An Improvement in Apparatus for Supporting Rick Covers or Cloths.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd July, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 24th July, 1889-Accepted, 14th Sept., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Apparatus for Supporting Rick Covers or Cloths.
I, PHILIP HUMBLEY BANKS Brooke House Riseley Bedford Surgeon do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An Iron stand having a sharp point to stand in the Rick with a cross bar in the
centre of the upright which rests on the stack and Iron angles to support the
upright piece out of Rick surmounted by half circular top for Pole to rest in with
pin in centre for hole in the Poles. Two are required for each stack more may be
required for a large stack.
Datad thin 9-1 1
TI 1000
P. H. BANKS,
Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Apparatus for Supporting Rick Covers or Cloths.
I, PHILIP HUMBLEY BANKS, of Brooke House, Riseley, in the County of Bedford-
shire, "Surgeon," 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 :-
My invention relates to an apparatus to be inserted in a corn or hay rick to receive
an ordinary pole to support the canvass or any other water proof cover, to prevent
rain water making its way into a rick before it is thatched.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawings thereof, reference being had to letters and figures
marked thereon.
Figure 1 represents the side elevation of the wrought iron standard or support, the
dotted line at the top indicates the diameter of the pole.
Figure 2 is the front elevation of figure 1, with a portion of the pole ( placed in
its stationary position, to receive the water proof cover.
The invention consists of two or more wrought iron, cast iron, or wood standards or
supports A of any suitable length, the bottom end H being pointed, with a cross
bar E rivetted at I to the upright bar A. the aforesaid bar A and the cross bar E being
strengthened by a brace D from each end of the cross bar E to the centre support A.
the whole being rivetted together at the various positions marked I.
If preferable the whole may be of cast iron, or of any other material.
At the top of the standard AI fix a semi-circular socket or rest B to receive the
pole C. the said pole is intended to support any water proof cover.
The standard or support is inserted into a rick by forcing the spiked end H down-
wards until the cross bar E prevents the standard from going any farther, which is
the intended position the said standard will take. One at each end of the rick is
required to be inserted, when an ordinary pole C is placed in the semicircular sockets
or rests B, and is ready to receive the cover.
The object of my invention is to supply an apparatus of light construction, and to
be easily carried up and put or fixed into their places on the stack, and to prevent the
tearing of cloth.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First: The combination of the upright or support A, the spiked end H, and the

page_text: cross piece E with the braces D, D, rivetted together, and the semicircular socket B, to
support a pole C horizontally, substantially as herein described and according to the
accompanying drawings.
Secondly: The apparatus to be inserted in a corn or hay rick to receive an ordinary
pole to support the canvass, or any other waterproof cover, to prevent rain water
making its way into a rick before it is thatched, substantially as herein described.
Thirdly: The standards to be composed of wrought, east, or malleable iron, wood
or of any other material, substantially as herein described and according to the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 291th dow of Iul„ 1900
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.