Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 7th July, 1898-Accepted, 20th Aug.,
1898
I, JOSEPH BRADBURY, of Brook Iron Works, Charles Street, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is the construction of bearings for shafts which shall
allow of adjustment in all directions without the necessity of removing them from
their fixed position.
In carrying out my invention I form a pillar suspended from a plate and round
this pillar I mount a sleeve with a projection designed to carry the steps in which
the shaft is intended to work, a set-screw being employed to fix the
sleeve in any desired position to the pillar either in a circular direction or in
the direction of the pillar's length. Rising from the projection I further form
two uprights through which uprights I pass set-screws with their points inward and
these set screws are intended to carry the bottom step. of the bearing in such a
manner as to allow of the bottom step being swivelled about the centre of such set-
screws and also allow of such bottom step being adjusted from side to side between
the uprights.
It will be obvious this discription of bearing may be suspended from above or
from a wall or from below. In cases where it is desirable to suspend the bearing
I mount a collar round the pillar to take the weight of the sleeve and its projection.
When it is intended to use this bearing as a pedestal I form two ears upon the
sleeve and through these ears I depend two set-screws which set-screws are intended
to butt against the plate and in this manner the bearing can be adjusted to any
desired height all the other adjustments being obtained as above described.
In the bottom step I form dove-tail grooves designed to receive dove-tail pieces
formed upon the top step and in this manner I secure the two steps together with-
out the expensive bolts at present in use a pin only being used to prevent the top
step from sliding out of the dove-tail grooves.
Dated this 19th day of October 1897.

page_text: and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is the construction of bearings for shafts which shall
allow of adjustment in all directions without the necessity of removing them from
their fixed position.
And in order that my invention may be understood and carried into effect I
have annexed two sheets of drawings which I will describe.
Fig. 1 is a side view and Fig. 2 a front view of my improvements as applied to
hangers. Fig. 3 illustrates my improvements as applied to wall boxes. Fig. 4
illustrates my improvements as applied to pedestals Fig. 5 illustrates my improve-
ments as applied to standards and Figs. 6 and 7 are enlarged views of the steps
like letters are used in all views to denote like parts. In Figs. 1 and 2, A is a pillar
suspended from a plate B and from the pillar AI depend a sleeve C into which
takes the stand 1) from which projects the uprights E carrying the bottom step F
of the bearing by means of the setscrews G the bottom step F is provided with
dovetail grooves H into which take dovetail pieces J cast upon the top step F¹ and
the top step is prevented from working away by means of the pin in the
sleeve C is recessed the nut L through which works the setscrew M against which
butts the stand 1) the setscrew N is for locking the stand D) in position. In Fig. 30
is a lock nut. In Figs. 4 and 5 I illustrate a method of raising, or lowering the
stand D by means of the lever P working upon the pin Q and being actuated by the
setscrew R.
It will now be seen that my improvements enable the bearing for shafts to be
adjusted in all directions without removing it from its fixed position as by the set-
screws G it may be swivelled about the centre of such setscrews and, from side to
side between the uprights E it may be revolved on the centre of stand D and may
be raised or lowered by means. of the set screw M or the lever P and setscrew R.
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
Firstly. The combination and arrangement of parts as and for the purposes
herein before described and illustrated on the accompanying drawings.
Secondly. The dovetail grooves H and pieces J with pin K as and for the purposes
herein before described and illustrated on the accompanying drawings.
Thirdly. The set-screw M and or lever P for raising and lowering the stand Din
combination with other parts as hereinbefore described and illustrated on the
accompanying drawings.
Doted this 1th day of Tulv 1908