US550769A - Pole-hound - Google Patents

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0. A; ALLEN.- POLE HOUND.

No. 550,769. m Patented Dec. 3, 1895.

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., FFICE CHARLES A. ALLEN, or IONIA, MICHIGAN.

POLE-HOUND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 550,769, dated December 3, 1895. Application filed geptember 1, 1894. $erial1lo. 521,925. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: Be it known that I, CHARLES A. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ionia, in the county of Ionia and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful 11nprovements in Pole-Hounds; and I do hereby 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 it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in wagon-hounds; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and definitely pointed out in the claims.

The aim and purpose of the invention is the provision of an improved pole-hound adapted for use in connection with the gear-hound, which will embody structural simplicity, strength, durability, and lightness.

The objects of the invention are attained by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters of reference designate like parts of the device in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective Fig. 4 is a section on the line y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the bushing.

In the drawings, A represents the axle for the front gear of a wagon, and B represents the gear-hound, formed of L-shaped angleiron, bowed or arched at itsupper end and having its forward end converging toward the front, the vertical section of the iron being presented inwardly.

F represents a pole of any desired form having the usual tapered rear ends.

I l designates the arms of the pole-hound, which are constructed of angle-iron or steel, having its vertical portion presented outward and its horizontal portion extending inwardly from the upper end of the vertical portion. The forward ends of the arms II are arranged parallel, and the horizontal flanges thereon project over the upper face of the tongue and closely fit thereon, while the vertical flanges are closely fitted to the sides of the tongue. These ends are rigidly secured to the tongue the ends of the hound B and in close contact therewith, the extreme rear ends being in close proximity to the axle.

Heretofore in the construction of polehounds it has been customary to employ wood in the construction of the arms and to connect the inner ends of the arms by a single brace inortised in or through the ends of the arms and pole and there bolted. The pole and the arms are by that means greatly weakened and often split or break at the mortised point. It has also been suggested that the ends of the arms be carried into the pole and there secured. Such construction, however, involves expense and particular constructions for adapting it for use. By my invention I have overcome such objections by the use of inclined Z-shaped braces E. These braces are composed of iron bars having the oppositelyextending feet 6 e, the former extending forward and arranged at an incline against the tapering sides of the end of thepole, and are rigidly secured to the pole by a bolt E,which extends through the feet e and the pole. The braces E are inclined slightly forward until they come in contact with the vertical flange of the arms H, at which point they are turned back, forming the feet 6, and are there riveted or otherwise secured to the flange. By this means any lateral vibration of the end of the pole is taken up by the braces direct, and practically all strain is taken from the bracefastening, and, owing to the inclination of the braces E, should there be any independent forward vibration of the pole the braces will be compressed more tightly against the end thereof, thus wedging the pole against the braces. By varying the pitch of the braces the hounds can quickly be adapted to diiferent-sized poles.

the arms H and the ends of the hound B and centrally through the tongue, as is usual in the other forms of hounds.

It will be seen that by the employment of angle-iron for the arms II a very light nonyielding structure is formed and that the employment of all cap-plates on the tongue is dispensed with. The horizontal flanges of the forward ends of the arms II greatly stiffen and strengthen the pole and the point where the bolts G pass through, the flanges serving as plates.

I am aware that minor changes can be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts of the device without in the least departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

In Fig. 5 I have shown the preferred form of bushing for the king-bolt. It consists of a tube I, having a serrated lower edge, the serrations of which are turned out against-the under face of the pole, as shown in Fig. 2. The upper end of the tube is formed into a horizontal plate or flange, which fits between the arms II and forms the pivotal supportingpoint for the singletree.

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

In a pole hound the combination with a pole, of the hound consisting of the two like arms H formed throughout of L-shaped angleiron, the horizontal flanges of which overlap the upper face of the pole, the outwardly extending portions g, and the diverging inner portions fitting the wheel hounds, means for con necting the forward ends of the arms to the pole and means for independently connecting the rear ends of the arms to the rear of the pole, comprising the Z-shaped braces E, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. ALLEN.

\Vitnesses:

F. A. STIVEN, EDWARD L. MILLS.

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