USRE4861E - Improvement in adjustable metallic dashes for vehicles - Google Patents

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GEORGE ML. PETERS.

Improvement in Adjustable Metallic Dashers f or Vehicles.

Heissued April 9,1872.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

GEoEGE M. PETERS, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN ADJUSTABLE METALLIC DASHES FOR VEHICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 102,315, dated April 26, 1870 reissue No 4,408, dated May 30, 1871; reissue No. 4,861, dated April 9, 1872.

.ity which is necessary to make them self-supporting without the use of the frames of wrought-iron rods heretofore used for the purpose; and, also, that they may be provided with adjustable foot-pieces, which, not being permanently attached to the dash or dashframe, may be removed and worked by the smith into the proper shape to conform itto thepeculiar shapeof the carriage, and then attached to the dash by screws or bolts. Without this adjustable foot it would plainly be impracticable to carry into effect the object aforesaid; for,- owing to the infinite variety, almost, of carriages constructed, too great a number of different-sized and formed dashes would be required to be manufactured; and, if finished at the shop where manufactured, they would be ruined in the attempt to heat the dash first to give it the required conformation in each special case. I

To this end the peculiar principles of my invention, whereby it is characterized and by I which it may be distinguished from all others heretofore known or used, are, first, the sheet or sheets of metal from which it is formed is or are pressed between dies, whereby convex moldings are formed to give to the dash the necessary rigidity for rendering it self-supporting; and, second, in supporting it upon independent and detachable foot-pieces, which, being forged into the required form, may be bolted to the carriage in the usual manner, and also fastened to the dash.

In the annexed drawing I have illustrated one mode, which I prefer, for carrying my invention into use. In this I have presented a dash made of two sheets, but it is manifest -of the ordinary frames.

that one sheet only may be used, and I do not, therefore, wish to be limited to any number of sheets, nor to any particular arrangement or configuration of the moldings so long as the principles of my invention, as herein defined, are carried out.

Figure l is an elevation of a dash. Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical longitudinal sections of the front and rear of a dash formed of two sheets of metal. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are elevations of detached portions.

The same letters are employed in all the figures in the indication of identical parts.

A represents the sheet or sheets from which the dash is constructed. If two are used the edges of one, made slightly larger for the pur-' pose, are neatly folded over the edges of the other. These sheets are formed by pressing them in a mold with moldings, indicated by the letters a, b, and 0, which not only serve as ornaments, but also stiffen the sheets so as to render them self-supporting without the use B B, Figs. 1 and 4., indicate the adjustable dash-feet forged in the case, as illustrated, to fit into the recesses formed by the vertical moldings I) and o, and fastened neatly to the sheets by'small screws or bolts. The lower end of the feet may be forged into the form required in the special case, and then reattached to the sheet or sheets by means of the screws orbolts. E E indicate holes cut in the dash in the ordinary form to serve as handles, and F is the ordinary whipsocket attached in the usual manner.

Dashes thus constructed may be made completely finished for sale, leaving the carriagemaker to remove the feet, and, after forging them, if necessary, into any required form,to reattach them.

The sheets may be further stiffened, if desired, by placing a rod, represented in Fig. 5, in the horizontal recess in the moldings a.

One of the sheets may also be cut, if desired, so as to form the curtain D to fill the space which would otherwise be left between the dash and the body of the carriage.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A metallic dash for carriages, constructed with moldings raised upon its surface, used without a frame, substantially as'and for the purpose set forth.

2. An adjustable foot, in combination with a carriage-dash for attaching the latter to a carriage, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination, an adjustable metallic dash and an adjustable dash-foot, substantially as set forth.

In testimonywhereof I have signed myname to the foregoing specification in the presence of two subseribin g witnesses.

GEORGE M. PETERS.

Witnesses:

U. D. FRIESTONE, J OHN AL'vIs.

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