US247778A - John paulu - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

J. PAULU.

COMBINED WAGON STANDARD AND BOLSTER IRON.

Patented Oct. 4, 1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PAULU, OF MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN.

- COMBINED WAGON-STANDARD AND BOLSTER -IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,778 dated October 4, 1881.

Application filed March 23, 1881. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN PAULU, acitizen of the United States, residing at the city and county of Milwaukee, in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Wagon Standards and Bolster-Irons and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being held to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention consists in a combined malleable-iron standard, end and side bolster-bands,

. supporting standard braces and lugs, all cast in a single piece, all of which is further explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a perspective View. Fig. 2 is an end view, having the upper part of standard removed.

Like parts are represented by the same ref: erence-letters in both views.

Ais the standard. B O are strengtheningribs. S is the bolster.

The lower end of the standard terminates at the bolsterin four supporting-braces, HI J K. The lower ends of the supporting-braces are connected by bands M and R. The band It serves the threefold purpose of shielding the end of the bolster from the action of the weather, prevents it from being split and broken, and resists the tendency of the supporting-braces to spread.

O and P are clips or lugs, which, after the standard has first been bolted to the bolster, are bent around the sides and against the lower surface of the bolster, where they are permanently secured by nails or screws, as shown.

The bands or plates R and M afl'ord a broad supporting-base for the standard, which is thereby adapted to resist great outward pressure upon the standard and permit of the bolts 'N N N being inserted at such distances apart its liability of splitting.

as shall not endanger the bolster or increase The bolts N are also inserted through the bolster upon different planes, that the danger of splitting may be still further diminished. The outside braces, H and J, are respectively provided with lugs V V, which are adapted to resist the downward pressure arisingfrom an outward pressure upon the standard.

F is an ordinary extension-stake, used only with high loads or double wagon-boxes. It is retained at its upper end by band D, and at its lower end in hole T. The band D is secured to the respective sides of the standard in recesses provided therefor by bolt E.

The advantages of my combined standard and bolster-irons is obvious. By the use of it the many parts, consisting of the several braces, side and end plates, which have heretofore been forged in separate pieces, and which required skilled labor, both in making and attaching, are dispensed with, and my standard and bolster-irons thus formed in one piece are adapted to be quickly and easily attached with less expensive labor.

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

As a new article ofmanufacture, a combined standard and bolster-irons, consisting in plate or standard A, provided with ribs B O, arranged transversely thereto, having diverging bars or supporting-braces H I J K, curving outwardly from a common center, and adapted to be bolted to the respective sides of the bolster, said braces being connected together by plates M M and R, and clips or lugs O and 1?, adapted to be secured around the sides and lower surface of the bolster, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN PAULU.

Witnesses:

J AS. B. ERWIN, H. E. SWAIN.

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