Improvements in Step-ladders.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Step-ladders.
I, JASPER WETTER, Patent Agent, of 37 & 39, Essex Street, Strand, London, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication from the Firm of Eugen
Blasberg & Co., Manufacturers, of Düsseldorf, in the German Empire) to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to step-ladders and standing ladders, such as are used by
builders or decorators, said ladders being provided with a pair of legs hinged to
the upper end of the ladder posts, so that the step-ladder may either be placed
upright for use, or folded for transport.
The object of the improvement is, to provide convenient means for supporting
tools and other small objects near the top of the ladder. For this purpose I secure
near the top of the ladder a small platform or holder consisting chiefly of a grating
or plate hinged to the legs of the ladder, so that it may be made to extend
horizontally from the back of the same, or folded down.
The said platform is supported in its horizontal position by a pair of inclined
stays hinged at their lower ends to the ladder posts or to the feet, and extending
above the platform, right and left of the same, so that the upper ends of the stays
may hold the outer ends of a pair of chains which serve as railings or side-supports
for the articles placed on the platform. Instead of a pair of chains, a pair of
ropes or a combination of links may be used.
The platform may be so arranged, that it must be turned up or folded down by
hand, or that it will be extended automatically by erecting the ladder (that is to
say by turning its legs outside). In the former case the platform has at its inner
end a pair of trunnions or pivots held in a pair of longitudinal slots of the legs,
and capable of being shifted up and down in the same. The stays are hinged to
the feet and connected with the platform near the middle of its length by a pair
of pivots.
In the second case the stays are hinged to the ladder posts, while the platform is
hinged to the feet. If now the ladder is folded by turning the feet against the
ladder posts, the stays will be turned upward and lay the platform against the
ladder.
Dated this 12th day of Avanot 1007
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Step-ladders.
I, JASPER WETTER, Patent Agent, of 37 & 39, Essex Street, Strand, London, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication from the firm of
Eugen Blasberg & Co., Manufacturers, of Dusseldorf, in the German Empire) 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 step ladders or standing ladders, such as are used by
builders and decorators, said ladders being provided with a pair of legs hinged to
the upper end of the ladder, so that the step ladder may either be placed upright
for use, or folded for transport.
The object of the improvement is, to provide convenient means for supporting
tools and other small objects near the top of the ladder. For this purpose I secure
near the top of the ladder a small platform or holder consisting chiefly of a grating
or plate hinged to the legs of the ladder, so that it may be made to extend
horizontally from the back of the same, or folded down.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a step ladder embodying the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, and
Fig. 3 a side elevation of the ladder after it has been folded together.
The said platform t is supported in its horizontal position by a pair of inclined
stays 8, 8, hinged at their lower ends to the ladder posts, and extending above the
platform, right and left of the same, so that the upper ends of the stays may hold
the outer ends of a pair of chains which serve as railings or side supports for the
articles placed on the platform. Instead of a pair of chains, a pair of ropes or a
combination of links may be used.
The platform may be so arranged, that it will be extended automatically by
erecting the ladder (that is to say by turning its legs outward).
For this purpose the stays s are hinged to the ladder posts as shown, while the
platform tis hinged to the legs c. If now the ladder is folded by turning the legs
against the ladder posts, the stays will be turned upward and lay the platform
against the ladder, into the position represented by Fig. 3.
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:
1. The combination of a step-ladder with a folding platform secured to the same,
and a pair of hinged stays adapted to support the said platform, so that by folding
the ladder the platform will be folded down also, substantially as described.
2. The combination of a step-ladder with a folding platform secured to the same,
a pair of hinged stays adapted to support the platform and to hold a pair of chains
or flexible railings, substantially as described.
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100 .
ג.
1000
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
Agents, 37 and 39, Essex Street, Strand, London.