Year: 1896

page_text: We, WALTER ESSON, of Swarthmore Termce, Foreman Pattern Maker, and
NICHOLAS NISBET, of 10, Elizabeth Street, Clerk, both of Thornaby-on-Tees, in the
County of York, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a cycle stand or support for the purpose of holding a
cycle in the vertical or upright position when not in use, or for cleaning or show
purposes, and has for its object to provide a reliable and rigid stand of a simple and
convenient form which is adapted for use with cycles generally.
In carrying our invention into effect we provide two tubes in the form of legs
which are splayed or set out so as to afford a sufficient transverso base to the
stand when fixed in position. These two tubular legs are permanently connected
together near the base by two stays and at their upper ends a forked or bifurcated
upper frame slides or telescopes into the said tubes, the tubes being furnished at
their upper ends with beads having screws or thumb pieces, or the tubes may be saw
cut down and furnished with collars and bolts or other suitable mechanism for
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the purpose of adjusting and fixing the height of the said upper frame.
crosshead of this adjustable upper frame is bent to forin a seat for the cycle
frame at the point of angle where the bottom bracket of the cycle meets the
"Fork Crown" and is provided with an envelope of rubber or other suitable
material to cushion the contact and prevent scratching or damaging the cycle.
The two stays at the base of the tubes or legs are placed at a suitable distance
apart and are furnished in each of their centres with a recess or bend of suitable shape
into which the rim or tyre of the front wheel of the cycle rests by gravity with the
requisite contact to prevent sideward movement of the front wheel, the two
independent lines of contact with the wheel being equivalent in this respect to a
The said stays thus check the cycle in its tendency to run backwards
while supported by the stand. The two ends of the stand and the base of the rear
wheel of the cycle in contact with the ground thus become three points of support
on which the oycle remains secure in a fixed and upright position.

page_text: An Improved Cycle Stand or Support.
We, WALTER Esson, of Swarthmore Terrace, Foreman Pattern Maker, and NICHOLAS
NISBET, of 10, Elizabeth Street, Clerk, both of Thornaby-on-Tees, in the County of
York, 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 a cycle stand or support for the purpose of holding a
cycle in the vertical or upright position when not in use, or for cleaning or show
purposes, and has for its object to provide a reliable and rigid stand of a simple and
convenient form which is adapted for use with cycles generally.
And in order that our invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into
effect, we will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying
drawing.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation and
Fig. 2 a corresponding side elevation of a cycle stand or support constructed in
accordance with our invention.
Fig. 3 illustrates our stand in the position of supporting a cycle of the usual
construction.
In the figures a a represent two tubes in the form of legs which are splayed or set
out so as to afford a sufficient transverse base to the stand when fixed in position.
These two tubular legs are permanently connected together near the base by two
stays bc, and at their upper ends a forked or bifurcated upper frame d slides or
telescopes into the said tubes a a, the tubes being furnished at their upper ends
with beads having screws or thumb pieces e e, or the tubes may be saw cut down and
furnished with collars and bolts or other suitable mechanism for the purpose of
adjusting and fixing the height of the said upper frame d. The crosshead d' of this
adjustable upper frame is bent to form a seat for the cycle frame at the point of angle
where the bottom bracket f of the cycle meets the "Fork Crown" g, and is provided
with an envelope of rubber or other suitable material to cushion the contact and
prevent scratching or damaging the cycle. The two stays be at the base of the tubes
or legs are placed at a suitable distance apart and are furnished in each of their centres
with a recess or bend of suitable shape into which the rim or tyre of the front wheel
of the cycle rests by gravity with the requisite contact to prevent sideward
movement of the front wheel, the two independent lines of contact with the wheel
being equivalent in this respect to a fixed groove. The said stays thus check the
cycle in its tendency to run backwards while supported by the staud. The two ends
of the stand and the base of the rear wheel of the oycle in contact with the ground
thus become three points of support on which the cycle remains secure in a fixed
and upright position.
The combination of the stand could be modified by converging the two legs a a
into one upper tube in which case the upper frame d would work on one centre bar
telescoping into the said tube with the crosshead d mounted thereon like the cross
bar of a crutch, and this construction would serve the precisely same purpose as the
construction shown in the drawing so long as the stays b and c were provided.
modification must therefore be regarded as coming within the scope of our invention
although stands of this kind have been designed without the stays b and c and
therefore not intended to prevent the tendency of the wheel to turn sideways when
lifted clear of the ground.
This

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is :-
A stand or support for cycles in which the splayed out legs a a are permanently
connected together near the base by two stays b c and furnished with an adjustable
upper frame d substantially as and for the purpose herein before described with
reference to the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 19th day of August 1897.
G. J. CLARKSON,
Chartered Patent Agent, Stockton-on-Tees and Hull,
Agent for the Applicants.