US635109A

US635109A - Wagon-brake.

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Publication number: US635109A
Application number: US72249399A
Authority: US
Inventors: Emanuel Seggese
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1899-07-01
Filing date: 1899-07-01
Publication date: 1899-10-17
Anticipated expiration: 1916-10-17

Description

Nu. 635,!09. Patented Oct. I7, I899. E. SEGGESE.

WAGON BRAKE.

(Application filed July 1, 1899.

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EMANUEL SEGGESE, 'OF PERRYOPOLIS, PENNSYLVANIA.

WAGON-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,109, dated October 1'7, 1899.

Serial No. 722,493. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMANUEL SEGGESE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Perryopolis, in.the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Brakes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in brakes, and relates more particularly to vehicle-brakes.

Theinvention has for its object'to provide new and novel means whereby the rear wheels of a wagon or other vehicle may be easily locked and released when desired The invention has for its further object to construct a brake of this class that .will possess advantages in points of simplicity, strength, and durability.

With the above and other objects in view the invention finally consists in the novel construction, combination, andarrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings,

forming a part of this specification, whereinv like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wagon hav ing my improved brake secured thereto Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hub-band. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the hangers. Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of the shoe forming the choke-block. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the operating-lever. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the locking-rack.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals, 1 indicates the bed of the wagon,

ers having formed on their upper extremity a circular head 7, having formed therein an opening 8, said head 7 being adapted to fit over the hub-band 3. The lower end of said hanger is apertured, as indicated by the reference-numeral 9, for the reception of a bolt 10, securing between the hangers a shoe 11, said shoe having formed therein an opening 12, through which the bolt 10 passes, the said shoe being provided with an interior raised portion 13 and having formed at one end an aperture 14, the latter serving as fastening means for the end of the wire cable 15. The other end'ofsaid wire cable is attached at 16 to the operating-lever 17', fulcrumed at 18 to the bed of the wagon 1. The said lever 17 carries a lug 10, adapted to engage the teeth 20 of the locking-rack 21, which is secured to they side of the wagon-bed in the usual manner.

The operation of my im proved wagon-brake is as follows: lVhen it is desired to lock the rear wheel, the brake is released. The hangers will move downwardly by gravity, thus allowing part of the wheel to engage the upper face of the shoe and ride upon the same. The said shoe will then act in the capacity of a choke-block and will skid upon the rail or ground, as the case may be, thus locking the rear wheel. In order to release the brake, the lever is operated as indicated in dotted lines of Fig. l of the drawings.

. From the foregoing description the many advantages obtained by the use of my improved brake will be readily apparent.

' It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction of my improved wagon -brake Without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a wagon-brake, the combination with a wagon, of an operating-lever pivotally secured to the side of the wagon-body, a cable having one end thereof secured to said lever, a brake-shoe connected to the opposite end of said cable and having a raised portion on its upper-face arranged centrally thereof, a hub-band mounted on the hub of the wagonwheel at each side of the spokes, a down In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EMANUEL SEGGESE.

ward1y-extendinghanger secured to each of the said hub-bands and provided With an opening in its lower end, and means 0perating through the said opening for pivotally securing the brake-shoe at its enlarged or Witnesses:

raised portion to the said hangers, substan- JOHN NOLAND, tially as set forth. i E. V. ARTHUR.