US269149A

US269149A - Vehicle-spring

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Publication number: US269149A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1882-12-12
Anticipated expiration: 1899-12-12

Description

(No Model.)

' L. C. WOOD,

VEHICLE SPRING. No .26.9,149. Patented D'ec..l2,188Z.

' WIN SES m.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFIC LYMAN 0. W001 015 WIOHITA, KANsAsj V V EHlCLE-SlRlNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,149, dated December 12, 1882,

I Application filed May 18, 1882. (No model.)

10 all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, L. O. WOOD, a citize of the United States, residing at Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful ImprovementsinVehicle-Springs, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, and in which- Figure l is an end view of my improved vehicle-spring. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a detailed view of the same.

This invention has relation 'to an improvement in light vehicles, more particularly to the springs, specially designed for riding, though adapted for carrying purposes, its object being to avoid sudden reaction, which would cause breakage of the springs, and to efl'ect the adjustment of the vehicle-body to a high orlow position without impairing the motion of the spring-or its capacity; and it consists in the detailed construction of the spring, and. the

manner of its attachment to the body and of supporting the body thereon, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In carrying out my invention I employ or make a spring composed of twosections or halves, A A, each a spring in itself. Each half or section A is formed with an inclined or oblique portion, a, having a straight or horizontal arm, a, at one end and an upwardlycurved portion, a at its other or lower end.

The two sections or halves A A are arranged with the upper ends of their oblique portions touchingeach other, and secured together thereat, so as to have the required play, as shown, preferably by plates B. These plates have flanges b, one set of each plate being securedto each section of the spring. These plates have also each anupwardly-projecting portion or flange, b.

, G is the vehicle-body, having bolted to its under side at each end a plate, c, from' the middle of which depends an apertured projection, 0. The flanges b of the plate B of the spring-sections are bolted to the projection 0,

thus effecting the attachment of the spring or springs to the vehicle-body. The ends of the horizontal portions or arms a of the springsections are connected by bolts d, fitted with springs d, to opposite sides of the vehicle-body at its ends. The arms a ofthe spring-sections A are free to move upon the bolts d, and are acted upon by the springs 01, through which the weight of the vehicle-bod y is received upon the said arms. This arrangement distributes the weight upon the springs, avoids sudden reaction, which would cause the breakage of the springs, and permits the adjustment of the vehicle-body to a high or low position. The upwardly-curved ends of the spring-sections A A are clipped or bolted to the ends of the side spring-bars, D, suitably secured to the running-gear.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. Ina vehicle-spring, the combination, with the spring-sections A, having upwardly-extending portions a at their outer ends, the ob- ,lique portions a, and the horizontal portions a, of the plate 0, secured to the vehicle-body.

and having. a'perforated projection, c, and the plate B, having the flanges b and the upwardlyprojecting flanges b, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In avehicle-spring,the combination, with the spring-sections A, having the oblique portions a, provided with the horizontal arms a and upwardly-curved portions a connected to the spring side bars secured to the runninggear, of the plates B, having flanges b and upwardly-projecting flanges b, plate 0, having a de'pendingprojection, c, and the bolts 01, fitted with springs 12 and depending from the vehicle body, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LYMAN 0. W001).

\Vit-nesses JOHN CLARK, NOAH ALLEN, Sr.