Improvements in or relating to Cycles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Dec. 1896
Complete Specification Left. 2nd Sept., 1897-Accepted, 6th Nov., 1897
Complete Specification Left. 2nd Sept., 1897-Accepted, 6th Nov., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Cycles.
I, ARTHUR WADDAMS, of 155 Noel Street, in the Town and County of the Town
of Nottingham, Grocer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an attachment for supporting bicycles and like vehicles
in an upright position when not in use, whereby the necessity for leaning the
machine against a wall and thereby scratching the handle bars, or for laying it
down thereby causing the oil to leak from the bearings and lamp, is obviated.
The attachment or supporting device may also serve instead of a stand for exhibi-
tion of bicycles in shops and elsewhere.
For the purpose of my invention, I attach by clips to the underside of the
harrel of the pedal a wire frame or its equivalent, the front or outer end of which
may project any desirable distance beyond the pedal. From the frout of said
frame, depend two lugs, through which passes a wire bent so as to form two legs,
one at the side of each lug, and a loop between the lugs. The said bent wire is
when the device is not in use, caused to lie close up underneath the pedal, by means
si coiled springs near the lugs. When the device is to be used for supporting the
cycle, the loop is pressed by means of the toe of the boot or otherwise, against
the front bar of the said wire frame, and the legs are thus caused to assume a
position at an angle slightly greater than a right angle to the pedal, and so
support the cycle without having to rest the pedal on the kerbstone. On starting
the machine, the coiled springs automatically restore the bent wire to its origitt
position. The legs may be telescopic, and of any length to suit different distances
of the pedal from the ground, the wire frame being adjustable along the barei
of the pedal, so as to keep the legs of the attachment always clear of the crank
or other parts of the cycle.
The lugs, instead of being on an adjustable frame, may be fixed to the pedals.
Improvements
remating
I, ARTHUR WADDAMS, of 155 Noel Street, in the City of Nottingham, Grocer, do
hereby declare the nature of this Invention and in what manner the same is to ne
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
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page_text: statement, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters
and figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
This Invention relates to an attachment for supporting bicycles, and like vehicles,
in an upright position when not in use, whereby the necessity for leaning the
machine against a wall, and thereby scratching the handle bars, or for laying it
down, and thereby causing the oil to leak from the bearings, and lamp, is obviat.l.
The attachment or supporting device may also serve instead of a stand for exhibi-
tion of bicycles in shops and elsewhere.
For the purpose of my Invention, I attach, by clips, to the underside of the
pedal barrel a wire frame, or its equivalent, the front or outer end of which
may project any desirable distance beyond the pedal. From the front of said
frame depend two lugs, through which passes a wire, bent so as to form two legs,
ene at the side of each lug, and a loop between the lugs. The said bent wire is,
when the device is not in use, caused to lie close underneath the pedal, by means
of coiled springs near the lugs. When the device is to be used for supporting the
cycle, the loop is pressed by means of the toe of the boot, or otherwise, against
the front bar of the said wire frame, and the legs are thus caused to assume a
position at an angle slightly greater than a right angle to the pedal, and so
support the cycle without having to rest the pedal on the kerbstone. On starting
the machine, the coiled springs automatically restore the bent wire to its original
position. The legs may be telescopic, and of any length to suit different distances
o the pedal from the ground, the wire frame being adjustable along the pedal
barrel so as to keep the legs of the attachment always clear of the crank,
or other parts of the cycle.
The lugs, instead of being on an adjustable frame, may be fixed 'to the pedals.
And in order that my Invention may be readily understood, I will describe the
same fully with reference to the annexed drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is a detached plan view showing the attachment or device for supporting
a cycle, and as it would appear when closed up.
Fig. 2 is a side view shewing the same attached to the pedal barrel, and op med
out to support a cycle.
Fig. 3 is a side view similar to Fig. 2, but shewing the support closed up
underneath the pedal barrel.
Fig. 4 shews the application of the attachment or device to a rubber, or felt,
pedal.
Figs. 5 and 6 shew in inverted plan, and side view, respectively, a modified
arrangement in which the attachment or support is automatically locked, when in
its open position.
Fig. 7 shews a loose clip for attaching the support to the pedal.
a is the wire frame adapted to be attached by any suitable means, such, for
example, as the clip b, to the pedal barrel c. The front part of said frame is so
formed as to pass around the enlarged head of the pedal barrel, and can be
adjusted so as to cause the front end d to project more or less beyond the pedal,
as may be most convenient, the free ends a* of said frame being bent to lie
against the barrel.
e, e, are lugs, depending from the wire frame, through which is passed a wire f
so shaped as to form legs by means of which the cycle can be supported in an
upright position. The central part fl of this wire f, between these lugs is bent
upwards and slightly at an angle to the legs, to serve as a stay when resting
against the head of the pedal barrel.
9, 9, are coiled springs for automatically restoring the legs to the position under
the pedal, as shewn in Fig. 3.
In applying my Invention to a rubber, or felt, pedal, I may, in some cases,
attach the lugs, or their equivalent, directly to the pedal pin or head, thus dis-
pensing with the wire frame. For this purpose, the ordinary pins h, carrying the
rubbers, or felta, are elongated beyond the pedal, and secured by nuts i, i, at each

page_text: end. To the front end of these pins are applied washers į (or a single plate may
Le used) to take the place of the wire frame and to carry the lugs e and springs g,
and through both of which the supporting wire f passes.
In the modification shewn in Figs. 5 and 6, the wire frame is dispensed with,
and a somewhat similar frame a' stamped from sheet metal, or formed as a casting,
i employed. This frame is provided with clips or lugs e to receive the supporting
wire f, as described with reference to the previous arrangements. At the front
of the frame a¹ is a socket or hearing a, in which is fitted loosely a thumb screw k,
on the stem of which is mounted a helical spring 1, connected by its front end to
the head of the thumb screw. The end a of the frame a¹ is curved so as to clip
the pedal barrel, and a loose clip of the form shewn in Fig. 7, or of other appro-
priate form, and adapted to fit barrels of various diameters, is employed to securely
connect the frame of the support to the pedal barrel. To operate this form of
supporting device, the part 1, forming a loop, is pushed towards the pedal end
while, at the same time, it is passed over the head of the thumb screw k (as
indicated in Fig. 5), which latter, being under the action of the spring 1, springs
into position against the stop , as shewn in Fig. 6, and so automatically locks
the legs in their supporting position. Half a turn of the thumb screw against its
spring, releases the legs, which then automatically resume their position under
the pedal, through the action of the springs g.
In supporting a bicycle by the aid of my improved supporting attachment or
device, the front wheel of the machine should be turned crosswise for greater
security. The pedal need not be quite at its lowest position, but may be
slightly forward, or backward.
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
I claim :
1. A cycle support or attachment adapted to be secured to the pedal, and
occupying, on being opened out, the space between the pedal and the ground,
when the pedal is in, or near, its lowest position, and capable of being folded
automatically, or otherwise, beneath the pedal, substantially as set forth.
2. A cycle support comprising a frame (a) adapted to be attached to the pedal,
legs (f) having a stay or loop (¹) and carried in lugs (e) connected to said frame,
and springs (9) for retaining said legs normally close against the underside of the
pedals, substantially as described and shewn.
3. In a cycle support or attachment, as above claimed, an adjustable fram.
adapted to receive the head of the pedal at its front, and to fit against and clip the
pedal barrel at its rear, substantially as shewn and described.
4. The improved attachment or device for supporting cycles, as described and
shewn with reference to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings.
5. The modified arrangement of cycle-support, as described and shewn in Fi. 4
of the drawings.
6. The further modified arrangement of cycle-support as described and shewn
in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings..
Dated this 2nd day of September 1807
ERNEST DE PASS,
Chartered Patent Agent, 78 Fleet Street, London, and
5A Market Street, Nottingham, Agent for the Applicant.