US1109240A - Snow-removing device. - Google Patents

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W. H. MASTERSUN. SNOW REMOVING DEVICE.

APPLICATION TILED nov'. a, 1912.

Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

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UNITED srA EsrA'rENr o rIoE.

WILLIAM II. MASTERSON, or NEW YORK, Y.

SNOW-REMOVING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented S t 1, 1914 i Application filed November 8, 1912. Serial No. 730,279.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. MASTER- soN, a citizen of the. United States, and a resident of the borough of Bronx, city of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Snow-Removing Devices, of which the following is a specification.-

This invention relates to improvements in snow removing devices and is particularly adapted for removing snow from the streets oflarge cities- By the use of my invention I provide a.

snow removing device which by movement in a forward direction will rapidly and efficiently collect and clean snow from the surface of a city street or other thoroughfare, such snow being automatically piled up and packed within the confines of the device as collected until its full capacity is reached, whereupon the collected snow may be carried to a sewer man-hole or other suitable depository and unloaded or deposited on runners, the forward end or space between the divergent sides being open during the collection of the snow and until the device is loaded, whereupon a pivoted front piece is swung into closed position to retain snow within the device for the purpose of carrying the same either forwardly or rearwardly, the top and bottom of said device being as nearly as possible unobstructed.

In the accompanying drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the snow removing body illustrated in Fig. 1 removed from its vehicular body; and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to these drawings A designates the front portion of a motor truck to which is rigidly but detachably connected a pair of driving and supporting arms a a extending forwardly of the body of the truck and preferably bent outwardly so as A to diverge in opposite directions from the body of the truck and to these diverging horizontal arms: a I connect by means of a plurality of uprights Z1 6 Z1 and'b a body B comprlsing a rear end piece B extending transversely, and two outwardlyldiverging sides B B the outer ends'of such dlverging sides being connected together at their lower edges by a transverse brace b and as shown such body portlon is provided with a plu} rality of runners b b which assist in supporting the'structure and act as longitudinal braces therefor. A front piece B is preferably pivoted by means of arms '6 b on a rod or axle 6 extending transversely across and above the sald body and bearing in the ends of the supporting and driving arms a a, the said front piece being adapted to be swung into open or closed position as indicated respectively in broken and full lines in Fig. 1, the entire bottom-and top of the device being left openand as unobstructed I V as possible. In operation, the device with the front piece B swung into the raised position shown in broken lines in Fig. 1 is pushed along the snow covered surface of the ground by the motor truck A until sulficient snow is gathered within the same to fill the space between the sides and rear vend of the device and from the ground to the top edges of such device or above such edges whereupon the front piece B which is preferably of extra heavy material is swung into the closed or lowered position shown in full lines in Fig. 1. As the snow is collected it is, by the diverging sides B B automatically piled up and packed toward the rear of'the device, and this collection and piling up is preferably continued until the inclosure is completely filled and piled up above the top edges, when the heavy pivoted front piece is swung downwardly and forwardly into closed position, thus further packing the vfront portion of the snow. The inclosed snowmay then be carried or transported to any suitable de ository, such as thermanhole of a sewer not shown) where, owing to the open unobstructed bottom, the snow will of its own weight or by being slightly manipulated, fall through the device and into the manhole, or other depository. By manipulating the motor, the entire load may be unloaded or deposited in a sewer manhole without shoveling.

Having described my invention l claimi bottonna front piece normally retained in open position and adapted to swing closed to retain the load Within the inclosure.

; 3. The combination with a motor truck having arms detachably connected thereto and; extending forwardly therefrom, of an inclosing body having a rear portion, two outwardly and" forwardly diverging sides connected to the rear portion, asubstantially unobstructed bottom, and a front piece pivoted to swing into position to retain a load of snow with the body.

In witness whereof, I have signed my name to the foregoing specification in the presence of two subscribing; witnesses.

WV'ILLIAM I-I'. MASTERSON.

WVitnesses:

' HELEN: V. HOLM S,

FREDERICK P. RA DOLPH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained each, by addressing the i Commissioner of Patents,

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