provements in Adjustable Stove Casters.
Year: 1893

page_text: being date of first Foreign Application (in 25th Feb., 1893
United States of America),
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 31st July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 31st July, 1893-Accepted, 9th Sept., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Adjustable Stove Casters.
1, ZACHARIAH DOUGLAS MORROW, of Franklin, in the County of Morgan and
State of Illinois, United States of America, Gentleman, 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 which can be readily applied
to any stove leg so that the stove may be easily moved. This object I accomplish
by the use of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings and the
invention consists in certain novel features of the same hereinafter described and
claimed.
In the drawings just referred to Figure 1 is a side view of a caster provided
with my improvements, showing it in its operative position. Fig. 2 is a front
view of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views, and Fig. 5 is a view of a modi-
fication.
The caster rollers A are of the usual or any preferred construction and need not
be particularly described herein.
At about
The base plate B, upon which the rollers are hung, is provided at its rear end
with an upwardly turned projection or flange C which is adapted to fit snugly
against the rear concave side of the stove leg as shown in Fig. 1.
the center of the base plate, on the upper side of the same, I provide the
perforated ear or lug D having a series of radial notches or grooves E in one side.
To this ear or lug I secure a brace or standard F which is provided at its lower
end with a series of radial projections or ribs G adapted to engage the notches
or grooves E. It is obvious that by varying the engagement of these ribs and
grooves the brace or standard can be adjusted to any desired angle; it is held
in its adjusted position by means of a bolt H, inserted through the lug D and
the end of the brace, and a thumb nut I mounted on the end of the bolt and
adapted to be turned home against the side of the lug. The upper end of the
brace or standard is made U-shape or provided with diverging arms J which, in
practice, pass on opposite sides of the stove leg and thereby prevent the brace
slipping therefrom.
At the rear end of the base plate, I provide the lip K in which a thumb screw
is mounted and on the front end of the said screw I swivel a out or binding
plate M, as shown. This binding plate is adapted to be turned up against the
stove leg and aid in holding the caster thereto, as will be readily understood, but
its presence is not absolutely necessary and it may be omitted or dispensed with
if desired. This modified construction is illustrated in Fig. 5.
The manner of using the caster will, it is thought, be readily comprehended.
One corner of the stove is lifted slightly by means of any convenient lever and
the caster placed in position under the stove leg. If the stove be now lowered,
the leg will pass between the brace and the quadrangular flange will prevent the
caster from slipping rearward away from the base plate while the brace or

page_text: standard will effectually prevent slipping in any other direction so that when a
caster has been applied to the leg at each corner, the stove will be firmly
supported and can be easily moved about.
My device is very simple and will prove of great value to stove merchants in
displaying their goods and to house keepers in moving stoves for house cleaning
purposes.
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 stove caster having its base plate provided with a flange to engage the rear
side of the stove leg, and having a brace adjustably secured upon the base plate and
adapted to engage the front side of the stove leg.
2. A stove caster having its base plate provided with a flange to bear against the
rear side of the stove leg, and having a brace rising from its base plate and
provided with diverging arms to engage the sides of the stove leg.
3. In a stove caster, the combination of the base plate having a flange to engage
the stove leg and a lug provided with radial grooves in its side, a brace adapted to
engage the store leg and provided with radial ribs adapted to engage said grooves,
a bolt inserted through the lug and the end of the brace, and a thumb nut mounted
on the end of the bolt.
4. In a stove caster, the combination with the base plate, of a brace rising
therefrom, and a screw mounted on the base plate and having a binding plate
swiveled on its front end.
5. In a stove caster, the combination with the base plate, of a brace rising
therefrom and engaging the front side of the stove leg, a curved flange bearing
against the rear side of the stove leg, and a screw mounted on the base plate in
rear of said flange and carrying a binding plate adapted to bear against the
stove leg.
Dated this Eighth day of July 1893.
ZACHARIAH DOUGLAS MORROW.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.