An Improved Folding Shed especially suitable for Cycles.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Folding Shed especially suitable for Cycles.
I, FRANZ BLAB, Locksmith, of Erzgiessereistrasse, 2 and 3, Munich, in the
Empire of Germany, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention comprises a shed especially suitable for protecting cycles from
damp and dust when they are kept in yards, corridors or the like.
For this purpose there is provided a case closed on all sides and of a size to
hold one or more bicycles, which case, for purposes of transport, is formed to be
easily folded and is made of corrugated sheet iron in order to make it as thief
resisting as possibly. This material is also suitable, as in consequence of great
stability, bracings stiffening angle irons or the like are not necessary and the
case can therefore be made in a very simple manner.
The connections of the side parts with the bottom and the roof of the case are
made by use of U rails, which are fixed on the bottom part and on the roof of
the case and into which the side parts are so inserted, that the edges are com-
pletely covered.
The laterally touching edges of the single plates are rolled spirally so that it
is easily possible to fix the plates to one another by sliding the rolled edge of the
one sheet into the rolled edge of the other sheet and they can be easily turned
on one another like a hinge joint. It is thus possible to simply turn the side
parts and lay them flatly on one another and on the top and the bottom, when
the case is folded together, or disconnected.
The connection of the side parts with the bottom and the top is made with an
easily detachable device.
This device consists of an angle lever which is composed of a double armed
lever and a loop formed for hooking therein. The hook is hooked into the rails
fixed on the bottom part or the top of the case, and then the lever is placed with
its short end behind a nose on the side wall to be fixed and is turned into such
a position that it draws the hook tight, the back pull on the hook serving to
hold the lever in place.
Another form of construction of this device may consist of a bow attached to
the rail and adapted to be hooked on to the above described nose. As many of
these fastenings are provided as is necessary to give fixed connection of all the
side parts both to the bottom part as to the top. The case has a door allowing
of the easy introduction of the cycle this can be formed either by a folding con-
struction of the top or of one of the side parts or also by a sliding door.
The sliding door can be easily displaced in U rails on the bottom and on the
top parts. When opened it is slid behind the remainder of the front wall when
closed it touches the end wall, with which it can then be connected securely by
a lock.
In order to let the rain run off, the top of the case is sloped.

page_text: In the case there may be conveniently arranged a device, for sustaining the
cycle so as to prevent the pneumatic tyres from resting on the floor, for instance
a hanging device arranged on the top or a convenient stand or the like.
Dated this 4th day of January 1898.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicant, 18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London.
I, FRANZ BLAB, Locksmith, of Brzgiessereistrasse 2 and 3, Munich, in the
Empire of Germany, 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 comprises a shed especially suitable for protecting cycles from
damp and dust when they are kept in yards, corridors, or the like.
For this purpose there is provided a case closed on all sides, and of a size to
hold one or more bicycles, which case, for purposes of transport, is so formed
as to be easily folded, and is made of corrugated sheet iron in order to make it
as thief-resisting as possible. By the employment of this material, and in con-
sequence of its great stability, bracings stiffening angle irons, or the like are
dispensed with and the case can therefore be made in a very simple manner.
In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shed con-
structed in accordance with my invention; Figures 2 and 3 are horizontal and
vertical sections of same respectively; Figures 4 and 5 illustrate methods of con-
necting the plates together at the corners; and Figures 6 and 7 illustrate the
method of connecting the side parts of the shed to the bottom.
Similar letters relate to like parts in all of the figures of the drawings.
The connections of the side parts with the bottom and the roof of the case are
made by means of U-rails which are fixed on the bottom part and on the roof
of the case, and into which the side parts are so inserted that the edges are com-
pletely covered, as seen in Figure 3.
The laterally touching edges of the single plates e (Figures 1 and 2) are rolled
spirally as seen in Figures 4 and 5 so that it is possible to easily fix the plates to
one another by sliding the rolled edge of the one sheet into the rolled edge of the
other sheet, and they can be easily turned on one another like a hinge joint. It
is thus possible to simply turn the side parts and lay them flat on one another,
and on the top and bottom, when the case is folded together or disconnected.
The connection of the side parts with the bottom and the top is made with an
easily detachable device illustrated in Figure 6.
This device consists of an angle lever f, g, which is composed of a lever f and
a loop g formed for hooking therein. The loop 9 is hooked into the rails b fixed
on the bottom part or the top of the case, and then the lever f is placed with
its short end f¹ behind a nose h on the side wall to be fixed, and is turned into
such a position that it draws the hook tight, the back pull on the hook serving
to hold the lever in place, as shewn in dotted lines in Figure 6.
Another form of construction of this device may consist of a bow or loop, as
at in Figure 7. attached to the rail and adapted to be hooked on to the above
described nose. As many of these fastenings are provided as is necessary to give
fixed connection of all the side parts both to the bottom part and to the top.
The case has a door allowing of the easy introduction of the cycle, which door

page_text: can be formed either by a folding construction of the top or of one of the side
parts, or the door may be made as a sliding door as at a in Figures 1, 2, and 3,
and which can be easily arranged to slide in U rails on the bottom and on the
top parts. When opened it is slid behind the remainder a¹ of the front wall
and when closed it touches the end wall a³, with which it can then be connected
securely by a lock.
In order to let the rain run off, the top d of the case may be sloped.
In side the case there may be conveniently arranged a device for suspending
the cycle so as to prevent the pneumatic tyres from resting on the floor, for
instance, a hanging device may be arranged on the top, or a convenient stand,
or the like.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
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First. The improved folding shed constructed from corrugated sheet iron, con-
nected together by U-rails, rolled edges and other connecting devices, and having
a folding or sliding door, substantially as described.
Second. In a folding shed of the kind herein described the use of a lever, hook
loop and nose for the purpose of securing the sides of the shed to the top and
bottom, substantially as described.
Third. In a folding shed of the kind herein described the use of a bow or
loop and nose for the purpose of securing the sides of the shed to the top and
bottom; substantially as described.
GILIS
TOL
Len x
ԱՆԱՍԵ 1000,
F. BLAB,
Per W. H. Beck,
Agent, 115, Cannon Street, London, E.C.