Improvements in Cycle Holders or Stands, specially applicable for Storing Cycles in Railway Vans and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 6th Oct., 1900-Accepted, 17th Nov., 1900
PROVI
Improvements in Cycle Holders or Stands, specially applicable for
Storing Cycles in Railway Vans and the like.
I, ANDREW HENRY BAIRD, of 22, Dutton Street, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
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This invention relates to cycle holders or stands and is specially applicable
for use in railway vans, cycle storing rooms or the like, and the object is to pro-
vide a holder or stand by means of which the cycle may be firmly held in its
upright position, and, if need be, locked in that position; the.construction being
such that, when not in use, it can be turned about its supporting axis so that the
van, or room, in which the stands are fitted may be made available for other
uses.
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According to my invention the holder or stand comprises an arm pivoted about
a horizontal axis which is usually fixed near to and parallel with the wall;
arm carries at the end thereof a spring gripping device adapted to securely grip
the handle bar and, in some cases, the stem of the cycle, and in some cases
provide the said gripping device with a locking device, so that, when fitted in
railway vans, the owner of the cycle is given a key or a label identified with the
stand in which his cycle is stored, and from which the cycle cannot be removed
except upon production of the said key or label. The gripping device is so
attached to the pivoted arm that its distance from the axis can be adjusted to
suit various types and sizes of cycles, and the pivotal action of the arm itself
provides the necessary adjustment for the varying heights of handle bars, a
clamping device being fitted to this adjustment. I have found in practice that
if the handle bar of the cycle be securely held, the whole machine is well sup-
ported against displacement, but in order to further secure the machine, I may
5 provide side battens on the floor which prevent the lateral displacement of the
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wheels.
The length of the pivoted arm may be so adjusted that the front wheel of the
cycle may be held in contact with the wall or stand from which the arm is
pivoted.
When the holders or stands are not in use they may be turned either up or
down until they lie out of the way and close against the wall.
In some cases the holders may be arranged to hold the cycle parallel to the
wall, the arm and gripping device being mounted on an arm or bracket project-
ing from the wall and preferably pivotally mounted thereon; and in cases when
a wall is not available, the holding device may be mounted on an upright stalk
with a foot adapted to be screwed down or to be weighted to give it stability.
• December 1899.
SLOAN & LLOYD BARNES,
Chestored Patent Agents, 34, Castle Street, Liverpool.

page_text: Improvements in Cycle Holders or Stands, specially applicable for
Storing Cycles in Railway Vans and the like.
I, ANDREW HENRY BAIRD, of 22, Dutton Street, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, 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 cycle holders or stands and is specially applicable
for use in railway vans, cycle storing rooms or the like, and the object is to pro-
vide a holder or stand by means of which the cycle may be firmly held in its
upright position, and, if need be, locked in that position; the construction being
such that, when not in use, it can be turned about its supporting axis so that the
van, or room, in which the stands are fitted may be made available for other
uses.
According to my invention the holder or stand comprises an arm pivoted about
a horizontal axis which is usually fixed near to. and parallel with the wall; the
arm carries at the end thereof a spring gripping device adapted to securely grip
the handle bar and, in some cases, the stem of the cycle, and in some cases I
provide the said gripping device with a locking device, so that when fitted in
railway vans, the owner of the cycle is given a key or a label identified with the
stand in which his cycle is stored, and from which the cycle cannot be removed
except upon production of the said key or label. The gripping device is so
attached to the pivoted arm that its distance from the axis can be adjusted to
suit various types and sizes of cycles, and the pivotal action of the arm itself
provides the necessary adjustment for the varying heights of handle bars, a
clamping device being fitted to this adjustment. have found in practice that
if the handle bar of the cycle be securely held, the whole machine is well sup-
ported against displacement, but in order to further secure the machine, I may
provide side battens on the floor which prevent the lateral displacement of the
wheels.
The length of the pivoted arm may be so adjusted that the front wheel of the
cycle may be held in contact with the wall or stand from which the arm is
pivoted.
When the holders or stands are not in use they may be turned either up or
down until they lie out of the way and close against the wall.
I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which
Figs. I and II show a holder with a spring gripping device capable of being
locked; Figs. III and IV show a modified form of spring gripping device,
attached elastically to the inner sliding arm; Figs .V, VI, VII and VIII show a
universal form of gripping device, and also show how the inner sliding arm fits
in the pivoted arm. In the different modifications similar parts are indicated by
the same figure of reference.
Referring in the first instance to Figs. I and II :—
1 is the cycle handle bar and 2 the handle stem; the rest of the cycle is
omitted, but it will be understood that the rear of the cycle is remote from the
stand. The handle 1 is held by a spring gripping device consisting of a movable
part 3 and a fixed part 4, these are lined with rubber, felt, or the like material
and are carried from the end of an inner sliding arm 5 which slides in an arm 6
pivoted to the wall, side of the van, or fixed stand, as the case may be after the

page_text: nanner shown in Figs. V and VI; this pivoted attachment is, however, from
considerations of space, not shown in Figs. I to IV.
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The fixed part of the gripping device is rigidly attached to the socket 7 which
in turn is secured to the sliding arm 5; the moveable part is pivoted to the
socket 7 by the pivot 8, and the gripping action is given by the spring 9.
provide a grip locking piece 10 which slides in the socket 7 and which is moved
and held axially by the lever 11 carried in an outer socket 12, and having a
specially shaped head adapted to be turned by a special key, and it will be seen
that by rotating the lever by means of the key the said locking piece comes
into, and is held in, engagement with the tip 13 of the moveable part 3 and
so prevents the spring grip being opened and the cycle removed in the absence
of the proper key.
The sliding arm 5 slides in the pivoted arm 6 as described, and is provided
with a slot 14 through which a locking screw 15 (see Figs. V and VI) passes,
and the end of this screw engages with a holding piece 16 which holds the
arm 5 in the arm 6 at the proper distance from the wall to suit any particular
cycle. The screw 15 is carried in a socket 17 fixed to the end of the pivoted arm 6,
and the top of the screw is shaped to fit the key before referred to.
for example as
The arm 6 is pivoted to the wall in any convenient manner;
shown in Figs. V and VI, where the arm 6 is attached to a T piece 18 carried
by a pivot formed of a short length of tube 19 held between two brackets 20 by
a stud; the T piece has a locking screw 21 which holds the pivoted arm against
displacement, which screw is adapted to be rotated by the key described.
Of course any other convenient mode of pivoting the arm
may be adopted,
and, where a number of the cycle holders are arranged, as for example in a
railway luggage van, a continuous bar carried from the side of the van is used
instead of individual pivots 19.
Referring now to Figs. III and IV, the spring grip is in this case modified
as follows:-
The fixed piece 4ª is in this case also attached rigidly to the end of the sliding
arm 5, but the movable piece 3ª, which is in the form of a double hook, instead
of being pivoted as before, is carried on a sliding sleeve or socket 73, which,
under the influence of the spring 9" draws the movable part 3 towards the
fixed part 4, and so grips the cycle handle. The spring 9. abuts at one end
5 against the fixed part 4ª and, at the other end, engages with the rivet 22 which
is attached to 78, and moves in the slot 23 shown in 5. The gripping parts are
covered with rubber, felt or the like 24 as shown.
In some cases cycle handles of unusual shape might not be capable of being
conveniently gripped by the devices described, and I therefore provide what I
term universal grips, the parts 3° of which are pivoted by the pin 25 to the T
piece shown on the end of the sliding arm 5 as shown in Figs. V and VI; these
grips have a secondary part 3d which pivots about an axis at right angles to
the pin 25. The grips 3d are lined with rubber 24, and, as will be seen from
Figs. VII and VIII, are adapted to grip almost any shape of handle bar.
5 In some cases the holders may be arranged to hold the cycle parallel to the
wall, the arm and gripping device being mounted on an arm or bracket project-
ing from the wall and preferably pivotally mounted thereon; and in cases where
a wall is not available, the holding device may be mounted on an upright stalk
with a foot adapted to be screwed down or to be weighted to give it stability.
Instead of the locking screw 21 to hold the pivoted arm in the desired posi-
tion I sometimes provide a quadrant piece passing through a slot in the arm 6
which is held against the quadrant by a screw and wing nut.
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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
55 I claim is:-
1. The improved cycle holder or stand which consists of an arm adapted to be

page_text: pivotally attached a wall or the like and at the end of which is a spring grip
adapted to hold the cycle handle bar and which is adjustable relatively to the said
pivoted arm; substantially as described and illustrated.
2. In cycle holders or stands, in combination:--an arm adapted to be pivotally
attached to a wall or the like, a spring gripping device adapted to hold the
handle bar of the cycle, a bar carrying the said gripping device and sliding in
the said pivoted arm, and the means for locking the various parts in position;
substantially as described and illustrated.
3. The improved cycle holder or stand; substantially as described and illus-
trated in Figs. I and II.
4. The improved cycle holder or stand; substantially as described and illustrated
in Figs. III and IV.
5. The improved cycle holder or stand; substantially as described and illus-
trated in Figs. V to VIII.
Dated this 5th day of October 1900
SLOAN & LLOYD BARNES,
Chartered Patent Agents, 34, Castle Street, Liverpool.