US1442697A - Cornice scaffold - Google Patents

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Patented Jan. 16, 1923. l i l I tiran .FRED RTHMANN, 0F BROOKLYN, NEJV YORK.

CORNICE scAFFoLo.

l Application niet Mai-chie, 192e. serial No. 543,699.

To @ZZ whomft't ymuy concern.' Y is supported, thelatter being retained in Be vitlniown that l, FnnoOn'riiiiANN, a this position in a manner hereinafter decitizen of the United States, and resident ot scribed, andby means oit cables 8 having one the city oi New York. borough ot. Brooklyn. oivtheir endssuitably anchored Vto a fixed 60 county ci Kings, and State oi New York, portion of the building,

have invented a new andimproved Cornice With a view of providing a base tor the ScaifoldLoi' which the following is a iull, scaffold I utilize a board or plate 9 whif.:h clear, and exact description, i may be attached to the ledge 7 by any suit- My invention relates to a scaffold, and able temporary means such nails 10, and 65 10 aims to provide a device of this nature parthis board carries the hinge portions 11 ticularly adapted for use in connection with which extend beyond the said ledge 7. Also cornice work. the board 9 carries members 12 by means oit It is a well appreciated iact that considerwhich cables 8 may be attached thereto. able dliiiculty has been experienced in reach- Referring to the usual construction ot the 70 ing a cornice vfor the purpose ot effecting scai'old it will be seen that thesame includes repairs, painting of the same, etc. and withy a pair of preferably quadrangular iframes this in mind my present invention aims to 13, each of which is conveniently constructed provide a scaffold of simple and inexpensive of a series of angle irons secured together by construction which may be utilized by a bolts 14 it being noted that connecting por- 75 repair man or by the usual householder, and tions 15 are provided between the frames 13 by means of which an operator will be with a view of connecting the same together, enabled to position a supporting member in and that the ends of the outer pair of consuch a manner that the cornice may readily nectin portions 15 are extended upwardly be repaired. beyon .the outer frame 13, then inwardly as 80 It is a further object of this invention to at 16 to a point adjacent the outer edge of provide a device of the character stated the ledge 7, subsequent to which they are capable of being disassembled so that the again extended upwardly and serve to supsame may be stored in a minimum amount port the rack 17. of space and i With a view of supporting the scaffold 85 Among further objects of this invention is proper by means of the plate 9 it will be that of providing a scaffold of the type deseen that as in Figure 2 the hinge portions scribed which may be readily handled by a 11 secured to the boa-rd 9 are adapted to rerelatively unskilled person and which will tain pins 18, and the latter preferably pass provide a structure insuring the safety of through openings in the portions 16 ot the 90 this person while e'ecting repairs upon the connecting members 15, and the suspend cornice and parts of a building adjacent to ing straps 19 preferably of iron have their the same. ends secured to the scaii'old, as indicated,

Still further objects of this invention will their bodies passing over `the bodies of the become apparent in. the annexed speciicapins 18. 95

40 tion, taken in connection with the drawings, Thus assuming that an operator desires which latter illustrate one practical 'emto properly position the scaffold it will be bodiment of the same, and in which; appreciated that the board or plate is posi- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a scaftioned upon the ledge 7 in the manner aforefold embodying my improved construction described subsequent to which the body of the 100 4.5 and showing the same applied to a building. scaffold is placed in the position indicated Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sec in dotted lines'in Figure 3. When the parts tional view of a detail of construction of the are in this position it will be obvious that said scaifold. the pins 18 may be passed through the hinge Figure 3 is a sectional side view of the deportions 11 and through the openings in the 103 vice as shown in Figure 1, and parts 16, as well as under the bodies of the Figure 1 is a plan view of the same. straps 19. The scaffold may now be swung It will be seen in these views that the rei-y to the position shown in full lines in all erence numeral indicates a building having of the figures, and it will be obvious that the usual cornice 6 forming a part thereof, when the parts are in this position an opera- 110 the upper surface of which cornice presents tor will be enabled to work with the utmost a ledge 7 upon which my improved scaiiold freedom along the cornice, it being understood that a suitable supportingY floor 2O associated with tlie lowermost iframe 13, and tliat the rack 1T acts as a. retaining member 'for tools and supplies which may be necessary for the work being undertaken.

rlfhus it. will be appreciated that tbe objects oi? this invention are accomplisliedand it will readily be understood that numerous modifications oli' structure might readily be resorted to without in the least departing;` from the scope of my cl-aim; which are l. il scaffold including; a body comprising a plurality of quadrangular iframes` connecting members extendingbetween said frames the outermost of said connecting members being' extended beyond the uppermost of said frames, an inwardly extending attached to said inwardly extending portion.

l FRED ORTHMANN.

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