GB191201886A - Improvements in Means of Spring-supporting Bodies of Vehicles from their Axles. - Google Patents

Abstract

1886. Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Co., and Remington, A. A. Jan. 24. Springs, arrangement of; equalizing load on springs. - In a device for minimizing rolling, of the kind in which the spring system at one end of an axle is connected to that at the other end through arms carried by a transverse shaft similar to that described in Specification 16,879/11, the arrangement is such that, under rolling of the vehicle, a part only of the spring system is cut out of action in respect of that axle only. One end of the semi-elliptic spring A, Fig. 1, is connected by a link d to the cee-spring D and by a link f to an arm e<1> carried by a transverse shaft E, and the springs at the other side of the vehicle are similarly connected to a second arm e<1> on the shaft E. Under rolling, the arms e<1> tend to remain stationary and the springs D are thus cut out of action. In a modification, Fig. 2, the end of each spring A is pivoted to a rod g carrying a collar g<1> which bears against a frictionless spring G enclosed in a box to which the spring D is pivoted. In this arrangement, the springs G act under vertical vibrations, but are cut out of action under rolling. In a further modification, Fig. 3, inverted semielliptic springs A<1> pivoted to the vehicle frame are each connected at one end to the axle B, and at the other end by links e<2> to the arms e<1> which are pivoted to the rod g, and the box that encloses the spring G is pivoted to the vehicle frame.