Improvements in Combined Cycle Supports and Luggage Carriers.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 19th June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 14th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 13th Feb., 1897
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Improvements in Combined Cycle Supports and Luggage Carriers.
THOMAS EDMUND LIDDIARD Moorhouse Westerham in the County of Kent
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A combined cycle support and luggage carrier constructed according to this
invention is made with two down pillars. The down-ward portions of the said
down-pillars are connected to the wheel pin and are made to revolve on a common
axis The up-ward ends of the said down pillars carry an extended portion of metal
which supports the luggage carrier when the cycle is in use, and may be so formed
as to be dis-connected by lifting the outward portion of the said luggage carrier
from slots holes or recesses formed in the said cycle support. By this arrangement
the said luggage carrier forms a catch or connection of itself, as the inward portion
of the said luggage carrier is fixed loosely to the crown of the cycle allowing the
Baid outward portion to rise slightly for dis-connection. The said outward portion
of the said luggage carrier may also be formed with a spring catch extending down-
ward to receive the said cycle support when the cycle is not in use, and revolves ou
the said common axis downwards to support the cycle in an erect position when
not in use. The said down pillars may be formed from tube, wire, raised metal, or
wood. The top portion which forms the luggage carrier in combination with the
said support may be formed from wire, perforated metal, or fine wicker.
Dated 17th day of June 1896.
THOMAS EDMUND LIDDIARD.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combined Cycle Supports and Luggage Carriers.
I, THOMAS EDMUND LIDDIARD, Moorhouse, Westerham, in the County of
Kent, Gentleman, 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 supports or stands and luggage carriers for cycles.
According to this invention a bicycle support or stand is connected to the machine
and adapted to rest on the ground so as to keep the bicycle upright when the latter is
not running, and to be raised clear of the ground when the machine is in motion.
A luggage carrier also forms part of this invention and conveniently may be
employed in combination with the support aforesaid so that when the latter is in the
"running position" it may serve as a support for the luggage carrier, and the
latter may serve as, or may have, a catch to retain the cycle support clear of
the ground.
. In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 illustrates in perspective a safety bicycle with one construction stand

page_text: or support according to this invention in use, the handle bar, saddle, pedals, and all
details not essential to the understanding of the present invention being omitted.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of part of the bicycle shown in Figure 1 with the
stand out of use under the luggage carrier, or itself adapted to serve as a luggage
carrier ;
Figure 3 is a perspective view of the luggage carrier forming part of Figures 1
and 2; as seen from above; and,
Figure 4 is an elevation of a detail hereinafter particularly described.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
A is the steering head tube, B is the front fork crown, C is the luggage carrier,
which is of light construction; it may be a skeleton table as shown or made of wire,
wicker-work, sheet metal, or perforated metal, or otherwise constructed so as to
combine maximum strength with minimum weight.
The carrier projects in front of the head tube from the fork crown to support
the luggage as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 1, and is secured thereto, jaws C
being formed upon the carrier to embrace the upper ends of the fork sides D; the
open ends of these jaws C (Figure 3) are closed, after the luggage carrier has been
engaged with the top ends of the forke, by a bolt or bolts such as are hereinafter
referred to, which are passed through holes C³ in the jaws, so as to retain the
luggage carrier in its place.
Cis a tongue or catch formed upon the luggage carrier C for the purpose
hereinafter explained.
There is a gap C (Figure 3) in the carrier and E' Figure 1 in the stand to
permit free passage of the brake.
E are skeleton standards which in the example illustrated are connected to each
other by cross pieces E2 E³, and are pivotted at E to short arms D¹ extending
forward from the bottoms of the forks D to which they are fixed.
If desired these standards need not be connected together, and instead of being
pivotted to the ends of an arm such as D' they may be pivotted directly to the
forks or upon the leading wheel axle.
These standards are intended to occupy either the position in which they are
indicated in Figure 1, or that in which they are shown in Figure 2; in the former
case they serve as cycle supports when the machine is not running, and in the
latter case they serve as struts between the sides of the luggage carrier and the
bottoms of the forks D.
The luggage carrier is made slightly elastic or is hinged or otherwise arranged
so that when the standards are turned up, as shown in Figure 2, they are caught and
retained in that position by engagement of the luggage carrier with them; in the
example illustrated the tongue C (Figure 2) engages with the middle of the cross
connections E, and the standards are prevented from going past the forks. D to
the rear by the other cross connection E3, which is bent as shown in Figure 1 to
enable it to embrace the fork crown.
Preferably the bolt employed to keep the jaws C of the luggage carrier C in
proper engagement with the fork crown is of the kind shown in detail in Figure 4,
being the bolt one end of which is formed as a foot rest F', the nut F being
similarly formed to serve as the companion rest; in Figure 3 this bolt is indicated
by dotted lines in the position it is intended to occupy in the carrier, whence it
may be seen that the parts F' F3 constituting the foot rests will project outwards
at each side.
Instead of constructing a bolt and nut to serve in this manner as a foot rest
portions of the carrier may be so shaped as to serve a like purpose.
.:
This invention is not limited to the particular construction herein before described
by way of example.
The separate luggage carrier C may be dispensed with and the stand E when in
the position shown in Figure 2 may be used instead; but I prefer the separate
carrier because if the stand be used for luggage, the latter must be taken off before
the stand can be employed for holding up the bicycle..

page_text: 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. The combination of a stand or support with the steering wheel axle or fork of
a bicycle.
2. A combined luggage carrier and stand substantially as described.
3. The combination with the steering fork of a bicycle of a luggage carrier fixed
at the crown and a stand pivotted at or near the wheel axle.
4. In a bicycle a luggage-carrier serving to retain a stand clear of the ground.
5. In a bicycle the combination with a luggage-carrier such as C of a stand
adapted to serve also as a support for the luggage-carrier.
6. In a bicycle the combination with a luggage-carrier of a foot rest substantially
as described.
7. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the combined stand
and luggage carrier substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this Ninth day of January 1897.
THOMAS EDMUND LIDDIARD.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.
THOMAS EDMUND LIDDIARD.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.