Year: 1898

page_text: I, HAROLD HIBBERD ELLIOTT, Merchant, of The Limes, Newbury, Berkshire, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to devices for supporting bicycles, so as to enable the
riders to leave the cycles standing upright in the road, or to remain on the cycle
when at rest, also to facilitate mounting and dismounting.
The Specification of my Patent No. 13355, dated 17th June, 1896, describes a
cycle support consisting mainly of a pair of legs C placed symmetrically right and
left of a vertical supporting arm or post secured to the cycle frame, and pivoted
to the said arm by means of two inclined studs, B, B, each pivotal joint being
provided with a pair of coiled springs and a lateral arm H for maintaining the
legs in their extended position. The present improvement has for its principal
object, to attain this result by simpler and more efficient means, than the said
springs and lateral arm.
Instead of supporting the pivotal end or sleeve of each leg directly by the
flange of the shaped suspension arm A, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of my patent
specification, I insert between the said flange and sleeve a supporting ring or disc
which is fixed to the said flange or to the pivotal pin B, and has on its face cor-
rugations or radial projections or teeth, (preferably a pair of V shaped projections
diametrically opposite each other) fitting into corresponding recesses in the base
of the sleeve, when the legs are in the extended position shown by Fig. 2, and I
place on the upper end or face of the sleeve a helical spring, which surrounds the
upper part of the pivotal pin and is situated between the said sleeve and a washer
secured to the upper end of the pivotal pin by means of a screw nut. Instead of
two washers, or in addition to the same, I may use a bridge piece which connects
the free ends of the two pivotal pins.
If the leg C is turned out of its extended position, the teeth or corrugations
formed on the base of the pivotal sleeve rise out of their respective grooves and lift
the entire leg by the height of the teeth, thereby compressing the helical spring
mounted at the top of the sleeve.
This spring has therefore the tendency to retain the leg in its extended position,
in a plane parallel to the axes of the wheels.
The pressure of the spring may be regulated by means of the screw nut and
washer mounted on the upper extremity of the pivotal pin, and the extremities
of the spring may be fixed, so as to utilize its torsional strain.
Apart from other advantages, this improvement has the effect, that by turning
the legs out of their extended position, they are immediately lifted above the
ground, quite independently of the slow and gradual rise due to the inclined
position of the pivotal pin.
Instead of providing the lower ends of the legs C with feet, as described in my
patent specification, I may fit them with rollers or balls like furniture casters,
and instead of placing the pivotal pins immediately right and left of the lower

page_text: end of the supporting arm A and almost in the same plane with it, as indicated
by Figs. 5 and 8 of my patent specification. I place them in front of the same, so
that the sleeves or bosses of the arms C nearly touch each other. The two flanges
of the arm are therefore widened, so as to form a plate which is placed across the
lower end of the arm A and supports the pivotal pins, which are tubular, each pin
having at its upper end an internal screw thread for a short bolt or pin which
passes through the bridge piece mentioned above. The legs C are stronger at the
upper end than at the lower, and may have a circular, elliptical or x shaped
section.
Although the present improvement is primarily designed for cycle rests, as
described in the specification of my patent mentioned above, it is applicable also
to other cycle supports of the same type.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
Agents for the Applicant.
I, HAROLD HIBBERD ELLIOTT, Merchant, of The Limes, Newbury, Berkshire, 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 devices for supporting bicycles, so as to enable the
riders to leave the cycles standing upright in the road, or to remain on the cycle
when at rest, also to facilitate mounting and dismounting.
The Specification of my Patent No. 13355, dated 17th June 1896, describes a
cycle support consisting mainly of a pair of legs C, placed symmetrically right and
left of a vertical supporting arm or post secured to the cycle frame, and pivoted
to the said arm by means of two inclined studs B, B, each pivotal joint being pro-
vided with a pair of coiled springs and a lateral arm H for maintaining the legs
in their extended position. The present improvement has for its principal object.
to attain this result by simpler and more efficient means, than the said spring and
lateral arm.
Instead of supporting the pivotal end or boss of each leg directly by the flange
of the shaped suspension arm A, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of my patent speci-
fication, I insert between the said flange and boss a supporting ring or disc, which
is fixed to the said flange or to the pivotal pin, and has on its face corrugations
or radial projections or teeth, preferably a pair of V shaped projections diametri-
cally opposite each other, fitting into corresponding recesses in the base of the
boss, when the legs are in the extended position shown by Fig. 2, and I place on
the upper end or face of the boss a helical spring, which surrounds the upper part
of the pivotal pin and is situated between the said boss and a washer secured to
the upper end of the pivotal pin by means of a screw nut. Instead of the two
washers, or in addition to the same, I may use a bridge piece, which connects the
free ends of the two pivotal pins.
If the leg C is turned out of its extended position, the teeth or corrugations
formed on the base of the pivotal boss rise out of their respective grooves and lift
the entire leg by the height of the teeth, thereby compressing the helical spring
mounted on the top of the boss.
This spring has therefore the tendency, to retain the leg in its extended position,
in a plane parallel to the axes of the wheels.

page_text: In the accompanying drawings;
Fig. 1 is a side view of a safety bicycle provided with a pair of stays or stands
embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a detail view on a larger scale, showing the
stays placed in the lowest or mid-position, so as to support the bicycle; Fig. 3 is
a side elevation of the stay holder, showing also a stay in the elevated position ;
Fig. 4 is a sectional plan corresponding to Fig. 2.
To the lower part of the bicycle frame, near the crank axle, is secured an adjust-
able stay-holder A, B, by means of clamping plates and a clamping screw a or
other suitable means; said stay-holder having approximately the shape of an
inverted T extending downward from the frame and provided at its lower end
with a pair of pivotal pins, b, b, placed symmetrically right and left of the longi-
tudinal axis or middle plane of the cycle frame and at an angle to the same, 80
that if the axes of the two pivotal pins were continued downward, they would
intersect each other below the cycle frame. The lower part B of the stay-holder
is separate from the upper part A and adapted to telescope in and out of the same
more or less, the part A being slotted at its lower end and provided with a
clamping screw for fixing the part B, after the desired adjustment has been made.
To the part B are pivoted with their upper ends a pair of stays or legs C, C,
preferably steel tubes, the lower ends of which are armed with rollers D, D,
adapted to rest on the ground when the stays occupy their lowest or working
position, that is to say, when they are spread out into a plane at right angles to
the plane of the bicycle frame, as represented by Fig. 2.
The said stays tend to drop into this position by their own weight, when turned
out of it, either to the right or to the left, and I increase this tendency by spring-
action in the manner illustrated by Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings.
The lower part B of the stay-holder terminates in a flange B¹, which extends
forward as shown by Fig. 3 and carries the inclined pivots b, b, or studs mentioned
above. Each of the said pivots consists of a tube fixed at its lower end in the
said flange, as shown by Fig. 2. Each of the stays or legs C has at its upper end
a boss or sleeve c mounted on one of the said pivots b and resting on the flange B,
or on a specially shaped disc fixed to the same. The base of each sleeve c is
not flat, but has a pair of triangular or V shaped depressions e¹ (Fig. 3), which
fit upon lugs B2 formed on the flange B', or upon a disc fixed to the said flange
or to the pivot b.
In turning one of the stays C out of the extended position shown in Fig. 2 into
the elevated position shown in Fig. 3, the base of the boss c is caused to slide
up the inclined planes formed by the lugs B2, the boss e together with the leg C
slides upwards on its pivot b, and the roller or foot D is therefore lifted above the
ground by two causes, firstly the inclination of its pivot b, and secondly the
sliding motion of the boss along the said pivot.
The two pivots b are connected with each other at the top by means of a yoke
or bridge piece and a pair of screws b¹, each of the said screws being fixed in
the upper end of the corresponding pivot b and passing through a hole in the
yoke 62.
Between the top of each boss c and the yoke 62 is inserted a helical spring E,
which will be compressed by the upward motion of the sleeve c.
The spring
therefore opposes a further resistance to the turning of the stay C out of the
extended position, and tends to keep it in this position.
The roller feet D are preferably ball-shaped and mounted on the ends of the
stavs C like ball casters.
For lifting the two stays into their position of rest, which is approximately
horizontal, each is connected with a flexible cord, preferably a chain K, instead
of which. however, a rope or a pair of links may be used. The said cord passes
over guide rollers L adapted to pivot on vertical axles and are attached to a
circularly curved segment m forming part of a two-armed lever M, the opposite
arm of which is placed within easy reach of the rider, and can be secured in its

page_text: extreme position by means of a bolt n passing through the upper part N of the
cycle frame.
If the rider desires to lift the stays C C¹ into their position of rest, which is
nearly horizontal, he turns the lever M, so as to draw the string K upward,
whereby the two legs C are caused to approach each other, which they can only
do by turning on their respective pivots b, b, and rising above the ground.
After the lever M has been turned as far as required, it is retained in its
position by causing its extremity to hook on to the bevelled head of the bolt n
as represented by Fig. 5.
If the rider wishes to lower the stays upon the ground, he need only disengage
the extremity of the lever M from the bolt and then draw the lever towards
him, after which the weight of the stays C aided by the spring devices acting on
their hinge ends, will turn the stays downward.
In the drawings, I, I, are the lower tubes of the cycle frame, to which the
stay-holder is clamped by means of two transverse plates H H and a screw nut a.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that
what I claim is:-
1. A bicycle support comprising in its construction a pair of pivots secured to
the cycle frame in an oblique position, so that the axes of the pivots intersect
the plane of the cycle frame, and are situated in a plane at right angles to the
latter, a pair of stays or legs, each of which has at its upper end a boss mounted
on the corresponding pivot and adapted to turn on the same, and a pair of springs
adapted to press the said bosses downward, each boss having in its face angular
grooves adapted to fit upon corresponding lugs supporting the said boss, sub-
stantially as described and for the purpose specified.
2. A bicycle support comprising in its construction a stay-holder A B secured
to the cycle frame and provided with a flange B', a pair of inclined pivots fixed
to the said flange, a pair of legs C mounted on the said pivots and provided with
recesses c, and a pair of lugs 132, substantially as described.
3. A bicycle support comprising in its construction a pair of obliquely pivoted
stays C, provided with rollers and spring action, and means for supporting,
adjusting and raising the said stavs, the whole being arranged and adapted to
operate substantially as described.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
Agents for the Applicant, 37 and 39, Essex Street, Strand, London.