Improvements in Stands for Bicycles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 17th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stands for Bicycles.
We, JOHN MARSHALL STARLEY and WILLIAM STARLEY, both of St. John's
Works, Coventry, in the County of Warwick, Cycle Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the manner in which we construct and arrange stands
for holding in position bicycles for show, display or storage purposes, the object of
our invention being to make a stand capable of being applied to any type or size of
bicycle in an expeditious manner.
We
In carrying our invention into effect we construct our improved stand with or
without wheels or rollers, and we make it of metal or any suitable material.
provide a frame preferably of malleable iron having two side arms and one or more
vertical supporting uprights or stems, the side arms we make in the most convenient
form to receive rollers or wheels, the wheels being of wood, metal, composition or
other suitable material having recessed or sunk faces externally so that the pins,
washers, nuts or caps which we employ to keep the wheels on their axles or spindles
may not be likely to catch into object, when the stand is being moved in and out to
display the machine or for other purposes.
The vertical upright or stem we cause to receive a spindle or leg, this leg being
held in position within the upright or stem boss by means of a thumb screw, set pin
or clamping collar which we place through or upon the stem boss. We cause this
rising and falling leg to carry a claw plate or bed with its outer edges preferably
raised or curved so as to prevent the rear fork bottom tubes from working out of
place or from slipping off when the bicycle is being placed upon our stand; the
extreme end of this sliding or adjustable leg we screw so that when a top clamping
or binding plate is passed over the end of the bolt or leg a nut may be employed to
cause the upper clamping plate to press down and bind the two rear fork bottom
tubes of the machine on to the bedding plate or bar carried by or fixed on the leg.
When the two bottom tubes are thus nipped or held between the two plates of our
adjustable leg, we raise or lower the leg in its bearing boss of the frame until the
wheels of the stand are capable of receiving the weight of the machine and thus to
prevent its overturning.
Instead of an upper clamping plate to secure the rear fork bottom tubes to the
lower plate, we sometimes employ spring clips or brackets which we attach to the
lower plate, of suitable form and elasticity to allow of the entrance of the rear fork
bottom tubes, but at the same time having sufficient stiffness to keep the tubes in
position.
The wheels of the bicycle being in a central line serve with the two rollers or
wheels of our improved outstretched arms with their bearing wheels or legs to give
a rigid support to any machine that may be secured upon it.
The system of our adjustable support with clamping tube plates enables us to
construct one type of frame and support for retaining any machine in position..
We do not limit the application of our invention to any particular form of clamp
or spring clips, or to any particular shape of standard or frame for carrying our
adjustable holder, and for forming our outriding arms or wheels, but we modify the
shape and arrangement of the same employing wheels or simple leg resting supports
to suit any particular requirement.
Dated this 16th day of November 1892.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stands for Bicycles.
We, JOHN MARSHALL STARLEY and WILLIAM STARLEY, both of St. John's
Works, Coventry, in the County of Warwick, Cycle Manufacturers, 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 the manner in which we construct and arrange stands
for holding in position bicycles for show, display or storage purposes, the object of
our invention being to make a stand capable of being applied to any type or size of
bicycle in an expeditious manner.
In the two accompanying sheets of explanatory drawings-
Figure 1 is an elevation of one form of our improved stand showing the rear fork
bottom tubes in section held upon the stand, and Figure 2 is a side elevation of the
same.
Figures 3 and 4 are detail elevations of modifications of our fork tube clamping
plates.
Figure 5 is an elevation of our improved stand with the standard or frame in the
form of a casting.
Figure 6 is a side elevation, and Figure 7 is a detail of the fork tube retaining
clips.
In carrying our invention into effect we construct our improved stands AB
(Figures 1, 2, 5 and 6) with or without wheels or rollers and we make them of metal
or any suitable material. We provide a frame A B having two side arms a¹ b¹ and
one or more vertical supporting uprights or stems; the side arms a' b' we prefer-
ably make in the most convenient form to receive rollers or wheels C, the wheels
being of wood, metal, composition or other suitable material having recessed or
sunk faces externally so that the pin D', washers D, and nuts or caps which we
employ to keep the wheels on their axles or spindles C may not be likely to catch
into any object, when the stand is being moved in and out to display the machine
or for other purposes. The vertical upright or stem A B we cause to receive a
spindle or leg E, this leg being held in position within the upright or stem boss F
by means of a thumb screw G, set pin or clamping collar which we place through
or upon the stem boss. We cause this rising and falling leg E to carry a claw
plate or bed H with its outer edges H¹ preferably raised or curved as in Figures 3
and 4, so as to prevent the rear fork bottom tubes O from working out of place or
from slipping off when the bicycle is being placed upon our stand; the extreme
end of this sliding or adjustable leg E we screw so that when a top clamping or
binding plate K passed over the end of the bolt or leg a nut L may be employed
to cause the upper clamping plate K to press down and bind the two rear fork
bottom tubes OO of the machine cn to the bedding plate or bar H carried by or
fixed on the leg. Instead of an upper clamping plate to secure the rear fork
bottom tubes to the lower plate we sometimes employ spring clips or brackets M
(Figures 5, 6 and 7.) which we attach to the lower plate H. The spring clips M
being of suitable form and elasticity to allow of the entrance of the rear fork
bottom tubes OO but at the same time having sufficient stiffness to keep the tubes
in position.
When the two bottom tubes are clipped in M M, or held between the two
plates H K of our adjustable leg E, we raise or lower the leg in its bearing boss F
of the frame until the wheels C of the stand are capable of receiving the weight of
the machine and thus to prevent its overturning. The wheels of the bicycle being
in a central line serve with the two rollers or wheels of our improved outstretched
arms a¹b¹ with their bearing wheels or legs C to give a rigid support to any machine
that may be secured upon it.

page_text: The system of our adjustable support with clamping tube plates enables us to
construct one type of frame and support for retaining any machine in position.
We do not limit the application of our invention to any particular form of clamp
or spring clips or to any particular shape of standard or frame for carrying our
adjustable holder, and for forming our outriding arms or wheels, but we modify the
shape and arrangement of the same, employing wheels or simple leg resting supports
to suit any particular requirement.
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. The combination of a central stand such as A B having two side arms or
projecting members such as a¹¹to form plain feet or supports, or to carry rollers
or wheels, with a central stem and plates capable of receiving a clamping plate or
pair of clips for securing the rear fork bottom tubes such as O of a bicycle, sub-
stantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
2. In a bicycle stand, the construction and arrangement of a pair of clamping
plates or spring clips for securing the rear fork bottom tubes, substantially as
hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 16th day of August 1893.
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicants.