Improved Means for Suspending Cycles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 12th July, 1898-Accepted, 13th Aug., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Suspending Cycles.
I, AUGUST SEBELIN, of 83, Niemannsweg, Kiel, in the German Empire, Naval
Captain, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and
to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:
This invention relates to means for suspending cycles, say from a roof or ceil-
ing, when not in use, whereby a very considerable amount of space is saved, and the
machine is less liable to be damaged or tampered with. A further advantage is that
cycles, when partly or entirely suspended, can be very easily and conveniently
cleaned and got ready for use, or be taken to pieces, as may be required.
Referring to the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 shews in elevation the said means of suspension, with a cycle hung there-
from, and
Figs. 2 and 3 are detail views hereinafter referred to.
A is the cycle, B a block and tackle, and C is a ceiling or roof from which the
cycle is suspended.
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b is the rope or cord leading from the block and secured to a cleat, or the like,
c (Fig. 3), fixed to a wall or other suitable place, and passing over a guide pulley d.
The hooks for suspending the guide pulley d, and for the upper pulley block,
respectively, are secured to plates which have holes, say four in number, to admit
of easily screwing them to the ceiling or roof.
Through an eye or ring on the lower pulley block, is passed a sling a provided
with two loops. In combination with these loops, short wooden pins or cross pieces
are provided, which can be passed through the loops and serve to securely and easily
hold the cycle, as shewn in Figs. 1 and 2, the latter figure showing both in front
and side view, to a larger scale, the fastening of the loop around the top tube of
the cycle frame.
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When the cycle is removed from the sling, this latter might be in the way if
allowed to hang down, but in order to obviate this inconvenience I provide a pulley
or ring 1, and arrange the same close to the guide pulley d, and over or through
such pulley or ring, as the case may be, I pass a rope or cord 3, and allow the
same to extend down beside the cleat c, where it can be secured to another cleat c¹.
This rope or cord 3 may be secured to the lower pulley block (as shewn), or to the
sling in any suitable manner. Thus, when the cycle is removed, the sling a may
be drawn up, or the pulley blocks themselves may be further raised so as to be more
out of the way.
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 what
I claim is:-
1. In means for suspending cycles, the combination with a block of a sling for
attachment to a cycle, and ropes or cords for raising the said block and the sling
out of the way when not in use, substantially as described,

page_text: 2. The improved means for suspending cycles, substantially as hereinbefore
described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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ERNEST DE PASS,
Chartered Patent Agent, 78, Fleet Street, London, &
5A, Market Street, Nottingham, Agent for the Applicant.