Improvements in
Year: 1896

page_text: I, JOHN HARRINGTON, of Claremont, West Street, Ryde, in the Isle of Wight,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of the horn piece or
body of furniture castors.
For this purpose I make. a blank of any suitable metal or alloy with a horn at
each end thereof and a transverse connecting piece. This blank is, by the aid of
suitable dies and pressure, bent into form so that the horns stand parallel to each
other and at right angles to the connecting piece, and the central portion of the
latter is bent into cylindrical form to receive the central pin. This cylinder may
be formed as a complete or almost complete cylinder, in which case a forked piece
of metal may be forced over the meeting parts thereof to give increased strength
and security thereto, and such forked piece of metal may be bent down over the
front of the horn piece or be carried across and down the back of the same. The
horns may also be formed with one or more strengthening ribs. Also, if desired,
a plate may be rivetted across the front of the horn piece. As a modification the
transverse part connecting the two horns may pass straight across and the part to
receive the central pin may be formed from a separate piece of metal bent to shape
and fixed to the transverse connecting piece.
Dated this 05th dor of Lun 1000
HARRIS & MILLS,
23 Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.
Improvements in the
1, JOHN HARRINGTON, of Claremont, West Street, Ryde, in the Isle of Wight,
Manufacturer, 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 invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of the horn-piece or
body of furniture castors, and is represented in the accompanying drawings in
which
Fig. 1 is a plan of one form of blank-used in the construction of a horn-piece.
Fig. 2 is a plan or top view and Fig. 3 is a side view of a horn-piece or castor
body formed from a blank such as that shown at Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a vertical section of a complete castor having a horn-piece of the
character shown at Figs. 2 and 3.
Fig. 5 is a plan of a horn-piece of slightly modified construction as compared
with that shown in the previous figures.

page_text: Fig. 6 is a vertical section of a horn-piece or castor body showing another slight
modification.
Fig. 7 is a plan showing another slight modification, the blank from which it is
formed being shown at Fig. 8, and
Fig. 9 is a vertical sectional elevation of a castor showing another slight
modification, and Fig. 10 is an underside view of the same without the castor
bowl.
In all the figs. like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
In constructing a horn-piece or castor body such as that shown at Figs. 2, 3, 4,
I first form from any suitable sheet metal or alloy a blank such as that represented
at Fig. 1 having a horn a at each end and a straight piece a' connecting the upper
parts of the two horns a a. This blank is, by the aid of suitable dies and pressure,
bent into form, as shown at Figs. 2 and 3, so that the horns a a stand parallel to
each other and at right angles to the connecting piece a¹, and the central portion
of the latter is bent into a partially cylindrical form in a vertical direction;
I then rivet a plate of metal a³ to the ends of the part a¹, so as to close the open
side of the cylindrically bent part thereof and thereby form a suitable fitting for
the swivelling pin b and at the same time prevent the opening out or deformation
of the same in use. If desired the horns aa may be formed with one or more
strengthening or stiffening ribs, as shown by broken lines in Fig. 1.
As a modification the transverse part a¹ of the blank may be made somewhat longer
between the horns a than that shown at Fig. 1 and the central portion thereof bent
into a complete cylinder or nearly so as represented at Fig. 5, in which case the
plate a merely forms a tie to retain the parts firmly in their correct position.
As a further slight modification a horn-piece of any of the forms shown may,
as shown at Fig. 6, have the plate a provided with an extension a³ bent at right
angles thereto and perforated in line with the fitting to receive the swivelling
pin b, thereby affording further security against deformation of the said fitting
in use.
A still further modification is shown at Fig. 7; in this case the transverse
piece a connecting the horns a a is, as shown at Fig. 8, shorter than in the
previous figs., and the fitting to receive the pin 6 is formed of a piece a of sheet
metal or alloy suitably bent and rivetted at each end to the back of the part a'.
At Figs. 9 and 10 the horns a are of slightly different form from that of the
previous figs., but the horn-piece is of generally similar form to that shown at
Fig. 7, having the connecting piece a' passing straight across from one horn to the
other; the fitting for the pin 6 is however formed of a casting or swaging o having
a square projection c¹ forming a rivet and fitting a square hole in the part a' to
which it is rivetted.
At Fig. 4 the central pin 6 is represented as part of a screw 6' fitted with a
shoulder plate or disc 63, but if desired the pin b may be connected with a suitable
socket 63 as shown at Fig. 9.
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 :-
1. A horn-piece for castors consisting of a sheet metal blank bent to shape and
having the horns, connected together by a transverse piece bent at right angles
thereto and forming part of said blank, substantially as herein set forth.
2. A horn-piece for castors consisting of a sheet metal blank bent to shape and
having the horns connected together by a transverse piece forming part of said
blank bent at right angles to the horns and bent at its centre to form a fitting for
the central pin around which the horn-piece swivels, and a tie plate rivetted to such
transverse piece, substantially as herein set forth.
3. A. horn-piece for castors consisting of a sheet metal blank bent to shape and
having the horns connected together by a transverse piece forming part of said
blank, a fitting for the pin around which the horn-piece swivels formed by

page_text: suitably bending such transverse piece, a tie plate rivetted to such transverse piece,
and a perforated extension of said plate fitting between the horns and passing.
underneath the aforesaid fitting, substantially as herein set forth.
4. A horn-piece for castors consisting of a sheet metal blank bent to shape and
having the horns connected together by a transverse piece forming part of said
blank, and a fitting for the pin around which the horn-piece swivels formed partly
of said transverse piece and partly of a tie plate rivetted to said transverse piece,
substantially as herein set forth.
5. A castor consisting of a horn-piece formed of a suitably shaped blank having
the horns connected together by a transverse piece at right angles to such horns,
and a fitting for the swivelling pin formed of a casting, swaging or bent sheet
metal rivetted to the said transverse piece connecting the horns, substantially as
herein set forth.
Dated this 24th day of March 1897.
HARRIS & MILLS,
23 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.