US314714A - Drop-perch for vehicles - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

H. W. PELL.

DROP PERGH FOR VEHICLES.

No. 314,714. Pafnented Mar. 31, 1885.

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HENRY w. PELL, or ROME, NEW YORK.

'DROP-PERCH FOR VEHICLES.

JPECIPICATIQII forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,714., dated March 31,.1885.

' Application tiled July 28, 1 884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, HENRY W. PELL, of Rome, in the county of Oneida, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Drop-Perch Connections, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists in improved means for firmly and securely connecting two perches to the headblock of a vehicle, as hereinafter fully described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the annexed drawings, wherein Figure I is atop view of the forward end of two perches and their connection with the headblock and spring mounted thereon. Fig. II is a transverse section on line as 00, Fig. I, with a portion of the side of the couplingarm broken away to show the concavity of said arm and the extension of the perch into the same. Figs. III and IV illustrate modifications in the detail construction and combination of the aforesaid parts. Figs. V, 'VI, and VII are perspective views showing in detail the modifications of the construction of the transomplate and perch couplings. Fig. VIII is a transverse section on line 3 3 Fig. III, and Fig. IX is a longitudinal section on line 2 2, Fig. I.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

H represents the head-block, S the spring mounted thereon, andPP denote two perches connected with the head-block by the following instrumentalities: The usual transomplate, a, which is secured to the under side of the head-block has integral with it two rearwardly-projecting arms, I) b, which are de flected downward and extended under the end of the perch 1?, as shown in Figs. II, III, and IV of the drawings. Over each of the arms I) bis a brace, c, the rear end of which lies on top of the perch, and is secured thereto by bolts passing vertically through said parts and through the arms I) I). The forward end of the brace is extended across the transomplate a and countersunk in the under side of the head-block, as shown in Fig. IX of the drawings, and the central or intermediate portion of. the brace is formed concavo-convex and deflected downward, corresponding to the arm I), and lies with its edges contiguous tothe top of said arm. The concavmconvex form of the brace. c is easily produced from a comparatively light bar by means of a droppress with suitable dies, and said form impart-s rigidity to the brace and serves as a socket for the reception of the end ofthe perch, as illustrated in Fig. II of the drawings. The embrace of the end of the perch by the brace c obviates the danger of splitting the perch. The concave-convex portion of the brace terminates with a shoulder, 's, by which it abuts against the rear of the head-block. The said brace and transom-plate a have in common their attachment to the headblock. Said attachment I prefer to make by means of the clip 0, which embraces the spring S and headblock, and has its ends extended through the brace and transomplate, and provided underneath the latter with nuts n n, by which to clamp the parts together. If it is desired to fasten the spring to the head-block by a single clip at the center thereof, a bolt may be extended vertically through the head-block and through the brace and transom-plate, as shown in Fig. IV of the drawings. The connection of the perch with the head-block can 'be re-enforced by shoulders 8 either on the front edge of the transom-plate, as represented in Fig. IV of the drawings, or on the forward end of the braces, as shown in Fig. V of the drawings, which shoulders abut against the-front of the head-block, as illustrated in Figs. II and III of the drawings.

It will be observed that in every instance the brace c is extended across the transomplate, and has in common with it the attachment to the head-block, and is countersunk in the head-block, and thus securely retained in its position over the arms b Z) of the transorn-plate.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. In combination with the head-block H and perches P P, the transom-plate at, having the arms b b integral with it and extended under the perches, and the braces c c on top of the perches and extended across the top of the transom-plate and countersunk inthe under side of the head block, substantially as de scribed and shown.

2. In combination with the head-block H, my name and affixed my seal, in the presence perches P P, and the transom-plate a, formed of two attesting Witnesses, at Syracuse, in the, 10 with the arn1sb'b,'the braces 0 con top of the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, arms b b, and extended between and across the this 9th day of June, 1884.

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against the 'tsid'e of ---the-1i"ead-b10ck, substan- Witnesses: tially as shown and set forth. FREDERICK H. GIBBS,

In testimony whereofIhavehereunto signed 0. H. DUELL.

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