US846174A - Sleigh-runner attachment for wheeled vehicles. - Google Patents

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ITO-846,174. PAIENTED MAR.5,1907,

A. G. WYETH.

SLBIGH RUNNER ATTACHMENT FOR WHBELED VEHICLES. APPLIUATIOJIIILED my 25. 1904.

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PATENTED MAR. 5. 1907.

G. WYETH. SLEIGH RUNNER ATTACHMENT FOR WHEBLED VEHICLES.

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SLElGH-RUNNER ATTACHMENT FOR WHEELED VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed May 28,1904. Serial No. 210,163.

T0 00 whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS G. WYETI-I, a citizen of the United States, residing in Newark, county of Licking, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleigh-Runner Attachments for Wheeled Vehicles.

My invention relates to improvements in such attachments which provide for an adjustment to a wide or narrow track; also, to provide means to permit the runner to oscillate in order to accommodate itself to the uneven surface of the ground over which it is passing.

One of the greatest objections to sleighrunner attachments has been that the sleeve or spindle-covering, owing to its roughness and irregularity of shape, has been subject to the serious objection that it damages and harms the spindle. Not only that, but the sleeves frequently break, as they are necessarily cored castings and as a consequence are liable to imperfections that are not visible on inspection. Practice has shown that the methods of constructing the braces in attachments of this character have failed to provide sufficient rigidity in the braces, and not only that, but the motion of the rods one against another has tended to turn the bolt and as a natural result loosen the nut which secures the braces to the spindle-covering.

The object of my invention is to remedy such defects and to provide a spindle-covering which will have a smooth bearing upon the spindle of the vehicle and be free from flaws and blow-holes and to accomplish the above result not only without increasing the cost of construction, but really providing a more economic construction.

My improved spindle-covering and oscillating clamp which secures the attachment to the vehicle-axle may be used either in connection with a runner wherein the knees, rave, and runner or some of them are made of wood, and it is also suitable for those wherein they are made of steel or iron. I also have provided for a new and'improved brace to connect the spindle-covering with the knees, which is formed integral and as a consequence furnishes perfect rigidity and does not tend to loosen the bolt which secures it to the spindle-covering.

My method of accomplishing the foregoing may be more readily understood by having reference to the accompanying drawings,

which are hereunto annexed and which are a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the runner attachment and the improved spindle-covering and oscillating clamp, having one flange broken away to show top of the brace-rod. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail of the spindle-covering. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken 011 the line X X in Fig. 2. Fig. 4. is an enlarged detail of the oscillating clamp. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of my improved brace-rod.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the entire description.

In the drawings, a is a runner, having knees a and a and a rave a. Where the knees and raves are of wood, they have been economically constructed without mortise-andtenon joints and firmly secured together by the use of side plates a and T-plates a having flanges a thereon, as shown in Fig. 1. These flanges are clasped and clenched down upon the knees, and the plates are held in place by rivets or bolts (1 The spindle-covering b, as better shown in the detail views Figs. 2 and 3, is made from open-hearth sheet-steel cut and stamped into the proper size and shaped to fit the vehicle-spindle, whereon it is held by the axle-nut b The spindle-covering is formed in a cylindrical shape, having two downwardly-depending flanges b These flanges have one or more holes 19 to receive the bolt that secures the end of the braces b and b to the spindlecovering. By having two or more boltholes in the flanges the runner attachments are adjustable to a wide or narrow track. Where there are several braces, the ends of some can beplaced between the two flanges and the others without, thus making a secure fastening and of good bracing strength.

I have found it to be of material advantage to form the braces b as better seen in the details, Figs. 5 and 6, of a lug I), having 'an opening 6 through its center, throu h which the boltpasses, which secures it to t ie sleeve 6. This lug has two arms 6 formed integral therewith, which extend to proper places on the knees and are secured thereto by means of rivets or bolts in the customary manner, thus providing an exceptionally rigid brace for the support of the runner at tachment. The runner attachment is secured to the vehicle-axle by means of an os cillating clamp c, which is mounted and rides between the two side )lates a It is constructed, as shown in *1g. 4, of two halves c and 0", one of which, 0 is formed with a flat circular face 0 which furnishes a bearing for the bolt which secures the clamp c to the side plates a This face has an opening 0 through its center, through which the bolt passes which secures it to the side plates, the said bolt pivotally connecting the oscillating clamp c to each of the side plates at. The half 0 is formed with inwardly-projecting lugs 0 which prevent the half 0 from becoming disengaged with the half 0 Bosses c are formed on the outer sides of the two halves c and 0 These bosses are formed with an opening through the center thereof to permit the passage of the bolt 0 which secures the oscillating clamp c to the vehicle aXle. The sides 0 and 0 also have feet or base parts a, which will strike the rave and in this manner prevent the runner from turning over forward or backward.

Having described my invention, what I regard as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

1. In a runner attachment for wheeled vehicles, the combination of an oscillating clamp formed in two pieces, means to permit said clamp to rock upon the bolt which secures it to the runner attachment, a spindle-covering of tubular construction formed of sheet metal formed with one or two downwardly-extending flanges, said flanges having a plurality of bolt-holes therein to permit of a lateral adjustment of the runner attachment, a brace secured to said flanges having two arms extending from the spindle-covering to the knees, said brace being formed with a lug at its u per end, said lug having an opening through its center to permit the the spindle-covering, said lug and arms being formed integral, for the purpose set forth substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a sleigh-runner attachment for wheeled vehicles, of the sleeve 1) said sleeve being stamped from sheet-steel having flanges b the said flanges having a plurality of bolt-holes therein, the side plates a and the T-plates (1, the braces l) and 6 running from the knees and rave of the sleigh-runner to the flanges of the sleeve 1), means to secure said braces to said flanges, the clamp 0, means to secure said clamp to the vehicle-axle, means to permit said clamp to oscillate and means to prevent the runner turning over, for the purpose set forth substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of April, 1904.

AUGUSTUS G. VVYETH.

Witnesses:

N. MoKUsIoK, J. H. CARROLL.

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