An Improvement in Bearings for Wheels, suitable for Use in Castors.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1895.
Complete Specification Left, 10th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 21st Mar., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Bearings for Wheels, suitable for Use in
Castors.
I JOHN GOGGIN 63 Wellington Street Moss Side Manchester, Postal Clerk do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An improvement in bearings for wheels suitable for use in castors, by means
of these bearings the castor wheels will not gather up string, jute and the like,
from the floors on which they run, and wrap it round the axle thus causing the
wheels to "scotch" the bearings also cause the wheels to revolve with steadiness.
The "bearer" is a piece of metal placed on each side of the castor wheel and
the wheel is countersunk to receive the bearer on each side.
The bearers are fastened to the brackets of the castor by means of a slot.
3rd July 1895
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DURFTES ΤΟΥ
WHEEL, suitable тог Use In
Castors.
I JOHN GOGGIN of 63 Wellington Street Moss Side Manchester Postal Clerk
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 :-
The drawings in this Specification illustrate the application of my improvement
in a castor for parcel skips, furniture and the like. I wish it to be understood that.
the portion, shewn in section, of the drawing Fig. 2 is that claimed as my invention.
Fig. 1 is the side elevation of the castor the end of one of the bearers being shewn
at A. The pin B is driven through the holes in the bearers at C. C. Fig. 2 and
bent over the sides as shewn in Fig. 1. Fig. 2 shews the bearers in section and their
position in relation to the wheel D. The bearers may be made of brass, iron, or
other metal. The axle pin E passes through the bearers A. A. and the wheel D
and is rivetted at each end as shewn in Fig. 2. The wheel may be made of brass,
iron, wood, or earthenware, or other substance; it may be made with a recess G for
the reception of the face of the bearers or without as it may be desired so long as the
bearers A. A. fit to the sides of the wheel with just sufficient play to allow the
wheel to revolve freely. The wheel D is placed in position by first inserting
the bearers A. A in the side plates F F and then placing the wheel between them,
the bearers are then brought to their proper position and secured from working
outwards by the pin B. Fig. 3 shews the plan.
By means of the bearers the wheel of the castor is free from lateral play and in
consequence it revolves with greater steadiness than it would without my invention
and if the wheel should pick up string, jute, or the like, from the flooring on which
it is used, the revolution of the wheel will not be interfered with and the string,.
jute, or the like may be easily removed.

page_text: Any castor fitted with my improvement will turn on its pivot more readily, than
other castors, in consequence of the opposition offered to lateral strain, by my
bearers, when the wheels are not in trail.
The bearers A. A. may be applied to any pattern of castor with side plates, F F
Fig. 2, and by means of the bearers the weight carrying capacity of a castor is
greatly increased.
I anticipate that the method of fixing the bearers may be improved and that an
ornamental cap may be placed over the outside ends of the bearers and also that
the bearers may be adapted for use in a double wheeled castor.
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 application, to castors, of bearers substantially as described.
JOHN GOGGIN.