FIX FRAMES OF SWINGS; APPLICABLE ALSO TO OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1885

page_text: I, CHARLES JAMES SAYER, 2 Crayford Road, Holloway, in the County of
Middlesex, Tutor do hereby declare the nature of my invention for SECURING AND
FIXING THE FRAMES OF SWINGS; APPLICABLE ALSO TO OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES,
to be as follows:-
The invention applies to "Swings," such as are commonly used by children and
others for purposes of recreation and exercise.
My invention provides a method of fastening the Swing to the ground without
injuring or disturbing the same; and it is easily removed from its position.
I prefer that the Frame of the Swing shall consist of four legs, arranged in pairs,
and at a few feet distance—the lower ends of each pair are also placed a few feet
apart in a slanting direction to each other, so that they meet at the top. On these
two ends of meeting rests the beams well secured by stays, tie rods, bolts and
screws. The lower ends of the four legs rest firmly on the ground-not in it-and
I pierce them near their base, with one or more perforations, in an angular
direction.
Through these perforations, I pass into the ground, strong, long iron pins, which
bind the legs of the Swing firmly to it. The pins on each side, from their angle of
fixing, take the strain, alternately in direct opposition to the line of motion, when
the Swing is in action, so that it is impossible for it to shift in the least from its
position. On the contrary, the motion only serves to tighten the grip.

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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
I, CHARLES JAMES SAYER, of No 2 Crayford Road, Holloway, in the County of
Middlesex, Tutor, do, hereby declare the nature of my invention for SECURING AND
FIXING THE FRAMES OF SWINGS, 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 the securing and fixing to the ground, the standards
or legs, which constitute a most important part of the Frame of a Swing, without
the said standards or legs penetrating or disturbing the ground; and to be effected
in such a manner, that the Swing may be easily and expeditiously erected, and be
with equal facility removed.
The Frame of my Swing consists of four standards or legs, which are separated
into pairs, and the two pairs are formed into the two sides of the frame of the Swing.
To form one side, one standard is placed opposite to its fellow, with the lower ends
on the ground, at a few feet distant, and in a slanting position towards each other,
so that the upper ends meet in a point, which is firmly joined. The other side is
formed in a similar manner.
These two sides are then set upright, opposite to each other, at a few feet apart,
being at the same distance at the top, as at their base; and on these upper points
rests the beam, which supports the Swing ropes. All the upper part of the Swing
is constructed on such a principle, that it can be taken to pieces in a few minutes,
as soon as the anchorage, or fixing of the frame to the ground is removed. And it
is for this facility in fixing or removing that I make my claim.
The lower ends of the Frame, it is to be observed, rest upon the ground, not in
it-and to fix them firmly and securely thereto, I employ the hereinafter manner,
as described in the accompanying Drawings.
At the distance of a few inches from the base of each standard, as at A, Figure 1,
and at a diagonal direction to the line of extension of the said standard, I pierce it
with one or more perforations, and through them, continued into the ground,
I pass strong iron pins, to the length of two feet, more or less, according to the
nature of the soil.
These pins terminate on the upper side of the standards, with heads, and when
they are driven, at their full extent, through the standards, into the ground, and
these heads are firmly driven into the said standards, the whole become tightly
bound together, and a solid fixture is the result.
This is exemplified as at A, Figure IL
B, Figure III, is only a slight deviation in the head of the pin, through which a
screw may be passed, into the standard, in case of a sandy, or a soil, otherwise,
wanting in tenacity.
When the Swing is in motion, each side receives the strain alternately, and in
consequence of the diagonal direction in which the pins are inserted, a firm
resistance is continuously offered, which, like the anchor of a ship, becomes
stronger, as the force of motion is increased; so that the lower extremities of the

page_text: Swing cannot possibly remove from the position in which they were originally
placed, without tearing up the earth, which is impossible.
Of course, when the pins of the Swing are removed, which can easily be effected,
by drawing them straight in the direction in which they were inserted, the Frame
of the Swing is immediately set free.
Having now particularly described the nature of my Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
.
"An Improvement in the method of Securing and Fixing the Frames of Swings
to the Ground as hereinbefore described, and as exemplified in the accompanying
Drawings."