US261333A

US261333A - Wagon-brake

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Publication number: US261333A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1882-07-18
Anticipated expiration: 1899-07-18

Description

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V. GILSINGE-R.

WAGON BRAKE. N0. 261,333. 'Patentd July 13, 1332,

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE,

vALENTINE GILSINGER, 0F CHARLESTON; ARKANSAS,

WAGON-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,333, dated Jul 18, 1882.

Application filed May 12, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VALENTINE GILSINGER, of Charleston, in the county of Franklin and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wagon-Brakes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wagon with my improved brake applied thereto, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the brake-lever detached.

My invention relates to improvements in wagon-brakes; and it consists in the peculiar arrangement and construction of the parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, (t represents a wagon-body of the usual construction, to one side, b, of which is secured the double ratchet 0, consisting of the parallel ares d d, provided with ratchet-teeth e on their outer faces or circumferences, and a slot, h, between the ratcheted arcs d'd.

it represent radial arms secured to each other at the common center 70 of the arcs, and to the outer ends of the double ratchet c, and

provided with holes for the passage of bolts 0 j, which pass also through the side I) of the wagon-body, whereby the double ratchet is firmly secured to the wagon-body near the drivers seat.

t represents the brake-lever, pivoted at k to thence passes upwardly parallel wit h the brakelever l and through the slot h. The brake-lever 1 and supplemental lever m are connected together near their upper ends by a spiral spring, a, one end of which is secured to the brake-lever, and the other end of the spring is attached to the supplemental lever, the tension of the spring being thus exerted to separate the levers.

0 represents a pawl pivoted to the supplemental lever m at p, and provided with a broad near their upper ends, pressing them together, a

and thus raising the pawl from engagement with the ratchet-teeth of both arcs, and moves both levers forward, applying the brake, and when the driver lets go the levers the spring will force the pawl into engagement with the ratchetteeth of both arcs, thus securely holding the brake. The function of the slot h is to guide the levers in their movements in the space between the arcs, so that the pawl will always catch with the ratchet-teeth of both arcs, and thus securely hold the brake.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The combination, with a wagon-body, a, and double ratchet c, composed of the parallel ares d d,provided with ratchet-teeth e on their outer faces, with slot it between them, and radial arms t 'i, of the brake-lever l, pivoted to the radial arms at their junction, and provided with the vertical slot 15, supplemental lever m, spring a, pawl 0, provided with the slot r, and bolts. passing through the slots in the pawl and brake-lever,substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

VALENTINE eILsrNeEE.

Witnesses:

JAs. H. NEAL, R. S. BRIDGMAN.