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the wagon body, adjacent to the steering
means which will hereinafter be described.
The clutch lever 32 provides a means where-
by the engine may be coupled up to the rear
5 wheels of the wagon body when it is desired
to propel the wagon from place to place, and
the engine may be uncoupled from these
wheels when it is desired to use the power
generated by the engine for some other pur-
10 pose. Upon the front of the wagon body is
mounted a roller 35 upon a shaft 36 jour-
naled.in suitable boxes 37, and on the end of
this shaft is a pulley 38 which may receive
power from the pulley 22 through a belt 39.
15 This roller 35 maybe used as awinding drum,
or power may be transmitted therefrom to a
saw, or a saw may be mounted directly upon
the shaft 36 as indicated by the dotted lines
at 40.
20 Fast to each end of the axle 2 near the
wheels is a chain 41 passing over a roller 42
at one side of the wagon body and over a
sprocket pinion 43 at the other side of the
wagon body. The sprocket pinion 43 is fast
25 on the lower end of a shaft 44 extending up-
ward alongside of the wagon body and pro-
vided above the same with a hand wheel 45.
When the engine is driving the vehicle over
the ground the hand wheel 45 may be so ma-
30 nipulated as to move the front wheels about
the fifth wheel as an axis and thus the wagon
may be steered.
At the rear of the wagon there depends a
braced frame 46 to which is connected a plow-
35 beam 47 carrying a plowshare '48. While
not so shown in the drawings, it will be un-
derstood that the plow may be provided with
suitable handles so that it may be properly
manipulated when dragged along over the
40 ground by the motor wagon. Or more than
one plow may be used since the motor wagon
may develop ample power to propel a gang
of plows.
When it is desirable to run the wagon upon
45 a road the plow 48 is either removed from the
wagon or lifted so as to be out of operative*
relation to the ground and then when the en-
gine is started the clutch 29 is thrown into
action, thus coupling the engine to the rear
50 wheels and the wagon is propelled in the
usual manner. When plowing is to be done
the plow or plows are lowered into the
ground and.the wagon then acts as the pro-
pelling means for the plows, taking the-place
55 of horses. When it is desired to use the
power for other purposes upon the wagon the
clutch coupling the power to the drive wheels
is thrown out of action and then the power
may be used for whatever purpose desired.I claim:- 60
1. A motor vehicle comprising a wagon
having a box body, a fixed rear axle, and
wheels mounted thereon, a movable front
axle and wheels mounted thereon, an explo-
sive engine mounted upon the rear end of the.65
wagon body above the same and having the
engine shaft projecting beyond the corre-
sponding side of the wagon body, connec-
tions exterior to the wagon body from the en-
gine shaft to the rear wheels for driving the 70
latter, and steering means also exterior to the
wagon body and connected to the front axle.
2. A motor vehicle comprising a wagon
having a box body, a fixed rear axle, and
wheels mounted thereon, a movable front 75
axle and wheels mounted thereon, an explo-
sive engine mounted upon the rear end of the
wagon body above the same and having the
engine shaft projecting beyond the corre-
sponding side of the wagon body, connec- 80
tions exterior to the wagon body from the en-
gine shaft to the rear wheels for driving the
latter, steering means comprising a vertical
shaft exterior to and journaled on one side of
the wagon body and projecting beyond the 85
upper edge thereof, and connections between
said shaft and the front axle on each side- of
its center.
3. A motor vehicle comprising a wagon
having a box body, a fixed rear axle, and 90
wheels mounted .thereon, a movable front
axle and wheels mounted thereon, an explo-
sive engine mounted upon the rear end of the
wagon body above the same and having the
engine shaft projecting beyond the corre- 95
sponding side of the wagon body, connections
exterior to the wagon body from the engine
shaft to the rear wheels for driving the latter,
steering means comprising a vertical shaft
exterior to and journaled on one side of the 100
wagon body and projecting above the upper
edge thereon, connections between said shaft
and the front axle on each side of its center,
and means for controlling the application of
power from the engine to the rear wheels 105
comprising a clutch interposed in the driving
means, and a lever and connections there-
from on one side of and exterior to the wagon
body, said lever projecting above the upper
edge of the wagon body. 110
In testimony that I claim the foregoing as
my own, I have hereto affixed my signature
in the presence of two witnesses.
JAMES C. McCURRY.
Witnesses:
E. E. BRAMLETTE,
M. BRADY.
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McCurry, James C. Motor-Vehicle., patent, August 18, 1908; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508553/m1/4/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.