US610921A

US610921A - Wagon

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Publication number: US610921A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-09-20
Anticipated expiration: 1915-09-20

Description

Patented Sept. 20, H898.

F. K. HICKS.

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(Application led Mar. 30, 1898.)

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FLOYD K. Rions, or CANTON, ILLINOIS.

WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,921, dated September 20, 1898.

Application led Mar-ch 30, 1898.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLOYD K. Rions, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Fulton and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Wagon, of which the following is a specification.

The inventionV relates to improvements in wagons. p

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of wagons, more especially the running-gear, and to provide a simple, strong, and durable one adapted to be readily applied to various four-wheeled vehicles and capable of havin g its wheels track perfectly, so that a vehicle may be turned in a short space.

A further object of the invention is to increase the strength of a wagon running-gear and to avoid perforating the front and rear axles for the reception of the pivots of the holsters.

Another object of the invention is to enable the running-gear to be readily varied in length to adjust it to wagon-bodies of different sizes and to provide simple and efficient means for limitingthe pivotal movement of the axles, and thereby prevent the wheels from coming in contact with the sides of the body.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a running-gear constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, the body being in position. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View of the reach having the opening. Fig. et is a sectional view of one end of the other reach. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of one of the pivoted boxes for connecting the ends of the reach-bars to the axles.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

l and 2 designate frontV and rear axles adjustably connected together by

diagonallydisposed reaches

3 and 4, pivotally connected at their ends with the front and rear axles adjacent to the wheels, as clearly shown in Serial No. 675,743. (No model.)

axles and, pivotally connected to the same at 7. The space between the arms permits the reaches to be adjust-ed longitudinally to vary the length of the running-gear for accommodating wagon -bodies of different lengths. Wear-plates are interposed between the upper and lower faces of the axles and the arms 6 to prevent the axles from becoming worn, and the boxes 5 are provided with central perforations receiving pins 8 orother suitable fastening devices, which engage perforations of the reaches for securing the same at the desired adjustment. The perforations of the reaches are arranged at intervals, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings, and the fastening devices 8, which engage the perforations, are provided at their upper ends with heads and are adapted to be readily removed to effect the desired adjustment.

The reach-3 consists of a continuous bar, and the reach 4t, which is provided with a longitudinal Opening 9 for the reception of the reach 3, is composed of the central section' and end sections Or bars 10. The central section consists of upper and lower metal bars 1l, connected at their ends by boxes or sleeves 12, which are perforated for the reception of fastening devices 13, and the latter secure the end bars Or sections 10 to the central section. By arranging the reach 3 within the longitudinal opening 9 of the reach et the pivotal movement of the axles is limited to prevent the wheels from coming in contact with the body 14 when turning the vehicle. The body 1/1 is supported upon front and rear bolsters 15 and 16, which are pivotally connected with the front and rear axles by pins or bolts 17 and 18,'arranged, respectively, at the rear faces of thefront bolster and front axle and at the front faces ofthe rear bolster and :rear axle. The front bolster and front axle are provided with eyes 19 and 2O to receive the pin or bolt 17, and the rear bolster and rear axle are provided with corresponding eyes 21 and 22.

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By arranging the vertical bolts or pivots of the front and rear holsters at the faces thereof the axles and bolsters are not weakened by perforating them, and the running-gear, besides being strengthened in this manner, has increased strength from the fact that it elnploys a pair of reaches instead of one reachbar.

The invention has the following advantages: The runninggear, which is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, is adapted for various four-wheeled vehicles and is capable of ready adjustment to increase and diminish its length. The axles and the bolsters are not perforated for the reception of the pivots, and the opening of the reach 4 limits the pivotal movement of the axles and prevents the wheels from coming in contactwith the body in turningI the vehicle.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacricing any of the advantages of this invention.

What I claim is- 1. A device of the class described comprising. a pair of axles, boxes or sleeves provided with arms pivotally connected to the upper and lower faces of the axles, diagonally-disposed reaches ad justably arranged in the boxes or sleeves of the axles, and means for 'securing the reaches at the desired adjustment, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of front and rear axles, diagonally-disposed reaches, and sleeves or boxes receiving the ends of the reaches and provided with arms pi votally connected With the axles, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with front and rear axles, of a continuous reach-bar 3 extending diagonally across the running-gear, the oppositely-disposed reach 4 composed of end bars, and a central section having a longitudinal opening to receive the reach-bar 3 and consisting of upper and lower bars, and sleeves or boxes arranged at the terminals of the upper and lower bars and receiving the end bars, and means for connecting the ends of the reaches with the axles, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

A. C. SHAPLAY, M. F. HUFFOR'D.