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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
MORRIS J. LOVETT, OF MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS.
END-GATE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,519, dated October 10, 1893.
Application filed December 17, 1892. Serial No. 455,436, (No model.)o .all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, MORRIS J. LOVETT, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Mid-
lothian, in the county of Ellis and State of
5 Texas, have invented a new and useful End-
Gate, of which the following is a specifica-
tion.
The invention relates to improvements in
end gates.
io The object of the present invention is to
provide an end gate for scooping adapted to
be readily applied to the ordinary construc-
tion of wagon bodies which have end gates
sliding in vertical cleats and which are usu-
15 ally provided with a removable rod for secur-
ing the end gate in the cleats.
The invention consists in the construction
and novel combination and arrangement of
parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated
20 in the accompanying drawings and pointed
out in the claim hereto appended.
In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective
view of a portionof a wagon body having an
end gate construction in accordance with
25 this invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view
of the end gate detached. Fig. 3 is a verti-
cal sectional view showing the end gate con-
nected to the wagon body.
Like numerals of reference indicate corre-
30o spending parts in all the figures of the draw-
ings.
1 designates an inclined end gate provided
with side wings 2, and having its lower edge
3 beveled and adapted to rest upon the bot-
35 tom of a wagon body 4 and provided at its
lower end across its lower face at the inner
terminus of the beveled portion 3 with a
transverse cleat 5 which rests against the
rear end of the bottom of the body and pre-
40 vents the end gatebeing forced inward. The
side wings 2 are triangular and extend be-
yond the beveled lower end of the end gate,
and having their projecting portion 6 pro-
vided on their outer faces with vertical cleats
45 7 which are adapted to engage and fit against
the vertical cleats 71 of the body at the inner
side of the same-
The end gate is detachably secured to the
body by bolts 8 passing through perforations
50 of the wings and adapted to fit in the perfo-
rations 9 of the sides of the body. The per-forations 9 of the body are adapted for the
reception of the ordinary end gate securing
rod (not shown) whereby when the ordinary
end gate of a body is removed the end gate 1 55
may be readily applied.
The end gate 1 is provided at its top with
a cleat 10 arranged on its outer face.
The end gate may be secured by arranging
the bolts 8 near the bottom to form a pivot 6o
so that it might be turned up into a vertical
position in place of the ordinary end gate.
It will be seen that the end gate is simple
and inexpensive in construction, that it is
adapted to be readily applied temporarily to 65
an ordinary construction of wagon body, and
that it greatly facilitates scooping.
Changes in the form, proportion and the
minor details of construction may be resorted
to without departing from the principle or 70
sacrificing any of the advantages of this in-
vention.
What I claim is-
The combination of a wagon body provided
at its rear end with vertical cleats arranged 75
on its sides and having perforations 9 extend-
ing through the cleats and the sides of the
wagon body and arranged at the top thereof,
an inclined end gate having its lower end bev-
eled and resting upon the upper face of the 8o
body at the extreme rear edge thereof and
provided on its lower face with a cleat 5 fit-
ting against the rear end of the bottom of the
body and forming a stop, said end gate hav-
ing wings extended beyond the inclined por- 85
tion of the end gate and provided on the
outer faces of the extended portions of the
wings with vertical cleats fitting against and
engaging the cleats of the body, and short
bolts passing through said perforations and 90
through the wings and detachably securing
the end gate to the body, whereby the end
gate may be removed to enable an ordinary
end gate to be used, substantially as de-
scribed. 95
In testimony that I claim the foregoing as
my own I have hereto affixed my signature in
the presence of two witnesses.
MORRIS J. LOVETT.
Witnesses:
J. M. BICKERS,
R. MARTIN.
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Lovett, Morris J. End-Gate., patent, October 10, 1893; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth173529/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.