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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
EDWARD W. HARTOUGH, OF DENISON, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO SVEN
P. ALQUIST, OF SEDALIA. TEXAS.
MECHANISM FOR HANGING CAR-DOORS AND THE LIKE.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Dec. 24, 1918.
Application filed September 23, 1916. Serial No. 121,728.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, EDWARD W. HARTOUGH,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Denison, in the county of Grayson and State
5 of Texas, have invented a certain new and
useful Improvement in Mechanism for
Hanging Car-Doors and the like, of which
the following is a full, clear, concise, and
exact description, reference being had to the
10 accompanying drawings, forming a part of
this -specification.
This invention relates to improvements in
mechanism for hanging car doors and the
like.
15 One object of my invention is to provide
efficient mechanism for facilitating the hang-
ing of car doors upon box cars in construc-
tion and repair of cars.
Another and more specific object of the in-
20 vention is to provide mechanism of the above
indicated character which can be operated
by two men where four or five men have
heretofore been required.
The invention furthermore consists in the
25 improvements in the parts and devices and
in the noved combinations of the parts and
devices herein shown, described and claimed.
In the drawing forming a part of this
specification, Figure 1 is a top plan view of
30 mechanism embodying my invention. Fig.
2 is a side elevation of the structure illus-
trated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sec-
tional view, upon an enlarged scale, taken
on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig.' 4 is a de-
35 tail sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of
Fig. 3 and illustrates more particularly one
of the adjusting blocks or clamps. And Fig.
5 is a detail sectional view illustrating more
particularly the vertically adjustable table
40 or platform and the manner of guiding and
raising the same.
Referring to the drawing, 6 indicates a
wagon of relatively low construction, the
same being provided with a front bolster 7,
45 a rear bolster 8, and a horizontal bed or
frame-work which is formed by parallel side
plates l0-10, the latter being extended rear-
ward-ly a considerable distance beyond the
rear bolster, as clearly shown in the drawing.
50 As shown, the rear bolster is rigid with re-
spect to the members 10-10, and the front
bolster is pivotally connected. Each of the
bolsters is provided with an axle carrying a
pair of small wheels 12-12 of wide tread,
55 and the front bolster 7- is provided with a-tongue or handle 13 to facilitate moving the
wagon from place to place. An additional
tongue or handle 14 is provided at the rear
of the wagon, the same being pivotally
mounted between the members 10-10. 60
Carried by the bed or frame-work formed
by the planks 10-10, is an upwardly ex-
tended frame consisting of front upright
post 16, rear upright post 161, upper, hori-
zontal connecting board 17, intermediate 65
horizontal board 18, and diagonal braces
19-19. By referring to Fig. 3, it will be
noted that the connecting members 17 and 18
and diagonal braces 19 are located entirely
to one side of the posts 16 and 161, thus clos- 70
ing one side of the frame-work and leaving
the other side open, for the purpose herein-
after described.
Carried by the body of the wagon mein-
ber, is vertically adjustable lifting table or 75
platform 20, which, as shown, comprises a
horizontal block 21 and depending side
boards 121 and' 122 to form a channel or
groove on the underside, for the purpose
hereinafter described. 80
On the top of said block 21 are mounted a
pair of spaced angle irons 22-22, thus form-
ing a groove or channel for the lower hori-
zontal edge of the door, as will be under-
stood. 85
The vertically adjustable table 20 is main-
tained.in a horizontal position during all of
its vertical movements by means of a panto-
graph arrangement consisting of four links
23-23, two of said links or bars being piv- 90
noted to the block, as indicated at 24, the other
two bars being pivotally connected with the
planks 10-10 as indicated at 124. A ver-
tically arranged rod 25 is secured at its lower
end as indicated at 27, to-one of the members 95
10 and at its upper end as indicated at 26,
to the horizontal brace 18. . This rod acts as
a guide for the adjustable table 20, the latter
being provided with a strap 30 which is
suitably formed to take over said rod 25 and 100
be guided thereby. From the preceding de-
scription, taken in connection with the draw-
ing, it is apparent that the table or platform
20 will always be maintained in horizontal
position, no matter to what height it is ad-. 105
justed.
For raising and lowering the platform 20,
I have provided a walking beam or lever 31
which is pivoted at its outer end, as indi-
cated' at. .32, to' the. members 10-10. The 1101,288,882.
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Hartough, Edward W. Mechanism for Hanging Car-Doors and The Like, patent, December 24, 1918; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1257228/m1/3/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.