Improvements in or relating to Portable Stands or Supports for Bicycles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Apr., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 21st Feb., 1899-Accepted, 25th Mar., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Portable Stands or Supports for
Bicycles.
I, HENRY HYDE PERKES, of 173, Strand, London, W.C., Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in that class of stand or
support for bicycles in which a strut is hinged to the frame and my invention
consists in providing improved means for automatically guiding and securing
such struts in position, also in adapting such means so that the strut may be
used as a pump for inflating the tyres of the bicycle.
According to my invention I clip or otherwise attach a shell to the frame of the
bicycle, preferably to the lower front tube. In this shell I mount one end of
the strut which is preferably made cylindrical or twin cylindrical and provided
with a piston or pistons adapted to act as a pump.
The shell may be cylindrical or globular or other suitable shape and is formed
with two slots, one downwards and the other upwards; the downward slot is
formed with a notch so that when the strut reaches the end of the slot and the
bicycle supported thereby the strut becomes engaged in the notch thus securing
it in position. In the case of a cylindrical shell the strut is hinged with an universal
joint, and in the case of a globular shell the joint takes the form of a ball and socket.
The upward slot, which is preferably on the opposite side of the shell to the down-
ward slot, guides the pump-strut upward so that it may be readily used for
inflating purposes.
The strut is normally held parallel with the tube of the frame by a clip or
other suitable device. When the strut is liberated from the clip it falls by gravity
the slot guiding same automatically into its supporting position in which it is
secured by the notch.
The strut is preferably provided with a lock by means of which the pedal or
crank may be locked to the strut in order to prevent theft. Also means are
provided for securing the piston in the pump when used as a strut.
Dated 21st April 1898.
GEORGE DOWNING & SONS,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agents.
GEORGE DOWNING & SONS,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in or relating to Portable Stands or Supports for
Bicycles.
I, HENRY HYDE PERKES, of 173, Strand, London, W.C., Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of my said 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 my invention is to effect improvements in that class of stand or

page_text: support for bicycles in which a strut is hinged to the frame and my invention
consists in providing improved means for automatically guiding and securing
such struts in position, also in adapting such means so that the strut may be
used as a pump for inflating the tyres of the bicycle.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascer-
tained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings in which similar
letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a bicycle fitted with my invention.
Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are respectively front, side, and underside views of the strut
connection.
Fig. 5 is an elevation of a portion of the pump strut.
Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of the pump handle, illustrating one mode of
locking the same to the pump barrel or strut.
According to my invention I clip or otherwise attach a shell a to the frame b
In this
of the bicycle, preferably to the lower front tube as shown in Fig. 1.
shell a I mount one end of the strut d, which is preferably made cylindrical
or twin-cylindrical and provided with a piston or pistons adapted to act as a
pump.
As shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, the shell is preferably of a globular shape, but
it may be made cylindrical or other convenient shape.
The shell a is formed with two slots, one (a¹) downwards and the other (a2)
upwards, the slot a' is formed with a notch a³ so that when the end c of the strut d
(shown in Fig. 5) reaches the end of the slot a¹, and the bicycle is supported
thereby, the strut becomes engaged in the notch a³ thus securing it in position.
The end of the sirut is provided with a ball c¹ which fits the interior of the globular
shell a, the strut not being shown connected in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, for greater
clearness. e is the clip by means of which the shell is fixed to the frame b. The
shell a is formed with an opening at a through which the ball is passed, a plug
being afterwards inserted and secured in position by screws a5 or by other suitable
means, and the strut being afterwards screwed or otherwise secured thereto.
The slot a² serves to guide the strut upwards so that it may be readily used
for inflating purposes, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, the connector d¹
being, when not in use, stored within the tubular piston (Fig. 6).
The strut d is normally held parallel to the tube of the frame b by a clip for
other suitable device.
In order to prevent the piston falling out the pump or stud d, I provide a
bayonet joint, mutilated screw thread or other means, one portion of the joint
being fixed on the cover or cap of the pump (Fig. 6) and the other portion d
within the cylindrical handle d. In this figure one end of the connector d¹ is
shown secured from falling out, and from mud and dust, by the screw cap or
cover do
When the shell a is formed cylindrical or of other shape the strut is jointed
within such shell by an universal joint, the slots being formed so as to carry
out the two requirements of supporting and pumping, as described with reference
to the globular shell.
The strut is, in some cases, provided with a suitable lock by means of which
the pedal or crank may be readily locked thereto in order to prevent theft.
In using my invention the strut is liberated from the clip f, and it falls by
gravity, the slot a¹ guiding the same automatically into its supporting position
in which it is secured by the notch a³. The bicycle is then supported by the strut
and is unable to move longitudinally by reason of the strut being unable to move
on its joint, and the weight of the bicycle retaining the strut in the notch.
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 a joint for portable stands or supports of bicycles, the combination of a

page_text: shell containing the joint, a slot in such shell for guiding the strut or support
downward into position for supporting the bicycle, and a notch for securing the strut
in such position, substantially as specified.
2. In portable stands or supports for bicycles, the combination with a strut, of
a globular shell, a slot in such shell, for guiding the strut downward into position
and a notch for securing the said strat in such position, a ball on the end of said
strut adapted to work within the globular shell, substantially as set forth.
3. In portable stands or supports for bicycles; the combination of a shell attached
to the frame, a strut formed as a pump or inflator jointed within said shell, a
slot in said shell for guiding the strut into its supporting position, and a slot for
guiding the strut into its pumping position, substantially as set forth.
4. In portable stands or supports for bicycles, the combination, of a shell
attached to the frame, a strut formed as a pump or inflator jointed within said
shell, slots in said shell for guiding the strut into its supporting and pumping
positions, means for securing the handle of the pump to the pump cylinder or
strut, and a clip on the frame for retaining the strut when not in use, substantially
as set forth.
5. In portable stands or supports for bicycles, the combination with a strut,
formed as a pump jointed within a shell with slots arranged and operating as
described, of a lock attached to said strut for securing the pedal or crank thereto,
substantially as specified.
T 14th Jan 1800
GEORGE DOWNING & SONS,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agents.