An improved Cycle Suppor
Year: 1897

page_text: An improved Cycle Suppor
THOMAS GILLARD EDWARDS, 112 and 114 Union Street, Torquay, Cycle Dealer and
Coach Builder, GEORGE SIDNEY HOWELL, 8 Florence Terrace, Torquay, Clerk, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A U shaped clip of steel or any suitable material, preferably covered with leather
rubber, felt cloth, or suitable material to prevent injury to tyre or rim of cycle.
At back of clip is an ear which fits between jaws of a metal or wood bracket, and
held there by a metal thumb screw, or holt and nut. The bracket can be fixed
to a wall, partition or convenient place, at convenient height from ground, and by
means of the thumb screw or bolt and nut, the clip may be set at any angle with
wall or partition. The cycle is supported by forcing the tyre and rim of either
front or back wheel between the sides of spring clip.
THOMAS GILLARD EDWARDS.
GEORGE SIDNEY HOWELL.
We, THOMAS GILLARD EDWARDS, of 112 and 114 Union Street, Torquay, in the
County of Devon, Cycle Dealer and Coach Builder, and GEORGE SIDNEY HOWELL,
of 8 Florence Terrace, Torquay, aforesaid, Clerk, 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 support for cycles.
According to the invention we provide a clip for holding the wheel of the cycle,
the said clip being hinged or pivotally connected to a suitable bracket adapted to
be secured to a wall or other support at a suitable height from the ground, means
being also provided whereby the said clip can be secured at any angle to the
bracket.
To enable our invention to be fully understood, we will describe it by reference
to the accompanying drawing, in which:-
Figure 1 is a front view of our cycle support.
Figure 2 is a plan of the support shewing it secured in position on a wall or the
like; and,
Figure 3 is a side view of the same shewing in dotted lines the manner in which
the cycle wheel is held by the clip.

page_text: a is the clip which is preferably formed of steel, covered with leather, rubber,
felt or other suitable material to prevent it injuring the tyre or rim of the cycle
when inserted in the clip. In the drawing the clip is shewn made of a strip of
spring metal bent to the desired shape and formed at its rear part with an ear b
by means of which it is held as hereinafter described.
c is the bracket formed of a strip of sheet metal the ends d, d of which are bent
up at right angles so as to form two jaws between which the ear 6 of the clip a can
be inserted. The bracket c is provided with holes by means of which it can be
secured to a wall or other suitable support by screws e, e as shewn in Figures 2
and 3.
The clip a is held in position in the bracket c by means of a bolt f which passes
through the two ends d, d of the bracket e and through the ear b of the clip a so
as to retain the clip in the bracket. With this construction it will be obvious that
by tightening the two jaws d, d of the clip by means of the thumb-nut screwed
upon the end of the bolt f which project through the bracket, the clip a is tightly
gripped between the said jaws.
By loosening or unscrewing the thumb-nut g the clip can be set at any desired
angle to the bracket c, as shewn, for instance, in full lines and in dotted lines in
Figure 2 and can be clamped in the said positions by tightening the jaws d, d upon
the ear 6 by means of the thumb-nut g.
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To support a bicycle by our improved device it is only necessary to push the
wheel between the jaws of the clip a, as shewn in dotted lines in Figure 3, when it
is retained therein by the elasticity of the said jaws.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
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1. A cycle support comprising a bracket designed to be secured to a suitable
support and a spring clip a hinged to the said bracket and provided with a bolt f
and a thumb nut g whereby it can be clamped at any angle to the said bracket,
substantially as described and illustrated.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved cycle support hereinbefore
described and illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawing.
Dat
1000
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.