US112549A - Improvement in clips for buggy-springs - Google Patents

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R A. CLL-ARK.

Buggy Spring.

N0112',549. 4 Patented Mar0h14,1871.

"Witnesses: A Inventor tintin @time To all whom it may condemn-f l lowing is a full 4and `exact descriptionof the same', ref ereuce` being` hadilto lthe.aocoin 'pa-nying `drawing and to thelett'ers of` referencepnia'kedithereon. This invention .consists-o taching springs:to the axl ,Inwthedi'awing-f i Y liignre 1 representsasectional sideelevanonj; f, Figurefa s ection'aleud.elevation;:and f -ul'iigure myimproved clipiwheu attachedlto the `springend.axle.` Y I y n 'lhe part marked A is to l e attaohed-tO the` axleor i other partito which the sprin'gfs tobe applied. It'is constrnctedlto bestrjide the axle, and `maybe secured `inniysuitable lmanner. i i i i 'lhe upper part is made findovetail-forrn, as` shown i `at a; f It `may be swaged out or forged, or constructed Vin any suitablernanner. l

,-In `the top oftthis `recessisla space to-receve a i Npackingb, which may t overa lug, b', it necessary. "This packing, which may be of "leather, rubber,f or "any snit-able material, isiet' Width exactly'to fill-the lspace between the sides c c, and of .length to-permt quite up to the anges 01 c'.- -Dne endet the packing i isrepresented-in `the figureas turned up inlplace; "The'part Bis also providedwith prqe'ctions, d d', y "ofthesameividth as the mainbody of the clip, and i .long enough to cover, when turneduup, th'e endof the `open reeessin `the part I The part B is forged or swaged with the flanges cl d" Init the movement of the parts, as the spring extends and contracts in lengtlrunderithe irregular compres-j sion towhich it is ordinarily subjected. l The relative length will depend uponthe spring, and may be deterf minedby experirhent. f

thereto lby@ .projectingtonguesirith yoke and nuts, or

Thepart B is inadewith-.a-recess of form` corre-n .pthe ,ends-tote turned npuntil theextremeend comes'` extended. The part B must be longer than A, to per- 1 ARronARnaAqdL nungen UNA'DLLA, NEW .ironic 3 viiivnnlovsivnNT `IN' lci.l Ps Fon eueev-sPRINGs.

i Theischedulejreferred tfn these `Letters Patent' and maldng pari: of the sanne.

a Onthe topof. the part B, .which maybe slightlyi Beitknown that'LBiroIrARnA. CLARK, of Unadilla,`in ,the county ofjOtsegoand Statcof New York, have invented-.a.newuseti1l,.and improved Clip' 'for Buggy-Springs; `andi I do hereby :declare that theffol- When the partfB has been formed, either struck out in a die or forged, with its flanges at 'the ends projecting horizontally, the packing is first put in place.

Then over it isI placed a fiiction-plate`,1g, which may an improved-clip for aftf A.lof bnggies or theiucar-V 1-iages, the peculiar nature ofrrwhich clip will. he h erebe securely riveted, ifuecessary, to the part B, through counter-sunk holes. When the friction-plate is in place the part A is slipped in its proper position, the ends of the packing turned up, and theendsv of the metal struck up to cover `the packing and lloldi-he part A p securely in place, while at the Vsame time it has free longitudinal inovemen'tto a limited extent.

The, packing atV the ends 'forms a cushion,v against which the part A may strike. as it moves back and forth.

It will'be understood thatthe'spring used with this clip willbe, ordinarily, the single'half-elliptical spring, (asimple curved bow-spring,) placed` concave down, the

' ends res-tinglin these clips and the body of the buggy restingon the .upper centr/al part of the spring; and

it `makes alpracticable and exceedingly light, 'noiseless construction of spring-buggy. I

` Having thus fullydescribed myinvention,

What l claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Batent ofthe United States, is" 1. An improved clip,'formed.of the .parts A and B, constructed andadapted. toeach other, iu the manner described. v p 2. The packing and friction-plate, in combination with A and B, as described. p

3. The packing, when turned up to cover the part A, as set forth.

4.. The improved clip, when all the parts are constructed and arranged and operate inthe manner described. i v A 'y l This Specification signed and witnessed this 1st day of J uly, 1870; .i

l RICHARD' A. CLARK.

`VVitnesses':

G. W. SGHULTZ, Bour. Swan.

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