US524315A

US524315A - Shaft-hanger

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Publication number: US524315A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-08-14
Anticipated expiration: 1911-08-14

Description

W. DIBBEL.

SHAFT HANGER.

(No Model.)

Patented Aug. 14), 1894.

www@ NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM DIEBEL, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHAFT-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 524,315, dated August 14, 1894. y Application tiled March 29I 1894. Serial No. 505.521. (No model.)

i To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM DIEBEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and use ful Improvement in Shaft-Hangers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accom invention, however, I have constructed a hanger with adjustable parts and have fashioned each of the several parts so that the grain will run in 'a particular direction calculated to enable the piece to resist the special strain to which it is subjected, and then f have so arranged the parts relatively to one another that adjoining parts will strengthenl each other vand the hanger as a whole be prac# tically equal, or superior in power to resist strain and support the shaft, to a metallic hanger. At the same time, it is neither large nor cumbersome, but on the contrary, neat and compact.

My invention consists also, in means for adjusting the hanger vertically and laterally, and in the particular construction and cornbination of parts in which my invention is preferably embodied.

In the drawings:--Figure 1 is a View in side elevation of the hanger, the several parts being attached together and the journal boxes in place. Fig. 2 is a section on the line ca -x of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of `a portion of the hanger shown in Fig.

l; and Fig. 4 is apview in side elevation of the hanger, showing modified means for effecting `vertical adjustment.

A is the supportin g block, inset on opposite sides to receive depending cheek pieces B.

C is the middle section of the hanger, which is adapted to be confined between and secured to the cheek pieces B, and E is a cap adapted to be'secured to the lowerend of section C, the semi-spherical concavitiesc and e,

in the section C and cap E respectively, form provided with holes through which extend the i bolts o, which aid in securing the cheek pieces B and block A together. The section C has slots C', through 'which' the bolts'b extend, whereby said sectionsare secured to the cheek pieces. Bolts c extendl down throughvthe I section C into and throughl the cap E, the nuts c2 serving to clamp the cap against the lower part of the section C.

In my preferred construction, the section C is widened out at its upper portion, forming the offset part F. Bolts D, the heads of which lie in the recessed portion o. of the supporting block A, extend down through the same into and through said offset part. By means ot' thc nuts d vbeneath the offset part F, the section C may be raised or lowered relative to the block A, the slots C permitting this vertical adjustment to the extent of their length. The slots A in the supporting block enable the hanger to be adjusted longitudinally.

The journal box has a free universal movement, but is prevented from turning in thev the grooves G and G in the section O and cap'E, respectively. This admits 'of a true leveling of the shaft in the box, which' facilitates adjustment and enables the shafting to adjust itself in true alignment. Y p

Instead of constructing the section C with offset part F and extending the adjustable bolts through the latter, I can use the modi- Iication shown in Fig. 4, wherein the block A is provided with the recessed lportion 0.3, a

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bolt D- extending therefrom through block A and section C to the opening I, in which, surrounding the bottom'of the b olt, is the nut d.

By turning the head of the bolt D', the nut being .confined from moving vertically, adjustment of section C is readily effected.

An important feature of my construction consists in the Way the several parts are fashioned relative to the grain of the wood. In the block A and section E, for instance, the grain runs horizontally, while in the section C the'grain runs vertically. In all three pieces it will be observed that the grain runs lengthwise, and that the grain in adjoining pieces runs in opposite directions.

I prefer to construct the rectangular cheek pieces, which are substantially square in shape, in three layers, the outer layers of which have their grain running vertically, while the middle layer has its grain ruiming horizontally. y

The drip pan K is secured to the hanger in any suitable, manner. I have shown the drip provided with a central threaded orice engaging a threaded lrod depending from the hanger.

By suitable modifications that will suggest themselves to the skilled mechanic the hanger may be modified to serve as apost hanger as well as a drop hanger.

Having now fully described my invention,

-What I claim, and4 desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-e 1. A shaft hanger consisting of the combination of a supporting block adapted to be secured to a permanent support, said block having depending cheek pieces, a middle section, a cap adapted to be secured thereto, said middle section and cap forming together a socket for the journal box, said middle sec- .tion being interposed between and secured to said cheek pieces so as to` be vertically adj ustable thereupon substantially as described.

2. Ina shaft hanger, in combination, asupporting block adapted to be secured to a permanent support and horizontally adjustable thereon, said block having depending cheek pieces, middle section, a cap adapted to be secured thereto, said middle section and cap forming together a socket for the journal box, said middle section being interposed between and secured to said cheek pieces, substantially as described.

3. In a shaft hanger, in combinatioma supporting block adapted to be secured to a perm-anent support, said block having depending cheek pieces, a middle section, a cap adapted to be secured thereto, said middle section and cap forming together a socket for the journal box, said middle section being interposed between and adj ustably secured to said cheek pieces, and an independently adjustable connection between said block and middle section, substantially as described.

4. In a shaft hanger, in combination, asupporting block adapted to be secured to a permanent support and longitudinally adjustable thereon, said block having depending cheek pieces, a middle-section interposed between said cheek pieces, a cap adapted to be secured to said middle section, said middle section and capl forming together a socket for the journal box, holes extending through said cheek pieces into vertical slots in the middle section, and a bolt extending through said middle section into a vertical hole4 in the supporting block, and a nut on said-.last named bolt for vertically adjusting the same, substantially as described.

In testimonyot' which invention I have hereunto set my hand. i

` WM. DIE'BEL.

Vitnesses:

J. E. CARPENTER, A. J. MARTIN.