USRE11863E - John meaney and john stoever - Google Patents

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i ject of the Queen of Great UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOIIN MEANEY AND JOHN STOEVER, OF RIDGEF'IELD PARK, NEW JERSEY;

SAID STOEVER ASSIGNOR TO SAID MEANEY.

l TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Reissued Letters Patent No. 11,863,

dated October 9, 1900.

Original No. 634,532, dated October 10, 1899. Application for reissue iiled Mayl, 1900. Serial No. 16,788.

To alt whom, it may concern;

Be it known that we, JOHN MEANEY, a sub- Britain, and JHN STOEV'ER, a citizen of the United States, both residents of Ridgefield Park, in the county of Bergen and State o f New Jersey, have in vented a new and Improved Truck, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide means for preventing a truck from moving backward as lthe user tilts the load backward on the truck. It is well known that in the .use of the usual wheeled hand-trucks the truck is first moved up to the object to be carried and then the object is tilted back upon the truck, afterY which the truck itself is thrown downward, so as to completely bear the load. Nhen the operator moves the load back on the truck preparatory to throwing the' truck down, the truck most invariably will jump or move backward, thus defeating imag-ings e, and each end the purpose of the operator. Now it is the intent of our invention to provide an attachinentfor the 4truck which will prevent this disadvantageons action.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

Figui-e1 is a sectional elevation ofv the invention on the line 1 1 of Fig. |2, and Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof.

The truck to which our invention is here shown as applied has the usual body a, axle b, and wheels c. Carried at the end portions of the axle b are bearings e, in which is mounted a rock-shaf t f. The end portions of the rockshaft proj ectrespectivel y,outwa rd beyond theportion of the rockshaft carries an arm y, ou which is mounted a chock h, such checks being respectively in `line withk capable of moving downward between the rear portions of the wheels on which the truck is mounted and the ground, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, so as to chock the wheels and prevent the backward movement of the truck. The arms g, with the attached from opposite to the treads of, the. wheels @and .being,\

. chock carried by cheeks .71, are also capable of standing in the upper position shown by full lines in Fig. l, in which case the checks will be inactive, and, further, theywill be placed well under the truck and out of the lway of the person handling the same.

The rockshaft f is provided with a weight t', which is attached thereto and situated at one side of the axis ofthe rock-shaft. When the rock-shaft is thrown, asindicated by ful-l linesin Fig. l, the weight i will extend forward of the rock-shaft and will hold the same in suoli position, in which ease the arms g will be raised, so as to hold the chocks hinactive.v When, however, the rock-shaftfis thrown back, so as to move the arms g and cheeks 7L to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, the heft of the weight will be exerted at the opposite or rear side of the rock-shaft and will then-serve to hold the" shaft in the second position. It will therefore be seen that the rock-shaft may be held in either one of its two possible positions and rock-.shaft will not move out of them except when the weight is overcome vby a superior force. For operating the rock-shaft to overcome the weight t' an arm k is attached to the rock-shaft and projects transversely therethe weight. the arm lo forms an integral part of the shank or piece which rock-shaft.

claim as new ,Patent- 1. In a hand-truck, the combination with the axle and wheels of a rock-shaft mounted on the truck rearward of the axle, a weight carried by the rock-shaft at one side of the axis thereof, the weight moving to each side of the axis of the rock-shaft to hold the rockshaft in either one of two positions, and a.

the rock-shaft.

2` Ina hand-truck, the combination with the wheels and axles thereof, of a rock-shaft mounted rearward of the axle, a. `wheel-chock carried by the rook-shaft, an arm attached to the rock-shaft and extending transversely and desire to secure by Letters As here shown,-

connects the weight z' with the that when once placed in these positions the Having thus described our invention, we

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thereof, and :i weight. carried by one end of the arm atgone side of thel-oeloshaft= the other end ofnthe arm forming a means for throwing thegroek-shaft, to either one of the two position# f' 3. In a handw-truekythe, combination with Y,

,the wheels anil mile; of a rock-shaft mounted on the truck rearward of the axle, an ami carried by the rocklhaft, a. wheel-chock earxo ried by the arm, en erin secured to the roekshaft and extending transversely thereof, and a. weight. carried by one end of the arm,

1n testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

K- "JOHN MEANEY.

` JOHN STOEVER.

Vtnesses:

FRANK MASON, MOPJIJIMER P. SHEA.

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