An Improved Device for Locking Velocipedes, and for other analogous purposes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Oct., 1595
Complete Specification Left, 16th June, 1896-Accepted, 15th Aug., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Locking Velocipedes, and for other
analogous purposes.
We, CHARLES FITZROY ALEXANDER HALLIFAX BAGOT, Esquire, and
BEATRICE LAURA BAGOT, his wife, both of 59 Cadogan Square, in the County
of London do hereby declare the nature of our invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to provide a strong simple, and efficient, device
which can be readily applied to velocipedes, or the like, in such manner as to
prevent their being tampered with, or stolen, it being applicable also to other
analogous purposes. The device is intended to enclose and secure together, a fixed
part of the machine, and a moving part thereof, the fixed part being for instance
in the case of a velocipede one of the stays and the moving part being the crank
arm, the said arm being in one position, parallel or nearly so with and in con-
venient, proximity to the stay, to enable these two parts to be connected together
by the said device so that the crank cannot then be operated.
The device according to this invention consists of a loop, strap, or chain, but
preferably a steel strap (we will refer tit as the strap) the ends of which can be
secured together by a locking device, the available length of the strap being
adjustable which can be conveniently effected by providing it with a screw at one
end which can be screwed into, and out of, a screwed hole in the piece which
contains the locking device and by which the ends of the strap are connected
together. This adjustment enables the strap to be lengthened, and shortened to
suit different machines, as the sizes of the parts to be connected and the distances
between them, vary in different machines. The strap is preferably covered with
leather or other equivalent material to prevent it from snatching the parts against
which it bears.
The locking device may be of any suitable description, but it, preferably consists
of a pin or pins or projection or projections at the side of the connecting piece,
over which a hole or holes at one end of the strap is or are passed, and then a
covering piece is turned, or slidden over the strap and pin, or pins, or projection or
projections to prevent the strap from being removed therefrom the said covering
piece being secured by a spring catch, which can only be released by means of a
key provided for the purpose. The catch may be attached to or formed on, an
angled piece the vertical member of which slides between fixed guides in the con-
necting piece, and is pressed forward by a spring which may act on the horizontal
member to secure the catch in locking position but the said angled piece and catch
can be pressed back by a suitable key acting on a wedge piece which in turn acts
on the horizontal member of the catch and moves the said catch back when a
spring may act on the covering piece to move it into its releasing position; or it
can be moved into that position by hand.
Dated this 28th day of October 1895.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.

page_text: An Improved Device for Locking Velocipedes, and for other
analogous purposes.
We, CHARLES FITZROY ALEXANDER HALLIFAX BAGOT, Esquire, and
BEATRICE LAURA BAGOT, his wife, both of 59 Cadogan Square, in the County
of London, 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 has for its object to provide a strong simple and efficient device
which can be readily applied to velocipedes or the like in such manner as to
prevent their being tampered with or stolen it being applicable also to other
analogous purposes. The device is intended to enclose, and secure together, a
fixed part of the machine, and a moving part thereof the fixed part being for
instance in the case of a velocipede, one of the stays, and the moving part being,
the crank arm, the said arm being, in one position, parallel, or nearly so, with, and
in convenient proximity to, the stay, to enable these two parts to be connected
together by the said device so that the crank cannot then be operated.
We will explain this invention with reference to the accompanying drawing.
Figure 1 is a side view partly in section and Figure 2 an edge view of the
device in its closed position.
Figures 3 and 4 are similar views of the device in its open position and Figure 5
is an end view.
The device according to this invention consists of a loop, strap, or chain, but
preferably a steel strap A (we will refer to it as the strap), the ends of which can
be secured together by a locking device, the available length of the strap A being
adjustable which can be conveniently effected by providing it with a screw Cat
one end which can be screwed into, and out of, a screwed hole in the piece B,
which contains the locking device and by which the ends of the strap A are
connected together. This adjustment enables the strap A to be lengthened, and
shortened to suit different machines, as the sizes of the parts to be connected, and
the distances between them, vary in different machines. The strap A is preferably
covered with leather or other equivalent material to prevent it from scratching the
parts against which it bears.
The locking device may be of any suitable description, but it, preferably, consists
of a pin ur pins 6 or projection or projections at the side of the connecting piece,
over which a hole or holes a at one end of the strap A is or are passed, and then a
covering piece B2 is turned, or slidden, over the strap A and pin or pins bor
projection or projections to prevent the strap A from being removed therefrom,
the said covering piece being secured by a spring catch d, which can only be
released by means of a key provided for the purpose. e is the post or
stem over which the barrel of the key passes. The part with which the
catch d engages may be attached to or formed on the piece B' which
slides between fixed guides in the connecting piece B, the catch d is pressed
forward by a spring which acts on the said catel to effect the locking but the
said catch can be pressed back, by a suitable key acting thereon as on a latch bolt
to move the said catch back when a spring bearing at one end on a projection
from the part B and at the other end on the covering piece B2 will act on the said
covering picce to move it into its releasing position, or that the strip A can be
relund from the pin or pins or the said piece can be moved into that position
by hand.
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We do not limit ourselves to the precise details shewn as it will be evident that

page_text: they can be varied without departing from the nature of our invention for example
the mechanism of the lock may be of any suitable description.
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 :-
1. A device for locking velocipedes and for analogous purposes consisting of a
loop strap chain or the like with one end adjustably connected to a locking device
to which the other end of the said loop strap chain or the like can also be secured
substantially as herein before described.
2. A device for locking velocipedes or for analogous purposes consisting of a
loop strap chain or the like with one end secured to a locking device the other end
being provided with a hole and pin or equivalent connection to the said device
and secured and released by a sliding piece substantially as hereinbefore
described.
3. The arrangement and combination of parts constituting a locking device for
velocipedes or other analogous purposes substantially as herein before described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 15th day of June 1896.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.