US261641A

US261641A - Box-stay for vehicles

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Publication number: US261641A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1882-07-25
Anticipated expiration: 1899-07-25

Description

(No Model.)

- E. J. ASTRONG.

BOX STAY FOR VEHIGLES No. 261.641. Patented July 25, 1882.*

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN J. STBONG, OF POWHATTAN, IOWA.

BOX-STAY FOR VEHICLES;

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No, :261,641, dated July 25, 1882.

Application filed February 17, 1882. (No model.) I

To all whom it may cancer-n:

Be it known that I, EDWIN J.STRONG, of Powhattan, in the county of Pocahontas and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vehicle-Box Stays, of which the following, is a full, clear, 'and exact'de-i backward or forward, While at the same time the box is allowed to rise and fall vertically with perfect ease; and'to this end it consists of the peculiar arrangement and constrnction of the parte, as hereinafter' more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, A reprsents a buggy-box, to the bottom of which is bolted or otherwise secured near its middle the bent hanger S.

C represents a Vertical compensating link or lever, pivoted or jointed at its middle, H, to the hanger S near its lower end. To the upper end of the compensating-link G is pivotally Secured at J a rod, R, the opposite end of which is pivotally secured at J' to a brace, I, Secured to the front axle, B, or reach. The lower end of the Vertical compensatin g-link C is pivotally seeured at J to a rod, R', of the same length as the rod R and parallel thereto, and the opposite or outer end of the rod R' is jointed to an arm, I, Secured to the rear axle, D, or reach.

a b represent braces extendin g from opposite sides of the hanger S to the front and rea-r 'ends of the box.

As the box A moves np and down the opposite ends of the link O describe opposite and equal eurves, and the pivotal point H at the center of the link C moves up and down vertically.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the bent hanger S, secured to the under face ot' the bottom of the box A and steadied by braces a b, of the vertical compensting-link G, pivoted at its middle to the hanger, and parallel rods R R', pivoted at their inner ends to the opposite ends of the link C, and pivoted at their outer ends to the braces I 1 secured respectively to the front and rear axles, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

EDWIN J. STRONG.

Witnesses:

0. I. STRONG, LIZZIE L. STRONG.