An Improvement in and relating to Cradles or Boats used for the purpose of Restoring, Painting, Pointing, or the Repairing and the like of Buildings.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 18th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 14th Mar., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in and relating to Cradles or Boats used for the
purpose of Restoring, Painting, Pointing, or the Repairing and
the like of Buildings.
JOSEPH HASTINGS ANDREWS 53 Golborne Road Westbourne Park London,
Jobbing Builder do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This boat is with two uprights standards to carry the boat & any weight that
may be required to carry on equel balance. Each side of the standard has got
two slides which is fixed on the standards that allow the cradle to work in a slide
up & down. At the top of each of the two standards is a wheel the cradle or boat
works on by means of a chain or a rope. There are two counterbalancing weights
on the other side which works in a slide the same as the cradle or boat.
Dated this 18th day of March 1895.
JOSEPH HASTINGS ANDREWS.
An Improvement in and relating to Cradles or Boats used for the
purpose of Restoring, Painting, Pointing, or the Repairing and
the like of Buildings.
I JOSEPH HASTINGS ANDREWS of No. 1 Aberdeen Place Edgware Road late
of 53 Golborne Road Westbourne Park, both in the County of Middlesex
Jobbing Builder 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 boat is with two uprights standards to carry the boat and any weights that
may be requested and to carry on equil balance Each of the standards have two
slides one for the boat and one for the balance weights to allow the boat to work
up and down at pleasure by means of either rope or chain.
Figure 1 is one of a pair of standards which are raised against the front of a
house separated by the length of the boat. Each standarde is made in three or
more lengths of ten feet each which are connected as shown in Figure 2. The
boat slides in a groove on the inner side of each standard and is connected
with a counterbalance weight slideing on the outer side of each. Fig. One shows
the inner slide of a standard. A the standard. B, B, B, B, are runners bolted
on at regular intervals these form the grove in which the boat C slides, E to
which the boat is attached has 4 small wheels running on the groove to lesson
friction F is the chain or rope passing over the wheel M which is connecting the
boat with the weight D, H, K, L, are for securing the standard to the ground
front and roof of house J is a spring to form a break should the boat slide down
too quickly N is an appliance for raising or lowering materials I are bolts which
secure the three or more lengths of the standards when erected.

page_text: Fig. 2 shows method of erecting or detaching standards, each length is made
hollow and the lengths G G the dovetards give greater security and the bolts
marked keep inner peices G. G. in position. F. 3 is a section of a standard
shewing the slides on opposite sides and the hollow for the length G. G.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in wliat manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
An improvement in and relating to cradle or boats used for the purpose of
restoring painting or the repairs and the like of buildings substantially as herein
set forth above and described.
J. H. ANDREWS.