US290190A

US290190A - osgood

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Publication number: US290190A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-12-11
Anticipated expiration: 1900-12-11

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l E. P.OSGO OD. y

CASH GAR. M

' Patented Deo; 11, 1883.

No. 290,190.l

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,EDWIN P. OSGOOD, OF MALDEN,MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO BYRON A. OSGOOD. Y

CASH-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,190, dated December 11, 1863.

Application filed November 12,1283. (No model.)

To all whom-t may concern: l

Be it known that I, EDWIN l?. OsGooD, of Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and 5 useful Improvement in Cash-Cars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention is an improvement in cashcars of that class in which a frame-work proio vided with a wheel or wheels runs upon a track with a tray or receptacle suspended from the frame by flexible connections, so that inexpensive construction ot' sufficient strength f and ornamental form, and, finally, to generally improve the details of construction 'of the car '2 5 and its appendages.

In the accompanying drawings, `-Fignre 1 is a side elevation, Fig. 2 an end elevation, and

Fig.- 3 a top view, of the improved car. Fig.

4 is a plan View of the tray and cup, and Fig.

3o 5 a longitudinal vertical section of the same.

Fig. 6 is a transverse section taken centrally through the. axis of .one of the wheels.

In these drawings, A represents the framework of the car-body. It may be madev of 35 sheet-brass or other convenient material struck out in the form shown, in which the sides are composed of the flat bars l 2 3 4.5 6', and so on, with hangers 7, which suspend the car from the grooved wheels G. The sides may 4o be connected byl suitable bolts, as Well as by the pivot-screws a.

5o are wound upon the wheels, between the On thebottom is fixed a plate, 8, and on the top are xed plates A. l

ilanges 9, in oppositel directions, their ends extending down and connected .to atray, l0,

Vwhich carries a cup, B, with preferably a small knob or handle at its bottom. The

straps may be of leatheror any equivalent'55 material.

To the top piecesA, are Xed, lby means `of screws b, the spring-catches E, these catches having a hooked end, z', which passes under and hooks over aninclined stop, ll, set upon 6o the track J. A preferably elastic stop, H, receives the impact 'of the spring-catch to arrest the car, and thiiclfinedmstop prevents theyreturn. A handle, G, is tlxwe'd'Y to the springcatch, so that it may be grasped by the hand 6 5g and drawn down, the operator at the same time retaining his hold upon the handle to give the car the proper impetus. When the tray is drawn down, the straps F turn the wheels, coiling up the springs within them, 70 and when the tray is released the recoil ofthe springs draws up the car.

The tray may be made of thin sheet metal, and is fitted to receive bills or packages, while the cup B is adapted to receive coin. The tray 7,5 V

may be struck or spun out of a single piece of metal. All the springs and wheels are located on the frame-work of the carriage and close beneath the track, and the tray or' pull-down part of the carriage is of the least possible 8o weight. ,v

It will be observed that the wheels on which the straps are wound are in a plane parallel with the track or line of movement of the car, and thevstraps are brought ,down at the oppo- 8 5 site sides, so as to turn the wheels in opposite directions. The wheels, being arranged in this way, offer very little resistance as the car is pushed back and forth, and this, with their location directly beneath the track, makes 9o their movement very` easy.

What I claim is- 1. The combination of the car-frame composed of the sidepieces specied and hangers 7 with spring-wheels supporting pulleys, 95 adapted to runfupon a track, anda tray suspended from the pulleys by means of flexible straps, substantially as described.

2. The frame A, composed of the bars 1 2 3 4 5 6 and suspending-hangers 7, and car- 10o l the inclined stop l17 and the stop II, substantially as described.

6. The Combination of the tray 107 having the cup B, and the plate 8, adapted to tinto the tray to hold down articles placed therein7 substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN l. OSGOOD.

lVitnesses:

BYRON A. OsGooD, SARAH T. PENNEY.