Improvements in Locking the Wheel or Wheels of Bicycles, Tandems, Tricycles, and Perambulators.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 5tn July, 1895
Complete Specification Left. 5th May. 1896-Accepted. 6th June. 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Locking the Wheel or Wheels of Bicycles,
Tandems, Tricycles, and Perambulators.
MARK NEWSOME 109 Burley Lodge Road Leeds Porter do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention of improvements consists and has for its object the locking of
bicycle tandem tricycle and perambulator wheels by attaching steel iron or other
metal or metallic loops or staples to a wheel or wheels fork or forks or to the
upright or parallel bar or bars which are attached or connected to the hob or axle
on which a wheel or wheels revolve so that the fork or forks upright or parallel
bar or bars or a wheel or wheels of bicycles tandems tricycles and perambulators
have attached thereto steel iron or other metal or metallic looped staple or staples
by means of reveting brazing soldering casting screwing or such may be forged on
so as to project from each side of a steel iron or other metal or metallic substance
made fork or forks upright or parallel bar or bars to enable a parallel metal or
metallic bolt or cotter to pass through the loopes or staples the bolt or cotter having
a head at one end and a hole through at the other end for the hasp of a lock to pass
through or the hasp of a lock may be made to pass through holes made in the loop
or staple opposite to a hole made through the bolt or cotter for the hasp of a lock
to pass through and by attaching a steel or other metal or metallic plate carring
a looped staple on the outside of the tire or rim on the inside of a wheel or wheels
enables the looped staple fixed on the outside of the tire or rim of a wheel or
wheels when the wheel or wheels are turned round to be brought opposite the
looped staple or staples attached to the fork or forks upright or parallel bar
or bars.
I then pass a metal or metallic bolt or cotter having a head at one end and a hole
through the other end through the looped staple made or attached to one side of a
fork or forks upright or parallel bar or bars then through the hole in the looped
staple fixed on the outside of the rim or tire on the inside of a wheel then through
the second looped staple attached to the fork or forks or upright or parallel bar or
bars by which means I am enabled effectively to prevent the slightest movement of
a wheel or wheels when so bared with a steel or other metal or metallic bolt or
cotter passing through the loopes or staples and by passing the hasp of a lock
through the hole made at the end of the bolt or cotter or through the looped staple
bolt or cotter such locked vehicles are unable to be moved and the invention may
be applied wholly or in part to bicycles tandems tricycles and perambulators that
are already made without necessitating alterations of parts.
I have named that steel iron or other metal or metallic loopes or staples are
attached to the sides of a fork or forks or to the upright or parallel bar or bars but
loopes or staples may be made of leather vulcanite or other material and screwed
to the fork or forks upright or parallel bar or bars or to a wheel or wheels
on the outside of the rim or tire on the inside of a wheel by any suitable
means.
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page_text: Improvements in Locking the Wheel or Wheels of Bicycles,
Tandems, Tricycles, and Perambulators.
I, MARK NEWSOME, of 109 Burley Lodge Road, Leeds, in the County of York,
formerly Porter, but now Foreman Power Loom Tuner, 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 improvements in means or apparatus for locking the
wheel or wheels of bicycles, tandems, tricycles, and perambulators, for preventing
them being easily removed or stolen.
According to this invention to the fork or forks, or other portion of the frame-
work is or are attached by any suitable means one or more, preferably two, loops
or staples provided with slots or holes through which is or are passed one or more,
preferably one, bolts or bars provided at one end with a head, and between the head
and the opposite end with a hole or holes through which is or are passed any
suitable locking device, such as for instance, the staple portion of a padlock. The
bolt or bar also passes through a loop fixed by any suitable means to the inside or
outside say of the rim of the wheel, whereby the wheel or wheels, to which the
locking device is attached, is or are prevented from rotating and thereby from being
easily removed or stolen.
In the drawing hereunto annexed I have shown the invention applied, by way of
example, to a bicycle only, but I distinctly wish it to be understood that I do not
limit it to such machines, as it may be readily applied to tandems, tricycles,
perambulators, and the like.
Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively a side and front elevation of a bicycle with my
invention applied.
Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are respectively a plan looking at the top, a front elevation,
and a side elevation of a locking device constructed according to this invention.
Like parts in all the views are marked with the same letters of reference..
A and B are wheels, say, of a bicycle; C the framework; D the fork, and E
the handles for steering purposes. All of these parts may be of the usual and
ordinary construction.
To, say, each leg of the fork is attached a loop F by any suitable means, such
as by clamping, soldering, brazing, riveting, screwing, bolting, or the like. A
convenient form of loop F is however shown in the drawings, which is made of any
suitable material, such as for instance, either cast, wrought, or malleable iron, steel,
aluminium, leather, vulcanite, or the like, or combination of two or more of them.
The loop may be united together at its end f, whilst the ends 1 through which
the bolt passes are free and open to form the clamp by which the loop is fixed
to the fork of the machine. In the end is provided a hole or aperture f³, which
in the drawings is shown rectangular, but I wish it to be distinctly understood that
I do not limit myself to this exact configuration, as it may be varied as occasion
and circumstances require.
The above described form of loop is very convenient for applying my invention
to machines already made, but when desired in the case of new machines the ends f¹
and bolt 2 may be dispensed with and the loop F provided with a single projecting
and perforated end or staple f fixed by any suitable means, such as soldering,
brazing, or the like, to each side or leg of the fork, or if desired a perforated end
or staple only may be formed or forged on or attached to each leg d of the
fork D.
To the tyre or rim of the wheel, say on its inside,-or outside if so desired,―is

page_text: fixed, by any suitable means such as rivetting, bolting, screwing, brazing, or the
like, a plate G either armed with a loop or bent to form a loop as shown in the
drawings. The loop G may be made of cast, wrought, or malleable iron, steel,
aluminium, leather, vulcanite, or other suitable material, or the loop may be forged
or otherwise formed on the tyre or rim. Although I have described the loop or
staple as being arranged on the inside of the tyre or rim, and in the form of a plate,
yet if desired it may be in any other form and fixed in any other convenient
position thereon, and by other attaching means such as a clamp.
His a bar or bolt of any suitable and convenient shape in cross section corre-
sponding with the contour of the hole f³, such as for instance rectangular. The
bar H may be made of any suitable metal, or other material, such as vulcanite or
the like, and it is provided with a head or projection at one end, and with a
hole located in any convenient position between the head and the free end h²
of the bar H. In the drawings the hole is shown a short distance from the head h.
The length of the bar is determined by the space between the two loops FF, which
are fixed to the legs dd of the fork D, but it must be sufficiently long to pass
through the ends f of both of the loops F.
A locking device of any convenient and suitable construction is employed for
preventing the bar H sliding out of position. In the drawings a padlock I is
shown as the locking device in which the staple part is made to pass through the
hole '. But it will be readily understood that other convenient forms for locking
or retaining the bar H in position may be adopted in place thereof, and be made
to pass through the loop and bar, one or both.
To lock the wheel of, say, a bicycle I proceed as follows:-
The two loops FF having been clamped to the legs dd of the fork D directly
opposite to each other with their ends ff, say, as shown at Figs. 1 and 2, just
below say the inner periphery of the tyre or rim of the wheel A; the wheel A is
turned round until the loop G, fixed, say, to the outside or inside of its tyre or rim,
(in the drawings the loop G is shown fixed to the inside of the rim), is in a line
with the holes f³ in the ends f of the loops F F. The free end of the bar H is
then passed across the fork D by threading it through, first, the hole f³ in one
loop F, then through the loop G, and afterwards through the hole f³ of the second
loop F until the head of the bar impinges against the first named end f when the
hole will be in a position for receiving the locking device I,-which is employed
for preventing the bar H sliding out of position, thereby preventing the wheel
from rotating and the machine from being easily removed or stolen.
Although I have described and shown the invention applied to one wheel of
a bicycle, yet when desired it may be applied to both wheels; as well as to the
wheel or wheels of tandems, tricycles, perambulators, and the like. In the latter
case the loops or staples F may require to be fixed to the uprights, parallel, or
other portion of the framework to which the wheel or wheels are journalled.
Further, if desired, the loop or staple G may be dispensed with, in which case the
wheel A could be rotated the space between two of the spokes of the wheel, but I
prefer using the loop G as described.
The above described invention may be applied to bicycles, tandems, tricycles,
perambulators, and the like vehicles already made without necessitating any
alterations, as well as to such machines or vehicles in process of manufacture.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
The means for locking the wheel or wheels of bicycles, tandems, tricycles,
perambulators and the like, consisting of two or more loops or staples, such as F,
fixed to the fork or other part of the framework of the machine or vehicle, each of
said loops or staples being provided with a perforated portion, such as f, a plate
armed with or forming a loop, such as G, fixed to the rim of the wheel or wheels,
a bar, such as H, arranged to pass respectively through the perforated portion of

page_text: said loops or staples F and through said loop or staple G, and a locking device,
such as I, for retaining the said bar in position, all arranged and combined
substantially as illustrated and for the purposes described.
Dated this Fourth day of May 1896.
MARK NEWSOME.