US176570A - Improvement in check-braces for vehicle-springs - Google Patents

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UNITED .STATES PATENT QEEIG.

LEWIS r. WOERALL, 0E sueiinfrewn, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHECK-BRACES FOR VEHICLE-SPRINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l650 dated April 25, 1876 application filed March 13, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEWIS I). Wenn/ILL, of Sugartown, in the county of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Check-Braces for Garriages, of which the following is a speciiicntion:

Figure lis a vertical longitudinal section of a wagon-body and gearing, to which my improvement has been applied. Fig. 2 is a detail view of one of my improved brackets.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved device for attachment to'wagons having transverse springs to prevent the springs from being twisted or injured bythe forward and backward surge of the wagonbody.

The invention consists in the coupling-boxes or sockets, formed at the bases of the curved arms et' the brackf'ts,'to receive the ends of the brace, and in a check-brace for carriages, in which the opposite ends of the brace-plate are curved ,in opposite direct-ions along the curved arms of the two brackets, and are secured to said brackets at the bases of' said arms, to take up the slack of said brace-plate as the brackets are brought .closer togetherV by the compression of the springs, as herein after fully described.

A represents the reach, B the springs, G the spring-bars, and D the body of the vehicle, about the construction of which parts there is nothing new. E are two brackets attached to the reach A, the arms of which are curved upon the arc of a circle.

In the angle between the convex side of the arm of the brackets and its base-plate are formed sockets or boxes to receive the eyes ot' gh? brace-plates F, where they are secured by o ts.

G are two brackets attached to the upper part of the springs B, and the arms of whichI are curved upon the arc of a circle, and have sockets or boxes formed at the bases of said arms to receive the ends of the brace-plate F,

where they are secured in place by bolts.

The brackets G have shoulders formed upon their bases torest against the forward edge ofthe springs B.

When the body D extends over or close to the spring-bars G, the brackets G are made with braces g, which are bolted to the said body D. Vhen the body D is farther from the spring-bars C, the brackets G are made without the braces g', and have cross -heads `-'formed upon their bases which underlap the springs B, and are secured to said springs by bolts or clips.

In the case,I of double-perch wagons, the brackets G maybe attached to the lower parts of thesprings B, and the brackets E to the bottom of the body D.

i By this construction, as the springs B are compressed, bringing the brackets G closer to the brackets E, the slack of the brace-plates F will be taken up by the curved arms of the brackets, so that the said brace-plates will al'- 1 ways be sut'eiently taut to prevent any twisting of the springs by the surging of the body D I am aware that brackets have been heretotoresecured to a perch and springs, as well as coupled with a steel plate to form the brace, but

What I claim is- The combination with a vehicle perch and springs, of brackets G having coupling-box at base, and plates F reversely curved at the endsas shown and described, in order to form fclouble-acting brace that will allow the springs to come together without striking perch or body, and Without making any rattling or noise.

LEWIS P. VVORRALL.

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