An Apparatus for Suspending in a Sloping Position Blocks of Concrete, Stone, Masonry, Brickwork, or other Material.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 1st July, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 6th Oct., 1897-Accepted, 20th Nov.,
1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Apparatus for Suspending in a Sloping Position Blocks of Concrete,
Stone, Masonry, Brickwork, or other Material.
I, HENRY FIDLER, Department of the Civil Engineer-in-Chief, Works Loan,
Admiralty, 47 Victoria Street Westminster, S.W. Associate Member Institute of
Civil Engineers do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
...
This invention relates to an apparatus for suspending in a sloping position
blocks of Concrete, Stone, Masonry, Brickwork, or other material.
In the Drawing filed with this Provisional Specification, this Apparatus is
shewn in Side Elevation in Figures 1 and 2, and in Plan in Figure 3.
The Block A is suspended by a tee-headed rod B, attached to a beam C, which
I term the Tilting Lever, at a point midway, or nearly so, between its extremities,
by means of a trunnion block D, and nut K.
One end of the Tilting Lever is suspended at the point E from the Crane, Titan,
Goliath, or other machinery employed to lift, lower, or traverse the Block.
The other end of the Tilting Lever bears upon the upper surface of the block
in the manner shewn in Figure 1.
By these means the Block is caused to assume a sloping position which
varied to suit the precise angle required.
may be
A friction roller G may be attached to one end of the Tilting Lever, to facilitate
the process of lowering the rod into the Block as shewn in Figure 2, and of the
placing of the Tilting Lever in its final position for suspending the Block, as
shewn in Figure 1.
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An Apparatus for Suspending in a Sloping Position Blocks of Concrete,
Stone, Masonry, Brickwork, or other Material.
"
I, HENRY FIDLER, Department of the Civil Engineer-in-Chief, Works Loan,
Admiralty, 47 Victoria Street Westminster, S.W. Associate Member of the
Institute of Civil Engineers, 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:-
In the drawing filed with my Provisional Specification this Apparatus is shewn
in Side Elevation in Figs. 1 and 2, and in Plan in Fig. 3; the various parts being
distinguished by letters which are referred to in the following description. In

page_text: Fig. 1, the Block A of concrete, stone, masonry, brickwork, or other material
is shewn suspended by a tee-headed rod B, attached to the Beam C, which I term
the Tilting Lever at a point midway or nearly so between its extremities by
means of a Trunnion Block D, through which the tee-headed rod passes and is
secured by a nut K screwed and keyed on the rod, and bearing on the Trunnion
Block with a seating which may be shaped to the segment of a sphere.
The upper portion of the nut K is shaped to receive a spanner for the purpose
of turning the tee headed rod through an angle of 900, thereby releasing the tee-
headed rod and the entire apparatus from the block. A nick is cut across the top
of the shaped end of the nut to indicate the direction in which the rod is to be
turned.
One end of the Tilting Lever C is suspended at the point E by means of the
link and shackle H from the Crane, Titan, Goliath, or other Machinery employed
to lift, lower, or traverse the Block.-
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:
The other end of the Tilting-Lever bears upon the upper surface of the Block A
in the manner shewn in Fig. 1, being provided with a shoe or casting F for the
distribution of pressure.
HI
By these means the Block A when suspended is caused to assume a sloping
position as shewn in Fig. 1. The angle of slope may be varied as required, by
alteration in the distance of the point of suspension E from the centre of the
trunnion block D.
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The position of the apparatus when being lowered into the block is shewn
in Fig. 2, in Side Elevation. A Friction Roller G may be provided at thefendiof
the Tilting Lever in order to facilitate the lowering of the apparatus, and the
adjustment of the Tilting-Lever from the position shewn in Fig.2toliis filial
position shewn in Fig. 1. The arrangement of the Friction Roller is such that it
is relieved from pressure when the block is suspended, the others' being taken by
the shoe or casting F.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the apparatus shewing the Tilting Lever composed of two
plates C, C, the Trunnion Block D being placed between them. The shoe or
casting for the distribution of pressure is shewn at F, F; the connection of the
suspending link at E, and a friction roller at G.
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The entire apparatus is intended to be used either singly or in pairs, the
dimensions or weight of the block A may require: thus for a block too large or
heavy to be conveniently handled by one set, two complete sets, each as shewn
on the Drawing, may be used, side by side, at a convenient distance apart, the
shackles H being suspended from a cross-beam, which is itself suspended from the
Crane, Titan, Goliath, or other Machinery employed to lift, lower or traverse the
block.
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. An apparatus for suspending in a sloping position blocks of Concrete, Stone,
Masonry, Brickwork or other material as in manner herein set forth, and shewn
in the drawing filed with my Provisional Specification.
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2. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete
apparatus for suspending in a sloping position blocks of Concrete, Stone, Masonry,
Brickwork, or other material as in manner herein set forth and shewn in the
drawing filed with my Provisional Specification.
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Dated this 5th day of October, 1897.