Improvements in Apparatus or Appliances for Holding or Supporting Bicycles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Aug., 1858
Complete Specification Left, 15 h Apr., 1899-Accepted, 15th July, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus or Appliances for Holding or Supporting
Bicycles.
I, ELIAS HUGHES O'BRIEN, of Slater Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to that class of apparatus for holding or supporting bicycles
in which a pivoted arm is employed of looped form or provided with a catch or hook to
engage the wheel and which is held or placed vertical when not in use and moved or
turned down to an approximately horizontal position.
It is designed to provide means for displaying successive advertisements or
announcements which will be altered by the movement of the arm or support.
Above the arm and in suitable bearings is mounted a roller preferably with four, six
or eight sides though it may be cylindrical. This roller is connected by a band chain
or lever with the pivoted arm, the downward movement of which through a ratchet
and pawl or equivalent mechanism causes the roller to rotate part of a revolution
exposing a fresh side or portion of its periphery to view.
Instead of a rotating roller a sliding board may be used which is moved downward
by the action of the lever arın and when released is raised by a spring. Or a
travelling endless band passing over rollers may be caused to inove in a similar way.
The roller board or endless band may carry a number of announcements or
advertisements which are successively displayed.
The stand or frame to which the arms are pivoted also provides surfaces for display-
ing advertisements.
Dated this 2nd day of Avenst 1898
Improvements in Apparatus or Appliances for Holding or Supporting
Bicycles.
I, ELIAS HUGHES O'BRIEN, of Slater Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Manufacturer, 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 relates to that class of apparatus for holding or supporting cycles
in which a pivoted or swinging arm is employed of looped form or provided with a
catch or hook to engage the wheel and which is held or placed vertical when not in

page_text: use and moved or turned down to an inclined or to an approximately horizonta
position when desired to support the cycle.
It is designed to provide means for displaying successive advertisements or announce
ments which will be altered by the movement of the arm or support.
It consists essentially in constructing the stand with a roller or other rotating
device for displaying advertisements which will be rotated part of a revolution at
each movement of the swinging arın to bring forward a fresh advertisement.
The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying
drawings:-
Fig. 1. Front elevation of a series of stands.
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Fig. 2. Side elevation with swinging arm in vertical position.
Fig. 3. Side elevation with swinging arm in inclined position.
Figs. 4 & 5. Side elevation showing other means for operating the swinging arm.
Fig. 6. Side elevation, showing modification of apparatus for actuating the adver-
tisement roller.
Fig. 7. Side elevation showing another modification for the same purpose.
Fig. 8. Side elevation showing a modification in which the advertisement sheets
are carried upon a revolving band.
The swinging arm A is of any suitable form to engage the wheel of the cycle
being pivoted at a and preferably provided with a weight spring or other device to
raise it into vertical position when not in use. A counterbalance weight is shown
in Figs. 1 to 3 and 6 to 8 to raise the arm A, and a chain a operated either by
a spring or weight is shown in Figs. 4 and 5.
Above the arm A in suitable bearings is mounted a roller B preferably provided
with 4, 6 or 8 sides or faces & though it may be cylindrical. The roller B carries
on each of its sides or faces an advertisement or announcement and is connected
with the swinging arm A in any suitable way or by any suitable means so that the
downward (or upward) movement of the arm A will cause it to rotate part of a
revolution and thus each time the arm A is used bring a fresh face b and the
advertisement upon it into view.
Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the roller B is provided at its end with ratchet
wheel C operated by a pawl c. The pawl c is pivoted to a swinging lever D pivoted
to the depending lever E. As the swinging arm A is drawn forward it engages the
lipe of the lever E raises the front end of the lever E draws down the back end
of the same and draws back the pawl c thereby rotating the roller B the desired
distance. On its upward movement the swinging arm A passes the lever E without
moving it. A friction spring or other device may be used to prevent the momentum
of roller carrying it too far. The panels or spaces B2 in the frame may be filled
with advertisement sheets.
Referring to Fig. 6 the roller B is operated from the lower end of the swinging
arm by a projecting lever F which through a connecting rod or link operates the
bell crank lever G and with it the pawl c and ratchet wheel C on the end of the
roller. A second wheel may be used to regulate distance roller is rotated.
Referring to Fig. 7 a chain wheel h is placed on the pivot a of the arm A and a
chain H carried over a chain wheel h¹ on the end of roller B and each forward move-
ment of the arm A imparts a partial rotation to the wheel h and chain H. A friction
or other clutch may be placed between the arm A and the chain wheel / to permit
of movement of the chain and roller in one direction only. Instead of a friction
clutch a pawl may be employed for the same purpose.
Referring to Fig. a band K is employed to carry advertisements between two
rollers a top roller B and a bottom roller B¹. In this case motion may be applied to
the bottom roller by a pawl on the side of the swinging arm or motion may be
applied in either of the ways hereinbefore described. The band K is enclosed in a
case L with glass panels in suitable positions through which the advertisements are
made visible.
It is to be understood that the roller B may be rotated by any suitable means and

page_text: that the invention is not limited to any particular mechanism or motion for operat-
ing it.
In cases where there are a number of the swinging arms mounted side by side in a
frame M (as shown in Fig. 1) the roller B may be operated at one end or the roller
may be divided into sections and each section separately operated. When the roller
B is operated by a number of arms A from one end as shown in Figs. 6 or 7 instead
of by the lever E the several swinging arms A are mounted or pivoted on a rod
running the length of the apparatus and each arm is connected thereto by a clutch
so that each arm may be operated separately and independently either backwards or
forwards without moving either of the others.
Instead of a rotating roller a sliding board may be used which is moved downward
by the action of the lever arm and when released is raised by a spring.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A cycle stand with swinging arm or arms to engage the wheel constructed with
rotating roller or other device for displaying advertisements operated or caused to
move forward by the movement of the swinging arm substantially as described.
2. A cycle stand with swinging arm or arms provided with a rotating or movable
advertising device substantially as described and shown with reference to either of
the figs. of the drawings.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.