US608543A

US608543A - Oscar p

Info

Publication number: US608543A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-08-02
Anticipated expiration: 1915-08-02

Description

No; 608,543. Patented Au 2, 18%

Y U P BREITHUT BICYCLE SUPPORT.

' (Applicqtiog filed Oct. 28, 1897.)

OSCAR P.

PATENT OFFICE.

BREITHUT, or WILLIAMS'P'ORT,TENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF TO MJSAX 'REINHOLD, OF SAME PLACE.

BICYCLE-SUPPO RT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,543, dated August 2, 1898.

I Application filed October 28, 1897'. Serial I lo. 656,631. (No model.)

To allwhom/ w nuty concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR P. BREITHUT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wil liamsport, in the county of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Bicycle-Support, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bicycle-supports; and it relates more particularly to improve, ments in that class of devices which are to bc'oarried on the bicycle-frame in position for ready adjustment to sustain the frame in an upright position to overcome the'necessity for standing the machine against a wall, a street-curb, or other place.

' The primary object that I have in View is to provide an improved support in which provision is made for connecting the supporting leg or rod to the front bicycle-wheel and for inclining said leg' either to the right or left of the line of the machine without disconnecting the leg or rod from thefront wheelof themachine.

A further object that I have in view is to so construct the leg or rod and the wheelclasp that the latter will be held firmly and steadily in position no matter what inclina-,

tion may be given to the leg or rod, whereby the support serves efficiently in holding the bicycle in its'upright position.

A further object of'the invention is to provide an improved support which shall be simple in construction, efficient and reliable in operation, easy of adjustment in connecting 3 the leg or red to the wheel or detaching it from the same,and-cheap of manufacture.

To the accomplishment of these ends my invention consists in the novel combination of elements and in. the construction and ar-.

rangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

To enable others to understand my invendetached from the bicycle.

ole-frame.

'ings.

Fig. 2 is a perspective yicw of the support Fig. 3 is an enlargcd vertical sectional view through the upperpart of the support. Fig. 4 is a transverse scctional view on the plane .indicated by thedotted line 4 4 of Fig. 3, showing the front-wheel clasp in plan view. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the clip by which theifree endof the supporting-leg may be held out of the Way whenfolded against the bicy- Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of another form of the framc-attaehin g clamp which may housed in connection with the leg or rod of my improved support.

Like numerals of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figures of the draw- In my improved bicycle-support I provide .the leg or rod 1 with means for attaching itto-a bicycle-frame-such, for example, as the clamp 2 and the clasp 3, for engagement with .the front or steering wheel of an ordinary safety-bicycle.

One of the important features of my invention resides in the wheel-clasp 3, because I construct this clasp in a manner to engage with the wheel and allow the leg or rod 1 to be inclined in either direction at any proper angle to support the bicycle, such inclinationof the leg or red serving in no wise to detach the clasp 3 from the wheel.

' The leg or rod 1 consists of a suitable length of metal to permit its application to the lower inclined reach of the bicycle-frame and to stand laterally therefrom in an inclined di- \,rection, thus permitting the leg or rodto rest on the streetsurfacc or floor. The upper end of the leg or red is connected by a universal joint with the clamp), which is designed to be attached to the bicycle-frame, and this universal joint permits the. leg or rod to be swung downward and forward for the pur pose of fitting the clasp 3 to the front bicyclewhecl and of being moved laterally to an inclined position to either side of the line of the bicycle. I may employ either form of the clamp and universal joint shown by Figs. 2 and3 or by Fig. 6 of the drawings; but I prefer the form of clamp and joint shown by Figs. 1, 2, and of the drawings.

In my preferred form of clamp I employ a hanger 4, which is pivotally attached at 5 to the clamp, and the leg or red is pivoted at 6 to the hanger. I preferably construct the clamp from a piece of sheet metal, which is doubled upon'itself to form the loop 9, and then the clamp is bent to form the curved jaws 8, which are adaptedto embrace the inclined reach of the bicycle -frame. The looped lower part of r the clamp is provided with a slot or opening 7 ,which extends nearly around the looped part of the clamp, and through this slot 7 passes the stem 4 of the hanger. The pivot 5 is in the form of a pin or bolt, which passes through the loop 9 of the clamp, and to this pivot pin or bolt 5 is fastened in any suitable way the stem 4 of the hanger. The pivot pin orbolt 5 enables the hanger to be swung laterally or sidewise in the clamp, so as to permit the leg or red to be inclined in either direction with relation to the line of the bicycle, because the stem 4 of the hanger is adapted to play or move in the slot 7 of the clamp. The lower free end of the hanger is forked or bifurcated, as at 4 and in this forked end of the hanger is fitted the upper end of the leg or rod 1,

said leg or rod being pivotally attached to the hanger by the pivot-pin 6, which permits the leg or red to have a swinging movement toward or from the front wheel of the bicycle. The clamp is provided with a binding or set screw 10,, by which its jaws may be comressed, so as to firmly bind the clamp on the bicycle-frame, and the described form of the clamp enables the device to be readily applied to or detached from the frame of a bicycle.

The clasp 3 is bent from a single piece of metal, substantially in the U shape shown more particularly by Fig. 4 of the drawings. Through the base of this U-shaped clasp is formed a pivot-hole to receive one end of the pivot 11, which passes through a suitable opening 12, formed in the rod or leg at a suitable point intermediate of the length of the rod and below the attachment of said rod to the hanger. This clasp is fitted against a seat 13 on the rod or leg, and the pivot 11 also passes through a central opening 13*, formed in the tension-spring 1-1. This tension-spring is in the form of a leaf-spring with recesses or notches 15 in its ends, and said spring is applied against the opposite side of the leg or red from the clasp The end of the pivot 11 is formed witha head 11, which is adapted to bear against the central part of the tensionspring, and the spring is thus adapted to exertits tension against the pivot to hold the latter and the clasp in position. The pivot 11 and the clasp are rigidly joined together to have simultaneous movement or adjustment, and said pivot 11 is fitted loosely in legopening 12, so as to turn therein and to be capable of alimited endwiscmovement. The tensionspring has itsuotched or recessed ends seated against the rod or leg, so as to be held practically in one position thereon an d said sprin exerts such tension on the pivot and the clasp as to prevent said parts from turning freely, while allowing them to move when the leg is turned sidewise.

My support may be provided with a clamp of the form shown by Fig. 6 of the drawings, in which I make the clamp with ball-shaped sockets 16 in the free extremities of the clamp and provide theball-shaped head 17 on the upper end of the leg or rod. A set-screw orbolt 18 passes through the clamp at a pointbetwcen the ball and the looped part of the clamp to fit the bicycle-frame. The described form of clamp provides a ball-and-socketconnection between the leg or rod and the clamp proper, by which a universal adjustment of the leg or red is obtained; but I prefer to employ the other style of clamp hercinbefore described, in which I employ the hanger with the pivots or pins at right angles to each other..

This being the construction of my improved bicycle-support, the operation may be described as follows: To apply the support, the clamp is fitted to the lower reach of the frame,

substantially as indicated by F r l, and the set-screw is tightened to make th namp rigid and firm on the frame. \Vhen .he supportis not in use, it may be folded against the bicyclereach, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the leg is held'in its raised position by a clip 20 of suitable construction, which is attached to the bicycle-frame in a position to engage with the leg at or near its free end. To adjust the support for use, the leg or rod isdisconnected from the clip 20, and it is then swung downward and forward on the pivot 6 toward the front wheel, so as to force the clasp 3 into ongagement with said front wheel, after which the leg or red is swung on the pivot 5laterally with respect to the bicycle, so as to assume the inclined position at one side of the frame. In this lateral or sidewise adjustment of the leg oirod on the pivot 5 the clasp 3 turns on its pivot 11, so as to accommodate the clasp to the inclination of the leg or rod'l without disconnecting the leg from the front wheel, and under all conditions of adjustment of the leg the spring holds the clasp against free turning movement. The support is thus made to serve elliciently in holding the bicycle in a steady upright position and obviates the necessity for standing the machine against a wall, street-curb, or other surface. The leg may be readily swung back and free from ongagement with the bicycle-wheel and lifted upwardly to engage with the clip 20, thereby disposing the leg in compact relation to the bicycle-frame and entirely out of the way of the rider.

My improved support is very simple and durable in construction, eflicient and reliable in service, and cheap of manufacture It is evident that changes in the form and proportion of parts may be made by a skilled mechanic without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

IIO

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent; is l 1.. The combination witha leg or rod, and

a clamp for connecting said leg or rod to a bicycle, of a pivoted clasp mounted on the leg independently of the clamp and adapted to embrace afront wheel of a bicycle, and a tension-spring for holding said clasp in position and permitting the clasp to adjust itself to the inclination of the leg or rod without dis' connecting the same from the wheel, substan-- tially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination with an attachingclampggf a leg or rod, a wheel-engaging clasp connected by a horizontal pivot to the leg or rod'and adapted to turn on the rod to an angular position when the latter is moved sidewise out of the plane of the bicycle-frame, a tension-spring seated against the leg or red and connected with the clasp, and the uni-- versal joint between the rod or leg and the attaching-clamp to permit the leg to have 'endwise and lateral adjustment of a bicycle- OSCAR P. BREITHUT.

Witnesses: v I

JOHN H. SIGGERS, Rom. E. CRUMP