US334350A - Wagon - Google Patents

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WAGON.

No.334,350.- Patented Jan. 12, 1886..-

N. PETERS. Pholc-lilhcgmphen Washingloll. D. c.

U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN CONRAD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,350, dated January 12-, 1886.

Application filed May 25, 1885. Serial No. 166,606. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN CONRAD, of

Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the construction of wagons; and it consists in the matters hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the appended claims.

A principal feature of my invention relates to the form of the tongue-hounds in that class of wagons having fifth-wheels; and it consists in bent-wood hounds downwardly curved or depressed between their ends, so that their forward and rear end portionsare elevated above their depressed middle parts, where they are attached to the axle and sand-board in such manner that the fifth-wheel may be directly sustained by the hounds. By this construction the advantage is obtained that the use of objectionably deep and heavy crosspieces upon the hounds to support the fifthwheel is rendered unnecessary, and also that the forward ends of the hounds are brought into position to sustain thewagon tongue or shafts at a proper elevation above the ground without undulyelevating the hounds above the axle-arms for this purpose.

The invention also embraces improvements in the rear parts of the gear of a .springless wagon, in a skid'support, and in other features of construction in wagons, as will herei inafter appear.

The invention may be more fully understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which--,

Figure l is a side elevation of a wagon-gear embodying my invention, with the wheels the front axle, sand-board, bolster, and adjacent parts. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 3, a portion thereof being in section, taken on line 00 w of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 isa, detail longitudinal sectional View of the skidsupport. Fig. 6 is a detail cross-section of the skid-support, taken upon line 00 w of Fig. 5.

Referring first to the parts of the wagongear adjacent to the front axle and hounds, A is the front axle; B, the sand-board; C, the fronthounds; D, the bolster; E, the fifthwheel; F F, the front and rear crossbars at-.

tached upon the hounds and supporting the wheel Eat the front and rear of the bolster from the cross-pieces I.

The hounds C are secured between the axle A and the sand-board B, and instead of being straight, as heretofore usually made, are constructed of bent wood and downwardly curved or depressed between their ends, so that their front and rear parts are elevated considerably above their points of attachment to the axle and the sand-board. The front and rear crosspieces, F F, which afford support or bearing for the fifth-wheel E, are secured upon the front and rear elevated portions of the hounds, the curved'for'm of the latter permitting said cross-pieces to be of dimensions necessary for strength without the necessity of making them of considerable vertical depth, as usual er appearance in the parts; and the advantage is obtained also that the forward ends of the hounds are brought into position to sus- By this construction the necessary tain the tongue at a proper distance above the 1 ground without the use of a vertically wide or deep axle, as is usually necessary when hounds of the usual form are employed.

In the particular construction of the wagon over rough roads, and'for this purpose the;

king-bolt G is provided at its lower end with a cross-piece or T-head, G, having bearings in the sand-board, and the said king-bolt is extended upwardly through the bolster and is engaged with a spring acting against the bolster to hold it in contact with the sandboard in the manner set forth in Letters Patent of the United States No. 266,101, granted to me October 17, 1882. As shown in said patent, the spring is of spiral form, and is located in a recess in the bolster. As an improved construction in these parts, and in order to avoid weakening the bolster by making the recess therein, a leaf-spring, G, is herein shown, through the middle of which the king bolt passes, and to which it is secured by means ofa nut, upon the kingbolt above the spring, whereby the ends of the spring are caused to press againstthe upper surface of the bolster, and the latter is yieldingly held in contact with the sand-board.

The novel construction in the hounds herein shown and claimed may obviously be used in wagons in which the bolster is not adapted to u tilt or oscillate, and in other forms of fifthwheel wagons, as well as in the particular form of gear herein shown. It will be observed, also, that the bent hounds constructed generally as above set forth are adapted for use in the running-gear of a lumber-wagon of the kind provided with a fifth-wheel, the bolster D herein shown in such case of course forming the usual front bolster.

A is the rear axle, which, together with the front axle, A, is, as herein shown, provided with tubular skeins A A'-,which are prolonged or extended inwardly beneath the axles, as indicated at (1, Figs. 2 and 3, and provided with collars formed by split rings or sleeves A, which are clamped about the skein by means of bolts a, inserted through lugs east upon the sleeves, as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

In the construction illustrated of the parts of the gear at the rear end of the wagon, K K are longitudinally-arranged bars supporting the cross-pieces L of the wagon-body and bolted to horizontal plates or flanges a", cast upon the sleeves A, blocks K being, as shown, placed below the bars K to sufficiently elevate the latter above the axle-arms.

The construction described in the split sleeves A and the bars K is shown and described in an application for Letters Patent of the United States made by Cristoph Hot-z simultaneously with the present application, and is not herein claimed as part of myinvention.

As an improved means ofbracing the wagonbody and lower axle from relatively-lateral movement, inclined braces M are herein shown, which are bolted at their upper ends to the cross-piece L, over the axle, and are extended outwardly and downwardly, and are bolted to the blocks K at points adjacent to the axle, the lower ends of said braces preferably being extended inwardly along the top of the axle, and secured to thelatter by means of bolts a which also serve to secure to the axle the prolongation a of the skein, as before described. The axle A is also shown as additionally braced from the wagon-body by inclined bars N, secured to cross-bars L of the body at the front and rear of the axle and extending downwardly beneath the latter, said braces, as shown, being secured to the axle by the bolts a before mentioned.

The sleeves A of the front axle afford a convenient means of attachment for inclined brace-rods extending from the ends of the axle to the forward portions of the hounds, as indicated at a, Fig. 3.

As an improved means of supporting a skid beneath the rear of the body of the wagon of the character herein shown, means are provided as follows: The skid-support consists, generally, of a longitudinal wooden bar, 0, sustained centrally beneath the wagon-body, as herein shown, by means of a transverselyarranged U-shaped iron bar, P, bolted to the cross-bar L at the rear end of the body, and supporting the rear end of the bar 0, and an inclined bar, 0, attached to the forward end of the said bar 0, and bolted to the bottom of the body. A skid, Q, is shown as hung beneath the body in the manner proposed, said skid being constructed, in the usual manner, with two side pieces connected by curved metal crossbars q, the skid differing from those ordinarily used only in having short central bends or depressions, q, in the bars (1, adapted to engage the upper edge of the bar 0. The said bar 0 is provided upon its upper edge near its rear end with an upwardly-projecting part, 0, gradually inclined at its rear side, and vertical, or nearly so, at its side toward the front of the wagon, and also preferably with a second elevated part, 0, between the said projection 0 and the front end of the bar. The depressed or lower portions of the bar 0 are arranged at the same dlstancc apart as the cross-bars q of the skid, and are so located that when the skid is in a convenient position for carrying the said cross-bars will rest at the depressed portions of the said bar 0, as clearly shown in Fig. 5.

From the construction above set forth it is obvious that the skid may be readily placed in the position shown in the drawings by first resting one end of the skid upon the bar I? at the rear of the wagon, and then thrusting the skid inwardly until the said cross-bars q pass over the elevated parts 0 0 of the bar 0 and reach the depressions in said bar. The presence of the abrupt or vertical edge at the forward end of the projection 0 obviously prevents the skid being withdrawn without first lifting its rear end sufficiently to allow the rear cross-bar,q,to pass over the projection 0, so that liability of the said skid being displaced by the shaking movemeuts of the wagon is entirely avoided.

In order to steady the skid when hung upon the bar 0, as above described, and to prevent.

any swinging or oscillatory movement thereof, its ends which are toward the rear are preferably constructed to rest upon the bar I, and a second U-shaped cross-bar, P, is provided to similarly support the side bars of the skid at the forward part of the wagon, said bar, as shown, being bolted to the forward cross-piece, L, of the wagon-body. The bar 0 is desirably provided with a metal strip, 0, at its upper edge, to prevent wear, said strips, as shown, being continuous with the supporting-bar O. This particular construction is not essential, however, and the bar 0 may-be made of metal instead of wood, or otherwise constructed than as herein shown. The bar I? is, as shown, provided at the points at which the side pieces of the skid rest with leather strips 9, forming cushions to prevent the skid from becoming chafed and to prevent noise.

The essential feature of construction in the skid-support is the bar O,provided with a projection upon its upper surface having an abrupt edge adapted to engage one of the crossbars of the skid, so as to prevent the removal of the latter without lifting the cross-bar over the projection, and so far as this part of my invention is concerned it may be carried out by the use of a support in which the projecting part 0 is absent, and which is sustained from the wagon-body otherwise than by the particular means shown.

It will be observed that the particular construction herein shownin the means for sustaining the rear end of the wagon-body from the rear axle is of particular advantage in connection with a skid-support of the character shown, for the reason that a central open space is thereby left between the rear axle and the wagon-body in which said skid-support may be conveniently located.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, with the front axle,

sand-board, and fifth-wheel of a wagon, of

hounds made of bent wood and curved downwardly or depressed between their ends and attached between the axle and sand-board, and cross-bars of less vertical width than the sand-board attached to the front and rear elevated ends of the hounds for sustaining the fifth-wheel, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the front axle, sand-board,bo1ster, and fifth-wheel of a wagon, of bent-wood hounds curved downwardly or depressed between their ends and attached between the axle and sand-board, cross-pieces of less vertical width than the sand-board attached to the front and rear elevated ends of the hounds, bars H H, attached transversely to the bolster, cross-pieces I Lattached to the bars H, and posts J J ,interposed between the fifth-wheel and the said pieces I, substantially as described.

3. The combination,with a wagon, of a skidsupport attached beneath the wagon-body, and consisting of a longitudinal bar, 0, provided with a projection, o, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination,with awagon, of askidsupport consisting of a longitudinal bar, 0, provided with a projection, 0, and transverse supporting-bars P and P, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination,with a wagon, of a skidsupport consisting of a longitudinal bar,O,provided with projections 0 and o, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN CONRAD.

\Vitnesses:

O. CLARENCE POOLE, LOUIS SoHIFFLIN.

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