Improvements in Moveable Supports for Moveable Flexible Electric Conductors.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 15th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 17th Oct.,
1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Moveable Supports for Moveable Flexible Electric
Conductors.
I, THOMAS LAURIE of Wellside Terrace Falkirk in the County of Stirling
North Britain Electrical Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in moveable supports for moveable
flexible electric conductors such as are used for conveying current from a fixed
point to any other point required, by means of a loose or portable electric conductor,
or conductors, and frequently used for portable electric lamps, and other electric
apparatus. The main object of my invention being, to obviate the inconvenience
of loose conductors coming or hauging in the way of traffic, or coming in contact
with obstacles when being conveyed from one point to another.
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My improvements may, for the sake of simplicity, be compared to a common
window curtain pole, over or along which, a ring, or rings are made to slide-
the conductor or conductors of course taking the place of the curtain. My
improvements consist of erecting a slide or slides of wood, iron, wire, wire rope,
string or rope or other suitable material. On this I place one or more moveable
pieces of any suitable material, such as a ring, or rings, bobbins, pullies, rollers or
any suitable piece, or pieces, that can be supported and moved on, or along the
said slide or slides. To these pieces I attach the moveable conductor, or con-
duciors, at convenient points along its length or lengths in a somewhat similar
manner to the window curtain before mentioned, so that when one or more pieces
are brought near the fixed end of said conductor or conductors, the said conductor
or conductors being flexible forms into a loop, or loops, or folds. When the loose
end of the said conductor or conductors is moved away from the fixed end, each
piece or pieces, being moveable, are in turn drawn along with it, and instead of
the full length of the conductor hanging loosely down, it is supported at one or more
points along its length.
The slide or slides before mentioned instead of being fixed may be made
moveable, or made to swivel so that a radius of space may be covered in any
direction.
Dated this Twents-first der of December Eighteen hundred and ninety-five.
Improvements in Moveable Supports for Moveable Flexible Electric
Conductors.
I THOMAS LAURIE of Wellside Terrace Falkirk in the County of Stirling
North Britain Electrical Engineer 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 moveable supports for moveable

page_text: flexible electric conductors such as are used for conveying current from a fixed point
to any other point required by means of a loose or portable electric conductor or
conductors, and frequently used for portable electric lamps and other electric
apparatus. The main object of my invention being to obviate the inconvenience
of loose conductors coming or hanging in the way of traffic or coming in contact
with obstacles when being conveyed from one point to another. My improve-
ments may for the sake of simplicity be compared to a common window curtain pole
over or along which a ring or rings are made to slide-the conductor or conductors
of course taking the place of the curtain.
In order to give a clearer explanation of the said improvements I append a
drawing of the arrangement.
My improvements consist of erecting a slide or slides A of wood, iron, metal,
wire rope string or rope or other suitable material-preferably I use a metallic
wire or wire rope. This slide or slides may be supported or held tight by any well
known method. In the case of metallic wire or wire rope I generally keep it tight
by a drum with ratchet. On this slide or slides I place one or more moveable
pieces D of any suitable material, such as a ring or rings, bobbins, pullies rollers
or any suitable piece or pieces that can be supported and moved on or along the
said slide, or slides. To these pieces 1 attach-by binding or otherwise attaching-
the moveable flexible electric conductor or conductors Č. 1. 2. 3. 4 at convenient
points along the length or lengths of said conductor in a somewhat similar
manner to the window curtain before mentioned so that when one or more pieces
are brought near the fixed end of said conductor or conductors-shewn at E con-
nected to an electric ceiling rose-the said conductor or conductors, being flexible,
form into a loop or loops, or folds, as shewn at C₁ of drawing. When the loose
end of the said conductor or conductors C is moved away from the fixed end E, each
piece or pieces D being moveable are in turn drawn along with the conductor or
conductors and instead of the full length of the conductor hanging loosely down, it
is supported at one or more points along its length.
The slide or slides, before mentioned, instead of being fixed, may be made
moveable, or made to swivel, so that a radius of space may be covered in any
direction.
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
1st. The arrangement whereby the loose conductor or conductors instead of
hanging down their full length when extending or extended from the fixed end, is
supported and held out of the way, by moveable supports and is capable of allowing
the conductors to an electric lamp or other electric apparatus being moved along
a considerable length and obviates the inconvenience of the "slack" of said
conductors being an obstruction all as substantially hereinbefore described.
Dated this Fourteenth day of September 1896.
THOS. LAURIE.