Improvements in Cycle Supports.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Cycle Supports.
We, WILLIAM GRIMSHAW STONES, Civil Engineer, and JAMES HERBERT STONES,
Architect; both of 10, Richmond Terrace, Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to means for supporting bicycles especially, though not
exclusively, suitable for railway vans and like situations.
The support may be fitted to the floor or ceiling or any equivalent fixture, and
it consists of a hinged or spring clip made to fit the handle bar or other convenient
part of the cycle, the said clip being provided with means for tightening the same
on the handle bar or other part and preferably lined with suitable material to
prevent injury thereto.
The clip is fitted on or to an adjustable arm or pillar capable of being
lengthened or shortened say by sliding its inner end telescopically in a tubular
arm or pillar.
This last named tubular arm or pillar is fitted in a bracket fixed to the floor,
ceiling, or the like, in such a manner that it can be moved down or up out of the
way when not required to be used.
When the support is fitted to the floor we propose to form the bracket which
carries it in such a manner that the lower end of the pillar is firmly fixed therein
when raised to clip and support the cycle, but when lowered to a horizontal or
nearly horizontal position the whole support can be removed from its bracket
if desired.
A spring may be used to steady the pillar when erect.
The tightening of the spring or hinged clip onto the tube or other part of
cycle is or may be effected by means of a sliding ring which surrounds the sides
of the spring or hinged clip. This sliding ring cannot be detached from the
pillar or arm.
The sliding ring may be provided with a rubber or spring buffer to break the
shock when the pillar is lowered quickly to its horizontal position, which in the
railway van would preferably be between laggings fastened to the floor. The
floor may be covered, with a piece of rubber or other material suitable for breaking
the shock, between the laggings where the pillar rests when not in use. In this
case the buffer may be dispensed with.
The sides of the jaws of the spring or hinged clip may be provided with
recesses into which projections on the inside of the sliding ring would engage
when the latter was pulled up to tighten the jaws.
A small hand wheel and right and left handed screw may be used, in place of
the sliding ring previously described, for tightening up the jaws of the clip when
the handle bar is in place.
Near the top of the hinged or spring clip suitable blocks are fixed, made of
material which will not injure the part of the cycle held.
Above these blocks a bar or lock or other device may be provided to prevent
the cycle from being released by any unauthorized person. This bar or lock may

page_text: be arranged to act as a tightening device for the jaws of the spring or hinged
clip.
This bar or lock may be provided by the owner of the cycle who would then
be the only person able to release the cycle.
The supporting pillar, when made in the telescopic form is so constructed that
the upper portion cannot be withdrawn from the lower, for which purpose slots
are cut in the side of the lower portion, closed at their upper ends and of such
a length as to allow the upper portion of the pillar to be drawn out as far as
requisite, pins which work in these slots being fastened to the upper portion
which slides up and down inside the lower portion.
The socket and supporting pillar or arm may be made of any suitable material,
preferably metal.
The whole support is self-contained, the several parts cannot be detached the
one from the other, but the supporting pillar as a whole may be removed as
above described and used in another van or situation if desired, or may be stored
away during the season when cycles are not much in use. The supports are
interchangeable respectively when the sockets are on the floor, or ceiling.
Dated this 12th day of October 1897.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicants, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.
byte supports.
We, WILLIAM GRIMSHAW STONES, Civil Engineer, and JAMES HERBERT STONES,
Architect, both of 10, Richmond Terrace, Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster,
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:
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This invention relates to means for supporting bicycles especially, though not
oxclusively, suitable for railway vans and like situations.
The nature of our invention and the manner in which the same is to be per-
formed or carried into practical effect, will be readily understood on reference
to the annexed three sheets of drawings and the following explanation thereof.
On Sheet 1 of the drawings.
Figs. 1 and 2 are front and side views respectively of our improved cycle
support complete as adapted to secure a "safety" bicycle by the handle bar.
Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation (drawn full size) of the floor socket with the
lower end of the standard, illustrating the method of securing the standard in a
vertical position and also the method of removing the same.
Fig. 4 is a plan view (also drawn full size) of the floor socket or shoe with the
standard removed.
Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the lower end of the standard.
On Sheet 2 of the drawings,
Fig. 6 is a section of the upper portion of the spring clip, shewing the small
handwheel and screw.
Fig. 7 is an elevation of the spring clip shown in Fig. 6.
Figs. 6 and 7 (see Sheet 1) are sections showing the lower portion of the clip,
say immediately below the handwheel when the clip is of the hinged description.
Fig. 8 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section of the spring clip in
conjunction with the tightening ring f**.
On Sheet 3 of the drawings,

page_text: Fig. 9 is a sectional elevation of the socket, as modified for attachment to the
ceiling or beam of a van or room, to hold the support in a hanging position.
Fig. 10 is an underneath plan view of the socket shown on Fig. 9.
The invention consists partly of a hinged or spring clip made to fit, or otherwise
adaptable to, the handle bar or other convenient part of the cycle, the said clip
being provided with means for tightening the same on the handle bar or other
part of the machine, and is preferably lined with suitable material to prevent
injury to such handle bar or other part.
As represented on the drawings (see Figs. 6, 7 and 8) it consists of two arms a
and a which are rivetted to or made in one piece with the upper end of a tube b
which is fitted so as to slide telescopically inside the tubular pillar c, or vice versa.
The tubular pillar e is fitted in a socket or shoe d (see Figs. 3 and 4) fixed to the
floor or a staging or the like in such a manner that it (i.e. the said tubular pillar)
can be turned down or entirely removed out of the way when not required to be
used.
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When the support is fitted to the floor (as shewn) we propose to form the socket
or shoe d which carries it (see Figs. 3 and 4) in such a manner that the lower
end of the pillar c (which may be made solid and cranked) is firmly fixed
therein when raised to support the cycle, but it can be lowered into a horizontal,
or nearly horizontal position (as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3) and when
in this position the pegs c" and the heel of the pillar can pass along the recesses d
and the whole support can be removed say in the direction of the arrow out of
its socket or shoe if desired. This renders it practically impossible to remove
the standard when the bicycle is held thereby.
A spring e may be used to steady the pillar when erect.
The tightening of the hinged or spring clip a onto the handle bar g or other
part of the cycle (see Figs. 1 and 2) is, or may be, effected by means of a milled
nut disc or handwheel and screw bolt (see Figs. 6 and 7) or by a sliding
ring f** (Fig. 8) which surrounds the sides of the clip a and the latter may be
formed with notches or indentations at a to receive corresponding projections
on the inside of the ring f** so as to keep the latter in place when the clip a is
closed on the handle bar or tube
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The sliding ring f** may also be provided with a rubber (or spring) buffer h
to break the shock when the pillar or standard e is lowered into its horizontal
position, which in the railway van would preferably be between laggings i
fastened to the floor and sufficiently high to protect the same as shown on Fig. 3.
Or, the floor may be covered with a piece of rubber or other material suitable for
breaking the shock, between the laggings i where the pillar c rests when not in
use, in which case the buffer h may be dispensed with.
Instead of the sliding ring f** a small hand wheel f (see Figs. 6 and 7) and
a screw bolt f*, or an ordinary bolt and winged nut may be used for tightening
up the jaws a and a* of the hinged or spring clip when the handle bar g is in
its place.
Near the top end of the hinged or spring clip a suitable blocks k are fixed, made
of, or covered with, material which will not injure the part of the cycle held.
Above these blocks a bar lock or other device may be provided to prevent the
cycle from being released by any unauthorized person. This bar or lock may be
arranged so as to act as a tightening device for the jaws of the spring or hinged
clip, in addition to, or in lieu of, the sliding ring f** above referred. to.
This bar or lock may be provided by the owner of the cycle who would then
be the only person able to release the cycle.
The supporting standard or pillar c, when made in the telescopic form, is so.
constructed that the upper or inner tube 6 cannot be withdrawn entirely from
the lower or outer portion c (or vice versa) for which purpose a slot or slots m
(see Fig. 1) is or are cut in the outer portion or pillar c of such a length as to.
allow the upper or inner portion or tube to be drawn out as far as requisite, a

page_text: pin or pins n which work in the slot or slots m being fastened to the upper
portion which slides up and down in the lower portion or pillar c (or vice versa).
The socket or shoe d'and the supporting pillar or standard c may be made of
any suitable material but are preferably of metal. The whole support is self
contained, and the several parts cannot be detached, the one from the other, but
the supporting pillar or standard c (as a whole) may be either raised up slightly
and then turned down between the lags on the floor, (as shown in dotted lines on
Fig. 3) or entirely removed as above described, and used in another van or
situation if desired, or may be stored away during the season when cycles are not
much in use.
The supports are interchangeable respectively so that when the sockets are
permanently fixed to the floor or ceiling or beam or the like, the supports can at
any time be removed and refixed with very little trouble.
The modification of the socket or shoe d shown at Figs. 9 and 10 (Sheet 3) is
designed to be fixed to the ceiling or beam of a railway van (or a room) and is
used to support the same form of pillar or standard c with its adjustable clip a
in a hanging position, the interior form of the socket being such that it will hold
the adjustable support c in a perpendicular position and prevent it from swinging
about, but when slightly raised it can be withdrawn altogether from the socket
in the direction of the arrow; or it may be turned upwards and held up close
to the ceiling by a hook or catch when out of use.
The inner sides of the cheeks of the ceiling socket d are provided with curved
grooves and a sloping groove (Fig. 9) and the cranked end of the pillar c
is provided with two studs c** and ***.
To fix the pillar c in the socket d the former is held in a sloping position and
the studs and e*** are passed up the sloping slots until c*** can be passed
downwards along and they are then both dropped into the vertical recesses at
the end of the slots, the cranked end of the pillar is then supported in the posi-
tion shewn by the dotted lines e*. When not required for use it can be raised
up out of the recesses and turned up into the position shown by the dotted lines xx.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
First: The combination with a removable and adjustable pillar or support for
a cycle, of a fixed socket or shoe the two parts being so formed (say as herein-
before described) that the pillar can only be removed from the socket or shoe by
setting it at a certain angle therewith, substantially as herein before described
and illustrated by the annexed drawings.
Secondly: A removable self contained and adjustable support for cycles con-
sisting of a pillar and a sliding tube with hinged or spring clip, the tube being
connected and guided by a pin or pins sliding in a slot or slots substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated.
Thirdly: The combination with the spring or hinged clip of a cycle support of
an adjusting screw or ring beneath the grip and a locking device beyond or above
the same substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated.
Fourthly: An adjustable supporting device for cycles constructed and arranged
substantially as herein before described and illustrated.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicants, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.