Soldier's Cart Page: 5 of 8
8 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.View a full description of this patent.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
HERMAN GENTZEN, OF FORT RINGGOLD, TEXAS.
SOLDIER'S CART.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,017, dated December 10, 1889.
Application filed July 17,1889. Serial No. 317,790. (No model.)To all whoLmo it oay, conlcerlc:
Be it known that I, HERMAN GENTZEN, of
Fort Ringgold, in the county of Starr and
State of Texas, have invented a new and
5 Improved Soldier's Cart, of which the follow-
ing is a full, clear, and exact description.
My invention relates to carts designed more
especially for soldiers' use, and has for its
object to provide inexpensive, light, strong,
ro and conveniently-arranged carts adapted for
carrying the rations, baggage, and accouter-
ments of one man, and adapted also when
coupled together for the safe carriage of dis-
abled men from the field by the least possi-
15 ble number of attendants, and adapted also
to be coupled together in pairs side by side,
and to be coupled in front of each other and also
to a mule-cart to allow one animal to draw
the baggage of from six to ten or more men,
20 and to carry from the field two, four, or six
men at a time, the carts being thus as well
adapted for hospital service as they are for
relieving or lessening the fatigues of the
march.
25 This invention will first be described, and
then will be particularly pointed out in the
claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying
drawings, forming a part of this specification,
30 in which similar letters of reference indicate
corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of one of my im-
proved soldiers' carts with one wheel and the
shafts removed. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the
35 cart with the ration-box and shafts removed.
Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of the
cart-body, taken on the line x x in Fig. 2. Fig.
4 is a bottom plan viewof two of the carts as
arranged for carrying a wounded soldier, the
40 shafts of one of the carts being broken away.
Fig. 5 is a detail view of part of the body or
frame of a mule-cart to which a number of
the soldiers' carts will be connected. Fig. 6
is a perspective view of one of the two tent-
45 poles which preferably form the shafts of the
soldier's cart. Fig. 7 is a plan view showing
how carts for a squad of soldiers are coupled
to each other and to the mule-cart. Fig. S is
a perspective view showing the connection of
50 the cart-coupling or stay-bar with the adja-
cent shaft of a cast. Fig. 9 is a perspectiveview of one of the cart-wheel retaining-nuts.
Fig. 10 is a side view of the coupled soldiers'
and mule carts represented in Fig. 7. Fig.
11is a perspective view of the draft-straps by 55
which a solder pulls his cart, and shows the
soldier's body in dotted lines. Fig. 12 is an
enlarged perspective view of the .cart-shaft
supporting-eye and key and part of the shaft
held thereby. Fig. 13 is a plan view of the 60o
ration-box with its covers partly broken
away. Fig. 14 is a front view of the ration-
box, and Fig. 15 is an end view of the box.
The body or platform A of the soldier's
cart consists, preferably, of a thin hard-wood 65
board about three feet long and two feet wide
and fastened to the axle B by bolts or other-
wise. The axle is provided with end arms, on
which the two wheels C C of the cart are
placed and held by retaining-nuts c, (one of 70
which is shown in Fig. 9 of the drawings,)
said nuts being made with an end projection
having a slot or hole c', into which a bar or
rod may be passed to tighten or loosen them
more conveniently. 75
The cart-axle B is provided with two up-
wardly-projecting parts or studs b b, which
pass through the body A and cleats a a
thereon, and at their reduced threaded upper
ends receive thumb-nuts b', by which the o80
cart-shafts are held to the body and axle, as
hereinafter more fully explained. The cleats
a a, which extend from front to rear of the
body A, are beveled or cut under at their in-
ner edges to overlap beveled cleats d d, which 85
project from opposite ends of the bottom of
the ration-box D, which will be hereinafter
described.
The cart-body A is stayed to the axle B at
each end by a metal strap ca', which is screwed 90
or bolted to the under side of the axle and ex-
tends forward to the front of the body and
thence upward and rearward to lap onto the
the top of the body. These straps or braces
are each fastened to the cart-body by a bolt 95
e, which passes also through the fixed cleat a,
and has a head formed as an eye or ring E,
through which will be passed one of the shafts
F of the cart. The shafts are preferably two
metal tubes, each having a nut or head f at oo
each end provided with a perforated lugf',
and which I use as poles in constructing a
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This patent can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Patent.
Gentzen, Herman. Soldier's Cart, patent, December 10, 1889; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172228/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.