US480383A

US480383A - Wagon end-gate

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Publication number: US480383A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-08-09
Anticipated expiration: 1909-08-09

Description

(No Model.)

B. P. CLARK & J. O. OARRICK.

WAGON END GATE.

No. 480,383. Patented Aug. 9, 1892.

@ wkwme UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. CLARK, OF HARPER, AND JAMES C. CARRICK, OF SPIVEY,

. KANSAS.

WAGON EN D-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,383, dated August 9, 1892.

Application filed September 10, 1890. Serial No. 364,579- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- B indicates a metallic plate. This plate is Be it known'lthat we, BENJAMIN F. CLARK, of a form substantially as shown, having a residing at Harper, in the county of Harper, lateral flange c at its upper end, which is deand JAMES C. GARRIOK, residing at Spivey, in signed to overlap the upper edge of the side the county of Kingman, State of Kansas, citiwall 0 of the body, as shown, and this flange Zens of the United States, have invented ceris provided near its inner end with a vertical tain new and useful Improvements in Wagonhole d, communicating relatively at right an- Bodies; and we do declare the following to be glcs with a similar hole e, for a purpose which a full, clear, and exact description of the inwill be presently explained. This plate is Io vention, such as will enable others skilled in furthermore provided on its inner side with r the art to which it appertains to make and use a vertically-disposed flange f, and on the outer the same. side of said vertically-disposed flange and at This invention relates to an improvementin the upper end of the plate is an inwardlywagon-bodies, and is designed more particudirected lug g, from which depends a fixed 15 larly as an improvement upon means for sepintle h. The plate B is furthermore procuring the end-gate in position and in convided at its lower end on the inner side of the nection therewith tightening the body-frame flange f with an inwardly-directed horizontal by drawing its wall when the gate is locked. flange perforated for the reception of a bolt The invention will be fully understood from or the like, whereby said plate is secured to 20 the following description and claims when the floor of the body, and the plate is protaken in connection with the annexed drawvided at its lower end on the outer side of the ings, in whichflange f with a vertical stud or pintle c' at a Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion point directly below the pintle h. of a wagon-body with our improvements ap- D indicatesa plate secured to the rear end of 2 5 plied and the gate in a locked position. Fig. the opposite wall of the bodyhaving the lateral 2 is an end elevation of the body with the flange at its upper end, the inwardly-directed casing of a locking mechanism in section and flanges at its lower end, and the vertically-disthe gate closed in a position ready to be posed flange similar to those of the opposite locked. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View of plate, and these platesare respectively secured c the lock or latch casing, showing the latch to the rear ends of thesidewalls and to the floor and locking-lever partly broken away. Fig. of the body, so as to connect such parts to- .4 is an edge View of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a pergether. The plateDisprovided in its rear edge spective view of one end of the latch. Fig. 6 at a suitable altitude with a notch 70, and the is a perspective view of the cam end of the side wall to which said plate is secured is re- 3 5 locking-lever. Fig. 7 is a plan View of a porcessed at the pointwheresaid notch is'formed, 8 5 tion of one of the side walls of the body and as shown at Z, and this recess is preferably a portion of the end-gate with the improved faced with metal, as shown at m. The plate fastening device in position, and Fig. 8 is a D is also provided on its inner side and above perspective View of a portion of one of the the notch 70 with a beveled lug n, for a pur- 40 auxiliary side walls or boards which we empose which will be presently described. ploy in some cases. E indicates the end-gate, which may be of Referring by letter to said drawings, A inany ordinary or approved construction, and dicates a wagon-body, which may be mainly in some cases it is desirable that more than of any ordinary or improved construction. one be used; but a description of one will an- 5 This wagon-body is provided on its bottom swer for one or more. This end-gate is pro- 5 at opposite ends with a cross-bar a, there bcvided on its outer side near one of its upper ing but one shown in the present illustration, ends with a lug-eye p, which is designed to reand these cross-bars are firmly secured in ceive the pintle it, carried by the plate B, so position by means of bolts or the like taking as to form a detachable hinge connection 50 through metallic plates b. therewith. At a point just below the lug-eye p is a hook-lug q, which has its hook disposed laterally to engage the pintle t after the eye 1) has received the pintle h, and for the sake of strengthening these castings and also the gate they may be connected by a body portion 0', although we do not wish to confine ourselves to such construction, the object being to permit this end of the gate to have a hinge connection with the side wall of the body and to afford a ready attachment and detachment of said gate.

F indicates the latch-casing. This casing is secured on the upper outer side of the free end of the gate and is provided with a top wall 5 and a bottom horizontal wall t. Said casing is furthermore provided in its outer side with a slot u in its outer vertical wall 1:.

G indicates a latch, which has one end arranged within the casing F, and its opposite end, which passes through the slot 20 therein, is provided with a hook H, designed to enter the slot in the plate D and engage said plate in a locked position. This latch, as will presently appear, has a lateral reciprocating movement and is also allowed to oscillate vertically, the hook at the outer end being vertically directed.

I indicates the operating or locking lever. This lever is provided at its inner end with a cam K,bearing an eccentric hole 1, and formed on or fixed to one side of this cam and over one-half thereof is a heart shaped cam M, which also bears a hole and is pivotally connected with the inner end of the latch G by means of a pin or the like.

It will be observed that the cam K is allowed to pass outof the opening in one of the vertical walls of the casing F when turned in one direction, and while the heart-shaped cam is designed to pass out of said opening when the lever has been turned downwardly or in the opposite direction, yet the pivot end w of the latch-lever will be prevented from coming out of the casing by reason of an oblique wall N,with which said latch engages when drawn inwardly and in a locked position.

It is by reason of the double cams on one end of the lever I that the latch-lever is given a vertically-oscillating and laterally-reciprocating movement.

P indicates one of the side-boards, which may be used to build up the body when desired. These side-boards may have metallic plates, such as Q and R, and are provided in their lower edges with downwardly and inwardlydirected hooks S, designed to takeinto the holes (1 and e, and said boards may be provided with plates U on their inner and outer sides, depending below the lower edges of the side-boards to receive the upper edges of the side walls of the body.

In operation when it is desired to place the end-gate in position the lug eye 19 is first placed to receive the pintle h, and the hook q then placed to receive the pintle or stud 11 when a hinge connection is formed between one end of the gate and one of the side walls of the body. The lever I is then raised, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, which causes the hook end of the latch to fall and move outwardly, and after the gate has been swung around in the position shown in Fig. 2, with the hook of the latch in the notch k of the plate D, the lever I is then drawn down, when the latch will draw the side walls tightly against the opposite ends of the gate and the cam will turn in the position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, so as to lock both the latch and lever I in the positions illustrated and the gate firmly in position.

It will be observed that when the gate is swung around in the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings the lever I, in conjunction with the latch G, will serve to draw down the free end of the gate, and consequently draw the walls of the body slightly toward each other, while the beveled lug n and the lug or flange n at the base will serve to hold the gate from being forced open.

The top edge of the gate is preferably provided with facing-strips of metal and provided with holes similar to the lateral flanges a, so that when it is desirable to build up the end-gate this may be accomplished by means similar to that employed in building the side walls. The metal facing for the edge of the end-gate may be formed integral with the plates carrying the hinge-pintle and lock-casing, or they may be formed separately, as desired.

By reference to Fig. 7 of the drawings it will be seen that the plates 11, which are placed beneath the cross-bar a, receive bolts, which also take through the flanges at the base of the plates B and D, respectively.

Having described our invention, what we claim is- 1. The combination,with a wagon-body having a plate on the inner side of one of its side walls provided with a notch, of a removablyhinged end-gate carrying a latch-casing, as described, a pivoted latch arranged in said casing and having a hook to engage the notched plate in the side wall, and the operating-lever having the double cams at one end to bear in the walls of said latch-casing and pivotally connected with the latch, substantially as specified.

2. A wagon end-gate having a latch-casing secured thereto, in combination with the lever having the double cam at one end, arranged to bear in the walls of the casing, and the hooked latch pivotally connected with said lever and adapted to receive a vertical and lateral oscillating motion, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with a wagon-body, of the plate B, having the vertically-disposed flange on its inner side, the flanges at its upper and lower ends and also the studs or pintles at opposite ends, the plate D, having and having the double cam at said pivoted the vertical flange on its inner side, the bevend, substantially as specified. eled lug and the flanges at opposite ends, and

also provided with the notch, the end-gate BENJAMIN F. CLARK. having the lug-eye and hook near one end and JAMES C. OARRIGK. the latch-casing near its opposite end, and the \Vitnesses:

pivoted oscillating latch having the hook at CORAY C. KIZER,

one end and the lever pivoted to said latch LEWIS A. OARRIOK.