US173968A

US173968A - Improvement in corner-irons

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Publication number: US173968A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1876-02-22
Anticipated expiration: 1893-02-22

Description

H. L. KINGSLEY.

CORNER-IRDN.

Patenta& Feb. 22, 18 76.

INVENTR,

N.PETERS, FHOTO-LITHOGRAPH wAHNQToN D C UNITED STATES PATENT' OFFICE,

HORACE L. ,KINGSLEL OF RACENE, WISCONSD.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORNER-IRONS.

Specification form ng part of Letters Patent No. l73,968, dated February 22, 1876; application filed January 8, 1876.

To alt whom it may concern Be it known that I, HORAGE L. KINGsLEY, of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and Valuable Improvement in Corner-Irons; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the constrnction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked ihereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a plan View of my corner-iron, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View of the same.` Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View thereof, and Fig. 4 a sectioal detail View.

My inrention relates to carriage or Vehicle bodies; and it consists in the Construction of the corner-irons'fcr nniting the panels, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawing, A A represent the sills of the vehicle-body, B B the panels, and (J C't-he rails thereof. The sills A A are framed into each other, and the rails O are fastened, by screws, on the top edges of the panels B. The corners of the vehicle-body are connected by means of double irons, each formed of an inner angle or corner iron, D, and an outer corner--iron,]) These irons are connected by means of horizontal plates or bars, D which are let into grooves or slotsin the ends of the panels, so as to admit of the panels coming together and forming a miterjoint. The inside iron D extends above the panels, and has an arm, a, extending along each rail and fastened thereto by screws b. On the lower end of this inside iron D is formed a shank, d, which passes down through the joint of the sills A A, and fastened by a nut, e, un- 4 'ploy'ed, and I therefore lay no claim to such in vention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The metal corner, consisting of the inner.

and outer angle-irons D D connected together hy the horizontal plates D forming nortises between t angle-irons and the inner angle iron I), being rovided with the screwshank d having a nut, e, in combination with the tenoned pan B B, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have herenntosubscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

HORAGE L. KINGSLEY,

Witnesses:

JOHN W. KNIGHT, SIMEON WHITELEY.