US214824A - Improvement in hay-racks - Google Patents

Description

J. H. JACKSON. Hay-Rack.

No. 214,824. Patented April 29, 1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH H. JACKSON, OF GALVESTON, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAY-RACKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 214,824, dated April 29, 1879; application filed March 20, 1879.

To all whom it may concern.-

of Galveston, Cass county, lndiana have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Backs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to those racks which are capable of being temporarily secured to the running-gear of wagons when it is desired to haul hay, flax, oats, straw, and other farm products; and my improvement comprises a novel combination of main frame, rack-panels, and bottom board, the construction of these devices being such as to insure said panels being firmly coupled to said frame when the bottom board is placed in position, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved rack in condition for use. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same, taken in the plane of the central rail of the main frame. Fig. 3 is a plan of the under side of the rack, the bottom board being removed. Fig. 4. is a plan of the under side of the main frame, the rack-panels and bottom board being detached therefrom. Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse section of the rack, taken in the plane of the panel-arms; and Fig. 6 shows one of said panel-arms detached from the rack.

Referring more especially to Fig. 4:, it will be seen that the main frame of my rack is composed of two outer longitudinal rails, A A, and an inner or central rail, B, said rails or sills being secured together with a system of cross-ties, G O O, of which ties two or more may be used.

These cross-ties are attached to the upper side of central rail, B, and support the outer rails, A A, so as to elevate the latter above said inner one, B, as more clearly shown in Fig. 5. Secured to the under side of central rail B are plates or bars D, having suitable sockets d d to receive pivots or pins 6 e, attached to the inner ends of the converging arms E E, to which arms are fastened the slats F F, that constitute the two opposite panels of the rack proper; or said plates 1) may be omitted, and the pivots or pins e 6 may hook into staples or eyes driven into the opposite sides of rail B, or any other readilydetachable devices may be substituted for Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. JACKSON,

these pivots or hooks and staples.

The forward ends of the upper slats of each panel are furnished, respectively, with studs ff, which, after passing through suitable perforations in the spreader G, receive spring pins or keys, or other convenient retaining devices, H.

I is an ordinary falling ladder journaled near the front ends of sills A A. Adaptedto rest upon the cross-ties G is a bottom board, J, notched at j to engage around the panelarms E E, as seen in Figs. 1 and 5. Projecting from the under side of this board is a suitable detent, K, adapted to bear against the hind cross-tie, O, as seen in Fig.2, and

thereby prevent said board being shifted to the rear of main frame A A B O. L are stops to engage with the rear bolster of the wagon.

Rails A A are blocked at N, or otherwise increased in thickness for the purpose of allowing said rails to rest on the bolsters' Finally, the upper inner edges of said rails may be notched, as shown at a a in Fig. 5, to afford a more secure bearing for panel-arms E E.

My rack is fitted together in the following manner: The body or bed of the wagon is first lifted 011' of the running-gear, and the main frame A A B G is applied to the latter, the stops L being engaged over the rear bolster, so as to maintain the frame in position. Panel E F is now applied to said frame in such a way as to cause the hooks e to enter sockets d, after which act the opposite panel, E F, is fitted to the frame byengaging the other hooks, c, with sockets cl The front ends of the two rack-panels E F E F are then secured together by the spreader G and retaining devices H, and bottom board J is applied so as to cause its detent Kto bear against the hind tie, C, while its gains j fit snugly around the panel-arms E E, as seen in Fig. 1.

The panels E F E F are now securely attached to main frame A A B O, and, as the plates D prevent any forward movement of arms E E, it is evident said racks cannot be shifted in that direction, while the contact of detent K with cross-tie O prevents these racks sliding rearwardlyand thus disengaging the hooks e c from their respective sockets d d. When these component members are thus united together, a light, secure, and capacious I claim as my invention-- rack is afforded, which rack is especially 1. In. a wagon-rack, the paneLarms E E, adapted for conveying hay, straw, oats, flax, coupled to the central rail, B, of the main frame barrels, and other articles. To remove the by the devices cl (1 e c, and maintained in porack it is only necessary to disengage the resition by bottom board J j, substantially as taiuing devices H, lift out bottom board J, and herein described, and for the purpose set forth. then slide the panels E F, E F far enough 2. The combination,inawagon rack, of main rearwardly to unship the hooks e c from sockframe A A B O O, sockets d d, hooks e e, ets d d, and said panels can then be detached. rack-panels E F E F, and bottom board J j, The panels and the main frame being quite substantially as herein described, and for the light the rack when thus unlimbered can be I purpose set forth. readily handled by a single man. 3. A11 improved wagon-rack, consisting of The invention can be modified by gaining the main frame A A B O O C, sockets d d, the upper edges of rails A A to receive the hooks c c, rack-panels E F f, E F bottom transverse slats of a rack adapted to take the I board J j, detent K, spreader G, and retaining place of the bottom board J, which transverse I devices H, substantially as herein described, slats can be so disposed as to prevent any acand for the purpose set forth. cidental rearward shiftingof panel-arms E E. i In testimony of which invention I hereunto Furthermore, the main frame may be adapted I set my hand. to rest directly on the wagon bed or body; but JOSEPH H. J AOKSON such a construction is not recommended, be- Witnesses:

cause it would increase the weight of the ve- G. W. WILLIAMS, hicle and render it top-heavy. M. F. AULT.

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