US222227A - Improvement in shaft-props for buggies - Google Patents

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J. T. BAKER.

:n nuShUaft-Prop for Buggies.

IQUQL i E @ll a i an@ Gi. e747 y W z. -D Abi vviTNEssEs vE froR ATTORNEY To all whom it-myoncem:

` a spring, Dthc reaclnandE the thillor v end'thereoi i `inafter explained." l

` l JAMES-Trennen, or RALEIGH, ILLnvois.

lIMPnoi/EMENT1N SHAFT-PROFS FOR ueelas..`

vSpecification formingparthfof Letters Patent No. 222,227, dated December 2, 1879; application ifledg i l y," i i october 25,1879. i l? i Beitknown Ithat L'JAMEs T. BAKER, of

` Raleigh, intheconntyof- Saline and `State of lllinois, have? invented anew and valuable .a y Improvement in ShaftfProps for Buggies, &c.f;

` andI do hercbyldeclare that the following is 3 1 a full, clear, and exact descriptionvof the construction and operatonofvthe same, reference being 1 had to theannexedv 'dra win gs,` makin g f a part ofl this speciiicatiomandzto lthe lettersv and gures l0f reference'inarlred thereon. f

Figure l of the drawings isa representa:

" i tion'of a plan View of myimproved shaft-prop...` and` Fig. 2 is alongitudinal vertical `section i thereof.

This invention f haslfrelation to improvements yin shaft and pole props for vehicles;

i, 4and the nature of the invention consists in certain. novel constructions and arrangements of the devices used, aswill be hereinafter `more fully'set forth.` Y

In the annexed drawings, the letterA des:` ignates the'fore axle, Bv the head-block, O the pole,l of afour-wheeled vehicle; t 'l F indicatesl arectangular metallic box, se# curedv in any suitable manner to the front end ofthe reach, and-abutting againstthe headblock.,` This box has in itstopftwo'or more oblong slotsain cachot which is swung a v a gra-vitating ftuinbler, 1),-1r`capable1of. swinging with its upper v` end against either, endgof the slot. Initsnormalgverticalpositiontherezist i a space,i, between. each tumbler andy theA he(` object of which will be 'hereinafterjshowm ,f'th'e a object ofiwhichwinne here S i dicates :"ai springpentendin from the L t front edgefof vvthe foremost slot a to ornearly tothe head-block; f f l i `The thills,ias;usna`l i d, to which isv secured `any suitablcmanner 'ha branched lug,',e,,to'which is pivotdtlie prop-bar G, extending through the; spring, and having itsfdownturned end j' engagedin the ways c of the box, being prevented ,from escaping therefrom by;` means e of-jprojeetin g obstructthe turning of theqvehicle4 v Sometimes the slots a ma'ybefo medi-dif-V rectly in the reach without using thebomand "the tumblers may be arranged infsaid'sflots. 1

e "connected by af bar,A

the ways aforesaid, and on reaching thefirst slot l a its wedge-shaped hookedend t'. `drops intoit in front of the tumbler, andfby engaging the front wall of said slotsnpports the thills.` If it be desired to still fnrtherraise the thills, this movement is continnedthat is, raising the thills-and thciend'ft"off'the prop escapes from the first slot Q,lis bridged across it by the tumbler, which` swings rearwardly against the rear end of` the said slot for the purpose, and upon reachingtlle sec# ond slot a drops into it and engages its'front edge.

To lower the thills and diseugage theprop, the former are still further raised'. `1 The bevv eled or wedge-shaped end of thefprop "slips out ofthe slot, pushes itstumb'ler backagainst its rear edge, and passes to the `rearbeyond said slot. The thills being then .lo`wered, the

hook end t' of the prop engagestheytuinblers,

causing them to swing over against the' front end ofthe slots a, and passesoverfrthe bridges thus formed to the front part of, thz'eifboxin advance of the slots aforesaid. llheinclined spring then directs the hook endeoEtheIJrQp `upward and jams the arms thereo against vthe" under side ofthe ways,

fis in use. reventa or a This device does not in anyway What 1 claim as new, and desirefgtofsefcure by `Letters Patent, is-,

1. In a pole or thill prop, thecombination,

with the thills E and reach D,'oftheljoXF,` having slots a., tumblers b, vand*waysv Tc, and the prop-bar G, pivoted to thethivllsfand having a beveled hook end, '5, and 4arms. ',fsub stantially as specified. i

2. The combination, with the thi'lls E and `tl is effectually v i lpreventing rattling when theveh" ranged' on the lateralI edgesof box' F, andi extending ffrom end to reach D, of the box F, having slots a, tumblers b, and ways c, the prop-bar G, pivoted to the thills and engaging the ways, and the spring S at thefrfront pafr'of the box, holding the prop againststhewhys" fo prevent rattling, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two' witnesses. f i v JAMES THOMAS BAKER'.

Witnesses:

C. R. MICK, L. W. MICK.

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