US1363503A - Adjustable tongue-hound - Google Patents

Description

F. J. DULTMEIER.

ADJUSTABLE TONGUE HOUND. APPLICATION FILED NOV, 4. 1919.

Patented Dec. 28, 1920.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 4, 1913. Serial No. 335,763. 1

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. DULTMEIER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Manning, in the county of Carroll and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Adjustable Tongue-Hound, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an adjustable tongue hound device peculiarly adapted for use with tubular metal tongues.

lVith this and other objects in view my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a top or plan view of a tubular metal tongue equipped with an adjustable hound device embodying my inven tion, parts being broken away.

Fig. 2 shows a side elevation viewed from the outside of one of the adjustable hound members.

Fig. 3 shows a side elevation taken from the inside of said hound member.

Fig. 4 shows a top or plan view of one of the hound members showing the connecting links attached thereto.

Fig 5 shows a transverse, sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 shows a side elevation of a part of the tongue and the forward portion of the adjustable hound device.

Fig. 7 shows a top or plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 6, portions being omitted.

Fig. 8 shows a sectional view taken on the line 88 of Fig. 7; and

Fig. 9 shows a transverse, vertical sectional view of the tongue equipped with a slightly modified form of my invention.

In the drawings herewith which illustrate my invention I have employed the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally a tubular metal tongue of the kind commonly'in use. These tongues are preferably of suitable steel and ordinarily have in their lower surface a slot 11 extending longitudinally of the bottom of the tongue.

It is thought that the slot is necessary and that the tongues are more lasting and less likely to crystallize where the slot is employed than where a complete tube is used.

It will be seen that with a tongue of this type there is involved a special problem in any attempt to mount on such a tongue an adjustable hound.

Ordinary clamp devices which might grip the tongue would be unsatisfactory because if the edges of the slot 11 were not forced together, there would be such spring in the tongue as would make the clamps ineffective, whereas if such edges were forced together by means of a clamp, then the beneficial results of the slot would be largely lost.

I have worked out a means for connecting an adjustable hound device with this tongue so as to permit the ready adjustment of the hound device, and yet thoroughly lock the hound device to the tongue, in any of its adjusted positions.

My improved hound device comprises two hound members spaced from the tongue 10 on opposite sides thereof, said hound members being preferably of metal and having preferably the form shown in the drawings, and comprising in each case a plate or strip or bar 12 having substantially a central inwardly extending horizontal flange 13, provided at its rear end with an ear 14 and tapering slightly from its forward to its rearward end as shown in Fig. 1.

At the forward end of the flange 13. is a portion 15 thicker than the main body of said flange for the attachment of the parts hereinafter mentioned. 7

The forward end of my improved adjustable hound device comprises a relatively short downwardly opening channel-shaped member 16 resting over the top of the tongue 10 in the manner illustrated in Figs. 1, 6, 7 and 8.

The flanges or Walls of the channel-shaped member 16 terminate preferably just. below the central medium line of the tongue.

Fitted against the outer surfaces of the channel-shaped member 16 at the sides thereof, are strips or bars 17 having at their rear ends laterally extending horizontal ears 18, as shown in'Figs. 6, 7and 8.' 1

The strips or plates 17 are fastened to the side walls of the channel-shaped members 16 and to the tongue 10 by bolts 19 extending through said plates 17, and through the walls of the channel-shaped member 16, and through the walls of the tongue 10.

In the upper wall of the tongue 10 substantially in line with the forward ends of the bound members 12 is a longitudinally Patented Dec. 28, 1920.

elongated slot 20 and spaced rearwardly from the slot 20 and located between the rear ends of the adjustable hound members 12 is a similar slot 21. t

Extended through the forward ends of the flanges 13 are vertical bolts 22 on which are pivoted the rear ends of links 23, which links extend forwardly and toward the tongue 10, and are pivoted at their forward ends to the ears 18.

There are two of the links 23 on each side of thetongue, one being located above the Mounted on the bolt 22 above the flange 13 is a link 26 which extends to the upper part of the tongue 10 and is pivoted on the upper end of the bolt 24.

' ends of the bolts 30 and 28.

Mounted on the lower part'of each plate 22 is a similar link 26, extending to and mounted on the lower end of the bolt 24,

as clearly illustrated in Fig. 5.

It will be understood that the link construction is'the same on both sides of the tongue.

On the bolt 24 is a nut27.

Extended through the slot 21 and the slot 11 is a bolt 28 similar to the bolt 24, and having mounted on it within the tongue a spacer sleeve 25 such as that already de scribed.

The ears'14are each provided with a plurality of spaced holes 29.

Extending through one of said holes in eachear is a bolt 30. Mounted on the bolt 30 above each ear 14 is a link 31 extending to and pivoted on the upper end of the 1 bolt 28.

Similar links are secured to the lower The inner end of each link 31 is provided with a plurality of openings 32 to selectively receive the bolt 28.

It-will'be seen that the forward ends of the hound members 12 may be adjusted toward and from. the tongue 10 by loosening the nut27 and sliding the bolt 24 rearwardly or forwardly in the slots 20 and 11, and then tightening the nut.

Similarly the rearward ends. of the hound members 12 may be adjusted toward and from the tongue by loosening the nut 33 on the bolt 28 andmoving the bolt28 forwardly or rearwardly in the slots 21 and 11.

p A further adjustment can be had by removing the links 31 from the bolt 28 and mounting the bolt 28. in different holes 32.

Also further adjustment can be had by mounting the bolt 30 in different holes 29 in the cars 14.

With the adjustment here provided my adjustable tongue device may be employed for mounting a metal tongue inany make of wagon.

The inner ends of the links 26 may also be provided with pluralities of holes 26 if desired for permitting further adjustment of. the parts by mounting a bolt 24 in different holes 26 a By means of the structure herein shown I am enabled to rigidly connect theadjustable hound members with a tubular-metal tongue havingthe slot 11, and yet a wide range of adjustment is permitted.

In Fig. 9 I have shown a slightly modilied form of my invention- The tongue and hound members are of the same construction as already described. Instead offastening the inner ends of the links 26 and 31, however, in the manner hereinbefore mentioned, I dispense with the spacer sleeve 25 in the form of the invention shown in Fig. 9, and also do away with the bolt 24 and use two short bolts 35 and 36 at the top and lower portions of the tongue.

The advantages of an adjustable hound structure are so obvious that they need no comment.

In my present invention I have provided a simple and inexpensive and efficient means whereby an adjustable hound device may be properly connected with a tubular tongue having a longitudinal slot therein, so as to permit the ready and quick adjustment of the hound device, and also in such manner that the hound device is rigidly fastened to the tongue when desired.

Some changes may be made in the. construction and arrangement of my'improved device without departing from the essential spirit and purposes of my invention; andiit is my intention to cover by my claimsany modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents-which may bereasonably included within their scope.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a device of the class described -the combination of a hollow tubular tongue having a slot, extending. longitudinally thereof, elongated slots alined with each other and arranged opposite said first slot, hound' members spaced from said tongue on opposite sides thereof, link devices extending from said hound members to said tongue, bolts extended through said linkdevices and through the respective elongated slots and through said first slot, a sleeve on each bolt arranged within the tongue of larger diameter than the width-of said. slots, adapted to prevent the flattening of the tongue, when the nuts are screwed onto said bolts, nutsfor said bolts, links pivoted to the forward ends messes of said hound members, and means for connecting the forward ends of said described. links with said hollow tongue, having in its Wall opposite said slot, longitudinally spaced elongated bolt receiving slots.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a hollow tubular tongue having a slot, extending longitudinally thereof, elongated slots alined with each other and arranged opposite said first slot, hound members spaced from said tongue on opposite sides thereof, link devices extending from said hound members to said tongue, bolts extended through said link devices and through the respective elongated slots and through said first slot, a sleeve on each bolt arranged within the tongue, of larger diam eter than the width of said slots, adapted to prevent the flattening of the tongue, when the nuts are screwed onto said bolts, nuts for said bolts, links pivoted to the forward ends of said hound members, means for connecting the forward ends of said last described links with said hollow tongue, having in its wall opposite said slot, longitudinally spaced elongated bolt receiving slots, said means comprising a channel-shaped member, having said tongue received between its sides, bars secured to the walls of said channel-shaped member, having laterally extending ears, bolts extending through said bars and through the walls of said channel-shaped member, and through said tongue from side to side for holding such parts together and arranged at right angles to said first described bolts.

Des Moines, Iowa October 13 1919.

FRANK J. DUL'lMEIER.

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