the latter being longitudinally slotted.
The connecting pin between the rod and the tube slides in the said longitudinal
slot. Notches are formed in the said tube, branching from the longitudinal slot
each side thereof, for the purpose of engaging the connecting pin and holding the
rod at any desired point along the length of the tube.
The shorter tube also has a rod sliding telescopically therein, the position of such
red being regulated by a set-screw or its equivalent.
The outer end of the said short rod is provided with a clip adapted to engage
ore of the spokes, (or it may be a stud or projection formed upon the rin
of the front wheel of the cycle).
In operation the device is secured to the lower bar of the cycle frame by means of
a suitable slip, screws or the like, and the longer rod adjusted in relation to the
height of the cycle so as to let the foot or claw at the lower end of such rod, rest
upon the ground at a sufficient angle to support the cycle. The shorter tube is
lifted to an approximately horizontal position, and the clip or its equivalent at the
end of the rod within such tube, secured to one of the spokes, or to a stud upon
the rim of the front wheel of the cycle, the whole device thereby supporting such
cycle and at the same time preventing the front wheel revolving. If desirable the
clipping device at the end of the smaller rod aforesaid, may be provided with a pad-
lock or other suitable locking means, for greater security.
When out of use the two tubes with their respective rods are turned up so as to
lie against the lower bar of the cycle frame, suitable clips or their equivalent being
provided to hold the parts in this position.

page_text: New or Improved Combination Supporting and Locking Device for
Cycles.
I, ARTHUR MALDEN, of The Agricultural College, Uckfield, in the County of
Sussex. Agriculturalist, 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:-
This invention relates to a new or improved combination supporting and lock-
ing device for cycles, and has for object to provide a simple, light and compact
device for attachment to a cycle, that can readily be brought into operation for the
purpose of supporting the cycle in an approximately upright position on o rond, in
shop window or under other circumstances, while at the saine time by a simple
arrangement the front wheel of the cycle can be locked in such a manner as to
prevent the rotation of such wheel.
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In order that this my said invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheets
of illustrative drawings, wherein :-
Fig. 1 is an elevational view shewing my device in actual use upon a cycle,
Fig. 2 a similar view of the device shewn independently,
Fig. 3 is a plan view of a detail of the invention, while
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Fig. 4 shows in elevation, the device folded up and out of operation.
Referring to the drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts
throughout the several figures, a is a steel, aluminium, or other tube connected at
one end to a shorter tube 6 by means of a universal joint c. Within the tube
disposed a rodd adapted to slide telescopically in such tube, the latter being slotted
longitudinally of its length as at a'. A connecting-pin e tmvels in this slot a¹,
such pin connecting the rod d with a collar which encircles the tube a.
Notches a are formed in the tube a leading from the slot al into any desired one
of which notches the pine is turned when it is desired to regulate the length of the
rod d projecting from the tube a. A similar notch 43 is formed in the tube a upon
the opposite side of the slot a near the top or jointed end of said tube, this last
mentioned notch being for the purpose of retaining the rod d in its closed position
when out of use.
The short tube b is provided with a rod sliding telescopically therein, the
desired length that such rod b' should project beyond the said tube b, being regu-
lated by means of the set-screw 6 or its equivalent. The forward end of this rod b
is provided with a clip for a purpose hereinafter explained.
A collar or clip g of convenient form provided at the joint e for the purpose of
fixing the device to the lower har g' of the cycle.
In operation, the device is secured to the lower bar g' of the cycle by means of
the collar or clip g. or by screws or other suitable attachments. When it is desired
to support the cycle, the rod d is adjusted in length in the manner before described,
so that the lower end thereof shall rest upon the ground at such an angle as to
maintain the cycle in an upright, or approximately upright position. The lower
end of the rod d is provided with a foot or claw d which is pivoted or hinged to
such rod, whereby the said foot or claw adjusts itself to the angle of the surface
upon which it rests, while at the same time it can be turned in line with the rod d
when the device is folded up out of use.
The shorter tube is lifted to a horizontal, or approximately horizontal position
and the clip at the end of the said tube then caused to grip one of the spokes, of
the wheel, and so prevent same revolving or being revolved. In lieu of the clip

page_text: being caused to grip one of the spokes of the wheel, it may engage with, or between,
studs or projections (not shewn) upon the rim of the wheel.
The clip b may if desirable, be provided with a pad-lock or other suitable locking
device for greater security. When the device is out of use, the two tubes a and b with
their respective rods b and d'are folded up together against the bottom bar of the
cycle and held in that position by means of the clip h shewn in Fig. 3.
If found desirable or convenient, I may use the supporting device independently
of the locking device.
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 1
claim is :-
1. The new or improved combination supporting and locking device for cycles,
substantially as described and illustrated.
2. In devices for supporting and locking cycles, the longitudinally slotted tube a
having notches a in which tube slides a rod d having a hinged foot & and a pin e
provided with a collar f, in combination with a short tube b connected to tube a by
a universal joint said tube having a rod sliding within same provided with clip b
and regulating means, the whole being adapted for attachment to the frame of
a bicycle in an operative and inoperative position, substantially as herein before
specified, and as illustrated by the drawings.
Dated this 31st day of December 1897.
HUGHES, SON & Co..
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.