US838715A - Combined wagon hay-rack and brake. - Google Patents

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No. 838,715. PATENTED DEC. 18, 1906.

s. F. HUGHES.

COMBINED WAGON HAY BACK AND BRAKE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 2, 1905.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1' b A H i v \UQ? Witnesses x o r Attorneys No. 838,715. PATEN'I'ED DEC. 18, 1906;- S. F. HUGHES. COMBINED WAGON HAY BACK AND BRAKE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2, 1905,

No. 838,715. PATENTED DEG. 18,1906. S.F.HUGHES. COMBINED WAGON HAY RACK AND BRAKE.

APPLIOATION' FILED OOT. 2, 1905.

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COMBINED WAGON HAY-RACK AND BRAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

Application filed October 2, 1905. Serial No. 280,966.

To all whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL F. HUGHES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Madison, in the county of Lee and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Combined Wagon Hay-Rack and Brake, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hay-racks of that type employed on wagons and has for one of its objects to provide a movable load-carrier of simple construction which may be placed at one end of the rack to receive the first portion of the load from an ordinary hay-loader or similar device and then moved to the opposite end of the rack, leaving the first end clear to receive the second or remaining portion of the load.

A further object of the invention is to provide a movable load-carrier which may be readily shifted from end to end of the'rack and which is securely held to the rack or wagon-frame in such manner as to prevent tilting when traveling over uneven ground.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an operating means which may be utilized for the purpose of operating the Wagon-brakes, and, further, to so arrange such operating means that the brake may be planipulated by a person seated on top of the oad.

With these and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size, and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wagon and rack made in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same, showing the load-carrier adjusted to a position at the front of the frame or rack. Fig. 3

is a plan view of the rack and wagon, show ing the manner in which the parts are connected for the purpose of applying the brake. Fig. 4 is a view of a detail, illustrating the employment of slidable shoes in place of rollers between the tracks and the load-carrier.

Fig. 5 is a detail view showing one ofthe guard-fingers extending under the track.

Similar characters of reference are em in s.

lhe running-gear of the Wagon is of a type in common use, and above the running-gear is mounted a pair of longitudinal sills 10, on the upper edges of which are secured tracks 11, formed of thin sheets of metal, the inner ed es of which extend beyond the end faces of the sills. Projecting from the outer faces of the sills at points adjacent to the rear end of the wagon are slatted frames 12, constituting rear-wheel guards.

The load-carrier 15 is in the form of a slatted frame, including bottom members 16 and side members 17, the width of the bottom of the load-carrier being greater-than the distance between the sills, and the overhanging portions of such bottom member may form wheel-guards for the front wheels, or auxiliary guard members may be supported there by. The load-carrier is provided with depending hangers 18, having bearings for the reception of supporting-rollers 19, that travel 'on the tracks 11, and at the inner ends of the rollers are flanges 21, that fit against the inner edges of said track members in order to prevent lateral displacement of the loadcarrier. The inner arms 22 of the hangers extend below the tracks and are bolted to extension-bars 23, the upper bolts serving also as means for securing guard-fingers 24 in place. These guard-fingers extend under the projecting portions of the tracks and pre wagon is traveling over uneven ground.

a transversely-extending cross-bar 25, on which is mounted a pair of upright bars 27, the upper ends of which converge and are connected together by a suitable casting 28, that is provided with an opening for the reception of a vertically-extending shaft 29. To the upper end of this shaft is secured a crank 30, having an operating-handle 31, the handle being preferably accessible by a person seated on top of the load. The casting 1 28 carries a ratchet-wheel 32, with which en' l gages a pawl 33, supported by the crank 30 vent tilting of the load-carrier when the- The extensions 23 serve as supports for.

ployed to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the draw.

and under the control of a suitable latch 34, by which the pawl may be moved from engagement with the ratchet-wheel.

To the lower end of the shaft 29 is secured a drum 37, the shaft preferably extending through the center of the drum and having its lower end adapted to a bearing formed in the cross-bar 25. The drum is provided with a diametrically-extending opening 38, through which is passed a wire or other cable 39, the two ends of the cable being thence wound around the drum and 'one end con I nected to a bolt 40', carried by a suitable cross-bar forming a part of the rigid frame, while the opposite end is looped for engage ment with the hooked end of an eyebolt 42, that extends through an opening formed in a vertical bar 43 at the front of the frame. The bolt 42 is provided with a hand-nut 45, which may be turned in order to take up any slack in the cable.

During the loading operation the loadcarrier is first adjusted to a position adjacent to the end of the rack or wagon-frame in position to receive the hay or other material from a suitable loading device, or the hay may be tossed onto the carrier by hand. After the carrier has been filled the shaft 29 is turned in the proper direction in order to wind the cable on the lower portion of the drum and unwinding the cable from the upper-portion of said drum. This advances the load-carrier toward the front of the frame, and when said carrier has been moved fully forward the load may be completed at the rear end of the rack or frame by the hay loader or by hand, as before.

The running-gear of the wagon is provided with a brake-beam 50, that is hung by links 51 in the usual manner from the reach-bars or other supports, and said beam is provided with suitable shoes 52' at its opposite ends for engagement with the treads of the rear wheels.

The reach-bars are provided with bearings for the reception of a transversely-disposed rook-shaft 54, having a pair of rockenarms 55, that are connected by bars or rods 56 to the brake-beam, and at one end of said rockshaft is a vertically-extended rocker-arm 58, having an eye 59 in its upper end. By pullingforward on this arm 58' the brakes may be applied to the rear wheels.

After the load-carrier has been moved to the forward position its front end may be tied or otherwise secured. to the transversefront portion of the wago'nframe. Theloops at the forward and rear ends of the cable 39 are then disconnected and the cable is drawn rearward through the opening 38 in the drum until the loop a: at the front end of the cable comes into contact with the periphery of the drum, forming a stop to prevent the further passage of said cable.

The cable is then passed around two sheaves 60 and 6'], that are supported by fixed portions of the frame, and its rear end is connected to the eye 59., The shaft 29 is then turned until the cable is comparatively taut, without, however, applying the brakes.

The handled crank 30 is placed at a suitable elevation, preferably in such position as to be accessible from the top of the load, and in use the driver seated on top of the load may apply the brakes by turning the handle, so that the wagon is under thorough control, and it will not be necessary for the driver to descend in order to apply the brakes from the ground, as is usual in wagons of this generalty e.

Tn unloading the rear end may be first elevated. to the mow or loft, and then the load carrier may be moved from the front to' the rear end in position under the fork, if necessary, the cable being first detached from thebraking connections and its ends connected to the frame.

In Fig. 5 is illustrated a slight modification of the invention wherein shoes 19 are employed in place of the rollers 19.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. The combination with a hay-rack in cluding longitudinal sill members, of a carrier arranged to travel on 'thesills, a windingdrum mounted on said carrier, means for turning the drum, and a cable having its opposite ends connected to fixed portions of the rack, the intermediate portion of the cable being connected to and partly wound around the drum.

2. The combination with a hay-rack ineeluding longitudinal sill members, of a wheeled loadcarrier arranged to travel on the sills, a transversely-extending bar form ing part of the l'oadcarrier, a vertical frame supported by said bar, a vertical shaft jlournaled in the bar and frame, a winding-drum mounted on said shaft, and a cable having its opposite ends secured to fixed portions of the rack, the intermediate portion of the ca blie being secured to and partly wound around the drum.

3. The combination with a hay-rack hav ing longitudinal sill members, of a wheeled load-carrier arranged to travel on said sills, a

transversely-extending bar forming a part of IIO 4. The combination with a Wheeled rack, the drum may be employed for moving the 10 of a brake-beam, brake-shoes carried thereload-carrier or applying the brake. by, a load-carrier slidably mounted on the In testimony that I claim the foregoing as rack, a winding-drum carried by the load my own I have hereto affixed my signature in carrier and provided With a diametrically-an the presence of two Witnesses. ranged opening, a cable extending through l SAMUEL F. HUGHES. said opening, and cable connections arranged Witnesses: at the opposite ends of the rack and at the J. H. HOOVER,

brake-beam, whereby revoluble movement of l W. O. POTTS.

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