USRE10635E - William john beewee - Google Patents

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W. J. BREWER.

ROAD VEHICLE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM JOHN BREWER, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

ROAD-VEH ICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Reissued Letters Patent N o. 10,635'y dated August 18, 1885.

Original No. 312,960, dated February 14, 1885. Application for reissue filed July 7, 1885. Patented in England April 19, 1883,

To all whom, t may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM JOHN BREWER, a subject of the Queen ot' Great Britain, residing at London, in England, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Road-Vchieles, (patented in Great Britain by Letters Patent No. 1,862 of 1883, dated April 12, 1883,) of which the following` is aspecification.

rIhis invention relates to improvements in the construction of the carrying or load-bearing and strain-distributing parts of road-vehicles generally; and it consists in certain novel combinations ot' parts hereinafter set i'orth and claimed.

A sheet of drawings accompanies this speciiication as part thereof.

Figure 1 of these drawings is an end view of a cart illustrating the main features of this invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively an elevation and a vertical section of parts ofthe same. Fig. 1 is a side view showing a preferred axle-connection and other modifications, and Fig. 5 is a partial e'nd view illustrating additional modifications.

Like letters ofrcference indicate corresponding parts inthe several iignres.

A represents a vertical slide at each side of the vehicle, and B an axle-spindle projecting rigidly from the outer side of said slide.

O C represent flanged angle-braces closely embracing the lower angles oi the body of the vehicle and bolted thereto and forming dovetail or undercut vertical guides for said slides.

D represents an axleconnection in the forni ot' a bent bar of steel or iron uniting the slides A beneath the body, so as to keep the pair of wheels E E applied to the axle vspindles B in proper working relation to each other by transmitting vertical motion from one slide to the other; and F represents a spiral spring above each slide for cushioning the load and steadying the movements of the slides up and downA in their guides.

I prefer to construct each slide A with a recess, 0, in its top, to receive the lower end of a spiral spring, F, so applied, and to contain a supply of lubricant for the axle-spindle projecting from said slide, a duct tshown in dotted lines in Fig. 3) extending obliquely downward from said recess to the surface of the spindle. The upper end of the spring may abut against the upper end of the anglebrace, closed for this purpose, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, or against a bracket attached to the side oi" the vehicle-body, as shown in Fig. 4, aguide rod working through the spring and bracket in the latter case.

G, Fig. 5, represents a spiralspring common to a pair of spindle-slides applied thereto through the medium of the axle-connection H, which inthis case is in the form of a chain running over a grooved roller at the corner ofA each anglebrace, as shown in this ligure and Fig. 4. Such a iiexible connection is preferred as aiiording a strong and simple motion-transmitter which is incapable of transmitting lateral strain to the slides or their guides.

The angle-braces C in each form of my improvement serve not only to form guides for spindle-slides Aas aforesaid but preclude undue strain on the body as a result of the isola.

tion of the axle-spindles, and they may also re-enforce the union with the body of rigidlyattached shafts or thills, as indicated in Fig. 1.

Having thus described my said improve nient in road-vehicles, I claim as my invention and desire to patent under this specication-- 1. The combination, with the body ofaroadvehicle, of iianged angle-braces closely elnbracing the lower angles of the body and forniing vertical guides for slides from which the axle-spindles project and to which the spring or springs are applied, substantially as herein specified.

2. The combination, .in a road-vehicle, ofa body provided with iiangcd angle-braces closely embracing the lower angles of the body and forming vertical guides for slides from which the axle-spindles project and to which the spring or springs are applied, and a connection between said slides extending horizontally across below the body and out ot' contact therewith, substantially as herein specied.

8. The combination, in a road-vehicle, of a body provided with iiangedv angle-braces closely embracing the lower angles of the body and forming vertical guides for slides IOO from which the axle-spindles project, and 2t per part, connected by a duet with the surio connection between said slides in the form of face of the said spindle for retaining a spiral n Chain Working over rollers in said angle4 spring above said slide and supplying the braces and extending horizontally across be- Spindle with lubricant, substantially as hereloW the body and out of Contact therewith, l in specified.

Substantially as herein specified. VILLIAM JOHN BREWER'.

4. In a road-Vehicle, a Vertical slide, A, 'Vitnesses: havingastud-spindle,B,projeeting therefrom, SMI. P. WILDING,

sind constructed with a recess, 0, in its upr RICHARD A. HOFFMANN.

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