Improvements in Stands or Trucks for the Conveyance or Storage of Cycles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Dec., 1897.
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Sept., 1898- Accepted, 5th Nov., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stands or Trucks for the Conveyance or Storage
of Cycles.
I, EUGENE PAYART, of 5, Henrietta Street, Cavendish Square, in the County
of Middlesex, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
The invention relates to improvements in stands or trucks for the conveyance
or storage of cycles.
Large numbers of bicycles are now commonly carried by passenger trains
and on board vessels, and great difficulty is met with in properly stowing the
machines where no special means are provided for keeping them separate from
one another or from falling about and the result is that the machines are frequently
damaged in transit added to which it is difficult to obtain access to a particular
machine at the time desired, and similar difficulties are met with when the
machines are stored in railway cloak-rooms or are transported for short distances,
for example from one part of a railway station to another either by the railway
porters or by the passengers themselves who under such circumstances are required
to wheel the machine about to various departments of the station such as the
booking office or cloak room.
Now the objects of the present invention are by a simple and inexpensive
device to obviate the difficulties above pointed out and to enable a number of
machines to be moved about with comparative ease.
In carrying the invention into effect a frame is employed provided with a body
and two ends rising therefrom and in order to facilitate the transport of the device
the two ends are pivotally connected with the body so that they may be folded
down thereon, whilst they are provided with suitable fastening means for fixing
the ends in the desired vertical or approximately vertical position and such
for example as a spring or other arm pivotally connected to one part and provided
with a pin or projection adapted to engage one or other of suitably spaced holes
formed in the other part.
The floor or body of the stand is formed of corrugated sheet iron fastened in a
suitable frame, and one end thereof is similarly formed whilst the opposite end
is formed of vertical bars arranged within a suitable frame corresponding
with the rises of the corrugations so that a bicycle may be placed upon the
stand with one of its wheels arranged between two of the bars and its other wheel
arranged in a recess of the corrugations, and thus it will be firmly held against
movement.
Or, if desired both ends of the device may be formed of vertical bars carried
by the frame.
The device may be mounted upon wheels or rollers so that a number of cycles
may be led therein and run about a railway station or other situation as desired,
and it may be so employed in a railway carriage, steam-boat, or in other situa-
tion to convey a number of bicycles.

page_text: Or, it may be similarly placed in a cloak-room or other repository for storage
purposes.
When the device is used in a railway carriage the corrugated end thereof
may be turned down, and the cycles may be wheeled up the same into position,
after which the end may be turned up and there fixed, and thus any cycle of the
number may be readily taken out of position when desired.
Instead of using the device in a horizontal position it may be stood upon one
end thereof, and the cycles may be run into position on end whilst in order to
thus hold them the top or extremity of one or both of the ends may carry a
bar formed with arms pivotally connected to the end and adapted to be turned
at a suitable angle thereto and there fixed by a similar fastening device to that
hereinbefore described with respect to the first arrangement.
Or, it might be otherwise fixed in position, and it will then act as a stop to
prevent the cycle moving out of position.
Or, in some cases instead of forming the ends with capability of folding they
may be permanently fixed in a given position.
As a further modification the body of the device may be of a skeleton form
consisting for example of a number of transverse bars mounted in a frame, or
it might be of corrugated metal, and the device in this case. is provided with
sides or ends which carry a top similarly formed of transverse bars so that the
cycles may be introduced into position therein with the lower wheel between
the bars or in a hollow of the corrugations, and with the upper wheel between the.
bars of the bottom.
This device may be provided with wheels or rollers, so that it may be readily
moved about from place to place, or it may be simply fitted with feet so as to
constitute a stand or rack and the sides or ends are in some cases formed with
capability of folding so that it may be readily packed for transport.
As a further modification a simple rack or support for a number of cycles
may be formed of a number of vertical bars carried in a frame provided with
feet or rollers so that one wheel of the cycle may be run in between the bars and
the vehicle thus temporarily held in a vertical position; or the bars may be
arranged in a horizontal position.
Dated this 22nd day of December 1897
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
27, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.
Improvements in Stands or Trucks for the Conveyance or Storage
of Cycles.
I, EUGENE PAYART, of 5, Henrietta Street, Cavendish Square, in the County
of Middlesex, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
The invention relates to improvements in stands or trucks for the conveyance
or storage of cycles.
Large numbers of bicycles are now commonly carried by passenger trains
and on board vessels, and great difficulty is met with in properly stowing the
machines where no special means are provided for keeping them separate from
one another, or from falling about, and the result is that machines are frequently

page_text: damaged in transit, added to which it is difficult to obtain access to a particular
machine at the time desired, and similar difficulties are met with when the
machines are stored in railway cloak-rooms or are transported for short distances,
for example from one part of a railway station to another either by the railway
porters or by the passengers themselves who under such circumstances are required
to wheel the machine about to various departments of the station such as the
booking office or cloak-room.
Now the objects of the present invention are by a simple and inexpensive
device to obviate the difficulties above pointed out and to enable a number of
machines to be moved about with comparative ease.
In carrying the invention into effect a frame is employed provided with a body
and two ends rising therefrom, and in order to facilitate the transport of the device
the two ends are pivotally connected with the body so that they may be folded
down thereon, whilst they are provided with suitable fastening means for fixing
the ends in the desired vertical or approximately vertical position, and such
for example as a spring or other arm pivotally connected to one part and provided
with a pin or projection adapted to engage one or other of suitably spaced holes
formed in the other part.
The floor or body of the stand is formed of corrugated sheet iron fastened in a
suitable frame, and one end thereof is similarly formed whilst the opposite end
is formed of vertical bars arranged within a suitable frame corresponding
with the rises of the corrugations so that a bicycle may be placed upon the
stand with one of its wheels arranged between two of the bars and its other wheel
arranged in a recess of the corrugations, and thus it will be firmly held against
movement.
Or if desired both ends of the device may be formed of vertical bars carried
by the frame.
The device may be mounted upon wheels or rollers so that a number of cycles
may be led therein and run about a railway station or other situation as desired,
and it may be so employed in a railway carriage, steam-boat, or in other situa-
tion to convey a number of bicycles.
Or, it may be similarly placed in a cloak-room or other repository for storage
purposes.
When the device is used in a railway carriage the corrugated end thereof
may be turned down, and the cycles may be wheeled up the same into position,
after which the end may be turned up and there fixed, and thus any cycle of the
number may be readily taken out of position when desired.
Instead of using the device in a horizontal position it may be stood upon one
end thereof, and the cycles may be run into position on end whilst in order to
thus hold them the top or extremity of one or both of the ends may carry a
bar formed with arms pivotally connected to the end and adapted to be turned
at a suitable angle thereto and there fixed by a similar fastening device to that
herein before described with respect to the first arrangement.
Or, it might be otherwise fixed in position, and it will then act as a stop to
prevent the cycle moving out of position.
Or, in some cases instead of forming the ends with capability of folding they
may be permanently fixed in a given position.
As a further modification the body of the device may be of a skeleton form
consisting for example of a number of transverse bars mounted in a frame or
it might be of corrugated metal and the device in this case is provided with
sides or ends which carry a top similarly formed of transverse bars so that the
cycles may be introduced into position therein with the lower wheel between
the bars or in a hollow of the corrugations and with the upper wheel between the
bars of the top.
This device may be provided with wheels or rollers, so that it may be readily
moved about from place to place, or it may be simply fitted with feet so as to

page_text: constitute a stand or rack and the sides or ends are in some cases formed with
capability of folding so that it may be readily packed for transport.
As a further modification a simple rack or support for a number of cycles
may be formed of a number of vertical bars carried in a frame provided with
feet or rollers so that one wheel of the cycle may be run in between the bars and
the vehicle thus temporarily held in a vertical position, or the bars may be
arranged in a horizontal position.
And in order that the said invention may be more clearly understood and
readily carried into effect I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings
more fully to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cycle stand or truck constructed according
to the present invention showing in dotted lines a bicycle in position thereon.
Figure 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 1--1 of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a similar view to Figure 1 representing a slight modification.
Figure 4 is a perspective view representing a stand adapted to receive the
wheels of a bicycle, with the latter on end.
Figure 5 is a perspective view of a modified form of stand also adapted to
receive the wheel of a bicycle.
In the several figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2 a represents the body or base of the frame or
platform and a¹ a² respectively represent the two ends thereof, which latter are
pivotally connected with the body a at a³ so that they may be folded down
thereon for transport or storage of the stand whilst they are provided with
arms or struts at one end pivotally connected at b₁ to the base or frame a and
at the other end provided with a pin stud or projection 62 adapted to engage one
or other of suitably spaced holes at formed in the ends a a² of the stand and by
which means the ends a¹ a² may be fixed in the desired vertical or approximately
vertical position.
Or other suitable fastening means may be employed as will be readily
understood.
The floor or body a of the stand is formed of corrugated sheet iron a* fastened
to the frame or base a and one end of the frame, that is to say the end aª is
similarly formed of corrugated sheet iron, whilst the opposite end a¹ is formed
of vertical bars a* within a frame a¹ and these vertical bars a* are arranged to
correspond with the rises of the corrugations of the iron floor a a* so that a
bicycle may be placed upon the stand with one of the wheels arranged between
two of the bars a¹* and its other wheel arranged in a recess of the corrugations
of the metal floor a* as represented by the dotted lines and thus it will be
firmly held against movement.
Instead of employing corrugated iron for the hase of the stand suitably spaced
wood or other bars may be substituted therefor and when the device is applied
to a curved surface for example to the top of a vehicle the base or frame would
be shaped thereto.
Or if desired both ends a¹ a² may be formed of vertical bars a¹* carried by
suitable frames as will be readily understood.
The device may be supported upon wheels or rollers c mounted upon an
axle c¹ fixed with the frame a so that a number of cycles may be led into the
frame and wheeled about a railway station or other situation as desired, and
it may be so employed in a railway carriage, steam-boat, or in other situation
to transport a number of cycles from place to place.
Or it may be similarly placed in a cloak-room or other repository for storage
purposes as will be readily understood.
When the device is used in a railway carriage the corrugated end within the
frame a may by withdrawing the pins or studs 63 of the struts from the
holes at of the end frame a² be turned down and the cycles may be wheeled up

page_text: the same into position after which the end may be turned up and there fixed
as indicated in the drawings, and thus any cycle of the number may be readily
run out of position when desired.
In the example given at Figure 3 the device instead of being arranged in a
horizontal position as represented in the previous figures is stood upon its end a
and the cycles are then run into position on end, whilst in order to hold them
against accidental displacement the extremity a* of the end a is pinjointed to.
the end a at a³ so that it is adapted to be turned up at a suitable angle to the
part a as represented in the drawing, whilst in order to fix it in that position
a strut b and co-acting parts, similar to those described with respect to Figures 1
and 2, or they might be other fastening means are employed, and the extremity a**
will thus act as a stop to prevent the cycle moving out of position.
Or in some cases instead of forming the ends a¹ a² with capability of folding,
they may be permanently fixed in a given position, but this arrangement I have
not thought it necessary to illustrate as it will be readily understood from the
foregoing.
In the example given at Figure 4 a non-collapsible device of a skeleton form
is shown adapted to receive the bicycles in a vertical position similar to that
represented in Figure 3, and in this case the base consists of a frame a provided
with a number of transverse bars a* or it might be a floor of corrugated metal
similar to that shown at Figure 2, and the device in this case is provided with
sides consisting of vertical bars or posts as which carry a top a similarly pro-
vided with bars a* so that the cycles may be introduced into position therein
with the lower or rear wheel between the bars of the bottom of the base a,
or of the hollow of the corrugations if sheet iron be employed, and with the
upper wheel between the bars a* of the top.
..
This device may be provided with wheels or rollers (not shown) so that it
may be readily moved about from place to place or it may be simply fitted with
feet c as represented in the drawing so as to constitute a stand or rack, and the
sides are in some cases formed with capability of folding so that it may be readily
collapsed for transport.
In the example given at Figure 5 a simple rack or support for a number
of cycles adapted to be placed outside an inn, in a railway station, or in other
situation is represented, and consists of a base formed of a frame a provided with
transverse bars a* or it might be corrugated iron and fitted with feet c or they
might be rollers, whilst the back or end of the device consists of a frame a¹
hinged to the base a with capability of folding and furnished with vertical
bars a* so that the front wheel of a cycle may be placed within the frame a and
between the bars a a when the frame a will act as a stop to prevent the vehicle
running out of position, and in order to fix the ends a¹ at the desired angle the
device is provided with struts b and co-acting parts similar to those herein before
described with respect to Figures 1 and 2, or if desired the base a instead of
being arranged on one side only may extend on both sides of the vertical frame
so that cycles may be introduced into position from both sides of the stand.
As a modification of this device the base a may be dispensed with and the
feet c made sufficiently broad to constitute a base to support the frame a¹ a suit-
able stop being provided to prevent the vehicle running out of position.
Or as a further modification the vertical frame a¹ may be dispensed with and
the base may by means of feet c or wheels be raised sufficiently high to support
the cycle by the insertion of one of its wheels between the bars a*.
By the means hereinbefore described an efficient and inexpensive cycle stand
is obtained adapted for use in a variety of places as herein before pointed out.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
:―
1. A bicycle stand comprising a base and a vertical frame furnished with a

page_text: number of vertical bars adapted to receive between them the wheels of a number
of bicycles substantially as herein shown and described.
2. A bicycle stand comprising a base composed of a frame fitted with corru-
gated iron or bars a vertical frame carried by the base and furnished with a
number of vertical bars adapted to receive between them the wheels of a number
of bicycles substantially as herein shown and described.
3. A bicycle stand comprising a base composed of a frame fitted with corru-
gated irou or bars, a vertical frame or frames hinged to the base with capability
of folding and both furnished with a number of vertical bars or
one with
corrugated iron adapted to receive the wheels of a number of bicycles and struts
hinged to one part and provided with studs engaging holes in the other part for
fixing the ends in an erect position substantially as herein shown and described.
A. A bicycle stand comprising a base composed of a frame fitted with corru-
gated iron or bars and a top composed of a frame fitted with bars said device being
adapted to receive a number of bicycles on end substantially as herein shown
and described.
5. A bicycle stand constructed substantially as herein shown and described.
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
Rooms 221-225, Birkbeck Bank Chambers,
Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.