US1299730A - Automobile-lifter. - Google Patents

Description

P. IDE.

AzUTbMOBILE LIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED QCT-B, 1917.

1,299,730, Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

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AUTOMOBILE LIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED 001.8. mi.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

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PETER, IDE, 0F MGCOOK, NEBRASKA.

AUTOMOBILE-LIFTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

Application filed October 8, 1917. Serial No. 195,366.

7 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER Ion, a citizen of the United States, residing at McCook, in the county of Red WVillow and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile-Lifters, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in vehicle elevating means, and more particularly to a device of this character wherein the raising and lowering of the vehicle may be controlled by the operator while in the vehicle.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and relatively inexpensive mechanism that is novel in its character, and semiautomatic in operation.

An embodiment of the invention that is at present considered the preferable one, is illustrated in. the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of the device,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same in position to receive the vehicle,

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of the device, as it appears when the vehicle is in place thereon, and

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the embodiment illustrated, a base frame is employed, comprising side pieces 6 held in spaced relation by means of cross pieces 7 and rods 8 and 9 located at the front and rear ends, said rods also acting as pivots for the elevating members described later. Inclined runways 10 are secured near the forward end and on the outside of the members 6 in cooperative relation with the elevating means.

, The elevating means consist of front and rear axle-engaging posts 11 and 12 respectively, journaled on the rods 8 and 9 and adapted to swing thereon. Side members 14 connect the front and rear posts 11 and 12, so that they swing in proper relation with each other. Cross pieces '13 may be secured to the posts for giving additional strength thereto. Straps 15 are attached to the side pieces 14 and pivoted to the posts 11 and 12 to add to the strength of the supporting means.

Pivotally connected to the front posts 11 by means of eyes 16 and 17 or some other suitable means, are rods 19 and 20. The opposite ends of the rods slidably engage vertical arms 22 and 28, the sliding movement thereof being limited by heads 24 carried on the free ends of the rods. The vertical arms 22 and 23 are securely attached in any convenient manner to a rock shaft 25 rotatably mounted in the base frame, the said bar having one end thereof projecting beyond the side wall 6 and provided with a right angularly disposed arm 26. An eye 27, or other means, maybe employed, adapted to have a flexible cable 28 secured thereto. This cable 28 is carried up over a pulley 28 attached to the ceiling of the garage, and its free end is suitably located to be grasped by the operator while in the vehicle.

Rearwai'dly inclined blocks are arranged on the front ends of thebase frame in relative position with the posts 11, to form seats for supporting the heavy weight of the vehicle, while at rest, and further to limit the forward swinging movement of the elevating means. Slightly inclined top faces 30 are formed on the side bars 6, on which the side members 14 seat when the elevating means is depressed or in position to receive the vehicle.

It is believed that the operation of the apparatus can now be made clear. With the parts as shown in Fig. 2, it will be evident that if an automobile is run over the elevator, the front axle will strike against the posts 11, causing them to swing forwardly, thereby swinging the rear posts 12 forwardly and upwardly and causing them to engage the rear axle and elevate the same. The rods 19 and 20 will slide freely through the arms 22 and 23 until the heads 24 are against or directly adjacent to said arms. To release the automobile, the operator seated in the same has only to pull upon the free end of the cable 28. This will raise the arm 26,- and by turning the rock shaft 25 cause the rearward movement of the arms 22 and 23. These arms thus engage the heads 24 and draw rearwardly upon the rods 19 and 20, causing the elevating frame to swing rearwardly until the posts 11 have passed their vertical positions, whereupon the weight of the automobile will continue the rearward movement until the wheels support the same, the continued rearward movement being permitted by reason of the vCopies of this' patent may}' be obtained for sliding connection of the rods 19 and 20 with the actuating arms 22 and 23.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation and many advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, Without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with elevating means comprising a base frame and elevating side bars, of comiecting rods pivoted to the forward end of the elevating side bars, a rock shaft journaled in the base frame and having crank arms, said arms engaging the connecting rods and having a limited sliding and arranged to detachably engage with a vehicle and elevate the same, and mechanism for actuating the elevating frame to lower it, including a crank arm member, and a link connection between the crank arm member and frame member, said link connection having a sliding engagement with one of said members to permit the elevation of the frame without the movement of the crank arm.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with elevating means, comprising a base frame and elevating side bars, of rods pivoted to the forward end of the elevating side bars, a rock shaft journaled in the base frame and having crank arms, said arms engaging the connecting rods and slidable thereon, a lever arm formed on one end of the rock shaft, and operating means connected to the end of the lever arm and adapted to be controlled by the operator while in the vehicle.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of witnesses.

PETER IDE.

Witnesses J N0. F. DUNBAR, M. R. OSBORN, F. L. WOLFE.

five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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