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J. J. DELOTTER & J. H. SNYDER.

VEHICLE RUNNING GEAR.

No. 302,114. I- Patented July 15,- 1884. n I I UH m In? a GI iii I N I N} 8m Hw 4 n m I. 1..

-securing the hounds'to the tongue.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN J. DELOTTER AND JoHN H. SNYDER, or GOSHEN, INDIANA.

VEHICLE RUNNING-GEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,114, dated July 15, 1884. Application filed April 3, 1884. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, "JOHN J. DELOTTER and the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is atop-view of a wagon-tongue provided with our improved attachment for Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same, and Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective views of the attachment, seen from its upper and lower side; I Y

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Our invention has relation to attachments for wagon-tongues for securing the hounds to the tongue; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of a metallic casting, which forms sockets or grooves for the insertion of the inner end of the tongue and diverging arms, which are hinged or pivoted between the forwardly-projecting ends of the hounds, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the tongue, which is a plain straight Q pole, preferably squared at its rear end; and

B B indicate the forwardly-projecting ends of the hounds, which are preferably provided with metallic caps 0, having their inner sides flat.

i '0 indicates the casting, the forward reduced end, D, of which forms upon its under side a flanged groove, F, in which the tongue fits,

and the flanges E, which formthe groove, are braced bymeans of laterally-projecting webs G.

From the rear ends of the flanges project two an open frame, and the obliquely-projecting flanges forming the flat outer sides of the frame. The rear end of the open. frame of the casting is closed by a cross-piece, J having re-enforce webs K,connecting the rear ends of the diverging arms, and forming a socket, L, at its middle by means of two longitudinal downwardly-projecting lips,M,between which the inner end of the tongue fits. reduced end of the casting has two vertical perforations,- N N, which extend. through the tongue, and nutted bolts Opass through these perforations, securing the casting upon the The forward tongue,and the socket or box upon the rear cross-piece of the casting has a similar perforation, P, through. which passes a nutted bolt, Q, which secures the rear end of the tongue to the box. The upper side of the reduced forward portion of the casting has a transverse flat web, R, which has a vertical perforation,

S, which extends through the tongue, and in webs V upon'the inner sides of the flanges of the arms, and the rod WV, upon which the tongue is hinged between the ends of the hounds, passes through these perforations,- the flat sides of the divergent flanges of the arms sliding against the flat inner sides of the hounds. It will be seen that where this casting is used the tongue may be replaced by a simple pole, fence-rail, or similar rail, if it should be broken, the only tools necessary for fitting the pole being a hatchet or ax and an auger, and that the casting will strengthen the tongue, preventing it from breaking, and by being cast with there-enforcing websand flanges the greatest amount of strength will be attained with the smallest possible weight of metaL' We are aware that castingshavebeen made formed with parallel flanges upon their under sides, forming grooves for the reception of the tongue and hounds of avehicle; and we do not wish to claim such construction, broadly; but

we arenot aware that such castings have been made with transverse strengthening or wearing webs for the double-tree to rest and rock upon, nor with the strengthening braces or flanges, nor with the oblique or diverging side flanges, and we therefore claim- 1. The casting consisting of the forward reduced portion, having the transverse web upon' its upper side, having perforations through it for the securing-bolts, and having the downwardly-projeating flanges braced by the laterally-projecting webs upon its under side, forming a longitudinal groove, the rearwardly-projeeting diverging arms having the flanges forming the flat sides of the arms, the said flanges projecting from the rear ends of the flanges of the groove, and forming reenforeed perforations at the sides, and the cross-piece having the downwardly-projeeting web, and forming the longitudinal socket or box by the downwardly-projeeting lips, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. The combination of the hounds of a wagon, having the inner sides of their forwardly-projecting ends flat, a casting forming a reduced forward portion having a transverse web upon its upper side, and a longitudinal flanged groove at its under side, forming rearwardly-projeeting diverging arms having rein forcing flanges and flat outer sides, and forming a rear cross-piece having a longitudinal box at the middle of its underside, the groove and the box having peforations for fasteningbolis, and the tongue fitting with its rear end in the groove and box of the casting, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereunto affixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN J. DELOT'IER. JOHN IT. SNYDER.

\Vitnessesz.

E. L. BILLINGs, '1. A. GILMORE.

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