US1155606A - Caster-mounting. - Google Patents

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A. H. NELLER- CASTER MOUNTING.

APPLICATION FILE-D JAN.25. 1915.

Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

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ALBERT H. HELLER, OF FAIRFIELD, IOWA, ASSIGNOR, OF ONE-THIRD T0 IRVING L. EALES AND ONE-THIRD TO FRANK S. BOIES, BOTH OF FAIRFIELD, IOWA.

CASTER-MOUNTING.

Application filed January 25, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. NnLLnn, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of F airfield, Jefferson county, Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Caster- Mountings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in caster mountings, and the object of my improvement is to supply for the legs of washing-machine tubs, mechanics work benches, stoves, articles of furniture or the like, means for movably seating and detachably securing casters thereon, adapted for convenient use in either placing the casters in operative location below and with relation to the article supported, but which may also be readily returned to their initial position, when it is desired to have the article stand unsupported by the casters. This object I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of one of my improved caster mountings, as secured upon the leg of a tub or other article, and in a position where the caster is below the level of the leg, but as yet not secured thereto by the detachable fastening-means. Fig. 2 is a like front elevation of said device, showing the caster elevated with relation to said leg and the latter resting unsupported thereby. Fig. 3 is a like elevation of the device with the caster secured to said leg by the detachable fastening-means, and supporting said leg detachably. Fig. 4: is a side elevation of said device. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the slideway of said device. Fig. 7 is a medial longitudinal section of said slideway.

Similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

My improved caster-mounting is primarily intended for use on the legs of a tub or washing-machine, but may be as conveniently and appropriately employed on any article of furniture or supported body.

The numeral 14 denotes the lower part of a leg or support of a tub or other body. Upon this leg a casting is detachably se- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 191.5.

Serial No. 4,265.

cured by means of screws 13 or other fastening means passed through orifices 7 and 8 in lugs or ears 1 and 5, the orifice 7 passing centrally through a cylindrical boss 4 on the ear 1. Said casting has a hollow part 2 raised above the level of the leg 14, and provided with a vertically arranged deep groove or slot 3 terminating just above the lower sloped part 6 whose lower horizontal edge serves as means for registering the bottom of the casting with the lower end of said leg. The casting also has integral pointed studs on its reverse face adapted to be driven into the abutting face of the leg 14: to aid in preventing sidewise movement of the casting.

The numeral 12 denotes a slide se'ated within the hollow of said casting and having a shank or bracketed part 11 extending outwardly through the slot 3 and carrying a tubular bearing 19 on its outer end. The interior bore of said bearing is open at the bottom, closed at the top, and receives the spindle 28 'of the forks 20 of a caster-Wheel 21 rotatably. The uper end of said spindle is headed on the sides and has a pointed head which carries the full weight of the supported body, and being pointedly pivoted, makes a free and easy moving swivel at 25 and an opening 26 formed in the bearing 19 leaves a tongue-part 27 adapted to be sprung inwardly under said head to retain the spindle in the bearing, without interfering with its rotation or rocking horizontally therein.

The slide bracket has also an integral es cutcheon or plate 15, one lateral edge of which is formed into detents 16 and 18 inclosing an open slot 17, an elongated depending swinging pawl 23 is suspended pivotally on the boss 4 of said casting and retained thereon by a washer 22 and a screw 13. This pawl has its lower end formed into an offset tooth 24L, and the pawl is located to hang adjacent to the teeth or detents l6 and 18, the tooth 24: being formed and adapted to fit into and become engaged with the walls of the cavity 17 between said teeth when moved past it slowly enough to permit gravity to act on the pawl to seat it therein. In the drawings, Fig. 1 shows the positions of the parts of the device when the body 14 is lifted, and in which the slide drops under the action of gravity to its lowermost position, with the caster-wheel 21 entirely below the lower limit of said body, and the pawl 23 having its detent 2 1 located above said slide to rest upon the inclined upper edge of said tooth 16. y

In Fig. 2 is shown the positions of the parts of the device when the leg 14 is resting directly upon the supportingsurface, with the slide and caster pushed to their uppermost limits of movement, the pawl 23 having its tooth 21- below and disengaged from the teeth 16 and 18. This position may be effected when the parts are as in Fig. 1, by

. dropping the supported body 14 rapidly so that the pawl 23 slides and bounces off from the sloping upper edge of the detent 16, so that while swinging outwardly it simultaneously passes the cavity 17 before it has a chance to swing back and enter it.

In Fig. 3, the detent 24: of said pawl is shown engaged in said cavity 17. This is effected by lowering the leg 14 from its position in Fig. l slowly which permits the pawl to move easily over the tooth 16 without swinging, so that by the action of gravity, its tooth 2-1 drops into the cavity 17, and the leg is fixedly supported upon the caster 21 thereunder.

WVhen the several legs of a tub or other article are thus equipped, the same may be tilted so as to cause the caster mount on each leg to be acted upon separately, with a minimum of effort, and very conveniently.

Having described my invention, what I moved past it relatively slowly.

2. A caster-mounting, comprising avertically groovedslideway mounted on a supported body, a slide mounted slidably in said slideway and having a bearing for acaster spindle, a caster whose spindle is mounted rotatably in said bearing, said slideway permitting movement of the slide downwardly sufficient to locate the caster below the lower limit of the supported body,

and means operable by gravity adapted to. engage and hold the said slide in its lower limit of movement when the slide is dropped past said means at a relatively low rate of speed.

Signed at Fairfield, Iowa, this 5th day of January 1915.

v ALBERT H. NELLER. Witnesses 7 JOHN F. READY, JAMES A. SHAW.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

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