US107615A - Improvement in devices for moving buildings - Google Patents

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@tutti @Witte STEPHEN INMA-m-or'nocnronn, ILLINOIS.

Letters PatentNe. 107,615, lated September '20, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT-'IN `:DEVICES FOR MOVING. BUILDINGS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it may concern .-A

Be it known that I; STEPHEN INMAN, of Rockford,`. lin the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Device for Moving Buildings; and I do hereby declare that the following is`a full and exact description of the same, reference being vhad to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates yto devices for moving buildings or other heavy articles on 'common roads, and consists in an improved constructiouand arrangement for rollers and frames, as will ybe hereinafter more fully set forth. Y,

vIn the drawingand Figure 2, a side elevation.

'A is a large frame, and may representthe building or otherlarge body 'to he moved,to which each of the trucks is temporarily attached.

The. trucks themselves have double rollers, a a, ou one shaft oi"axle,v\\"hich axles have their bearings in vertical standards, b b, made suflicientl y strong, as are the axles and'rollers, to endure greatweight.

These standards are shouldered above, and those of eachaxle are connected by transverse bars, c c, as shown in iig. 1.

When the truck is ycomposed of two pairs of wheels, the -pairs arefurther connected by longitudinal bars, d d, with open slotted ends, embracing the transverse bars, and having the standards passing through them, the whole beingconstructed and the parts adapted to each other in such a manner that the rollers may he ,turned in different directions without detachiug the trucks from thc building or frame which rests upon them.

Thus, the longitudinal hars al (l, renia'iningvin the same direction, the transversebars c c may be swung, turning the rollers in other directions, and changing the form of the frame from rectangular to rholnbic plan. f

It will be further observcdthat the bearings are upon the centers of the hars or holsters ce. These may beformed with broad hearing plates, with circular grooves therein for spherical ii'ictiou-rollers, there being a corresponding plate resting upon and rconn` ing the rollers in place.v

'lhese 'upper'.plates are attached to alongitudinal bar, e, which is to he attached to the building or other structure to bc moved. These friction-rollers, it is evident, are easily kept in place by suitable attachments, as a center bolt, or by the weight of the building, and permit the trucks, even when heavilyloaded,

Figure lrepresentsnl plan oiithe device reversed,

toitu'rn easily. The transverse barsor holsters swing*-L nnder the har e with a. motion limited `only bythe con?? tactot' the standards with the bar.

If the bars e of the severalvtrucks are all longitu. dinally arranged, as these are shown in fig. 1, by swingi ing\ the holsters, they may be turned to the right or l it,

aud-the building deflected from v the straight line to considerable extent. If, however, itfbe desired tur move sometimes at right anglesto the rst liuc of motion, the trucks may beset diagonally, as shown in- Then the trucks may be swung parallel to the forward end, x, of the frame of build one truckin iig. 1.

ing,'move forward o`r\parallel to the.. side y, and move Sidewise. v y l f l,

A connecting-bar is provided,'adjustable in length, shown ath, iig. 1, which holds the rollers in any de: sircd position." v l It will'be evident Vthat the side bars and transverse bolster may be attached in any suitable manner, it be- Y ing only provided that the holsters may have swing ing inotionfas described.- I have shown thesidebars madeot' open bars of metal, but any other convenient' construction may he lused without departing from the. spirit of 'my invention. v g At the ends of the side bars I have arranged loops, f f, into which levers may be placed, for fthe purpose of turning-,the trucks iu any direction desired.

l'The cross-bars should he made rounding ou their upper sides, to allow the parts to adapt themselves tol rounded for thcuneven ground, and the rollers are same purpose.

Itis' evident, in the use ot these trucks, that the weight-is equalized, and if one roller drops into a hole the weight will he taken up by the others, and the building kept from strain.

This apparat-us may be conveniently taken apart' for transportation. y

Having thus fully described my' invention,

. That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. truck for moving heavy structures, having double rollers a. (t on each axle, and center bearings above each pair, the two pairs being so connected as to swing together in any desired direction.

2. The adj ustahlebar h, constructed and applied to the truck, asset forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 10th day of June-1870. n Y

STEPHEN INMAN.

itnessesz G. W. FORD, Y CHARLIE S. FORD.

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