US2360188A - Toy wagon steering mechanism - Google Patents

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Ot- 10, '1944- M. s. ANDERSON TOY WAGON STEERING MECHANISM Filed Ocl.. 22, 1943 IN VEN TOR.

Patented Oct. 10, 1944 UNITED STATES TENT OFFICE 2,360,188 TOY WAGON STEERING MECHANISM Miner S. Anderson, Wabasha, Minn. Application October 22, 1943, Serial No. 507,294

6 Claims.

This invention relates to toy vehicles or wagons, and an object of the invention is to provide 'a wagon which is quick steering and operated from a cab or member partially rotatably mounted on a frame of the structure, and in lwhich wagon the wheel-engaging spindles are assembled with relation to the frame in a manner to produce a rugged structure which will withstand the hard usage to which such wagons are-subjected; and the invention also includes mechanism operated by the partially rotatable member for communicating oscillatory movement to the spindle-carrying knuckles or members.

The invention furthermore provides for the manufacture of a wagon of this character through the use of inexpensive stock materials that can be shaped for assembly with relation to parts for the production of a successful wagon of this type.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention consists in the elements and the combination and relation of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this application, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 illustrates a view in perspective of an `assembly to which wheels are to be applied;

'Figure 2 illustrates a similar view showing the parts disassembled;

Figure 3 illustrates a sectional View of parts of the device on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Figure 4 illustrates a sectional View on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1, showing the Wheels mounted on the spindles;

Figure 5 illustrates a perspective View of a cab or body; and

Figure 6 illustrates a sectional view on the line 6--6 of Fig. 5.

In the drawing 'I denotes a fragment of a frame which embodies the front section thereof, it being understood that the rear portion will be supported by any ordinary wheel-supporting structure. The frame is shown as a channel iron having slots or recesses B in the side or edge flanges, and the said frame has a transversely disposed slot 9. A tie rod Ii] reciprocates in the slots 9, and the said tie rod comprises a rod of suitable gauge or heavy wire which is doubled on itself centrally to form a pintle Il which is movable in the slot 9 so that the tie rod can move transversely of the frame, and the said pintle has a bushing or sleeve I2 on it to relieve wear'on the pintle and insure smooth operation.

The tie rod has angularly disposed ends I3 which extend downwardly each into an aperture I4 of a knuckle I5 carrying the spindle I6 so that when the tie rod is reciprocated it oscillates the knuckle and the wheels Il on the spindles are moved for the purpose of guiding the vehicle. l It is shown that brackets I8 extend outwardly from the frame with the inner portion |801l of each bracket shaped to engage the side ange of the framel and with portions Ib overlying the upper surface of the frame, and the brackets with the parts thereof just described are attached to the frame by spot welding or appropriate fastening means. The fianges of the channel iron each has an aperture I9 in which a transversely disposed axle 2G is seated; the said axle projecting beyond the sides of the frame and having angularly disposed ends 2i which extend through apertures 22 of the brackets I8 and into apertures 23 of the spindle mounting or knuckle I5, as shown in Figure 4, and a pin 24 may be inserted through the angularly disposed portion of the axle under the said knuckle I5. The front of the frame is supplied with a combined draft plate and steering instrumentality 25 pivoted under the frame andhaving a slot 25a through which the pintle 8 projects so that when a pull is exerted on the draft plate anwd it oscillates on the pivot, it will move the tie rod transversely and result in steering the wagon.

The member 2 may be of any appropriate type or it may be a cab or body and it is turnably mounted on the frame through the use of a pivot 2l passing through the floor of the body and anchored to the frame by riveting or other appropriate fastening means. The front of the member may have an upstanding flange 28 with an aperture 29 forming a clearance for the reception of a lever 3B. The lever has a slot 3I` in its inner end to receive a pin 32 depending from an apron or ange 33 which may be a part of the member. 'Ihe lever 30 is oscillatably mounted on a stud 34 anchored to the frame, and the said lever is provided with a slot 35 through which the pintle and sleeve project and as the member 26 is partially rotated on the frame, it oscillates the lever 3i) and communicates [motion to the tie rod transversely of the frame and it, in turn, oscillates the knuckles of the spindles so that by the manipulation of the member, the vehicle is steered.

I claim:

1. In a steering mechanism of the character described, a frame, a member turnable thereon, said member having a front end with an aperture therein, a flange extending from the said end, a depending pin secured to the ange, a lever having slots near its ends, means for oscillatively mounting the lever on the frame with the pin in one of the end slots of the lever, a tie rod extending transversely of the frame and having a pintle projecting into the other slot of the lever, an axle secured to the frame in a position parallel with the tie rod and having a pin mounted at the iront end of the member,v

a lever having a longitudinally extending slot near each end, means for oscillatively mounting the lever in front of the member, the pin carried by the member extending into one of the slots in the lever, a tie rod doubled on itself centrally to form a pintle seated in the other slot of the lever whereby the lever reciprocates the tie rod laterally of the frame, an axle extending transversely of the frame, brackets secured to the sides of the frame and having apertures through which ends of` the axle depend, knuckles pivoted on the said depending ends of the axle, wheel spindles carried by the knuckles, and connections between the knuckles and the tie rod whereby the knuckles are partially turned on the ends of the axle, whereby the turning movement of the member is communicated to the wheels.

3. In a steering mechanism of the character described, a frame, a member turnable thereon', a pin mounted at the front end of the member, a lever having a longitudinally extending slot near each end, means for oscillatively mounting the lever in front of the member, the pin carried by the member extending into one of the slots in the lever, a tie rod doubled on itself centrally to form a pintle seated in the other slot of the lever whereby the lever reciprocates the tie rod laterally of the frame, a sleeve on said pintle, an axle extending transversely of the frame, brackets securedto the sides of the frame and having apertures through which the ends of the axle depend, knuckles pivoted on the said depending ends of the axle, Wheel spindles carried by the knuckles, and connections between the knuckles and the tie rod whereby the knuckles are partially turned on the ends of the axle, and whereby the turning movement of the member is communicated to the wheels.

4. In a steering mechanism of the character described, a frame, a member turnably mounted thereon, a lever oscillatively mounted on the member, means for communicating the motion of the member to the said lever, a tie rod having a pintle between its ends engaged by the lever for reciprocating the tie rod, an axle extending transversely of the frame, brackets each having anchoring anges by which it is secured to the frame, said brackets having apertures near their outer ends, depending pintles on the ends of the axle extending through the apertures of the flanges, knuckles turnable on the said pintles, and means for communicating the motion of the tie rod to said knuckles, whereby the turning movement of the member is communicated to the knuckles.

5. In a toy vehicle of the character described, a frame comprising a channel iron having a web and fianges, coinciding slots in the flanges and a transversely disposed slot in the web in alinement with the slots of the flanges, a tie rod bent on itself centrally to form a pintle, said pintle extending through vthe slot of the web with the portions of the tie rod on each side of the pintle extending through the slots in the flanges, a lever pivotally mounted on the web and having longitudinally extending slots near its ends through one of which the pintle projects, a turnable member mounted on the frame, a pin carried by Vthe turnable member and extending through the other slotl of the lever whereby a turning motion of the member oscillates the lever, spindle knuckles to which the ends of the tie rod are connected, a shaft anchored to the frame and having depending portions on which the knuckles partially rotate, spindles carried by the knuckles,

and wheels on the said spindles.

6. In a steering mechanism of the character described, a frame comprising a channel iron having correlated slots in its flanges and a slot alining therewith in the web of the channel iron, a tie rod operating in the slots of the fianges having an upstanding pintle operating in the slot of the web, a member turnable on the frame, a lever pivotally mounted on the frame and having slots at each end in one of which the pintle is located, a pin carried by the turnable member projecting into the other slot of the lever, Y

a shaft secured to the frame, said shaft having a depending portion at each end, a knuckle Y turnable on each end of the shaft, a spindle carried by each knuckle, wheels on the spindles, each of said knuckles having an aperture remote from the depending end of the shaft on which it is mounted, angularly disposed ends of thetie rod extending into thexsaid apertures whereby oscillation of the lever communicates turning motion to the knuckles to produce the steering operation.

MINER S. ANDERSON.

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