US364284A - Spring-vehicle - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

.I-I. W. PELL.

SPRING VEHICLE.

No. 364,284. Patented June 7, 1887.

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HENRY w. PELE, or ROME, NEw Yoan SPRING-VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part o1' Letters Patent No. 364,284, dated June 7, 1887.

Application filed J'fmnaryV 20, 18H7. Serial No. 221,833. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY XV. PELL, of Rome, in the county of Oneida, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in SpringVehieles, of which the following, taken in connection with the aecompanying drawings, is a full; clear, and exact description.

This invention consists in a novel construe tion ofdevices for hangingsemi-ellipticsprings on vehicles, which hanging devices afford to the spring the necessary longitudinal endplay when subjected to a load, and at the same time effectually prevents the -spring from swaying longitudinally.

The invention is adapted to be applied to either side springs or cross springs, as will be hereinafter made apparent.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is a rear view of the rear axle with my improved springhanger connected thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged isometric view of one of the hangers with its attachment to the axle and spring, portions being broken away to better illustrate the construction and combination of parts. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of my invention as applied to a side-spring vehicle. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the stirrup to which the end of the spring is attached, taken on line zr'x, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken online y y, Fig. 2; and Fig. 6 illustrates moditications of my invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts.

C C represent metallic brackets, which are securely fastened by-clips or otherwise either on top of the axle, to support a cross-spring, S,'as represented in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, or on the rear axle, A, and head-block B, to support a side spring, as illustrated in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings. Said bracket is formed with upwardprojecting arms d d, standing ample distance apart to allow the end ol" the spring and its snpporting'stirrup T to play longitudinally 'between said arms. These arms are formed with eyes c e at their upper or free ends, on which the stirrup T is hung, said stirrup consisting of a sleeve, f, whichis providedin its under side with portsz'z',into which the eyes c c project, the sleeve riding with its upper half upon said eyes, and thushaving a direct support thereon independent of the coupling-bolt 7i, which passes longitudinallyr through the sleeve f and through the eyes e Y and is provided with a head and a nut, respectively, at opposite ends, to retain it connected with the aforesaid parts. The sleeve f has integral with its central portion a pendent arm, nwhichterminates with a shoe, Informed integral therewith. This shoe is formed with lips Z Z,which project toward the spring S and lap onto the top and bottom portion of said spring. The top lip7 Z, is of sulieient length to receive through it a rivet, r,which passes verti cally through the spring and fastens the same rigidly to said lip. From the side edges of the lipl project downward flanges a a', which abut against the side edges of the spring, and thus aid in sustaining the latter on the shoe b.

The described rigid attachment ofthe ends of the spring to the stirrups T T allows said stirrups to move only when the spring is vibrated vertically by a downward pressure on said spring; but said rigid attachment does not allow the stirrups to swing simultaneously in one and the saine direction, inasmuch as such a movement strains one end of the spring upward and the opposite end thereof downward, and such reverse strains are resisted by the spring. Consequently, the longitudinal swaying of the spring is ei'l'ectually prevented. I do not, however, limit my invention to the specific construction of the bracket C, with its upward projecting arms d d, nor to the use of the sleeve f, with the arm c pendent from the central portion of said sleeve, inasmuch as I can obtain the same result on an axle having its main or central portion deflected abruptly downward from the end portions thereof, by clipping or otherwise rigidly securing tothe top of each of said end portions of the axle a plate, C', `formed with Van eye, e', which stands at right angles to the line of the axle and projects over the depressed portion thereof, as represented in Fig. G of the drawings. In this case I form the spring-hanger with two pend` ent arms, a a, provided at their upper ends with eyes f f', which receive between them lengthwise the eye e of the plate G', and are pivoted thereon by a bolt, 7i, passing through the eyes e andff, and provided with ahead and nut at opposite ends. The lower ends of the arms a a are formed with extensions A A toward 'the spring S, and the ends of said extensions are united by a crossbar, n, the central portion of which is formed with the shoe b, to which the end of the spring S is rigidly attached in the ina-nner hereinbefore described.

I Wish it to be distinctly understood that in my invention the ends of the spring are not to be hinged or loosely connected to the pivoted hanger or stirrup, inasmuch as such a combination of parts allows the spring to sway longitudinally, and therefore is incapable of accomplishing the obj ectof my invention; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Iatent,is-

l. The vehicle-spring hanger consisting of the stirrup T, pivoted to its support at right angles to the spring, and formed with the pendent arm a, and with the shoe b on the free end of said arm, and the end of the spring rigidly attached to said shoe, substantially as described and shown.

2. The vehiclespring hanger consisting of the stirrup T, pivoted to its support at right angles to the sprn g, and formed with the pendentl arm a, and with the shoe b, having top and bottoni lips, Z Z, and side flanges, c, and the end of the spring inserted between said lips and langes and rigidly secured to said shoe, substantially as described and shown. t

3. The combination of the bracket C, formed with upwardprojecting arms d d, and with eyes c on the free ends of said arms, the sleeve f, formed With the pendent arm a, and shoe b on the free end of said arm, the bolt h passing through the eyes e e and sleeve f, and the end of the spring S rigidly attached to the shoe b, substantially as described and shown. 4. The combination of the bracket C, formed With upward-projecting arms cl d, and With eyes e e on the free ends of said arms, the sleeve f, extending across said eyes and provided with ports t' t', the bolt h, passing through the sleeve .and eyes e e, the pendentarm a, formed integral with thesleeve and terminating with the shoe b, and the spring S, rigidly attached to said shoe.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my naine and affixed my seal, in the presence of two,attestingwitnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State ofNew York, this 3d day of January, 1887.

HENRY W. PELL. [1.. s]

Witnesses:

H. I). DENIsoN, C. BENmxoN.

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