US848103A - Vehicle-stake. - Google Patents

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110.848.103. PATBNTED- MAR. 26, 1907.

` G, L. HARVEY.

VEHICLE STAKE.

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. No. 848,103. PATENTED MAE. 4E6, 1907.

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IIIIE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VEHI'CLE-STAKE.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it. known that I, GEORGE L. HARVEY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Stakes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to vehicle-stakes, having more particular reference to stakes used in connection with gondola cars.-

It is one of the objects of the invention to obtain a construction in which the stake may be extended vto a height greater than that of the sides of the car and when not in use may be stored adjacent to said sides.

It is a further object to obtain a simple, inexpensive, and strong construction.

The invention therefore consists, first, in the peculiar construction of an extensible stake second, means employed for securing the same to the sides of the vehicle, and, further, in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a gondola car, showing the stake attached thereto and in extended position. to Fig. l. Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views to Figs. l and 2, lshowing the stake in lowered position. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the upper end of the stake with the extension-section in collapsible position. Fig. .6 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the stake applied to the outside of the car side; and Figs. 7 and 8 are vertical sections through the pocket member respectively in planes longitudinal and transverse of the car.

A is the side of a gondola car, B the floor thereof, and C the side sills. In the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3 my improved stake is secured to the inner face of the side A and in lowered position drops down with its lower end passing through an aperture in the floor B to the bottom of the sill C To permit of this movement, the pocket or holder for the stake is secured to the upper portion of the side A and preferably comprises a rectangular casing D, bolted or otherwise secured to said side A. The stake E is in telescopic engagement with this pocket member D and is preferably a flanged bar, such as an I-beam. This when Specification of Letters Patent. Application ned october 11,1906. serai No. 338,524.

Patented March 26, 1907.

lowered will pass through thev aperture F, which is preferably rectangular, in the car.- floor, and to fill the space between the flanges of the stake a block G is riveted thereto.,

The construction as above described will permit of raising the stake a distance above the top of the car side substantially equal to the width of said side; but with many constructions of cars having low sidesl this length of the stake is insuflicient. I have therefore provided an extension member for the stake, preferably of the followingy con.- struction.

II is an extension member which ,at its lower end is provided with a shank fitting between the flanges of the main stake. This member H is preferably secured to the stake member E by a pin or bolt I, passing throughl a slot J in the shank and also passing through the flanges of the member E. rI`he portion of the'member H above the shank is preferably slightly offset and has a hook or bevel K formed thereon for engaging the upper edge ofthe web of the stake E. When this hook Fig. 2 is a section at right anglesY is 1n engagement with the web, the shank of the member H will project downward, so that the pin I is at the upper end of the slotted member J, and this will lock the member H against the web of member E and prevent lateral movement. If, however, the member H is raised until the pin I is at the lower end of the slotted bearing J, the member H may then be swung around the pin I, acting as a pivot, until it extends downward and is stored between the flangesl of the member E. The member E may then be lowered in the pocket member D, and inasmuch as the extension H is entirely within the channel of the member E it will pass into the pocket D without obstruction.

The stake E is held in raised position-preferably by a locking-pin L, which is inserted through apertures M in the pocket member D and a registering aperture in the web of the member E. To lock the pin from accidental disengagement, it is preferably bent or formed with a notch N therein, which will engage with the web of the member E and will thereby lock the pin from being withdrawn. i

The pocket member D preferably has a bearing O at its upper end, against which a lug P on the member E bears to hold the stake in vertical position. Beneath this bearing O is a clearance-space R, which as the stake is ICO IOS

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lowered permits of angular adjustment, so as to relieve the lateral stress of the load upon the stake during the operation of the lowering.

[n operation when the stake is not in use it extends downward through the aperture F in the floor of the car, as has been described, and in this position the filling-block G prevents leakage from the car. To recess the stake, it is moved upward telescopically in the pocket member until further movement is prevented by the engagement of a stop S with a cooperating stop T on the pocket. The pin L is then inserted through the registering apertures in the pocket member D and the web of the member E and the stake lowered sufficiently to engage 'with the notch N of the pin. Where desired, the stake may be further extended by swinging the member Il about the pin I until it projects upward beyond the end of the member E. It is then dropped until the pin l is at the upper end of the slotted bearing J, in which position lateral movement of the member H is prevented. To lower the stake, the extension member H is first turned down, after which the stake is slightly raised, the pin l withdrawn, and then the member E dropped until the folded extension member H passes completely within the pocket D. lt 'will be observed that the pocket member D completely surrounds the stake, and therefore operates as a guide, which prevents chafiiig of' the stake against the sides of the car.

Vhile l have described the stake as applied to gondola cars, it is obvious that it is t applicable to other uses.

What l claim as my invention isl. The combination with a gondola car, of afolding stake therefor comprising an openeiided pocket member secured to the upper portion of the car side, and a stake slidablc through said pocket and through. an alined aperture in the bottom of the ear.

2. The combination with a gondola cai', of a folding stake therefor comprising a rect tangular open-eiided pocket member secured to the upper portion of the side of the car, and a stake slidable through said pocket member and an alined aperture in the earbottom.

3. A car-stake provided with a folding eX- tension member, movable in a plane parallel to the side of the car and held from displacement transversely of said plane.

4. The combination with a vehicle-stake, of a vertical extension-section therefor folded within the dimensions of the cross-section of the stake.

5. The combination with a vehicle-stake, of a vertical extension section therefor hinged thereto and confined in folded position within the dimensions of the cross-seetioii of the stake. t tj. The coinbiiiationwithapocket member, l of a stake teleseopically engaging said pocket lmembei and a folding extension foi said l stake adjustable therewith into said pocket l member.

7. The combination with a gondola car, of a stake vertically extensible above the sides of said car at distance greater than the width of the sides, and means for collapsing said stake to store the same below the top of the f car side and without projecting beneath the car.

8. The combination with a llanged earstake, of an extension-section therefor hinged between the flanges of said stake to swing fi'om an upwardly-piojecting to a downwardly-projecting position, and means for locking said extension member from lateral 'movement when in its upwaidly-projecting t position.

l, t). The combination with a flanged ear, of t a stake therefor vertically adjust able through ll an aperture in the ear-floor and a filler-block between the flanges of the stake for closing the aperture in said car-floor.

l0. The combination with a pocket member, of a stake adapted to be lowered partially through said pocket member, and an extension folding end secured to said stake.

1l. A vehicle-stake comprising a stake t, member with means for securing the stake in place, permitting of raising and lowering, and an extension folding end secu red to the stake.

l2. A vehicle-stake, means for seeuri l fsf said stake in a vertical position permitting ol l folding the same in a plane parallel with the l side of the vehicle and an extension folding end secured to the stak\y also movable in a l plane parallel with t'lre side of the vehicle,

j and rigidly leld from displaeement transj versely of said plaire. l

t 13. ln a ear-stake, the combination of l teleseopieally-eiigaging and relatively vertil :al movable members, of a notched 'pin inl sertible through registering apertures in said j members, and a portion on one of said memt bers for engaging the noteh of said pin b v a l downward movement.

j 14. llhe combination with a pocket memt bei', of a stake movable through said pocket l .having an enlarged portion fitting the pocket l when the stake is in raised position whereby l clearance is provided foi' the stake in lowerl ing through the pocket.

1 fn testimony whereof l allix my signature iii presence of two witnesses.

j GEORGE L. HARVEY.

litnesses t JAMES l. BARRY,

j Trios. ODONNELL.

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