US241117A - End-gate for wagons - Google Patents

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A. C. BADGLEY.

End Gate for Wagons. No., 241,117.

Patented May 1o, naar.

FIS-'2 N4 PERS. Pholo-Lhngmpher. Washngon, D. CA

NrTn STATES PATENT OFFICE..

,AARON C. BADGLEY, OF ASHKUM, ILLINOIS.

END-GATE FOR wAeoNs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,117, dated May 10, 1881.

Application lcd January 31, 1881.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, AARON C. BADGLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing in Ashkum, Iroquois county, and State ot' Illinois, have invented a new and useful End-Gate for Wagons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to end-gates having a vertical sliding movement in suitable guideways in the sideboards of a wagon; and the object of my invention is to provide means for locking the end-gate when down to close the end of the wagon-bed, aud to maintain the same at any desired height when discharging a load from the wagon-bed, such an end-gate being particularly adapted for wagon beds used in transporting` grain, meal, 85e., and which are provided with auxiliary side and end boards to increase the depth and capacity of the bed. I attain this object by devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is an end elevation of a wagon-bed provided with an end-gate embodying my invention, said end-gate having parts broken away and being slightly elevated above the bottom of the wagon-bed; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the end-gate on the line x :r of Fig. l, Fig. 3, a perspective of the cam and lever operating the spring-actuated locking-stud 5 and Fig. 4, a front elevation of my locking de vice, with sectionl of end-board and end-gate, showing the stop-hole for the stop-bolt.

Similar letters of referenceindicate the same parts in the several iigures of the drawings.

A represents an ordinary wagon-bed, hav ing mounted thereon auxiliary side-boards a a and end-board a, said auxiliary side and end boards being secured in the usual manner by screw-threaded rods b, passing through the side-boards of the bed and through cleats upon the auxiliary end-board,- and working in screw-threaded plates b upon the side-boards proper of the bed. The auxiliary endboard a is removed a sufficient distance from the end of the wagon-bed to enable a vertically-sliding gate, C, guided in L-cleats c c on the sideboards, to pass the same in its vertical movement. The end-gate a extends downwardly to about half the depth of the wagon-bed proper, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and is provided at its center of width with a vertical (No model.)

metal strip, d, set in said end-board so thatits face will be flush with the same, to form a bearing for a locking-stop upon the sliding endgate.

Below the end of the metal strip d, and in the end-gate a', is a perforation, d', adapted to receive the locking-stop when the sliding gate is lowered to close the end ofthe bed.

E is the locking-stop, provided with a curved handle, c, and with a vert-ical spring-arm, c', secured at its lower end by screws to the sliding gate, so as to force the stop c forward against the plate l and into the perforation d ofthe end-board a'.

Sliding end-board U is recessed to receive a horizontally-operating cam, F, having its bearings iu eyebolts or eye-screws f f, and provided with a handle, g, to operate it and press outwardly the spring c to release the locking-stop from the perforation or vertical plate upon the end-board a. As shown, the tension of the spring is sufficient to cause the locking-stop to bind against the plate d,- but in some casesas, for instance, it' a very heavy sliding gate is used--the plate may be provided with a series of perforations to receive the stop, or the plate d entirely omitted au d the perforations be made in the end-gate.

rIhe purpose ot' having an end-gate so adjustable is to a'ord means for regulating the flow ot' grain, meal, 85e., when unloading the same from the bed 5 but it will be understood that when the auxiliary side and end boards are removed the sliding end-board is equally adapted to be used, but not lock by my particular device in the bed proper.

rIhelocliin g device may be operated by means of the handle c of the cam F, or by the handle g of the spring c', as best suits the convenience of the operator, though the latter is preferable, and with the cam is intended for that purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a wagon-bed, the combination, with a stationary end-board and with a verticallysliding end-gate, or" a spring-actuated stop upon said gate, engaging with the end-board and IOO adapted to maintain the end-board at any dewith theverticallyslidingend-gate, of a spring- F, having handle g, substantially as and for actuated stop adapted to connect said end the purpose. described. board and gate and a cam for Operating said w stop, as and for7 the purpose described. AARON (J LADGLLY 5 3. The combination, with the end-board and Vitnesses:

sliding gate, of the stop E, having the handle ROBERT W. TAYLOR, e and springe', cast in one piece, and the eem l URIAH B. LANGLEY.

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