US718019A - Scoop-board for vehicle-bodies. - Google Patents

Description

No. 718,019. PATENTED JAN. 6, 1903.. w. W. PATTERSON.

SCOOP BOARD FOR VEHICLE BODIES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20, 1902. RENEWED D30. 8, 1902.

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'NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. PATTERSON, OF MURRAYVILLE, ILLINOIS.

SCOOP-BOARD FOR VEHlCLE-BODlES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 718,019, dated January 6, 1903.

Application filed January 20, 1902. Renewed December 8, 1902. Serial No. 134,439. (No model.)

in closed or adjusted position, the inner ends T0 on whom it inc/y concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. PATTER- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Murrayville, in the county of Morgan and tion an end-gate which is pivoted or hinged in the usual manner to the end of the vehiole-box and which ,is provided with wings which will close the space between the endgate and the side pieces of the vehicle-box when said end-gate is lowered a certain distance, and thereby prevent the escape of the contents of the vehicle-box. The end-gate is constructed with a centrally-located hinged panel, whereby access to the vehicle-box may be obtained without the necessity of lowering the end-gate.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which shall be simple of construction, durable in use, and comparatively inexpensive of production.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a Wagon-box, illustrating the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view showing in dotted lines the panel swung upwardly.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the end-gate used as a scoop-board, and Fig. 4 is a trans verse fragmentary section on line or scof Fig. 2.

In the drawings, 1 denotes a wagon-box, and 2 an end-gate hinged at its lower end to the rear end'of the wagon-box and provided with side wings 3, which serve to prevent the contents of the box from falling out when said end-gate is lowered into position for use as a scoop board. Chains 1 or other suitable means are employed for holding the end-board of said chains being connected by staples 5 to the sides of the wagon and the other ends being provided wi th hooks which pass through the staples 9, secured to the wings. The endgate is provided centrally with an opening, which is closed by a panel 10. This end-gate is provided with strengthening cross-bars 11 and 12 and the panel with a cross-bar l3. Hinges 1 L connect the cross-bars 11 and 13 and permit of the panel being swung upwardly to obtain access to the wagon-box when it is desired and after unfastening the chains allow the end-gate to swing downwardly. Any suitable means may be employed for holding the panel in its elevated position. For instance, I may provide the panel with a stud 15, which is adapted to coact with the spring-catch 16, secured to the end-gate near its upper end, and when said panel is elevated this catch will hold it in that position. .When the panel is in closed position, it may be held in any suitable manneras, for instance, by providing the end-gate adjacent to the side walls of the opening with spring-catches 17, which are adapted to engage Wear-plates 18, secured to cross-bars 19, carried at the lower end of the panel. Short cross-pieces 19' are secured to the end-gate and form a continuation of the cross-piece 19 and have their inner ends formed with notches or. recesses 20 to allow an outward or lateral yielding movement of the spring-catch when the panel is swung downwardly in closed position.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, and advantages of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and details of construction may be made within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof. t

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

As an article of manufacture, an end-gate for wagons adapted to be hinged at its lower end to the box of the wagon, said end-gate comprising the following essential elements: a panel constituting a portion of the end-gate and hinged to the upper end thereof, wings fixed to the sides of the end-gate, a fixed stud carried by the panel near its upper end, a spring-hook carried by the upper end of the end-gate and adapted to engage the stud and hold the end-gatein open position, and springcatohes carried by the end-gate and adapted to hold the panel in closed position, substan- Io tially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM W. PATTERSON.

Witnesses:

A. H. KENNEDY, W. J. BoWN.

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