Year: 1897

page_text: I, FRED BELL, of Greenside Lane, Droylsden, near Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Cabinet Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
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This invention consists in an improved construction or arrangement of a
stand for bicycles, the object of the invention being to produce a simple, cheap
and steady stand.
The improved stand consists of two folding legs crossing each other and con-
nected together by a pin or bolt at the crossing point, which preferably is some-
what above the middle. The legs are curved or bent or otherwise so arranged
that when the tops are folded close together, the bottom ends provided with
suitable broad feet are some distance apart. The upper ends are each formed
at a short distance from the top with a shoulder on their outer side and preferably
covered with some soft material such as velvet or chamois leather.
To support a bicycle, the upper ends of the stand are placed between the
bottom back stays and spread apart so that each stay rests upon one of the
shoulders, the weight of the bicycle tending to spread the feet further apart and
hold the upper ends firmly between the back stays.
The stand may be made of wood, cast iron, wrought iron rods, or other material.
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R. J. URQUHART,
57, Barton Arcade, Manchester,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent.
I, FRED BELL, of Greenside Lane, Droylsden, near Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Cabinet 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 consists in an improved construction or arrangement of a
stand for bicycles, the object of the invention being to produce a simple cheap
and steady stand.
The improved stand consists of two folding legs crossing each other and con-
nected together by a pin or bolt at the crossing point, which preferably is some-
what above the middle. The legs are curved or bent or otherwise so arranged

page_text: that when the tops are folded close together, the bottom ends provided with
suitable broad feet are some distance apart. The upper ends are each formed
at a short distance from the top with a shoulder on their outer side and preferably
covered with some soft material such as velvet or chamois leather.
To support a bicycle, the upper ends of the stand are placed between the
bottom back stays and spread apart so that each stay rests upon one of the
shoulders, the weight of the bicycle tending to spread the feet further apart and
hold the upper ends firmly between the back stays.
The stand may be made of wood, cast iron, wrought iron rods, or other material.
On the drawing appended hereunto,
Figure 1 represents a front view and Figure 2 a side view of an improved
stand made of wood, and
Figures and 4 similar views of a stand made of wrought iron.
The stand shewn on Figures 1 and 2 consists of two wooden legs a and a¹
recessed at the parts where they cross each other so as to fit one into the other
and have their sides in the same respective planes. The legs are fixed in broad
feet and eat their lower ends, and have at their upper ends narrow extensions d
and which may be solid with the legs but are preferably formed of thin metal
plates fixed to the legs by wood screws with countersunk heads. In this way a
shoulder e is formed on each leg, on which the two tubes forming the bottom
back stays of bicycles can rest while the plates d are between them. The two
legs are connected by a bolt or pin b. The outsides of the extensions d and d¹
and the shoulders e are preferably covered with velvet, chamois leather or other
soft material.
The stand shewn on Figures 3 and 4 is formed of two bars of round iron g and g¹
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the upper ends of which are flattened out and bent to form shoulders e, while
about their middle they are curled round to form eyes for the bolt or pin f,
suitable washers f¹ being placed against each side. The bottom ends are hent
as shewn to form broad feet.
Instead of wood or wrought iron, cast iron or other metal may be used for
forming a stand of similar shape and arrangement.
When the tubes of the bottom stays are placed upon the shoulders e, the
weight of the bicycle spreads the feet of the stand apart and causes the upper
extensions to be pressed against the inner sides of the tubes, thus holding the
bicycle firm, and adjusting the stand to various distances between the two stay
tubes in different machines.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is: :-
The construction or arrangement of stands for bicycles substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated by the drawings.
von day of male 150.
R. J. URQUHART,
57, Barton Arcade, Manchester,
Harrington Chambers, 24, North John Street, Liverpool,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent.