Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 27th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 29th Feb., 1896
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I, WILLIAM JOHN VICKERY, of 4 Church Street, Ilfracombe, Devon, Joiner,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
My invention relates to castors for use on tables, chairs, bedsteads and the like,
and may be made in metal, or other suitable substances or combination of
substances.
The special features of my castor are, that it has two wheels or rollers, and an
improved way of mounting the same, and connecting them to the socket, plate, or
other upper part of the castor.
To any of these kinds of castor tops I secure a two pronged fork shaped standard,
which is attached to aud through the centre of the upper fitting and is free to turn
on its fastening.
Between these prongs of the fork I fit the wheels or bowls, which may be rivetted
or screwed in position and may be directly under the upper part of the castor or to
one side of the same. My wheels or rollers are placed side to side and are parallel
to each other.
They may run on the same axle, or may run on separate axles.
If preferred, ball bearings can be employed both in the horizontal and other
bearings.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97 Newgate Street, London, E.C., Agent for Applicant.
I, WILLIAM JOHN VICKERY, of 4 Church Street, Ilfracombe, Devon Joiner,
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 castors for use on tables, chairs, bedsteads and the
like, and may be made in metal, or other suitable substances or combination of
substances.
The special features of my castor are, that it has two wheels or rollers, and an
improved way of mounting the same, and connecting them to the socket, plate, or
other upper part of the castor.
To any of these kinds of castor tops I secure a two pronged fork shaped standard,
of curved section, which is attached by a centre pin to and through the centre of the
upper fitting and is free to turn on its fastening.
Between these prongs of the fork I fit the wheels or bowls, which may be rivetted
or screwed in position, and may be directly under the upper part of the castor, or to
one side of the same. My wheels or rollers are placed side to side, and are parallel
to each other.
They may run on the same axle, or may run on separate axles.

page_text: If preferred, ball bearings can be employed both in the horizontal and other
bearings.
I will now describe the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
in which
Fig. 1 shews an elevation of my invention in the form of a socket castor and
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of same with the wheels or rollers removed.
Fig. 3. is a side view of the invention applied to a plate castor and Fig. 4 is a
plan of same as seen from below, shewing the curved form of the frame.
a, is the frame consisting of a curved horizontal bar to which are attached two
arms or supports, a' a¹ and a strong central support b.
c, is an axle passing through the supports a, b, and which carries the wheels or
rollers d, d.
e, is a central pin or spindle, about which the frame a, together with the
wheels dd, rotate. This spindle passes through the centre support b, washer f,
and socket h, or plate, and then its ends are rivetted over washers
and g¹.
Instead of being rivetted at both ends, one could be screwed as shewn in Fig. 3, or
both may be screwed to receive nuts. Or one end may be screwed for a nut and
the other be rivetted, or the pin may be fitted in any other convenient way. The
wasber 1, could be made solid with the frame or plate if desired, or solid with the
pine, as shewn in Fig. 5.
The effect of the foregoing arrangement is that I obtain a strong serviceable
castor which moves freely in any direction and which is not easily strained or
injured, owing to the pressure of the weight it bears, being evenly and directly
distributed on the wheels.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :
In a castor for chairs, tables and like articles, the combination of the two
wheels d, d, curved frame a, axle pin c, vertical pin e, with a socket or plate, and
with or without ball bearings as herein described and set forth.
Dated this 27th day of January 1896.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97 Newgate Street, London, Patent Agent.