Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 7th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 5th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 13th Mar., 1897
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1, JOHN CAMERON GRANT, of Albert Lodge, Albert Place, Kensington, in
the County of London, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:
My invention relates to a simple appliance to bicycles and tricycles for securing
them in a locked position when the rider dismounts, so as to dispense with the
cumbrous chain and padlock at present generally employed for this purpose. It
consists, according to one construction, in attaching to the frame on one side of one
of the wheels a bar, so arranged that it can be turned on a binge or pivot so as to
pass through between the spokes of the wheel to the frame on the other side of the
wheel, where it is made to engage with a spring catch or lock of any known
description that can only be opened by a key. Or instead of turning on a hinge,
the bar may be made to slide across like a bolt.
Thus when the bar is secured in the position described, it will effectually lock
the cycle wheel so as to prevent it from rotating.
According to one arrangement for carrying out my invention I attach the said
bar by a hinge joint to the inner end of one of the ordinary foot rests of the cycle,
and when turned back in the open position, the bar lies flat against the face of the
foot rest and is held there by a spring catch, the face of the foot rest being
preferably recessed to receive the bar.
To the other foot rest I attach a lock or spring catch so arranged that when the
bar is turned through the wheel its end will be securely held thereby and can only
be released by means of a key.
According to another construction, I employ a flexible metal chain, band or
cord, that is coiled up within a spring barrel in a similar manner to an ordinary
spring tape measure, attached to any suitable part of the frame, for preference, the
top of the fork, the end of the chain, band or cord, being formed with an eye or
catch adapted to engage, after passing under the rim of the wheel, or through
between the spokes, with a lock on the frame on the other side.
This lock can be either separate from or form part of the spring barrel case and
may be made with a single or double action so as to catch and hold fast not only
the eye of the chain, cord or band but also to secure it at its place of exit from
the case upon the opposite side; or the length of the chain, cord or band, may be
so regulated to the particular machine for which it is intended that its length
will only allow of its proper adjustment to the catch upon that or any similar
cycle, which can only be released by a key or some like contrivance.
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When not used for locking, the chain, band or cord, would be coiled up in its
barrel.
Dated this 7th day of Mar 1896.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant

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1, JOHN CAMERON GRANT, of Albert Lodge, Albert Place, Kensington, in
the County of London, 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:
My invention relates to simple appliances to be permanently attached to bicycles
and tricycles, for securing them in a locked position when the rider dismounts, so
as to dispense with the cumbrous chain and padlock at present generally employed
for this purpose, while at the same time, when the cycle is unlocked the said device
does not offer any unsightly projecting parts.
According to one arrangement I construct such appliance of a small metal
casing one part of which contains a coiled steel band, having spring action so that
when not in use, the band is entirely coiled up within the casing leaving only the
extreme end exposed, which is formed with an eye, loop or hook adapted to be
secured by a lock which is contained in another part of the casing. This casing
may be secured in any suitable manner to a part of the cycle frame such as to the
tubular support of the steering fork. When the cycle is to be locked, the rider
draws the end of the band cord or chain out of the casing and after passing it round
the rim of the steering wheel, inserts the loop thereof into the opening of the lock,
which is made as a spring lock, so that the band cord or chain is thus securely
fastened and can only be released by a key. Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings
shew a front and side view of the construction of the above appliance; the
casing A which is secured in any suitable manner to the tubular support B of
the steering wheel C, contains the coiled strong steel band D which itself has
the required spring for coiling it up. E is the spring lock of any suitable known
construction which secures the loop of the band D after this has been passed round
the rim of the wheel.
It will be evident that the above described appliance may also be carried by the
rider separate from the machine, in which case the locking is effected by passing
the band D round both the wheel rim and the fork or other part of the frame, and
then securing them in the lock E.
Figure 3 shews a perspective view of another construction consisting of a metal
bar hinged to one of the foot rests G, and, when not in use, held close against it
by a spring clip, on the other foot rest G¹ is fixed or formed a spring lock F',
adapted to secure the end of the bar F when this is turned on its hinge so as to
pass through between the spokes of the cycle wheel, and has its loop pushed into
the lock as indicated by the dotted lines, the bar is released by unlocking by
means of a key, as in the first arrangement, when the cycle is to be set free.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what. I
claim is :-
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1. An appliance for locking bicycles and tricycles consisting of a metal band,
coiled up within a casing by spring action, such casing having a lock combined in
one therewith, adapted to secure the end of the said metal band, when this has
been drawn out and passed round part of one of the wheels and the frame,
substantially as described.
2. An appliance for locking bicycles and tricycles consisting of a metal bar
pivotted to a part of the framing on one side of a wheel, and a lock adapted to
secure the end of the said bar fixed to the framing on the other side of the wheel,

page_text: so that for locking the cycle, the bar is turned on its pivot so as to pass through
between the spokes of the wheel and is secured to the lock on the other side,
substantially as described.
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ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.