US566374A - Vehicle - Google Patents

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. J. BURNSHIRE. VEHICLE Patehted Aug. 25, 1896.

2 H R I H S N R U B J J VEHICLE.

No. 566,374. Patented Aug. 25, 1896.

wwWe/MM/ m: NORRIS PETERS c .NlTiED STATES JOHN J. BURNSHIRE, OF DAYTON, VIRGINIA.

VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,374, dated August 25, 1896..

Application filed October 2, 1895.

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known'that I, JOHN J. BURNSHIRE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Rockingham and State of Virginia, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Vehicles, of which the by means of a system of levers, hereinafter designated spreaders, as will be hereinafter more particularly described, whereby the object of the invention is accomplished.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure l is a bottom plan view. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken in the plane of line 3 3, Figs. 1 and 2, looking toward the left; and Fig. 4 is a vertical crosssection taken in the plane of line 4 4, Figs. 1 and 2, looking to the right.

a may represent the body of the vehicle; I), the front axle; o, the rear axle, and d the perch, which is secured tothe front and rear axles in any usual or approved manner. I have herein shown the perch as bent around into a U shape at d and embracing the front axle at top and bottom and so serving as a a substitute for a fifth-wheel.

The springs hereinafter described may be of the general character illustrated, or they may be of rubber, or they maybe of any other approved construction, so long as they have the capacity of operation hereinafter mentioned. The spring, in order to accommodate itself to the levers hereinafter mentioned, should be of the compression variety, and with this statement I will omit further description of the said springs. The front spring 6 is arranged horizontally beneath the front axle, and its ends, which move away from one another in order to get the effective force of the spring, are connected by links f Serial No. 564,435. (No model.)

with right-angled levers g, which are pivoted to the axle by clips h, and these levers 9 have applied to them the rods or spreaders i, the opposite ends of which are flexibly jointed, respectively, to the said levers g and the bottom of the body a, so that as the body is depressed, or as the axle rises, the spreaders, acting through the levers g and the links f, will get the benefit of the compression of the springs.

The rear spring j may be of a construction similar to the front spring 6, and it is arranged below and parallel with the rear axle, and its opposite ends are connected by links with the L-shaped levers Z, which are suspended from the axle by clips m. The spreaders n are connected to the body and the lower ends of the levers Z by flexible joints and operate substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth of the spreaders '5, but I prefer to add to these spreaders the additional spreaders, herein shown as composed of bell-crank levers 0, which are pivoted to the perch and their lower ends flexibly connected bylinks p with the lower ends of the levers Z, while their upper ends are connected by flexible links 0" with the bodyof the vehicle.

In order to correct the fore-and-aft motion of the body, I interpose between said body and the perch the compression-springs .3, arranged in any suitable manner. As shown in Fig. 3, if coiled springs are used theymay be supplied with a protecting cover or casing. The usual braces 1. may be applied to the rear axle and perch. The levers g and Z are in the nature of rock-levers, and their fulcrums, respectively, are upon the front and rear axles.

By the use of the spring-levers and spreaders hereinbefore described it will be apparent that provision is made for taking up shocks and strains that may come in any direction upon the vehicle and distributing them in such manner that their effect and force are lost without disturbing the stability and evenness of the body, thus insuring a very comfortable and easy-riding vehicle.

The principle of the invention may be stated as comprising the application of springs to a vehicle through the intervention of a lever mechanism in the nature of spreaders, and within that principle I wish to include as within my invention such modifications as may be necessary to adapt the same to vehicles of different sorts, and specifically wish to be understood as not limiting my invention to the details of construction and arrangement herein shown and described, such details, excepting as hereinafter claimed, being merely an illustration of the principle of the invention.

WVhat I claim is- 1. A compression-spring adapted to be suspended from an axle lengthwise of itself and said axle, combined with rock-levers connected with opposite ends of said spring, and spreaders pivotally applied to said rock-levers at one of their ends and adapted to be pivotally applied to the body of a vehicle at their other ends, substantially as described.

2. A compression-spring constructed to be suspended from a vehicle-axle lengthwise of itself and the axle, combined with rock-levers adapted to be fulcrumed upon the axle, jointed connections between the rock-levers and spring, and spreaders adapted to be interposed between the vehicle-body and the ends of said rock-levers and connected to both by means of flexible joints, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a compressionspring, rock-levers fulcrumed to the axle and flexibly connected with opposite ends of said.

spring, spreaders flexibly connected with said rock-levers and with the body of the vehicle, and supplemental bell crank levers ful crumed to the perch of the vehicle and having their opposite ends connected flexibly, respectively with the said rock-levers and with the body of the vehicle, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a vehicle-bodyiront and rear axles, the perch connecting said axles, the springs suspended lengthwise from the said axle and connected with the body of the vehicle through the intervention of a series of levers and connecting Spreaders, and the fore-and-aft motion-springs applied between the body and perch, substantially as described. g

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of September, A. D. 1805.

JOHN J. BURNSHIRE.

WVitnesses:

G. S. MEssULEY, Gno. W. Hnss.

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