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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
RICHARD KERSEY, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILKERSON
TURPIN ROBARDS, OF DECATUR, TEXAS.
TRACK AND CARRIAGE FOR SWING-SCAFFOLDS.No. 876,194.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Application filed July 30, 1906. Serial No. 328,398.Patented Jan. 7, 1908.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, RICHARD KERSEY, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Lex-
ington, in the county of Fayette and State of
5 Kentucky, havd invented a new and useful
Track and Carriage for Swing-Scaflolds, of
which the following is a specification.
The invention relates to a track and car-
riage for swing scaffolds.
10 The object of the present invention is to
provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient
track and carriage for swing scaffolds de-
signed for painters and other artisans, and
adapted to be readily moved horizontally
15 from one portion of a house to another, to
save the time and labor, and1 to obviate the
inconvenience of lowering the swing scaffold
to the ground and moving the hooks from
one point to another.
20 Another object of the invention is to pro-
vide an apparatus of this character, having
a sectional track, adapted to be varied in
length to suit the size of a house, so that the
swing scaffold may be run entirely across
25 the same.
Furthermore the invention has for its ob-
ject to provide an'adjustable carriage, adapt-
ed to support swing scaffolds of different
lengths, so that a swing scaffold acconmodat-
30 ing one or more persons may be employed.
With these and other objects in view, the
invention consists in the construction and
novel combinations of parts hereinafter fully
described, illustrated in the accompanying
35 drawings, and pointed out in the claims
hereto appended; it being understood that
various changes in the form, proportion,
size and minor details of construction within
the scope of the claims, may be resorted to
40 without departing from the spirit or sacrifc-
ing any of the advantages of the invention.
In the drawings:-Figure, 1 is a perspec-
tive view of a track and carriage for swing
scaffolds, constructed in accordance with this
45 invention and shown applied to a house.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional
view, illustrating the construction of the
track and the carriage. Fig. 3 is a trans-
verse sectional view taken substantially on
50 the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail
perspective view of the adjustable carriage.
Fig. 5 is a similar view of one of the casings.1Like numerals of reference designate corre-
sponding parts in all the figures of the draw-
ings. 55
1 designates ain adjustable swing scaffold,
connecte(l by suitable hoisting ropes 2 with
depending hangers 3 of a carriage 4, which
is arranmge(.1 upon a track 5. The track 5,
which is suspended horn the cornice, or other 60
portion of a roof by supporting hooks 6, is
constructed in sections and is composed of
spaced sides or rails 7, connected by ap-
proximately rectangular hangers S. The
sides or rails of the track are substantially 65
L-shaped. in cross section, as clearly shown
in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and have vertical
and horizontal flanges, the horizontal flanges
or portions being extended inwardly and
provided at their upper faces with grooves 9 70
to receive flanges 10 of wheels 11 of the car-
riage 4. The inwardly exten(ling flanges or
portions of the sides or rails 7 are spaced
apart, and the rectangular hangers S are
provided in their lower transverse portions 75
with slots or openings 12, corresponding to
the opening or space between the sides or
rails 7, and adapted to afford a passage-way
for the dependingg hangers 3 of the carriage.
The supporting hooks are provided at the 80
bottom with upwardly extending hooks 6",
and the horizontal transversely disposed top
portions of the hangers S have upwardly
projecting eyes S for engaging the bottom
hooks 6a. This construction will enable the 85
supporting hooks 6 to be readily connected
with the hangers S.
Only two sections of the track are shown
in the 'accompanying drawings, but any
number of sections may be employed, as will 90
be readily understood, and the contiguous
ends of the sections are connected by plates
14, having projecting interlocking portions,
which are slotted to form hooks 15 for en-
gaging studs or projections 16. The con- 95
tiguous ends of the sides or rails are arranged
within a hanger, as clearly shown in Fig. 2,
and the plate 14 is mounted on one of the
sides or rails, and the stud or projection 16
is carried by the hanger. The intermediate 100
end hanger is secured to the terminals of the
sides or rails of one section, which extend
inward from one side edge and terminate
short of the opposite side edge to provide a
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