US606147A - Stair-rail - Google Patents

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3 sheets -Sheet S. HUNTER.

STAIR RAIL.

(No Model) No. 606,147. Patented June 21,1898.

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STA IL.

No. 606,147. v Patented June 21,1898.

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S. HUNTER.

STAIR RAIL.

No. 606,147- Patente'd June 21,1898.

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SAMUEL HUNTER, OF LEEOHBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

STAlR-RAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,147, dated June 21, 1898.

Application filed April 1 2, 1 8 9 '7.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL HUNTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leechburg, in the county of Armstrong and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- StairRails, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to construct a staircase in which the expensive connections and curves incident to the change of di rection of the stairs are supplanted by cheap, durable, and ornamental connections which can be made by inexperienced workmen.

This invention consists of a cylindrical support and a hand-rail secured together, the hand-rail cut to conform to the support.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of a staircasing, showing the adaptation of my improvements. Fig. 3 is an elevation of a portion of the newelpost 1 and a hand-rail connected thereto. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a portion of the newelpost 17 and a hand-rail connected thereto. Fig. 5 is a plan View of a return connection. Fig. 6 is a plan view of a right-angle connection. Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the newelpost 1 and the hand-rail connection. Fig. 8 is an elevation of an easement, showing rail connection. Fig. 9 is a plan View of an easement. Fig. 10 is a vertical section of an easement, showing the connection of the parts. Fig. 11 is a lengthwise section through the return, showing the manner of connecting its two parts.

At-Figs. 1 and 2 is shown a complete staircase,in which'the various connections are shown.

The outside set of rails and their connections will be first explained.

The newel-post 1 is of any suitable outline form and located at the beginning of the stairs. To its inner face is secured a cylindrical support 2 by a screw 3, entering the post, as shown at Fig. 7. A hand-rail 4 of the required length to reach to the landing 5 has its ends grooved to conform to the cylindrical support 2. One end of the rail is secured to the support, and a cylindrical easement 6 is secured to the other end of the rail. ,To the easement 6 is secured a rail 7, located in a horizontal plane, and to the other end of this rail is secured a right-angle connection 0011- Serial No. 631,783. (No model.)

sisting of two cylindrical portions, in this instance made in one piece and located at right angles to each other, as shown at Fig. (5. A rail 9 has one end connected to the rightangle connection 8 and is located at right angles to the rail 7 in a horizontal plane, and a rail 10 is located at right angles to the rail 9 in a horizontal plane and secured to a rightangle connection, (not shown in the drawings, but being the same as 8.) An easement 11 connects the rails 10 and 12, the latter extending upward, its end connected to a rightangle connection 13.

The inner set of rails consists of the two rails 14 and 15, joined to a return 16 at the landing 5. The rail 14 extends downward and is connected to a newel-post 17 by the semicylindrical support 13. (Shown at Fig. 4.) The upper end of the rail is secured to the right-angle connection 19, and in the drawings a rail 20 connects the right-angle connections 13 and 19.

Each end of the rails is connected to its support by the fastening device shown at Fig. 10, consisting of the lag-bolt 21, passed through an opening 22 in the rail into the support, and a recess 23 in the under face of the rail allows a nut 24 to be turned upon the projecting end of the bolt, securely clamping the parts together.

The return connection is shown at Fig. 5, being, in fact, a double easement, to which the ends of two rails are connected and both connected to the same side at any proper angle, and is especially adapted for making the turn at the well of the casing. .This return is composed of two like parts, each having its outer end provided with a recess 26, closed by a cap, and their meeting faces having a recess and projection connection 27. A bolt 28 passes through a central opening in the parts,its head 92 located in the end recess of one of the parts and the nut 30 located in the recess of the opposite part, by means of which the parts are firmly clamped together after being set up and properly adjusted.

- The easement is employed when the rail continues in the same direction, but at different angles or elevations, and the support shown at Figs. 3 and 7 holds the rail to one side of the newel-post, while the support shown at Fig. 4 allows the newel-post to be ICO located in line With the rail. The various rails employed in the make-up of the staircase are supported by balusters 25, only a few being shown in the drawings in order not to confuse the other parts.

In building a staircase the most expensive parts are the neWel-posts, which have heretofore been located at each change of direction of the rail, except in some instances very expensive curves are employed where the rail returns, and as the neWel-posts are first set should a slight mistake be made in cutting the ends of the rails both as to length and angle the entire rail must be thrown away, While in my construction the length is the only measurement and the ends of the rails are grooved out alike, being a segment of a circle of a size to lit the circumference of the connections, and can be located at any angle with respect to each other Without previously determining the angle.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of two baluster-rails and a cylindrical cross-head, the ends of the rails shaped to lit the same and being secured thereto on opposite sides of a medial transverse plane of the cross-head.

2. The combination of a support consisting of two cylindrical surfaces located at an angle to each other and a rail secured to each surface having their ends cut to conform thereto.

8. The combination of two baluster-rails and a cylindrical cross-head in two sections adjustably joined together, the ends of the rails being shaped to fit the same and secured thereto, one to each section and both located on the same side of the cross-head.

SAMUEL HUNTER.

Witnesses:

ANDRE\V GRINDER, A. J. ASHBAUGII.

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