US276957A

US276957A - Daniel bullock

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Publication number: US276957A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-05-01
Anticipated expiration: 1900-05-01

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D.BULLOCK.

VEHICLE TOP. No. 276,957. Patented May 1,1883.

r a Z a WITNEEEEEI UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL BULLOCK, OF FOR'l ATKINSON, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO THE NORTHWESTERN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

VEHICLE-TOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,957, dated May 1, 1883.

Application filed March 9, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom t't may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL BULLOCK, of Fort Atkinson, in the county of Jefferson and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain Improvements in Fastenings for Quarter-Curtains, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a novel means of attaching quarteccurtains to carriage-rails, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the shifting rail of a carriage or vehicle and the plate to which the quarter-curtain is made fast, the latter being shown detached from the rail; Fig. 2, an inside face view of the quarter-curtain and the securing devices; Fig. 3, a horizontal section on theline :r 00 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a cross-section on the line y y of Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a perspective view of the lower end of the curtain with the plate riveted or secured toit.

The object of myinvention is to so secure the lower end of the quarter-curtain that it may be readily tightened or loosened to compensate for stretching or shrinkage, and to provide a ready means of attaching curtains of varying width to vehicles of different styles and constructions.

Hitherto it has been the general custom to permanently secure the 10 werends ofthe quar' ter-curtains by tacks or otherwise to the carriage body or ra-il,though morerecently aclamping plate or strip has been added to secure a more uniform straining of the curtain and to prevent puckering between the tacks, rivets, or other fastenings. Under my plan the curtain is permanently riveted to a metal plate, which plate is secured to the shifting rail by a belt or bolts, both the plate and the rail being slotted, one vertically and the other horizontally, to permit the adjustments above alluded to.

shifting rail of a vehicle, made of ordinary form, except that the arm which extends along the back of the seat is made somewhat wider than usual through a portion of its length, and provided with a horizontal slot, (4, to receive a bolt, B, by which a metal plate, C, is secured to the rail. The plate C is made pref erably of malleable iron, and is formed with a slot, 1), at right angles to the slot a of the shifting rail, and a depression, 0, is formed Referring to the drawings, A represents the around said slot to receive the head of the bolt B and prevent the latter from projecting to any considerable extent beyond the face of the plate. Holes dare also formed through the plate to receive rivets e, by which the curtain D is secured to the outer face of the plate, said holes being countersunk 0n the inner face of the plate to permitthe rivets to beheaded down flush with the face of the plate, so that the latter may lie close against the shiftingrail when drawn thereto by the bolt B. The two outer rivets care formed with studs or buttons /"-one to hold the lower corner of the side curtain, and the other to hold the lower corner of the back curtain.

The parts being thus constructed, the bolt 13 is passed through plate C, and the curtain D is laid against the outer face thereof and riveted fast, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 5. bolt B is then passed through slot to of the shifting rail and adjusted to proper position therein, and the curtain is drawn down until properly strained or stretched, (the slot b permitting such movement of the curtain and plate C independently of bolt 13,) and the nut E is then applied to the bolt and screwed tightly up against the inner face of the shifting rail,thereby drawing plateC firmly against the outer face of the same and securing said plate and the curtain in a very perfect manner. If at any time the curtain material should shrink, it may be relieved of undue strain by loosening nut E and permitting the curtain and plate C to move upward; or, by drawing them down, compensation can be made for stretching and consequent bagging of the material. If the curtain be found to draw unevenly sidewise, the bolt may be adjusted laterally in slot (4, and all difficulty of this kind thereby remedied. The main object of the slot to is, however, to permit the bolt to be readily adjusted in the first instance,it beingapparent that the bolt will naturally assume its proper position in said slot whether the curtain be a little wideror narrower than usual, and whether the plate be set equidistant from the edges or to one side, and, finally, whether the plate be attached to the curtain in a perfectly horizontal position, or is set slightly inclined through accident or carelessness. It is particularly to The be noted that by this construction the single bolt controls the fastening and adjustment of the plate, and that no plate or clamp is exposed on the outside of the curtain, where its presence is detrimental to the general appearance of the vehicle. Being permanently secured to the plate, and the plate being made adjustable vertically, the curtain does not require a new set of holes or the elongation of the original holes through which the rivets or i'astenings pass, as is necessary when the curtain is clamped between the rail and an outside plate.

It is apparent that more than one bolt may be used, the plate 0 being in such case provided with a slot for each; or the vertical slots may be made in the shifting rail and a horizontal slot or slots formed in the plate. 'Ihcse slightly-differing arrangements or forms are mere obvious equivalents of each other.

The manner of securing the quarter-curtain will be found advantageous over former plans, even if the slots be omitted and simple perforations made to receive the bolt, because of the fact that the shifting rail is not weakened by a number of holes.

It will also be seen that the plate may be attached to the body or seat-back of a carriage instead of to the shifting rail; hence in speaking of the shifting rail I wish it understood that I do not necessarily restrict myself thereto, though under ordinary circumstances it will be used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In combination, the body or shifting rail of a vehicle, a quarter-curtain, and an adjustable plate secured permanently to the curtain and adjustably attached to the body or rail, substantially as shown and described, whereby the curtain may be loosened, tightened, and adjusted at will.

2. In combination with a shifting rail, a metallic plate, a quarter-curtain permanently secured to said plate, and a bolt passing through the plate and shifting rail, and serving to secure the former to the latter.

3. In combination with shifting rail A, having slot a, curtain D, plate 0, secured to said curtain, and bolt 13, passing through the plate and through the slot of the shifting rail, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In combination with shifting rail A and quarter-curtain D, the plate 0, riveted to the curtain, and provided with slot I), and the bolt 13, passing through said slot and through the shifting rail, substantially as described.

5. In combination with the shifting rail A, having slot a, and with curtain D, plate 0, so cured to said curtain, and provided with slot I), and the bolt B, passing through the plate and rail, and serving to hold the latter firmly upon the former.

DANIEL BULLO OK.

WVitnesses:

-W. H. Roenns,

D. G. CRAIG.