US449720A - Dumping-cart - Google Patents

Description

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P. WEBER.

v DUMPING CART.

No. 449,720. Patented Apr. '7, 1891.

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' DUMPING UART.

No. 449,720. PatentedApr. 7, 1891.

WIZWE'SSES IV'YENR Him-nay UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEY FRAK VEBER, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

DUMPlNG-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming parl; 0fV Letters Patent NO. 449,720, dated April '7, 1891.

Application filed .Tannary 20, 1891. Serial No. 37%:436- (N0 mOdel-l Y To all whom zit may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK XVEBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carts; and I do 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 itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has relation to improvements in dumping-carts; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement and combination of parts of whichitis composed, all as will be hereinafter fully described.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate my invention, in which- 'Figure l represents a vertical sectional view of my cart. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a frontview of the locking-rod detached from the cart.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the cart, and a the axle thereof, while the letter B represents the transporting-wheels and C the shafts, b the singletree, o the rear cross-spring, and CZ d the two side springs. The side springs are attached to brackets e, secured to the 'under side of the side sills of the cart-body by their forward ends, and their rear ends are shackled to the ends of the cross-spring c, which latter in turn is clipped and bolted at its central portion to the cross-piece f of the body. Thus by such connections of said springs with the body the latter is supported on springs, the axle a being clipped and bolted to the central portion of the side springs, as shown at g.

D represents a transverse rod, which extends from one sill 7L 7L of the cart-body to the other sill, the end of which rod enters a perforation in a plate t', forming a bearing therefor, and said plates are bolted to the inside of the sills, somewhat in front of the cartaxle. To this rod, and adjacent to each bearing-plate, is pivoted the rear ends of the shafts by a metal plate jj, the eye 7c of which the rod'enters, land the flat portion Z, extending forward of the angular portion m, is bolted to said shafts, thus providing ahinged connection between the rear portion of the shafts and the cart-body.

Secured to the cross-bar ln of the shafts and on the under side thereof is a plate o, which provided at its rear end with eyes 1' o' and at its forward end with an angular plate s, providing a shoulder t, and to which end is bolted or pivoted the singletree h.

E E indicate two chains, the forward ends of which are connected to the eyes in the sliding plate q, and the rear ends thereof are attached to one end of a spring-link u, while said spring-link is in turn connected, as at fu, to the cart-axle by a clip fw. Thus it will be seen that the direct draft is from the singletree to the axle through the medium of the chains aforesaid.

F F designate eyebolts, which pass through -each shaft and the cross-bar fn, the latter extending on each side of the former, forming stops or rests for the forward extended ends of the side sills of the cart.

G indicates a locking-rod for holding the Cart-body to the shafts, and the same is provided at each end with a crank portion y y and a lever z, having a chain a connected to it, the opposite end thereof (the chain) engaging a hook b on the side of the cart-sills, and the transverse portion of this rod is designed to enter the eyes in the bolts F F, forming a pivotal connection between said rod and shafts.

It Vwill be observed from the above descriptionl and by reference to the annexed drawings that I provide means whereby the animal may dump the cart and draw it to its norlnal position after dumping. The driver, in order to dump the cart, simply loosens the chain ce from the hook b on the side of the cart-body and throws the lever forward, which movement turns the transverse rod G in the eyebolts, thus causing the crank ends thereof to disengage the extended forward ends of the side sills of the cart, after which the animal is slightly backed. Thus by means of the shafts being hinged to the body forward of the axle, forming a lever, (the shafts) the for- IOO ward portion of said cart-bod y is caused to rise, thereby dumping the load, the shafts forming a leverage for this purpose. lVhen it is desired to bring the body to its normal position, the horse is moved forward and the shoulders c c in front of the eyes in the sliding plate q will engage the plate 0 on the crosspiece of the shafts and will cause the draft to be directly on the shafts. In themeantime the chains beneath the body remain in a slackened position and cause the forward portion of the body to fall on the cross-piece n, after which the hand-lever is moved rearwardly, causing the cranks of the locking-rod to engage and hold the extended ends of the cart-sills to the shafts. At the same time the slack in the draft-chains beneath the cart is taken up, and when the cart is moved for ward the entire draft is on these chains, the pull being between the singletree and axle, thus providing a direct draft upon the axle at all times, and the spring-links serve the purpose of preventing sudden shock to the horse, the same yielding suiciently. At the same time the draft is directly on the axle.

It is obvious that I can, if desired, use a doubletree instead of a singletree with my cart, and also provide the usual attachments for working one horse in front of another. It will thus be seen that by my construction of a cart the weight is upon the springs and axle and the draft from the sin gletree is direct on the axle through the medium of the pair of chains, and the latter being provided with the spring-links there is no sudden shock or jar to the horse whether in starting the cart or on a steady pull. At thc saine time the cart-body has free and independent movenient of the wheels when the latter strike an obstruction, thereby preventing the animal from being knocked from one side to the other by the shafts, and it is durable, easily and quickly dumped, and at the same time cheap to manufacture.

Ilavin g th us described my invention, what claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. The combinatiomwith the cart-body, the springs secured thereto and to the axle, of the sliding plate having the eyes and shoulders, the chains provided with the spring-links and attached, respectively, to said sliding plate and axle, all substantially as described.

2. The cart herein described, consisting of the body, the side springs and cross-springs mounted on the axle carrying the transporting-wheels, the chains provided with the spring-links,the sliding plate constructed substantially as described, said chains interposed between the axle and said plate, the loop secured to the cross-bar of the shafts, the rod transversely arranged beneath the body and forward of the axle, the shafts connected thereto, andthe locking-bar having the cranked ends adapted to engage the extended ends of the body-sills, having a hand-lever and a chain, the latter connecting removably to the hook` on the side of the body, all as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I atlix my sign atu rc in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK wn mn.

lVitnesses:

A. J. SPEoKEn'r, T. A. KELLY.

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