Improvements in Castors or their Equivalents for Furniture and the like.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 14th May, 1889-Accepted, 29th June, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Castors or their Equivalents for Furniture and
the like.
1, RICHARD HARRIS ELGOOD, of Peacock Lane, Leicester Art Metal Worker, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide a castor for furniture and the like which
shall be simple in construction, easy of application and cheap as regards cost.
The principal objection to many of the castors at present in the market, is that they
are too expensive to be applied to the cheaper class of furniture, for which my
invention is more particularly adapted, although iny castors may be made of superior
material, and be utilized for the better description of furniture when required.
To carry out my invention I provide an end or cap of brass, iron, earthenware, or
other suitable material, the surface of which may be highly polished or burnished in
order to allow the castor to glide easily on the ground, and with less friction than would
be caused by the rough legs of the furniture, and thus prove nearly or quite as
effective for the purpose for which it is employed, as a ball, roller or other similar
castor. The face or portion which rests on the ground is preferably spherically curved
so as to present an easy curve in any direction. Projecting from the upper or flat
part or surface of the end or cap may be one or more suitable spikes or screws which can
be driven into the leg or other part of the furniture to which it is intended to apply
the castor by which may be secured. Or the spike or screws may project from a
flat, circular, or other suitably shaped plate secured to the upper surface of the castor
face by suitable means, and thus allow of the castor being readily removed.
Or I may provide a socket or cup of suitable size, shape and material, to receive any
projecting piece of furniture, and having if required one or more perforations at
convenient intervals in the case or sheath to admit of it being secured, with screws or
other suitable means to the part within the socket, the base of the socket or cup being
left sufficiently solid to allow of it being rounded and highly polished or burnished so
as to obviate friction with the ground on which it rests or slides.
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W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Castors or their Equivalents for Furniture and
the like.
1, RICHARD HARRIS ELGOOD of Peacock Lane, Leicester, Art Metal Worker 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 object of my invention is to provide a caster for furniture and the like, which
is simple in construction, easy of application, and cheap as regards cost.
The principal objection to many of the casters at present in the market, is that they
are too expensive to be applied to the cheaper class of furniture, for which my
invention is more particularly adapted, although my casters may be made of superior
material and be utilized for the better description of furniture when required.
To carry out my invention I provide an end or cap of brass, iron, earthenware, or
other hard material, the surface of which may be highly polished or burnished in order
to allow the caster to glide easily on the ground, and with less friction than would be

page_text: caused by the rough legs of the furniture alone, and thus prove nearly or quite as
effective for the purpose for which it is employed, as a ball, roller, or other similar
caster.
The face or portion which rests on the ground is preferably spherically curved so as
to present an easy curve in any direction; and to offer a minimized resistance when
the article is being moved along the ground. Projecting from the upper or flat part
or surface of the end or cap may be one or more suitable spikes or screws capable of
being driven into the leg or other part of the furniture to which it is intended to
apply the caster or cap, and by which it may be secured in position; or the spikes or
screws may project from a flat, circular, or other suitably shaped plate, secured to the
upper surface of the caster face by suitable means, and thus allow of the caster being
readily removed.
I may also when desirable construct a socket or cup of suitable size, shape
& material to receive the leg or any projecting piece of furniture, and having if
required one or more perforations at convenient intervals in the case or sheath to
admit of being secured, with screws or equivalent means to the part within the socket,
the base of the socket or cup being left sufficiently solid to allow of it being rounded
and highly polished or burnished so as to diminish friction with the ground on which
it rests or slides.
The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention and shew various modifications
thereof.
Figure 1 shews in sectional elevation & Figure in elevation a caster formed in
connection with a cup or
socket. Figure 1 shows a square cup or socket &
Figure 2 a circular cup or socket.
The highly burnished end or cap B is secured to the base of the socket H by means
of a projection B¹ on the upper surface of the cap or end B rivetted over to form a
head or by other means.
The cup or socket A is secured to the leg of the article of furniture by means of
screws passing through the holes A¹.
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Figure 3 represents an elevation and Figure 4 a section of a modification differing
from the preceding figures in the fact that the cap or end B is not fixed firmly to the
cup or socket A but is capable of rotating in a horizontal plane when the article of
furniture to which it is applied is moved in a direction to cause it to so turn.
Figures 5 and 6 represent sectional elevations of caps or ends C having a screw (1
connected to their upper surface, and by which they can be secured to the article of
furniture. In Figure 5 the upper surface of the end or cap is constructed of a square
section, and in Figure 6 of a circular section.
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:
:
The construction or employment of a cap. c
or end for furniture and the like,
substantially as is described and illustrated in an accompanying drawings.
RICHARD HARRIS ELGOOD.
W. P. Thompson and Boult,
Agents for the Applicant..