Year: 1896

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Applicatio
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United States of America).
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 14th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 12th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 20th Feb., 1897
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 14th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 12th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 20th Feb., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, WESLEY WEBBER, of No. 6, Wall Street, in the City of New York, and
State of New York, United States of America, Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in bicycle supports and home trainers.
In carrying out my invention I employ front and rear uprights or standards; the
front standard which rises from the centre of a foot or base piece is formed or
provided with a shoe or rest for the front wheel of the bicycle. This shoe or rest
is curved to conform to the circumference of the bicycle-wheel and is transversely
concaved to receive the tyre so as to obviate all danger of lateral displacement of
the front wheel of the bicycle, and also to furnish an extended curved bearing for
the tyre with side flanges to confine it at its sides, so that it will not be injuriously
depressed at any point, or spread by the weight of the bicycle and rider.
The rear standards rise from a foot or base piece which is formed or provided
with a front plate or frame to which the said standards are braced by struts or
bracing plates. The said front plate or frame is connected to the said base piece
or foot by a rod which telescopes an arm to or in which the said rod is adjustably
held by a set-screw so that the two main parts of the apparatus may be conveniently
adjusted to and from each other to adapt the apparatus to support bicycles of
different sizes.
The rear standards are tubular in form and each standard is provided at its
upper end with a clamp or holder for securely holding the ends of the rear axle of
the bicycle.
Duplicate clamps or holders are employed each formed with a head and shank
which latter is adapted to be adjustably held in the upper end of the tubular
standard. It is prevented from turning in the said standard by a set-screw. The
said head is eccentric to the shank so that by turning the holder in the standard
the margin of the head may be set nearer to or farther away from the adjacent side
of the rear wheel of the bicycle, as circumstances require, to adapt the apparatus to
different inakes of bicycles. The upper surface of the head is recessed to form
sockets to receive the ends of the axle. These sockets are at varying distances
from the centre of the shank so that by turning the holder they furnish four
adjustments, that is to say, the socket being farthest away from the centre of the
shank is adapted to receive the shortest axle; the socket nearest the centre of the
shank taking the longest axle. Axles of intermediate lengths will be held by
the other two sockets. In case the said sockets be made shallow it may be
necessary to provide a plate or button for the sockets to be fitted over the axle to
keep it securely in place. This plate or button may be held by a bolt which
passes through one end thereof and enters a hole or screw tap formed in the head.

page_text: A brake or friction wheel is arranged to be pressed against the rear wheel of the
bicycle the said wheel being by preference made concaved at its periphery to fit the
bicycle tyre, and arranged to be adjusted to and from the bicycle wheel, so that
the pressure may be increased or diminished to regulate the amount of exertion
required to turn the bicycle. For this purpose it is journalled in a forked lever
which is fulcrummed on a cross-piece or bridge formed, by preference, as a part of
the frame. The front end of said forked lever is connected to the rod or other
permanent part of the apparatus, by a threaded eyebolt or hook and adjusting nut
so that by simply turning this nut the resistance exerted by the brake or friction
wheel on the rear wheel of the bicycle may be increased or diminished as the rider
requires. The lower edge of the said forked lever is notched to permit it to be
adjusted longitudinally on the bridge-piece for properly locating the brake wheel
relatively to the rear bicycle wheel.
Dated the 12th day of March 1896.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
1, WESLEY WEBBER, of No. 6, Wall Street, in the City of New York and
State of New York, United States of America, Engineer, 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 improvements in bicycle supports and home trainers.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this
specification, and in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in
all the figures.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my new bicycle support and training apparatus
and bicycle thereon with one of the standards partly in section.
Figure 2 is a plan view of the support, and
Figure 3 is an enlarged plan view of one of the axle clamps or holders removed
from its standard.
A represents the front, and B, B the rear uprights or standards of my new
bicycle support. The front standard rises from the centre of a foot or base
picce A', and is formed or provided with a shoe or rest A2 for the front wheel of
the bicycle. This shoe or rest is curved to conform to the circumference of the
bicycle-wheel and is transversely concaved, as shewn at a, Figure 2, to receive the
tyre so as to obviate all danger of lateral displacement of the front wheel of
the bicycle, and also to furnish an extended curved bearing for the tyre with side
flanges to confine it at its sides, so that it will not be injuriously depressed at any
point, or spread by the weight of the bicycle and rider.
The rear standards B, B rise from a foot or base piece B', which is formed or
provided with a front plate or frame B2, to which the said standards are braced by
struts or bracing plates C, C. The said front plate or frame B* is connected to the
said base piece or foot A¹ by a rod D, which telescopes an arm B³, to or in which
the said rod D is adjustably held by a set-screw b, so that the two main parts of the
apparatus may be conveniently adjusted to and from each other to adapt the
apparatus to support bicycles of different sizes.
The standards B, B are tubular in form and each standard is provided at its
upper end with a clamp or holder E for securely holding the ends of the rear axle a¹
of the bicycle.
The clamps or holders E are duplicates and are each formed with a head e and

page_text: shank e', which latter is adapted to be adjustably held in the upper end of the
tubular standard B. It is prevented from turning in the said standard by a
set-screw e². The said head'e is eccentric to the shank el, as shewn in full and
dotted lines in Figure 3, so that by turning the holder in the standard the margin
of the head may be set nearer to or farther away from the adjacent side of the rear
wheel of the bicycle, as circumstances require, to adapt the apparatus to different
makes of bicycles. The upper surface of the head e is recessed, as shewn at f, f¹
and g, 9', to form sockets to receive the ends of the axle. These sockets are
at varying distances from the centre of the shank el, as shewn clearly in Figure 3,
so that by turning the holder they furnish four adjustments, that is to say, the
socket g' being farthest away from the centre of the shank el, as shewn, is adapted
to receive the shortest axle; f being nearest the centre of the shank will take the
longest axle. Axles of intermediate lengths will be held by socket for fl.
In case the said sockets ff', 9, 9' be made shallow, as shewn in the drawings, it
may be necessary to provide a plate or button h for the sockets to be fitted over the
axle to keep it securely in place. This plate or button, as here shewn, is held by
a bolt h¹ which passes through one end thereof and enters a hole or screw tap h²
formed in the head e.
F represents a brake or friction wheel arranged to be pressed against the rear
wheel of the bicycle. Said wheelf is by preference made concaved at its periphery
to fit the bicycle tyre, and is arranged to be adjusted to and from the bicycle wheel,
so that the pressure may be increased or diminished to regulate the amount of
exertion required to turn the bicycle. For this purpose it is journalled in a forked
lever G, which is fulcrummed on a cross-piece or bridge i formed, by preference,
as a part of the frame B2. The front end of said forked lever is connected to the
rod D, or other permanent part of the apparatus, by a threaded eyebolt or hook j,
and adjusting nut j', so that by simply turning this nut the resistance exerted by
the wheel F on the rear wheel of the bicycle may be increased or diminished as the
rider requires. The lower edge of the said forked lever G is notched as shewu
at k, to permit it to be adjusted longitudinally on the bridge-piece i for properly
locating the brake wheel F relatively to the rear bicycle wheel.
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 I
claim is:-
1. In a bicycle support, two standards, a base piece or foot supporting the same
and a front plate or frame formed with or attached to said base piece or foot,
combined with a front standard and base piece, a support for the front wheel of the
bicycle and an adjustable rod connecting the front base piece with the said plate or
frame substantially as described.
2. In a bicycle support, a rear base piece and a front. plate or frame B' formed
with a bridge i, in combination with standard B, for supporting the rear wheel of
the bicycle, a lever G fulcrummed on said bridge piece and a brake wheel F
journalled in said lever, substantially as described.
3. In a
bicycle support the standards B, B in combination with the axle
clamps E, E each formed with a shank fitted to rotate in said standards, and with
a head e formed with recesses or sockets to receive the ends of the bicycle axle,
substantially as described.
4. The standard B, in combination with the clamp E, formed with a shank el,
and recessed head e, eccentrically secured to said shank substantially as described.
Dated this 9th day of January 1897.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.