Improvements in Hangers or Carriers for Shafting.
Year: 1885

page_text: Improvements in Hangers or Carriers for Shafting.
I, MOSES FINNEY, of the Columbia Engineering Works, Holliday Street
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Engineer do hereby declare the nature
of said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN HANGERS OR CARRIERS FOR SHAFTING
to be as follows:-
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Convertible hangers brackets or carriers for shafting as heretofore usually made
have been open to objection owing to the considerable weight of metal necessary
to form a complete hanger stand or bracket and some forms have been such as
could not be easily erected or adjusted. Moreover in some cases set screws havo
been employed for the purposes of adjustment and they have been liable to become
loese and inoperative owing to the vibration of the beam, wall, floor, or other
structure to which the hanger bracket or support has been secured, thus rendering
constant attention necessary to prevent breakage or accident.
Now according to this invention the fixing or bearing is secured to the hanger
bracket or support by bolts that traverse a slot or opening formed in the hanger
bracket or support, and wherein such bolts can be adjusted. The face of the
hanger bracket or support is planed so that the centre of the fixing or bearing
may be accurately marked off by a template at any required distance from the
said face.
By the use of hangers brackets or supports formed with planed or truly flat
faces to receive the fixings or bearings and arranging the latter with their centres
at equal distances from the faces against which they are respectively fixed, the
said centres may be readily placed in line by arranging the said faces in a common
plane and then adjusting the fixings or bearings upon them.
It will also be noted that by the arrangements described the fixings or bearings
are removeable or interchangeable.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings Fig. 1 is a side
view and Fig. 2 a front or face view of a hanger embodying this invention.
Fig. 3 shows the support arranged as a bracket whilst Fig. 4 shows it arranged
as a standard. a is the hanger bracket or support (as the case may be) and b is
the slot formed therein. c is the face that is planed or made truly flat and d is
the fixing or bearing secured thereto by bolts e and capable of adjustment thereon
as described.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hangers or Carriers for Shafting.
I, MOSES FINNEY, of the Columbia Engineering Works, Holliday Street,
Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particu-
.larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
Convertible hangers brackets or carriers for shafting as heretofore usually made
have been open to objection owing to the considerable weight of metal necessary
to form a complete hanger stand or bracket and some forms have been such as
could not be easily erected or adjusted. Moreover in some cases set screws have
been employed for the purposes of adjustment and they have been liable to become
loose and inoperative owing to the vibration of the beam, wall, floor, or other
structure to which the hanger bracket or support has been secured, thus rendering
constant attention necessary to prevent breakage or accident.
Now according to this invention the fixing or bearing is secured to the hanger
bracket or support by bolts that traverse a slot or opening formed in the hanger
bracket or support, and wherein such bolts can be adjusted. The face of the
hanger bracket or support is planed so that the centre of the fixing or bearing
may be accurately marked off by a template at any required distance from the
said face.
By the use of hangers brackets or supports formed with planed or truly flat
faces to receive the fixings or bearings and arranging the latter with their centres
at equal distances from the faces against which they are respectively fixed, the
said centres may be readily placed in line by arranging the said faces in a common.
plane and then adjusting the fixings or bearings upon them.
It will also be noted that by the arrangements described the fixings or bearings
are removeable or interchangeable.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, Fig. 1 is a side
view and Fig. 2 a front or face view of a hanger embodying this invention.
Fig. 3 shows the support arranged as a bracket whilst Fig. 4 shows it arranged as
a standard. Fig. 5 is a hanger.
a is the hanger bracket or support (as the case may be) and b is the slot
formed therein. c is the face that is planed or made truly flat and d is the fixing
or bearing secured thereto by bolts e and capable of adjustment thereon as
described.
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
As means for supporting or carrying shafting a hanger or carrier comprising
with alone face and a fixing or bearing such as d

page_text: having a similar plane face applied to that of the bracket or support by a bolt
or bolts passing through the slot or slots, substantially as described with reference
to and illustrated by the drawings annexed and for the purpose specified whether
the bracket or support be arranged as a standard or as a bracket or as a banger.