Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Mar., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 13th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 29th Jan., 1898
I, THOMAS HERBERT GASKIN, of 22, Pigott Street, Limehouse, London, E.,
Shipwright, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved stand for bicycles and has for its object
not only to support the machine when at rest but particularly to enable it to be
easily raised off the ground and to support it firmly in the raised position whilst
being cleaned and oiled.
The stand consists of a base supporting a telescopically sliding pillar to which
rising motion is given by a lever-operated toothed segment gearing with a rack
on the sliding member of the pillar, or by other suitable mechanical motion, a
retaining pawl and rack, or equivalent means, being provided to secure it in the
raised position. Pivoted upon the upper end of the sliding member of the pillar
as a vertical axis is a crosshead suitably padded and adapted to take under the
bottom bracket of the machine, the arms of this crosshead being extended in a
fore-and-aft direction and provided with padded clips secured by wing nuts and
adapted respectively to take a downward bearing upon the forestay and the back
fork of the machine frame in such manner as to secure it firmly upon the stand
and enable it to be turned round upon the vertical axis into any required position
without danger of upsetting.
The crosshead is removable from the pillar and the clips are removable from
the slotted ends of the crosshead in order to pack into a small compass.
Dated this 11th dow of War 1907
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.
I, THOMAS HERBERT GASKIN, of 22, Pigott Street, Limehouse, London, E.,
Shipwright, 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:-
My invention relates to an improved stand for bicycles and has for its object to
support the machine firmly and particularly to enable it to be easily raised off
the ground and to be turned into any required position whilst being cleaned.
The stand, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this
specification, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete stand and
Figure 2 shows two members of the base separately. The stand consists of a
Pine 877

page_text: hollow pillar A supported upon a claw or other suitable base B B¹, a rack pillar C
fitted to slide telescopically therein, a toothed segment D pivoted in a bracket
carried by the pillar A the segment gearing with the rack teeth of the pillar C
and being provided with a lever handle D' for operating it, a pawl E for retaining
the pillar in the raised position, and a cross-head F pivoted upon the top of the
pillar C as a vertical axis. The crosshead is adapted to take under the bottom
bracket of the machine the arms of the crosshead being extended in the fore and
aft direction and provided with clips G H adapted respectively to take a downward
bearing upon the fore stay and back fork of the machine frame so as to secure
it firmly upon the stand and permit of its being turned round upon the vertical
axis without danger of upsetting.
The base B is for convenience of packing preferably formed of two crossed
members B B as shown in Figure 2 halved together and fitting detachably upon a
square tenon at the lower end of the pillar A to which they are secured by a nut. The
pillars A and C are preferably of square section, the pillar C having on one face
the rack teeth d for the segment D to gear with and on another face shrouded
ratchet teeth e for engagement by the pawl E which is pivoted on the pillar A.
The crosshead F rests upon a shoulder cupon the top of pillar C and pivots about
a stud c rising therefrom on to which it merely drops so as to be removable for
stowage, a binding screw screwing through a hole tapped in the boss of the
crosshead and engaging by its point in a circumferential groove about the
pivot c¹ so as to retain the crosshead and by binding against the pivot prevent the
turning motion of the crosshead about its axis when desired. The crosshead is
shaped to form a seat for the buttom bracket of the machine and is padded to
avoid injury to the enamel, preferably by blocks of rubber f cemented into
sockets cast with the crosshead. The forwardly projecting arm of the cross-
head is upwardly inclined to suit the rake of the fore stay of the machine frame
and its end is slotted or forked as at få to receive the shank of a hook shaped
clip G adapted to embrace the fore stay the hook being padded by a tubular
covering of rubber and its shank being screw threaded to receive a wing nut .
The rearwardly projecting arm is similarly slotted or forked and the clip H is
formed by a cross-head h padded by rubber rings h¹ and adapted to take a down-
ward bearing upon the member of the back fork just behind the bottom bracket
of the machine frame, the cross head being provided with a screw shank and a
wing nut by means of which the clip His tightened, this downward pressure
of the two clips G H at opposite sides of the central point of support of the
bottom bracket opposing each other and enabling the machine to be securely
fixed upon the stand.
The base, pillars, crosshead, and lever segment are all preferably made of
malleable iron castings.
I do not however limit myself to a telescopically rising column provided with
means of raising it. The crosshead provided with the clips for securing the
machine thereon as above described may be pivoted upon the upper end of a
single pillar of such height that when the machine is lifted on to it the machine
wheels will be clear of the ground. It will be obvious that the crosshead, instead
of being pivoted on the pillar, might be a fixture but with less advantage.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. The herein described telescopically rising bicycle stand provided with means
for raising, securing, and turning substantially as specified.
2. In a bicycle stand a crosshead acting as an underneath support for the
machine and provided with downwardly bearing clips at its extremities adapted
to engage the fore stay and back fork of the machine as described.
3. In a bicycle stand a crosshead acting as an underneath support for the
machine and provided with downwardly bearing clips at its extremities adapted

page_text: to engage the fore stay and back fork of the machine, the crosshead being pivoted
about a vertical axis on a supporting pillar as specified.
Dated this 11th day of December 1897.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.