US1634673A - Snowplow - Google Patents

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Patented July 5, 1927. p e

UNITED STATES LOUIS MARTIN, OF MUNCY, PENNSYLVANIA.

SN OWPLOW.

application ined July 2o, 192s. serial No. 123,676.

The invention relates to snow plows and has for its object to provide .a simple device nf this character which may be easily and quickly connected beneath a conventional 5 form of bob sled and forwardly of the rear truck thereof, and with lwhich snow plow roads may be quickly cleared particularly in rural districts.

A further object is to provide a snow l plow adapted to be attached to opposite sides of a reach of a bobsled forwardly of the rear truck and comprising rearwardly diverging scraper. blades terminating beyond the opposite sides of the bob-sled and l provided with upwardly, forwardly and outwardly curved deflecting portions, which deflecting portions will easily and quickly turn the snow to opposite sides of the roadfurther object is to provide the upper inner ends of the deilecting blades with opposed U-shaped portions which receive opposite sides of the reach and may be quickly secured to the reach by a single bolt.

A further object is to provide the reach with a detachable brace having transversely diverging arms which incline downwardly and are anchored to the blades and which diverging arms brace the blades against i-nward movement in relation to each other, and also against upward movement during a snow removing oper-ation.

A further object is to provide a bobsled having a front and rear truck with Snow scraper blades which scraper blades diverge outwardly and rearwardly from positions between the truck and substantially centrally of the bob-sled, thereby allowing the driver of the sled to operate the same from the forward end thereof and to utilize his weight for preventing the yblades from riding over partially solidified snow.

lVith the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, .it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a side elevation of the bobsled showing the snow plow applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the bobsled showing the snow plow.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Figure l.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral l designates the top of the bob-sled and 2 a reach disposed beneath said top and which reach is connected to a bolster adjacent the rear end of the sled .and to the king bolt 4: adjacent the forward end .of the sled. The bolster 3 is provided with a fixed sled 5 adjacent the rear end of the sled and pivotally mounted on the king bolt 4 adjacent f the forward end of the bob-sled is a steering wardly and forwardly curved portions 8,-

which as the snow is accumulated in the ends of the blades curves said snow upwardly, forwardly and outwardly beyond the ends of the blades. The forward ends 9 of the blades 7 are vertically disposed and at their upper ends terminate in opposed U-shaped portions 10 which receive the opposite sides of the reach 2 and through which portions 10 and the reach a bolt 11 extends, therefore it will be seen that the blades may be easily and quickly attached to the reach from opposite sides thereof, and the construction of the bob-sled as a whole does not vary, and the bob-sled can be used for other purposes by simply removingthe blades. side of the reach 2 by means of a bolt l2 is a brace 13, which brace is provid-ed with downwardly and transversely diverging brace arms 14, the lower ends of which are anchored at 15 to the rear sides of the blades 7 and prevent inward movement of said blades as well as upward movement of the blades, and in combination with the bolt 11 rigidly holds the blades in position during a snow scraping operation.

From the above it will be seen that a snow blade attachment is provided for a conventional form of bob-sled, which attachment maybe easily and quickly applied Securedto the underlo a bob-sled without varying the construction thereof and the blades 7 may be applied to the sled from opposite sides thereof. It will also be seen that by locating the blades 7 between the steering truck or sled '6 and the fixed sled 5, the weight of the operator will be disposed forwardly of the Ablades 7 on the body l, thereby insuring a positive scraping operation at all times.

`Members l0 are preferably provided with spaced apertures 'lor the reception of bolts ll, thereby allowing vertical adjustment, for instance where there is sagging of the reach 2. Body member l is provided with an opening l0 for allowing vertical adjustment ol said members l0. To 'further brace the members 7, upwardly extending braces lll are piovidefh which braces are anchored on the bolts l5 and extend upwardly and are anchored to the body l. liliei'nbe-rs T are provided with runners 7 which prevent the same 'from digging into the ground.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful isz- The combina-tion with a rearwardly eX- tending bar disposed beneath a bob-sled and front and rear sleds carried by said bob-sled, of scraper blades, said scraper blades having their 'front ends in engagement beneath the rearwardly extending bar, opposed U- shaped members carried by the blades and in which the opposite sides of the bar are disposed, a bolt extending through said U- shaped members and the bar, said blades diverging rearwardly and outwardly7 a brace connected to the bar rearwardly et the blades, arms carried by said brace and di- Verging downwardly and outwardly,- the outer ends of said arms being anchored to said blades.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aliix my signature.

LOUIS MARTIN.

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