Improvements in Castors for Bedsteads and other Furniture.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 19th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 18th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 23rd May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Castors for Bedsteads and other Furniture.
I, HENRY GARNER, of 17, Sycamore Road, Handsworth, in the County of
Stafford, Manufacturer's Foreman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in castors for bedsteads and other
furniture, my objects being to construct a castor that may be readily attached to
the bedstead or other foot, or detached from the same when required, and very
easily turned upon or about the castor peg.
but
In carrying my invention into effect I construct the castor bracket from cast iron
or other metal having a boss or like part for the reception of the castor peg and
projecting ears or lugs for carrying the roller. The eye or hole in the boss for the
reception of the castor peg does not extend right through in the ordinary manner,
has a solid or closed end which I form as a conical seating for the reception of the
tapered end of the peg. The castor peg or pin which is cast with or securely
attached to the foot of the bedstead or other piece of furniture, in addition to a
tapered extremity, has also a circular groove cut within it to receive the nose or
end of the stud which I screw through the bracket for the purpose of preventing
its accidental detachment from the peg. The bracket is thus retained in position
upon the peg but in such a manner that it is free to be turned in a circular
direction, and may be readily detached when required by unscrewing the
small stud.
The weight on the bedstead or other leg is received from the tapered end of the
peg on to the conical seating of the bracket, this arrangement of the bearing
surfaces enabling the castor to be easily turned upon or about its peg.
Instead of a screw stud, I sometimes employ a plain tapered pin for securing the
bracket to the castor peg, preferably so forming the hole for its reception that the
pin shall project on each side of the bracket, and engage with the groove in
the castor peg in such a manner as to prevent its withdrawal, but without
obstructing the necessary circular movement. I also make other modification
to suit particular requirements, without departing from the essential features of
my invention.
Dated 10 1
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Improvements in Castors for Bedsteads and other Furniture.
I, HENRY GARNER, of Sycamore Road, Handsworth, in the County of Stafford,
Manufacturer's Foreman, 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in castors for bedsteads and other furniture,

page_text: my objects being to construct a castor that may be readily attached to the beasteau.
or other foot, or detached from the same when required, and very easily turned
upon or about the castor peg.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter
referred to.
Figure 1 is an elevation representing a bedstead or other foot having my
improved form of castor peg secured thereto.
Figure 2 is a side elevation with part in section, and Figure 3 an end elevation
illustrating one form of my improved attachment between the castor, and the peg,
the roller being omitted in Figure 3.
.
Figure 4 is a side elevation, and Figure 5 an end elevation of the spring catch
piece employed with the form of attachment illustrated at Figures 2 and 3.
Figure 6 is a sectional elevation representing another form of my improved
attachment between the castor and the peg.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
In carrying my invention into effect I construct the castor bracket from cast iron
or other metal having a boss or like part A for the reception of the castor peg, and
projecting ears or lugs such as A¹ for supporting the bearing or carrier pin B of the
roller C. The eye or hole in the boss A for the reception of the castor peg D does
not extend right through the boss as in the ordinary manner, but a solid or closed
end is provided, and a conical seating or bearing is formed thereon for the tapered
end of the peg, as illustrated in the drawings.
The castor peg or pin D is cast with or securely attached to the foot of the
bedstead or other piece of furniture, and in addition to a tapered extremity it has
also a circular groove cut within it, as shown at Figure 1, to receive the nose or
free end of the spring catch piece F, in the manner illustrated at Figures 2 and 3.
The spring catch piece is preferably of the form shown at Figures 4 and 5, one
end being rivetted or otherwise secured to the boss A of the bracket, whilst the
opposite end passes through a side hole or aperture in the boss, its nose or
The bracket is thus
extremity projecting into the groove of the castor peg.
retained in position upon the peg, but in such a manner that it is free to be turned
in a circular direction. The attachment or detachment of the bracket on the
complete castor is readily effected by forcing it on to the peg, or withdrawing it
from the same, the nose of the spring catch being pressed back automatically with
the movement of the bracket under the force applied to it, springing forward
again to engage with the groove when the peg is seated in position within the
bracket.
The weight on the bedstead or other leg is received from the tapered end
of the peg D on to the conical seating of the bracket, this arrangement of
the bearing surfaces enabling the castor to be easily turned upon or about
its peg.
Instead of a spring catch piece such as F as hereinbefore described, I sometimes
employ a screw stud such as G, Figure 6, having a nose or extremity suitably
I also
shaped for entering within the groove formed around the castor peg.
employ a plain tapered pin for securing the bracket to the peg, forming the hole
for its reception right through from side to side of the bracket, and in such a
position that the central part of the pin will project into the groove in the
castor peg.
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. In castors for bedsteads and other furniture the combination of a peg having
a tapered extremity with a roller bracket having a conical seating formed within it
substantially as and for the purposes described.
2. In castors for bedsteads and other furniture the combination of a grooved peg
having
a tapered extremity with a roller bracket having a conical seating formed

page_text: within it and provided with a catch piece or an internally projecting stud or pin
for connecting the bracket with the peg substantially as described.
3. The improved castors for bedsteads and for other purposes substantially as.
bereinbefore described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 17th day of April 1896.
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.