US1182942A

US1182942A - Car attachment.

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Publication number: US1182942A
Application number: US6958115A
Authority: US
Inventors: William H Thompson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1915-12-31
Filing date: 1915-12-31
Publication date: 1916-05-16
Anticipated expiration: 1933-05-16

Description

W. H. THOMPSON.

CAR ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED 05c. 31. 1915.

1, 182,942. I Patented May 16, 1916.

Witnesses Inventor,

31 s I p 65 by Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. THOMPSON, 0F MARINETTE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MICHAEL PETERS, MENOMINEE, MICHIGAN.

CAR ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May'16, 1916.

Application filed December 31, 1915. Serial No. 69,581.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM H. THOMP- soN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marinette, in the county of Marinette and State of WVisconsin, have invented a new and useful Car Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to be employed upon cars or wagons of the sort used for the transportation of logs.

One object of the invention is to provide a novel form of stake, the constituent members of which may be separated readily, to permit an unloading of the logs.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means whereby the ends of a chain or like flexible element may be detachably and releasably united with the stakes intermediate the upper and lower ends of the stakes.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 shows in end elevation, a portion of a car or vehicle equipped with the device forming the subject matter of this application, parts appearing in section; Fig. 2 is'a perspective showing a portion of the body of the car stake; Fig. 3 is a perspective showing the base of the car stake; Fig. 4 is an elevation showing the locking pin which unites the body of thestake with the base of the stake; Fig. 5 is a perspective showing a portion of the fastening whereby the ends of. a chain which extends between opposite stakes are connected with the said stakes;.Fig. 6 is a perspective showing a .portionof'the structure delineated in Fig. 5, Fig. 6 illustrating an intermediate step in the process of releasing'the fastening shown in Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a perspective showing the releasing member used with the fastening shown in Fig. 5; Fig. 8 is a side elevation showing the fastening of Fig. 5 in operative relation to the releasing means of Fig.7.

In carrying out the present" invention there is provided a car stake which is shown in Figs. 3, 2 and 1 of the drawings. The stake includes a body 1 ordinarily fashioned from wood. Applied to the lower end of the body 1 is a cap 2 secured to the rear face of which is a reinforcing plate'3 .having a rearwardly projecting pin l. In one side of the cap 2 there is formed a keyhole slot 5 having an upstanding extension 6. Adj acent its forward end the cap 2 is provided with laterally projecting studs 7 The car stake includes a base 8 ordinarily made of wood. Applied to the base 8 are side plates 9 upwardly extended to form a socket 10 open at the frontand closed at the back. The side plates 9 may be connected by a metal bottom 11' resting on the top of the base 8. In the forward edges of the socket 10 open notches 12 are formed. In the back of the socket 10 there is fashioned an opening 14. In one side of the socket 10 there is a keyhole slot 15 including an extension 16 which projects upwardly. In the opposite side of the socket 10 there is a hole 17 ordinarily of circular contour.

The numeral 18 designates a car or vehicle having eyes 19 at its sides. The bases 8 of the car stakes'are seated'in the eyes 19, the caps 2 of thebody portions 1 of the stakes being received in the socket 10, the pins 4; registering in the openings 14, and the studs 7 being received in the notches 11. p

The connection between'the base 8 of the stake and the body 1 thereof is in the form of a pin 36 provided intermediate its ends with a lug 37 and equipped at one end with an angular arm 38. A flexible element 39 may be connected to the arm 38. The arm 38 may be made to project upwardly, wheneupon the pin 36 is thrust through the registering keyhole slots 15 and 5, thus to connect the body 1 with the base 8. The lug 37 then is free to pass throughthe extensions 6 and 16 of the keyhole slots, Subsequently, the pin 36'is rotated by means of the arm 38, until the arm 38 extends downwardly, under which circumstances, the lug 37 will extend downwardly, also, and will look behind one side of the cap 2 at the bottom of the keyhole slot 5, the free end of the pin 36 projecting outwardly through the opening 17 in the socket 10.

The upper ends of the body portions 1 of opposed car stakes may be equipped with eyes 41, united by a chain, wire or other flexible element shown at 40.

The numeral 20 indicates an intermediate connection, ordinarily in the form of a chain and provided at its ends with rings 30. lVith each ring 30 is assembled a fastening whereby one end of the chain 20 is connected with the body 1 of the car stake. These fastenings are duplicates, and but one of them need be described.

Each of the fastenings above alluded to embodies a flexible element 21 provided at one end with a primary ring A secondary ring 23 is attached to the other end of the flexible element. An intermediate ring 24 is connected to the flexible element 21, between the ends of the flexible element, and relatively close to the ring 23. Pivoted at 25 to the ring 23 is a lever 26 having a bend 27. The lever 26 passes through the ring 22 1 as clearly shown in Fig. 5, and the bend 27 of the lever 26 engages the ring the free end of the lever 26 passing through the in termediate ring 24. Pivoted at 28 to the free end of the lever 26 is a third ring 29 which, cooperating with the ring 24, acts as keeper. lVhen the fastening shown in Fig. 5 is connected with the ring 30 and is extended around the body 1 of the car stake, it will be obvious that the car stake will be held to one end of the chain 20.

A releasing means is provided whereby the lever 26 may be uncoupled from. the

rings

24 and 22. This releasing means is in the form of a link 31 having eyes 32 at one end, the eyes 32 receiving an operating memher in the form of a chain or cord 33. At one end of the link 31 there is fashioned a bend 34 and intermediate its ends, the link is provided with a seat 35. When it is desired to release the fastening means shown in Fig. 5, the third ring 29 is folded down onto the lever 26 and projects through the intermediate ring 24 as best shown in Fig. 6 and as shown in Fig. 8. lVhen the link 31 is passed through the intermediate ring 24, the bend 34 of the link 31 being detachably seated on the free end 28 of the lever 26, the seat 35 in the link 31 coacting with the intermediate ring 24, and the lever 21 resting on the rihg 29, as shown in Fig. 8, so that the ring 29 serves as a support for the lever 31. If, now, the flexible element 33 be drawn upon, the link 31 will be transformed into a lever, the fulcrum of which is at the point where the bend 34 of the link engages the free end 28 of the lever 26. l/Vhen the link 31 thus is operated lever-wise, the free end of the link 24 is swung around to the right (Fig. 8) and is freed from the ring 29 and from the end of the lever 26. Thereupon the hold of the flexible element 21 around the body 1 of the stake will be released.

In practical operation, the pins 36 first are withdrawn, .thus separating the body portions 1 of the stakes from the bases 8 thereof. Subsequently, the ends of the chain 20 are detached from the bodies 1 of the stakes by the use of the device shown in Fig. 7, and finally, after the operations above described have been carried out, the logs will roll laterally off the car 18, the body portions 1 of the stakes sliding in opposite directions off the bases 8 of the stakes. The function of the flexible element 40 which connects the tops of the stakes is to prevent the stakes from sliding downward into the logs as the logs are rolled off the car. The ends of the flexible element 21 may be described as branches of the tie or chain 20.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A car stake comprising a base provided with an upstanding socket which is open at the front; a body; a cap on the lowerend of the body and received within the socket;

the socket and the cap having registering.

keyhole slots embodying upwardly projecting extensions; and a pin' received in the slots and having an angularly disposed arm, the pin being provided with 2. lug

adapted to pass through the extensions of the keyhole slots when the arm projects upwardly, and adapted to lock behind the cap when the pin is rotated by means of the arm and when the arm isin a depending position.

2. A car stake comprising a base provided with an upstanding socket open at the front and having a notch in its forward edge; a body; a cap. on the lower end of the body and received within the socket, the caphaving a stud engaged in the notch; the socket and the cap having registering keyhole slots embodying upwardly projecting extensions; a pin received in the slots and having an angularly disposed arm, the pin being provided with a lug adapted to pass through the extensions of the keyhole slots when the arm projects upwardly, and adapted to look behind the cap when the pin is rotated by means of the arm and when the arm is in a depending position.

3. A car stake comprising a base provided with an upstanding socket open at the front and having a notch in its forward edge, the socket having an opening in its rear wall; a body; a cap on the lower end of the body and received within the socket, the caphaw ing a stud engaged in the notch, and being provided with a pin received in the opening; the socket and the cap having registering keyhole slots embodying upwardly projecting extensions; a pin received in the slots, and having an angularly disposed arm,

the pin having a lug adapted to pass through the extensions of the keyhole slots when the arm projects upwardly, and adapted to look behind the cap when the pin is rotated by means of the arm and when the arm is disposed in a depending position.

4. In a device of the class described, a car; sockets on the car; side stakes detachably mounted in the sockets for outward movement in opposite directions; a connection disposed between the stakes and provided at its ends with eyes; flexible elements threaded through the eyes and extended around the stakes; and means for detaohably uniting together the ends of the respective flexible elements.

5. In a device of the class described, a car; sockets on the car; stakes having their lower ends mounted in the sockets for outward movement in opposite directions; a connection uniting the stakes adjacent their upper ends; a second connection located intermediate the upper and lower ends of the stakes and disposed between the stakes; eyes at the outer ends of the last specified connection; flexible elements threaded through the eyes and having their ends disposed upon the outer edges of the stakes; and means for releasably uniting the ends of the respective flexible elements.

6. In a device of the class described, a vehicle; eyes on the vehicle; stakes including bases received in the eyes, and bodies supported on the bases; pins forming detachable connections between the bodies and the bases; a connection between the upper ends of the bodies of the stakes; a second connection located intermediate the upper and lower ends of the bodies of the stakes; and means for releasably uniting the bodies with the second connection, between the upper and lower ends of the bodies.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. THOMPSON.

WVitnesses: I

H. D. HOPPER, SADIE LEWIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. (2.