Improvements in the Method of Securing Brackets to Bearings, Bars, or other Stands for Window Fittings and General Purposes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 12th May, 1887
Complete Left, 11th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 6th Apr., 1888
Improvements in the Method of Securing Brackets to Bearings,
Bars, or other Stands for Window Fittings and General
Purposes.
I ALFRED YATES of Northgate Halifax in the county of York, Machine Maker do
hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
To attach brackets to bearings bars, or stands and the like, I form my brackets
with a screw or stood having a head and neck and at another portion of the bracket, a
finger, which may be also in the form of a second stud or screw, in the bearing to
which the bracket has to be attached, I punch or form holes sufficiently large to allow
the heads of the studs or screws to pass through, the holes are elongated by a slot
sufficiently large to take the neck of the stud or screw, the stud or screw is inserted in
the hole and the neck slides down the slot and is secured, the finger at the other end
of the bracket grips the rod, bar, or other bearing, and helps to securely retain the
bracket or vice versa; the studs may be upon the rods and the holes in the brackets,
to raise or lower the position of the brackets they are changed to a higher or lower
hole as required. The brackets may be elongated by the same principle or means, or
by a combination of the studs, and holes, and projections cast or formed on either of
the brackets and corresponding slots.
Dated this Eleventh day of May 1887
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in the Method of Securing Brackets to Bearings,
Bars, or other Stands for Window Fittings and General
Purposes.
I ALFRED YATES of Northgate, Halifax in the county of York, Machine Maker 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 :-
The object of my invention is to easily and readily attach or detach and adjust 5
brackets upon bars, stands, or other bearings, for shop fittings, or for any other
suitable purposes.
To attach brackets to bearings, bars or stands and the like, I form my brackets
with a screw or stud having a head and neck, and at another portion of the bracket a
finger, which may also be in the form of a second stud or screw in the bearing rod or
lever, to which the bracket has to be attached; I punch or form holes sufficiently large
to allow the head of the stud or screw to pass through, and the holes are elongated by
a slot sufficiently large to receive the neck of the stud or screw, the stud or screw is
inserted in the hole, and the neck slides down the slot and is secured.
The finger at the other end of the bracket grips the rod, bar or other bearing, and 1
helps to securely retain the bracket, or vice versa, the studs may be upon the rods, and
the holes in the brackets; to raise or lower the positions of the brackets, they are
changed to a higher or lower hole as required, the brackets may be elongated by the
same principle or means, or by a combination of the studs and holes, and projections
cast or formed on either of the brackets and corresponding slots.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of my improved bracket.
Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. 1. showing section of bar.
Fig. 3 is an elevation of my improved bracket with adjustable lengthening bar.
Fig. 4 is a plan of Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is an elevation similar to Fig. 3, but with plain lengthening bar.
Figs. 6 and 7 show elevation and plan of another form of bracket fitting into
opposite side of bar.
Figs. 8 and 8 shows elevation of toothed bars and brackets.
3
2
A is the bracket, B are the bearing bars, rods, or stands, preferably channelled at 3
one side C, D are the heads of studs or screws having necks, or only one headed stud
may be used, and finger D³, or a steadying stud D³, see Fig. 1.
E are the corresponding holes, and F the slots in the bars, rods, or bearings.
Hare the lengthening brackets which have similar studs and heads D¹, E¹ are corre-
sponding holes, and F slots in the brackets A. J is the finger at the other end of 8

page_text: the bracket A, which supports, bears up, or holds in position the lengthening
brackets H; K are a series of notches with which the fingers engage to keep the
lengthening bar at the required position lengthwise, or these may be dispensed with
and the lengthening bars may be plain, see Fig. 5, and so may be adjusted to the
smallest nicety.
The bearing rods are preferably formed with one level side, and the other a
channelled side, the channel being sufficiently deep that the heads of the studs do not
project beyond it. In some cases the brackets may be attached on the channel side of
the rod see Fig. 6 and 7.
Or as a modification of the above a toothed bar may be used, and a bracket A' with
corresponding toothed bearings L L, which when the bracket is raised, the bearings LL
are clear of the notches or teeth of the bar, and so can be raised or lowered, the
toothed bar may be toothed only on one side, and the bearings to correspond; or a
small worm L' on the bearing may gear into the teeth of the bar.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The use and employment of brackets with engaging studs, and channelled rods
or bars with slots, as and for the purposes shown and described.
2. The use and employment of the brackets with lengthening brackets and
channelled rods or bars as shown and described.
3. The use and employment of toothed bar with bracket having corresponding
toothed bearings L, L or worm L', as shown and described.
Dated this Tenth day of February 1888.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.