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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
EDMUND JUNIUS M3INNOCK, OF BAKER, TEXAS.
STANDARD FOR LOGGING-CARS.
SPlECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,427, dated August 2, 1887,
Application filed December 1, 1886. Serial No. 20,371. (No model.)f/o all wionm it may concern:
Be it known that I, EDMUND JUNIUS MIN-
Noor, of Baker, in the county of Polk and
State of Texas, have invented a new and useful
5 Improvement in Standards for Logging-Cars,
of which the following is a specification.
The object of my invention is to provide a
standard for ears and wagons which can be
readily turned down out of the way when load-
to ing, and which, when turned up into position,
will be firmly and securely held.
The invention consists of a pivoted stand-
ard connected by links to a lever a short dis-
tance from its pivot, so that when the lever is
r5 turned out of alignment with the links the
standard will be firmly locked in position.
The invention also consists in the peculiar
construction and arrangement of parts, as
hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in
20 the claims.
In the accompanying drawings the same let-
ters of reference indicate similar parts in all
the figures.
Figure 1 is an end view of a car provided
25 with my improvements. Figs. 2 and 3 are de-
tail perspective views.
Referring to the drawings, A represents a
car, and B the cross-beams or bolsters thereof.
The ends of the cross-beams or bolsters are
3o provided with the vertical grooves a and the
transverse grooves b. In the grooves a of the
cross-beamns or bolsters B, and at the lower
edge thereof, I pivot the standards C. The
standards C are provided a short distance
35 from their pivoted ends with the projecting
arms or lugs c, which are of a length sufficient
to project beyond the sides of the cross-beam
or bolster B. A short distance from the end
of the cross-beams or bolsters, and opposite
40 the transverse groove b, a bolt, d, passes
through the same and is provided at its ends
with the arms e, one of which is extended to
form a handle, f - To the arms e and the arms
or lugs c of the standards linksg are pivoted.
45 A stop-pin, h, is secured to the cross-beam
or bolster to limit the upward movement of
the handle f.
The operation is as follows: The standards
being turned down in the position shown in
50 Fig. 2 to lock them into a vertical position, it
is only necessary to turn the standards up intothe position shown in Figs. 1 and 3 and then
swing the handle f up until it comes in con-
tact with the stop h, which movement of the
handle f will cause the pivotal point of the 55
arms e and links g to pass above the pivot of
the said arms, and thereby firmly lock the
standards in position. The standards being
locked into a vertical position, it will be im-
possible for them to be accidentally displaced, 60
as the weight of the load against them serves
to hold them in position. The greater the
pressure against them the more firmly are
they held. To lower the standards, it is only
necessary to press the handle f downward 65
until it passes below the pivot of the arms e,
when the standards will be free to be turned
down into the position shown in Fig. 2.
Although I have shown my improvement
applied to a car, yet I do not restrict myself 70
to the same, as it is equally adapted for fum-
ber-wagons and various other purposes.
Having thus described my invention, what I
claim as new is-
1. The combination, with a car or other ve- 75
hicle, of a lever and a pivoted standard con-
nected to said lever a short distance from its
pivot, substantially as herein shown and de-
scribed.
2. The combination, with a car or other ve- So
hicle, of a pivoted standard, pivoted arms,
and links pivoted to said standard and arms,
substantially as herein shown and described.
3. The combination, with a car or other ve-
hicle, of a standard pivoted to the lower edge 85
of the cross-beam, arms pivoted to the said
cross-beam a short distance from its end, one
of the said arms being extended to form a
handle, links pivoted to the lever and to the
said arms, and a stop on the cross-beam, sub- 90
stantially as herein shown and described.
4. The combination, with the cross-beam B,
having the grooves a b, of the standard C, pro-
vided with the lugs caud pivoted in the groove
a, the bolt d, provided with the arms e and 95
handle f, the links g, and the stop-pin h, sub-
stantially as herein shown and'described.
EDMUND JUNIUS MINNOCK.
Witnesses:
J. VW. ANDERSON,
JAMES BROGAN.
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Minnock, Edmund Junius. Standard for Logging Cars., patent, August 2, 1887; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171596/m1/2/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.