Improvements in the Packing, or Protecting during Storage and Transport, of the Tyres and Frames of Cycles, Bedsteads, and other Plated or Enamelled Goods or the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Aug., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 28th May, 1897-Accepted, 3rd July, 1897
Improvements in the Packing, or Protecting during Storage and
Transport, of the Tyres and Frames of Cycles, Bedsteads, and
other Plated or Enamelled Goods or the like.
I, HANDEL BEECH, of 35 Elm Bank, Manchester Road, Heaton Chapel, near
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is primarily designed with the object of providing an improved
means for packing or for protecting the tyres and frames of cycles during storage
and transport, but it may also be employed with equal advantage in the packing
of bedsteads and other plated or enamelled goods or the like.
Hitherto in the packing or protecting of the tyres and rims of the wheels of cycles
it has been customary to wrap over or around the outer cover or thread and the rim
on the inside a strip or band of a textile or like material transversely of the plane
of the wheel, each succeeding layer overlapping the preceding one. The frames have
also been covered or protected in like manner. As will be readily understood this is
of necessity a lengthy and laborious and consequently costly operation. My invention
overcomes these objections, and enables this packing or protecting to be accomplished
in a very much readier and more efficient manner.
The invention consists of a tubular or cylindrical protective covering or sheath
constructed of paper, 'card-board, straw-board, papier-maché, wood-pulp, or other
suitable material or compound formed with a slot or opening running longitudinally
thereof to enable it to be opened to encircle or embrace the part to be protected,
provided with means for attaching or securing same in the desired position.
For application to the wheels of cycles the sheath will preferably be constructed
of a length slightly exceeding the circumference of the wheel and be so formed that
the ends or extremities may telescope or slide one into or over the other. This may be
accomplished by cutting away the upper half of the sheath for an inch or two at each
end, the under portion not cut away telescoping until the projections or shoulders
formed by the cut away portions meet. The ends might however telescope the one
into or over the other or overlap without being cut away and thus strengthen the
joint or connection.
The sheath may be held in position on the wheel by forming flanges thereon on
the inside either continuous or intermittent provided with holes or eyelets through
which a cord may be threaded or passed to lace the same thereon, or by pins or their
equivalents passed through these holes or eyelets, or by any suitable form of spring
clip to embrace merely the flanges or to be passed over the periphery of the wheel.
When applied to the handle bars and frames of the cycle and to bedsteads or the
like the sheath may have simply the form of a slotted tube and be embraced by a
suitable form of spring clip. If desired the sheath may be constructed with raised
or bossed up portions to correspond with any enlargements or raised parts on the
article to be protected.
If desired the name of the maker of the cycle or tyre or other goods or any other
particulars or information relative thereto may be printed on the exterior of the
sheath or covering.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Packing, or Protecting during Storage and
Transport, of the Tyres and Frames of Cycles, Bedsteads, and
other Plated or Enamelled Goods or the like.
HANDEL BEECH, of 35 Elm Bank, Manchester Road, Heaton Chapel, near
Manchester and now of Victoria Villas, Heaton Park, Prestwich, in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, 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 :-
Improvements in the packing, or protecting during storage and transport, of the
tyres and frames of cycles, bedsteads, and other plated or enamelled goods or the
like. Also in a tubular covering or protector embossed for advertising and the like.
This invention is primarily designed with the object of providing an improved
means of packing, or for protecting the tyres and frames of cycles during storage
and transport, but it may also be employed with equal advantage in the packing
of bedsteads, and other plated or enamelled goods or the like, such as chair legs or
similar articles of furniture. Hitherto with cycles, bedsteads, furniture and other
similar goods or articles, having perishable surfaces, it has been customary to wrap
strips of paper, cloth, straw or other similar material, around or over their surfaces
to protect them from violence, either in storage or in transit, this system has proved
to be unsatisfactory and untidy, it having been found that during transit of such
goods, all such coverings come loose, and fly off and become detached; this is
disastrous as the goods instead of arriving at their destination in a perfect state of
preservation, arrive unprotected and in many cases damaged, it will be seen by
reference to accompanying drawings, I employ tubular coverings, which can be
removed at will and replaced again so that the goods can be examined or unpacked
at a moments notice. These covers are fastened by any suitable means as shewn in
Figures 10, 11 and 12, which represents forms of metal clips made from flat or round
or any convenient section of metal, or by split pins cords or other similar means, for
protecting the tyres I employ a tubular covering, with its middle fluted or goffered
in such a manner as to make the periphery of tubing or covering when put on the
wheel of greater diameter or circumference than the sides, the goffers or flutes
straightening out to conform to the greater diameter of the wheel, but can be made
plain or without fluting if so desired.
These covers can be made of any suitable material such as paper, paste board,
millboard, strawboard or other similar cheap material or combination of materials,
either formed or built up.
Figure 1 is a wheel showing cover fastened on.
Figure 2 is an end view of cycle tyre and cover attached.
Figure 3 Is view of tyre cover straightened out.
Figure 4 Is view of cycle handle bar with covers on.
Figure 5 is view of bedpost shewing cover on Vertical tube and nob of same.
Figure 6 is a view of plane split Tube showing holes for fasteners.
Figure 7 Flanged Tube showing holes for fasteners..
Figure 8 Is a view of Tube with spring in end of same.
Figure 9 Is a view of an overlapping covering.
Figures 10, 11, & 12 show some of the styles of springs, suitable for holding the
tubes tightly on. All the above coverings can be varied in the build, such as making
the inner layer of flanellette or other material, of a soft texture so as to be suitable
to the most delicate surfaces, which would otherwise be damaged by friction. When
desired all these coverings can be made to the shape of the article to be protected.
Another feature of these coverings is that they can be made the medium of advertising

page_text: the various goods they protect, by having their exterior printed or covered with the
advertisements of the makers of such or any goods.
Having now fully explained the object and improvements of my patent, and in
what manner it is to be performed, I claim
1st. A Tubular covering having a parting or severance of the circle lengthwise to
enable it to be opened so as to encompass a Tube or bar either round or otherwise,
having enlarged ends or obstructions whereby the covering cannot be pushed on from
the end of such tube or bar :-and means of fastening same.
2nd. In a tubular covering or protector having an embossed surface to fit an
irregular shape such as the knobs of bedsteads and the like.
3rd. In a tubular covering or protector embossed for advertising and the like.
4th. In a tubular covering or protector having an embossed surface, and printed
thereon or fixed thereto by any suitable adhesive substance for advertising or
showing off the goods as previously described.
5th. In a tubular covering or protector composed of a series of longitudinal
segments, (two or more) these may be fastened by adhesive substance stitched or
rivetted.
6th. Be it understood these coverings may be made in a combination of any
suitable materials, and can be water-proofed if so desired.