Improvements in Bicycle Stands.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 24th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 13th Nov., 1897
Improvements in Bicycle Stands.
I, DAVID RAITT ROBERTSON of Port Brae Machine Works, Kirkcaldy, in the
County of Fife, North Britain, Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in bicycle stands, and consists in
improvements upon my Patent No. 8683, of 7th May 1892. My present improved
stand has for its object to enable the stand to hold the cycle in an inverted position
for cleaning or repairing; and my present improvements have also other
advantages.
For the purpose of holding the cycle inverted, I provide each of the ends of the
pair of feet which are at the one end of the machine, with upright forked pins, the
forks receiving the handle bar of the cycle when the machine is inverted. The
said forked pins are made to swivel so as to adjust themselves to any curvature of
handle. The said forks are preferably lined with rubber or any soft material
so as to prevent the handle being scratched or damaged when the cycle is thus
inverted. The V shaped pivotted lever at that end of the stand does not come
into use when the bicycle is inverted, but the V shaped pivotted lever at the other
end of the stand, when in its down position, acts as a support for the inverted
saddle. The inverted cycle can thus be readily mounted on the stand and firmly
held.
I prefer to mount the forked pins which hold the handle bar, as wide apart as
the stand will allow, that is to say each forked pin is at the extremity of the feet
of the stand.
In the case of a ladies bicycle for example or in any other case in which the
saddle is at a lower level then the handle bar of the bicycle, I raise the pivotted
lever, which carries the saddle, to its highest position; or to a higher position;
and I lock this lever in this position by means of a pin which is passed through a
hole in the one side of the snug or bracket upon which the lever pivots, then
through a hole in the lever, and out through a hole in the other side of the snug or
bracket, the pin being preferably held by means of a chain.
This said arrangement of locking the one lever in an upright position may also
be used when the stands holds the cycle in its ordinary position in which case the
cycle wheel is run into the stand by means of the other V shaped lever only, the
locked lever at the other end of the machine acting as a fixed recess for the one
side of the wheel to rest against, the other or free lever remaining in its upright
position by virtue of the weight of the wheel as described in the said specification
of my prior Patent.
As a further modification instead of using a pin to secure the one lever, that
lever may be built as a permanent fixture on the stand; or it may be secured in
any convenient manner other than by a removable pin.
I prefer to make the frame of the stand flatter than is shown in the drawings

page_text: of my prior Patent that is to say I bring that part of the stand which is between
the supporting legs nearer to the ground.
Daetd this 23rd day of December 1896
JOHNSONS,
115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Petitioner's Agents,
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bicycle Stands.
I, DAVID RAITT ROBERTSON of Port Brae Machine Works, Kirkcaldy, in the
County of Fife, North Britain, Machine Maker, 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 improvements in bicycle stands, and consists in
improvements upon my Patent No. 8683, of 7th May 1892. My present improved
stand has for its object to enable the stand to hold the cycle in an inverted position
for cleaning and repairing; and my present improvements have also other
advantages.
But in order that my said invention may be more readily understood and easily
carried into effect I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the accom-
panying drawings in which:
Fig. 1 is an elevation and
Fig. 2 a plan of my improved automatic stand in the position ready for the
rolling on of the wheel of the cycle to be supported.
Fig. 3 is an elevation of the stand shewing the wheel supported thereby and
Fig. 4 is an elevation of the stand shewing a cycle held by the stand in an
inverted position.
Referring to the said drawings, for the purpose of holding the cycle inverted,
I provide each of the ends of the pair of feet A which are at the one end of the
machine, with upright forked pins B for receiving the handle bar of the cycle
when the machine is inverted. The said forked pins B are made to swivel so i.s
to adjust themselves to any curvature of handle. The said forks are lined with
rubber or any soft material so as to prevent the handle being scratched or damaged
when the cycle is thus inverted. The V shaped pivotted lever C at that end of
the stand does not come into use when the bicycle is inverted, but the V shaped
pivotted lever C at the other end of the stand, when in its down position, acts as
a support for the inverted saddle. The inverted cycle can thus be readily mounted
in the stand and firmly held.
I prefer to mount the forked pins B which hold the handle bar as wide apart
as the stand will allow, that is to say I mount each forked pin at the extremity
of the feet A of the stand; they may however be brought nearer together if found
desirable.
In the case of a ladies bicycle for example or in any other case in which the
saxldle is at a lower level than the handle bar of the bicycle, I raise the pivotted
lever C which carries the saddle, to its highest position; or to a high position:
and I lock this lever in this position by means of a pin D which is passed through
a hole d in the one side of the snug or bracket E upon which the lever C¹ pivots
then through a hole in the lever, and out through a hole in the side of the other
snug or bracket, the pin being preferably held by means of a chain e.
This said arrangement of locking the one lever in an upright position may also
be used when the stand holds the cycle in its ordinary position in which case the
cycle wheel is run into the stand by means of the other V shaped lever only, the

page_text: locked lever at the other end of the machine acting as a fixed recess for the one
side of the wheel to rest against, the other or free lever remaining in its upright
position by virtue of the weight of the wheel as described in the said Specification
of my prior Patent.
As a further modification instead of a pin to secure the one lever, that lever may
be built as a permanent fixture on the stand or it may be secured in any convenient
manner other than by a removable pin.
I prefer to make the frame of the stand flatter than is shewn in the drawings
of my prior Patent that is to say I bring that part of the stand which is between
the supporting legs nearer to the ground.
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 cycle stands, the improved arrangement for supporting the cycle in an
inverted position, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and
shewn in the accompanying drawings.
2. The forked pins B swivelling upon the feet A of the stand, substantially as
and for the purposes herein before described and shewn in the accompanying
drawings.
3. The lever locking pins D for retaining the lever C₁ in an elevated position,
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and shewn in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 23rd dow of Santambar 1807
JOHNSONS,
115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.