US1204243A - Tongue-support for vehicles. - Google Patents

Description

E. BHElTENSTEIN.

TONGUE SUPPORT FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, 1915.

1 ,Qfififii. Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

EDWARD BBEITENSTEIN, OF NEWTON, KANSAS.

TONGUE-SUPPORT FOR VEHICLES.

Application filed November 29, 1815.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD BREITEN- STEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newton, in the county of Harvey and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tongue-Supports for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a tongue attachment, and more particularly to the class of drop tongue supports for wagons, hay racks or the like.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a support of this character wherein the weight of the tongue will be relieved from the draft animals when connected to the wagon, hay rack or the like, the support being designed particularly for use on drop tongues.

Another obj ect of the invention is the provision of a support of this character wherein there will be no interference with the turning of the tongue in guiding the wagon, hay rack or the like, and the weight of the said tongue will at all times be relieved from the draft animal or animals during the draft ing of the load on the wagon, hay rack or the like.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a support of this character which can be readily and conveniently attached to the body of the wagon, hay rack or the like and also attached to the tongue and will respond to any vibrations of the tongue when the wagon, hay rack or the like is traveling over an irregular surface.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a support of this character which is extremely simple in construction, self-adjustable, reliable and eflicient in operation, strong, durable and inexpensive of manufacture and installation.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of a wagon with the drop tongue, showing the support for the latter constructed in accordance with the invention applied; Fig. 2'is a perspec- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7 1916.

Serial No. 64,089.

tive view of the hanger for the roller track of the tongue support; Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view thereof Fig. A is a plan view of the roller and its yoke or block.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawing in detail, A designates the wagon body or box, B the front cross bolster, C the front turning gear to which is connected the tongue hound D having pivoted therein the draft tongue E, as usual.

The tongue support comprises the base plate 10 having formed therewith depending tubular members 11 having passed therethrough the shanks 12 of hooks 13, the shanks being also passed through the base plate 10 and suitably fastened in the cross piece 14 at the under side of the flooring of the wagon body or box A, while engaged in the hooks 13 is a track rod 15 having its end bent downwardly at 16 to avoid lateral displacement in the hooks 13 which securely fasten the track rod 15 in place against the outer ends of the tubular members 11.

Adapted to travel upon the track rod 15 is a peripherally grooved roller 17 journaled in a sheave or block 18 carrying a swiveled hook 19 to which is connected one end of a coiled retractile spring 20, the other end of which is connected with a suspension chain 21 which has loosely connected at its free end a pin 22 which is passed through the tongue E at a suitable point spaced from the tongue hound D in which the said tongue E is pivotally mounted, so that the drop tongue E will be resiliently suspended by the chain and spring. The said tongue is free for swinging movement as the roller 17 can freely travel upon the track rod 15, and in this manner the tongue support will not interfere with the turning of the tongue in the guiding of the wagon. The tongue support when mounted upon the wagon and connected with the tongue will relieve the weight of the latter from the draft animal or animals. It is of course to be understood that the hanger for the track rod 15 can be mounted on the dash end of the wagon or at any other convenient point thereof.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and manner of operation of the invention will be readily ap parent, and a. more extended explanation has, therefore, been omitted.

' Having thus described my invention, I claim A tongue support comprising a pair of brackets adapted to be fastened in spaced relation to the bottom of a Wagon box at the front thereof, each including a base plate and a depending tubular portion, bolts passedthrough the tubular portion and base plate, nuts threaded on the bolts and Working against the base plate, hooks formed on the bolts and arranged adjacent the free end of the tubular portion, a track rod engaged in the hooks and having curved terminals cooperating with said hooks to prevent displacement of the rod therein, a pulley sheave having a pulley movable over the track rod,

hook swiveled in the sheave, a chain adapted to have one end connected With a tongue, and a coiled retractile spring having one end connected to the chain and its opposite end connected to the last named hook.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

EDWARD BREITENSTEIN,

Witnesses: r

BES L B H, A. MORGAN.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, 7 Washington, D. G. V

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