US718786A - Wagon end-gate. - Google Patents

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No. 718,786. PATBNTED JAN. 20, 1903.

F. G. NAGLBY. WAGON END GATE.

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WAGON END-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,786, dated January 20, 1903.

Application filed August 1, 1902. Serial No. 117,968. (No model.)

the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the class of wagon end-gates which are hinged or pivotally connected to the wagon-body so as to allow the gate to swing in a vertical plane; and the object of the invention is to provide simple, convenient, and efficient means for locking the gate in various positions on the wagonbody; and to that end the invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed and as illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the rear end portion of a wagon-body equipped with my improved end-gate. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of said portion of the wagon-body with the endgate in its closed position. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on line a; 00 in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an end view of the bottom portion of the wagon-body with a modification of the connection of the gate, and Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section showing the end-gate in its open position.

' Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. I

A represents the wagon-body, which may be of any suitable and well-known construction.

C denotes the end-gate, which I prefer to form of sheet-steel, braced by angle-bars 0 0, of iron or steel, extending across the exterior of said gate and riveted thereto. I This endgate is pivotally connected to the body A in any suitable manner, preferably as follows: I rigidly secure to the bottom of the rear end portion of the body A a hinge-plate a, of steel, extending across the wagon-body and projecting rearward therefrom. The projecting portion of this plate I form with an upwardly, forwardly, and downwardly curved troughshaped roll a for the reception ofthe bottom portion of the end-gate, which is formed with a downward extension, constituting the coupling-plate c of the end-gate, which couplingplate is curved upward and downward similar to the curvature of the roll or trough at, in which said couplingplate is seated, and is overlapped thereby sufficiently to allow the end-gate to be swung into its open position without releasing it from its hold on the roll or trough a. An opening y across the edge of the roll a permits the aforesaid swinging of the end-gate.

While the hinge-plate a is preferably formed in one piece, as hereinbefore described, at the same time said plate may be composed of two or more sections distributed across the end of the body and receiving corresponding coupling-sections c, as represented in Fig. 5' of the drawings.

The end gate is provided with guards d, preferably formed by the usual wings, which extend from the sides of the end-gate and lap onto the exterior of the body A, said guards serving to prevent the lateral shifting of the gate on the body and the drawing of the coupling-sections sidewise out of the hingeplate sections.

The aforesaid modified construction facilitates the attachment of the end-gate to the body, which attachment is effected by placing the gate into its lowermost position to release the wings or guards d from engaging the sides of the body, then inserting one end of the curved bottom portion of the gate into the corresponding end of the roll or trough a ofthe hinge-plate ct, and then sliding the gate sidewise to the opposite side of the wagonbody and to a position to allow the wings or guards d to pass over the outside of the body in lifting the gate to its closed position.

6 e designate the arms, which are pivotally connected at one end to the end-gate O and adjustably secured at the opposite end to the wagon-body to lock the said gate in its desired position. Each of these arms is notched in one of its longitudinal edges, preferably in the top edge, and extends directly to and passes through a guide f, which supports the free end of the arm. This guide is preferably C shape in cross-section.

To allow the guide to accommodate itself to the different angles assumed by the arm 6 in the movement of the end-gate to and from its closed position, I pivot said guide to the body A, preferably by means of a bolt g passing through the guide and side of the body and having its head countersunk in the vertical portion of the guide and provided with a nut n on the end, protruding through the side of the body, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. To protect the side of the body from marring and abrading by the movement of the guide f, I interpose between said parts a wearplate It.

i denotes a dog, which may be of any suitable shape and suitably supported on the side of the wagon-body to engage the notches in the arm 6, so as to prevent longitudinal movement of the arm and lock the end-gate in its desired position. I pivot said dog to an earj, formed on the top of the guide f. A suitable spring 1 is arranged to force the dog into engagement with the notches of the arm 6, and thus lock said arm in its position in the guide. I preferably employ a coil-spring, which is interposed between the top of the guide and a projection formed on the pivoted end of the dog. When it is desired to open or close the end-gate, the projection is to be depressed in opposition to the force of the spring. The arm a is thereby released from the dog and allows free movement of the gate.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The combination with the wagon-body, of an end-gate pivotally connected to said body, a guide pivoted to the side of the body, an arm pivoted at one end to the end-gate and extending directly to the guide and movable therein and provided with a plurality of notches at different points of its length, a dog mounted on said guide for engaging and releasing the notches of the arm, and a spring forcing the dog into engagement as set forth.

2. The combination with the wagon-body, of an end -gate pivotally connected to said body, a guide pivoted to the side of the body and formed on its top with an ear, an arm pivoted at one end to the end-gate and extending directly to the guide and movable therein and provided with a plurality of notches at different points of its length, a dog pivoted to said ear and engaging and releasing the notches of the arm and formed at its pivoted end with a projection, and a coil-spring interposed between the guide and projection for forcing the dog into its engagement as set forth.

3. The combination with the wagon-body, of an end-gate pivotally connected to said body, a guide C shapeincross-section formed on its top with an ear and pivoted to the body by means of a bolt having its head countersunk in the vertical portion of the guide, an arm pivoted at one end to the end-gate and extending directly to and passing through said guide and provided in its top edge with a plurality of notches at different points of its length, a dog pivoted to the aforesaid ear and engaging and releasing the notches of the arm and formed at its pivoted end with a projection, and a coil-spring interposed between the top of the guide and projection for forcing the dog into its engagement as set forth.

FRANK G. NAGLEY. [L. s.]

W'itnesses:

J. J. LAASS, G. VAN VORSI.

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