Improvements in or relating to Pad and like Locks.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFI
TION.
Improvements in or relating to Pad and like Locks.
I, RICHARD LOCKYER HICKES, of 1 Mitre Court, Temple, City of London,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
This invention has for object, certain improvements in or relating to Pad and
like Locks for affixing Cycles in Housings of Clubs and other places to enable
the Cycles to be kept secure and only be releasable by the owner or by a duly
authorised person who must first produce and utilise a numbered or other
designated tablet prior to the Lock being opened by a key.
For the purpose of my invention, I construct a Lock with a key hole internal
cover which by suitable lever connections arranged within the shell can only be
shifted by a lift, a depression, a side, or end on pressure of a pinned, a forked, an
angled, or other deviced end with which the tablets are provided and which can be
identified by numbers, colours, stripes, hollows or indents, or by shaped holes as
desired.
The bow of the Lock, I propose should have a longer nose than usual and the
catch or bolt may be spring actioned for locking, a second bolt or catch fitted for
the tablet to act upon.
The Lock body or shell can be affixed to the Housings by a chain, or to the
Cycle machine for attachment to the Housings, it being essential that the tablet
be used prior to the Lock being actuated by the key.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Richard Lockyer Hickes.
Improvements in or relating to Pad and like Locks.
I, RICHARD LOCKYER HICKES, of 1 Mitre Court, Temple, City of London,
Gentleman, 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 object, certain improvements in or relating to Pad and
like Locks for affixing Cycles in housings of Clubs and other places to enable
the Cycles to be kept secure and only be releasable by the owner, or by a duly
authorised person who must first produce and utilise a numbered or other
designated tablet prior to the Lock being opened by a key.
For the purpose of my invention, I construct a Lock with a key hole internal

page_text: cover which by suitable lever connections arranged within the shell can only be
shifted by a lift, a depression, a side, or end on pressure of a pinned, a forked, an
angled, or other deviced end with which the tablets are provided and which can be
identified by numbers, colours, stripes, hollows, or indents, or by shaped holes, as
desired.
The bow of the Lock has a longer nose than is usual for acting on a catch or bolt
and this is spring actioned for locking the tablet.
The Lock body or rhell can be affixed to the Housings by a chain or to the
Cycle machine for attachment to the Housings, it being essential that the tablet
he used prior to the Lock being actuated by the key.
My invention will he clearly understood by referring to the annexed drawings.
Figure 1 interior of a Padlock with my invention affixed in relation to the top
plate, this being the simplest form of appliance fitted therein
Figure 2 side elevation of same.
Figure 3 inside elevation of modification with an appliance fitted within the
front plate.
Figure 4 indicates one of my forms of tablet to be under the care of the Owner
of a Cycle or of some duly authorized person for its release.
A, is the body or shell of a Padlock, B, the how thereof pivotted at C in the
usual manner, D, is the bolt and E the tumblers of some well known construction
or arrangement to be operated by a key for opening and closing said bolt D.
P is a rod provided with a slot or it may he a couple of pins for engagement of
the tail end of a keyhole cover plate H which is pivotted to the shell of the lock
at I, said rod being held in a slidable manner by the lugs or ears J, J. K is a
back spring for forcing the rod F forward or in other direction according to the
arrangement or plan by which it is placed in the shell. L is a catch capable of
sliding vertically in a guide M, said catch having an extra nose piece N projecting
to be in line of the end P of the bow B and be pushed down by it when the Lock
has to be secured, but which can spring up under action of its spring Q when
the bow B is being opened outwardly. R is a tablet which can be painted,
embossed, figured, or otherwise marked for identification and for limitation of use
by, say, the Owner of a Cycle when he wishes to store or lodge the machine
temporarily, or in a Shed or housing where the machine can be secured by the
Padlock.
This tablet R has a projecting stem S and this is capable of insertion in the
hole T of the Lock body to push the rod F back and thus to swing the keyhole
plate cover H to one side to enable the key, to be inserted for operating to release
the bolt D. The stem S has a hole in it, say at U, into which the nose of the
catch I can enter directly the key unfastens the lock bolt D when the power of the
spring shoots the nose of the bow B outwardly, and simultaneously the catch L
enters the hole of the tablet stem and locks it, whereby the tablet remains locked
to the Padlock until the how B is returned for a relocking by the key.
As before stated, the tablet shown is only an example of what I purpose using
but its stem is capable of many variations in shape and length, the rod or its
equivalent being arranged in accordance to suit the many and various changes
suggested from time to time to meet requirements, for instance: The stem may
he double ended and the rod also, or two rods F can be fitted to be acted upon
separately by the stem, or two stems of separate shape can be supplied to be
inserted into the hole T at one time, or one first and the other to follow, and
although I have shown a rectangular hole T at Figure 2 other shapes can be a
adopted, the main feature of my invention being as before recited to so prepare or
make a Padlock or other form of Bowlock that the key hole can be covered by a
plate which becomes locked in the closed condition by an appliance such as F and
which can only be released and pushed aside by the pressure of another appliance
such as a stemmed tablet as shown, said tablet becoming itself simultaneously 4
locked during the opening of the bow B and remains in a locked position until the
bow is again closed as and for the purposes described, the tablet being a separate

page_text: article and adapted for releasing the keyhole cover plate H to enable the Lock to
be unfastened.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
In a Pad or like Lock an appliance such as F' and its connection with a keyhole
cover plate H, a catch such as L operable by a stem S for the removal of the
keyhole cover plate, the double nosed catch L, N, one for compression by end of
bow B and the other for securing the stem T when the Lock is opened, all as set
forth and substantially as represented in the annexed drawings for the purpose
explained.
The 12th day of May 1891.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Richard Lockyer Hickes.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Richard Lockyer Hickes.