US1140138A - Buggy-axle. - Google Patents

Description

C. B. ELLIOTT & E. KURTZ.

BUGGY AXLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAII .1. 1914A Patented May 18, 1915.

GTUN. D. C.

stub axle of the device. a

BUGGY-AXLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May is, 1915.

Application filed March 7, 1914'. Serial No. 823,209.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, CLAUDE B. ELLIOTT and EDWARD Krm'rz, citizens of-the United States of America, residing at Hempstead, in the county of Waller and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buggy-Axles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to vehicle axles and the principal object of the same is the production of an axle which has the hub of the wheel so arranged as to rotate with the Another object of this invention is the production of an efficient means for holdtioned.

ing the wheel in engagement with the axle.

A still further object of this invention is the production of a device of the kind above described that is simple in construction, efficient in operation, and consists of the minimum number of parts.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists of certain novel construcs tions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicate like partsin the several views, and :F igure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of theimproved axle with a wheel mounted thereon. Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section taken on 1ine3-3 of Fig.1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the clamping plate used in this device. Fig. 5 is a per spective view of the filler member. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the clamping block used with this invention. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the filler plug. Fig. 8 is an inverted perspective view of the end of the main axle.

Referring to the parts" by reference numerals, a main axle 10 is provided with an opening 11 at its outer end, said end of said axle having a longitudinally extending groove 12. A stub axle 13 is adapted to be positioned in the opening 11 of the main axle 10, and between the outer face of the stub axle 13 and in the face of'the opening '11 is placed a filler member 14 having a longitudinally extending flange or web 15.

This member 15 is provided adjacent its outer end with downwardly extending spaced lugs 16 between which the block 17 is posi- .lng a squared recess 27 at its inner end.

her 14: and is provided with a cut-out por- The stub axle 13 is provided with a squared portion 18 near its outer end and is also provided with threads 19 at its outer extremity to receive the filler plug 20. This filler plug 20 comprises an inwardly projecting collar 21, internal threads 22, a flared portion 23, and afpolygon' shaped outer end 24. This polygon shaped end 24 is so made'that a wren hf.may be applied thereto. Q

On a portion 25 between the squaredportion 18 and the outer extremity ofthestub axle 13 is placed the hub 26 of a wheel hav- Fitting within the squared recess of the hub,

26 and suitably secured therein is a forward projection 28 of the collar 29 which is 'provided with a circumferential groove 30. The inner face of this collar 29 fits snugly against the outer end of the main axle 10 thereby preventing any dust from entering the opening 11 of the main axle 10. A clamping plate 31 is provided with a down wardly projecting flange 31 at its outer end, said plate is secured to the outer face of the axle'lO by means of the depending bolt members 32 that pass through the openings 33 formed in the block 17, and nuts .85

34 are threaded upon the lower ends of the bolt members 32 thus holding said bolt members within the openings 33 of the block 17. This block 17 is positioned in the space between the lugs 16 of thefiller memtion intermediate its length to facilitate the engagement of said block with the curved surface of the axle I 10. This is clearly shown in Fig. 3. It will be seen from the foregoing description that inasinafter described and the bolt members 32 are connected to the clampingplate 31, that when this device is in'the position as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 that the filler member is securely held in place and by means of having thedownwardly projecting lug 31 of the clamping plate 31 positioned in the filler member ltrespectively and the ordi- 7 much as this block 17 1s positloned as herenary oil cup 38 having a tube 39 positioned in these alined openings, oil can be fed to the stub axle 13 and by means of the longitudinally extending groove 40 oil is allowed to readily circulate.

It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form and construction of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof. It is, therefore, not wished to confine the invention-to the exact form herein shown and described but it is wished to include all such as properly come within the scope claimed.

What is claimed as new, is

A device of the class described comprising an axle, having an opening at its end, said end of said axle also having a longitudinally extending slot formed therein, a filler having a longitudinally extending flange positioned in said opening in said axle and having said longitudinally extending flange positioned in said longitudinally extending slot, downwardly projecting lugs adjacent the end of said filler, a second axle in said filler, a wheel on said second axle, a clamping plate engaging said wheel having downwardly projecting arms threaded at their lower extremity, a block positioned between said downwardly projecting lugs on said filler, said arms of said plate passlng through said block, and means for holding said arms in engagement with said block whereby said plate may be held securely on said axle to hold said wheel in engagement therewith.

In testimony whereof we hereunto afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CLAUDE B. ELLIOTT. EDWARD KURTZ. Witnesses:

G. S. OSBORNE, A. M. MANLEY.

Coiiies' of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington; D. G.

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