Improvements in Supports and Locking Apparatus for Bicycles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 8th Aug 1898 Accepted 22nd Oct
1808
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Supports and Locking Apparatus for Bicycles.
I, JOSE JACKSON, of Chinnor, Tetsworth, in the County of Oxfordshire,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in bicycle supports, which consists of an
adjustable apparatus fixed to the bicycle frame to clutch or fix the spoke of the
wheel and an adjustable stay or prop.
In carrying my invention into practice I construct an adjustable clip of any
shape which I fix to any part of a bicycle frame, and to this said clip I swivel
(with or without a spring) a forked clutch. The forked clutch when in use
clips one of the spokes of the front wheel (or back wheel) to lock the wheel. On
the frame near the back wheel I provide a stay or prop hinged or swivelled to an
adjustable clip, the said clip is fitted to the frame by a bolt and nut. When the
stay or prop is not in use the end rests in a spring clip bolted to the frame in any
convenient position.
The object of the clutch or fork is to catch or fix the spoke of either the back
or front wheel, and the stay or prop for keeping the bicycle in a slight sloping
position.
1000
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Supports and Locking Apparatus for Bicycles.
I, JOSE JACKSON, of Chinnor, Tetsworth, in the County of Oxfordshire,
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:-
My invention relates to improvements in bicycle supports, which consists of
an adjustable apparatus fixed to the bicycle frame to clutch or fix either spoke
of the wheel, and an adjustable stay or prop.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters
and figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1, is a view of the clip attached to the front fork g of a bicycle.
Bio 2 is a side elevation of the apparatus.

page_text: Fig. 3, is an end view of the apparatus with the fork placed at right angles to
engage with a spoke of a wheel.
In carrying my invention into practice I construct an adjustable clip a of any
shape which I fix to the front fork or to any part of a bicycle frame, and to
this said clip a I swivel with (or without) a spring b pressing against the boss f
of a forked clutch c. The forked clutch when in use clips one of the spokes
of the front wheel (or back wheel) to lock the wheel. The clip a is fixed together
by means of a bolt and nut d at the top, and two bolts and nuts at the base,
these said nuts pass through the spring 6 and a carrier e to the end of which I
bolt the boss f of the forked clutch.
If preferable the locking of the wheel may be done by means of a chain from
one side to the other of the forks with one twist round the spoke.
On the frame near the back wheel I provide a stay or prop hinged or swivelled
to an adjustable clip which I do not claim as any part of my invention, the said
clip is fitted to the frame by a bolt and nut. When the stay or prop is not in
use the end rests in a spring clip bolted to the frame in any convenient position.
The object of the clutch c or fork is to catch or fix the spoke of either the back or
front wheel, and the stay or prop for keeping the bicycle in a slight sloping
position.
The spring bis connected with the clip and presses against the boss ƒ of
the clutch in order to hold the clutch in either position.
By making two holes in the end of fork e a padlock may be used for locking
up the machine against theft.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. In a locking apparatus for bicycles, the combination of the various parts of
mechanism fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
2. In a locking apparatus for bicycles, the combination of the adjustable clip
spring and forked clutch, substantially as herein described and according to the
accompanying drawing.
3000