US416910A

US416910A - Vehicle-standard

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Publication number: US416910A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-12-10
Anticipated expiration: 1906-12-10

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(No Model.)

S. GRAHAM.

VEHICLE STANDARD. N0..416,910. Patented Dec. 10, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

SAMUEL GRAHAM, OF LEBEOIQ'MISSOURI.

VEHICLE-STANDARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,910, dated December 10, 1889. Application filed October 17,1889. Serial No. 327,349. (No model.)

Be it known that I, SAMUEL GRAHAM, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Lebeck, in the county of Cedar and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Standards, of which the following is a specifica tion, reference being had therein to the ac companying drawings.

My invention relates to vehicle-standards; and my object is to produce a more cheap, durable, and effective device than has hitherto been in use.

With these ends in view myinvention consists in the peculiar features and combination of parts more fully described hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of 'my device applied to a bolster end; Fig. 2, a front elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 a plan view taken through line 00 0c of Fig. 2.

The reference-letterA denotes an end of an ordinary vehicle-bolster to which my improved standard is applied. .The rectangular band B of the standard entirely surrounds the bolster, and is secured thereto by the bolt 19, which passes transversely through the same.

From the back edge of the band B extends the vertical plate 61. This plate is adapted to bear against the vehicle-body and extends to the top of the same, a lateral cap 0 being formed at its upper extremity. At its lower end this portion at is of the same width as the band B; but from this point'the sides f f taper until they reach the points 7' f, whence they continue to the top of the standard on a very gradual taper. This plate dis strengthened by a vertical brace or web g, which is formed integral with said plate at right angles thereto. The front edge of this web commences at the outer edge of the band B and has a taper equal to that of the lower portions f f of the back plate until it comes opposite the point f of said plate, whence it gradually tapers toward the top of the standard, terminating at the cap 0. Triangular cross webs or braces h h are formed integral with the main web g and back plate d intermediate of the upper and lower extremities of the same. These webs are formed at right angles to the main web g and the plate d and connect the faces of the same, thereby serving to greatly strengthen the device, and as all the various webs, the back plate, the cap 0, and the band are form ed integral an exceedingly cheap, strong, durable, and well-appearing standard is produced.

It is evident that slight changes in the constructionof my device which might suggest themselves to one skilled in the art could be resorted to without departing from the scope and spirit of my invention; hence I do not limit myself to the precise construction shown, I

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

1. A vehicle-standard consisting of a rectangular band B, at its lower end adapted to fit over the bolster, a back plate extending vertically from the same, a vertical brace extending from said band to the upper extremity of the standard and erected at right angles to said back plate, and cross-webs h h intermediate of the 'upper and lower ends of the standards, the whole being cast integral, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a vehicle-standard consisting of aband surrounding the bolster and secured thereto by means of a* bolt passing transversely through said bolster and said band, avertical plate having tapering lower edges and arranged to bear against the vehicle-body, a main web or brace extending from the band to the top of the standard, and triangular cross-webs intermediate of the upper and lower extremities of the standard, the Whole being cast integral, substantially as and for the purpose described. I

3. In a vehicle-standard, the combination of a rectangular band surrounding the bolster, a bolster securing the same thereto, a back plate extending vertically therefrom, a cap-piece at the upper end of the same, a main brace or web extending from said band to said cap-piece, and intermediate triangu