Improvements in the Means of and Apparatus for Securing and Facilitating the Adjustment of Sliding Sockets upon their Rods. Applicable to Window Fittings and other Purposes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Improvements in the Means of and Apparatus for Securing and
Facilitating the Adjustment of Sliding Sockets upon their Rods.
Applicable to Window Fittings and other Purposes.
We WILLIAM ALLAN of 16 Amelia Terrace, Leeds, Cabinet Maker, and ROBERT
ARNOLD HOLMES, of Otley, Shop Fitter, both in the County of York, do hereby declare
the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to facilitate the adjustment of sockets upon rods of
any shape for window fittings or any other suitable purposes.
Upon the rods are sockets inade large enough to slide easily upon their rods at one
or both sides of the rod is a runner or roller within a taper slot, the sides of the
runner are shaped according to the shape of the rod upon which the socket slides one
edge of the runner bears against the outer edge of the slot and the other against the
rod, when the runner is at the broad end of the slot, the socket can be slided along
the rod, but on the runner moving or being moved towards the taper end of the slot
it binds against it and the rod, wedging and securing the socket and rod together, to
release thein the socket is moved in the opposite direction, and the runner moves into
the broad part of the slot releasing the socket, this can be applied to any suitable
purposes.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers,
Boar Lane, Leeds,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: Fig. 2. is a plan of Fig. 1.
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Fig. 3. is an elevation of our invention with two friction rollers or runners.
Fig. 4. shews elevation of stand for shop windows with our invention applied.
Figs. 5 and 6, shew means for releasing roller or runner.
A is a rod upon which is a socket B made large enough to slide easily upon the
rod, at one or both sides of the rod A is a runner or roller C within a taper slot D.
When in position one edge of the runner or roller bears against the outer
edge D of the slot D and the other against the rod, when the runner is at the broad
end of the slot D, the socket can be slid along the rod A, but on the runner or roller C
moving or being moved towards the taper or narrow end of the slot D it binds against
the rod A and outer edge D' of the slot D, thus wedging and securing the socket and
rod together.
To release them the socket B is moved in the opposite direction and the runner or
roller C moves into the broad part of the slot D thus releasing the socket, in some
cases it is preferred to use a spring guide such as E.
Figs. 5 and 6. shew means for releasing the roller C. Fig. 5. a finger piece or pro-
jection F is cast to the socket B, and below is a pivoted lever G which when pressed
towards the finger piece F releases the roller or runner C, or any other form of catch
or lever may be employed. Fig. 6 shews hand rod H with fixed projection F¹ and
pivotted lever G¹, connected by rod or other means to the thumb piece J, by pressing
the thumb piece the lever G' comes in contact with the pin G2 and presses down the
roller thus releasing it.
In Fig. 4. the socket B is fast upon the rod A, the rod A' being loose, or capable of
being moved up and down or adjusted, the slot D in this case being reversed.
The runner or roller C and slot D may be hidden from view by a suitable covering
if desired.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
For securing and facilitating the adjustment of sockets upon rods the use and
employment of one or more friction runners with a slot or slots, with or without
springs, as shown and described.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers,
Boar Lane, Leeds,
Agent for the Applicants.