Improvements in Stands or Supports for Bicycles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1891-Accepted, 18th July, 1891
Improvements in Stands or Supports for Bicycles.
I, JULIUS JOSEPH MÜLLER, of 5, Raadhusstræde, Copenhagen, in the
Kingdom of Denmark, Joiner, 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 :-
My invention relates to stands or supports for bicycles. Stauds as hitherto
employed for supporting bicycles usually consist of a kind of shoe, in which the
cycle with its wheels is placed. These shoes however present various dis-
advantages, for instance, the wheels are liable to become jammed in them, and the
tyres of the wheels to be torn off and injured by the shoes, and the wheels cannot
be turned round for oiling and cleaning the cycle, if the latter has been placed in
the stand.
By my invention these disadvantages are entirely obviated.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is a front elevation, and
Figure 2 is a side elevation of a bicycle stand or support constructed according
to my invention.
The stand or support is composed of two plates a which are bent outwards at
their lower part to form feet and are held together by three transverse bolts b.
To each of the plates a a second plate e is attached to the side of its upper part in
such a manner as to be capable of vertical movement, which plate can be fixed
by means of a clamping nut d the screw bolt of which is fastened to the plate a
and passes through a vertical slot in the plate c. The requisite guiding of the
plate cupon the plate a can be brought about by bending the side edges of the
former over those of the latter. The upper end of the plate c forms a rest
of angular shape for the bearing of the axle of the crank, as is shewn by the
dotted lines in the drawing, g being the crank-axle, the crank, i the disc for.
the chain on the crank-axle, and the part of the bicycle frame carrying the
bearing of the crank-axle.
The transverse bolts are fixed to one of the plates a and are connected to
the other plate by means of nuts on both sides thereof. The distance between
the plates a can by this means be varied according to the distance apart of the
bearings of the crank-axle of the bicycle, whilst the plates being movable
vertically upon the plates a, the height of the stand can in addition be varied to
suit that of the bicycle.
If it be desired to keep both wheels of the cycle off the ground, this can be
done as shewn in Figure 2, by means of a rod k, which is forked at both ends, and
is supported on one of the lower bolts by the fork at one end, whilst the fork at
the other end is adapted to engage with a suitable part of the frame of the cycle.
In "safety" bicycles, for instance, it is applied at the angle which is formed by
the bearer of the hind wheel and the bearer j³ of the front wheel. This rod is
suitably constructed in two parts each of which is provided with a collar embracing
the other part, which collars are provided with clamping screws, whereby the
rod can be shortened or lengthened according to circumstances. Instead of the
rod & other arrangements may be used, for example, I can employ two tubes one of.
which slides within the other and is secured by a clamping screw.
In the stand just described it will be easily seen that the tyres of the wheels of
the cycle cannot become injured by the weight of the cycle resting upon them,
inasmuch as the whole, or almost the whole of the weight of the cycle is borne
by the stand. As the driving wheel will as a rule always be free, it can be easily
turned in order to examine the cycle and effect the required cleaning. The stand
is suitable for all kinds of bicycles, whether provided with pneumatic tyres, with

page_text: cushion tyres, or with ordinary tyres. The cushion tyres or ordinary tyres,
secured with ceinent, are not when this stand is used, liable to be torn off.
1
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. A bicycle stand or support consisting of a pair of plates, or two pairs of
feet (L, the two parts of which are connected by transverse bolts provided with
screw threads, which bolts allow of the regulation of the distance between the two
parts, the stand being further provided at its upper part with two supports for the
bearing of the crank-axle, these supports being movable vertically substantially as
hereinbefore described.
2. In bicycle stands or supports constructed as described in Claim 1, the
employment of loose rods or tubes forked at their ends for the support of the
heavy end of the cycle when it is desired that both the wheels of the cycle shall be
kept off the ground, substantially as hereinbefore described.
3. The improved bicycle stand or support hereinbefore described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 8th day of June 1891
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.