US15737A

US15737A - Mode of attaching- shafts to sleighs

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Publication number: US15737A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1856-09-16
Anticipated expiration: 1873-09-16

Description

G. KENNY.

Attaching Shafts t0 Sleighs.

Patented Sept. .16, 1856 AM- PHOTOUTHQGO. NvY. (OBBURNE'S FRUCESS.)

UNITED STATESPATENT-OFFIGE.

GEO. KENNY, or MILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

'MODE 0F ATTACHING SHAFTS TO SLEIG-HS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 15,737, dated September 16, 1856.

and an eye attached to a cross piece at the front ends of the runners, said eye being fitted and working on rods attached one to the cross piece of the shafts, and the other to the cross piece of the runners, so that the shafts may slide on the rods and be adjusted either directly in front of the runners or at one side of them, the shafts being secured at the desired points by means of springs arranged as will be presently shown and described.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A, A, represent the front ends of the two runners of a sleigh and B, is a cross piece attached thereto. v

C, C, represent the shafts and D, is the cross piece attached to their inner ends.

To one end of the cross piece D, of the shafts a metal eye E, is attached and a similar eye F, is attached to the cross piece B of the runners A,,A. The two eyes being at opposite ends of. the cross pieces. To the cross piece D, of the shafts and at the end opposite to that where the e e E, is attached there is secured two arms a), (0;), having a rod G, fitted bet-ween their outer ends, and on this rod the eye F, is fitted and allowed to slide freelythereon. To the cross piece B, of the runners and at the end opposite to that where the eye E, is attached there is secured a rod H, precisely similar to the rod G, on the cross piece D. The eye E, is fitted and works onthe rod H. Between the arms of each rod G, H, a spring I, is placed, said springs being attached to their respective cross pieces and their outer ends bearing against the rods G, H, as plainly shown in the drawing.

When the shafts are directly before the runners as shown in black the eye F, on the cross piece of the runners is between the end of the spring I, attached to the cross piece D, of the shafts and theouter arm of the rod G, said spring holding or retaining the shafts in proper place. By raising said spring by hand the shafts may be moved at one side or out of line with the runners, as shown in red, the shafts being retained in the latter position of the spring on the cross piece B, of the runners.

It will be seen that by this invention the shafts C, may be readily shifted in either of the two positions described, and the sleigh made to answer either for country roads where two tracks are generally made or for cities and other places where the road is smooth or even throughout.

Having thus described my inventionwhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

Attaching the shafts C, C, to the runners of the sleighby means of the eyes F, F, and rods G, H, said eyes and rods being attached to the cross pieces B, D, provided with springs I, I, the whole being arranged as shown for the purpose set forth.

GEQKENNY. Witnesses:

B. WAEDLEIGH, E. N. HIDDEN, J. B. HUrcHINsoJ.