Bicycle Holder for Protection against Theft.
Year: 1898

page_text: This Print is in accordance with the Original Specification as it stands after
Amendment (under Section 11 of the Patents, &c. Act, 1883) as required by
the decision of the Comptroller General, of the 11th day of November 1898.
Date of Application, 6th Apr., 1898- Accepted, 18th June, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED).
Bicycle Holder for Protection against Theft.
I, FELIX KÖHLER, Mechanician, 8, Karlstrasse, Zwickau, Saxony, in the
Empire of Germany, 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:-
The object of the present invention is a bicycle-holder for protection against
theft, the essential feature of which is that a pin, furnished with an addition or
headpiece, and under the action of a spring, is provided for the purpose of
releasing the lock, and is pushed back by a screw-bolt, with the assistance of a
key, removed from an automatic apparatus.
The bicycle-holder itself is suitably composed of two supports, one of which
is kept open, so that the bicycle frame can be laid thereon without any trouble,
whilst the other is provided with the above-mentioned contrivance, that is to
say, the support is made fast by a lock.
In the accompanying drawing:
:-
Fig. 1 is an inverted plan of the bicycle-holder and support.
Fig. 2 a view, partly in elevation, partly in section, of the support furnished
with the lock.
Fig. 3 a view in elevation of part of the open support.
The bicycle is placed, with the frame on the supports a b, the catch-hook c of
the support b being as a matter of course open. The catch-hook (as may be seen
by Fig. 1 and 2) is hinge-jointed to the part b, and carries at its other end a
projecting piece c¹ in which is an opening for the locking pin d. The pin d is
seated at 6 in the part b and has a tendency, through the spiral spring f, to press
against the catch-hook c. The additional piece, against which the spiral spring
on the pin lies, has an oval-shaped extension below, so that it serves simul-
taneously as a head-piece or support for a screw-bolt h. seated in the part 63 of
the support b, in such a manner that, when screwed with its back-end into the
part 2, it pushes back the locking pin d. Hereby, the catch-hook c, that is to
say the part c, is released, and, the catch-hook can be opened.
The operation of the screw-bolt his effected by a key (removed from an auto-
matic contrivance, suitably provided in proximity to the bicycle holder) which
is placed on the pin ha of the screw-bolt h.
As, generally speaking, a large number of bicycle-holders are brought into use
together, it is obvious that every key must have a different shape, as must also
the pin 2 of the screw-bolt h in every case. If a key be lost, the bicycle-holder
does not become useless. but by removing the screw-bolt h and, re-inserting
another, with a differently shaped nin, the bicycle-holder will again be made
serviceable. In order that the screw-bolt may not fall out of itself, a cap i is

page_text: suitably placed on the part 2, so as to serve as a support for the bolt in its
extreme left-hand position, and, at the same time, protect the screw-thread of
the bolt from injury. The collar 3 of the screw-bolt will prevent this bolt from
being screwed too far in the opposite direction. In using the bicycle-holder, the
key will always be removed from the automatic contrivance, by the dropping-in
of a coin, the catch-hook e being released by screwing-back the screw-bolt,
whereupon the frame R of the bicycle can be placed on the two supports a and b
without trouble. The catch-hook c is then turned round again, and the lock
made fast by pushing back the screw-bolt h.
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 I am
aware that automatic or coin-freed stands for holding bicycles are at present in
use and that I make no claim to the use of such automatic or coin-freed
apparatus for the delivery of the key, nor for the combination of such apparatus
with bicycle holders, but, what I claim is :-
1. A bicycle-holder for protection against theft, in which a pin d, furnished
with an additional or head-piece g, and under the action of a spring, provided
for the releasing of the lock, is pushed, back by a screw-bolt, with the assistance
of a key which is removed from an automatic contrivance.
2. A bicycle holder for protection against theft substantially as described with
reference to the drawings.
Dated this 6th day of April 1898.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.