USRE8080E - Improvement in wheel-harrows - Google Patents

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P. BRAMBR sfo. W.. BADGBR,

0. WpBADGER assignor to said BEAMER.

Wheel-Harrow.

Re-ssued Feb'. I2, 1878.

UNITEDy STATES PATENT- OFFICE.

FRANK BEAMER, OF LITTLE FALLS, AND ORRIN W. BADGER, OF VVHITNEYS POINT, NEW YORK, SAID BADGER ASSIGNOR TO SAID BEAMER.

IMPROVEMENT IN. WHEEL-HARR'OWS.

Specification forming part of Letters vPatent No, 174,767, dated March 14, 1876 Reissue No. 8,080, dated February l2, 1878 application led January 25, 1878.

To all whom 'Homey concern:

Beit known that we, FRANK BEAMER, of Little Falls, inthe county of Herkimer and State of New York, and ORRIN W. BADGER, of W hitneys Point, in the county of Broome and State aforesaid, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheel- Harrows, of which the following is a specication:

Our invention relates to that class 0f wheelharrows having separate gangs of disks adjustably connected to the tongue or draft-frame.

The object of the rst part of our invention is-so to' connect wheel-gangs with their draftconnections as to permit of their freely conforming to the undulationsof the surface over which they travel.

To this end our invention consists inanovel method of hinging wheel-gangs to an interposed pole or pole-frame, whereby said gangs are adapted to follow the uneven surface of the ground, as hereinafter explained.

The next part of our invention relates to the drivers seat. The obj ectis to utilize theweight -of the driver for holding the harrows closely down to their work without interferingr with theirfreedom of movement in following the inleven surface -of the ground over which they are drawn; to which end this part of our invention consists inthe combination of wheelgangs hinged together at their inner ends, with a drivers seat mounted upon a transverse' support or bar pivoted upon the gang pieces,

planks, or frames, near their outer en ds, whereby we are enabled to apply the weight of the driver to hold the gangs down to their work withoutinteifering with their freedom of movement in following irregularities in the surface of the ground.

Our invention further consists in a novel method of mounting the drivers seat on swiveling supports, to compensate adjustment or play of the gan g-frames.

Our improvements further relate to certain novel details of the method of` swiveling the seat-support on the gang-frames.

The subject-matter'claimed will be hereinafter specifically designated.

In the accompanying drawings, which show 'all ourimprovements embodied in one machine,

Figure l represents a view, in perspective, of so much of a wheel-barrow as is necessary to illustrate the subject-matter herein claimed; and Fig. 2, a vertical section through one of the swiveling supports of the drivcrs scat.

The gang pieces, planks, or frames may be of any usual construction, but, by preference, are made, as shown in the drawings, of a triangular form, with the two side bars A A', rigidly united to the apex of the triangle in the rear, and with a gang-bar, Az, forming the base and front of the triangle, pivoted near its outer end, by means of a bolt, e, to the outer frame piece or bar A1, and near the inner end, by a similar bolt, al, to the inner bar A. The inner end of gang-bar A2 is adjustably connected with the inner bar A. to permit of lthe adjustment of the angle of the harrow wheels or disks relatively to the line of draft. This adjustment is shown in the drawings as effected by means of a series of holes, a?, in the inner bar A, in any one of which the bolt alinay be inserted.

The construction above described gives a strong bracing-frame at a small cost, and requires but a small amount of material.

Both gang pieces, planks, or frames are of a symmetrical shape, and are shown as con nected with an intermediate tongue or pole,

B, or extension thereof, by hinges b b', of any Open-ended troughs,standards, or socketpieces E are connected with their respective gang-bars by a 'vertical pivot, e, which construction admits of their having a swiveling movement upon said pivot,to compensate fdr variations in the angle of the gang pieces or bars.

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' lstirrup, F, which swings in the socket-piece E upon a horizontal pin, e. By this means the seat is elevated to a sufficient height above the tongue and gang frames to enable either or both of them to form a convenient foot-rest -for the driver, whose weight is thrown upon the gang pieces, planks, or frames at points outside of their centers to hold the gangs propelly down to their work,- while the swiveling supports of the seat adapt the frames to vibrate ilreely on their hinge-connections with y the tongue without interference from or crampin'g of the seat-support, and without materiallydisturbing the position of the driver. 4 Having now described our invention, what .we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters' Patent, isf- L 4Wheel-gangs hinged by their inner ends to intermediate pole or tongue, or tov an ex tension thereof, substantially as hereinbefore -set forth, whereby they are enabled freely to conform to the surface over which they travel.

2. The =combination substantially as hereinbeforeset forth, of independent wheelgangs with an intermediate pole or 'pole-frame, to which they arehinged at two points, whereby they nare braced against transverse strains', as well as allowed freely to conform to undulations oi the surface over which they travel.

. 3. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of wheel-gangs, an intermediate pole or pole-frame, to which their inner ends are directly hinged, and a transverse seat'- support connected with the outer ends of the gan g-frames, whereby the weight of the driver keeps the gangs down to their work'without interferingwith their vibrations on their-hinge s.

4. A transverse seat-support connected with independently-hingedwheel-gangs by means of swinging compensating links or s tirrups, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, whereby the vertical movements of the gangs are limited.

5. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of hin gedV-wheel-gan gs, swivelin g socket-pieces mountedonthe gang-frames, and a transverse'seat-'suppo'xt" pivoted to stirrups in the socket-pieces, whereby both the verf tical movements and angular adiiustmcnts of the wheel-gangs are compensated.

6. The wheel-barrow hereinbefore described, consisting of the combination of wheel-gangs hinged to an intermediate pole or pole-frame, swiveling socketpieces mounted on the gan g pieces, planks, or frames, swinging stirrups pivoted in said socket-pieces, and a `transverse seat-support pivoted to the stirrupssubstan tially as hereinbefore .set forth.

FRANK BEAMER. OBRIN W. BADGER.

Witnesses to signature of Bramer.:

GERRET BRAKE, ALvARADo L. Brm'r,

Witnesses. to signature of Badger: I f. G. OLMSTEAD, J. B. Santorin.

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