Improvements in the Construction of Hangers, Brackets, or the like, and Pedestals for use therewith.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 3rd Mar., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Hangers, Brackets, or the like,
and Pedestals for use therewith.
I, ARNOLD GOODWIN the younger, of 56 Sumner Street, Southwark, in the
County of London, Engineer, 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:-
A common way, of securing pedestals in an adjustable manner to hangers,
brackets and the like, for example floor standards, has been by bolts having
T-shaped heads arranged to work in a correspondingly shaped groove in the
hanger, bracket or floor standard, the adjustment being effected by moving the
pedestal more or less, according to requirement, by hand. With this arrangement
however, there is liability of the pedestal becoming displaced should the nuts of the
fastening bolts become slightly slackened through vibration or jar, and when screws
are provided to permit of a finer adjustment of the pedestal and to obviate liability
of the pedestal to slip, the cost of the hanger, bracket or floor standard and its
pedestal is considerably increased.
Now this invention has reference to the construction of hangers, brackets and
floor standards and their pedestals in such a way as to obviate, in a simple and
economical manner, liability of the pedestals slipping should the nuts of their
fastening bolts become slightly accidentally slackened from any cause, and so as to
permit of the pedestal being adjusted within definite limits such as will usually
suffice in practice.
For this purpose I construct the hanger, pedestal or floor standard and its
pedestal with corresponding interlocking teeth or projections and recesses adapted
to engage with each other so that when the pedestal is bolted to the hanger bracket
or floor standard it will be effectually prevented from moving thereon, as I will now
proceed to explain by aid of the accompanying drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a front view; and
Fig. 2 a side view, partly in section, of a hanger constructed according to this
invention; and
Fig. 3 is a side view of a pedestal adapted for use therewith.
Fig. 4 is a cross section of the hanger on the line of Fig. 2 together with one
of the fastening bolts and nuts.
The hanger 1 shown, as will be seen, is of ordinary construction except that at
each side of the longitudinal groove 2 therein in which the fastening bolts 3 are
vertically adjustable, there is a series of alternately arranged teeth or projections +
and recesses 5 the arrangement resembling a rack, and on the back of the pedestal 6
are transverse teeth or projections 7 adapted to enter the recesses 5 and thus
interlock with the teeth 4. As will be seen the arrangement is such that when the
pedestal is bolted in place the teeth will act to effectually support the pedestal
vertically and prevent it from slipping downward even though the nuts 3* on the
fastening bolts 3 should become slightly slack, whilst by slackening the nuts to a
sufficient extent, the pedestal can be adjusted vertically to the extent of the pitch
of the teeth, or a multiple thereof. By turning the hanger upside down it may be
used as a floor standard for carrying the pedestal.
Fig. 5 is a side elevation, partly in section, Fig. 6 a plan, and Fig. 7 a cross
section on the line 'Fig. 5 showing my invention applied to a wall bracket
and adjustable pedestal. The construction and arrangement of the teeth and
recesses in this case are the same as in the preceding arrangement, like parts in the
two arrangements having corresponding reference figures.

page_text: As will be obvious the form and arrangement of the teeth, stops, pins or other
projections and the corresponding recesses and their distance apart, can be varied to
suit requirement.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
The construction of hangers, brackets and the like and adjustable pedestal
therefor with interlocking teeth, stops, pins or other projections and recesses
substantially as described and shown for the purpose specified.
Dated this 25th day of January 1894.
For the Applicant,
W. LLOYD WISE,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.