US311654A - Running-gear for vehicles - Google Patents

Description

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S, GESNEB. Jr., 81; J; P. STEVENS.

RUNNING GEAR 1-"0N VEHICLES.

No. 311.654. 'Paten'ted'F e'b. s, 85.

flatten Sra'ras Area? rricr SYLVESTER GESNER, JR, AND JAMES FRANCIS STEVENS, OF NORTH TARRYTOlVN, NEW YORK.

RUNNING-GEAR FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,654, dated February 3, 1885.

Appli'ation filed February l9, 1984. (No molel.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, SYLVESTER GESNER, J r., and JAMES FRANCIS Srnvnns, both of North Tarrytown, in the county of \Vestchester and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Vehicle, of which the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of our invention is to provide a new and improved vehicle which is simple in construction, rides easily, and is strong and durable.

The invention consists in the combination, with fifth-wheel track-plates having different diameters and secured to the under side of the wagon-box, of a spring-frame carrying the front axle and pivoted to the under side of the box by a king-bolt.

The invention also consists in, other parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of the under side of our improved vehicle. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a front end elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal elevation of aking-bolt. Fig. 5 is a side view of the joint of the reach. Fig. (5 is aplan view of the joint in the reach. Fig. 7isa perspective view ofthejointin the reach. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a socket-ring of the reachjoint.

To transverse strips A, secured to the bottom of the wagon-box B, at the front end, two opposite segmental fifthwheel traclrpla-tes, O. are secured, and at the front end of the wagon a segmental fifth-wheel track-plate, O, is secured, which has a greater diameter than the track-plate O. The said tracleplates can be made of steel or iron, as may be desired. The track-plates C and C have the same center, and they are securely bolted to the bars or strips A on the bottom of the boX. The kingbolt E passes through the bottom of the wagonbox and through the reach Fin a manner that will be described hereinafter, and it also passes through a bar, G, secured at right angles at its inner end to a crossbar, H, a short distance in front ofwhich the bolt passes through the bar G.

On the front end of the bar G a head-block, J, is secured, which is provided on its upper surface with a steel bar, J, which runs on the front fifth-whet]. track, 0.

To the upper surface of the cross-bar H two steel plates, H, are secured to run on the under surface of the two fifth-wheel track-plates O. Half-bow springs K have their inner ends bolted or clipped to the ends of the cross-bar H, and have their lower front ends bolted or clipped to the ends of a downwardly-curved bow-spring, L, which is secured atits middleto the bottom surface of the head-block J. The said springs K are clipped a short distance from their lower front ends to blocks M on tending from the axle to the front lower ends of the springs is rigid and stiff, and the weight of the box. is supported from the front axle by means of side springs, K, and the front spring, L, whereby the load of the wagon-box will be equally balanced, and there will be no twisting strain on the axle. The kin'g bolt E is provided at its upper end with a head, E, resting on the upper surface of the wagonbox bottom, and a short distance below the said head the bolt is screw-threaded, and on the screwthreaded part a nut, E is screwed, which, when the parts are-in position, rests against the under side of the bar G. The lower part of the king-bolt is made smaller, as shown in Fig. at. The reach of the wagon is formed of the two parts N and O, of which the former is secured to the rear axle and the latter to the front axle.

On the top and bottom surfaces of the inner ends of the part 0 of the reach, two plates, 0, are secured, which are bent to form a horizontal tongue, P, on the end of the part 0.

On the top and bottom surfaces of the inner end of the partN two plates, N, are secured, between which the tongue 1 on the inner end of the part 0 fits. The tongue P is provided with an aperture, Q, for receiving ajoint ring, R, provided with a central aperture, R, for the king-bolt, and with two side apertures, R", for bolts S, which are passed through apertures S in the plates N. The king-bolt passes through apertures T in the plates N, and a nut, V, is secured on the lower end of the kin g-bolt. The frame formed of the bars G H, the springs K L, and the part of the reach can easily turn on the king-bolt, the plates H of the bar H and the plate J of the head-block J running on the fifth-wheel trackplates 0 and C, respectively. Braces \V have their ends bolted to the sides of the part 0 of the reach at the inner end of the same, and have their outer ends clipped to the front axle, M. A bolt, I, uniting the inner ends of the braces W, passes through the space between the plates N and between the inner end of the bar N and the end of the tongue P, as shown in Figs. and 6. Braces I) extend from the rear part of the reach to the rear axle, (Z. Springs 70, shaped like the springs K. have their upper inner ends secured to a cross-bar, a, fixed on the under side of the wagon-box, and their lower outer ends are secured to the ends of a bow-spring, Z, secured at its middle to the under side of the rear end of the wagonbox, which springs 7c are clipped to the rear axlefl. Ifdesired, on along wagon the springs k can be reversedthat is, the ends secured to the cross-bar on the box may be the outer upper ends, and the ends secured to the transverse bow-springl may be the lower inner ends-or other springs may be substituted. Braces X extend from the ends of the cross-bar H to the head-block J.

The above-described vehicle-gear is simple in construction. The fifth-wheel can be set true very easily, as it is made in parts, and being of different radii, the body need not be set back, or rather the fifth-wheel need not project outside of the body, thereby permitting the king-bolt to be placed anywhere back of the axle, and the lower part of the king-bolt, being smaller than the upper part, permits the hole in the reach to be made about the size ofthe hole in the body and platform, thereby avoiding the weakening of the reach, and at the'same time allowing of snfificient play for the king-bolt in passing over obstructions. Owing to the great length of the side and transverse springs, the vehicle rides very safely. The transverse springs can be made very long, because the body can be set between the side springs, for that reason, also, the body can be set very low, as the transverse springs are not over the axle. The vehicle is pulled by attaching the shafts to either the axle or to the ends of the side springs. There is not as much strain on the king-bolt as in an ordinary vehicle. This vehicle can turn in a much shorter space than an ordinary vehicle having high wheels. It is less liable to upsetin turning, and it islight, both as regards weight and appearance. It is not absolutely necessary in all cases to have the king-bolt work in the reach.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a vehicle, the combination, with fifthwheel track-plates having different diameters and secured to the under side of the wagonbox, of a spring-frame carrying the front axle pivoted to the under side of the box by a kingbolt. substantially as herein shown and de scribed.

2. In a vehicle, the combination, with fifthwheel track-plates having different diameters and secured to the under side of the wagon box, of a spring-frame carrying the front axle, a jointed reach, and a king-bolt serving as a pivot for both the frame and the sections of the reach, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a vehicle, the combination, with fifthwheel track-plates having dili'erent diameters, of the axle-frame consisting of the side springs, K, secured to the axle, the front cross-spring, L, connecting the front ends oftlie side springs, the head-block J, the crossbar H, uniting the inner ends of the side springs, the bar G, extending from the cross-bar H to the headblock, and the plates H J, secured, respectively, to said crossbar and head-block, subsiantially as herein shown and described.

SYLVESTER GESNER, JR. JAMES FRANCIS STEVENS.

Vitnesses:

J AS. A. Sron is, EDWIN H. Vfnrrn.

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