US1308666A - Wheeled scoop - Google Patents

Description

T. E. DUCKWORTH.

WHEELED SCOOP.

APPLICATION FILED mm. 19x9.

1 ,308, 666 Patented July 1, 1919.

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STATES PATENT 'FF To all whom it may ooncemi mamas nnuoxwonrn, or COLFAX, LOUISIANA. I

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. Be it known that I, THOMAS E. DUQK- WORTH, a citizen of the United States, reslding at Colfax, in the county of Grant and .State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheeled- Scoops, of which the following is a specification.

The invention provides a scoop for general use which is mounted upon wheels for.

convenience of movement and operation, the object being to provide novel means for mounting the scoop and unique actuatin means, whereby the scoo may be raised an lowered 'to facilitate lo ing andunloading thereof.

The drawing illustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention. However, it is to be understood thatin adapting the same to meet different conditions, various changes in the form, proportion, and, minor details 'of construction may be resorted to without... departing from the nature of the invention.-,

as claimed hereinafter.

In the drawing hereto attached, Figure 1 is a side view of a wheeled scoop I embodying the invention, the full lines showing the scoop in lowered position and the dotted lines-indicating the position of the scoop when raised. v

Fig.2 is a plan view and Fig. 3 -is a detail view showing the position of the operating lever-when the scoop is elevated and the lever made secure.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingv description and indicated inthe several views of the drawing.

by like reference characters. The scoop. 1 is of ordinary comprises a bottom, a back and side.

formation and In the preferable construction the scoop is formed of sheet metal of" suitable gage depending upon the character' of work for which the scoop is designed.

An axle 2 is supported in the sides ofv thescoop and is provided at its endswith crank arms 3 WlllCll receive ground wheels 4. The crank arms 3 admit ofthe raising connection cooperates with thesegment. 5

and an operating lever 6- to admit of the scoop being raisedor lowered. As shown the connection comprises a rod 7 and a chain 8,

' the latter passing about the segment 5 and Specification of Letters Patent.

secured to one endthereof. .The operating lever 6 is pivotally supported at 9 to handle bars 10 which are connected to the body of the scoop. A catch 11 near the free end of the lever 6 is adapted to engage a pin 12 l and hold the lever in the plane of the handle Application filed April 8, 1919. Serial No. 288,589. v p

lines in Fig. 1 and the 'full lines in Fig. 3 the.

scoop is in elevated position, thereb admitting of the trundling of the same rom one place to another.

The handle bars 10 have their middle por- "tions brought close together and their for-.

as engage the sides of the scoop at their rear .ends, thelaterally bent ends 13 of the handle bars being secured to the scoop in any substantial way. The rear ends 14 of the handle 'bars are bent laterally to form grips for convenience of manipulating the device. The pin or like part 12 connects the handle bars near their rear ends.

:',When it is required to load or unload the scoop, the same is lowered by moving the operating lever 6 into upright position. when trundling the scoop the latter is ele- Vated by lowering the lever 6, whereby the scoop may clear objects so as to pass freely over the surface.

'A projection 15, atone side of the scoop constitutes a stop to engage the contiguous crank arm 3 to limit the movement of the scoop in one direction when operating the lever -6 to elevate the scoop.

The foregoing description and the drawin have reference towhat may be consi ered' the preferred, or approved form of my invention. It is to be understood that I may make such changes in construction and arrangement and combination of parts, materials, dimensions, et cetera, as may prove expedient and fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Havin thus fully described my invention, what I c aim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is -1. In combination, a scoop, a handle bar projecting rearwardly from the scoop, an axle supporting the scoop and provided at its ends with crank "arms, wheels mounted upon the crank arms, an operating lever v pivotally mounted between the handle bars, a catch carried by the operating lever to engage the element connecting the rear ends of the handle bars and connecting means hetweenthe operating lever and axle.

3. In combination, a scoop, handle bars having their end portions extending later ally to form grips and attaching means, respectively, an element connecting the rear ends of the handle bars, an axle receiving the scoop and provided at itsends with crank arms, wheels mounted upon the crank arms, a segment secured to the axle, 5111- operating lever pivotally mounted between the handle bars, connecting means between the operating lever and segment, a catch on the operating lever to engage the element connecting the rear ends of the handle bars and a stop at onelside of the scoop for en gaging one of the crank arms.

In testimony whereofIafiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS E. DUCKWORTH. Witnesses: i R. H TALLEY,

J. W. DOWDEN.

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