Improved Apparatus for Conveying, Sliding, Turning, and Twisting Divisions used for School and other Rooms
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Oct 1894
Complete Specification Left, 1st July, 1895-Accepted, 3rd Aug, 1895
Improved Apparatus for Conveying, Sliding, Turning, and Twisting
Divisions used for School and other Rooms.
I, WILLIAM FRANCIS SMITH HOLT of Upper Croft Works, Bowling Back
Lane Bradford Yorkshire, Revolving Shutter Manufacturer do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows
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Hitherto the divisions of school and other 100ms have been made to slide
houzontally and had to be lifted in and out of position by hand labour or were
hinged and were made like shutters to overlap each other now as this system has
proved to be both inconvenient unsightly and very liable to get out of repair I
have invented an apparatus which makes it possible to form a partition or remove
the same without taking it down by hand labour, without hinges and which is
capable of being placed one behind the other at each end of the division without
being ungeared and which gives a pleasing effect as a pilaster,
The object is attained by the introduction of a swivel and other apparatus
which I shall describe later
Each door is made in the ordinary manner but is suspended from its conter
above by means of a swivel with ball bearings which is attached to the axle of
two wheels which tun upon two inils that extend the full length of the division,
upon these two rails the door may be pushed from end to end the whole apparatus
is covered by means of boxing or other ornamental work so that nothing is seen.
At the bottom of each door forming the division and partly above and partly
below the foo line is another swivel to which is attached a castor with ball
bearings and to the swivel is fixed a encula pulley with ball bearings this pulley
8 placed between metal plates and is intended to prevent friction and oscillation,
the swivel enables the door or portion of a division to be turned or twisted at any
position on the floor, at the bottom of the swivel is attached a castor with ball
bearings this is to steady the division and to facilitate the running to and fio.
I will now describe the diawings which accompany this Specification.
Fig 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a division.
Fig. 2 is a vertical section through Fig. 1 to a larger scale.
A is a swivel from which the division hangs with ball bearings
Bis the axle and plate connecting the wheels.
Cepresents the wheels.
Depresents the rails upon which the wheels un.
E is the division.
Fis the boxing enclosing the apparatus.
G is the swivel attached to the bottom of the division.
His the castor with ball bearings.
I is the circular pulley with ball bearings
Jepresents the inetal plates against which the cucular pulley runs.
K is the floor line of the school or room.
Dated this 29th day of September 1894.
HENRY PERCIVAL DAWSON.

page_text: Improved Apparatus for Conveying, Sliding, Turning, and Twisting
Divisions used for School and other Rooms.
I, WILLIAM FRANCIS SMITH HOLT of Upper Croft Works, Bowling Back
Lane Bradford, Yorkshire, Revolving Shutter Manufactuer 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.-
-
Hitherto the divisions of school and other rooms have been made to slule
honzontally and had to be lifted in and out of position by hand labour or were
hinged and were made like shutters to overlap each other, now as this system hins
proved to be both inconvenient unsightly and very liable to get out of repair
I have invented an apparatus which makes it possible to form a partition or remove
the same without taking it down by hand labour, without hinges and which is
capable of being placed one behind the other at each end of the division without
being ungeared and which gives a pleasing effect as a pilaster.
The object is attained by the introduction of a swivel and other apparatus
which I shall describe later.
Each door is made in the ordinary manner but is suspended from its center
above by means of a swivel with ball bearings which is attached to the axle of
two wheels which tun upon two 1ails that extend the full length of the division,
upon these two rails the door may be pushed from end to end, the whole
apparatus is covered by means of boxing or other ornamental work so that
nothing is seen
At the bottom of each door forming the division and partly above and partly
below the Hoor line is another swivel to which is attached a castor with ball
bearings and to the swivel is fixed a circular pulley with bail bearings this pulley
is placed between metal plates and is intended to prevent friction and oscillation,
the swivel enables the door or portion of a division to be turned or twisted at any
position on the floor at the bottom of the swivel is attached a castor with ball
beatings this is to steady the division and to facilitate the unming to and fro.
I will now descube the drawings which were deposited with the Provisional
Specification and which are intended to be used along with this application.
Fig is a front elevation of a portion of a division.
Fig 2 is a vertical section through Fig. 1 to a larger scale.
A is a swivel from which the division hangs with ball bearings.
B is the axle and plate connecting the wheels.
C represents the wheels
Depresents the rail upon which the wheels inn.
E is the division.
Fis the boxing enclosing the apparatus.
Gis the swivel attached to the bottom of the division.
His the castor with ball bearings
I is the cucular pulley with ball bearings.
Jrepresents the metal plates against which the cucular pulley runs.
K is the floor line of the school or other room.
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
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page_text: appendages for the purpose of conveying, sliding, turning and twisting of divisions
for school and other rooms substantially as herein described and illustrated.
Dated this 29th day of June 1895.
HENRY PERCIVAL DAWSON, F.S.P.A.,
21 Barstow Square, Wakefield, Agent for Applicant.