US1507818A

US1507818A - Scoop board

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Publication number: US1507818A
Application number: US525336A
Authority: US
Inventors: Defreese Charles
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1921-12-28
Filing date: 1921-12-28
Publication date: 1924-09-09
Anticipated expiration: 1941-09-09

Description

c. DEFR'E'ESE Sept. 9 1924.

S C 00? BOARD Filed Dec. 28. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 In men to r CHARL'EJ fiEIREEJE- By I Attorney.

Sept. 9 l 924. 1,507,818

C. DEF-REESE scoop BOARD Filed Dec. 28 1921 2 sneu-sheeaz In ven Z 0 r 611A RLES DEFREEJE'.

Attorney:

Patented Sept. 9, 1924.

UNITED STATES oHanLEs nnrnnnsn, or LAFAYETTE, INDIANA.

sooo r BOARD.

Application-filed December 28. 1921. Serial No. 525,336.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that 1, CHARLES DEFREESE, a citizen of the United States, residing at La Fayette, in the county of Tippecanoe and State of Indiana-,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scoop Boards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in end gate construction for wagons, the principal object being to provide simply constructed scoop or shoveling board which can be quicmy attached or removed from the wagon body.

A further object is to provide a scoop board which can be applied to thebody without additional attaching devices being applied thereto. i a

A still further object scoop which can be readily operated with out being hinged to the body of the wagon to which itis applied.

With these and further objects in view, my invention resides in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts-which will hereinafter be more particularly described and claimed and shown in the drawings wherein Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a wagon body, illustrating my improvedscoop board applied thereto, said board being shown in raised position. c

Fig. 2 is a similar view, illustrating the board in lowered position.

Fig. 3 is a-rear view of the wagon body with the scoop board in raised position."

Fig, t is a central vertical longitudinal section through a portion of the wagonbody and scoop board, and 1 Fig. 5 is a detail elevation'of one ofthe side members. v

As shown in the several figures of the accompanying drawings, my invention is applied to a wagon body 1 of ordinary constructionprovided with the usual bottom 2to which the side boards 3 are applied. A transverse brace hard is secured to the under side of the bottom of the body at its rear end as is usual in devices of this character, the ends of said bar projecting beyond the side boards 3 as shown at 4Q Upright .cleats 5 and 6 are secured to the side boards'adj acent their rear ends to provide channel-ways 7 in which the ordinary end gate slides, said gate however, being removed when my improved scoop board is applied. In the channels 7 are placed the upright supports 8 is to" provide a.

preferably faced with metal strips 9 as shown, these supports being held in position by the plates 10 and ll, which are secured V by the bolts 12, said bolts aassing through apertures in the side boards of the wagon. It is unnecessaryto'provide additional apertures forthe bolts 12 because-in a wagon of ordinary construction these apertures are v used for the end gate brace rod, which rod 6 is removed when my improved scoop board is applied. These upright supports 8 preferably project above the side boards 3 and aid i'n'holding supplemental side boards in position, should it be necessary to use the 7 same, and they may be formed in several parts or as shown in the drawings.-

Plate members 13 are secured to the upright supports 8, one offthese members be- 'ing secured to each support preferably by 7 rivets let and 15. Each of the members 13 isprovided with

straps

16 and 17, which are formed integrally therewith. Each of these straps is bent .over eye-bolts 18, disposed] thereins These members 13 are each secured to the inner side of the supports 8 and project rearwardly of the side boardsandco operate with theendgate or scoop board when it? is in raised position. This scoop board comprises a bottom 19 of a width substantially "equal to the distance between the side boards3 of thewagon body, its lower, edge being beveled off as shown at QOand resting on, thebottom 2 of the wagon body.

This lower-i inner edge acts as a. fulcrum 00 for theiscoop board when the same is moved from its lower to .its raised position or vice versa. The bottom 19]is' provided on its outer or-lower face with a pair of wedge "members, 21 which taper from their inner 96 toward them 7 outer ends, one of these members being secured adjacent each side edge of the; bottom and preferably flush therewith, the inner end of the members terminating at points spaced inwardly from 100 the-inner edge of the bottom as shown. These wedge pieces 21 serve as I spacing blocks'to space thestrips which form the flange members 22 away from the bottom 19,-thesefianges being secured to the outer side of the wedge members and extended beyond'the" side edges of the bottom. To the 'outer edges of the fianges22 the side members 23 are secured, thereby forming a seat on each side of the'bottom 19 i which receives the outer ends of the side boards 3 when the scoop board is in its raised position as shown in Fig. 1.. The inner ends of the flange members 22 terminate flush with the inner ends of the wedge members 21 at points spaced from the fulcrum edge of the bottom 19 while the inner ends of the side members 23 preferably ex tend until they are flush with the said edge of the bottom. These parts of the scoop board are held together by means of

brace pieces

24 and 25, each of which has a thick ened central portion whose longitudinal edge contacts with and is secured to the bot tom 19, the ends engaging the inner edges of the Wedge and

flange members

21 and 22. The outer end portions of the brace pieces are relatively thin and underlie the flange members to support the same; the side members 23 also are engaged by these portions of the braces. These side mem bers 23 are also inclined from their inner toward their outer ends as shown.

By providing the wedge members 21, the fulcrum edge of the'bottom 19 is maintained in close contact with the bottom of the wagon body 1 throughout the entire extent of the movement of the scoop board. In this manner also the ends of the flanges 22 are enabled to engage the ends of the side boards of the wagon to maintain a tight it at all times, but the principal advantage of these wedge members is to allow the scoop board to be readily moved from one position to another without hinging the same to the body of the wagon.

It will be seen that from the several fig.- ures of the drawings that when the scoop board is in its raised position, the bottom will have its side edges contacting with the side boards of the body on their inner surfaces while the side members of said board will engage the outer faces of the side boards 3, the ends of said side board resting in the grooves. When in the last mentioned position, the scoop board receives the bolts 13 in the openings26, the inner portions of which are enlarged to guide said heads thereinto. The heads of the eye boltseX-tend through said openings and are engaged by the hooks 27 on the ends of the retaining links 28, said links being adapted to spring under the catches 29 preferably secured to the brace pieces 24 on the outer side of the scoop board. When each of the links 28 is snapped under these catches, said scoop board will be retained in its upright closed position until they are removed therefrom. The eye bolts 18 each have their opening nearer one side than the other, the distance between the opening and the adjacent side being substantially the thickness of the head of the bolt. This is to. permit the. hooked endsf27 of the links 28' to be readily disengaged from thebolts at will.

For further supporting the scoop board upon the wagon bottom 2, when in extended position, I provide the

bar members

30 and 31 which have their

end portions

32 and 33 disposed at an anglexin. opposite directions the side members 23, while the end portions I 33 engage under the bottom2 of the wagon. The

coil springs

37 and 38 are secured at 39, to the lower end of the side members. 23 and their free ends are formed withhooks 40, which engage the end portions 32 of the bar members 30 and31 and serve to tension the same into locking position.

From the foregoing description of the construction. of the device, the operation thereof will be readily understood without further discussion, and. from this descrip tion it will be seen that I have inventedan extremely simple scoopv board which-can be applied to a wagon body which will operate without being hinged thereto as is necessary in most cases of this character.

I claim as my invention The combination with a. wagon body, in cluding a transverse brace bar, at its rear end extending beyond. the sides thereof, of

a scoop board, cleatssecuredto the .wagon sides, upright supports adjustably mounted between said cleats, plates attached to. said cleats for holding said upright supports, in position, plate members attached to said sup ports, bolts mounted in said plate members, links connected to said bolts and extending through said scoop board, catches arranged on said board and adapted for engagement with said links for retaining said scoop board in closed position, bar members connected to said scoop. board and with their end portions disposed at. an angle inoppos site directions, withtheir vertical" portions extended through openings in strap. plates 1 secured to. the side membersv adapted for detachablev connection with the wagon body for retaining said scoop: board in open position, and springs fortensioning said bar members in position.

In testimony. whereof I aflix my signa ture in the presenceof two witnesses.

CHARLES DEFREESE.

Witnesses-z,

J os. A. ANDREWS, JOHN D. German.