A New or Improved Stand for Bicycles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan.; 1896
Complete. Specification Left, 12th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 21st. Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Stand for Bicycles.
I, HENRY BUDDEN of 13 Wilton Road Boscombe East Bournemouth, Carpenter
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved stand for use with bicycles, and has for
its.object to provide a simple arrangement which will securely hold the-bicycles-in
position and which can be adjusted to any required position.
In carrying out my invention the stand consists of a base of any suitable form
having a central standard or post of tubular shape. The top of the stand consists
of a head having two extensions projecting upwardly at an angle to each other.
These extensions are channelled so as to receive the tubes of the bicycle frame.
The central portion is formed with a semi-circular or curved recess which receives
the crank bearing so that the bicycle is supported at about the middle and the
frame is securely held.
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To render the stand more efficient a clip is employed which binds the tube of.
the frame to one of the channelled supports. This clip consists of a shaped
metal band having a ledge or flange at each end. The under surface of the
support is formed with a rib at each side with which the ledges can engage. The
clip is passed over the tube and pushed down until it binds the tube tightly in
the groove or channel, the ribs on the support increasing in, thickness towards
the bottom. The head is carried by a spindle projecting into the tubular
standard and adapted to be held at. any required position, raising or lowering the
support..
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I, HENRY BUDDEN of 13, Wilton Road, Boscombe East Bournemouth, Carpenter,
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 an improved stand for use with bicycles, and has for
its object to provide a simple arrangement which will 'securely hold the bicycles in
position and which can be-adjusted to any required position...
In carrying out my invention the stand consists of a base of any suitable form
having a central standard or post of tubular shape. The top of the stand
consists of a head having two extensions projecting upwardly at an angle to each
other.
These extensions are channelled so as to receive the tubes of the bicycle frame.
The central portion is formed with a semi-circular or curved recess which receives
the crank bearing so that the bicycle is supported at about the middle and the
frame is securely held.

page_text: To render the stand more efficient a clip is employed which binds the tube of
the frame to one of the channelled supports. This clip consists of a U shaped
metal band having a ledge or flange at each end. The under surface of the
support is formed with a rib at each side with which the ledges can engage. The
clip is passed over the tube and pushed down until it binds the tube tightly in
the groove or channel, the ribs on the support increasing in thickness towards the
bottom. The head is carried by a spindle projecting into the tubular standard
and adapted to be held at any required position, raising or lowering the support.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a side view of a bicycle fitted with my improved support, and -with the
pedal at one side removed, .
Fig. 2 shows the stand separate from the bicycle, and
Fig. 3 is a section through the clip, bicycle tube and supporting arm.
The stand is provided with the base A of any suitable shape and size having the
tubular standard A¹ projecting to a convenient height. Within this tubular
standard the stem B is fitted carrying the head formed from the projecting arms C
and provided with the cup shaped bearing C¹ at the centre. As shown in Fig. 1
the bicycle frame B rests in the recess formed by the two armas, the tubes lying in
the grooves or channels of the arms and the crank bearing in the recess at the
centre. Each arm is provided with the rib or flange c at each side, this flange
preferably increasing in thickness towards the lower end. The clip E serves to
secure the frame to the stand, this clip consisting of a U shaped metal band with
the flanges e at each end adapted to engage with the ribs or flanges e on the
arms. Owing to the increasing thickness of the flanges c the clip can be moved
down the tube until it grips the latter tightly, thus firmly securing the bicycle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.-
(1) An improved stand for bicycles comprising a tubular support, a head fitted
to the said support having two grooved or channelled supporting arms adapted to
receive the tubes of the bicycle frame, and clips connecting the frame to the
support, substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
(2) In an improved stand for bicycles the combination with a base and a tubular
standard on the base, of a stem fitting in the said standard, two grooved or
channelled arms on the said stem, ribs or flanges on the arms, a recess at the
centre serving to receive the crank bearing of the bicycle, and clips securing the
tubes to the channelled arms and engaging with the flanges, substantially as and for
the purposes specified.
(3) The improved support or stand for bicycles constructed and operating
substantially as described and shown in the accompanying sheet of drawings, and
for. the purposes specified.
Dated this 12th day of October 1896.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant..