US264967A

US264967A - Wheelbarrow

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Publication number: US264967A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1882-09-26
Anticipated expiration: 1899-09-26

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(N0 Model.)

W. H. STEVENS.

WHEELBARROW. No. 264,967. Patented sept. 26, 1882.

Inman/i071 tion of the wheel.

'UNITED STATES PATENT Genion.

VILLIAM H. STEVENS, OF GOLDWATER, MICHIGAN.

WH EELBARROW.

SPECIFICATION forming partnof Letters Patent No. 264,967, dated September 26, 1882. Application filed May 26, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WM. H. STEVENS, of Goldwater, in the county of Branch and State of Michigan, have invented new andusefnl Improvements inV Wheelbarrows, of which-the following is a specification.'

The nature of my invention relates to iinprovements in the construction of wheelbarrows o f the class known as railroad-barrows, 7 and has for its objeetto combine great strength and durability with facility of construction.

The invention consists chieliy in the construction of the tray and also in the wheel, as is more fully hereinafter setV forth, and indicated in the claims.

Figure l is a perspective view; Fig. 2, a bottom view of the tray. Fig. 3 is a side eleva- Fig. 4is a perspective view of the wheel-shaft or gudgeon removed from the wheel.

In the drawings, S S represent 'the sides of the tray, which are constructed of wood, bent and formed into the proper shape to receive the bottom B, which is a plate of sheet-iron, and is attached to the sides S S with nails or screws, the ends E E being turned over and attached with nails or screws to the cleats4 C C, which may be ot' wood, and are fastened at their extremities to the sides'S S, giving suppirt and rigidity to both the sides and bottom p ate.

ififiare strips of thin iron, which may be fastened with nails, screws, or bolts to the cleats C C and sides S S, more securely holding them together and in place. Other cleats, with or without the supporting-straps of iron, may be added when it may be deemed necessary to give additional strength to the tray.

The wheel, Fig.3, is constructed in the usual manner, with the hub and rimof castiron and the spokes of wrought-iron rods, and With a wrought-iron tire shrunk about the rim; but instead of a solid hub extending on either side of the wheel, with wrought-iron extensions, forming thejournal on which the wheel turns,

as such wheels are usually constructed, there is a circular opening, O, with a key-seat, k, through the center ot' the hub, formed by setting a core of proper form in the mold before casting to receive the shaft or gudgeon, Fig.

4, which is of' cast iron, and is 'cast of proper size to nicely lit the opening O in the hub of the wheel, and with a keyseat, g, to match the keyseat 7c, by which a key may be driven to secure it Awhen in place, said shaft or gudgeou having a wrought-iron rod,- r, extending from end to end through the center and projecting at either end, forming the journal on which the. wheel turns, said rod being placed in the mold before casting, and the iiuid metal being formed about it. lt is obvious that wheels ot' this construction may also be used with other wheelbarrows than those ofthe railroad variety.

I will now proceed to mention some of the advantages of constructing wheelbarrows with the improvements above indicated.

By reason of the rapid consumption of the timber throughout the country it is becoming diicult to readily procure timber of sufficient width and excellence and free of defects from which to construct the bottoms of the trays, while the sides, being of much less width, may be more readily procured; also, there is great waste by reason ot' the checking and splitting of the bottom boards. Then on account of the exposure` to the Weather which wheeibarrows are usually subjected to, the bottoms of wooden trays soon become checked, warped, and split, and soon become Worthless, while iron bottoms would retain theirform and would be more durable and serviceable, while the waste and labor incident to the bending and forming the Wooden bottoms would be avoided. Also,in coustructin g wheels as above described much labor and expense would be avoided, for the reason that the depth ofthe flasks required in which to form Ythe mold for the wheel when cast in sections, as above described, would be so much less than they would when castiu the usual manner, all in one entire piece, therefore avoiding the handling of a much greater quautityof sand in forming the molds, besides being able to secure more ,'perfect results. Then in shipping they could be much more closely packed by beingrshipped with the two parts separated, thereby securing lower rates of transportation.

WhatV I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Awheelbarrow havin ga tray with wooden IOO sidesand t sheet-iron bottom and supporting cast separately', and with a wrought-iron rod lo cross-cleats, constructed substantially as deextending through the center from end to end, scribed. and with key-seat q to match, to be connected 2. The combination ot' the Wooden sides S S and secured in position by a key. with the sheet-iron bottom B and the supporting cross-cleats C C. g WM' H' STEVENS' 3. A wbeelbarrow having an iron wheel Vitnesses: with a bubcast with a circular opening, O, and D. A. SPERRY, key-seat 7c, and a cast-iron shaft or gudgeon E. R. ROOT.