USRE13086E - Wind-shieiij - Google Patents

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G. W; KERR. WIND SHIELD FOR SELF PROPELLED VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 17, 191D.

Reissued Mar. 1, "1910.

lflcines es G. KERR. WIND SHIELD FOR SELF PROPELLED VEHIGLES.

.QPLIUATION FILED .TAN.17, 1910.

Reissued Mar. 1,1910. 7 13,086.-

wind-shields UNITED STATE-S PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. KERR, OF WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS ASSIGNOR TO C. A.

MEZGER, INCORPORATED, 011' NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORIBORATION OF NEW YORK.

WIND-SHIEI2P FOR SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLES.

To aZZ whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WV. KERR, a citizen of'the United States of America, residing at West Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in for Self-Propelled Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wind shields foruse onself-propelled vehicles and the like in which the shield is supported upright through the medium oft-he base of the maon the vehicle near the forward end eflective when a canopy able protection is so chine and not depending upon the canopy or top of the automobile.

As ordinarily constructed such shields consist of a glass plateremovably supported thereof for its support to protect the operator or driver. used on self-propelled road-vehicles of the type now in general use, the area of this frame is-very considerable, and to make it is used it is necessary'to make it high enough to extend up under the forward end of said canopy. The area of a plate large enough to afford suitgreat that there is no place to store .it in the vehicle when taken down, and it is therefore frequently neces sary to carry it when it is not needed. and when, in fact, it shuts off all air-currents from the operator.

' The object of the present invention is to parts, the upper ported from below and which may be swung down out of the way when not needed against the lower fixed portion of the shield,

provision being made to secure the movable portion of the shield in either extended or down'folded position in such manner as to prevent all rattling thereof or to secure it in. any position between these points.

The lnvention is .fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in. which- Figure l is a View of a vehicle-body in side elevatiorrto which the improved Windshield is applied, the shield being shown extended. Fig. 2 is a similar view, the. shield being shown with the upper portion therwf folded. down against the lowe fixed portion of the shield. F ig. 3 var" section. of the shield, showing th per portion-there of folded down against the lower fixed por- When Specification of Reissued Letters Patent.

0riginal No. 812,930, dated February.20,. 1906, Serial N 0. 247,921.

Serial No. 538,563.

- as to protect shield consists of two which is provided Figs. 1 and 2 which extend down eachside Reissued Mar. 1, 1910.

tion. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of one side ofthe sh eld in its extended ing the construction .of the devices whereby the lower part of the shield is rigidly supported and the upper part of the shield is; operated and secured. Fig. 5 is avertical sectional View on line '5 5, Fig. 4;. Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional View on line 6 6, Fig. 4,

Application for reissue filed January 17,

'55 position, showand illustrates more particularly the same construction and the manner of securing the brace thereto. Fig. 7 is a cross-section on the plane of line 7 7,'Fig.' 4, showing the nature of the construction of the fastening device for the end of a brace-rod.

Referring now to cates the vehicle-body of that type in connect on with which the wind shields are usuz-i'ily employed, the drawings representing 1n a conventional manner the body of a selfopelled road vehicle provided with' a l1" hood I) at the forward end thereof, the wind shield being erected on the base frame of said hood. In other types of vehicle itmight be differently placed, and whatever may be the type of the vehicle the position of the wind the operator or driver.

As shown in the various drawings, the

being the lower and rigidly secured part of the shield and d the upper or movable part thereof, the two being hinged together on hinges e, the line of division between the parts extending transversely thereof. edge of thefixed portion 0 of The lower the shield is indicated by the line 7, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, 4, and 5, and below this line is a sort of a baseboard, (indicated by with legs 72., as showndn of the body of the vehicle through clips 7', whereby this board is rigidly supported in a vertical plane in such position as to cut off the passage of any air'currents beneath it. The frame 0 is laced on this base-board, or the base-boar may be permanently-attached to the lower part bf the frame, there being vertical rods 70, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6, let into and secured tothe outer edges of the base board and let into grooves in the vertical edges of the part c of the frame to rigidly support these members together in the same plane.

the drawings, a indi shield obviously would be such the machineiin the plane of the rear end of frame partsc and d, c 4

' vibratlo'n of the vehicle.

On each side, prefcrablfy', of the part c of the shield is secured a clip m, which, as

- inwar ly toward the seat, this movable part .being maintained in extended position in the plane of the shown in Fig. 6, is U-shapcdan'd embracesv the edge of the frame and'the rod 7c, and to this clip is secured the diagonally-dls'posed brace-rod 0, preferabl by meansof a bolt'p,

as shown in Fig. 6,wh1ch extends through the clip and through the frame, as shown, and is secured thereto by a nut. "The lower end of. thisbrace-rod. 0 issecured to the sillof'the the shield and independently of the top or canopy of the mac I and 2 particularly.

' As herei before stated, the upper frame part d of the shield is hinged to the part c and referably in such position as to fold art 0 by: means of the brace-rods 1', they liiwer ends of whichare arranged to slide onthe bracesrods 0, the latter being provided with sleeves s, on one side OfWlllCh is a set-screw t, whereby they may be secured in any osition' on the rod,

and on the otherside 0 which is a thumbnut Q), screw threaded into a boss on the sleeve, said'nut being provided with a ta- .pered shankiw, immediately under the head thereof, which fits closely-in a similarly tapered hole in the end of the brace-rod,

which permits thelatter to be secured. in

vsuch manner as to preclude the-possibility of'rattling andat t e same time rendering unnecessary to setup the screw very hard to make it hold, the tapering fit of the screw making it very difiicult to jar it loose by the The upper end of the "brace-rod'ris similarly secured by a nut 11 to a clip m,w.hich is secured to'the edge of the part d by screws, as shown, or in .any'other suitableway, the construction of this clip, being shownin Fig.7 in section in detail;

When the part- 0! is in extendedposition in the plane of-thepart c of the shield, the brace-rod r' will be 1n substantial alinement with the brace-rod o, and while, of course, this alinement is unnecessary to the proper function of the parts it adds to the symmetrical appearance of the construction.

By reference to Fi 4 particularly it is seen that the brace-r0 r is offset, as at w, by means of a curve therein, which will permit it to swing in a vertical planeoutside of the edgeof the part c'ofthe shield,this-bei1ig rendered necessary, because of the fact that the part d of the shield swings on itsdownward movement from from the vbrace-rod '0. 1 g

It isquite obvious that the reversal of this movement of the part d would be of easy ine as shown in Figs.

the vertical away accomplishmentand "for all practical p'uroses would beuite as effective 1f it swung 1n the opposite irection toa downward po-' sition, and to make such a change would be Y shield.

s It isobviousg-fromthe foregoing description that the construction of the part (5 and I the brace-rod r renders it possible to adjust this part 'in' ariy position desired, and if moved to horizontal position or a little below it it may serve; as 'a'shelf' on whichto locatea map for the guidance of thedriver of the veh1cle,f if.-desired., To adjust this 7" part d, thethumbgscrew. '0 on'rfthe sleeve 8 and 'v on theclip. me together: with the screw t, are loosenedand the part d then swung to anydesired position, whereupon a retightening of these elements will secure 'itfirmly in its'adjusted position. In each extending entirely across the .upper part thereof, and thesame finishing strip is applied to the lower edge of the part (Z ofthe of the frame'parts (Z and .0 of the shield' panes of glass 2 are mounted in the usual manner.- a v -Of course, if thenature of the eonstruction of the vehicle-dashboard is such as to constitute a suitable base for the shield, the base-board 9, described herein, might be omitted. f

Having thus described invention, what I cla-im, and desire to secure-by'Letters Patent of the United States, is- 1. A wind hield for vehicles comprising a lower part supported on the vehicle, a

brace therefor extending from the upper part thereof to the vehicle, an. upper part arranged to swing relatively to said lower part and a brace pivotallv secured to the upper part and having'a' s iding connection 1 with the brace for the lower part.

2. Ajwind shield for vehicles "comprising a lower part supported on the vehicle, 'a. brace therefor connected at its upper end to the top of the lower part and at its lowerend to the vehicle, an uppeizpart arranged to swing relatively to said lower. part, and a brace connected atone end to theup'per part and having its other end connected to "the brace of the lower part.

3. *A wind shield for vehicles comprising a baseboard secured to the vehicle, a lower shield part secured to said base-board, a braceffor said lower part extending from the upper end thereof to the vehicle, an upper shield art arranged to swing rela-.

-tively to sai lower part, and a brace pivotally secured to the upper shield part and having a sliding connection with the brace for the lower shield art.

- 4. A wind shield or vehicles comprising a base-board securdto the vehicle in a substantially-vertical plane, a lower shield part resting upon the upper edge ofsaid baseboard, a bracefor said lower shield pa'rt extendin from near the upper end thereof to the ve icle, an upper shield part hinged to the upper. edge of the lower s a brace pivotally secured at one end to the upper shield p'art and adjustably connected at its other end to the brace for the lower shield part,-whereby the upper shield part may be swung toward and from a position of alinement with'said lower shield part.

5. A two-part wind shield for vehicles comprising a lower part supported on the vehicle in a'substantially vertical plane, a brace therefor extending from the upper part thereof to the vehicle, an upper part hinged to the upper edge of said lower part to swing toward and from a position of alineinentwith said lower part and above the latter, a brace pivotally secured by one end to the swinging partof the shield, and having a sliding connection with the brace of said lower part and means to secure the braces together.

6; A windshield for motor driven vehicles coniprlsing, 1n combinat1on, a base-- board on the body or frame of the motor vehicle secured in a substantially vertical plane, a two-part wind shield, bot-h sections thereof being rigid and the up er provided with a transparent pane, the ower section adapted to be fixedly securedover the upield part, and

per edge of said base-board, and the upper section mounted over the lower section toinove from its raised .or extended position above the lower section and in the line of vision of the driver to folded position out of the line of vision, means for mounting and holding the upper section in its said adjusted positions, and means for bracing and holding said shield in vertical position, such means being independent of a top or canopy and mounted and sustained by the lower body or frame of the vehicle and rising froln the same; to the lower section, whereby the shield is supported free of-any top or canopy or of the. supports thereof.

7. A wind shield for vehicles comprising a base-board secured to the vehicle in a substant-ially vertical plane, a lower shield part resting upon the upper edge of said base board, a rod extending along the opposite side edges of the base-board and lower shield part,"a clip straddling the rod and the'edge of the upper shield part to hold the rod against'the edge of said part, a brace secured'at one end of said clip and at its other- I GEORGE KERR.

Witnesses: I

JEANNE'I'IE STORK, C. B. ScHRoEnER.

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