US551403A

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Publication number: US551403A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-12-17
Anticipated expiration: 1912-12-17

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J. K. PBOOTOR.

TRUCK.

No. 551,403. Patented Dec. '17, 1895.

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J. K. PROOTOR.

TRUCK.

No. 551,403. Patented Dem 17, 1895.

ANDREW BYGRKKAM mmo-u'muwhsnmerou 0C,

UNITED STATEs -PATENT OFFICE.

JOSIAH K. PB'OCTOR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE PHILADELPHIA TEXTILE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,403, dated December 1", 1895.

Application filed August 19, 1895. Serial No. 559,867. (No model.)

To all whom may concern: which are inserted the tubular longitudinal Be it known that I, JOSIAH K. PROCTOR, a and transverse bars or rods and c, to bind citizen of the United States, residing at the and hold the same in required position. city of Philadelphia, in the county of Phila- B is a caster journaled to a bifurcated 5 delphia and State of Pennsylvania, have inframe b provided with preferably a tapering vented certain new and useful Improvements spindle extending through the body of the in Trucks, of which the following is a specificasting l3, and secured to the same by means cation. of a cotter-pin Z1.

My invention has relation to a portable ("l and (larc a series of longitudinal slats or 1o truck for supportingleaf-tobacco, fibrous mastrips connected with the series of uprights terial or other articles; and in such connecby means of the end tubular bearings thereof tion it relates particularly to the construction and adjustable on said uprights by means of and arrangement of such an appliance. set-screws (7 The principal objects of my invention are, e and e are spanning wires or rods extend- 6 5 I 5 first, to provide a simple and durable truck ing from near the top of each of the uprights having adjustable holders for various artia, c (0, and a and held in required position cles and the truck arranged so as to be readin connection therewith'by means of collars ily transported from point to point, and, see a", and at the other ends engaging apertures ond, to provide a truck with simple and efliin the castings B. These spanning wires or 2o cient devices for connecting the upright and rods e and 6' cross each other in the structbinding members of the structure with casure, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the ters for permitting of the ready movement of drawings. f andf' are braces extending from the same from place to place and with braces the uprights a, a a", and c and connected and spanning-wires for insuringasubstantial with the cross binding-bars c by means of 2 5 structure being obtained for withstanding the tubular bearings and set-screws to hold said weight of material supported thereon or thereupright-s firmly in required position, as well from. as to relieve strain upon the other parts of the My invention stated in general terms, constructure. sists of a truck constructed and arranged in Among the advantageous features of my 30 substantially the manner hereinafter deinvention may be mentioned, first, that the scribed and claimed. parts of the structure can be readily assem- The nature and characteristic features of bled and taken apart; second, the supporting my invention will be more fully understood members of the structure can be readily adfrom the following description, taken in conj usted on the vertical uprights thereof, and, S 5 35 nection with the accompanying drawings, third, the brace and spanning rods enable a forming part thereof, and in which-- firm connection to be established between the Figure 1 is a perspective view of a truck uprights of the structure and the cross-bars embodying features of my invention, and Fig. binding the caster-tram e, castings or sup- 2 is a view partly in end elevation and partly ports, thereby insuring an easy movement of 9o 40 in section as to the supporting members adthe casters through the avoidance of undue just-ably connected with the uprights of the friction or binding of the spindles of said castruck. ters in the said castings B, due to any want Referring to the drawings,A represents the of substantial posit-ion of the parts in the truck provided with uprights a, a a and a", structure while in use laden with articles to 9 5 45 preferably in tubular form and bound tobe thereby transported.

gether at the upper ends by cross tubular Having thus described the nature and obmembers a and (0", provided with elbows, anjects of my invention, what I claim as new, gle or L unions 0, and a The lower ends and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isof the series of uprights are set into sockets 1. The combination with a truck provided o l) of a casting B, provided with end bearings with uprights and longitudinal bars connectb and 19 as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2, into ed therewith, of a metal casting B, at each corner of the truck provided with a socket for the reception of an upright and with end bearings for the bottom longitudinal and crossrods, a caster provided with a spindle extending through the body of each corner casting and afforded a range of movement therein, and spanning wires or rods extending from near the top of each upright, secured thereto and crossing each other and each secured to said corner casting, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, With a truck provided with uprights and longitudinal bars adjustablyconnected with said uprights and the uprights bound together at the ends at the top of the truck by transverse rods, of a metal casting B, at each bottom. corner of the truck provided with a vertical socket for the reception of one of said uprights and end bearings therein for the reception of the bottom longitudinal and cross rods, a caster B, provided with a spindle extending through each casting and afforded a range of rotary movement in its connection therewith and spanning wires or rods extending from near the top of each upright and secured thereto by a collar, crossing each other and each secured at the opposite end into said casting substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence of two subscribing'witnesses.

JOSIAH K. PROGTOR.

\Vitnesses:

THOMAS M. SMITH, RICHARD G. MAXWELL.