US723815A - Dumping end-gate. - Google Patents

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' .PATENTED MAR. 31,- 1903 H. BOYD. DUMPING END GATE.

APPLICATION FILED we. 23, 1002.

30 MODEL.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

HUGH BOYD, OF DOWNEY, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO ROBERT 'VV. SMITH, OF

DOIVNEY, IOIVA.

DUMPING END-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 723,815, dated March 31, 1903. Application filed August 23, 1902. Serial No. 120.818. (N0 model.)

To all whom, it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, HUGH BOYD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Downey, in the county of Cedar and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Dumping End- Gate, of which the followingis'a specification.

My invention consists in an improved endgate for wagons, and is especially adapted for use in grain-wagons.

The object of my invention is to produce a gate which will facilitate both loading and unloading, which will prevent grain or the like from falling from the rear of the wagon during the operation of loading, and which can be easily raised and lowered.

Another object of my improvement is to produce an end-gate which will serve as an extension of the wagon-bed, thus permitting the wagon to be backed nearer to a bin or other receptacle from which grain is being taken.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rear end of a wagon with my improved end-gate in position. Fig. 1 is an enlarged detail view hereinafter explained. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a section of my gate raised for unloading. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the gate in position for loading. are detail views. Fig. 6 is a detailof aholding-plate.

In the construction of my improvement I attach to the body A of a wagon or cart a bracket A, having at'its rear end a perforated lug A one of the brackets being placed adjacent each upper rear corner of the wagonbed, and below each bracket is a turn-button A which is shown in detail in Fig. 6.

The end-gate proper consists of a frame having the side pieces B and the cross-pieces B, B and B and lengthwise of this frame are the boards Bf B Across the upper ends of the boards 13 extends the cross-piece B, which is hinged at B to the cross-piece B The cross-pieces B B are secured to the side pieces B and the boards E the piece 13 extending beyond the side pieces. The piece B extends also slightly beyond the sides B, but is secured directly only to the boards At its lower end this gate-frame is pivoted to the wagon-bed at C. Near the ends of the Figs. 4 and 5- cross-piece B are secured metal strips D,

formed with an offset, the shoulder produced the side members adjacent the strips D -and are adapted to be bent down and rest on the offset.

To hold the gate in position, I provide a metal member E, bent in the form of a rectangular frame, one of the sides being bent back upon itself at E to form a locking-loop and adapted to be engaged by the turn-button A The member E passes through the lugs on the brackets A and thence through apertures produced in the cross-piece B and to avoid wear on same the apertures are surrounded by metal rings E which slide on the bar E as the gate is raised and lowered.

In Fig. 4 I have shown amodification of the member E, in which it is composed of two U- shaped members E -E having interlocking eyes E and the locking-loop at-E".

The operation ofmy device will be readily understood. When raised intoa verticalposition and the button A turned'down over the loop E and the button D is turned over the upper end on the strip D, the gate is securely held in position to close the end of the wagonbody. To unload, it isnot necessary to let down the entire gate, for by turningthe button D u the lower half of the end-gate can be lifted, as clearly shown in'Fig. 2. Any convenient means of securing this swinging section in a raised position may be employed. When loading, or when for any other reason it is desired to have the entire gate down, the

button A is turned up, the member E can then belifted from it, and the-entire end piece swung into the position shown in Fig. 3. 1 It is also obvious that while in this position the lower section can also be unfastened and swungdown. I

The advantage of my end-gate in loading grain will be evident, for with the gate in the position shown in Fig. 3 it forms a rearward extension of the wagon, and the wagon can be backed so as to bring this extension over the grain-bin, and when grain is thrown into the wagon from the rear the gate will prevent any of it from rolling from the rear of the wagon to the ground. It will also be noted that no cleats or slots are provided for the parts to slide in, and which would, if such were used, be continually filling up with grain and require cleaning out in order to permit the gate to be operated. My gate can be placed in its closed position, as shown in Fig. 1, with the wagon loaded as readily as with it emptied.

It is obvious that a number of slight modifications and changes can be made in the construction of my device without departing from the spirit of my invention. For example, a holding-plate 0, having two vertical sides (3 at right angles to each other, may be secured by a suitable bolt to the body of the wagon and be adapted to receive the lower rear edge of the side pieces B, as shown in Fig. l.

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

1. An end-gate comprising standards pivoted at their lower ends to the body of the wagon, cross-pieces connecting the standards, one of said cross-pieces being perforated adperforated lugs secured to the wagon-body below the brackets, and metal frames having one member passed through the lugs of the brackets and the apertures of the cross-pieces, and having their other member bent to form a locking-loop adapted for engagement with the turn-buttons substantially as specified.

HUGH BOYD.

lVitnesses:

G. A. WOLF, \V. T. IIARNED.

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