An Improved Stand for Cycles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 30th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 12th Aug., 1892-Accepted, 10th Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Stand for Cycles.
I JOHN SISSON SLATER of Seafield House, Lytham, in the County of
Lancaster, Master of Arts, Doctor of Laws, and Barrister at Law of the Northern
Circuit, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the construction of an improved stand for bicycles and
similar velocipedes, the object of the invention being to support the bicycle in a
state of rest and in a vertical position.
The frame is so constructed that the cycle or machine is suspended by the
handles, with the front wheel raised from the ground, and the hind wheel scotched
by an attachment connected to the frame which supports the front part of the
cycle; so that there is no undue strain upon the machine which can be placed upon
the stand without any great effort and without directly lifting the machine on to the
same. When not in use the stand can be easily folded up and put out of the way.
The stand consists principally of a light frame made preferably of metal tube
bent into the form of an inverted V-with the apex rounded and having two cast
iron or other shoes at the lower extremities, so attached that the frame shall lean
slightly towards the machine to be supported. It is provided with two moveable
and adjustable hooks, upon which the handles of the cycle or machine can be
placed. These hooks are fixed to the frame by a set screw and can be adjusted to
suit the height of any machine. They are covered with india rubber or other
suitable material to prevent damage to the handles of the machine. Attached to
this frame at its base is a Y-shaped or T-shaped piece or tie-rod, which is hinged
looped, or otherwise hung thereto so that it will stiffen the frame and can be
turned up when not in use, parallel with the frame so as to occupy but a small
space.
Upon the stem of this rod are placed two moveable and adjustable scotches
which can be fixed by set screws in any such positions that they will.effectually scotch
the front and back of the hind wheel or a single scotch in the form of a shoe may
be employed so as to effectually scotch the hind wheel.
The frame or stand is most conveniently used by wheeling the machine in
between the two standards with one hand and at the same time tilting the latter
forwards with the other so as to bring the hooks to a lower level and allow the
handles of the machine to pass on to the same. The bicycle and frame are then
pushed backwards until the hind wheel reaches the previously adjusted scotches
when it will stand in safety. There is thus no direct lifting of the machine as it
is merely pushed backwards and the frame in rising lifts the front wheel off the
ground.
Dated this 29th day of July 1899
JOHN SISSON SLATER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Stand for Cycles.
I, JOHN SISSON SLATER of Seafield House Lytham in the County of
Lancaster, Master of Arts, Doctor of Laws and Barrister at Law of the Northern
Circuit, 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 the construction of an improved stand for bicycles and

page_text: similar velocipedes the object of the invention being to support the bicycle in a
state of rest and in a vertical position.
The frame is so constructed that the cycle or machine is suspended by the
handles with the front wheel raised from the ground and the hind wheel scotched
by an attachment connected with the frame which supports the front part of the
cycle, so that there is no undue strain upon the machine which can be placed upon
the stand without any great effort, and without directly lifting the machine on to the
same. When not in use the stand can be easily folded up and put out of the way.
The stand consists principally of a light frame made preferably of metal tube
bent into the form of an inverted V with the apex rounded and having two cast
iron or other shoes at the lower extremities, so attached that the frame shall lean
slightly towards the machine to be supported. It is provided with two movable
and adjustable hooks upon which the handles of the cycle or machine can be
placed. These hooks are fixed to the frame by set-screws and can be adjusted to
suit the height of any machine. They are covered with india rubber or other
suitable material to prevent damage to the handles of the machine. Attached to
this frame at its base is a Y-shaped or T-shaped piece or tic-rod which is hinged
looped or otherwise hung thereto so that it will stiffen the frame while allowing
the width to be adjusted to suit different machines and which can be turned up
when not in use, parallel with the frame, so as to occupy a smaller space.
Upon the stem of this rod are placed two movable and adjustable scotches which
can be fixed by set-screws in any such positions that they will scotch the front and
back of the hind wheel; or a single scotch in the form of a shoe may be employed
so as to effectually scotch the hind wheel. The front scotch may preferably take
form of half a bobbin and the scotch at the back the form of a whole bobbin of
such width as to suit the tyre of the machine.
The stand is most conveniently used by wheeling the machine in between the two
standards with one hand and at the same time tilting the latter forward with the
other, so as to bring the hooks to a lower level and allow the handles of the
machine to pass on to the same. The bicycle and the frame are then pushed
backwards until the hind wheel reaches the previously adjusted scotches when it
will stand in safety. There is thus no direct lifting of the machine as it is merely
pushed backwards and the frame in rising lifts the front wheel off the ground.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which :-
Figure 1 represents the stand ready for use,
Figure 2 shows it in the position adapted for placing the machine in it,
Figure 3 shows it with the machine in place, and
Figure 4 is a detail of one of the scotches.
Like letters represent like parts throughout the drawings.
A are the standards conveniently made of a single piece of tubing curved at the
top and terminating in feet or sockets B adapted to rest upon the ground and
provide sufficient support. for the frame and machine. These feet may be made of
any suitable material conveniently malleable cast iron and the standards A may
simply be stepped into them as shown, or they may be secured therein by set-screws
if preferred. It is however convenient to increly step them in as then the length
can be varied by cutting portions off the standards if required. The feet B are
extended at B behind the standards A and are there pierced for the reception of
the ends of the Y-shaped piece C whose stem C2 is cranked at C¹ partly to get the
stem out of the way and partly to allow of the scotches though connected to
the frame C, lying in the central line of the whole apparatus. It is desirable to
pivot the rod or frame (C² behind the standards A so that when the latter are
tilted back and the feet tilted up as in Figure 2 the frame C will still lie upon
the floor or ground. The piece C³ may be made of a thin iron rod the ends screwed
and placed through the holes in B3 and kept in position by nuts upon each side of
the bracket. The scotches D and E may be secured upon plates F with enlarged
ends F pierced to allow of their sliding upon the rod (and adapted to be

page_text: fixed thereon by set-screws G. The scotch D farthest from the standards A
may be conveniently in the form of a complete bobbin while the nearer one E may
be in the form of a half bobbin, the object being to raise the further bobbin Ď
higher than the nearer one E and thus prevent the machine from slipping
backwards; the precise shape of the bobbins may however be varied to suit circum-
stances.
Upon cach of the standards A is a movable arm or hook H preferably covered
with leather or indiarubber pierced to slide upon the standard and provided with a
set-screw H' by which it may be fixed at the required height thereon. The
chain I is secured to the link or sleeve J adapted to slide freely upon one of the
standards the other end of the chain being when required carried round the other
standard so as to form a loop K around the standard the end of the loop being
secured to the chain by a padlock L or other convenient means. This chain is
useful as it may be curled around the neck or head of the bicycle which it thus
secures to the standard preventing it from being illicitly removed and also
preventing undue side play."
The operation will be understood by reference to Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings.
The chain having been released the stand is tilted as indicated in Figure 2
turning the feet Bupon their heels with the toes lifted as shown; this has the
effect of bringing the hooks H temporarily to a lower level when by wheeling the
bicycle forward the handle bar M may be brought above the hooks H as indicated
in dotted lines in Figure 2, and upon then wheeling the machine back again the
handle bar is lifted as the standards A assume the vertical position while the back
wheel passing over the nearer or lower scotch E is retained between the two
scotches, while the front wheel is lifted off the ground, all as shown in Figure 3.
In Figures 2 and 3 the bicycle is merely indicated diagrammatically.
This effect of lowering and raising the supports would be the same if instead of
the two hooks H a single central hook or equivalent were employed to grip the
machine in some part other than the handle bar as for example under the brake,
or at the neck, the result as to lifting the machine being the same.
This raising
effect as will be seen would be applicable to the front portion of rear-driving
tricycles.
It will be seen that instead of the two standards A previously described a single
central standard could be employed either forked for the passage of the wheel or
having a side bracket to engage the machine and provided with suitable lateral
supports; with such an arrangement the frame or rod C could either be in the form
shown in Figure 1 or it might be a simple rod pivotted at or about the centre of
the single standard, its operation and effect being the same as already described.
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 :-
1. In a stand for bicycles and the like the employment of a standard or standards
such as A adapted to be tilted in order to lower the machine support and to be
then returned to the normal position so as to raise such support and lift the machine
or a portion thereof, substantially as described and illustrated.
2. In a stand for bicycles and the like a standard or standards such as A having
one or more adjustable hooks or gripping devices such as H and supports or feet
such as B substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
3. In a stand for bicycles and the like the combination with one or more
standards such as A hooks such as H and feet such as B of a frame such as C
pivotted to the feet behind the standards and carrying the scotching blocks or
equivalent such as D and E substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
4. In a stand for bicycles and the like the combination with a pair of standards A

page_text: formed of a single curved piece of rod or tube and having feet such as B of a
Y-shaped frame such as C C C pivotted to the feet behind the standards sub-
stantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated in Figure 1 of the
accompanying drawings.
5. In a stand for bicycles and the like the combination of two standards A
carrying hooks or supports H whereby a portion of the cycle may be raised from
the ground and means such as the chain 1 J K for securing the cycle in the said
stand substantially as described and illustrated in Figure 1 of the accompanying
drawings.
6. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete cycle
stand substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 12th day of August 1892.
JOHN SISSON SLATER.