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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
MILES D. CONLEY, OF O'DANIEL, TEXAS.
WAGON-SPRING.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 422,050, dated February 25, 1890.
Application filed November 15, 1889, Serial No. 330,419, (No model)To all wThom it mcCay cotncer:
Be it known that I, MILES D. CONLEY, a
citizen of the United States, residing at
O'Daniel, in the county of Guadalupe and
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and use-
ful Wagon-Spring, of which the following is
a specification.
The invention relates to improvements in
vehicles.
to The object of the invention is to provide
for farmers who are not able to own separate
farm-wagons, market-wagons, dairy-wagons,
and family vehicles, a single wagon which
will answer for all purposes, and which will
15 require but a few minutes to convert from
one kind to another; and, furthermore, the
object of the invention is to provide a vehicle
in which springs of great strength may be
employed which will not require stay-chains,
20 and which will not increase the height of the
wagon-body and cause inconvenience in load-
ing and unloading the vehicle and in getting
in and out, and, furthermore, to provide a
vehicle in which the wagon-body may be but
25 slightly elevated above the axles, and in which
the springs will have great play.
The invention consists in the construction
and novel combination and arrangement of
parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated
30 in the accompanying drawings, and pointed
out in the claims hereto appended.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective
view of a bolster provided with springs con-
structed in accordance with the invention.
35 Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a trans-
verse sectional view. Fig. 4 is a detail view of
one of the adjustable connecting-plates.
Referring to the accompanying drawings
by letter, A designates a bolster, which is
40 constructed in the usual manner and pro-
vided at its ends with vertical standards B,
and from which leaf-springs C are suspended.
The'springs C are arranged on each side of
the bolster and are supported by stirrups D,
45 whose laterally-extending ends d are swiv-
eled in eyes c', formed at the ends of the leaf-
springs, and the said leaf -springs C have
clipped or similarly secured to them spring-
bars E, whose lower faces are recessed at f
50 to receive the central curved portion of the
leaf-springs C. The spring-bars are con-nected together and held parallel by plates
F,which are provided in their outer edges with
recesses that receive the vertical standards
and prevent the springs and spring-bars 55
moving laterally. The plates F are bolted to
the spring-bars E, and are provided with
transverse slots f', which enable the plates to
be adjusted to bolsters of different widths,
and the metal of the recesses is bent down 60
and provides depending flanges f, which-pre-
vent the plate that connects the spring-bars
scraping the standards. The wagon-body is
designed to rest upon the spring-bars, and
the latter, together with the springs, may be 65
readily removed from the vehicle by raising
one end of the bed and resting it upon one
of the wheels.
From the foregoing it will readily be seen
that the springs are so constructed and ar- 70
ranged that they do not necessitate attach-
ment to the wagon or wagon-bed, that they
can readily be removed and replaced, that
springs of greatly-increased strength may be
employed without increasing the height of 75
the wagon-body, thereby increasing the con-
venience of loading and unloading and in
getting in and alighting from the vehicle,
and that the wagon-body may be elevated
but slightly above the axle and still allow the 80o
springs great play.
Having thus described the invention, what
I claim is-
The combination, with a bolster, of the
springs arranged at the sides thereof, the stir- 85
rups connecting the ends of the springs and
suspending the same from the bolster, and
parallel spring-bars and the plates connecting
the bars and having recesses arranged to re-
ceive the standards of the bolster, and hav- 90
ing depending flanges at the sides of the
standards, said plates being provided at
their ends with transverse slots, whereby the
springs may be adjusted to different-sized
bolsters, substantially as described. 95
In testimony that I claim the foregoing as
my own I have hereto affixed my signature in
presence of two witnesses.
MILES D. CONLEY.
Witnesses:
A. N. SAUDERS,
J. S. McGEE.
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Conley, Miles D. Wagon Spring., patent, February 25, 1890; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172301/m1/2/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.