US1021495A - Shock-mover. - Google Patents

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P. VOELLINGER. SHOCK MOVBR.

APPLIGATION FILED DBO. 27, 1910.

1,021,495.. Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

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IIIIIIIIII Mus VENTOR PETER VOEL-LING-ER, OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

SHOCK-MOVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

Application led December 27, 1910. Serial No. 599,589.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, PETER VOELLINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Belleville, count-y of St. Clair, State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Shock- Mover, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to a truck for loading, moving and unloading shocks of corn, cane or grain which may be tilted upright against a. shock and have the same secured to it, whereupon the truck may be tilted downward and drawn to its destination, when it may again be tilted upright andthe shock unloaded in its original upright posi tion.

The invention consists of improved means for supporting the shock upon the truck when the latter is drawn fo-rward.

It further consists of improved means for retaining the shock in position above the animals thatdraw they device.

It further consists in improved means for pivotally connecting the tongue to the truck and supporting the forward end of the latter from the former. l

It further consists of other novel features of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

For the purpose of explaining my invention, the accompanying drawing illustrates a satisfactory reduction of the same to practice, but t-he important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to Voperative position on an enlarged scale. Fig. 6 represents .a rear elevation of the device. Fig. 7 represents a perspective view of a front portion of the truck frame.

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Referring to the drawings 1, 2, and 8 represent the sill members of the frame of the truck of the device.

ed to be removably seated on the sill 3.

4 designates t-he axle which is secured to said frame, and 5 the wheels thereon.

6 designates a tongue which is connected connected wit-h the rockshaft and tongue4 for bracing the latter, and the rear end of the tongue has a shoulderlO which is adapt- A clevis 11 is applied to the tongue for attaching a doubletree thereto. The side sills have a plurality of bearings 7X thereon for adjusting the tongue at varied distances from the front end of the truck frame.

12 designates a bench which is supported on the upper endsof the beams 13 which rise in inclinedA direction from the side sills 2, said bench thus being elevated from the truck frame.

15 designates a cross bar which is secured to the truck frame rearward of the bench and carries a series of upwardly projecting prongs 16 which are adapted to enter the shock when placed on the truck frame.

On the rear end of side sills 2 are rearwardly projecting prongs 17, which when the truck frame is in tilted operative position are adapted to penetrate the ground and so prevent slipping of the device.

Rising from the side sills, and fixed thereto, are the arched plates 18 on whose crowns are eyes 20 through which are passed and in which are swiveled stakes 19, the lower ends of the latter being mounted on and supported in sockets 21 on the axle 4. Said stakes are divergingly supported and their upper portions are preferably curved or'laterally bent, so that theshock may freely enter between them when the upper ends of the stakes are turned outward, and will be embraced by the stakes when their upper ends are turned inward.

22 designates arotatable shaft and drum whichr is journaled in bearings 23 on the sills 1, and carries a ratchet 24 with which is adapted to engage thefpawl-25 on the sills 1, said shaft being adapted to be operated by the crank handle 26. Attached to said shaft as at 27 is the rope or lashing- 28 which is adapted to be passed around a shock so as to bind the saine as shown in the drawings. A

Suspended from-the rear portion of the tongue 6 is the cross bar 30 which is secured to said tongue by the clip 31 and to the hounds 9 by the clips 32, they finally connecting said bar in position. The ends of the bar are cut away from above forming the angular shoulders 33, upon the hori- Zontal dropped portions upon which the forward ends of the side sills 1 rest when the truck is in normal position. The rear end 10 of the tongue is shouldered and bears upon the forward cross sill 3, when the truck is in its normal down-tilted position. The vertical limbs of the shoulders 38 are adjacent to the inner sides of said sills 1 and so preventlateral twisting of the tongue and the cross bar 30.

The operation is as follows The device is backed up against a shock and tilt-ed upwardly by means of the handle 29 on the truck frame, it being noticed that the tongue turns on its bearings and leaves its abutments as best shown in Figs. l and 5, thus permitting the tilting of the truck frame. The rope 28 is now passed around the shock and its free end secured to the drum and shaft 22, which latter is then rotated to tighten the rope and secure the shock to the truck frame, the ends of the rope being preferably crossed, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The curved stakes, which have been turned outward to admit the shock, are now turned inward to embrace the shock, whereupon the team is started and the frame is restored to its down or normal position, and the shock is loaded upon the truck when the latter with its load may be drawn to its place of destination. The upper portion of the shock rests upon the` elevated bench at the forward end of the truck, placing the shock in an elevated position, and so preventing the shock from being forced farther forward upon the truck and keep the shock from bearing on the horses and retain the weight mainly over the aXle of the truck. The prongs of the cross-bar prevent rearward displacement of the shock While tilting the truck-frame forward and down in loading, as Well as during transportation, and the curved stakes embracing the shock, prevent lateral displacement of the shock from the truck. The strain of whatever weight falls upon the forward end of the truck is borne by the rock shaft 7, the rear end 10 of the tongue, the sills 1 and 3, and the shoulders and the cross bar 30, so that such strain is distributed over a plurality of points. The truck is, however, so balanced upon its wheels, that the center of gravity is about above the axle, and the weight of the shock is principally carried by said latter elements.

By this device, shocks of corn, cane, grain or other shocked or bundled material may be raised and loaded upon the truck from the field or wherever they may be located, conveyed to their destination, and unloaded standing up, with a minimum of manipulation and physical exertion.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character stated, a truck frame supported on wheels near its rear end, a rock shaft mounted in bearings in said frame, a tongue connected with said rock shaft, and cooperating means on said tongue and frame upon opposite sides of said rock shaft for engagement when the truck is in its horizontal position.

2. In a device of the character stated, a truck frame supported on wheels near its rear end, a rock shaft mounted in bearings in said frame, a tongue connected with said rock shaft, and cooperating means on said tongue and frame upon opposite sides of said rock shaft for engagement when the truck is in its horizontal position.

3. In a device of the character stated, a truck frame supported on wheels near its rear end, a tongue pivotally connected to the front end of said frame to allow the latter to be tilted into an upright position, and means carried by the tongue to support the forward ends of the sills of the said frame when the truck is in its horizontal position, the rear end of said tongue being shouldered to bear upon a cross member of said frame when the latter is in such horizontal position.

4. In a device of the character stated, a truck frame provided with a pivoted tongue and stakes rotatably mounted upon the rear end of said frame, said. stakes being divergently supported with their upper portions laterally bent.

5. In a device of the character stated, a truck frame provided with a pivoted tongue, arched plates and sockets both rising from said frame, and shock embracing stakes mounted in said arched plates and having ends supported in said sockets and adapted to rotate laterally in said sockets and plates.

6. In a device of the character stated, a truck frame provided with a pivoted tongue, arched plates and sockets both on said frame, shock-receiving stakes mounted in said arched plates and having their ends supported in said sockets, said stakes heilig laterally rotatable in said plates and sockets.

PETER VOELLINGER.

Witnesses:

XV. F. Kmcnna, FREDV S. FLEISCHLEIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Iatents, Washington, D. G.

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