Furniture scooter guide

Furniture casters save time and energy

Whether as a transport of various pieces of furniture when moving or as underbody of cabinets or beds in order to move them easily at any time. Especially in such cases, mobility is very beneficial. Especially if it saves a lot of time and energy. For scooters or wheels are used. In part, these can also be on the bottom of individual objects such. the writing deskor the closetto be assembled. This is especially useful if you want to clean it up or change the room setup. There are, among other things, castors without or with brakes, double castors or fixed castors. But how did these practical furniture rolls actually come about?

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Of the furniture moving is a subcategory Dollywhich are also known as Hunt. In the 16th century, when goods were transported with simple trolleys, troughs or baskets and better performance was urgently needed, the Hunt was born. Wooden disc wheels ran on wooden angle rails, which were later reinforced with iron. In addition, later cast iron wheels were used to make the Hunte. These had the advantage that they last longer and were hardly more expensive and heavier than the wooden wheels. The Hunte could be led either with the help of a lateral Aufkantung of the rails or the so-called track or Leitnagel at the Hunt.
You could steer the Hunt by a light pressure on this. Thus, on the one hand, no complicated intersections and points were needed, on the other hand, it could also be used in crooked and uneven cleats without tracks. This type of transport was called Deutsches Hundgestänge.
In the 19th century, the wheel flange came to Germany, a carriage / English linkage, which drove on straight and even rails. This led to a lower resistance on the rollers and thus to a better flow rate. If he jumped out of the lane, he did not go any further. This technique prevailed through the entire railway industry and is known as dump truck.

Different versions of the Hunt:

1. German Hunt / Spurnagel: This hunt was used in the 16th century to mid-19th century. His partly iron-clad wooden box had a usage content of about 150 liters. His wheels had different sizes and ran on planks. The German Hunt was led by a spur nail between these planks.
2. Hungarian Hunt: This was used between 1779 – mid-19th century. He was very similar to the German Hunt, but ran without Spurnagel, but on square timbers or wooden planks. The central attachment of the axle made it easier to conduct the hunt.
3. Mansfeld Strebhunt: This hunt was specially made for the mining of copper shale. This low box was pulled while attached to an eyelet beltfrom a mountain boy. Thanks to a hornbank sole of the copper shale mining, the ground was smooth and solid and made a Huntslauf useless. The mountain boy’s work was known as the Trecken.

Applications of Huntes

To this day, the Hunt is used in many different areas:
1. Steelmaking: On these blast furnace plants the open trolleys are also called hunt. In order to feed the blast furnace with aggregates and ores, the tram will be inclined with a rope ramppulled up.
2. Mining: Here, the hunt is used to transport the mining material from the mining site to the basket, and in part to be transported in a shaft. In addition a broken rope pulled up in this shaft.
3. Logistics: This is the name of the trolley used to carry furniture and other bulky items as a hunt. These can be simple boards with wheels or motor-powered transport vehicles. These are known under the terms ant / electric hunt or forklift.