Improved Apparatus for Storing and Supporting Oyoles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Feb.. 1897-Accepted, 24th Apr., 1897
Improved Apparatus for Storing and Supporting Oyoles.
I FREDERICK CHARLES SMITH, of 2 Warewell Street, Walsall, in the County
of Stafford, Tanner and Currier 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 :-
My invention has for its object improved apparatus for storing cycles, by
which means they can be instantly auspended out of the way in any room or
out-house and at any height from the floor which will be found to be vory useful
for cleaning purposes as the wheels can be revolved, it will also be found to be
of great service in warnhouses store rooms and show rooms as the machines can
be easily and expeditiously suspended to the roof which is a considerable
advantage where the storage room is limited and also for supporting them in
railway vans.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and easily carried into
practical effect I havo appended hereunto two double sized sheets of drawings
upon which have illustrated an example of my improved method of storing
cycles.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved apparatus showing a velocipede
Suspended.
Figure 2 is plan view of the apparatus shewing the arrangement of the pulleys.
In carrying my invention into practice 1 form the box or casing A of wood or
other material and in the bottom I fix the pulleys P P P P aud P which are
mounted in the brackets & 4. The pulley P is mounted in the bracket
near one end of the casing and the pulleys Pand P' are mounted in the bracket
side by side at the required distance from the pulley P. The bracket in one
end of which the pulleys P and P are mounted is fixed near the other end of the
casing and at the opposite end of this bracket pivot the bracket in which the
stop pieces or catches and are pivotted. then pass one end of the cord or
chain C through the opening a' in the bottom of the casing over the pulley P
under the stop piece and over the pulleys P1 and P, and then through the
opening a' and afterward I fix the hook K to this end of the cord or chain. This
hook has two or more prongs which are covered with india-rubber or other soft
material as shown at Figure 3. The other end of the cord or chain is then passed
through the opening a over the pulley P' under the stop piece and over the
pulley P aud then through the opening a' and on this end of the cord I afterwards
fix the spring hook or catch K' or its equivalent and to this book I attach the
strap T as shown at Figure 4. One end of the cord or chain C is fastened to the
bracket the other end passing through the opening at the end of the casing
which is then fixed by the bolts or sorows B or in any other suitable manner to the
roof, or joists or other convenient part of the room or building. When it is
desired to store the cycle away the hook K is fixed on to the handle bar and the
strap T is passed under the saddle and then fixed to the hook K' as shown at
Figure 1 and the cord C is then pulled downwards thereby boisting the cycle to
any desired height, the locking devices s' and ' preventing the cord from slipping
back until released by pulling the cord C¹
When using my apparatus for supporting cycles in railway vans I secure the
hooks K' by means of the straps T' to the floor of the van and these hooks are first

page_text: fixed on to the rim of each wheel and then the cycle hoisted up as previously
described by which means it is prevented from swaying backwards and forwards.
At Figure 5 I have shewn a modification of my apparatus. In this case
I dispense with the box or casing and the pulleys P' and P' and mount the
pulleys P P and P' on the tube or spindle E in the brackets F and F'. These
brackets are formed with the spring clip at the top (see Figs. 6 and 7) by which
means they can easily be adjusted to any distance apart on the tube E so as to suit
any size of cycle. I also mount in the bracket F' the stop or catch f' which binds
or locks the rope against: the pulleys P and P by means of the spring * until
released by pulling the cord C. The tube is fixed to the roof or other part by
the screws Was shewn at Figure 8 or by other suitable means.
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When storing a quantity of cycles my apparatus may be constructed so as to
carry two or more cycles, or any number of my apparatuses may be arranged.
in a suitable manner on the roof or other convenient place.
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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
First. The general arrangement and parts constituting the apparatus for storing
and supporting cycles by suspension in the mauner substantially as hereinbefore
described and as shown upon the accompanying sheets of drawings.
Second. The particular mode of storing and supporting cycles in railway
carringes or vaus or other vehicles by suspending them to the roof and holding
them rigid to the floor by means of the hooks such as K' and the straps such
as T or their equivalents, in the mauner substantially as herein before described
and as shown upon the accompanying drawings at Figure 1.
Third. The apparatus for storing and supporting cycles in such like positious as
mentioned in the foregoing claim and in store houses consisting of a rigid member
such as A or E or their equivalents with pulleys such as P P P P¹and P¹
mounted thereon and operated by cords or their equivalent with a such like
locking device as andor and either with or without the lower arrange-
ment K and T substantially as herein set forth and as shewn upon the
accompanying sheets of drawings.
Dated the 3rd day of February 1897.
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent.