US567961A - Wagon - Google Patents

Description

I. F. BROWN.

'WAGON (No Model.)

Patented Sept. 22, 1896. t

v- ---------llllllll the following is a specification, reference befor peddlers use, and has for its object the axles, bringing the foot-boards of the box in herein set out, whereby the objects of myin:

, Figure l is a side elevation of a wagon con draw will be as easy as with wagons con-.

.the front spring; '5, the stock; j, an iron or NrrEf STATES AENT rrrcn.

WAGON.

srnerrrcnrron forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,961, dated September 22, 1896.

, Application filed August 1, 1893.

To all whom it may concern lie it known that I,IRA F. BROWN, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Palmer, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wagons,of which ing had to the accompanying drawings and letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates especially to wagons production of a wagon wherein the body or a portion thereof is low down or is below the a sufficiently low position to enable a person to easily enter or leave the same without the employment of a step, and wherein the structed in the ordinary way with the box or body floor level or above the axle, and a wagon which, while the box or a portion thereof is arranged to be suspended ne'ar'the ground, will not be subjected to the severe strain resulting from the construction heretofore employed, and a wagon also wherein the requisite spring of the front axle to produce a short turn of the wagon-be had; and my invention consists in the construction and arrangement vention are attained.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate like parts,

structed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a side View in section, on an enlarged scale, of the front portion of the wagon-body, illustrating my arrangement; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the circle or supporting-plate and the triangular-shaped plate upon which the circle rest-s, all as seen from above, the body being broken away.

In detail (6 indicates the wagon bo'dy; l), the front axle; c, the rear axle; d, the frame of the front portion of the body; e, the semicircular metal plate secured thereto; f, the triangular-shaped plate; {7, the head-block; h,

brace Z, a jointed reach; mand n, eyebolts, and o p springs.

- I construct the body-as shown in thedrawings, the central or intermediate portion being constructed to reach near the ground, so

Serial No. 482,108. (No model.)

that a person may with the greatest ease entcr or leave the same. The running-gear may be of the ordinary construction.

'Upon the lower face-of the front portion of the body I mount the circular metal plate e, the same being securely fastened to the frarn ework of the body.

.flust below the plate 0 I mount the triangular-shaped metal plate f, the same being pivotally secured to the framework of the body at a point near the downwardly-projecting body portion and being provided at its front portion with a lip t, which overhangs the circleand prevents separation of the parts.

The support between the front axle and the body (in this instance the ordinary headstock, spring, and stock) is secured rigidly to the front bar f of the triangularly-shaped plate f and to the axle, so that if the axle be turned to the right or left, instead of swinging on a small circle having axle center for its pivotal point, and thus quickly bringing the forward wheels against the body and greatly limiting capacity of the wagon, to turn in a limited area, the pivotal point in the back at the point of connection between the vertex of the triangular plate f and the body, thus giving the front axle and the wheels a swing upon a large circle whose pivotal point or centeris at the point stated, thus greatly increasing the capacity of the wagon to be readily turned in a space of small area.

The portion of the plate f in contact with the circular plate e gives the body ample support. In the construction illustrated the head-block g is secured to the lower face of thebase portion of the triangular plate f, and the front spring h is secured to the headblock and to the stock i, the stock in turn be ing secured to the front axle. To give rigidity and strength to the body, I secure an iron plate j to the drop portion of the body at the front, and on the inside of the same portion I secure a right-an gle brace 70. If now no other connection were made than as before stated between the body and. axle, there would be an undue strain on these parts, and an even draw would not result. To.overcomethese objections, I employ a jointed reach Z, one end of which is secured to the front axle or stock and the other end to the depending portion of the body, and I prefer that this connection be made by the employment of the eyebolts m and n, whose bodies project through the material and are fastened in place by nuts. This construction, it will be readily seen, will prevent undue strain on the parts above the axle and will insure an even and uniform draw and avoid the racking which would result were the whole strain placed upon the construction at the top.

To take up slack motion, I prefer to mount springs 0 and p on the eyebolts between the eye or link of the reach and part to which the bolt is attached, thus cushioning the reach and preventing jar and undue rattling and taking up the slack resulting from rear.

The rear portion of the body is supported in the usual manner. The reach is arranged normally to pitch slightly upwardly from the axle, so that when the body is lowered the 20 lowering of the end of the reach attached tothe body will not operate to force the \axle outwardly an appreciable distance, and with anordinary load the reach will be horizontal or pitched slightly downward from the axle.

Having therefore described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

The combination, in a wagon, of front and rear ruining-gear, a body arranged thereon having its central portion depending as shown, the front end of the body being supported on and directly over the axle, a reach connecting the axle withthe depending portion, said reach, at both ends thereof, having a pivotal connection to vibrate either horizontally or vertically, and springs at both ends of the reach for taking up slack motion thereof, substantially as described.

- IRA F. BROWN. Witnesses:

\ ALLEN WEBSTER,

E. O. STICKNEY.

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