Improvements in or connected with Velocipedes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 11th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 17th Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Velocipedes.
We, SIDNEY ALEXANDER HOUGHTON, Engineer in the Royal Navy, and
BERNARD HOUGHTON, of the Covenanted Indian Civil Service (Burmah
Commission), both of Teynham Lodge, Colwall, in the County of Hereford, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention has reference mainly to bicycles, and consists mainly in providing
means for supporting same when at rest.
According to this invention, we provide in connection with, say, the front part
of the frame, such as the front frame or outer head tube, or near same, a rod; and
in conjunction with this rod there is provided an arrangement for locking one of
the wheels. This is effected by means of the brake, or a part connected therewith.
The rod is adapted to move in the horizontal plane and also move about a hinge
or joint, so that when it is desired to use the support, it is turned down; whilst
when not in use it is moved round and adapted to lie in the vertical plane of the
machine and be connected or fastened under the seat, or near the cranks, or in other
suitable position. When it is moved to the position it takes when being used, it
may be adapted to engage with the brake mechanism and hold it on to the wheel,
thus securing the machine.
In one special construction under this invention, when the rod is combined with
the front tube of the bicycle, such rod may be hinged or suitably jointed to a ring
working in a suitable way on the tube, and these parts may be made in halves and
secured together by screw pins and so adapted to be fitted to existing machines, the
rod itself being connected by a joint to the ring. This ring is adapted to engage with
a projection or other device on or connected with the brake rod or part thereof,
when turned round to the position the rod is used in.
There may be used in connection with the above means of holding the wheel, a
lock, in which case the brake when on may be kept and locked in that condition;
thus providing a means for preventing the machine being stolen.
In some cases the means or devices for holding the brake on and securing or
locking it in that condition, may be used independently of the supporting rod, as a
means of locking or supporting the machine; in which case the rod-when or if
used at all-would be hinged or connected with another part of the frame. This
part of our invention is not restricted to bicycles but is applicable to different kinds
of velocipedes.
The invention is not confiued to the particular combinations of parts more
particularly specified above as these are given only as examples of the application
of the invention to an existing type of machine.
Dated this 9th day of December 1893.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON, Fels. Chart. Inst. P.A.,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicants' Patent Agents.

page_text: Improvements in or connected with Velocipedes.
We, SIDNEY ALEXANDER HOUGHTON of Hollydale Road, Peckham, London,
Engineer, and late Engineer in the Royal Navy, and BERNARD HOUGHTON, of
the Covenanted Indian Civil Service (Burmah Commission), of Spa Lodge,
Colwall, in the County of Hereford, 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 has reference mainly to bicycles, and consists mainly in providing
means for supporting same when at rest.
According to this invention, we provide in connection with, say, the front part of
the frame, such as the front frame or outer head tube, or near same, a rod; and in
conjunction with this rod there is provided an arrangement for locking one of the
wheels. This is effected by means of the brake, or a part connected therewith.
The rod is adapted to move in the horizontal plane, and also move about a hinge
or joint, so that when it is desired to use the support, it is turned down; whilst
when not in use it is moved round and adapted to lie in the vertical plane of the
machine and be connected or fastened under the seat, or near the cranks, or in other
suitable position. When is moved to the position it takes when being used, it is
adapted to engage with the brake mechanism and hold it onto the wheel, thus
securing the machine.
In one special construction under this invention, when the rod is combined with
the front tube of the bicycle, such rod may be hinged or suitably jointed to a ring
working in a suitable way on the tube; and these parts may be made in halves and
secured together by screw pins and so adapted to be fitted to existing machines, the
rod itself being connected by a joint to the ring. This ring is adapted to engage
with a projection or other device on or connected with the brake rod or part thereof,
when turned round to the position the rod is used in.
The drawings hereto annexed shew the special construction of parts above
referred to. In these drawings, Figure 1 is an end view elevation shewing the
invention; Figure 2 is a plan in section of same, taken at the line A A Figure 1;
and Figure 3 is an outline drawing shewing a whole bicycle provided with the
invention.
Referring now to the drawings, a is the tube of the bicycle in which the front wheel
fork stem is disposed and works. is a collar, which is made in halves and clamped
by screws onto the tube a, and has upper and lower flanges 6. c is a ring, which
is also made in halves, and fits over the collar b, by which it is held, and on which
it is adapted to have axial movement. The halves of this ring c are held together
by a screw c¹, and a bolt c which pass through flanges on the ring halves. The
bolt is provided with a head c by. which the supporting rod is connected. dis
the supporting rod it being connected to the ring c through the bolt c², the
connection being made by a jaw d' on a socket d' provided on the end of the rod d,
within which jaw the head of the bolt fits, and to which it is connected by a
pin d. By this joint the rod d is capable of being moved up and down, whilst by
the whole ring c being free to revolve upon the collar & the rod d can be moved
in any direction and the connections in effect constitute a universal joint.
In connection with these devices, there is used a means of keeping the brake on
the wheel when it has been applied, and of locking the ring c and rod d. This
consists of a collar e fixed on the brake rod f, and having a projecting catch e' at
the back of same which is adapted to engage in a notch in the underside of the
flange of the ring e in which the bolt c is held. This brake mechanism is of a
well known type having a brake roller g on the end of the rod, such rod itself
being worked by the lever h, and normally pressed upwards by the spring i.

page_text: When the support is not being used, it is stowed longitudinally along the frame
as shewn in Figure 3, being supported by a suitable catch, clip, or the like, on the
frame. To use the invention and support the bicycle, the brake rod f,--and the
catch e-having first been pressed down by the lever h, so as to bring the brake g
onto the wheel and the catch below the ring e, the rod d and the ring e are moved
round, say about 90°, about the collar b, until the catch e' engages with the flange
of the ring c.
The rod d is then turned down to the desired angle, and the bicycle
moved over towards the side on which the rod exists until the rod touches the
ground. The bicycle will then be supported and braked, and held.
It is to be stated that the invention is not restricted to the particular construction
of parts more particularly set forth with reference to and shewn in the drawings,
as in special applications of the invention, or in its application to different types of
machines, the construction will necessarily vary as to detail or form.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be perforined, we declare that what we
claim is:
1. The herein described improvement connected with bicycles, consisting of a
supporting rod acting in connection with the brake; operating substantially as and
for the purposes set forth.
2. The combination of parts, constituting means for supporting and holding a
bicycle, herein more particularly set forth with reference to, and shewn in the
drawings.
Dated in Qth dow of Santambar 1901
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON, Fels. Chart. Inst. P.A.,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicants' Patent Agents.