US1260179A - Vehicle-standard. - Google Patents

Description

L. P. FRY.

VEHlCLE STANDARD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2,1917.

'1,Q60,179.- Patented Mar. 19,1918.

ATTO R N EY LOUIS P. FRY, 0F HORSE SHOE BEND, IDAHO.

VEHICLE-STANDARD.

Application filed June 2, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs P. FRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Horse Shoe Bend, in the county of Boise and State of Idaho, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Standards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to carriages and wagons, and more especially to standards; and the object of the same is to produce an improved foldable standard pivotally connected with the end of the bolster and adapted to be folded down onto the same when loading and unloading, or to be stood upright and braced in upright position to carry the load.

Particularly the invention is applicable to logging vehicles such as wagons, sleds, and the like, where heavy logs would have to be lifted completely over the upper ends of rigid standards in order to put the first row or layer onto the bolsters or to unload them therefrom, and much of the labor of lifting is of course saved if the standards can be folded down out of the way. Furthermore, the bolsters are usually of wood, and theend of the grain is exposed to the elements, and by protecting such end with metal the life of the bolster is increased.

The invention is simple of construction, cheap of manufacture, easy of application, and reliable in use. Details will be found in the following specification, and reference is made to the accompanying drawings where- 1n:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bolster showing a standard of this character at one end in its upright position, and a similar standard at the other end in its inactive position.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged end elevation of a bolster with this improved standard applied thereto and in its upright position.

Fig. 3 is a detail of a slight modification in which the sleeve entirely surrounds the extremity of the bolster.

In the drawings the letter B is used to designate the bolster. While this is the element which usually overlies the axle of a vehicle and carries upstanding stakes or standards at its extremities, I use the term bolster in the present instance as defining such an element although it may be part of a logging sled: in fact, it might be a horizontal element lying across the running gear of a logging car such as travels upon rails. Whatever the character of the Specification of Letters Batent.

Patented Mar.19,1918.

Serial No. 172,462.

vehicle by means of which logs are transported, it is obvious that if this transverse bolster or element have stakes or standards rising rigidly from its extremities, the logs must be raised high enough to be lifted over these stakes in loading, and again raised high enough to be lifted over the stakes in unloading. If the logs are rather small, the same difficulty occurs in loading and unloading the second row. Third and subsequent rows must of course be lifted high enough to be piled on the other rows, but the load does not always rise that high. For sake of lightness and availability, bolsters are usually made of wood, and what might be said to be a secondary object of my invention is to protect the extremities and the ends of the grain of bolsters from the weather.

With these preliminary statements, a specific description of the invention follows. Referring now to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a sheath or sleeve which is secured to each end of the bolster. Figs. 1 and 2 show this sheath composed of two upright sides and a flat top plate, and in Fig. 3 it is shown as carried completely around beneath the bolster so that it becomes a sleevein fact, its outer end may be closed as shown at 2 so that it is a metal ferrule completely protecting the end of the wooden bolster from the elements. In any construction, the sleeve has upright flanges 3 at its sides and at its inner end, and an upstanding lip 4 at its top and at its outer end. A single bolt 5 passes transversely through the side walls of the sleeve and through the bolster, and if the parts be accurately fitted I find this bolt alone is sufiicient to hold the sleeve on the wooden bolster.

The standard of my invention is of strap metal bent upon itself into a substantially inverted U-shaped body 10, the side arms of which near the bend 11 at the upper end stand rather close to each other, but at the lower end of the body these side arms are separated so that they may pass down alongside the sleeve as seen in Fig. l, and at their lower ends they are pivotally mounted on the ends of the bolt 5 under its head and nut. The length of the standard is such as may be required for the uses to which it is to be put. WVhen it stands upright it rests against the flanges 3: when not in Working position it is turned downward and outward, and hangs from the sleeve entirely bolt *5.

locked in place as before.

Thus is provided a foldable standard esout of the way so that it does not interfere with the loading or unloading of logs or the like.

For holding this standard in upright or working .position, a latch is provided. This is a toggle lever comprising an upper link 20 whose upper end is mounted on a pivot 21 through the arms of the standard where they stand rather close to each other, and a lower link 22 whose lower extremity is preferably beveled as at 23 and stands inside the lip 1 when the toggle is in active the midlength of this toggle, the obvious purpose being to provide at this point a guard of that character which sustains the two links when the toggle is straightened out "between its upper pivot 21 and the engagement of its beveled lower end on the top of the sleeve.

This device is applied to the end of the bolster as first suggested above, by slipping the sleeve over the same and putting in the The arms of the bolster-body are passed astride the sleeve, and the bolt is passed through holes in their lower ends,so that the bolt serves as the pivot for the bolster. The toggle-lever latching mechanism is pivoted at 21 to this bolster near its upper end, and when this bolster is put in place,

the lower end of the toggle is drawn over the lip l and falls onto the top of the sleeve behind it, whenever the bolster is stood upright-thus the same is automatically latched in its upright position and it is impossible to turn it outward to inactive position without first tripping theintermediate pivot of a toggle lever. This can be done by inserting any suitable tool over the outer edge of one of the arms and behind the intermediate pivot of the toggle, and then prying in a manner which will be clear. Now the pressure of the load behind or inside the bolster will automatically turn it outward, and if not it may be moved outward by hand. After the logs have been roll-ed 'ofl the bolster down the skids, or after they have been loaded onto the bolster, the standard is returned to its upright position and 'pecia lly adapted for use on loggin vehicles, and whereby the several objects first set forth above are accomplished. I prefer to make all parts of metal in order that they shall be proof against the trying climatic conditions in which they are usually employed, and to give them greater strength and durability.

What is claimed as new is 1. The combination with a vehicle bolster, and a sleeve on its end having outstanding flanges along its sides; of a standard forked at its lower end and passing astride said sleeve, a pivot bolt through the fork-arms and'the sleeve and bolster at'a point to permit the latter to rest against said flanges when it stands upright, and means for holding it in such position or permitting it to turn outward.

2. The combination with a vehicle bolster, and a sleeve on'its end having outstanding flanges along its sides; of a standard forked at its lower end and passing astride said sleeve, a pivot bolt through the fork-arms and the sleeve and bolster at a point to permit the latter to rest against said flanges when it stands upright, a toggle lever consisting of two links connected by a knuckle joint, a pivot connecting the upper end of the upper link to the standard near its u per portion, and means ,on the top of the sleeve near its outer end for engaging the lower end of the lower link, for the purpose set forth.

3. In a device-of the class'desc-ribed, the

combination with a sleeve mounted on the end of a bolster and having anupstanding lip at the outer end of its upper side; of a forked standard passing astride and pivoted at its lower end to the sides of said sleeve, means on thepsleeve for holding the standard when it is raised to upright position, and a toggle lever whose upper end is pivoted to the standard near its upper portion and Whose lower end is beveled andrests on said sleeve inside its lip, said lever consisting of two links pivoted to each other at theirmeeting ends, and a finger on one link overlying the other and engaging the same when the links stand in substantial alinement.

4:. In a device of the class described, the combination with a sleeve mounted on the end of a bolster and having an upstanding lip at the outer end of its upper side; of a forked standard passing astride andpivoted at its lower end to the sides of said sleeve, means on the sleeve for holding the standard when it is raised to upright position, and a toggle *lever whose upper end is pivoted to the standard near its upper portion and whose lower end is beveled and'rests on said sleeve inside its lip.

In testimony whereof I my signature.

LOUIS r. "FRY. 1

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