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1 J. RUTKUS. TRACTION ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED M R. 21, 919. 1,31 6,063. Patented Sept. 16, 1919. 2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

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J.RUTKU&

TRACTION ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

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1,316,063. Patented Sept. 16,1919.

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which, when not in use, will be entirely JOSEPH nor-Kris, or MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin;

TRACTION ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pat t t. 16, 1919 Application filed April 21, 1919. Serial No. 291,774..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrrr RUTKUS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Traction Attachments for Automobiles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates tonew and useful improvements in pulling attachments for vehicles in which a Windlass or winch is mounted in operative relation to thevehicle motor and arranged to be driven by the flywheel thereof to wind up a cable attached to a fixed object for moving the vehicle out of a mud hole or the like, up a steep incline, or over a slippery surface affording practically no traction. a It is the primary object of this invention to provide a simply constructed attachment disconnected from the vehicle motor, but

which can be quickly thrown into operation by the engagementof a certain the motor fly-wheel.

Another object is to provide an attachment of this character which will be simple and inexpensive in construction and efficient and reliable in operation.

With these and other objects and advantages in View, the invention resides in the novel details of construction and combina tion of parts more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a semi-diagrammatic view of a portion of a motor vehicle havlng my attachment associated therewith, parts of the latter being in vertical section, as indicated by the line 1-1 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a plan view, partly in section, of the structure shown in Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a detail transverse sectional view part with taken on the plane of the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. a

By reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that the inventlon 1s located directly in the rear of the veh cle motor M when the fiy-wheel F thereof is at the rear, the structure comprising the inventlon being hung from suitable brackets carried by the side bars 13 of the chassis frame. Since the invention is adapted tobe actuated by the motor fly-wheel, its location will be de pendent upon the position of the latter, and consequently various minor changes which may be made inthe form and proportion of the various parts of the device are also more or less dependent thereon. a i

In the embodiment illustrated, the inventionincludes a transverse shaft 1 journaled in bearings 2 carried by brackets 3 which depend below the sidebars B and are secured thereto as at 4:- Loosely disposed on the shaft. 1 is a sleeve 5 in the intermediate portion of which is formed a winding drum 6, a pulling cable 7 being adapted to be wound thereon. One end of the sleeve 5. is provided with clutch elements 8 for cooperative engagement with the elements of a slidable clutch member 9 splined on said shaftl. A shifting lever 10 provides means for moving the clutch member 9 into and out of engagement with the end. ofthe sleeve 5.

The shaft 1 isoperated directly by a worm gear 11 fixed thereto, which in turn is driven by a worm 12 on the lower end of a vertical shaft 13. This shaft 13 is journaled in the vertically spaced bearings 14 and 1.41 of a bracket 15, which, like the brackets 3 is secured to one of the frame bars B. A second worm gear 16 is fixed to the shaft 13 intermediate its ends and is positioned between the spaced bearings 1 1 and 1 1 as indicated in Fig. 1.

The bracket 15 also includes a pair of spaced pintle bearings 17 in which the pintles 18 that project from opposite sides of a bearing sleeve 19 are j ournaled. It will be noticed that the pintles 18 are positioned vertically so that the sleeve 19 may be swung in a horizontal plane.

A drive shaft 20 is journaled in the bearing sleeve 19 and is held against longitudinal movement therein by a worm 21 engaged with one end of the latter and a stop collar 22 in contact with the other end. The worm 21 is fixed at one end of the shaft 20 and the opposite end carries a friction pulley 23 which is designed to be intermittently engaged with the periphery of the fly-wheel F. During the engagement of the pulley 23 and the fly-wheel, the worm 21 is meshed with the teeth of the worm gear 16 so that rotation of said fly-wheel will be transmitted to the shaft 1. p, I t

The structure illustrated in Fig. 3, clearly depicts the preferred means for moving the shaft 20 anditsbearingsleeve 19 to engage" or disengage the fly-wheel F and'friction pulley 23. A bracket24 secured to one of the frame bars B supports the shaft shifting mechanism whichineludesa collar 25 hav-' ing oppositely eXtending-= pins; 26--slidable in:

ears 27 on the bracket, and a shifting lever 28 'whiclr is looselyengaged with" the operating 'finger29on the'collar;

Normally b'othof the levers=10and-28 are retained in position'to disengage the clutch member 10 from the'sleeve- 8" and the friction pulley -23 from the fly-wheell When, however, the automobile "or 'other motor ve' hicle equipped witlrmy inventien becomes unable to proceed by itsj' own tractive means, the hook-30 on the-free 'en'd of the cable/*7 is attached to a stationary obj ect' at a-point distant from the vehicle so -that uponmota tion of the winding drum 6 the c'a'blewill be shortened and the vehicle'moved-forwardly; or 'b aekwardly as in some instances; Rotation of the drum is p'rocure'd in the manner as herein set forth by shifting the collar' 25 to rock-the drive shaft 20 and engage "the worm 21 and the friction pulley 23 with the worm gear: 16' and fly-wheel F respectively; 1 and {thereafter "clutching the sleeve Std-the 'shaft lh The vehicle h'av ing been'moved'to firm'=ground, or into such position that its drive 'wheels will function,

the levers 10 and 28 are shifted to inoperative position, and the cable 7 is arranged so as not to interfere with the running of the machine.

I claim: v

1. In a machineof the class described, the combination with an engine including a fly Wheel, of a winding drum, a driving gear connected with the drum, a bracket, a sleeve pivoted in said bracket, a shaft journaled-in said sleeve, means on one end of said shaft for engagement with said drivinggear, means on the opposite end of the shaft" on the opposite side of said sleeve from the last mentioned means for engagement with said fly wheel, and means for rocking the sleeve to simultaneously engage or disengage the first mentioned means with or from the driving gear and the last mentioned means with or from said fly wheel.

2. In a combination of the class described, the combination with an engine including a fly-wheel, of a winding drum, a worm gear connected with said drum, a bracket having a bearing, a sleeve pivoted in said bearing of the bracket, a shaft journaled in said sleeve, a worm on one end of said shaft for engagement with the worm gear, a'friction pulley on the opposite cndofthe shaft for engagement with the fly-wheel, and means for rocking the sleeve. In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.

JOSEPH RUTKUS.

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