An Improved Shed for Cycles and the like, adapted for Use as a Closed Crate.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Dec., 1895-Accepted, 27th Feb., 1897
An Improved Shed for Cycles and the like, adapted for Use as a
Closed Crate.
ARCHER PHILIP CROUCH Electrical Engineer 9 Verona Road Forest Gate
London, E. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A bicycle house so constructed that it forms a convenient damp-proof shelter
for one or more bicycles or cycles, & of such dimensions that it can be readily used
as a closed crate for transport.
It is made in any convenient number of separate parts, so that it can easily be
taken to pieces & re-erected.
It is obvious that this house would also form a convenient garden shelter for
pei ambulators, or storehouse for oil-drums etc.
In one form of my invention the construction is as follows:-The front of the
shed is made of a rectangular framework, 6 ft. by 3 ft. 6 ins., with folding doors
attached. The back consists of a similar framework, 6 ft. by 3 ft. 3 in., with
match-boarding attached. The sides, or ends, 2 ft. wide are of match-boarding
battened. The uprights of the front & back frames are slotted to admit the
battens of the two sides or ends, which are secured in the slots by bolts. The roof
is similarly constructed to the two sides or ends, with battens to fit the interior of
the shed, & is secured to the top rails of the front & back frames by buttons or
bolts. The floor rests on the lower rails of the front & back frames, & is secured
to them by bolts. The uprights of the front & back frames are continued below
the floor, so as to raise the shed above the ground.
Dated this 7th day of May 1896.
ARCHER PHILIP CROUCH.
An Improved Shed for Cycles and the like, adapted for Use as a
Closed Crate.
ARCHER PHILIP CROUCH 9 Verona Road Forest Gate, E. Electrician 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 reference to the construction of a weather-proof shed or
closed crate (hereinafter called a shed) suitable for storing cycles, perambulators,
garden tools, & the like, which possesses the advantage :-
(a) That it can be taken to pieces for purposes of carriage & storage.
(b) That it can be easily erected by unskilled labour.
(c) That it is adapted for use as a closed crate for the transport of cycles

page_text: (d) That, when erected, the floor of the shed stands some distance above the
ground, so as to be dry, while provision is made for wheeling up a cycle into
the shed.
(e) That the shed is bolted together by bolts, the moving parts of which are
inside the shed, & cannot be reached, when the doors are closed.
Sheds constructed according to this invention are illustrated in the accompanying
drawings, wherein :
Fig. 1 shows a front view of Design No. 1.
Fig. 2 shows a side or end of Design No. 1.
Fig. 3 shows the back of Design No. 1.
Fig. 4 shows a side or end (seen edgeways) of Design No. 1.
Fig. 5 shows the roof of Design No. 1.
Fig. 6 shows the floor of Design No. 1.
Fig. 7 shows a front view of Design No. 2.
Fig. 8 shows a front view of Design No. 3.
The front of the shed is made of a rectangular framework, on to which the door
or doors are hinged. The battens a, a, of the sides or ends (Figs. 2 & 4) fit into
the slots b, b, of the uprights in Fig. 3, & the corresponding uprights of the
framework of the front. The sides or ends are secured in their positions by the
bolts shown in Fig. 3, & the corresponding bolts in the framework of the front.
On the battens d, d, of the roof (Fig. 5) the buttons f, f, f, f, turn so as to catch
beneath the top rail C of the back & the corresponding rail of the front. The
floor (Fig. 6) rests on the lower rail e, of the back, & the corresponding lower rail
of the front. The uprights of the back & front project below the floor, so as to
raise it above the ground. The front frame is higher than the back frame, in
order to allow a fall for the roof. This arrangement makes the shed peculiarly
adapted for use as a closed crate in Design No. 1 (for single safety cycles), on
account of economising space, & consequently size & weight, because:
(a) The handles of the cycle, as it leans against the back of the shed, slope
upwards at about the same angle as the roof.
(b) A cycle leaning against the back with handles thus turned occupies less total
length & width than when standing straight.
The shed in Fig. 7 is constructed similarly to the shed in Fig. 1, but the depth
is increased & the heights of the back & front are adjusted, so as to allow safety
cycles to be wheeled in with their back wheels foremost, the heads facing the door or
doors. The width in this design can be increased so that the shed can accommodate
two or more safeties, any one of which can be taken out without disturbing the
others.
Fig. 8 shows one of the doors hinged to the bottom rail of the front framework,
so as to form an inclined platform up which to wheel a cycle.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. A portable shed which can also be used as a closed crate for cycles, con-
structed in separate flat pieces convenient for packing, & which can be easily
bolted together by unskilled labour.
2. The arrangement of the bolts, so that the moving parts are all inside the shed,
& cannot be reached, when the doors are closed.
3. A shed, the floor of which stands some distance above the ground, so as to be
dry, while provision is made for wheeling up a cycle into the shed.
4. The improved shed or closed crate constructed & arranged substantially as
described & shown.
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ARCHER P. CROUCH.