US358906A - Truck for capstans - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

H. T. WHITE.

TRUCK FOR GAPSTANS. I No. 358,906. Patented Mar. 8, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY T. WHITE, OF EDDYVILLE, IOYVA.

TRUCK FOR CAPSTANS.

EPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,906, dated March 8, 1887.

Application filed November 6, 1886. Serial No. 218,128. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY T. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eddyville, in the county of Wapello and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Arched Axles for Oapstans and other Purposes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a top plan view of my improved truck; Fig. 2, a side elevation showing in full lines the truck-frame in position when anchored and in dotted lines when raised, and Fig. 3 a detail view in perspective of the crank-axle.

The object of the present invention is to provide a truck for supporting and holding a Windlass, capstan, and all other class of machinery requiring to be firmly set or anchored in the ground to be used for moving buildings, running ditching-machines, and similar uses, whereby the truck-frame can be quickly lowered to fasten the 'flulres that are usually employed in the ground and raising the frame to disconnect thorn or withdraw the flukes therefrom; and the invention consists in cer tain details of construction, substantially as shown in the drawings, and hereinafter de scribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the frame of the truck, of anydesirable form and construction, and is provided with the flukes a, of any preferred shape and of any number found desirable, said flukes adapted to enter the ground when the truck is anchored.

The frame A may have connected to it a Windlass, capstan, or other machine or device adapted for moving buildings, running ditching and other machines, or raising and lowering heavy weights, and therefore I deem it unnecessary to show in the drawings such attachment. The forward end of the frame A is provided with a bolster, b, journaled or pivoted to the sides of the frame, and to this bolster is pivoted, upon the under side thereof, the axle 0, upon the ends of which'are mounted the forward truck-wheels, B. The bolster I) and axle c are also connected together by braces 01 e, and are provided with a suitable clevis, f, or other means for attaching thereto a rope or other connection, 9, the opposite end of such connection being attached to a lever, 0, preferably of U shape, but may be of any other preferred construction. This lever has connected to it crank-axles D, which arcjournaled in thetruck-frame A in any well-known manner, and upon the outer extremities are mounted the rear truck-wheels, E.

Previous to anchoring the truck with its load it is in the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, the frame thereof beingsupported above the axles and the lever O in an elevated position. Now, when it is desired to anchor the truck firmly in position on the ground, the lever C is brought in position as indicated in full lines, Fig. 2, and by means of the crank-axles D and the connection 1 with the axle of the forward truck-wheels both the forward and hind wheels will be raised above the frame or off the ground, when the weight upon the truck will force the dukes in the grou ml and firmly hold the frame stationary. \Vhen the truck is to be moved, the lever O is raised to the position shown in dotted lines, which will throw the truckwheels down in contact with the ground, using them as a fulcrum to elevate the frame A and draw the flukes from out the ground, thereby providing a very simple and effective means of anchoring the truck and releasing it, as re quircd.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a truck, a suitable frame provided with flukes, in combination with forward and rear truck-wheels, the former being connected to an axle pivoted toa bolster, which is in turn pivoted or journaled to the frame, and the latter-mentioned wheels connected to crank-axles provided with an operating-lever, the same being connected to the forward axle by means of a rope, whereby both axles are operated simultaneously by means of the lever, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY T. XVHITE.

\Vitnesses:

F. D. BOYER, T. BARNES.

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