US234963A

US234963A - Bob-sled

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Publication number: US234963A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1880-11-30
Anticipated expiration: 1897-11-30

Description

(No Model.)

0. GOGGSWELL.

. Bob Sled. No. 234,963. Patented Nov. 30,1880.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEY MPEIERS FHOTO-UTHDGRAE'NER, WASHINGTON. D. C

UNITE STATES OIEIARLES OOGGSWELL, OF DODGE CENTRE, MINNESOTA.

BOB-SLED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,963, dated November 30, 1880,

Application filed April 22, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, CHARLES COGGSWELL, of Dodge Centre, in the county of Dodge and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Bob or Draft Sleds; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand 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 thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a top view of my improved sled. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail, and Figs. at and 5 are details.

This invention has relation to bob or draft sleds or sleighs; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the beveled forward and backward sloping cross beams, the inclined knees between the runner and cross-beam and connected thereto by end tenons, and the detachable tie-rods extending through the runner and rave, and the securing-nuts on the ends of said rods above the rave, as hereinafter shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the runners; B, theinclined crossbeams; G O, the knees, which slope, respectively, forward and backward, as shown, having similar inclination to that of the crossbeams; and D, the raves or side timbers of the sled. The knees G O are designed to afford the necessary support from the runner to the cross-beam, and the sides of the latter also slope forward and backward in line with the sloping faces of the knees. The upper surfaces of the cross-beams are beveled to receive inclined outward and downward laterally on each side, it is apparent that their position is such as to afiord a strong bracing support against rearward, forward, or lateral strain.

the heads or hooks at the lower ends of said rods, along the front and rear faces of each knee and cross-beam through the rave, and are drawn forcibly upward and secured by the nuts 0, which work on the threaded portions 0 against the uppertsurt'ace of the rave. Usually the front and rear faces of the knees and cross-beams are recessed or grooved, as indicated at f, to receive the tie-rods, which are designed to lie in close contact with said parts and serve an important purpose as side braces to the sled.

This construction enables the sled to be readily taken apart for repairs, when the nuts 0 are unscrewed from the tie-rods, and the repairing can be done by the blacksmith or farmer without the necessity of having re course to a mechanic especially skilled in the construction of sleds. Economy in the cost of construction is also an important object of this invention.

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

In a sleigh-runner, the combination, with the runner and rave, of the forwardly and backwardly sloping knees C 0, having end tenons, z, and the beveled cross-beams B, hav-