US434905A

US434905A - Wagon-body

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Publication number: US434905A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-08-26
Anticipated expiration: 1907-08-26

Description

(No Model.) 2 Sheets$heet 1. D. H. ALLEN.

. WAGON BODY. No. 434,905. Patented Aug. 26, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

, DAVID H. ALLEN, or MIAMISBURG, OHIO.

WAGON-BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,905, dated August 26, 1890.

Application filed January '7, 1890- Serial No. 336,122. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID H. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Miamisburg, county of Montgomery, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in WVagon-Bodies, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of wagon or vehicle bodies having a wheel-house or arching portion under which the forward wheels can swing in turning the vehicle, thereby enabling the vehicle to be turned in an arc of a circle smaller than could otherwise be done. In the ordinary construction of such bodies the arch or wheel-house has been stiffened by means of irons conforming at that part to the shape of the arch, and secured, usually, to the sides of the body for that purpose.

My invention consists in the employment orcombinationavith the body, of braces orstirrups crossing the arch at the open lower end thereof, near the center in width of the body, and preferably crossing each other at that point, whereby the wheels are allowed to swing under the arch in turning, and the expense of making irons to conform to the shape of the arch for the support thereof is avoided, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a vehicle-body showing. my improvement, with the flooring of the body removed; Fig. 2, a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view, looking from underneath the body; and Figs. 4 and 5 are plan views similar to Fig. 1, but showing modifications in the form and arrangement of the braces. p v

A, A, and A indicate parts of the framework of the body, which, except in'particulars hereinafter noted, may be of any usual or preferred construction, so long as it is provided with the arched central portion or wheel-house 13, under which the forward wheels can swing in turning the vehicle. It is framed together in the usual way; but instead of providing it with the usual irons arched to conform to the sides or longitudinal outline of the body I provide iron straps or braces O O, which extend horizontally straight across the open bot tom of the arch, and which, in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, are shown extending diagonally from end to end and side to side of the body, crossing in the center of the arch and of the width of the body. These are secured in front of the arch to a transverselyarranged board or crossbar D, which may constitute a part of the flooring of the body or may be made independently thereof and in one or more strips or bars, as may be required, and in rear of the arch the braces are secured to a transverse bar D to both, by bolts or rivets d, as may be preferred. They are also bolted or riveted one to the other Where they cross. By this construction any tendency of the arch to spread is overcome much more effectually than where the irons conform to the shape of the arch, and at the same time the irons are brought under the arch to near the center of the width of the body, and so permit the wheels to swing under the latter in turning the vehicle as far as is required for ordinary use. If desired, braces to a may extend obliquely upward from the braces O C to the top of the arch at its sides, as shown in Fig. 2, for further stiffening the arch, and, where these braces to a. are used the bars 0 and C can be made of lighter material than would otherwise be admissible, thereby still further reducing the cost of manufacture.

In Fig. 4 the braces, instead of crossing each other, are made to converge from one end toward the other, and in Fig. 5 they are made to curve inward toward each other from their ends, thereby bringing them near each other under the arch and giving room at the sides thereof for the wheels to swing under the arch sufficiently far for ordinary purposes; but, as stated, the diagonal arrangement of the bars or braces shown in Figs. 1 and 3 is preferred, as affording the most room for the wheels to swing. The bars are shown at c as extending beyond and forward of the cross-bar D for the purpose of attaching the spring-bar directly thereto; but they may be made shorter, extending far enough only to connect rigidly with said bar D, and the spring or axle bars ters Patent, is-

1. Avehicle-body having an arch or Wheelhonse for the wheels to swing under in turning the vehicle, in combination with braces crossing the open bottom of the arch at or near the center of the width of the body, and rigidly connected with the body in front and in rear of said arch, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a vehicle-body having an open arch or wheel-house for the wheels to swing under in turning, of the diagonally-arranged braces crossing each other 7 under the arch, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a vehicle-body having an open arch or wheel-house, of braces crossing the open bottom of the arch and upright braces therefrom for supporting the arch, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the vehicle-body having an open arch or wheel-house, of the cross-bars in front and rear of said arch, and braces secured to said cross-bars crossing said arch near the center in width of the body and extending beyond the front cross-bar, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a vehicle-body hav ing an open arch for the wheels, braces cross ing said arch, and upright braces therefrom under said arch, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of January, A. D. 1890.

DAVID H. ALLEN.

WVitnesses:

APPLETON P. CLARK, R. J. BEALL, Jr.