Improvements in and relating to Skips, Hampers, and Baskets.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 12th May, 1894-Accepted, 4th Aug., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Skips, Hampers, and Baskets.
I, WILLIAM WILLIAMS of South Marlow Street, Spinner, EDWARD CLAYTON
of 86 Station Road, Butcher, both of Hadfield in the County of Derby, and
JAMES WILLIAM CLAYTON of 53 Sudall Road Over Darwen in the County of
Lancaster, Butcher, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to those skips hampers or baskets which are subject to
being dragged along the floor and its object is to provide means for firmly and
permanently securing the wooden or similar clogs or shoes to the bottoms of such
skips.
As at present constructed the clogs or shoes which come into contact with the
floor are secured to the bottoms of the baskets by means of a split pin or nail
which passes through the clog and the bottom of the basket and is secured in place
by bending the limbs of the pin over. The heads of the split pins or nails project
from the surfaces of the clogs which fall off when the heads of the nails are worn
away.
According to this invention the nails or split pins which secure the clogs in place
are formed with conical or equivalent heads which are contained within suitable
recesses or countersunk holes in the clogs. By their use the clogs are held in
place until they have been worn right through to the bottom of the basket. The
heads are preferably formed longer than is absolutely necessary so that they
project to some extent from the surface of the clog.
Dated this 11th day of August A.D. 1893.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Skips, Hampers, and Baskets.
We, WILLIAM WILLIAMS of South Marlow Street, Spinner, EDWARD
CLAYTON, of 86 Station Road, Butcher, both of Hadfield in the County of
Derby, and JAMES WILLIAM CLAYTON of 53 Sudall Road, Over Darwen, in
the County of Lancaster, Butcher, 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 skips hampers and baskets which when in use are
commonly dragged along the floor in their removal from place to place, and which
for this reason have their bottoms protected by clogs, and its object is to provide
means for firmly and permanently securing the clogs in place.
At present, the clogs are generally fastened on by means of split pins or nails
which pass through the clogs and the bottoms of the skips or the like, and are
secured in place by bending over or clinching the split parts of the nail or pin.
The heads of the nails or pins project below the under surface of the clogs which
consequently fall off as soon as the heads of the nails are worn off.
According to this invention, the nails bolts split pins or the like, which secure
the clogs in place, are formed with conical or equivalent heads which are contained
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page_text: within correspondingly shaped holes in the clogs. By their use the clogs are held
in place until they are almost worn through.
The accompanying drawings, to which reference is hereinafter made, illustrate in
what manner this invention may be practically carried into effect.
Figure 1 illustrates in elevation, a screw bolt constructed according to this
invention, holding a clog in place upon the bottom of a skip.
Figure 2 illustrates in section, a similarly headed split pin also securing a clog
to a skip.
Figure 3 shews the same pin in elevation, before use.
Figure 4 is a similar elevation of a split pin of modified construction.
In all the drawings, similar parts where they occur, are denoted by similar
letters of reference.
In the screw bolt A, shewn in Figure 1, the conically shaped head B is formed
either by turning out of the solid, or by forging by the means employed in forming
the heads of ordinary bolts. The conical head fits within a correspondingly
shaped hole in the clog C, and the screwed part passes through the bottom D of
the skip, over which it is secured in place by a nut E. The washer F, when used,
may be an ordinary circular washer, or it may be of any suitable form and, if
.desired, provided with fangs or teeth to engage with the wicker-work.
In Figure 2, a split pin or nail is illustrated as securing the clog to the skip
bottom. In the construction shewn by this Figure and by Figure 3, the split
part G is preferably formed from a single length of mild steel, doubled upon itself
as shewn, and the conical head B is cast thereon. As before, C indicates the clog
and D the wicker bottom of the skip.
Figure 4 illustrates a modified form of split pin or nail, in which the head B
and the split part G are formed in one piece by forging or by other suitable means.
The split may be made in the course of manufacture, or afterwards.
It will of course be understood that in addition to those hereinbefore described,
other methods may be adopted for forming or producing the conical or equivalent
head upon the screw bolt or split pin.
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 :-
1. Screw bolts, split pins or nails and the like, having conical or equivalent
heads adapted to fit within conical holes in the clogs of skips and the like,
constructed substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described with
reference to the accompanying drawings.
2. The hereinbefore described means for permanently securing clogs to the
bottoms of skips and the like and which consist essentially of bolts or split pins
provided with conical heads which fit in correspondingly shaped holes formed
through the clogs, substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated by the
-accompanying drawings.
Dated this 11th day of May A.D. 1894.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicants.