Improved Appliance for Use in Supporting Bicycles and like Velocipedes requiring Support.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 19th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 31st Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Appliance for Use in Supporting Bicycles and like
Velocipedes requiring Support.
We FREDERICK HENRY AYRES, of 111 Aldersgate Street, in the City of
London, Manufacturer, and HARRY PITTS, of 31 Wycombe Road, Coleraine
Park, Tottenham in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In order to support bicycles and other velocipedes of the kind requiring lateral
support for show and other purposes various means have been adopted but in all
those known to us various objections or defects, are noticeable.
In carrying out our invention we employ a base which may be of wood, metal, or
other suitable material, or combination of materials and from this base spring
curved or other suitably shaped arms from, on, or attached to said base by screws,
rivets, or otherwise, either permanently rigidly connected or capable of being turned
on a binge like connection or with disconnectable connections. These arms or
supports are carried up to a suitable height to about the line of the axis of (say)
the hind wheel of the machine in a bicycle, or to other convenient axle of a cycle
wheel in a multiwheeled cycle.
These arms are provided with a socket hole to each and as the arms are capable
of being sprung apart the machine is placed in position such that as the arms are
released the sockets holes, or equivalent parts, engage and hold the ends of the hub
or axle without coming in contact with any part, frame or otherwise, so as to
damage enamel, plating or surface decoration, or the like.
By allowing sufficient play between the socket holes and the upper floor of the
stand the supported wheel may be rotated and furthermore the machine can be
removed with its stand, as one connected article.
The sets of supporting arms may be multiplied to suit different constructions of
machines either on one base, or more.
Dated the 21st day of December 1895.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicants.
Improved Appliance for Use in Supporting Bicycles and like
Velocipedes requiring Support.
We FREDERICK HENRY AYRES of 111 Aldersgate Street, in the City of
London, Manufacturer, and HARRY PITTS, of 31 Wycombe Road, Coleraine
Park, Tottenham, in the County of Middlesex, 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 :-
In order to support bicycles and other velocipedes of the kind requiring lateral
support for show and other purposes various means have been adopted but in all
those known to us various objections or defects are noticeable.

page_text: In carrying out our invention we employ a base which may be of wood, metal, or
other suitable material, or combination of materials and from this base spring curved
or other suitably shaped arms from, on, or attached to said base by screws, rivets,
or otherwise, either permanently rigidly connected or capable of being turned on a
binge like connection or with disconnectable connections.
These arms or supports are carried up to a suitable height to about the line of
the axis of (say) the hind wheel of the machine in a bicycle, or to other convenient
axle of a cycle wheel in a multi-wheeled cycle.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 shows the improved supporting appliance by a front view.
Fig. 2 shows the same by a side view and Fig. 3 by a plan view.
Fig. 4 shows a partial front view with one of the arms in section.
Fig. 5 shows by side view, Fig. 6 by part sectional front view, and Fig. 7 by
part plan view, a modified form of the appliance, to be described.
a is the base of the supporting appliance; b, b, are the curved arms attached
thereto by suitable screws c, Figs. 1 to 4.
These arms b, b, are provided with a socket hole d to each and as the arms are
capable of being sprung apart-(see dotted lines Fig. 1)--the machine is placed in
position such that as the arms are released, the sockets holes d or equivalent parts,
engage and hold the ends of the hub or axle without coming in contact with any
part, frame, or otherwise, so as to damage enamel, plating or surface decoration, or
the like.
By allowing sufficient play between the socket holes and the upper floor a¹ of the
stand a the supported wheel may be rotated and furthermore the machine can be
removed with its stand, as one connected article.
In the modification shewn in Figs. 5. to 7 the curved arms b, b, are Held in position
on the base a by means of suitable clamps e, e, the latter being attached to the base
by screws. This form enables the arms b, to be readily disconnected from the
base, by their being slidden out from the clamps, for convenience of packing.
The sets of supporting arms may be multiplied to suit different constructions of
machines either on one base, or more.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
The construction and use of the improved appliance for supporting bicycles and
like velocipedes requiring support consisting of a pair or pairs of spring arms having
loops or socket holes to hold or clasp the ends of the hub or axle, a stand for
support and means of connecting the parts, as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated the 17th dow of Contember 1904
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 and 56 Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicants.