US702617A - Dumping-wagon. - Google Patents

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No. 702,617. Patented me |7, |902.

m. BECKER.

DUMPING WAGON.

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UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN BECKER, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 702,617, dated June 17, 1902.

4 litpiimimimeer March 2s, 1902. serial N0.'1oo,412. (No model.)

j York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dumping-Wagons; and I n' do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to Y which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to construct a dumping-wagon which shall be strong and tion.

simple in construction and effective in ,opera- This I accomplish by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

l which- Figure l is a plan view, partly in section, of a dumping-wagon embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same in position for dumping a load. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same.

As illustrated in the drawings, the wagon- .box is provided With side-boards A and endboards B, which end-boards are preferably inclined upward and outward from the headblock C and rear axle-block D. The bottom of the box between said head-block and rear axle-block consists of two leaves E, which are secured at their inner edges by means of hinges R to a, central longitudinal bar F. Such central bar F is preferably secured, by means of stirrups H and engaging nuts h, to a T-rail G, which-is supported at its forward end on the head-block C and at its rear end on the rear axle-block'D. By means of such construction the weight at the central portion of the load lengthwise of -the box is supported by means of said T -rail. Rockshafts or tubes I are also secured at their forward ends to the head-block C and at their rear ends to the rear axle-block D and provided on their forward ends with foot-levers K, by means of which said rods I may be rocked on said headblock and axle-block. Such rock-shafts are provided with lifting-arms L, adapted to bear against and raise the outer edges or sides of said leaves E, forming the bottom of said box. The ends of said arms L engage loops c, secured to the outer edge of said leaves, to hold the ends of said leaves in proper position. Rock-shafts M are also secured to the outer sides of said box and provided with hooks or latches m, adapted to engage shoulders or keepers N, secured to the outer edges of said leaves E. Hand-levers S are rigidly secured to the forward ends of said rockshafts M. Latches l? are secured to the sides A of the box and are adapted to extend between the levers Sand the sides of the box to prevent an inward movement of the upper end of said levers and hold said levers and bars securely in position against any vibrations to which the wagon may be subjected when carrying a load. The outer edges of the leaves E, forming the bottom of the wagon-box, are supported by means of the latches or hooks m, attached to the shafts M, which engage the shoulders or keepers N,

secured to the under surfacefof the outer edges of said leaves.

When it is desired to dump the contents of the wagon, the latches P are raised, so as to free the upper end of the levers S, and said levers are moved inward by the driver, thereby throwing the hooks m out of engagement with the shoulders or keepers N. The outer sides of the leaves are then depressed by the weight of the load, which descends to the ground. After the load has been dumped the outer edges of the leaves E are raised to their originalposition by means of the lifting-arms L and foot-levers K and when raised to such position are held in place by means of the latches m of the rock-shaft M engaging the keepers or shoulders N, secured to the outer edges of the leaves F..

To facilitate the parting of the load, so that one-half of such load may descend on each leaf or door, forming the bottom of the wagon-box, and to prevent any material from dropping between said inner edges, an angled plate Q is secured over the inner edges of the leaves E and provided with inclined sides converging toward an upper central edge.

I do not desire to be limited to the specific construction of the T-rail G and central supporting-rod F. The leavesor plates E may,

if desired, be hinged directly to s aid T-rail,

G, which may form v the 'sole means for supporting the inner edges of the leaves E.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a dumping-wagon, the combination with a forward head-block and rear axle- IOO block, of a central longitudinal supportingbar secured to said head-block and axle-block, a Wagon-box having a bottom consisting of two leaves hinged at their inner edges to said central longitudinal bar and extending between said head-block and axle-block, rockshafts provided with lifting-arms adapted to bear against the outer edges of said leaves, operating-levers secured to said rock-shafts, rock-shafts secured to the outer sides of said box and provided with hand-levers and latches adapted to engage the outer edges of said 1evers, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a dumping-wagon, the combination with a forward head-block and :rear axleblock, of a central longitudinal supportingbar secured to said head-block and axle-block, a wagon-box having a bottom composed of leaves hinged at their inner edge to said central longitudinal supporting-bar, and. extending between said head-block and axle-block, rock-shafts secured to said head-block and axle-block and provided with lifting-arms adapted to bear against the outer edges of said leaves, operating-levers secured to said rock-shafts, rock-shafts secured to the outer sides of said box and 'provided with latches adapted to engage the outer edges of' said leaves, hand-levers secured to said rockshafts, and a central longitudinal dividingplate arranged over the inner edges of said leaves and provided with inclined sides converging toward a central upper edge, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN BECKER.

NVitnesses:

ROBERT W. HARDIE, JAMES M Ruso.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 702,617, granted June 17, 1902,

upon the application of Martin Becker, of Albany, New York, for an improvement in Dumping-Wagons, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction,

as follows: In lines 12-13, page 2, the Word levers 7 should read leaves and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform tothe record of the ease in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealedr this 1st day of July, A. D., 1902.

[SEAL] F. I. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Patents.

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