US1082483A - Coal-hod attachment. - Google Patents

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R. I. ALVERSON.

COAL HOD ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.15, 1913.

1,082,483. Patented Dec. 30, 1913,

amjmtoz COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60.. WASHINGTON, D. c.

RALPH I. ALVERSON 0E MADRID, IOWA.

COAL-HOD ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 15, 1913.

Patented Dec. 3t 1913. Serial No. 742,154.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RALPH I. ALvnRsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at. Madrid, in the county of Boone and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Coal- Hod Attachment; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as w ll enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a coal-hod and particularly to a new and useful coal guard or shield therefor.

As an object of the invention it is the aim to provide a coal guard or shield detachably connected to the front end of the hod, and adapted to be thrown automatically in position, to prevent the coal from falling over the sides of the hod, when the same is placed in the stove door. I

An essential feature of the guard is the provision of a brace rod corresponding in shape to the guard and arranged in a rolled bead thereof, in order to lend rigidity and stability to the guard.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a view showing the hod tilted and engaging the stove door, with the guard thrown, in order to prevent the coal from running over the sides of the hod. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the hod showing the guard in its normal position when the hod is sitting on the floor. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the guard. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the hod and a portion of the guard (which is arranged in position ready to be connected to the hod). Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view, showing how the guard engages the lower edge of the stove door opening.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the usual form of coalhod having the usual handle 2. This usual form of coal hod has its upper edge portion terminating in a rolled bead including a reinforcing wire 4. The bead isdesignated by the numeral 3. The sheet metal of the hod adjacent the mouth end of the hod is cut away to form a slot 5, which is bound upon one longitudinal side by the upper edge of the sheet metal, and upon the other side by the wire 4 of the head 3.

The guard or shield 6 is constructed of sheet metal and formed in a. shape to correspond with the forward portions of the sides of the hod and the mouth end. One edge portion of the guard or shield is formed into a rolled bead 8, in which a reinforcing wire 9 is arranged, so as to lend rigidity and stability to the guard, in addition to acting as means to hold the guard in shape to correspond with that of the hod. At the month end of the guard the head 8 is cut away, and the sheet metal of the guard adjacent the cutaway portion of the bead is formed with an extension forming a tongue 10. This tongue 10 is bent upon itself and arranged parallel with the portion 11 of the guard, and is adapted to enter the slot or opening 5, so that the bent portion 12 of said tongue will engage the reinforcing wire 4 of the hod, thereby pivotally mounting the guard with respect to the mouth end of the hod. IV hen the hod is placed in a stove door, so as to empty the coal into the stove, the portion 11 of the guard engages the lower edge of the stove door, thereby throwing the port10n 11 against the inclined forward portion of the hod, which will throw the sides 13 of the guard in such positions with respect to the forward edge portions of the sides of the hod, as to prevent the coal from flowing or running over the sides of the hod or bucket. /Vhen placing the hod upon the floor, the guard resumes its normal position, the guard being limited in such position owing to the fact that the reinforcing wire 9 is extended beyond the bead 8 on each side and formed into lugs 14, to engage the upper edges of the hod.

he invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is 1. In combination with a coal-hod having a slot at its mouth end, a guard corresponding in shape to the sides and mouth end of the hod and having means entering said slot to pivot the guard to the hod, said guard having a portion adapted to engage the lower edge of a stove door opening when the hod is tilted therein in order to throw the sides of the guard beyond the sides of the hod, the free ends of the sides of the guard having means to engage the edges of the sides of the hod to limit the guard in its normal position.

2. In combination with a coal-hod having a slot at its mouth end. a guard constructed of sheet metal and and the month end of the hod, one edge of conforming to the sides a the guard being provided with a hollow bead having a reinforcing wire therein, the sheet metal of the guard being formed with an extension bent upon itself to form a tongue to enter said slot, the mouth end of the hod having a reinforcing'wire with which the bent portion of the tongue engages at the slot, the reinforcing wire of the guard at the free ends thereof terminating in lugs beyond the bead of the guard adapted to en gage the edges of the sides of the hod to limit the guard to its normal position, the guard In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specificat1on in the presence of two subscriblng witnesses.

RALPH I. ALVERSON.

Witnesses:

XV. NEWTON CLARK, PAUL GROVER.

V Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eaten-ts, Washington, D. G.

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