An Improved Means or Method of Reaching, by a Lateral Movement, Elevated Parts of Buildings and other Erections, for the Purpose of Repairing such Buildings and other Erections, and for Painting, or Writing, or Posting Bills thereon, and for other purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 5th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 11th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 13th Mar., 1897.
Date of Application, 5th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 11th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 13th Mar., 1897.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Means or Method of Reaching, by a Lateral Movement,
Elevated Parts of Buildings and other Erections, for the Purpose
of Repairing such Buildings and other Erections, and for
Painting, or Writing, or Posting Bills thereon, and for other
purposes.
J EDWIN JOHN PALMER of No. 1 Lambeth Palace Road in the County
of Surrey, House Painter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
It consists of a wire rope or other suitable cable (a) fixed horizontally from two
points (b. and c) on a building or buildings, and supporting a runner or wheel (d)
from which depends a block or pulley through which is rove a rope which sustains
or supports a cage or platform (e) the lateral movement of which is effected by
means of a guy rope or line (f) one end of which is fastened to one side of the
runner or wheel (d) and the other end of which passes through an eye or pulley at
point (6) forming a bight or loop under or through the cage or platform (e) then
passing through another eye or pulley at point (c) and fastened at the end of such
guy rope or line to the opposite side of the runner or wheel (d) from which
it started.
Dated this 5th day of May 1896
An Improved Means or Method of Reaching, by a Lateral Movement,
Elevated Parts of Buildings and other Erections, for the Purpose
of Repairing such Buildings and other Erections, and for
Painting, or Writing, or Posting Bills thereon, and for other
purposes.
I, EDWIN JOHN PALMER of 1, Lambeth Palace Road, in the County of Surrey,
House Painter, 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 improved means of supporting suspended cradles, boats,
platforms, or the like used by workmen in various operations required in and about
bigh buildings, the special object being to enable the said cradles, boats, platforms,.
or the like to be readily adjusted by the workmen thereon in the lateral or any
other direction as required by the exigencies of the work.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming part of this
specification, and consists in suspending a cradle, boat, platform, or other support A
for the workmen, by block and fall tackles B B, the standing blocks b b of which

page_text: are provided with additional upper sheaves C C running upon a horizontal wire
rope or cable D securely fastened at any two points in or upon a building..
In the accompanying drawing the wire rope or cable D is shewn fastened to, and
extending between, cantilevers E E suitably strutted or stayed whereby sufficient
strain may be put upon the wire rope or cable D to enable the latter to bear or
suspend the cradle, boat, platform, or other support and the occupants thereof
without unduly sagging and to admit of such suspended cradle, boat, platform, or
other support being drawn along it as on a rail. This is effected directly from the
cradle, boat, platform, or other support by means of a hauling line F connected to
the blocks 66 and passing through pulley blocks if fixed at or near the extremities
of the wire rope or cable D the bight or loop of the hauling line F passing through
the cradle, hoat, platform, or other support so as to be always within reach of the
workmen.thereon, the blocks.b.b-being permanently connected to each other, as for
instance by a length of small wire or rope c.
The cantilevers E; E when used would generally be poles resting directly or
through suitable supports on or in the building above or near the top of the latter
and projecting from the wall of the building, the poles abutting against chimney
stacks or other structural points of resistance where available either directly as
shewn, for example, at the left of the figure or through the medium of a pole G
forming a strut abutting at one end against the chimney stack or other point of
resistance and lashed at the other end to tho cantilever as at the right hand. end of
the figure; or the strut might in some cases extend the whole distance between the
two cantilevers and be lashed to both. Or instead of a strut the cantilevers might
be stayed as at H by hemp or wire rope passing over and down the flank or end
wall of the building and made fast at any convenient point. The poles forming the
cantilevers would generally extend far enough back, and be sufficiently heavy
at their rearmost ends, to preponderate sufficiently but it necessary they might be
anchored or held by any suitable weight and would where convenient be braced or
fastened to each other.
In the case of a roof or other parts of a building not suitable for the use
of cantilevers as above described, short poles or pole ends might be used with one
end resting on a cornice or other projection and bearing horizontally against
a building the outer ends being supported from above or below as may be most
convenient and in turn supporting the wire rope or cable D which would be hauled
taut by means of a stay at each end fastened to some suitable point beyond the
ends of the wire rope or cable D.
In certain cases the building would of itself afford the necessary points to which
the wire rope or cable D might be fastened, thus dispensing entirely with the
necessity for cantilevers or other poles. In the case of fixing the apparatus inside
a church, theatre, or other large-building, there are so many and varied ways in
which the wire rope or cable D might be supported near the roof or ceiling that it
is unnecessary to do more than mention that for example each window, loophole, or
other opening, and each column, girder, tie-beam, and principal would present
numerous facilitates for substantially fastening and supporting the wire rope
or cable.
It is to be understood that the means of securing the wire-rope or cable D and
the cantilevers E E between which the wire rope or cable D is stretched herein
described or shewn upon the drawing are in every case to be considered only as
examples as it will be obvious that such means may be varied to suit the exigencies
of particular circumstances without going beyond the scope of the invention.
It will also be obvious that for certain purposes for which a smaller cradle, boat, or
platform is sufficient only one tackle B need be used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
The herein described means of supporting cradles, boats, platforms, or the like

page_text: with capability of easy lateral adjustment from within, the same said means.
consisting of a wire rope or cable extended substantially horizontally by cantilevers,
poles, or other means of support in convenient relation to the structure to which
access is required for the purpose of cleaning, painting, or repairing the same or for
writing or posting bills thereon, or for cleaning windows, and for other like
purposes, in combination with sheaved hangers or blocks running upon the wire
rope or cable by which the suspension tackle is supported and a hauling line or rope
connected to said hangers or blocks and suitably guided, all substantially as shewn
and described and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 11th dow of January 1807
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.