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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JOHN P. MORRIS, OF WALTON, TEXAS.
WAGON-BODY LIFTER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,495, dated August 24, 1880.
Application filed May 31, 1880. (No model.)To all ohom it may concern:
Be it known that I, JoHN P. MORRIS, a
citizen of the United States, resident at Wal-
ton, in the county of Van Zandt and State of
5 Texas, have invented certain new and useful
Improvements in Wagon-Body Lifters; and I
do hereby declare the following to be a full,
clear, and exact description of the invention,
such as will enable others skilled in the art
to to which it appertains to make and use the
same, reference beinghad to the accompanying
drawings, and to letters of reference marked
thereon, which form a part of this specifica-
tion.
15 This invention has for its object to furnish a
wagofi-body lifter simple in structure, efficient
in its operation, and durable.
It consists in the construction and operation
of the several parts hereinafter described, and
20 pointed out in the claim.
In the drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are verti-
cal longitudinal sections, showing the opera-
tion of the device, and Fig. 3 is a plan.
a is a frame, composed of the sills a' a',
25 the uprights a' a' a4 a, and the ties a' as, all
suitably framed together to provide a sub-
stantial structure, which can be easily moved
and set upon the upper side of the joists of the
wagon-house or upon cross-beams arranged
30 for the purpose. In the construction of this
frame the rear sill, 2, is arranged so that it
will be in position over the middle of the
wagon-body to be lifted.
Between the upper ends of the uprights a3 a3
35 and the uprights a4 a', I place thefriction-roll-
ers b b'.
Between the front uprights, a", and just
above the sill a', I pivot the lever-arm c, which
is made in two parts, o' c2, hinged together, so
40 that the outer part, c, can be turned up out
of the way, as shown in Fig. 1. The arm c
projects outward from the frame, and is pro-
vided with a catch-rope, c', so that it may be
readily taken hold of and drawn down when
45 desired.
On the under side of the inner part, o', there
is fixed a loop or hook, d, which is arranged
and adapted when the lever c is drawn down
to press under the sill a' and catch on a pin,
5o d', fixed on the frame.e is the rigging for holding and lifting the
body of the wagon. It is composed of the sup-
ports e' e', which pass under and across the
ends of the wagon-body, the suspension-cords
el e, fastened to the ends of the supports e' and 55
to the ends of the longitudinal bars el e', which
rest against or just over the top of the side-
boards of the body, the guy-ropes el e, of
equal length, having one of their ends secured
to the ends of the bars e', while their other 60
ends are brought together and firmly secured,
thus forming a substantial rigging skeleton-
frame, which will fit snugly about the wagon-
bed.
To the guys e' es, I fasten one end of a rope, 65
f, the opposite end of which is carried upward
and over the rollers b' and b, and is secured to
the part c' of the lever c, as shown.
In arranging the lifter the guys are arranged
to pass over the sill a', so that the latter will 70
serve as a stop to limit the downward move-
ment of the rigging. The guys and tile sus-
pension-ropes are attached by knots, as shown,
and they may be lengthened or shortened as
the place in which the lifler is set may re- 75
quire.
By lengthening the cords e' the bars e' may
be let down or the bars may be raised by short-
ening said cords.
By this arrangement the rigging can be 80o
adjusted to any depth of wagon-bed, and by
the series of holes e tihe length can be readily
adjusted.
The operation of the device is readily com-
prehended. The rigging is let down, and the &5
bars e' are swung endwise till they will pass
the end of the body, after which they readily
drop down and pass under the ends thereof.
Then by drawing thie lever c downward the
body is lifted off the running-gear. The loop 90
or hook d is passed over the pin d', which locks
the lifter with the body suspended. The outer
end of the lever c is turned up out of the way,
as shown in Fig. 1.
Having thus described my invention, what 95
I claim, and desire by Letters Patent, is-
The improved wagon-body lifter, consisting
of the frame a, furnished with the friction-
rollers b b and pin d', the lever c, pivoted to
the forward uprights, a', and provided with the ioo
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Morris, John P. Wagon-Body Lifter, patent, August 24, 1880; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170030/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.