Improved Construction of Lock-up Houses or Sheds for Cycles.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Construction of Lock-up Houses or Sheds for Cycles.
We HENRY WILLIAM STONES of 95 Ashbourne Grove, Monks Road, Lincoln,
Cabinet Maker, and FREDERICK HIGGS of 187 High Street Lincoln, Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a novel construction of house, shed or like receptacle in
which one or more bicycles, a tricycle or the like can be stored and be protected from
the weather when not in use for riding purposes, the house or shed being a lock up for
safe keeping and transit.
The invention consists of a rectangular or other shape of flooring with an arched
roof preferably of circular form for throwing off rain water rapidly. The back is
boarded up and the front partially so the rest consisting of duplicate doors so hinged
that either or both doors can be folded open to give excess of room for slewing a
machine in or out without risk of knocking it against the door posts or framing.
The structure may be mounted on wheels or rollers for ease of placing it in the
desired position there being a couple of stretcher bars as hand holds and these may be
in conjunction with rib bands by which the roofing battens or boards if of wood or of
sheets, if of iron are bonded in place.
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H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for H. W. Stones and F. Higgs.
Improved Construction of Lock-up Houses or Sheds for Cycles.
We, HENRY WILLIAM STONES of 95 Ashbourne Grove, Monks Road, Lincoln,
Cabinet Maker and FREDERICK HIGGS, of 187 High Street, Lincoln, Manufacturer,
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 relates to a novel construction of house, shed, or like receptacle in
which one or more bicycles, tricycles, or the like can be stored and be protected from
the weather when not in use for riding purposes, the house or shed being a lockup for
safe keeping and for transit, if so desired.
Our invention is shown on the annexed drawings. Figure 1 front elevation,
Figure 2 end view, and Figure 3 plan.
The invention consists of a rectangular or other shape of flooring A with an arched
roof B preferably of circular form for throwing off rain water rapidly. The back i;
boarded up and the front partly so, the rest consisting of duplicate doors C, D, so
hinged that either or both doors can be folded open to give excess of room for guiding
or slewing a machine in or out without risk of knocking it against the door posts or

page_text: framing. The structure may be mounted on wheels or rollers E for ease of placing it
in the desired position, there being a couple of stretcher bars as hand holds F, F, and
these may be in conjunction with rib bands by which the roofing battens or boards if
of wood, or of sheets if of iron, are bonded in place.
We e purpose fitting a couple of lugs or sockets G, G, fore and aft of the roof centrally
or a single socket G may be fixed on the inside of one of the doors for the temporary
reception of a projectable bar H from which a hoop hooked rod I can be hung for
supporting a machine suspended from it when required to be cleaned, the bar H being
of such length that a person can clean both sides without detaching the machine from
the hooks J, J.
If a single socket G be fitted, as at Figures 4 and 5, the arms I, I, can be dropped
into it, and if the arms be of separate pieces they can be arranged for turning inwardly
to lie against the door when closed.
The housing" may have metal bands K, K, secured over the top, as seen at
Figures 2 and 3 to give rigidity.
One of the two doors C, D, is preferably hinged to the other door, so that either one
only or both can be thrown open and folded back against the other part of the front
body, the two doors opening, as indicated at Figure 3.
The housing" or shed forms a lockup for a machine, and when so desired a shelf
for holding the cleaning appliances, oil, etc., can be fitted within, also hooks for
supporting changes of garments.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. The improved construction of housing for cycle machines as described and as
shown on the annexed drawings.
2. The combination of the lock up housings or sheds for cycles and the fittings
therefor as described and substantially as represented on the annexed drawings.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Henry William Stones and Frederick Higgs.