US88149A - edwards - Google Patents

Description

H. F.` EDWARDS.

Carriage- Pole Attachment.

Patented March 23, 1869.

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H. F. EDWARDS, WORCESTER,.MASSACHUSETTS,ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND B. l. PEABODY, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 88,149, dated March 23, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part o! the lame.

Know all men by these presents:

That I, H. F. EDWARDS, of thecity and county of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have made certain new and usefulA Improvements in Adj ustable Pole-Attachments for Oarriages, Ste.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyng drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whicl1 Figure 1 represents a plan or top view of the rear portion of a carriage-pole wit-h my improved attachment applied thereto;

Figure 2 represents a rear view of a part of the device shown in g. 1; and

Figure represents a section on line A B, fig. 1.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs, to make and use the' same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination with the pole of a carriage of apeculiar-constructed adjustable attachment, as shown in the drawings, and hereafter explained.

In thc drawings, the part marked A is the pole, to the rear end of which is secured the curved cross-'piece B. To the under side of each end is secured a metal guide-piece, C, by' means of a screw, 1.

The guide-pieces C have bevel-flanges a a, which lit on each side of the ends of the cross-piece B, as shown in tig. 3 of the drawings.

The lower sides of the guide-pieces `O are provided` with anges b, between which the rectangular parts D of the slide-pieces E work.

The braces F are secured to the pole, at their front ends, by means of screws or bolts e, while their rear ends G are fastened to the under sides of the ends ofthe cross-piece B, by means of clips H.

The loop-part of the clips H clasps the ends of the cross-piece B, while their ends f, pass around the guidevpieces C, thence through holes in the enlarged rear ends G, and are provided with threads to receive the nuts g, whereby the ends G can be screwed rmly against the lower edges of the ianges b of the guidepieces C,.as fully indicated in fig. 3 of the drawings.

Combined with the braces F F, are auxiliary braces I, the forward curved ends of which are fastened to the pole byscrews, or bolts h. Braces I are also secured to the under side of the curved cross-piece B, by means of bolts or screws i, shown in dotted lines, fig. l, the braces being enlargedto admit of the passage of the bolt or screws c t. A

Braces I I extend back of the cross-piece B, and are provided with enlarged eye-pieces J J, to receive the round ends jj of the slide-pieces E E, as indicated in figs. 1 and 2.

rlhe eye-pieces J J may .be made separate from the braces I I, in which case they should be'provided with arms, to be fastened to the cross-piece B. Iprefer, however, to make each of the braces F, with its auxiliary brace I, in one piece, and support the eye J in the manner shownin the drawings. Thumb-screws m mare itted to the rear ends G of n the brace F, while thumb-screws 'n n are fitted to the under sides of the eye-pieces J, and by means of which thumb-screws m and n, the slide-pieces E E are held securely in place. It will therefore be seenvthat the slideepiecesE E can be moved in or out, to adjust the eyes K K to [it between the ears of a narrow or wide carriage, and then securely fastened, by means of the thumb-screwsm n, in such adjusted position.

By my improvements, the eyes K K always remain in the same horizontal line, that is, the holes through the same remain in a line at right angles to the pole, which obviates the objections to the curved sliding-pole attachments, which have heretofore been employed, in some instances, for adjusting poles to carriages of different widths. l

In the latter oase, the eyes, as soon as they are moved, are thrown out of line, and consequently the holes through the same must be made much larger than the eye-bolts, in order to prevent binding, thus rendering the carriage liable to rattle, and moreliable to get out of order than when my improved pole-attachment is employed.

Having described my improved adjustable pole-attachment for cariages,

What I claim therein, and desire lto secure by Letters Patent, is- A 1. The combination, with -the rear cross-piece of a carriage-pole, ofthe horizontally-sliding eye-pieces E E, having their axis or line of motion at right angles to the pole, substantially as shown and described.

2. 'lhe combination, with the cross-piece B and ends j j, of the eye-pieces J J, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination, with the ends of the cross-piece B, and the ends G of the braces F, of the clips H H and guide-pieces O, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination, with theslide-pieces E E, braceends G G, clipsH H, and eye-pieces J J, of the thumbscrews m and n, substantially as shown and described.

H. F. EDWARDS.

Witnesses:

Trios. H. DODGE, D. L. MILLER.

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