US343639A

US343639A - Wagon-brake

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Publication number: US343639A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1886-06-15
Anticipated expiration: 1903-06-15

Description

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, A. KEEVER 8v F. REMY.

WAGON BRAKE.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AARON KEEVER AND FREDERICK REMY, OF ASHLAND, OHIO.

WAGON-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,639, dated June 15, 1886.

Application filed April 19, 1886. Serial No. 199,316.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, AARON KEEVER and FREDERICK REMY, citizens of the United States, residing at Ashland, county of Ashland, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon- Brakes; and we do hereby declare the following to be a description of the same, and of the manner of construct-ing and using the invention, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it appertains to construct and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best mode in which we have contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

Our invention is that cf an improvement in wagon-brakes, with some special reference to wagons or trucks carrying large loads, in cases where drivers are accustomed or necessitated to walk by the side ofthe load.

In the drawings, Figure l is a top view of u the rear part of a wagon-gearing to which our improved brake is attached. Fig. 2 is a side elevation view.

A represents the rear wheels, B the rear axle, C the bolster, D the reach, and E the hounds, constructed after ordinary patterns.

F is the brake-bar, to the end portions of which the brake-shoes arein any suitable manner attached. Bar F rides upon the upper faces of the hounds where they are crossed by the loop-straps f, riveted at their respective ends to the hounds. On each side of said straps are small pinsprojecting from the upper face of bar F, to prevent excessive lateral motion of said bar by the striking of said pins against the straps.

G is the main brake-lever, pivoted to stud H, which latter is firmly `secured. to the bolster. The short arm of said lever is provided with a terminal eye, in which is loosely hooked the rear end of link I, whose forward end is secured to the brake-bar at about midway between its ends. The long arm of lever G- extends outwardly to near the contiguous end of bolster C, and has at its extremity an eye,'

into which is loosely hooked. the rear end of link J, whose forward end is loosely hooked (No model.)

in an eye formed in the rearward portion of lever K. Said link J is of sufficient length to allow its forward portion to reach clear across the upper face width of the brake-bar F at certain adjustments of lever K. Said leverK has its short and inner arm pivoted at its eX- tremity to the brake-bar at a point about midway between the out-er terminus of said bar and the point where link I is secured to said bar. The longer arm of lever K extends t0 about the extremity of the brake-bar, where it is provided with the sleeve device k, in which freely slides the supplemental leverhandle k2, of any practical or preferred length, said h andle provided with terminal stops to confine it suitably within the sleeve device. Lever K has'formed on its rear face the downwardly-projecting lip k3, adapted to lock in with the segmental ratchet M, the latter firmly attached to the brake-bar on its front face and projecting forwardly.

The utility of a horizontally outwardly eX- tending hand-lever in the case of bulky loads, as of hay, or of other articles where the driver walks beside the load,is apparent. The supplemental handle k2, when drawn out` gives the driver opportunity of applying the brakes without stooping under the load. Also, by such an extended handle, as described, the leverage-power imparted to the brakes is vastly increased above what it is when a short handlever or a foot-lever is used. Lip k3, as is obvious, and already referred to, by locking in with ratchet M, holds the brakes at any point of pressure upon the wheels to which lever K has brought them.

Vhat we claim is*- l. The combination, with brake-bar E, lever G, and links I and J, of the horizontal outwardly-projecting lever K, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with brake-bar F, lever G, and links I and J, of horizontal lever K, provided with the adjustable supplemental -sliding lever-handle k2, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with brake-bar E, lever G, links I and J, and ratchet M, of horizontal lever K, locking in said ratchet and provided with supplemental handle ki, substantially as described.

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4. The combination of'brake'bor F, ratchet l be our invention We have hereunto set our 1o M, lever G, links I und J, and lever K, said hands this 12th day of April, A. D. 1886. link J having its forward extremity passing; horizontally over the brake-bar, said lever K 5 being parallel with the brake-bar, and having its inner arm pivoted to the latter at a. point Vitnesses: between the two links, substantially as set J AoKsoN S. VVERTMAN, forth. JOHN E. MCCRAY,

In testimony that we claim the foregoing to JOSH. W. BROWN.