Improvements in Locks and Luggage Carriers for Cycles and other such like Purposes.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Locks and Luggage Carriers for Cycles and other
such like Purposes.
JOHN DODWELI. BADDELEY, 7, Lodge Road, Aston, Birmingham, Goldsmith,
and FRANCIS JOSEPHI COCKS, Worcester Street, Birmingham, Merchant, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of our improvements in cycle locks is to make a cycle lock which shall
be larger, in its shackle, than those hitherto used so as to lock crank pedal to column
seat,, without using a lock & chain or over any other part of the machine, to pre-
vent such from being stolen or to hold two machines together, or to be used as a
luggage carrier. In carrying out our improvements, we make the shackle some-
what of an oblong shape, or any other form not less than 3 inches & or there-
about across the shackle in its oblong form. We make in steel or other metal, the
shackle some 16" inches thick, so that no theif, shall easily, cut it through with his
nippers. One end, of the shackle has half hinge joint, for attaching same to a
barrel lock, with a locking spring & bolt inside, actuated by key screw. The other
end of the shackle is slotted to receive the bolt of the lock, when it enters the open-
ing in the barrel. We shall use any other lock & key for attachment to our
shackle, we also use indiarubber or other material upon the shackle.
Dated this 1st day of April 1898.
J. T. B. BENNETT,
4, Cherry Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Locks and Luggage Carriers for Cycles and other
such like Purpose.
JOHN DODWELL BADDELEY, 7, Lodge Road, Aston, Birmingham, Goldsmith,
and FRANCIS JOSEPII COCKS, Worcester Street, Birmingham, Merchant, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following state-
ment:-
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The object of our improvements in cycle locks, is to make a cycle lock which
shall be larger in its shackle than those hitherto used, so as to lock crank pedal,
to seat column, without the use of lock, & chain or to be used, upon any other
part of a machine, to prevent such from being stolen, or to hold two machines
together, or to be used as a luggage carrier's.

page_text: In carrying out our improvements, we make the shackle, somewhat of an oblong
shape with bowed ends & curved centre inward, or any other form, not less than
3 inches, or thereabout across the shackle in its oblong form, we make in steel,
or other metal, the shackle some 5/16 of an inch thick, so that no theif, shall easily
cut it, through with his nippers. One end of the shackle has a half hinge joint,
for attaching the same to a lock barrel, with a locking spring & bolt inside, &
actuated for unlocking by a key screw so constructed to make many different
patterns.
The other end of the shackle is slotted to receive the bolt of the lock, when it
enters the opening, or slot in the barrel, & by a simple pressure of the hand, it is
automatically locked thereby. When we use the lock as a carrier, we fasten it,
upon the handle bar of the machine holding the luggage thereto & such like.
We shall use any other pattern lock, or key for attachment to our improved
shackle, or it may be fastened otherwise We shall use indiarubber tubing, or other
material, upon the lock, or shackle, to prevent injury to the enamelling, or plated
parts of the machine. It is understood that our improved form of shackle, when
fastened to other locking or closing arrangements besides the hereinbefore mentioned,
barrel with its spring & bolt & its key screw for fitting into the barrel. The shackle
ends thereof, would be made as required. In order that our invention may be
fully understood, we will more particularly describe it, with the aid of the accom-
panying drawings in which similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
Fig. 1 represents our improved cycle lock, closed, & with the key screw, in barrel,
to be turned, either to the right or left hand, for the purposes of releasing the bolt,
from the slot, in the shackle end, which compresses the spring & withdrawing the
bolt therefrom. Fig. 2 represents our improved cycle lock, open, ready to be
applied to a machine, the broad bow, to clip round the column of seat pillar, & the
narrow bow, round crank of the pedal, & the jointed barrel, with its opening, to
receive shackle slot, with a snap for automatically locking same with the pressure
of the hand, without the use of the key screw. Fig. 3 represents the key screw,
for use in unlocking the lock, with its ring. a shackle, b, barrel, c, indiarubber,
d, key screw, e, ring, f, slot in end of shackle, g, opening in the barrel, h, joint.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, & in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim:-
1st. A cycle lock, with its working parts, in barrel & the new shaped large
shackle, combined, for use upon a bicycle, & other such like purposes, as set forth &
described, & illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2nd. To make an oblong shackle, for the purpose set forth & described.
3rd. The combined barrel & shackle as a luggage carrier.
4th. The configuration of the shackle as illustrated.
5th. The form or shape of the shackle, to be applied to other locking, or fasten-
ing devices.
6th. The use of india rubber, upon a lock, or its parts for the purpose herein
described.
Dated this 23rd day of December 1808
J. T. B. BENNETT,
4, Cherry Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicants.