Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 23rd Nov., 1895
We, ANGELICA HOFHEIMER and LAURA HOFHEIMER, of 166 Pacific Street,
in the City of Brooklyn, County of Kings and State of New York, United States
of America, 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 :-
This invention relates to castors for supporting articles of furniture, such as beds,
tables, bureaus, pianos, etc. and the object thereof is to provide an improved device
of this class which is simple in construction and operation and which may be secured
in position, so as to be incapable of accidental removal; and with this and other
objects in view the invention consists in the construction combination and arrange-
ment of parts hereinafter described and claimed.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following Specification, of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, in which :-
Fig. 1, is a central vertical section of the lower part of a leg of an article of
furniture provided with my improvement;
Fig. 2, a similar view, showing the method of connecting the castor with the leg;
and,
Fig. 3, a bottom plan view with the castor removed.
In the above described drawing, A represents the lower portion of the leg of
an article of furniture, and in the practice of my invention, I secure to the bottom
thereof, a plate B, which is of the exact shape and size thereof, and which is
provided with an upwardly directed tubular extension C, adapted to fit in a central
bore formed thereon, in the leg as clearly shown in Fig. 2.
The tubular extension C, on the plate B, is screw threaded on its inner
surface and adapted to receive a corresponding screw threaded shank D, secured
to, or which is formed on the bead E, of the side jaws F, and between which the
roller is revolubly mounted.
Between the head E, and the plate B, is a plate or washer H, which may be
formed on or connected with the shank D, and said shank may be formed on the
head E, of the jaws F, or secured thereon in any desired manner, and said head
and jaws may if preferred, be revolubly mounted on the lower end of said shank.
The plate B, is secured to the bottom of the leg A, by screws or bolts, or in any
other way, and by means of this construction, I provide a revoluble castor and one
which cannot be accidentally removed or will not drop out when the article with
which it is connected is raised.
It will be apparent that the shank B, is revoluble in the tubular extension C,
according to the construction shown and described, but as hereinbefore stated,
the jaws F, between which the roller G, is mounted, may be revoluble on the
shank D, if desired.
My invention is not limited to the exact form, construction and arrangement of
parts shown, and I therefore reserve the right to make all such alterations as fairly
come within the scope thereof.
Having fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters
Patent-
1. The combination with a leg, of an article of furniture, of a plate secured to
the bottom thereof, and provided with an upwardly directed tubular extension,

page_text: which is screw threaded on its inner surface, and adapted to fit within a bore
formed in the leg, and to receive the shaft of the castor which is screw threaded
and adapted to enter said tubular extension, substantially as shown and described.
2. The combination with a leg, of an article of furniture, of a plate secured to
the bottom thereof, and provided with an upwardly directed tubular extension,
which is screw threaded on its inner surface, and adapted to fit within a bore
formed in the leg and to receive the shaft of the castor which is screw threaded
and adapted to enter said tubular extension, said shaft being provided with a
shoulder or washer between the bottom of the leg and the head of the jaws between
which the roller is mounted, substantially as shown and described.
3. In a castor, the combination of the jaws between which the roller is mounted,
a screw threaded shaft, connected with the head, by which the jaws are united,
and a shoulder or washer thereon, said screw threaded shaft being adapted to enter
a screw threaded tubular extension formed on a plate which is adapted to be
secured to the bottom of the leg of an article of furniture, substantially as shown
and described.
Dated the 16th day of October 1895.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4 South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.