US1290909A - Dumping-wagon. - Google Patents

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l. F. CHEVALIER.

DUMPING WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2I, I9I1.

Patented Jan. 14, 1919.

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nuMPlNG WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2i. 1917.

Patented Jan. 14, 1919.

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JOSEPH FRANCIS CHEVALIER,'OF LAKELAND, KENTUCKY.'

DUMPING-WAGON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 14, 1919.

Application filed February 21, 1917. Serial N o. 150,155.

To al? whom 2'?? may concern: f

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. CHEVALIER,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lakeland, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dumping- Wagons; and I do hereby declare the Vfollowing 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. This invention relates to improvements in dumping wagons and more particularly to such as are provided with manually operable means for controlling the tilting of the wagon body and the opening and closing of the end gate,-one object of my present invention being to provide a dump-wagon structure which can be readily operated by the driver from his seat on the wagon, to move the body rearwardly and permit it to tilt and at the same time cause the end gate to open during the tilting of the body, and so that the body may be righted and the end gate closed by manipulation of the same manually operable mechanism. Y

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims. p

In the accompanying drawings; Figure l is a side elevation of a wagon embodying my improvements; Fig. 2 is a similar viewA showing the body in dumping position; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, and Fig. t is a front end view.

y 1, 1 represent the side rails of the running ygear and these may be connected, through the medium of spring hangers 2 with the rear springs 3, the latter being supported over the axle in any approved manner. A standard 4 is secured to one of the side rails of the running gear and supports a drivers seat 5 said seat being also supported by a standard 6 secured to the running gear, and Y to said standards, a foot rest 7 may be secured.

A body 8 is disposed over the running gear and provided approximately centrally between its ends with laterally prjectingY brackets 9 mounted to slide on the side rails l of said running gear.v The forward end of the body 8 is supported when in normal position, by means of slides 10 secured to the forward portion of the running gear. The

body is further supported on rollers 11 mounted on a transverse shaft 12 extending from one side rail l to the other somewhat rearwardly of the transverse center of the running gear. Stops 13 are secured to the upper faces of the side rails l approximately in line with the rollers 1l, and on these stops and rollers, the body 8 is adapted to pivot when said body is tilted, as hereinafter more fully explained.

Each bracket 9 is provided with an upwardly projecting arm 14to which one end of a horizontal pin 15 is secured, the other end of said pin being connected with the body 8,-a brace 16 preferably being secured to the body and engagingsaid pin. VThe forward ends of brackets 17 are pivotally connected with the pins 15 and at their rear ends, these brackets are pivotally connected with an end gate 18 near the top of the latter. The pivoted brackets 17 have sliding bearings in the bifurcated upper ends of posts 19 mounted on the side rails 1, and thus the end gate will be supported whenthe body has been tilted to dumping position and also when it is in its normal horizontal position.

The end gate 18 may be provided on itsV gate 1n position to engage'the rear ends of v the guards 21 and force said end gate to its position to tightly close the end of the bodyY andA cause its lower end to be disposed in front of retaining stops 23 secured to the side rails 1, l, of the running gear, when theV body is moved from tilted dumping position to horizontal position. Y Y A transverse shaft 24 is mounted near the forward portion of the running gear and is provided with crank arms 25,with which the forward ends of rods or pitmen 26 are connected,-the rear ends of the latter being pivotally connected with the brackets 9 secured tothe central portion of the body 8.

Two ratchet wheels 27928 are secured to the crank shaft'24, said wheels being spaced apart with teeth 0f one wheel disposed opposite to the teeth of the other wheel. A hand lever 29 is loosely mounted on the shaft 24 between the ratchet wheels 27-28 and provided on its opposite faces with teeth or dogs 30-31 to engage the teeth of one or the other of said ratchet wheels when the lever is moved laterally. In order to insure'proper lateral movement'of the lever for the purpose stated, said lever .is made with a depending arm 32 movable through an elongated slot 83 in a bracket 34e secured to one of the side rails of the running gear. The hand lever projects upwardly a sufficient distance to be within convenient reach of the driver and may be guided in its movements by a slotted arm or loop supported by one of the seat standards.

lVhen a wagon body 8 is in its normal position, as shown in F ig. 1, it will be locked in such position by means of a latch arm 35 attached to the wagon body and adapted at its forward end to engage one of the cross bars 36 at the forward end of the running gear. This latch may be operated to release the bcdv 8, by means of an Lshaped hand lever 37 pivoted to the front end of the body 8 and having its arm connected, by means of a link 38 with the free end of said latch arm.

When it is desired to tilt the body 8 to dump its contents, the driver will first unlock the same by manipulation of the latch lever 37. He will then cause the hand lever Q9 to engage the ratchet wheel 27 and then move said lever frein one end to the other of its throw. thereby imparting motion through the medium of the crank shaft 24, pitmen 26 and brackets 9. to the bcdy 8 and cause the same to be slid rearwardly until the brackets 9 engage the stops 13 on the side rails 1. It will be understood that the lever 29 may be moved as above described, in engagement with the ratchet wheel 27, as many times as may be necessary to slide the body until the brackets 9 engage thD stops 13. During the rearward movement of the body 8, the pivoted brackets 17 will slide through the bifurcated upper ends of the posts 19, and hence the end gate 18 will remain clos-ed during` the entire time that the body 8 is in a horizontal position. lThe body 8 having moved rearwardly as above eX- plained, it will be permitted to tilt on its pivotal support, and during such tilting, the pivoted brackets 17 will be moved farther rearwardly and slightly upwardly and the gate will be so moved as to permit the end of the body 8 to pass it and said gate will be held suspended while the rear end of the body descends the parts being then disposed in the positions indicated in Fig. 2.

Should the hand lever 29 be made to mesh with the ratchet wheel 28 and then operated as above explained. lthe reverse of the move ments above described will take place, and the wagon body 8 will be moved to the normal horizontal position on the running gear, indicated in Fig. 1.

Various slight changes might be made in the details of construction of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof or limiting its scope and hence I do not wish to restrict myself to the precise details herein set forth. f

Having fully described my invention what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. The combination with a wheeled frame, and a body mounted to slide and tilt thereon, of a transverse shaft mounted near the forward end of the wheeled frame, crank arms on said shaft, pitmen connecting said crank arms with intermediate portions of said body, whereby when said shaft is turned in one direction, the body will be slid rearwardly on the frame to dumping position and when said shaft is turned in the other direction said body will be returned to its normal horizontal position, ratchet wheels on. said transverse shaft. and a lever provided with dogs, disposed between said ratchet wheels and shiftable from one to the other, whereby said shaft may be rotated in one direction or the other.

2. In a dumping wagon, the combination with a wheeled frame, a body mounted to slide and tilt thereon, an end gate for said body, lateral brackets projecting from the sides of said body, brackets pivoted to said lateral brackets and to the end gate, and posts on which the tail gate brackets are adapted to slide, of a crank shaft. pitmen connecting the arms of said crank shaft with the lateral brackets to which the tailgate-brackets are connected, wherebv, when the shaft is turned in one direction, the body will he slid rearwardly on the frame to dumping position and said pivoted end gate brackets will be simultaneously slid on their bearings on said posts, and whereby when said shaft is rotated in the other direction, the body and its end gate will be caused toA assume their normal positions, and lever operated ratchet devices connected with said crank shaft and adapted to rotate the lat-ter in either direction. Y

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. Y

JOSEPH FRANCIS CHEVALIER.

Witnesses:

S. H. COX, L. H. VMCCHrsnnr.

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

Washington, D. C. i

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