US1277161A - Juvenile vehicle. - Google Patents

Description

J. WEBER, JR.

JUVENILE VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2. mu.

1 ,277, 1 6 1 Patented Aug. 27, 1918.

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JOHN WEBER, an, or TOLEDO, oruo, ASSIGNOR o THE TOLEDO METAL WHEEL COM- PAIN'Y, 0F TOLEDO, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

JUVENILE VEHICLE.

Application filed March 2, 1918.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN WEBER, J r., a citizen of the United States, and resident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Juvenile Vehicle; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to juvenile vehicles, and particularly to foot-propelled vehicles of this class.

The primary object of my invention is the provision of an improved foot operated drive-gear for the propeller shafts of vehicles of the class'described, whereby such gear will not become locked against free and easy movement at any position of rotation of the propeller shaft, thereby obviating 0bjections incident to the use of drive-gears now commonly employed 1n uvenile ve-- hicles.

The invention is fully described in the following specification, and while, in its broader aspect, it is capable of embodiment in numerous forms, a. preferred embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a vehicle embodying my invention, with parts broken away, and Fig. 2 is a top plan View thereof, with parts removed and broken away.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the frame of a uvenile vehicle, 2 the customary double-cranked propeller shaft carrying the propeller wheels 3, and 4 the front axle at the ends of which are carried the front wheels 5.

A bracket 6'of U-shape, in the present instance, is secured to the under side of the front axle 4 with its legs depending, and a link 7 is pivotally suspended from each of such legs for forward and rearward swinging movements. A propeller-bar 8 pivotally projects rearward from the lower end Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au 27, 1918.

Serial No. 219,945.

of each link 7 and has a journal bearing at its rear end for receiving the respective crank wrist portion of the propeller shaft 2.

A pedal 9 is carried at the outer side of each bar 8 in spaced relation to both ends thereof by a bracket 10, which bracket, in the present instance, is of U-looped form and has one leg prolonged and fixed to the outer side of the respective bar 8 by bolts 11,01 in any other suitable manner.

It is evident that by exerting the propelling force on the bars 8, 8 intermediate their ends the bars will be positively prevented from looking against a shaft propelling movement when the cranks of the propeller shaft are in substantially the plane of longitudinal projection of the propeller bars, or in what is customarily termed the dead center position of the shaft, as is the case where the propelling force is applied to the bars at the outer ends thereof. In other words, the positioning of the foot pedals intermediate the ends of the propeller bars enables the operator to exert either a longitudinal or transverse force to a propeller bar or to combine both such forces, so that it is impossible to have any dead center position between the propeller bars and crank-shaft, whereas, if the pedals are located at the forward ends of the propeller bars a pulling or longitudinal force only can be imparted through the bars to the propeller shaft.

Another advantage incident to my improved drive-gear is the adjustability of the pedal-brackets longitudinally of the pro- .peller bars to suit the operator, as such ad- In a foot-propelled vehicle, a frame, a a bracket screwed to a side of each propropeller crank-shaft, links pivotally suspeller bar intermediate its ends, and a pedal pended from the frame for swinging movecarried by each bracket. 10 inents lengthwise thereof and in trans- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 5 versely spaced relation to said shaft, prosigned my name to this specification.

peller bars connecting said links and shaft and movable to impart rotation to the shaft, JOHN W'EBER, JR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Iatents, Washington, D. 0,"

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