US1404590A - Adjustable tongue hound - Google Patents

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F.1J.DULTME1ER. ADJUSTABLE TOJGUIE HOUND. APPLICAUON man 1AN.,3.1921.

1,404,590, l Y Patented Jan. 24, 1922.

f y, .f- /3 @033 4ceived the queen FRANK J. DULTMEIER, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

ADJUSTABLE TONGUE HOUND.

Application led January 3, 1921.

To all whomV t may concern Be it known that I, FRANK J. DULTMEIER, a citizen ot the United States, and resident of Gmaha. in the county of Douglas and State ot Nebraska, have invented a certai neuT and useful .Adjustable Tongue Hound, of which the following is a specification.

The objecto'i' my invention is to provide an adjustable tongue hound of simple, durable and inexpensive construction.

A further obj ect is to provide an adjustable tongue. hound which is composed of coniparatively few partsand so designed that the entire device maybe .installed in position vithout the removal 'of the queen bolt from the permanent hound device. y

Another Vobject is to provide in such 'a device a tongue, the rear end of which is oi lesser thickness that the forward end, so that when the entire hound device is instal-led iu operative or -Working position the under surface of the tongue will rest upon the queen bolt. Y

Still another object is to provide notches in the sides et' the 'adjustable hound 1nembers. The notches being designed to rebolt, thusmaking it possiplace the entire adjustal'de tongue over the queen bolt when being inble to hound stalled.

-[Still another object is to provide means for locking the hound members rto the queen vbolt for preventing accidental or u desired removal of the hound device from the queen bolt.

lilith these and other objects in View7 rmy invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of my 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: Y

Figure 1 shows a top plan view of an adustable hound embodying my invention, in-

` stalled on a tongue, one of the positions of the hound members being shown in dotted lines. v

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same. Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Figure l.

Specification of Letters Patent.

vatented Jan. 24, 1922. Serial No. 434,601.

Figure 4 is a sectional viev taken on the line -1`4L of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a plan elevation or' one of the rear links; and

Figure 6 is a view of the underside of one of the clamping members.

In the accompanying drawings l have us the reference numeral 10 to indicate geni orally a. Wagon tongue or the like the Ward end of .vhich is of ordinary construction as now generally used. l

Near the rear end of the tongue 10 am. on the underside thereoi1 is provided a beveled portion 117 which makes i ot the tongue at 12 of lesser thickness than the remainder of the tongue substantially as illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawings. l

Adjustable hound members 13 are spaced on the opposite sides of the thicker portions of the tongue 10, The hound niembers are preferably made ot' angle iron steel. i

In order to connect the hound members to the tongue I have provided clamping devices A. which are composed oi the upper and lov.7 r plates 1.4 and 15.

rThe plates l5 have their upper corrugated as at 1G. and are 2 with ings 14e@ which engage the th tongue so that when they are el ipod to the tongue they `will 4grip and prevent longitudinal movement.

Each of the plates 1e and 15 are provided fivith openings 17 near their ends through which is extended bolts 18. Pairs of links 19 and 2O connect the clamping devices to the forward and rear ends oit the hound members 13. Y

The links 19 and 2O are provided with vopenings 21 in'whioh is received the loY-.ver

end of the Vbolts 1Q. The opposite ends of the links 19 and 20 are provided With openings 22. The openings 22 are designed to register with openings in the hound members 13 so that a rivet 23 may be extended through the hound members and the links 19 and 20 for holding them together. The rivet permitting pivotal movement of the parts relative to each other.

Each of the links 19 and 20 are provided with an inclined portion between their ends the rear end l Y 'for holding the links 19and- 20 between the?V f same amount of strength as would be Yhad substantiallyas is shown in Figure 1, so that A queenbolt 32 is provided which is eX- 65 Y the hound members 13 may be placed slightly above theV lower surface of the tongue 10.

' lVhen the links 1 9 and 2O are installed lon the bolts 18 then a plate 2e of substantially-the same outline as the plates 1&1y and 15 are provided with openings, isplaced on the bolts18.

Nuts 25 are thenscrewed on to the vbolt plates 15 and 211, and for locking the clamping devices against movement on theporjtion 12 of the tonguel0.

The plate 211 when in lpositionprevents any pivotal or swinging movement of the links 20. rEhe links any movement.

It will. be understood that the placing of the plate 24 below the plate 15 so as to .receive'the inner ends. of the links'20 therebetween, that l have avoided any possible bending ot the bolts 18 which might otherwise be caused if thelinks 20,.,were merely bolted to the bolts 18 'and not received beare irmly held .against tween'the plate 24 and theplate 15, then any downward pressure onthe outer ends comparatively light material getting the if heavier material were used, and omitting The links 20 are provided with an extra opening 26 neartlieir ends which may re- ,members extended Voutwardly from the tongue, ata Vcomparatively great distance. The bolts 18 may either be placed in the openings 21 or .26 of the links 20.

Blocks 27 arespaced on the opposite sides ot the tongue 1Q and are fixed theretoV by means of the'bolts 28. Each of the blocks 27 areprovided with an ear 29 near its reartheir rear ends to the hound members 13 by' means of the rivets 22 which alsoserves to holdithe links 19 to the hound members.

From the constructionl of' the parts just Vdescribed it will be seen that by sliding the clamping devicesV A longitudinally .on the portion 12 of the tongue v10 that the hound Y v lof lesser thickness than the main portionof members willy be.. moved outwardly or inwardly as is desired, so that the hound meml' bers may bemadeto fit Y,permanentwagon hounds oir'gvarioussizes,

tended into the permanent hound member of the wagon or the like. The sides of the a adjustable hound-members 13 are each pro- VV l.ii'otches.33 and 35 register with each other and are designed to receive the :queen bolt rlhe upper edge-'ofthe notches33 and35 are in fthe same horizontal plane'as the'lower surface of the portion 12 of the tongue 10, so .that when the queen bolt is placedin the yhave its rearend rest on the queen bolt 32, as illustrated in Figure A; of the drawings.

From the construction of lthe parts just bling of anyparts of the adjustable tongue hound. Y A

ln order to lock' Ythe hound members against accidental removal of .the queen bolt ,I place 4cotter pins or the like 37 through Jthe Vsides of the .bearing block 34;.directly below the queen bolt 32. When the cotter ,pins 37am in position the tongue hound can not V'be 'removed accidentally from the queen bolt 32;

The advantages of this construction can readily be seen since it lmakes it possible to installor lremove the tongue hound from the queen bolt without ldisassembling. any of the parteci'- thehound or removal ofthe' queen bolts.

v Thermaking of the-frearend of thepor- :tion 1210i? lesser thickness than the rest of the tongue makesQit possibleV to do away with openings or the like whichjmust beY `usedin tongues so that queen bolts may be extended through.V f .j

It will also beunderstood that itis desirable to havethe queen bolt come about the V'center between the upper and lower sur- `faces of the tongue. This/is usually accomplished by the use of ya slot or hole in the tongue,v but-With my device-this is eliminated;ryetfthe rear end of the tongue has the suicient strength to hold theV clamping devices A. Y fr t f By my constructiom the tongue hound may be installed orl removedfr'o'm operative positionin a very few minutes, while with the ordinary device it requires a considerable length of time.

The makingoiV the rear Vendor` the tongue Vfrom the tongue istransmitted to the hound saV so notches 33 and 35 Athen Vthe tongue 10 will members at the point where the blocks 27 are fixed to the tongue. At this point the tongue has its full strength and thus my construction does not in any way weaken the device.

Some changes may be made in the arrangement and construction of the various parts of my device without departing from the essential features and purposes of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims, any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents, which may be reasonably included wit-hin their scope.

I claim as my invention:

l. In a device of the class described, the combination of a tongue having its rear end of lesser thickness than its forward end, a pair of adjustable hound members spaced from said tongue on opposite sides, clampiiig devices slidably mounted on said tongue, links for connecting said clamping devices with said hound members, each of said hound members being provided with a notch in its side, the upper edge of said notch being in the same horizontal plane as the under surface of said tongue, whereby the device may be placed over the queen bolt without disassembling any of the parts.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a tongue having its rear end of lesser thickness than its forward end, a pair of adjustable hound members spaced from said tongue on opposite sides, clamping devices slidably mounted on said tongue, links for connecting said clamping devices with said` hound members, each of said hound members being provided with a notch in its side, a block fixed to hound members and provided with a notch which registers with said first notch, the parts being' so arranged that the entire device may be placed over a queen bolt without disassembling any of the parts7 the queen bolt being received in the notches for thereby holding the device to the queen bolt.

3. In a device of the class described, a tongue having its rear end of lesser thickness than its front end, a queen bolt, hound members spaced on the opposite sides of said tongue, means for fastening said hound members to said tongue, said means including clamping devices fixed to the tongue and connected to said hound members by links, said hound members being' provided with a notch in their sides, the upper edge of said notch being in the same horizontal plane as the under surface of said tongue', whereby the queen bolt may be received in said notches and have the tongue rest upon it, and means for locking said queen bolt in said notch for holding it against accidental removal.

ln a device of the class described, a tongue having its rear end of lesser thickness than its front end, a queen bolt, hound members spaced on the opposite sides of said tongue, means for fastening said hound members to said tongue, said means includ ing clamping devices fixed to the tongue and connected to said hound members by links, blocks iiXed to said tongue forwardly of said hound members, links pivoted to the forward ends of said hound members and to the blocks whereby said clamping devices may be slid longitudinally on said tongue for moving said hound members to various positions, said hound members being provided with a notch in their sides, the upper edge of said notch being in the same horizontal plane as the under surface of said tongue, whereby the queen bolt may be received in said notches and have the tongue rest upon it and means for locking said queen bolt in said notches for holding it against accidental removal.

Des Moines, Iowa, December 6, 1920.

FRANK J. DULTMEIER.

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