Improvements in and relating to Velocipedes.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Velocipedes.
I, BRYAN PHELAN of 46, Bouverie Road, Manor Road, Stoke Newington, in the
County of Middlesex, Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an improved construction of support for retaining a
bicycle in an upright position either when in motion or when at a state of rest, and
it consists essentially of a pair of wheels mounted on a suitable frame hinged on the
rear of or otherwise in close proximity to the pedal-crank axle, the said frame being
extended upwards in the form of a fork or a pair of arins the upper ends of which
are guided by a quadrant formed on or attached to the frame of the machine, a
suitable spring being employed to act upon the frame to keep the wheels clear of the
ground when not in use and a flexible cord or its equivalent in connection with any
suitable winding arrangement or its equivalent on the handle bar for actuating the
frame to bring and keep the rollers into contact with the ground.
By the use of the upward extension of the frame beyond its point of pivot and the
quadrant or its equivalent I obtain great rigidity and thus attain a practical device
which overcomes the many defects of such devices hitherto employed."
Dated this 27th day of July 1896
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
I, BRYAN PHELAN of 46, Bouverie Road, Manor Road, Stoke Newington, in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, 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 construction of support for retaining a
bicycle in an upright position either when in motion or when at a state of rest.
I will now describe my invention making reference to the accompanying drawings,
in which :-
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Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a rear driven safety bicycle fitted with my
I, BRYAN PHELAN of 46, Bouverie Road, Manor Road, Stoke Newington, in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, 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 construction of support for retaining a
bicycle in an upright position either when in motion or when at a state of rest.
I will now describe my invention making reference to the accompanying drawings,
in which :-
Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a rear driven safety bicycle fitted with my
support, and
Figure 2 is a broken view in section on line of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a similar view of a modification.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with liko letters of reference.
This invention consists essentially of a pair of wheels X, X, mounted on and

page_text: carried by the lower back forks Y of the machine in close proximity to the pedal-
crank axle, or by reducing the width of the back forks Y the frame A may be
pivotted or hinged so as to embrace the hack forks Y as shown by Figure 3. The
frame A is extended upwards in the form of a fork or a pair of arms A¹ the upper
ends of which are connected together and guided by a quadrant formed on or
attached to the members Z and Z of the frame of the machine, a suitable spring D
being employed to act upon the frame to keep the wheels clear of the ground when
not in use as shown by dotted lines in Figure 1, a stop e is provided preferably on
the quadrant C to limit the movement of the frame A.
A flexible cord or its equivalent E is provided in connection with any suitable
winding arrangement or its equivalent on the handle bar for actuating the frame A
to bring and keep the rollers X, X, into contact with the ground. I preferably
form the brackets B, B, with a large bearing surface as shown and form a corresponding
enlargement on the frame A, or the frame A may be so strengthened by extensions
or the like so as to enable it to stand severe side strains. By this means and by the
use of the upward extension A¹ of the frame A beyond its point of pivot a and the
quadrant or its equivalent I obtain great rigidity and thus attain a practical device
which overcomes the many defects of such devices hitherto employed.
It will be seen that it is essential to the success of this invention that the type
of bicycle frame employed contains the usual members Z, Z'.
The wheels X, X, should preferably be solid or of an unyielding nature.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declaro that what I
claim is :-
(1.) A support for retaining a bicycle in an upright position, substantially as
hereinbefore described and shown.
(2.) In a support for retaining a bicycle in an upright position, extending the
upper portion of the frame carrying the supporting wheels above its point of pivot
and guiding it in any suitable manner, as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 27th day of April 1897.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.