Improvements in Brackets for Bearings of Shafting.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Aug., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 30th May, 1900-Accepted, 7th July, 1900
Improvements in Brackets for Bearings of Shafting.
I, PERCY BAYNARD HANDLEY, of the Firm of Bills, Handley and Co., of Summer
Row, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Engineers, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in brackets for bearings of
shafting and refers particularly to the supporting brackets of roller bearings
and which may be applied to various forms of bearings. By my improvements
I obtain a most true and perfect adjustment of the bearings with regard to the
shaft in any desired direction and without materially adding to the cost of manu-
facture.
it
In carrying my invention into effect I will first proceed to describe my
invention applied to a wall bracket which I prefer to form of cantilever shape
and on the top projecting arm of which I form a cylindrical boss having
a hole
bored and tapped therein and also having the centre part of the cylinder open
thus forming a double boss the two parts of which are connected together by a
top and bottom web so as to enable lock nuts of the same diameter as the cylinder
to be inserted between the two ends. A screw pin having a head forming
similar shaped screw socket is inserted in the first socket so that by the screwing
up or unscrewing of the pin in the socket the horizontal position can readily be
adjusted. In the latter or head socket a screw pin is inserted having a cup head
which fits the shaft bearing and by which one part of the vertical adjustment
is effected. A similar arrangement to that described above is formed upon the
lower part of the cantilever the cupped head of the vertical pin fitting the under-
side of the shaft bearing which is retained between the two and which may be
altered in position vertically by the said vertical pins which are locked in
position by the duplicate tommie nuts through which they are screwed when
being screwed into the cylindrical bosses. In the case of hanging brackets, the
same arrangement of bosses is provided with vertical cupped screw pins for sup-
porting the shaft bearing but in such cases I may dispense with the use of the
horizontal adjustment as being unnecessary.
The heads of the pins for gripping the bearing may be shaped to suit the
particular form of bearing to be supported and the cantilever and hanging
brackets may be designed to suit the particular requirements to be met with.
Dated this 20th day of August 1899
LEWIS WM. GOOLD,
Agent for Applicant,
5, Corporation Street, Birmingham.

page_text: similar head a¹ to that before described to the bracket and which is formed
and operates in a similar manner except that vertical instead of horizontal
adjustment is effected while the head of the pin B in this case is shaped to
fit the bearing Y of the shaft Z.
A similar arrangement is provided upon the lower part of the cantilever or
bracket the head of pin B fitting and supporting the underside of the shaft
bearing which is retained between the two heads 63 by which means the vertical
adjustment of the shaft bearing can be effected.
In the case of hanging brackets W such as shewn on Sheet 1 the same
arrangement of bosses a¹ with the vertical pins B having cup or other shaped
heads are provided for the vertical adjustment but in such cases the horizontal
adjustment not being much required does not form part of the arrangement
but can be applied equally as well in this case if so desired.
In the case of the double hangers shewn upon Sheet 3 I provide the lower
boss a with flanges a8 and a by which after the hanger has been placed in the
required position around the shaft Z the said boss is secured in the required
position by bolts or other suitable fastening.
The heads for gripping the bearings may be shaped to suit the particular
form of bearing to be supported and the cantlever and hanging brackets may be
designed to meet the particular requirements to be met with.
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:
1st Brackets or hangers for bearings of shafting characterized by a pair of
bosses each of which are socketted to receive screw pins and provided with a
lateral opening for receiving two lock nuts in combination with a pair of screw
pins having their heads shaped to secure the bearings and their respective stems
fitting the aforementioned sockets together with two pairs of lock nuts, each
pair contained within one of the said openings and into which the said screw
pins respectively take substantially for the purpose set forth.
2nd Brackets or hangers for bearings of shafting characterized by a pair of
bosses each of which are socketted to receive pins and provided with a lateral
opening for receiving two lock nuts with a pair of screw pins having their stems
fitting the aforementioned sockets together with two pairs of lock nuts each
pair contains within one of the said openings and into which the said screw
pins respectively take, in combination with a second pair of socketted bosses
mounted on the aforementioned screw pins with openings lock nuts and screw
pins for supporting bearing of shafting as set forth in Claim 1 substantially for
the purpose herein described.
Dated this 29th day of May 1900
LEWIS WM. GOOLD,
Agent for Applicant,
5, Corporation Street, Birmingham.