US52146A

US52146A - Cradle

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Publication number: US52146A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1866-01-23
Anticipated expiration: 1883-01-23

Description

IINrrne STATES 'Arent einen@ ALEXANDER DICK, 0F BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

CRADLE.

Specicaton forming part of Letters Patent No. 52i46, dated January 23, 1866; anted ated January 17, 1866.

To all whom fit' may concer/n Beit known that I, ALEXANDER DICK, of the city ot Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Cradle of Improved Form and Action, by which the child may be gently swung in eve'ry possible direction, or tossed vertically, is peculiarly adapted to the use of drapery, and the employment of clock-work as a motive power; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description thereof, reference being had to the drawing hereunto annexed.

A A A A A is a stationary frame supporting the movable parts. B is the cradle-basket. C U is a bent wire or hoop by which the cra-v dle-basket B is suspended from its ends to the bearer O by the screw or bolt n. The bearer O may be in length one-third that of the basket B, and lying horizontally is pivoted at its ends to the upper part of the frame A by the pivots P P.

The general forni of the upper half of the frame A is that of a semicircle, and is best made of iron. rI lhe same is true of the hoop C, which lies under said part of the frame A, with au interval between sufficient to secure it from touching the frame A when the cradle is in motion. rlhe screw N secures the hoop C to the bearer O, but not with fixed rigidity. It allows the hoop C to turn uponit as a pivot upon the application of a moderate force of the hand. Villow, cane, and iron wire are suitable materials for the construction of the cradle-basket 5 audit' an egg be divided lengthwise one of the halves will indicate its t'orm.

The frame A may be made entirely of wood or of iron, or partly of both, as indicated in the drawing. It' the frame A stand four feet high and three feet wide, it will be sufiicient for a cradle ot common capacity.

The action of this machine is apparent from the description. The cradle is swung transversely, longitudinally, or in any other direction by iirst turning it upon the screw N as a pivot to the position desired, and then moving it by hand or otherwise on the pivots P P. A vertical motion is given when the force is so applied and the hoop C elastic. To swing it by clock-work all that is necessary is to attach a pallet to the bearer O, so as to work in the teeth of an escape-wheel or cylinder, with the other parts ada-pied in the usual Way. When this is done the cradle with its contents is simply a pendulum. To operate it with a treadle it is sufficient that the end ot' the screw N be a ring into which insert a'lever projecting afew inches horizontally and transversely to the bearer O. Then attach a treadle with a cord to the end ot' it in the usual way.

The general form sufficiently indicates how this cradle may be gracefully trimmed with drapery and the child cft'cctually protected from iiies.

l. do not claim to be the inventor of all that is embraced in the foregoing description; but

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The arrangment of the cradle-basket B, the hoop G, the screw N, the bearer O, the pivots P P, and the frame A, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

ALEXANDER DICK.

Witnesses:

WM. H. Brees, F. AKERMAN.