US462181A - Daniel ross van allen - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

D. R. VAN A LLEN. WAGON AXLB.

No. 4625181. Patented Oct. 27, 1891.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of' Letters Patent No. 462,181, dated October 2'7, 1891. Application filed July 18, 1891. Serial No. 899.320. (No model.) Patented in Canada May 28. 1891, No. 36,6'74.

To all whom it may Iconcern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL Ross VAN LLEN, of Chathannin the Provinceof Ontario and Dominionl of Canada, have invented a new and Improved VVagon-Axle, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent in Canada, No. 36,674, dated May 23, 1891,) of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the nvention is to provide a new and improved wagon-axle which is simi ple and durable in construction and arranged ner collar C'.

to remove the weight from the center of the axle to the skein, so as to prevent breakage on sudden jars of the Wagon or on account of heavy loads.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in allthe figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the front aXle. Fig. 2 is a like view of the rear axle. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the im provernent, and Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the same on the line ar :r of Fig. 2.

The Wagon-axle is provided with a suitable axle-treeA, of ordinary shape and dimensions, and usually made of hard wood, the ends being tapering and closely fitted into the interior of the hollow skens B, asis plainly shown in Fig. 3. Each skein B is provided with the annular wheel-shoulder C and the inner collar C', and between the two is formed a head D, as is plainly shown in the drawings.

On the under side of thehead D is arranged a recess D', extending longitudinally of the skein and engaged by the end of a truss-rod E, extending from one head to another, the truss-rod being slightly bent at E' to fit onto a bevel (32, formed on the outside of the in- The extreme outer end of the truss-rod E is formed with a downwardly-extending flange E, engaging the cross-barv F, 4

forming part of a clip which is also provided with a second cross-bar G, extending transversely in a recess DZ, fornied on the top of the head D. The U-shaped clip H passes through the projecting ends of the cross-bar G and has its lower'ends rounded to pass through apertnres in the projeeting ends of the cross-bar F, the lower ends being threaded and engaged by nuts H', screwing against 5 5 the lower cross-bar F.

The upper part of the clip H engages the bolster or sand-board 1, which latter rests at its onter end on the fiat top of the head D, as

is plainly illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, the flat top of the head forming a stool or restingplace for the bolster or sand-board. The clip H passes close to the sides of the bolster or sand-board and the sides of the head, so that the several parts are securelylocked in place by the clip.

It will be seen that by resting the bolster or sand-board at the heads of the skeins the w eight of the load is transferred from the middle of the aXle-tree A to the skeins at the end 7o the device as described the bolster is strength- So ened at its weakest points that is, at. or near the ends.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, the aXle-skein B, formed at its inner end with a head D, having a flat upper face provided with a transverse recess D2, a fiat lower face having a longitudinal recess D', and the inoo cline 02, into which th e' onter end of the recess D' merges. V

2. In a Wagon-axle, the combination, with, a skein provided with a head formed with transverse and longitudinal recesses on the top and bottom, respectively, of a bolster or sand-board resting at'its outer ends on the top of the said head, a truss-rod engaging with its outer end, the lower longitudinal recess in the said head, and a clip comprising a U -shaped bar extending over the said sandboard and along the sides of the head and truss-rod, and cross-bars through which pass the ends of the clip, one cross-bar being` ar- IOO and a clip foil fastening' the said truss-rod to the said head, the said clip being` provided with a cross-bar resting on the under side of the truss-rod and engaged by the said flange, snbstantiaily as shown and described.

DANIEL ROSS VAN ALLEN.

VVitnesses:

NV. B. IRELAND, A. O. STEPHENsoN.

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