US181358A - Improvement in vehicle draft - Google Patents

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Patented Aug. 22,1876

JOHN L. MUELLER, 0F MILWAUKEE,

PATENT CFFICE.

WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND O. H. MEYER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN VEHICLE DRAFT APPLIANCE S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,358, dated August 22, 1876;

April 11, 1876.

application filed To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J ouN L. MUELLER, of the city of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in -Wagon Draft Appliances; and I do hereby deby the carriage-tongue is relieved of the weight 'of the double-tree and draft appliances, and is at liberty to move freely upward and downward without disturbing the natural line of the draft, which is brought more directly upon the axle-tree of the carriage; and it consists in a device which is attachedto the under side of the hounds beneath the tongue, and which connects the double-tree with the front axle-tree of the carriage.

Figure l of the accompanying drawings is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a view of a transverse section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts. I

B represents the tongue of the carriage, which is attached tothe hounds A with the bolt I. D is a substantial iron bracket, which is securely attached to the hounds A with bolts 1) b b b. H H are eyebolts, which are attached "to the bracket D by nuts or burrs d d. E is the draw-bar, to which the evener O of the double-tree is attached by the bolt G and bracket F, in the ordinary manner.' The drawbar E is held in its position against the under side of the bracket D by the eyebolts H B, through which the ends of the draw-bar E-pass. The draw-bar E has amovement backward and forward as the carriage is jostled backward and forward by obstructions, with which the front wheels come in contact, or by sudden starting and stopping-0t the team.

There is a slot, G, in the bracket, through which the bolt G'moves as the draW-bar-E moves forward and backward. K is a heavy iron rod, which passes through a hole in the draw-bar E, or is otherwise securely. attached to it. Each end of the rod K is connected with the axle-tree of the wagon M by a series of hooks or links, L L.

It is obvious that with this device the weight of the double-tree does not come upon the necks of the horses, as is the case when attached t0 the tongue in the ordinary manner,

but is sustained by the bounds; also, that the oscillation of the axle-tree which occurs when the wheels are passing over a rough road are not transmitted to the tongue, but simply act upon the drawbar E, causing it to move forward or backward, as above described; also, that the draft is brought more directly upon the axle-tree of the Wagon.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of the hounds A A, bracket D, and draw-bar E, operating as described, to relieve the tongue from all strain, as set forth.

2. The combination of the hounds A A, bracket D, draw-bar E, rod K, links L, and axle-tree M, all operating to relieve the tongue from strain, as set forth. 1

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, J OHN L. MUELLER.

Witnesses: P. H. MEYER,

K. SHAWVAN.

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