US245597A

US245597A - Sleigh

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Publication number: US245597A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1881-08-09
Anticipated expiration: 1898-08-09

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ZBORNIK, OF OLD MISSION, IOWA.

'SLEIGH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,597, dated August 9, 1881.

Application filed April 6, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ZBORNIK, of Old Mission, Fayette county, Iowa, have invented a new and uset'ulImprovement in Light Sleighs, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to furnish an 1 easy-riding and easy-running sleigh, with the runners so arranged that. they will conform to the unevenness ofthcroads withoutstrain upon the runners or box, and will run withoutjolting or bumping over the roughest roads. I attain these objects by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the sleigh, and Fig. 2 a rear elevation.

The runners A, instead of resting on the ground the full length, begin to curve upward at about the center a in a gradual curve until at b they are about twoinches above the plane of the rear end of the runner. This construction allows the sleigh to be more easily turned than when the entire length of the runner rests on the ground.

A hub, B, is fixed to the upper part of the runner, aboutone-third of the length 01' the runner from the rear end.

The sleigh-box 0 is of the ordinary construe tion; but, instead of being rigidly attached to the runners, it has an axle, D, fasten ed to it, as nearly as possible beneath the center of gravity of the box when loaded,by means ofsprings E. The runners are placed on this axle the same as wheels on a cart, and are entirely independent of each other.

The tongue or thills F are rigidly attached to the front of the sleigh-box (J, and firmly (No model.)

braced by braces 61. The tongue or thills serve to keep the box O from tippingeither backward or forward, while, the center of gravity being as nearlyas possible over the axle, there is but little strain on them.

Heretofore such sleighs have been constructed with the runners rigidly attached to the body ofthe sleigh, with the tongue or shafts attached by a flexible joint, so as to allow the runners to accommodate themselves to the inequalities of the road. These sleighs in passing over any rough or uneven places in the road jump and jar the occupant, as the body of the sleigh must necessarily partake of all the movements of the runners.

In mysleigh the runners, upon meeting with an obstruction or depression in the road, rise or descend, as the case may be, without com mu nicating thejerking or pitching to the body of the sleigh, which by means of the tongue or 'thills is kept in nearly a level position, while the springs convert the up-and-down movements into an easy undnlation,makingit much more comfortable and easy riding forthe occupants and also easier work for the horses.