US615797A

US615797A - William james brown

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Publication number: US615797A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-12-13
Anticipated expiration: 1915-12-13

Description

Paten ted Dec. I3, I898.

W. J. BROWN. CARRIAGE GEAR.

(Application filed Jan. 80, 1897.)

(No lludel.)

UNITED STATES \VILLIAM JAMES BROWN ATENT Enron.

, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

CARRIAG E-G EAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 615,797, dated December 13, 1898.

Application filed January 30, 1 897.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LWILLIAM JAMES BROWN, carriage-builder, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and usef ul Improvements in Carriage-Gears, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in carriage-gears; and the object of the in vention is to provide a very cheap, simple, and resilient spring-gear for a carriage or buggy which will support the body in such a manner as to more effectually relieve and overcome the jolt-ing of the carriage-body more than other gears at present in use for this purpose; and it consists, essentially, of peculiarly-formed C-springs secured above the axle, pivotally connected at the top to a U- shaped axial support for the body, which is suitably and preferably journaled at the bottom of the body, and, further, of a double reach, also forming at the rear portion a support for the C-springs, such double reach extending to the front top portion of the fifthwheel of the Vehicle, upon which an elliptical spring is secured, which serves to support the front portion of the body, the parts being constructed and arranged in detail, as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure l'is a perspective View of the major portion of the body and the peculiar form of runninggear for supporting the same to which my invention relates. Fig. 2 is a detail of the fifth-wheel and its connection to cured at the bottom above and to the axle by the clip-bolts d. The upper end of the Q- springs D is formed with eyes 61'.

E is a U-shaped axial support, the base of the U of which is preferably formed round and journaled in suitable bearing-brackets a, secured to the bottom of the body.

e are the outwardly-extending ends of the Serial No. 621,308. (No model.)

support E, which have ends or stems e, that extend through the eyes 61, formed on the end of the C -springs. The outer end of each stem 6 is threaded and provided. with a nut 6 which secures the I-shaped end of the C- springs from lateral displacement.

F F are the double reaches, the rear ends F F of which are flared outwardly and extend underneath the bottom front end of the C-springs, to which they are secured by bolts f. The reaches are also preferably rendered rigid at the rear by the braces f f which are bolted at one end to the reach and secured at the other end to clips 0 c on the axle. The forward ends of the double reach F F extend to the rearwardly-projecting bars g g, which are attached to or form part of the upper portion G of the fifth-wheel. The lower portion G of the fifth-Wheel is secured on top of the axle B.

H is an elliptical spring formedin a manner common to such oarriage-sprin gs and suitably secured to the top G of the fifth-wheel and to the bottom of the front ofthe body A.

It will be seen from the construction hereinbefore described that the body A will be supported in such a manner that it will be relieved from the jolting and also have an endwise swinging movement upon the top of the C-springs, which I find in practice makes the vehicle very comfortable to ride in.

WVhat I claim as my invention is.'

The combination with the front and rear axles and fifth-wheel, of the double reach havin a narrowed front portion connected to the stationary portion of the fifth-wheel and a fiar ing rear portion and'the Q-springs secured to the flaring rear end of the rear portions of the reach and clipped to the axle and the substantially U -shaped body-loop having the cross-bar of the loop journaled in bearings at the bottom of the body and the arms of the U extending forwardly and outwardly and pivotally connected to the upper ends of the C-springs as and for the purpose specified.

WVILLIAM JAMES BROWN.

lVitnesses:

B. BOYD, II. DENNISON.