US601912A - Combined frame-brace and stake-socket - Google Patents

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L. STOWB. COMBINED FRAME BRAGE AND STAKE SOCKET. No. 601,912. Patente-1111111. 5,1898.

ore/zzo'we construction, combination, and arrangement -stake-holder to support the side-boards of iran rares*- LORENZO STOW'E, OIF OHATTANOQGA, TENNESSEE.

COMBINED FRAME-BRACE AND STAKE-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,912, dated April 5, 1898.

Application filed December 13, 1897. Serial 661,703l (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concer-n,.-

Be it known that I, LORENZO STowE, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Frame- Brace and Stake-Socket for Wagons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, 1 such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and. use the same.

This invention relates to a combined fram ebrace and stake-socket for wagons; and ithas for its object, primarily, to provide a' novel platform-wagons or additional sid e-boards on bed or body wagons.

A further object is to provide a novel brace and stake-support combined for uniting the side and cross piecesof the frame and obviating the necessity of mortising and tenoning the same and for strengthening and cheapening the cost of construction of the frame.

To the accomplishment of these ends the invention consists in a frame-brace and stakesocketv embodying certainnovel features of of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed. n

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of Vportion of .a platformwagon frame embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the side beam and brace and stake-socket. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of same; Fig. 4., a perspective view of` the brace and stakesocket detached; Fig. 5, a-perspective viewv showing the device as adapted for use on solidbody wagons; Fig. 6,'- `a vertical transverse section showing a modiiied construction of brace and stake socket, and Fig. 7 a detached perspective view showing a further modiedconstruction of same.

Referring now to Figs. l to 5 of the drawings, A represents the side sill or beam, and B the cross-pieces, of a platform-wagon frame such as is ordinarily employed in hauling lumber, dirt, dac. In this class of wagons the side-boards are usually detachably supported by stakes fitted in sockets on the side sills ltudinalsliding or lateral movement. end of the cross-piece is thereby supported and a bottom formed when desired, as when hauling dirt, by boards laid upon the crosspieces. The side sills and cross-pieces are also ordinarily mortised and tenoned and fastened by means of bolts,.pins, or wedges. My invention contemplates the provision of a brace clamp and stake socket combined which serves the double function ofl a fasten- A ing device to secure said sills and cross-pieces together, whereby mortising and tenoning may 'be dispensed with, if desired, and the construction of the frame thereby cheapened, and a holder to receive the stakes which support the side-boards. The sills and crossbars may, however, be mortised and tenoned,

. if deemed desirable, but fastened by my implate is formed with a central bolt-hole CZ and with end "flanges e, which engage the sides of the cross-piece, said anges having lugs or projections f, adapted to enter recesses f in the under side of said side beam, as shown in Fig. 2, to firmly hold the plate against longi- The and securely braced vto resist pulling and twisting strains. rThe tubular stake-socket G extends vertically on the outside of the `beam and is provided with end iianges h, which lap over upon the top and bottom of the beam, said flanges being vformed with bolt-holes hf. The parts are all rigidly united by a bolt I, passing downward through the beam, cross-pieces, andbolt-holes d h of the socket and clamp and provided with a retaining-nut 7e, threaded onto its lower end, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The top and bottom surfaces of the beam are preferably recessed to receive the socket-anges .h and the bolt-hole of the upper flange countersunk to receive the head of the bolt in order that the attached side-board and cross-pieces may fit closely against the same.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 5 the construction is substantially the same, such changes only in the proportions IOO of the parts being made as to adapt it for use upon a solid-body wagon on which it is desired to employ additional side-boards. To this end the socket member is lengthened and provided with a flat shank g, formed integrally with its upper tubular stake-receiving portion G. The flanges 71. in this inst-ance lap over upon the top and bottom edges of the side-board J, and the bolt passes through said side-board.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6 the socket is constructed in twotubularsections G G2,which lit and slide one within the other telescope fashion. This construction permits of the parts being adjusted to compensate for swelling or shrinkage of the side beam or board.

In the modification shown in Fig. 7 the socket G3 is formed with a base-plate G4, having transverse beveled or dovetailed recesses G5. The clamping-plate C2 is curved and provided with a cross-bar G7, formed with laterally-projecting lugs or tenons G6, which are also beveled or dovetailed to t into the said recesses G5. The operation with thisconstruction will be readily understood.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, and advantages of the invention will be readily understood.

One important advantage of my present invention resides in the fact that the parts of the frame may be quickly assembled and a frame of great strength and rigidity produced from lighter timber than that ordinarily employed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A wagon-brace and stake-socket consisting of a clamping member adapted to support and clamp the cross-piece to the side sill or side-board of the wagon-frame, a stake-socket member, and a bolt adapted to connect said members together and to the side sill or sideboard, substantially as described.

2. A wagon-brace and stake-socket,consist ing of a clam pin g-plate provided with parallel end flanges, a socket member having flanges, and a bolt adapted to be passed through the flanges on the socket 1n emberand body of the clamping-plate, substantially as described.

3. A wagon-brace and stake-socket,consist ing of a clamping-plate provided with parallel end flan ges formed with spurs or projections, a socket member having lianges, and a bolt adapted to be passed through the flanges on the socket member and body of the clampingplate, substantially as described.

4. A Wagon-brace and stake-socket,con sisting of a clamping-plate provided with abolthole and parallel end lian ges having lugs lor projections, a vertical socket member provided with top and bottom flanges having alined bolt-holes, and a bolt adapted to be passed through the said holes in the socketflanges and clamping-plate, substantially as described.

5. A wagon-brace and stakesocket,consist ing of a cross-piece clamp provided with parallel end flanges each having a lug or projection, a socket member, and a bolt adapted to connect the said clamp and socket member.

6. In a wagon, the combination with a side sill or board and bottom cross-piece,of a clamping-plate supporting the end of the cross-piece and provided with end flanges engaging the side edges of said cross-piece and having lugs or projections entering recesses in the under side of the side sill or board, a vertical socket member on the exterior of said sill or board and provided with flanges lapping over upon the top and bottom edges of the same, and a bolt extending through the side sill or board, socket-flan ges and body of the clamping-plate and connecting said parts together, substantially as described.

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

LORENZO STOWE.

1 Vitnesses:

A. A. SToNG, F. F. RALPH.

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