US699705A - Wagon-gear. - Google Patents

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Patented May l3, I902.

G. H. PERRY. WAGDN- GEAR.

(Application filed Aug. 8, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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GEORGE H. PERRY, OF FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE.

WAGON-GEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,705, dated May 13, 1902.

Application filed August 8, 1901.. Serial No. 71,352. (No model.)

To all whom 2125 may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. PERRY, a citizen of the United States,residin g at Franklin, in the count-y of Williamson and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Wagon-Gear, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in wagon-gear.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of wagon-gear, more especially the means for attaching the'draft animals,and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device designed to be substituted for an ordinary doubletree and capable of enabling the draft-animals to handle a load more effectually and of preventing, to a great extent, the whipping action of a tongue and of relieving the draft-animals of the jars and strains incident to starting a heavy load and to drawing the same over a rough roadway.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will prevent the stronger animal of a team from drawing the weaker backward upon the load to a disadvantageous position.

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

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a running-gear provided with a device constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the whiffletree or doubletree.

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

l designates a doubletree or whiffletree composed of central and side sections 2 and 3 and pivotally mounted on a tongue 4 by a vertical bolt or pin 5 similarto an ordinary doubletree. The whiffletree or doubletree, which is adapted to be substituted for an ordinary double tree, is connected at its ends with singletrees 6 of the ordinary construction, and the adjacent ends of the central and side sections are rounded, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and are connected by upper and lower plates 7 and 8. The plates 7 and S, which connect the central and side sections of the doubletree or whiflie tree, are preferably secured by bolts or other suitable fastening devices rigidly to the side or end sections and are pivoted to the ends of the central section by bolts 9 or other suitable fastening devices. The central section is adapted to swing on the central pivot 5, and the end sections 3 are adapted to swing independently of each other on the pivots 9.

The side or end sections of the whiflietree are connected with the front axle 10 by staychains 11, which may be of the ordinary construction, but which are preferably provided with cushioning-springs 12 to relieve the draft-animals of strain incident to starting a wagon or other vehicle and also to drawing the same over a rough roadway, and the said cush ioning-springs are also adapted to relieve the occupants of the vehicle and the latter of strain. Furthermore, the cushioning-springs will avoid much wear and tear on the parts, and will thereby enable the same to last fora longer time, and they will also permit one of the draft-animals to move forward in advance of the other without drawing therear animal backward against the vehicle. The load will thus be distributed between the animals, and as the chains are connected to the front axle the draft-animals will have a greater control of the load, and the tongue to a great extent will be prevented from whipping against the animals. The front ends of the chains are connected by suitable clevises 13 with the end sections 3 of the doubletree, and these clev= ises, which are approximately U -shaped, may be of any desired construction and are perfo rated'for the reception of bolts or other suitable pivots. The side or end sections 3 of the whiffletree are also provided with end clevises 14:, constructed like those heretofore described and extending in advance of the whiffletree and having the singletrees connected to them by rings 15 or any other suitable devices.

It will be seen that the end sections of the whiffletree are capable of movement independently of each other and are connected with the front axle, so that each horse or other animalpulls directly against the load and is not interfered with by the backward and forward movement of the other animal. apparent that the device is adapted to be substituted for an ordinary doubletree, and that It will also be the improved whiffletree is adapted to swing on the tongue similar to the ordinary doubletree, and that it possesses all the advantages of the same. Furthermore, it will be clear that the draft-animals harness and the vehicle will be relieved of strain and that the tongue will in a great measure be prevented from whipping against the said animals.

The device may also be employed to advantage on a plow or other implement, and when applied to a plow the independent flexible connections may be connected with the sides of the plow-beam in any suitable manner.

What I claim is The combination with a running-gear, of a doubletree composed of a centrally-pivoted central section extending from opposite sides of the tongue, and the independently-movable end sections pivotally connected to the ends of the central section and capable of moving backward and forward simultaneously to permit both horses to move backward and forward simultaneously to points in advance and in rear of the pivotal point of the central section in pulling and backing, and the stay-chains connecting the end sections of the doubletree with the running-gear and provided with cushioning-springs and adapted to permit such independent movement of the said end sections, substantially as de scribed.

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

GEORGE H. PERRY.

\Vitnesses:

WM. A. PASCHALL, H. S. REYNOLDS.

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