Support device for the front wheel of a bicycle
AssigneeElite S.R.L.
InventorAndrea Sartore
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Abstract
A support device for a bicycle includes a support structure, a fixing group supported on the support structure and also includes a movable element and a retention element configured to hold the front fork of the bicycle. The support device also includes a lifting/lowering device of the fixing group, in which the retention element is integral in translation with the movable element. The support device further includes connection means configured for slidingly fixing said fixing group to the support structure in such a way as to allow displacements of the fixing group with respect to the support structure along a compensation direction transverse to the vertical direction.
Claims16
A support device for a bicycle, the bicycle including a front fork, said support device comprising a support structure which is configured to be supported on a substantially planar support surface, a fixing group which is configured to retain the front fork and which is supported on the support structure, a translation device of said fixing group which is configured so as to move said fixing group in a vertical direction, wherein said translation device comprise an actuator of said fixing group which is configured to move said fixing group in translation along said vertical direction, said fixing group being slidingly secured to said support structure so as to allow movements of said fixing group with respect to said support structure along a compensation direction which is transverse to said vertical direction.
A support device for a bicycle, the bicycle including a front fork, said support device comprising a support structure which is configured to be supported on a substantially planar support surface, a fixing group which is configured to retain the front fork and which is supported on the support structure, a translation device of said fixing group which is configured so as to move said fixing group in a vertical direction said fixing group being slidingly secured to said support structure so as to allow movements of said fixing group with respect to said support structure along a compensation direction which is transverse to said vertical direction, wherein said fixing group comprises a retention device which is configured so as to define a locking axis of the front fork, said locking axis coinciding with a front wheel axle of the bicycle when the front fork is fixed to said fixing group, said retention device being rotatably supported on said fixing group so as to allow limited rotations of said retention device with respect to a rotation axis which is parallel to said vertical direction.
A support device for a bicycle, the bicycle including a front fork, said support device comprising a support structure which is configured to be supported on a substantially planar support surface, a fixing group which is configured to retain the front fork and which is supported on the support structure, a translation device of said fixing group which is configured so as to move said fixing group in a vertical direction, a pair of rails and respective sliders which can slide in said rails, said support structure comprising said rails and said translation device comprising said sliders, or vice-versa, wherein said rails and said respective sliders are configured to slidingly secure said fixing group to said support structure so as to allow movements of said fixing group with respect to said support structure along a compensation direction which is transverse to said vertical direction such that the front fork of the bicycle is displaced horizontally when said fixing group is moved in the vertical direction by said translation device.
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