An Improved Stand for Cycles and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th June, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Oct.. 1895-Accepted, 14th Dec., 1895
An Improved Stand for Cycles and the like.
We, EDOUARD Caron, Engineer, and ALBERT BRETONNEAU, Mechanician,
both of 17 Boulevard Rochechouart, Paris, in the Republic of France, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved stand for cycles and the like.
This support or stand substantially comprises four metallic branches connected
in pairs at their upper part and forming, when once opened an equilateral
triangle.
The branches are provided at the lower part with a cross bar and toward the
middle with a support for the pedal of the machine.
This central support consists of metal wire and is bent so as to adapt itself to
the lateral shape of the pedal and to protect the same; it is limited at one side
by a cross piece.
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The frame of the machine rests upon a stay arranged below the joint of the
branches aforesaid.
One pair of branches are connected by cross bars serving to maintain the
branches in their separated position and to allow of their receiving the front wheel
and maintaining the same in the vertical plane of the machine.
The characteristic features of this invention are:
1. The arrangement of two pairs of foldable branches forming when opened an
equilateral triangle.
2. The support for the pedal.
3. The stay for the frame situated below the joint of the branches.
4. The arrangement of the branches receiving the front wheel, and guiding and
maintaining the same in the vertical plane.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.
We, EDOUARD CARON, Engineer, and ALBERT BRETONNEAU, Mechanician,
both of 17 Boulevard Rochechouart, Paris, in the Republic of France, 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:-
Our invention relates to an improved stand or support for serving to hold cycles
and similar machines when at rest and to prevent their wheels from touching the
ground. The advantage resulting therefrom lies in the fact that the tyres of the
cycles or the like are prevented from being injured by contact with the ground, and
also, in the fact that, by the device hereinafter described, the rotary motions of the
front wheel is avoided, which rotation, when the cycle is at rest, is apt to destroy

page_text: branches connected in pairs at their upper part and forming, when opened out, an
equilateral triangle.
Our improved stand or support is represented in the accompanying drawings in
which:
Figure 1 is an elevation of the upper part of the stand when open.
Figure 2 is a plan of the same.
Figure 3 is a side view of one branch of the stand provided with the pedal
bracket holder.
Figure 4 is a front view of the pedal bracket holder.
Figure 5 is a similar view to Figure 1 but showing the stand closed.
Figure 5 is a plan of Figure 5.
Figure 6 shows a modified construction of the device which joins or connects the
upper part of the branches.
Figure 7 is a side elevation of the whole stand or support in its open position
and ready to receive the cycle or the like.
Figure 8 is a front view of the same.
Figure 9 is a detail view of the support for the frame.
Figure 10 is a side view of the whole support in its closed position.
Like letters dencte similar parts throughout the drawings.
A and B are the double branches which constitute the main part of the stand or
support. The said branches A B are maintained at a constant distance apart from
one another by means of cross pieces G G G G³, as shown in Figure 8, and are
linked at their upper part, to a piece C by means of rivets or bolts D. The
piece C carries at its sides rectangular or other shaped projections or stops N N¹
the purpose of which is to limit the distance to which the branches A. B can be opened
as will be seen from Figures 1 and 2.
In Figure 6 the piece C is replaced by a piece C¹; in this case, the branches A
and B are tapered and, when the support is opened, these tapered edges will limit
the opening.
The branches A B are provided with holes H, H', H², H³ which permit of
varying the position of the hook or bracket 1 which supports the frame of the
cycle according as the said frame is more or less inclined.
The branches A are provided with holes M M which perinit of varying the
position of the crank axle holder E, by introducing into the said holes the bent
portions M² of the piece E. This pedal holder, (as shown in Figures 3 and 4), is
preferably made of iron wire of circular cross section, so as to enable it to be
easily covered with a tube of elastic material in order to protect the enamel of the
cycle frame. The hook or bracket L is for the same reason made in a similar
manner.
The branches A B may be constructed of channel-iron, Figures 1, 2, 3 and 5, or
of flat metal strips, Figures 6, 7, 8 and 10 or of metal of any other suitable cross
section.
We may also manufacture the stand or support of any other material than metal,
for the sake of greater lightness; it may also be suitably decorated or ornamented
if required.
In Figure 7 we have indicated in dotted lines the position occupied by certain
parts of a cycle, when the latter is placed upon the improved support or stand.
The pedal bracket P rests upon the piece E, the lower tube S of the frame rests
upon the bracket L, and the front wheel S¹ rests between the branches B which
maintain the same in a vertical plane and prevent it from turning upon its axle.
The cycle is moreover maintained at a distance from the ground, and the wheels
are thereby protected against any injurious contact therewith.
Finally, the great stability of our improved stand or support when supporting a
cycle, is due to its special construction in which its pivotal connection lies above
the point of support, whereby the whole support is put into a state of stable
equilibrium.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. An improved stand or support for cycles and the like comprising a pair of
double branches A. B, each pair of which is connected at the upper ends, so that
they can be opened out through a certain limited angle.
2. In an improved stand or support for cycles or the like, the arrangement
whereby the branches A B open out from one another at their lower part so as to
afford to the open stand or support a base, which gives the necessary stability to
the stand.
3. In an improved stand-or support for-cycles and the like the branches-A-B
connected by cross pieces supporting them in the angular position, in which the
branches are separated or opened out from each other, the said branches being
provided with holes H H H H³ permitting of varying, at will, the position of the
hook or bracket L supporting the lower tube of the cycle frame.
4. The crank axle holder E and the hook or bracket L, preferably constructed
of round metal, so as to be easily covered with a tube of indiarubber or of
analogous material, in order to protect the enamel of the cycle frame.
5. The branches B having a space corresponding to the diameter of the tyre
and enabling the front wheel to pass between these branches which maintain the
wheel in a vertical plane and prevent it from turning on its axle; this method of
guiding the front wheel is a characteristic feature and affords with the upper link-
connection of the branches the stability to the stand or support.
6. The characteristic features hereinbefore claimed substantially as shown and
described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.