Improvements in Stagings.
Year: 1890

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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stagings.
I CHARLES ALBERT DODGE of 326 Albany Street, Boston, in the County of Suffolk
and State of Massachusetts, United States of America Inventor, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
In the erection of walls of buildings it is frequently desirable to have the masons
inside of the building, instead of upon the outside, and this is necessary when they are
working on party-walls. In these cases the platform on which they stand to do their
work is more conveniently supported by horses which rest upon the floors of the
building than by stagings carried up from the ground; but hitherto these platforins
have been temporary structures which have been nailed together to prepare them for
use and have not been composed of systematically-assembled parts which could be
transferred bodily from one floor to another and the floors of which could be raised
while the work was going on, so as to keep the materials and the wall at substantially
uniform levels. The object of this invention is to meet the above requirements.
In the drawings,
Figure 1 is a perspective of a wall with an interior staging erected against it, and
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.
Like letters represent like parts in both figures.
A is the front horse and B. the rear horse of the staging. The front horse A is to
be set about sixteen inches from the face of the wall, and the rear horse is to be about
four or five feet from the front horse. The front horse A is taller than the rear
horse B. These horses are to be set up on the floor at intervals of ten or eleven feet
for the support of the staging-floor. Each horse is made, as shown, of two standards a,
separated from each other by a short interval-say about three inches, it may be less
and it may be more and these standards are perforated with holes, as shown, about
twelve inches apart for the passage of supporting-pins. These standards a are
mortised or otherwise firmly united with the foot b, and are braced strongly, so as to
make a firm connection between the foot and the standard by the braces c. A putlog D
is placed between these standards and is supported on the pins d, as shown. On this
putlog are erected, close to the place where it passes through the front standard A,
the posts e, and at a proper distance apart from them other posts f, and these posts
carry a cross-bar g, which posts and cross-bar for a bench-frame for supporting the
table h. The cross-bar 9 is long enough to extend through the interval between the
standards, as shown in Figure 2. A pink is passed through the put log, close to
the place where it extends through the standard A, and serves to prevent the standard
from being thrown forward toward the wall. Another pin k passes through the
cross-bar g and confines that also to the standard A. The posts e on the inside of
the standard A are close enough to it to keep this standard straight and firm.
Another pin passes through the putlog behind the standard B. A jack-beam J is
passed through the intervals of the standards A and B below the putlog D; and on this
jack-beam are placed the jacks j, which may be operated to raise the putlog.
Upon the end of the putlog toward the wall is a platform of loose boards h,
g

page_text: and on the outer side of the bench another platform of loose boards is laid. The
masons stand on the platform h¹ and their materials are delivered to them on the
table of the bench. The tenders ascend in any usual way to the platform h³ and
pass back and forth along that, delivering the materials to the table for the use of the
masons. The putlog and all it carries may be jacked up a hole and then pinned,
the jacks run down, and the jack-beam lifted the height of a hole on the standard and
the platform again jacked up as the wall is raised. Occasionally as the platform is lifted
quite high it will be desirable to put in a temporary brace m, as shown; but this brace
will not be needed when the platform is near the lower part of the standards. If
desired, the horse B may be moved close up to the bench-post fand the laborers' floor
be laid outside of the standards B, instead of inside, as shown. This might become
desirable in cases where the workmen were cramped for room. It will be seen that
this structure is of a comparatively permanent character, can be readily taken to pieces
and moved from one floor to another, and the working-platform can be raised so as to
always bring the table h of the bench at about the height of the top of the wall, so
that the workmen should have but little distance to raise their material in order to
use it.
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 :
J. The combination of the standards A. B as described, with the putlog D, posts e f
and cross-bar g, and with the pins k k¹, substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. The combination of the standards A B with the putlog D and jack-beam J,
inserted between the parts a of the standards, said jack-beam being adapted to be
moved vertically upward beneath the putlog and repinned in a new place as desired,
and with the jacks j, all operating together substantially as and for the purpose
described.
3. The combination of the standards A B with the putlog D, placed between them
and carrying the bench-support e fg, the edge of the post e of which rests against the
edge of the standard A, and with the pins k k¹ arranged and operating in combination
with said standard A, substantially as and for the purpose described.
Dated this 19th day of Inl 1890
F. W. BARKER,
Applicant's Agent.

page_text: Complete Specification Left. 12th July, 1890-Accepted, 39th Aug., 1990
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stagings.
I CHARLES ALBERT DODGE of 326 Albany Street, Boston, in the County of Suffolk
and State of Massachusetts, United States of America Inventor, do bereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
In the erection of walls of buildings it is frequently desirable to have the masons
inside of the building, instead of upon the outside, and this is necessary when they are
working on party-walls. In these cases the platform on which they stand to do their
work is more conveniently supported by horses which rest upon the floors of the
building than by stagings carried up from the ground; but hitherto these platforms
have been temporary structures which have been nailed together to prepare thein for
use and have not been composed of systematically-assembled parts which could be
transferred bodily from one floor to another and the floors of which could be raised
while the work was going on, so as to keep the materials and the wall at substantially
uniform levels. The object of this invention is to meet the above requirements.
In the drawings,
Figure 1 is a perspective of a wall with an interior staging erected against it, and
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.
Like letters represent like parts in both figures.
A is the front horse and B. the rear horse of the staging. The front horse A is to
be set about sixteen inches from the face of the wall, and the rear horse is to be about
four or five feet from the front horse. The front horse A is taller than the rear
horse B. These horses are to be set up on the floor at intervals of ten or eleven feet
for the support of the staging-floor. Each horse is made, as shown, of two standards a,
separated from each other by a short interval-say about three inches, it may be less
and it may be more-and these standards are perforated with holes, as shown, about
twelve inches apart for the passage of supporting-pins. These standards a are
mortised or otherwise firmly united with the foot b, and are braced strongly, so as to
make a firm connection between the foot and the standard by the braces c. A putlog D
is placed between these standards and is supported on the pins d, as shown. On this
putlog are erected, close to the place where it passes through the front standard A,
the posts e, and at a proper distance apart from them other posts f, and these posts
carry a cross-bar 9₁ which posts and cross-bar forn: a bench-frame for supporting the
table h. The cross-bar 9 is long enough to extend through the interval between the
standards, as shown in Figure 2. A pink is passed through the put log, close to
the place where it extends through the standard A, and serves to prevent the standard
from being thrown forward toward the wall. Another pink passes through the
cross-bar g and confines that also to the standard A. The posts e on the inside of
the standard A are close enough to it to keep this standard straight and firm.
Another pink passes through the putlog behind the standard B. A jack-beam J is
passed through the intervals of the standards A and B below the putlog D, and on this
jack-beam are placed the jacks j, which may be operated to raise the putlog.
Upon the end of the putlog toward the wall is a platform of loose boards h³,
g

page_text: and on the outer side of the bench another platform of loose boards is laid. The
masons stand on the platforın h¹ and their materials are delivered to them on the
table of the bench. The tenders ascend in any usual way to the platform 2 and
pass back and forth along that, delivering the materials to the table for the use of the
masons. The putlog and all it carries may be jacked up a hole and then pinned,
the jacks run down, and the jack-beam lifted the height of a hole on the standard and
the platform again jacked up as the wall is raised. Occasionally as the platform is lifted
quite high it will be desirable to put in a temporary brace m, as shown; but this brace
will not be needed when the platform is near the lower part of the standards. If
desired, the horse B may be moved close up to the bench-post fand the laborers' floor
be laid outside of the standards B, instead of inside, as shown. This might become
desirable in cases where the workmen were cramped for room. It will be seen that
this structure is of a comparatively permanent character, can be readily taken to pieces
and moved from one floor to another, and the working-platform can be raised so as to
always bring the table of the bench at about the height of the top of the wall, so
that the workmen should have but little distance to raise their material in order to
use it.
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. The combination of the standards A. B as described, with the putlog D, posts ef,
and cross-bar g, and with the pins kk, substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. The combination of the standards A B with the putlog D and jack-beam J,
inserted between the parts a of the standards, said jack-beam being adapted to be
moved vertically upward beneath the putlog and repinned in a new place as desired,
and with the jacks j, all operating together substantially as and for the purpose
described.
3. The combination of the standards A B with the putlog D, placed between them
and carrying the bench-support e fg, the edge of the post e of which rests against the
edge of the standard A, and with the pins kk arranged and operating in combination
with said standard A, substantially as and for the purpose described.
Dated this 19th day of July 1890
F. W. BARKER,
Applicant's Agent.