US366452A

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Publication number: US366452A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-07-12
Anticipated expiration: 1904-07-12

Description

(No Model.) J. M. BROSIUSl VEHICLE AXLE.

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VEHICLE-AXE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366.452. dated July 12.1887- Applieation led January 26, 1887. Serial No. 225,592.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. BRosiUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Vehicle-Axle; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereomwhich form a part of this specification.

Thisinvention relates to the axles ofwagons, and has especial reference to an improvement in running-gear for which Letters Patent of the United States were granted to me on the 9th day of January, 1883, No. 270,392, the object being to so improve that invention as to make it better adapted to the use for which it was intended by making it in a form that will permit the use of better material, and to produce alighter, stronger,and more durable axle, that shall be adjustable in length,and also vertically to bring the axis of the wheel to any desired angle to the axletree.

It consists of the channel-iron axletree and adjustably-coimected sheet-inetal spindles, and other details, as will be hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a rear view of one end ofthehind axle ot'a wagon, showing the axle-box in section. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal vertical section of Fig. l, showing neither theaxle-box nor nut. Fig. 3 is a top view of an axle. Fig. Ll is a section on line l, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a section on line 2, Fig. l. Fig. Gis a section on line 3, Fig. l.

The different details shown in the drawings, like referencemarks referring to like parts in the several views, are the axle A, as shown in cross-section in Fig. 6, made of channel-iron; the spindle S, formed of sheet metal, (bestshown in Figs. 2, 4, 5, and G5) thc axle-box B and nut N, Fig. l; the clip C, the straps S', the bolts b and b', the batting-ring R, and the plug P.

The axle A is provided with holes for the bolts b and b', and may have as many other holes as might be required for other purposes than for the passage of the bolts b and b. That part of the axle that is composed of channel- (No model.)

iron may be filled with a block of wood or not, as desired. The reliance for strength in any case, however, would be on the channel iron or steel, as the case may be.

ln sloping the axles of vehicles it is desirable to have them slope in proportion of the dish of Ythe wheels, which is difficult to do, as axles are ordinarily constructed,on account of the lack of uniformity of wheels, as respects the amount of dish. Especially is this the case when the tires have been reset. I provide for the variation in the dish of wheels by making the slope of the axle-spindle variable by means of the wedge XV, which may be of any thickness, and is inserted between the rectangular part of the spindle and its top bearing in the channel-iron at either the outer or the inner end, as required. Vhen the wedge is in the outer end of the bearing between the spindle and the channel-iron, it is clamped and held in position by the clip O, which also holds the spindle more rigidly in its position, for which latter purpose it is used exclusively when the wedge is in the other or inner end of the said bearing. On the resetting of the tires of the wheels,the slope of the axle may be adjusted to bring the spokes of the wheels to a vertical position, thus causing the tread of two opposite wheels to remain the same distance apart as before the dish of one or both was changed by resetting the tire. The width of tread may be changed at any time by longitudinal adjustment of the spindles, which adjustment is permitted by the slots in the spindle through which the bolts b and b pass.

The spindles S are constructed of sheet metal, preferably of steel,by being cut to the required form and then bent, having, as shown, a rectangular part to iit in the channel-iron and a ta pering cylindrical portion on which the wheel runs. In the outer endis welded or brazed the iron plug l?, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. This plug is provided with a thread for the nut n. Thesheet metal in the spindle is so formed as to have a cold-shut joint lengthwise through the top. The butting-ring R is shrunk or oth erwise suitably fastened on at the desired distance from the end of the spindle, which pre vents the opening of the cold-shut joint, as does also the contact of the sides of the rectangular part of the spindle with the channel-iron. The

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2. In a vehicle-axle, the combination of the axle-tree A, the spindles S, and the shims or wedges WV, by means of which the aXis of the Wheel maybe adjusted, as described, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN M. BROSIUS. v

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