US2911666A

US2911666A - Rigid wheel bracket

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Publication number: US2911666A
Application number: US662832A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jr Edward H Schultz
Original assignee: Nagel Chase Manufacturing Co
Current assignee: Nagel Chase Manufacturing Co
Priority date: 1957-05-31
Filing date: 1957-05-31
Publication date: 1959-11-10
Anticipated expiration: 1976-11-10

Description

1959 E. H. SCHULTZ, JR 2,911,666

RIGID WHEEL BRACKET Filed May 31, 1957 Al ah/71251? 5m; Jr?

United States Patent 2,911,666 RIGID WHEEL BRACKET Application May 31, 1957, Serial No. 662,832

3 Claims. 01. 16-40) This invention is concerned with a caster, particularly one having an improved one piece, sheet metal caster bracket.

Console type television receiving. sets are rather bulky and heavy, and contain many delicate parts. Consequently, they are rather diflicult to move. This is unfortunate, since it is often desirable to move a television receiver about over a limited area in order to provide viewing for different parts of a room, in accordance with the placement of furniture, or, lighting conditions, etc.

Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to provide an improved caster construction incorporating a one piece, sheet metal caster bracket especially adapted for use with console type television receivers.

It is another object of this invention to provide an improved caster bracket which is simple and economical to fabricate, and yet quite strong and rugged in use.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a one piece, sheet metal caster bracket, specifically for use with console type television receivers, which is completely out of sight when in use.

Other and further objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a console type television receiver having casters in accordance with the principles of this invention associated therewith;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the novel casters;

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view through the caster as attached to the television receiver, the view being taken generally along the line 33 in Fig. 4; and

Fig. 4 is an elevational view of the caster.

Referring now in greater particularity to the drawings, there is shown rather generally in Fig. 1 a console type television receiver having sidewalls 12, a front panel 14, and a top 16. The receiver may also have a back, although this will vary from one receiver to another, and is unimportant. As is shown, the console type television receiver 10 is provided on the inside of the sidewalls 12, and adjacent the front panel 14, with a pair of casters 18 constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention. Conventional, swiveling type casters 20 are secured in any desired manner adjacent the back portion of the receiver. Mounting at the back is not a critical problem, since the back of the receiver usually is not finished, and is not seen.

The caster 18 is shown more in detail in Figs. 2-4, and most particularly includes a bracket 22. The bracket is of one piece sheet metal construction, and includes a generally flat, rectangular metal mounting plate 24 having a right angle flange 26 extending along the lower edge thereof. The mounting plate 24 is provided adjacent the two-upper corners with holes 28 for accommodating mounting screws 30. The screws 30 are wood screws, and are turned into the sidewalls 12 of the re- 2 ceiver, as will be appreciated. The right angle flange 26 is provided with a central aperture 32, and the metal around this-aperture is depressed as at 34 whereby to receive a flat head wood screw 36 flushwith the bottom of the flange, the screw being turned up into the sidewall 12, as will be appreciated.

The bracket 22 is provided with a right angle web or bight 38 along the upper edge of the mounting plate 24, and extending in the opposite direction from the flange 26. The web or bight is provided at the corners adjacent the plate 24 with shoulders 40, whereby the adjacent portion of the web or bight is coextensive in length with the plate. This sets the remainder of the web or bight 38 and parts carried thereby in far enough to allow ready access of screws and a screwdriver to the holes 28. The web or bight tapers from the shoulders 40 uniformly as at 42,.and is terminated by a depending flange .44 which continues the. taper of the, web or bight as .at 46. The taperat 46 is the same as at 42, whereby the edges of the webror bight and the depending flange form straight lines before :the flange is bent down to its operative position. The lower end of the depending flange 44 is rounded off as at'48, slightly above the bottom of the mounting plate 24.

The'flange .44 is provided with an aperture 50, and

. the mounting plate 24 is provided with an aperture 52 aligned Withythe-apertureSD. The .material of the plate 24 adjacent the aperture 52 is depressed as at 54. Thus,

an axle or pin 56 passed through the

apertures

50 and 52 has a head or peened over end 58 recessed within the depressed portion 54. The opposite end of the pin 56 also is provided with a head or peened over portion 60. A Wheel or roller 62 of conventional construction is rotatably supported on the pin or axle 56 This Wheel preferably is made of plastic, for quiet and long lived operation at low initial expense.

It now will be apparent that the sheet metal caster bracket as herein shown and described is completely hidden when in use, yet supports the wheel or roller in convenient operating position. The bracket is inexpensive to produce, yet is strong and rugged in construction, and is in large measure reinforced by the wall against which it is fastened. The taper of the upper web or bight and of the depending flange simplifies fabrication, and also leads to conservation of material, since subsequent brackets can be stamped from'a sheet metal blank with substantially no waste.

It will be observed that the wheel axle is near the bottom of the bracket. Accordingly, the wheel is positioned to provide adequate accessspace to the holes 28, whereby the caster readily can be mounted.

Various changes in structure will no doubt occur to those skilled in the art, and are to be understood as forming a part of this invention insofar as they fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

The invention is claimed as follows:

1. A caster construction comprising a one piece and relatively thin sheet metal bracket including a plate adapted to be mounted in vertical position against the inner face of a wall as in an article of furniture, said plate having fastener receiving apertures therein adjacent the upper corners, an attachment flange on the lower edge of said plate at right angles thereto and adapted to underlie said wall, a web on the upper edge of said plate at right angles thereto and extending in the opposite direction from said flange, said web having end shoulders tending between said plate and depending flange relatively toward the lower edge of said plate and above said attachment flange, and a roller rotatably mounted on said pin between said plate and said depending flange, the position of said apertures-in said plate providing ready access thereto past said roller.

2. A caster construction-comprising a one piece and relatively thin sheet metal bracket including a plate adapted to be mounted in vertical position against the inner face of a wall as in an article of furniture, a flange on the lower edge of said plate at right angles thereto and adapted to underlie said wall, a web on the upper edge of said plate at right angles thereto and extending in the opposite direction from said flange, and a flange depending from said web parallel to said plate and spaced therefrom, said plate having a section relatively adjacent the lower edge and above said first mentioned flange displaced from the plane of said plate toward said depending flange, a pin extending between said plate and said depending flange and having an enlarged end thereof recessed in the displaced section for preventing axial displacement of the pin, and a roller rotatably mounted on said pin between said plate and said depending flange, said plate having fasteners receiving apertures therein near the upper corners whereby fasteners readily clear said roller. r

3. A caster construction comprising a one piece and relatively thin sheet metal bracket including a plate adapted to be mounted in verticalposition-against the inner face of a wall as man article of furniture, said plate being of generally rectangular outline and having apertures therein adjacent the upper corners for receipt of fasteners, a flange on the lower edge of said plate at right angles thereto and adapted to underlie said wall, said flange having fastener receiving opening means therein, a web on the upper edge of said plate at right angle thereto and extending in the opposite direction from said flange, said web immediately adjacent said plate being coextensive therewith and outwardly of said plate having shoulders whereby side margins of said web are set inwardly from the corresponding side margins of said plate, and a flange depending from said web parallel to said plate and spaced therefrom, side margins of said web and of said depending flange tapering uniformly inwardly from said shoulders, said plate relatively adjacent the lower edge thereof and .above saidfirst mentioned flange having a section displaced from the plane of said plate toward said depending flange, a pin extending between said plate and said depending flange and having an enlarged end 7 portion thereof recessedlin said displaced section for pre- 128,129 Dins more June 18, 1872 1,181,948 Constable May 2, 1916 2,857,633 Bunker Oct. 28, 1958 FOREIGN PATENTS 723,792 France Jan. 19, 1932