US340173A - Wagon-brake - Google Patents

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' 1E. ULRICH.

WAGON BRAKE.

No. 340,173. PatntedApr. 20, 1886.

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I citizen of the United States, residing at the IINiTEn STATES FREDERICK ULRICH, OF PERU, INDIANA.

WAGON-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,173, dated April 20, 1886.

Application filed December 10, 1885. Serial No. 185,233. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, FREDERICK ULRroH, a

city of Peru, in the county of Miami and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vagon-Brakes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked there- Figure 1 of the drawings is a top plan view of one end of a wagon, showing my improved brake attachment adapted to operate horizontally in bringing the brake-shoes against the rim of the wheels; Fig. 2, a detailview of the brakeoperating mechanism, in which the parts are arranged to operate in an upright position; Fig. 3, an edge view, on an enlarged scale and in detail, of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1.

The present invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in the operating mechanism for wagon-brakes; and'it consists in the several details of construction substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the brake-bar having connected to its ends the shoes B, said bar being guided in its horizontal movement by suitable guides, a, through which the ends of the bar extend.

The bar A is connected with a bar, b,'by linkof a spring, g, one end thereof being attached to the sleeve D and the opposite end to the lever O, and is released from the ratchet-teeth by the latch h, pivoted to the lever and connecting with the sleeve by means of the rod 2'.

In Fig. 1, as above described, it will be noticed that the brake mechanismis arranged to operate horizontally, and therefore it is essential to provide a spring, 9, of some suitable form to retain the tooth of the sleeve D in engagement with the teeth of the ratchet-bar,

such spring being dispensed with when the lever O is arranged to operate in an upright position, the weight of the sleeve being all that is sufficient to attain this end. The sleeve D is formed upon its side with aguard or guide,

70, to keepthe lever Gin place, this being considered of importance for the successful operation of the lever.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a brake mechanism arranged to operate in an upright position, the lever 0 being connected to the ratchet-bar E by an arm, Z, and to the brake-bar by a rod, m.

Having now fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a wagon-brake, the combination, with a FREDERICK ULRICH.

Witnesses:

JAMES M. BROWN, DAVID KIT'INER.

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