US1869966A - Caster mounting - Google Patents

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2, 1932. R w. JANDA I 1,869,966

oAsTER MOUNTING Filed Feb. 10,` 1930 O GO [72 #627 ar' Ra dol/0h zur/mm Patented Aug. 2, 1932 UNITED srArEs PATaNr oFFlcl-z RUDOLPH W. JAND, OF BERWYN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CONLON CORPORATION, OZE' CIGEBO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS 'cas'rnn Mounrme Application flled :February 10, 1980. Serial mi. 427,233.,

frequently moved after being once installed,

that is, which remain in one position. Stove legs of the Character referred to are, therefore, intended primarily for articles which are not to be moved and are not adapted for lreception of casters or rolling supports which permit of ready movement of the article from one position to another.

One of the main objects of my invention is to provide simple and inexpensive means whereby a caster socket member can be applied with facility to a stove leg in such manner as to be tightly secured thereto, this socket member receiving the stem or shank of the caster. A further object is to provide a bracket member which can readily be applied to a stove leg and co-acts therewith for reception of a socket member for reception of the shank of a caster. Further objects and advantages of 'my invention will appear from the detailed description.

In the drawing:

' Figure 1 is a front view of an ironing machine provided with stove legs and having casters appliedvto the legs, to permit ready movement of the machine, in accordance with my invention;

F igure 2 is a fragmentary Vertical sectional view through the lower portion of one of the legs, and associated parts, parts being shown in elevation;

' Figura' 3 is a detail side view vof one of the brackets;

Figure 4 is an underneath view of the bracket;

Figura 5 vis a section taken substantially on line 5--5 of Figure 2; and

Figure 6 is a section taken substantially on line 6-6 of Figure 2.

I have illustrated my invention as applied to the legs 1 of an ironing machine comprising a top plate 2 upon which is suitably mounted a box-like cover '3 which encloses the ironing' mechanism. The legs 1 are of a` type commonly used for gas ranges and stoves', and are connected adj acent their lower ends by a spider or frame construction comprising a center bar 4: which is secured, at its ends, to cross members 5, the lends of which are secured to the legs 1, the bar and the cross member being of angle section and the members 4 and 5 constituting a brace frame of substantially H-shape.

Referring more particularly to Figures 2, 5 and 6 the leg' 1 is formed of Sheet metal of suitablegauge and is of angle cross-section, being provided at its lower end with anv inturned flange 6 of appreciable area which, when the leg is used with a stove or like article, provides a supporting surface for contact with the floor. In accordance with my invention, I rovide the flange 6 with a cen-,,

tral opening the fiange being provided with elements 8 which extend inwardly of the leg from the opening and define a passage 9 convergfing toward opening 7.

Opening 7 of the flan e 6 is adapted for reception of a socket memer 10 which, in turn, receives shank l11 of a caster 12. Shank 11 of the caster is held in socket member 10 by a resilient friction ring 13 mounted in a groove in shank 11 and contacting the inner wall of the socket member. The construction of the socket member and the caster is well known and need not be illustrated nor described in detail. The upper end of shank 11 is rounded and contacts the underface of the upper end ofsocket member 10 and the shank is provided, adj acent its lower end, with a shoulder 14 spaced a short distance below an outwardly projecting shoulder 15 at the lower end of socket member 10. o

The socket member 10 also passes through a ring 16 provided at the lower end of the bracket 17 and connected to. the bodyportion of the bracket by a restricted neck 18. The 'bracket 17 is of substantially U-shape in cross-section, neck 18 beine' disposed in opening 9 of flange 6, with the ring 16 seating against the underface of the fiange in alignment with opening Y and arms 19 of the bracket disposed above the flange, the fiange extending into the slots 20 between ring 16 and arms 19. The arms of the bracket project therefrom toward the leg 1 and the finger 21 extends from the upper end ofthe bracket upwardly and outwardly toward the leg, this finger being provided, at its upper end, with a terminal element 22 which extends along the leg and is provided with an opening 23 for reception of a securing screw 24.

This screw passes through aligned openings in leg 1 and element 22 and screws into flange 25 of end member 5 of the lower frame which connects and braces the legs 1. Element 22 of finger 21 is clamped between the leg and fiange 25 and is secured against upward movement relative to the leg by the screw. The upper end of socket member 10 fits snugly between the arms of the leg and the arms and body portion of the bracket member so as to be held in position thereby, and the upper end of this socket member contacts the underface of finger 21 at the upper end of the body of the bracket so as to supplement the action of the flange 15 in holding the socket member against upward movement through flange 6 and the bracket. W hen the bracket is secured in position, the neck 18 co-acts with the extensions 8 of fiange 6 to assure proper aligning of ring 16 with the opening 7 of the fiange. The socket member 10 may then readily be inserted through the ring 16 and the fiange into the bracket, the upper portion of this socket member being a push fit between the arms and body of the bracket and the arms of the leg, the lower portion of which is bent outwardly at 1a, as is common in stove legs of known type. The socket member 10, after being inserted in the manner described, is held firmly in position by the bracket and the leg 1, and the caster 12 may then be applied by inserting shank 11 thereof into the socket member.

It will be noted that the ring 16 contacts the underface of fiange 6 and the flange' 15 of the socket member contacts the underface of the ing, the load being taken by the bracket 17 and the' adjacentportion of the lower end of the leg, the bracket serving to transmit the greater portion of .the load to the leg above the flange and thus preventing bending or distortion of the flange under the load. The stresses to which the bracket and theleg are submitted are thus caused to act lengthwise of the leg and the bracket which cooperate to produce a structure capable of supporting relatively heavy leads. rThe bracket can readily be applied to a stove leg or like structure without necessitating any changes in the leg, in any material respect, other than the provision of the opening for reception of the socket member. f thus provide simple as to facilitate movement thereof from one position to another.

What I claim is:

1. In combination, a supporting member provided with an inturned flange, a bracket secured to the supporting member and extending along the same, said bracket having an opening at its lower end and the flange of the supporting member being provided with an opening aligned with the opening of the bracket, a socket member extending through the openings of the bracket and the supporting member, said socket member being confined between the bracket and the supporting member, and a caster including a shank inserted into the socket member.

2. In combination with 'a supporting leg provided at its lower end with an inturned flange having an opening therethrou h, a bracket extending upwardly from the ange and provided at its lower end with a ring seating upon the underface of the fiange in alignment with the opening thereof, a socket member extending through the fiange and the ring Vand held against upward movement therethrough, and a caster provided with a shank inserted into the socket member.

3. In combination with a. supporting leg provided at its lower end with an inturned flange having an opening therethrough, a bracket of substantially U-shape in cross-section provided at its lower end with a ring seating against the underface of the fiange in alignment with the opening thereof, said bracket being provided at its upper end with an angularly disposed finger extending to- Ward and secured to the leg, and a socket member extending through the ring and the fiange into the bracket with its upper end abutting said finger.

4. In combination with a supporting leg provided at its lower end with an inturned fiange having an opening therethrough, a bracket of substantially U-shape in cross-section provided at its lower end with a ring seating against the underface of the flange in alignment with the opening thereof, the arms of the bracket being disposed above the flange and directed toward the leg, and means securing the bracket to the leg above the fiange.

'5. In combination with` a supporting leg provided at its lower end with an inturned fiange having an opening therethrough, a bracket of substantially U-shape incross-section provided at its lower end with a ring seating against the underface of the fiange in alignment with the opening thereof, the arms of the bracket being disposed above the fiange and directed toward the leg, means securing the bracket to the leg above the fiange,

and means for maintaining the lower end of the bracket in predetermined relation to the fiange with the rin in aligmnent with the opening through sai flange.

6. In combination with a supporting leg provided at its lower end with an inturned flange having an opening therethrough, said flange being provided with two spaced elements projecting away from the opening, a. bracket provided at its lower end with a ring seating upon the underface of the flange in alignment 'with the opening thereof, said ring being connected to the body` of the bracket by an element fitting between the elements of the flange and co-acting therewith to hold the ring aligned with the flange opening, and means securing the bracket to the leg.

7 In combination with a supporting leg provided at its lower end with an inturned fiange having an opening therethrough, said fiange being rovided with two spaced elements projecting away from the opening, a bracket provided at its lower end with a ring seating upon the underface of the flange in alignment with the opening thereof, 'said ring being connected to the body of the bracket by an element fitting between the elements of the flange and co-actin therewith to hold the rn aligned with the ange opening, said brac et being of substantlally U- shape in cross-section and the flange of the leg being disposed between the ring and the arms of the bracket, and means securing the bracket to the leg.

8. In combination with a supporting leg provided at its lower end with an inturned flange having an opening therethrou h, a bracket extending upwardly from the ange and provided at its lower end with an ele-- ment seating upon the under face of the fiange and having an opening aligned with the fiange opening, and a socket member extending through the aligned openings of the flange and said element.

9. In combination with a supporting leg provided at its lower end with an inturned fian e having an opening therethrou h, a brac et extending upwardly from the ange and provided at its lower end with an element seating upon the under face of the flange and having an opening aligned with the flange opening, for reception of a socket member extending through the aligned openin s of the flange and said element.

n witness whereof, I hereunto Subscribe my name this 4th day of February, '1930.

RUDOLPH W. JANDA.

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