US234137A - maees - Google Patents

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g ented Nov. 9,1880.

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JOSEPH S. MARES, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CARRIAGE-SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,137, dated November 9, 1880.

Application filed September 17, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPH S. MARES, of St. Louis, Missouri, have made a new and useful Improvement in Carriage-Springs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the annexed drawings, Inakingpar't of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a view, in perspective, of a carriage-gear having the improvement, aportion of one of the wheels being broken away; Fig. 2, a view, in perspective, of the rear end of the gear; Fig. 3, a detail, being a view from underneath, showing the connection of the end spring with the other springs; Fig. 4, a detail, being a view from underneath, showing the connection of the end spring with the forward axle; and Fig. 5, a detail, being a view from underneath, showing the connection of the end spring with the rear axle.

The same letters denote the same parts.

The present invention is an improvementin side-bar vehicles. By means of it an easy-riding carriage is obtained. The oscillation, both longitudinal and lateral, of the carriage-body is prevented. The springs in their action do not strain the body, andin its general appearance the gear is light and tasteful.

It consists, mainly, in systems of springs arranged near the carriage-axles, respectively, and constructed and combined substantially as hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the hind axle, B the front axle, (J the bolster, and D D the side bars, of a carriage having the improvement, and all of the usual description.

E E represent springs extending from side bar to side bar. The springs are in two parts, 0 and e, which, by means of the clips F F, are connected with the side bars, and at their inner ends jointed to a double clip, G-that is, the parts 6 c are attached to clips g 9, respectively, and the clips 9 g are united by a plate, 9

H H represent springs leading from the front and hind gears, respectively, to the clips G G, the connections of the springs H H with the gears being by means of the clips h h, and with the clips G G preferably by rivetin g the springs to the plates g 9 The parts 6 e of the springs E E, when united as described, have, generally considered,

' the appearance of a semi-elliptic spring curved reversely at its ends. The springs H H are curved suitably to enable the springs E E to vibrate vertically without straining their connections with the side bars, their aim being to supplement the action of the springs E E and to prevent oscillation of the latter in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the carriage.

The carriage-body is attached to the plates g g, which may be lengthened and widened, as desired, to afford proper bearings for the body.

The perch I may be used or not, as desired.

The clip by which the spring H is connected with the forward gear is shaped as shown in Fig. 4, the clip-plate 7& extending beneath the axle and up against the bolster G, to which it is fastened. The king-bolt J passes through a perforation in the plate h I claim- 1. In combination with springs extending from side bar to side bar, the springs H H, for the purpose described.

2. In combination with a spring extending from side bar to side bar, and made in parts, the end spring, H.

3. The combination of the side bars, D D, springs E E, made in parts 6 c and united by the clips G G, and springs H H, the latter extending from the front and hind gears of the carriage, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the side bars, D D, axle A, spring E, made in parts e 6, clip G, and spring H, the latter being riveted to the clip G and jointed to the axle A, substantially as described.

JOSEPH S. MARES.

Witnesses:

CHAS. D. MOODY, H. V. P. DRAPER.

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