US962477A - Supporting-base for anvils. - Google Patents

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B. SPREEN. SUPPORTING BASE FOR ANVILS. APPLICATION nL-z'n 00119, 1909.

962,47? Patented June 28, 1910.

ERNEST SPREEN, OF MINOCQUA, WISCONSIN.

SUPPORTING-BASE FOB ANVILS.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST SPREEN, citizen of the United States, residing at Minocqua, in the county of Oneida and State of "Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supporting-Bases for Anvils, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to anvils and more particularly to a supporting base or block therefor.

The object of the invention is to provide a supporting base or block, capable of being adjusted vertically so as to raise or lower the anvil and thus accommodate persons of different heights.

A further object is to provide a supporting base including a stationary cylindrical section having means for attachment to a floor, and a vertically movable section mounted on the stationary section and adapted to support an anvil, means being provided for locking the movable section in different positions of adjustment.

A still further object of the invention is generally to improve this class of devices so as to increase their utility, durability and efficiency.

Further objects and advantages will appear in the following description, it being understood that various changes in form, proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an anvil stand constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, with the anvil removed, the adj ustment of the upper or movable section being indicated in dotted lines; Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the relatively stationary and movable sections comprising the stand, the sections of the upper and movable members being separated to expose the locking me. p Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved anvil supporting base form- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 19, 1909.

Patented June 28, 1910.

Serial No. 523,378.

ing the subject matter of the present invention includes a relatively stationary cylindrical section 5 having a base plate 6 secured thereto and extended laterally beyond the vertical walls of the cylindrical portion and provided with perforations 7 for the reception of screws, bolts or similar fastening de vices 8 by means of which the stationary section 5 may be rigidly secured to a floor or other suitable support.

Mounted for vertical movement on the stationary member 5, is a movable member preferably formed in two sections 9 and 10, the opposite longitudinal edges of the sections 9 and 10 being bent laterally to form parallel flanges 11 adapted to register with each other when the sections are assembled, as shown.

The upper ends of the sections 9 and 10 are provided with fiat plates 12, the inner edges of which abut and form a support for an anvil, indicated at 13, there being a series of perforations formed in the plates 12 and adapted to register with openings formed in the base of the anvil to permit the insertion of securing devices 14:.

Secured to or formed integral with the sections 9 and 10 of the movable member, are spaced inwardly extending pins 15 adapted to enter correspondingly shaped openings 16 formed in the lower member or section 5 for the purpose of supporting the upper section in adjusted position and thus regulating the height of the anvil 13 above the floor line so as to accommodate persons of different heights.

As a means for retaining the locking pins 15 within the perforations 16, there are provided a series of transverse bolts 17 which extend through registering openings formed in the flanges 11, the sections 9 and 10 being clamped in engagement with each other and the pins 15 within the openings 16 by means of nuts 18 engaging the threaded ends of the bolts 17, as shown. Thus it will be seen that by releasing the fastening devices 17 on one side of the movable member, the sect-ions 9 and 10 may be separated so as to disengage the pins 15 from the openings 16 and thus permit the movable section to be adjusted vertically of the stationary section, the movable section being locked in adjusted position by causing the pins to engage any one of the openings 16, and in which position they will be secured by means of the fastening devices 17.

Attention is here called to the fact that the pins 15 and openings 16 are so spaced that when either one or two of the pins are seated in the openings 16, the upper or free edge of the stationary section 5 will bear against one of said pins, the upper edge of the stationary section, by engagement with the pins, serving to assist in supporting the weight of the anvil.

The supporting bases or blocks may be made in different sizes and shapes and constructed of metal or any other suitable ma terial without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A device of the class described including a stationary member having means for j ustment.

ber and adapted to support an anvil.

3. A device of the class described including a stationary member having means for attachment to a support and provided with a series of perforations, a movable member mounted on the stationary member and including co-acting sections having laterally extending flanges, pins carried by the sections of the movable member and adapted to enter the openings in the stationary member, a plate carried by the movable member and adapted to support an anvil, and fastening devices extending through the flanges of the sections of the movable member for holding said sections in assembled position.

4. A device of the class described including a stationary member having a base plate for attachment to a support and provided with a series of spaced vertically disposed openings, a movable member mounted on the stationary member and including co-acting sections having laterally extending perforated flanges, a plate secured to each section of the movable member and adapted to support an anvil, pins extending inwardly from the sections of the movable member and adapted to enter the perforations in the stationary member, and fastening devices extending through the perforations in the flanges of said sections for holding the sections in assembled position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST SPREEN. [1 s.]

Witnesses HAROLD O. EVENSON, BEN S'roBEN.

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