US601476A

US601476A - Dumping-wagon

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Publication number: US601476A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-03-29
Anticipated expiration: 1915-03-29

Description

(No-Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 1.

P. T. LYNCH.

DUMPING WAGON.

No; 601,476. Patented Mar. 29, 1898.

(No Model.) 2 Sheefis-Sheet 2.

F.T.LYNOH. BUM-PING WAGON.

No. 601,476. Patentd Mar. 29, 1898.

w w M J mzm NITED TATES FRANK T. LYNCH, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

DUMPlNG-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,476, dated March 29, 1898.

Application filed M81011 1897.

Serial No. 626,587. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK T. LYNCH, of th city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in Dumping- Wagons, of which the following is a specification.

In the description of the said invention which follows reference is made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which- Figure l is an exterior side View of the improved dumping-wagon,with the body thereof ina horizontal position. Fig. 2 is a top View of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an exterior side View of the wagon as it appears when the body is tilted to dump the contents.

Referring now to the drawings, A is the frame, consisting of the two side pieces a, the end piece I), and the intermediate crosspieces 0.

The running-gear is attached in any suitable manner to the under side of the frame A.

B is the wagon-body, in two sections 61 and e, hinged, respectively,"at f and g to the upper side of the frame A. The adjoining ends of the sections d and e are beveled, or, in other words, they are not at a right angle with the bottom, and they come closely together, so that when the body is in a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 1, there exists no space between them. The abutting endsof the two sections of the body are bound exteriorly with iron straps h and '11 to strengthen them, and

the inner surface of the section c has a simi-- lar strap j, which projects beyond the end of the section, against which the other section (1 comes in contact when the two sections are brought into alinement. By this arrangement a close joint is produced and leakage from the body prevented when the contents consist of finely-divided material, such as earth or sand. The rear end of the section e of the body is also provided with a strengthening-strap 7c, the-upper ends of which are extended above the body to suspend the hinged tail-board C.

On each side of the front section 01 is a dumping-bar D, which extends beyond. the end piece I) of the frame A to be used as a handle in tilting the said section. These bars are held down when the body is not to be tilted or until the contents of the wagon are to be dumped by means of a bar E and staples m on the frame.

In order that therear section 6 of the body may be tilted simultaneously with the front section 01, I attach the upper edge of the rear section to the dumping-bar D by a link F.

By connecting the links F to the dumpingbars D instead of directly to the sides of the front section of the body, as heretofore practiced, the said sides are not subjected to strains at points least adapted to withstand them, and a much stronger body is thereby produced. Further, by connecting the links F to the dumping-bars D at a point beyond the front end of the body a greater movement is imparted to the rear section of the body and the angle of inclination of the said secas will be understood by referring to Fig. 3 of the drawings.

To automatically open the tail-board C as the body is tilted, I connect it to the dumping-bar D at each side by two bars G and H and unite them by an arm I, pivoted to the frame A, as shown in the drawings.

A chain K (shown in Fig. 3) serves to the tilting movement of the body.

By referring to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the body B of the wagon is tapered, as seen from the top, the narrower portion being at the front. The object in tapering the body limit .1. In a dumping-wagon, the body thereof in two sections pivoted independently to the frame, the front section having dumping-bars secured immovably thereto, and extend forward of and beyond the said section, combined with link-bars which pivotally connect the said dumping-bars at a point beyond the end of the body with the upper part of the rear is to facilitate the discharge of its contents,

tion is brought nearer to that of the front one,

forward of and beyond the said section, and I0 the rear section provided With a hinged tailboard, combined With Iink-bars which connect the dumping-bars at a point beyond the body with the rear section of the body, and other link-bars which connect the dumping-bars at a point beyond the body with the tail-board, I 5

substantially as specified.

FRANK T.'LYNOI-I. Witnesses:

DANL. FISHER, WM. '1. HOWARD.