CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN CASTORS
Year: 1833

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
WINDEYER LEWTY, of Lichfield Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Brass Founder, send greeting,
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King William the Fourth,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Fifth day of October, in the fourth year of His reign, did,
for Himself, His heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said James
Windeyer Lewty, His especial license, full power, sole privilege and authority,
that I, the said James Windeyer Lewty, my exors, admors, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said James Windeyer Lewty, my exors, admors, or
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and
the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
IN CASTORS;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the
said James Windeyer Lewty, shall cause a particular description of the nature
of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be inrolled in His said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters

page_text: Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully
and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
James Windeyer Lewty, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and
ascertained in and by the following description thereof, reference being had
to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked
thereon, that is to say:-
Figure 1 in the annexed Drawing represents a castor, constructed according
to my improvements; and Figure 2 is section of Figure 1, whereby the
internal arrangement may be more clearly seen. In each of these Figures
the same letters refer to the same parts, a being the ordinary socket or
part to be attached to the furniture. 6 is a cylinder which descends from and
is attached by brazing or otherwise to the socket a, and it is by means of this
cylinder 6 that the weight and strain on the castor is more securely supported,
at the same time the castor is capable of turning with facility. The cylinder b
descends into and turns within the socket c, formed in the horn or lower part
of the castor. These parts are accurately fitted to each other. d is a pin
or axis passing up through the horn or lower part c of the castor, through the
cylinder b, the end g being hammered down or rivetted within the socket a, as
shewn in Figure 2, h being a washer or ring of metal between the bottom of
the socket a and the riveted head g. of the pin or axis d, as will be clearly
seen on inspecting this Figure. e is an enlargement of the pin or axis d,
fitting into an opening formed at the bottom of the socket c, and f is a
projecting head formed on the lower part of the pin or axis d.
Having now described the manner of constructing a castor according to my
Invention, I would have it understood that I lay no claim to those parts
of castors which are already known and in use; but what I claim as my
Invention is, the application of the cylinder b to the socket (or part to be
attached to the furniture) a, and also the application of the pin or axis
d, e, f, g, passing through it to turn on, and at the same time retain the parts
together, as above shewn, by which castors will be greatly improved in strength
and durability.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Windeyer Lewty, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Thirty-first day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty-four.
JAS W. (L.S.) LEWTY.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Thirty-first day of March, in the
year of our Lord 1834, the aforesaid James Windeyer Leyty came before our
said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and thirty-four.