US499057A - Buckboard - Google Patents

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O. THOMAS.

BUGKBOARD.

No. 499,057. Patented June 6, 1893.

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G. THOMAS.

v BUGKBOARD.- IfIo. 499,057. Patented June6, 1893.

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O. THOMAS.

BUGKBOARD.

No. 499,057. Patented June 6, 1893,

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CHAUNCEY THOMAS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

B U C K B O A R D SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 499,057, dated June 6, 1893.

Application filed September 8, 1892. Serial No. 445,316. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GHAUNOEY THOMAS, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buckboards, which will, in connection with the accompanying drawings, be hereinafter fully described, and specifically defined in the appended claims.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a buckboard embodying myinvention, and showing abrake thereto applied. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a view similar to Fig. l, but with the brake omitted, and showing a stay from the hind axle to the king bolt. Fig. iis an inverted or underside plan view of Fig. 3. Fig. 5is a rear elevation of myinvention. Fig. 6 is a detached side elevation, showing my method of attaching the rear seats to the buckboard. Fig. 7 is a further fore and aft detached detail of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a detached side elevation, showing a method of securing the floor of the buckboard to the roof of the wheelhouse; and of setting up said floor. Fig. 9 is a detached top plan view showing a method of uniting the rear and front sections of the buckboard. Fig. 10 is a detached side elevation of Fig. 9. Fig. 11 shows a slight change from Figs. 9 and 10, and for the same purpose. Fig. 12 is a detached top plan View of the front springs, axle and fifth wheel. Fig. 13 is a detached front elevation of the floor, front cross bar, fifth wheel, spring block and springs. Fig. 14 is a detached elevation showing the method of connecting the springs with the axles.

The primaryobject of my invention is to furnish a out under buckboard; that is, a buckboard so constructed that the front wheels pass directly under the body when the vehicle is be ing turned in a limited space. And the invention consists primarily in two sets of bent boards for the floor, one set being arranged in rear of the wheel house and the other in front of the wheel house; both sets being bent upward to form the wheel house, and being respectively connected with the rocker and rear axle; while the turned up ends of said boards are connected together so as to support the middle portion of the buckboard.

It further consists in the manner of connecting the turned up ends of the floor of the buckboard; in the manner of connecting the rear seats of the buckboard; in the method of connecting the spring ends with the axles; and in the stay that connects the rear axle with the king bolt, as also in divers other details; all as will be next herein described and then specified in the claims.

Referring again to said drawings, a represents the rear set of floor boards and b the front boards, which together constitute the buckboard proper. Both sets of said boards are turned upward at c, and are secured at such distance apart as to form a wheel house, within which the front Wheels A enter when the vehicle is turned in a limited space. The

rear wheels are shown at B, the rear seat at O, the front seat at D, and the dasher at (1..

One of the methods of securing the turned up ends of boards a, b, is shown in Fig. 8, where bar j is placed between said boards and the bolts 6 pass directly through the same and through a and b and are locked by a nut resting on an iron plate *6, as there shown. Said bar j is placed at a suitable distance from the top of the boards; and at said top I secure the bars f, f, to the boards by screws as shown, or by other means, with spreader bars h arranged between them, with screws 9 to force bars h apart.

In Fig. 10, the same means of securing a and I) together are shown in top plan, the bars h being somewhat shorter than j in order that they may by action of screws g be moved outward to compensate for any settling of the boards a, b by use.

In Figs. 8, 9, 10, and 11, I show the rods 6, with the metal bars i-at their ends, as also the bars f secured to a, b at the top; but instead of the spreader bars h, I show (in Figs. 9 and 10) the right and left hand threaded screws 9, by which to force bars h apart to the requisite degree. And by thus confining boards a, b at a point somewhat below their upper ends, so that they cannot there move farther apart, and also confining them at the end so that they cannot move nearer together, they have the capacity at the wheel house to sustain a load as great as at any other point in their entire length.

The springs, shown at 70, are connected with the axles l by a jack m that is clipped to the axles near their ends, and rising therefrom supports the integral bar or, shown clearly in Figs. 1, 3, 4, and 12; and upon bars a, close to their ends, is supported the leather loop or link 19, which passes through loop q, secured to the longer leaf of spring 70, near its end; thence along under the spring to link 25, which it embraces; said link spanning the spring and engaging an eye in the top leaf thereof, as shown.

The rear springs are shown in Fig. 5 and as havinga bar interposed between them and boards a which boards rest on said bar.

The front springs are clearly shown in Figs. 12 and 13. In said figure is also shown the fifth wheel resting on said springs, and with a central bar that receives the king bolt, while in Fig. 13, both halves ofthe fifth wheel gulat shown as secured together by the king In Fig. 1, a brake lever is shown at 2 as pivoted at 3 and as connected with sliding rod 4, which, through suitable levers, actuates the wheel blocks 5, so that the occupant fiflirhe buckboard can govern it in descending In.Figs. 3 and 4 are shown the means for connecting the rear axle with the king bolt; the same consisting of an arched connecting iron 6, which is bolted to barj, and to its rear arm is secured the bight of wire rope 7 which at its ends is secured to the rear axle; while rope-8 passes from the front arm of 6 direct to a loop secured upon king bolt y. The arrangement of these several parts serves to keep the rear wheels in proper relation to the other parts of the vehicle, especially when driving where roads are uneven or when applying the brake.

The front seat sets directly over the turned up ends 0 of the buckboard, and it is so constructed as to contain the bolts eand iron bars '5, as shown. The other seat or seats are placed upon boards I); their ends 9 extending down past boards I), while a reinforce 10, secured inside part9 is securely fastened to bar 11, that is rounded upon its under side so as to roll slightly upon I), while a reinforce bar 12 is bolted beneath b; all as shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

In order to adjust seat 0, I arrange a cranked rod 13, so that it is pivoted in said seat bottom, as shown, and at its lower end it is threaded in a pivoted nut 14:, beneath b, so as to take any requisite angle and yet bear true in said nut. Hence if said seat tips too far forward, it is only necessary to turn said rod upward, thereby lengthening it, and so tipping the seat rearward; while a reverse movement of the rod will tip the seat forward.

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

1. The combination, in a buckboard, of boards a, b, the bolts e, barsf secured to a, b, and set screws 9 arranged to force barsfasunder, substantially as specified.

2. In a buckboard, the combination of axle Z, jack m formed with cross bar a, leather loops 19 secured on said bars, and springs 70 provided with loop (1 to receive said leather loop, and having link t, in which the loop is secured, substantially as specified.

3. In combination with support a secured to the axle and spring 70, a leather link 19, secured at one end on said support and passing through loop (1 and engaged in link 15, secured to the spring, attached to the'body all substantially as specified.

4. In a buckboard, the combination of the arched connecting iron 6, secured in the wheel house, the cord 7, looped therein and extended to the rear axle, and cord 8, extended from said iron and secured to the king bolt, all substantially as specified.

'5. In a buckboard, the combination therewith of seat 0, pivoted thereon and provided with a rod 13, arranged to tilt said seat forward or to rear, substantially as specified.

CHAUNCEY THOMAS.

Witnesses:

L. W. Howns, T. W. PORTER.

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