US159211A - Improvement in dumping-wagons - Google Patents

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w P. PA'TTON & c. n. WALTERS.

Dumping-Wagon.

Patented Jan. 26, 1875.

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UNITED STATES- WILLIAM P. PATTON AND 'CHAREESD. w-Anr'nnsgor HARRISBUBG, PEN1T- SYLYANIA, ASSIGNORS :ro EBY BYERS a sori, oF-sAMErLAea- 'IMPROVEMENT m DUMPlNG-WAGONS-l Specification fo'rr'ningpart of Letters fatent No. 169,211, dated January 26, I875 -application'fil'ed; I December 26, 1874. 1

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM. PL PATTON and CHARLES D WALTERS, of the city of Harrisburg, county of Dauphin and- State of Pennsylvania; have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Goal Carts orWagons; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same andits manner of operatiomreference being made to the annexed drawings making a part of this specification and thelletters-of refer= ence marked thereon.

a In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a coal-cart constructed upon our Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the improved. plan.- body of the cartwith the wheels-removed. Fig.3-isu'iewofper-t' peculiar construction with a cart-body that has its bottom side inclined or. pitched from front to rear, and is provided with hinged or swinging gates at its rear end, and also is furtherprovid'ed with a longitudinal partition or division wall thatrseparates the body into two equal receptacles, substantially as-is hereinafter set forth, Our invention; further. consists in the use of a peculiar locking-catch, in combination with the "sections of the rulejointed folding chute, substantially as is hereinafter shown and described.

The cart-body- A(see Fig. 1) is -mfie of either wood or iron, and is-of proper size to contain a ton of coal. It has its bottom side pitched or inclined from front to rear end, as. is shown. It is mounted upon two wheels, B. These should ofsuch relative diameter as to elevate the,

'y A a proper height. Said body is so si'on. :height.

of the folding chute, and shows their jointed be of proper strength and purely attached to the axle, and issupported at its front end by the bolster b, that is framed into the shafts D, said shafts being. rigidly fastened to the cart-axle.

parts, as is shown in Fig. 2. "At therear end' from .their upper ends as a point of suspenofthe rear end of the cart-body, or they. may be-hinged to a bar that isrigidly secured across the rear enda proper distance from the upper edge of the body A. In the latter case the gate F is hinged above the gates e a, so as to fold down upon them,"as is.

-in..Eig.5. Thegates, e. 'e are seciued in place by the cross-bars s s that are pivotedv to them in such amanner as to permit vibration and allow their ends to catch in no'tchesymadei for their reception, as shown at r, Fig.6. "The upper door or gate F (shown in Figs. 4 and 5) is provided to facilitate the;loadingof the cart. It canbe secured in a closed positionby latches or other proper device, Upon. the rear end'ofthe cart-body A a short trough or delivery-spout, 0, is rigidly attached. It is made of sheet metal,and is given the form substantially as is shown in the .difierent fig ures. As willThe'observed, it is made the fullwid th of the cart-body at the point of junction therewith. The sides from thatpoint are drawn in towardeach other somewhat as the outer end is neared, as is shown in Fig. 2 at 'i a.

The chute or conveying-trpugh T is constructed of sheet metal of a proper thickness to secure-rigidity. It'is composed of two or more sections, c-d. These are secured to 'gether by a rule-joint,as is shown in Fig. 3'.

By an inspection of said figure it will be seen that 'the end of section 0 -is-causedg'tai pfllj'ect forward beneath the end of section d in such a manner as to act-as a stop or abutment,.ai1d prevents the sections from being opened past the" proper point, .or. when the bottoms of the sections are in a straight line with each other, thus forming a rule-joint connection between them. When the sections c -'d are opened out in a straight line they form a continuous conveying-trough, the

PATENT OFFICE.

A longitudinal pagtition',"- E, divides the. body A into two equal These gates maybeeither the full" sides of which regularly diminish in width T isthen extended, the sections being locked from each other, so that the outer end of the together as has been described, and "the cart section 0, that enters the cellar or vault-hole, backed up so that the end of section 0 enters will be of a properwidth to perm-it its inserthe cellar or vault-hole. The gates e e arenow .tion therein. A caster-wheel, 6, (see Fig. 7,) opened one at a time,-as the coal should be is attached to the lower side of the outer end deliveredafrom. one division of the cart-body of section 0, and is intended to assist the operbefore the other is opened, and thus avoid the ation by. supporting said end, and permitting liability to overflow'thechute T. The bed A it to move freely in any direction on the pav'ebeing of proper height to givethechute T the ment. The bottoms of the sections 0 d are necessary inclination, theooal will be quickly curved or rounded, as is shown by the 'erossdelivered into the cellar or vault without soil-- section of one in Fig. 6. p The section-c has a ing the pavements.

portion, n, that projects forward under the By-the use of thelongitudinal partition E, proximate end of section' d. Said portion n the business of retailing coal by the half ton has an enlargement formed upon the lower -is greatly facilitated, as it,.permits' one-half surface of its ,extremity that projects downtheload to. be deposited, and the remaining ward at a right .angle to the same. A lock-' portion tobe transported to a different localing-clamp, 0, vispivoted to turn upon a central .ity and unloaded." The construction of" the bolt or rivet that holds it imposition-upon the chute in sections, as" shown, permits the same lowersideof thesection d.- (SeeFig. 3.) -Said' to berendered more 'portable and efficient. locking-clamp 0 hooks over the projection on .The fixed spoutO' being made the'full width the end of section 0, and so secures the two of the cart-body, the contingency of overflow sections rigidly together in a line, when they of coal is obviated. I are extended and the clamp 0 turned iii the -Having given a full, clear, and exact deposition shown insaid Fig. 3. Asimilarclamp, soription of our invention and its mannerof u,isprovidedto secure the 'sectiond rigidly; operation, and shown'its particular merits,

in. a line with the lower 'sideof the fixed what we. claim as new, of our invention,'a11d troughU, said section being pivoted or bolted desire to secure by-Letters Patentof the United thereto, so as to permitit to be folded up, as States, is-- is shown in .Fig. 1, or extended in line with --The combination of the rule-jointed folding a saidspout, as isshown. .in Fig. 5.- Both seechute T with the -locking-clamp'o, fixed spout tionsc. d are folded together, as is shown in (J,swinging doors e'e, andinclined-bottlom cart- Fig.1,andsecured in position by a chain, 5, body A, substantially as! and fonthe purpose that extends around them, from thesides of set forth. i v

the cart-body,one end of thesame beingfaste v 4 sued to the cart-body frame, the other passing 7 PS over a staple and secured, by a latch-hook or I f at othersuitablemethod. v Witnesses:

In use the cart is loaded in the coal-yard EUGENE SNYDER, I

and run to the pointofdeliyery. The trough JAooB R. 'MgLILER.

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