Improvements in Houses for Cycles, Applicable also to Purposes of Transport.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Left 10th Aug 1897-Accented 9th Oct. 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Houses for Cycles, Applicable also to Purposes
of Transport.
I FRANK MINTOFT, of the Avenue, Filey, Yorkshire, Gentleman do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in houses for cycles applicable also to
purposes of transport, and has for object to provide a light compact and cheap
house to contain a bicycle, which house at the same time is capable of being
employed as a conveyance and also as a packing case for transporting a bicycle
from place to place.
In carrying my invention into practice I construct the house preferably of wood
or other light material of such a shape as to conform to the shape of a bicycle,
the central portion of the roof being raised and preferably of dome shape while the
sides of such raised central portion are extended beyond the sides of the body of
the structure:
By these meaus sufficient room is provided for the reception of the bicycle
without causing the house to be bulky."
The sides roof or other convenient part or parts of the bicycle house may be
hinged and capable of opening to admit of tho bicycle being placed within the said
house, or in lieu of hinges the said moveable parts may be capable of a sliding
movement. In either case suitable fastoning means are employed.
Une end of the house is provided with small wheels or rollers while the other
end has laterally projecting handles.
By these means the house can be used as a conveyance for conveying the bicycle
to the railway station or for moving it from place to place.
The said handles are provided with openings for the reception of pins to securely
hold the house to the ground when the latter is employed in the capacity of a
stationary shelter.
An additional handle (or handles) is provided at the wheel end of the house for
convenience in lifting the latter.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Houses for Cycles, Applicable also to Purposes
of Transport:
I, FRANK MINTOFT, of the Avenue, Filey, Yorkshire, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
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page_text: formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in houses for cycles, applicable also to
purposes of transport and has for its object to provide a light, compact and cheap
house to contain a bicycle, which house at the same time is capable of being
employed as a conveyance and also as a packing case for transporting a bicyclo
from place to place. In order that my said invention may be the more readily
understood and carried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accom-
panying sheets of illustrative drawings, wherein :-
Fig. 1. is a perspective view of a bicycle house constructed in accordance with my
invention.
Fig. 2. being a similar view but with parts of the house shewn open to receive
a bicycle.
Fig. 3. is a modification of Fig. 1 and
Fig. 4. shews this form of house open.
Fig. 5 is a transverse section of a house shewing a bicycle within same, and
Fig. 6 a modified form of house.
Figs. 7 and 8 are longitudinal sections of Figs. 1 and 2 respectively.
Figs. 9 and 10 represent perspective views of modifications, while Figs. 11
and 12 also illustrate in perspective and sectional views respectively a modified
form of house to contain a bicycle provided with a pivotal handle-bar.
Referring to the drawings in which like letters of reference indicate correspond-
ing parts a is the body of the house which is provided with a roof b from which
ses a central. domed portion b', the sides of which project beyond the sides of the
body portion a sufficiently to afford space for the handles of the bicycle c.
Portions of the house are hinged as shewn at 63, 63 to allow of the bicycle being
placed thin and removed from such house, suitable locking means (not shewo)
being provided for the purpose of securing said hinged parts, when desirable.
Wheels or rollers d are mounted in suitable bearings at one end of the house a,
while the other end is provided with a laterally projecting handles e, by means of
which the house can be wheeled from place to place and used in this way as a
conveyance for taking a bicycle to a railway station or the like.
Openings el are provided in the handles e for the purpose of allowing pins or
pegs f to be driven through same in order to secure the house to the ground and
prevent it being blown or otherwise turned over.
In lieu of these pins and pegs, ordinary guy ropes may be employed to effect the
same purpose.
An additional handle y is provided at the wheel end of the house a (Fig. 2) for
convenience in lifting same.
In the form of house shewn by Figs. 11 and 12, and which house is intended for 4
the reception of a bicycle having a handle which can be turned in a longitudinal
direction independent of the front forks and wheel the sides of the central domed
portion bare flush with the sides of the main portion a. By this means a very
narrow house is obtained and space is thereby greatly economized.
The house such as above described is preferably formed of wood or similar light 4
material, and in all cases is supplied with the wheels and handles shewn in
Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 9.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. The improvement in houses for cycles, applicable also to purposes of trans-
port, substantially as described and illustrated.
2. In structures for storing and transporting cycles, the combination of a house
having hinged parts, and provided with a raised domed central portion, with or
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page_text: without projecting sides, of wheels or rollers and handles, substantially as and for
the purpose described and shewn.
Deted this 10th
1009
HUGHES SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,