US378523A

US378523A - rodgers

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Publication number: US378523A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1888-02-28
Anticipated expiration: 1905-02-28

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(No Model.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 1; A. RODGERS 82: W! T. HATTEN. DUMPING WAGON.

No. 378,523. Patented Feb. 28, 1888.

(No Model I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. A. RODGERS & W. T. HATTEN.

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ALEXANDER RODGERS AND WILLIAM T. HATTEN, OF ROSELAND, NEBRASKA.

DUMPENG WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378.523, dated February 28, 1888.

Application filed October 25, 1887. Serial No. 253,362. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALEXANDER Honduras and WILLIAM T. HATTEN, citizens of the United States, residing at Roseland, in the county of Adams and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dumping-WVagons, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in dumpingwagons; and it consists in a certain novel construction and arrangement of parts fully set forth hereinafter, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same in the dumping position. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the body of the wagon, the bottom B of which is divided into two sections or leaves, C O, which are provided on the sides near the outer ends with trunnions c c. The trunnions are journalcd in bearings D D, depending from the sides of the body. The free inner ends of the said leaves are provided with transverse plates or bars E E, which are extended beyond the sides of the leaves and provided with eyes 6 e, for a purpose to be explained. One of the trunnions (namely, that on' the right side of the wagon) on which the leaf at the front end of the wagon is hung is extended beyond its bearing, and on this extension is journaled the lower end of the lever F. A horizontal bar, G, is arranged near the upper edge of the wagon, and between the said bar and the side of the wagon the upper end of the lever F operates. A notch, g, is formed in the inner side of the bar G, near the rear end, and a leaf spring, F, is secured on the outer side of the lever, and it operates at the free end on the outer side of the bar G. This spring presses against the outer side of the bar, and as the lever is moved it is held close to the bar, so that when the lever comes in line with the notch 9 it is drawn by the spring thereinto. A horizontal shaft or rod, H, is

journaled in bearings in the opposite edges of the wagon-body, at the center thereof, and to the ends of the said shaft are secured the angle-levers I 1. One arm, K, of the lever, on the right side of the wagon, is turned in at the end to form the pintle It, on which is journaled the rear end of the connecting-rod. L, which is attached at the front end to the lever F. The other arm, K, of the said lever is also provided with a piutle, k, to which are attached the upper ends of the operating-rods M M. The lower ends of the rods M are engaged in the eyes 0 c on the inner ends of the pivoted leaves 0 O.

The lever I on the other 'side of the wagon also comprises the arms K and K, having, respectively, the pintles 7c and but as there is no lever on this side of the wagon the pintle 7c is not used as that on the other side. The pintles 7c are turned in over the edge of the wagon, and thus serve as stops for the levers I I when the leaves 0 0 have been tightly closed. The pintles 7t are turned outwardly, and that on the left side of the wagon, as on the right, is connected by the operating-rods M M to the eyes on the inner edges of the leaves 0. When the leaves are in the closed position, the arms K of the angle-levers I are in a horizontal position and extend rearward, and the lever F is then engaged in the notch g in the bar G, thus securely locking the leaves in the closed position. When the lever F is disengaged from the notch g and moved forward to the farthest extent, the arm K is then inclined downward, although previously in the vertical or nearly vertical position, and the leaves 0 are inclined downwardly at the inner ends.

It will be seen that as both angle-levcrs are attached rigidly to the transverse shaft H they will move simultaneously.

It will be seen that the angle formed by the arms K K is not a right angle, and therefore when the stop or pintle k on the end of the arm K bears upon the upper edge of the wagon body, and thereby stops the motion of the lever F, the arm K is not exactly vertical, but inclines slightly toward the rear end of the wagon. Obviously the weight on the inner ends of the leaves 0 will draw down upon the operating-rods, and if the arm K inclined forwardly instead of rearwardly there would bea continual strain upon the lever F,which would increase as the load in the wagon increased,

This difficulty is obviated by the arrangement shown. The arm K inclines rearwardly, and therefore the weight upon the leaves causes the stop or pintle It to press more firmly upon the upper edge of the wagon; but it cannot slip, and there is no strain upon any other part of the device.

A Wear-plate, N, is secured to the upper edge of the wagon on each side, on which the stop or pintle 7c bears in the closed and also in the-open position of the leaves, for it will be seen that the said pintle also serves as a stop for the open position of the leaves. This manner of operating the pivoted leaves of the wagon-body is very simple, and, owing to its simplicity, it may be made very strong.

0 0 represent, respectively, the front and rear bolsters, to which are secured the axles I P, the rear axle being secured in place by the brace-rods Q, which pass under the ends of the axle and are secured at the ends to the sides of the wagon-body. The ends of the bolsters are provided with standards 0 0, and p p designate bolster-irons,which are secured to the under side of the wagon-body. The bolster-irons are of a U shape, having the depending arms p to pass down on opposite sides of the bolster, and thereby hold the wagon-body from longitudinal movement. The standards 0 0 hold the body from lateral movement. The front axle is provided with the usual fifth-wheel, R, and the front end of the reach or perch S is secured to the kingbolt, as usual. This perch does not, however, extend to the rear axle, but is cut off a short distance in rear of the fifth-wheel. Bracerods T T are secured to the rear end of the said perch and extend laterally to the sides of the wagon, where they are turned up and attached to the sides of the body, as shown clearly in the. drawings. When the pivoted leaves are in the lowered or opened positions, the front leaf swings down until it strikes against the said brace-rods, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described our invention, we claim 1. In a dumping-wagon, the combination, with the body A, of the bottom 13, comprising the leaves 0 O, pivoted near the outer ends to the said body, the angle-lever I, pivoted to the side of the body, and the operating-rods M M, connecting one arm of the said lever to the free ends of the leaves, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a dumping-wagon, the combination, with the body A, of the bottom B, comprising the leaves 0 O, pivoted at theouter ends to the wagon and having the laterally-projecting eyes secured to the inner ends, the angle-lever I, pivoted to the upper edge of the body and having the arm K, provided with an inwardly-extending pintle or stop, It, and the arm K, and the operating-rods M M, connecting the end of the arm K to the eyes on the free ends of the leaves 0 O, respectively, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a dumping-wagon, the combination, with the body A, of the leaves 0 (3, having the trunnions c c on the sides thereof near the outer ends journaled in bearings on the lower edge of the body, the angle-lever I, pivoted to the side of the body, operating-rods M M, connecting one of the arms of said lever to the free ends of the leaves 0 0, respectively, and the lever F, pivoted to the side of the body and connected to the other arm of the lever I, all constructed, arranged, and operated substantially as specified.

4. In a dumping-wagon, the combination, with the body A, having the depending bearings D D secured to the lower edge thereof, of the movable bottom 13, comprising the sections (30, provided near the outer ends with trunnions journaled in the bearings D, guidebar G on the side of the wagon, lever F,journaled on the projecting end of one of the said trunnions and operating between the guidebar G and the side of the body, angle-lever I, having the arms K and K, operating-rods M M, connecting the arm K to the free ends of the leaves 0 0, respectively, and the connect ing-rod L, connecting the arm K to the lever F, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a dumping-wagon, the combination, with the body A, of the leaves 0 O, 'journaled near the outer ends to the said body, the guidebar G, having a notch, g, therein, lever F, pivoted to the side of the body and adapted to engage in the said notch g, the. spring F, secured to the lever and adapted to bear on the opposite side of the bar G from the lever, for the purpose described, the transverse shaft H, journaled in bearings at the upper edge of the body, near the center, the angle'levers I I on the outer ends of the shaft and having the arms K and K, the operating-rods M M, connecting the arm K to the free ends of the leaves 0 C, respectively, and the rod L, connecting the arm K to the lever F, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a dumping-wagon, the combination, with the body, of the leaves 0 C, journaled therein and adapted to be depressed at the inner ends, the angle-lever I, comprising the arms K. and K, having at their extremities, respectively, the inturned pintle or stop It and the outwardly-turned pintle lo, the operatingrods M M, connecting the pintle to the free ends of the leaves 0 (J, respectively, and the lever F, pivoted to the body and connected to the extremity of the arm K, the pintle or stop 70 on the end of the said arm K being adapted to engage the upper edge of the body to limit the motion of the angle-lever, all constructed, arranged, and operated substantially as and for the purpose specified.

7. In a dumping -wagon, the front axle IIO provided with the fifth-wheel R, combined as our own We have hereto aifixed our signawith the perch S, attached to the front axle tures in presence of two witnesses.

only Within the fifth-wheel, and the rods T, ALEXANDER RODGERS.

connecting the other end of the perch to the W'ILLIAM T. HAITEN. 5 side of the wagon-body, substantially as speci- Witnesses:

fied. JONAS M. MILLER,

In testimony that we claim the foregoing B. F. ARMI'I'AGE.