US722775A - Hay-rack. - Google Patents

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PATENTED MAR. 17,1903. E. TROY.

HAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7,

N0 MODEL.

PATENTED MAR. 17, 1903.

' E. .TROY.

HAY RACK. APPLICATION EILED'MAY 7, 1902.

2 SHEETS-SHEE1' 2.

N0 MODEL.

I hay-racks. 11 o tively inexpensive storm-rack adapted to be- UNITED STATES EDWARD TROY, OF LACEY, IOWA.

HAY-"RACK.

srncmcnrron forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,775, dated ni a 1' 2, 1 st Application filed May 7, 1902. Serial No.106,357. (No model.) fly? To all whom it may concern:

' Beit known that I, EDWARD TROY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lacey, in the county of Mahaska and State of Iowa, have invented-a new and-useful Storm-Rack -for Hay-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

The'invention relates to a storm-rack for The object of the present invention is to provide for hay-racks a simpleand comparareadily applied to any flat hay-rack and capahie ofprotecting thelower portion ofa load of hay and of preventing the same from he-' I verse bars, and the platform may, ifide'sired,

ing blown-away by high winds.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts. hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended. v In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a portion of astorm-rack constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied toa hay-rack, one side and end being removed to show theparts more clearly.

' Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig.

3 is a transverse sectional view. Figs. sand 5 are detail views of the intermediate and end "transverse bars. Fig. 6 is a detail viewof one of the L-shaped plates which form cornerrecesses for the sides and ends of the storm- -rack.

' Likenumerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the' figures of the drawings.

1 and 2 designate longitudinal sills designed to be mounted on the front and rear bolsters of arnnning-gear and forming supports for front and rear transverse bars 5 and 6 and intermediate transverse bars 7. I The longitndinal sills are provided at their inner faces with loops 15, consisting of plates located adjacent to the lower edges "of the sills and bent outward between their ends to form sockets for the reception of depending tongues 16 of horizontal cross-pieces :17. The depending tongues are formed by L-shaped plates secured to the lower faces of the cross-pieces 17;, but. any other suitable means may be employed for detachably locking the crosspieces 17 with the sills. The cross-pieces 17,

able means may he provided for locking the are located at the bottom of the transverse which are arranged atintervals,,formlsup ports for a horizontal platforml8,'feonsist-' ing oi longitudinal slatsorbars and connecting transverse slats or bars 19, arranged in pairs at the lower faceof the"platforin and located in advance andin 'rear'of the be extended to the. front and rear transverse bars and be provided with'blocks for'enga' ing the same. When the platform.isext'ended to the ends of the hay-racklframe, the

. standards hereinafterdescribed may be pi'yotally connected to the platform, and any suitstandards when folded down upon'the plat. form to prevent them from swinging'ontward in removing the platform from'the'hay -rack The-longitudinal sills l and 2 are'provided at their outer faces with bars or irons-2O and 21, projecting from their 'upper' faces and adapted to be'engaged hyffront and'rear and intermediate transverse bars which extend from the side sills to support the longitudinal side portions 22 of the hay-rack. The bars 20 are provided with perforations and-are adapted to he engaged by laterally-projecting pins 23, extending outward from inner blocks 24 and projecting over outer blocks25, which bars at points below thelateraliy projecting pins. The laterally-projecting"pin'sj'permit the transverse bars to be partially rotated'to I arrange them in a horizontal position over the'bars 20, whereby the lower blodkzfi will he carried to one side of the same toiperniit the pins 23 to be engaged With and disengaged from the said bars or irons 20', andtheblocks 25 are beveled slightly at the bottom to per: mit the other end of the transversebarfto be lifted out of engagement withthe vertical bar or iron 21.- After the pin 23 of the trans:

verse bar is'engaged with the perforation of one of theprojecting bars'or irons 20 the said transverse bar is partially rotated to arrange it in a vertical plane to carry the lower block 25 to a point in front of the bar or iron 20, whereby the pin is prevented from becoming 5 disengaged therefrom by longitudinal movement of the transverse bar. The bar or iron 21 of the other longitudinal sill engages a loop 26 of the transverse bar. The front and'rear transverse bars are secured to the lugs or proin jections formed by the bars or arms 21 by means of spring-actuated bolts 27, extending through perforations of the adjacent loops and. engaging corresponding perforations or recesses of the upright bars or irons 21. The

I5 intermediate transverse bars do not require such fastening devices, as theside portions 22,

which are interlocked with the end'transverse bars, retain them in position. The front ends of the side portions 22 are provided with iongitudinal pins or projections 35, formed integral with attachment-plates and engaging perforated ears or lugs 86 of the front transverse bar, and the rear transverse bar is provided with perforated lugs 37, extending through 25 slots 38 of plates as and engaged by suitable fastening devices 39, consisting, preferably, of keys; but catches or any other suitable locking devices may be employed. The hay-rack is provided withfront and rear standards and 41, which are mounted in pivoted holders 42, consistingof plates provided at their upper and lower ends with loops. The front standards, which are adapted to be engaged at their tops by a pole, are 35 secured in the pivoted holders by means of hooks 4E7, hinged at a point above the upper loops and having bills engaging suitable holes located below the upper loops. The sides 22 are provided at their corners 0 with approximately L-shaped plates 50, forming inner corner-recesses and adapted to receive sides and ends 51 and 52 of a stormrack, which is mounted on the hay-rack at the sides and ends thereof and which is adapted to protect the lower portion of a load of hay to prevent the same from being blown from the hay-rack. The sides and ends 51 and 52 consist of upright bars, horizontal slats or bars connecting the upright bars, and inclined 5o braces supporting the sides and ends, as a 4 clearly shown in Fig. 1. .The ends are deltachably interlocked with the sides and are provided with centrally-arranged outwardlyextending lugs 53 for engaging beneath the 55 front and rear transverse bars, whereby the storm-rack is held down upon the hay-rack. The lugs 53 are preferably formed integral with plates which are secured to the lower ends of the central vertical bars of the end sections of the storm-rack, and the front and rear transverse bars are preferably provided at their lower edges with wear-plates arranged to be engaged by the bottom lugs. The end portions or sections of'the storm-rack are provided, adjacent to the sides of the same, with upper loops 54, preferably consisting of opennecting the end and side sections of the storm-' rack, and they may also be arranged at both the top and bottom of the sections.

' The storm-rack may be made of any desired height, and it is firmlysupported against lateral or, longitudinal movement bythe L- shaped brackets or plates at the corners of the hay-rack, and it is securely anchored to the hay-rack by the projecting bottom lugs,

which may be of any desired number. The storm-rack is adapted to protect the lower portion of a load of hay, audit will prevent the same from being drawn away, and it will also save much of a load which is lost by rea-' son of the same coming in contact with vehicles or other objects. The sides of the storm-rack are also provided with depending tongues or'fingers 56, formed integral with attachment-plates 57 and extending through perforations of the side portions 22 of the hay-rack and engaging outer loops 57 of the adjacent transverse bar. The loops 57 form sockets for the depending tongues or fingers 56', and they are preferably form'edby angularly-bent portions of plates similar to the loops 26. tions or tongues 56 may be employed for supporting the side sections of the storm-rack.

What I claim is-- I 1. The combination with a hay-rack hav: ing horizontal sides and provided with corner plates or brackets forming recesses, side and end sections arranged vertically on the hay-rack and fitted in the recesses of the corner plates or brackets, and means for connecting the side and end sections and for securing the same to the hay-rack, substantially as described. 7

2. The combinationwith a hay-rack having horizontal sides, of a storm-rack composed of side and end sections arranged at the sides and ends of the hay-rack, outwardlyextending bottom lugs located at thecenters of the end sections at the bottoms thereof and engaging the hay-rack, and fastening devices detachably securing the sections together, whereby the said lugs will hold both the side and end sections of the storm-rack upon the hayrack, substantially as described.

Any number of depending project 3. The combination with a hay-rack hav ing horizontal sides provided with sockets and having L-shaped corner plates or brackets, of a storm-rack composed of sides fitted in the corner plates or brackets and having depending tongues or projections depending my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in intoghet-lsaid -sockets,'and the end sections the presence of two witnesses. a tte 4 in the corner plates 0 brackets :afnd detachably secured to the side sections WARD TROY s andhaving bqttom lugs interlocked with the Witnesses:

hay-rack; substantially as described. W. G. JONES,

,In testimony that I claim the foregoing as i C. V. RICHMOND.

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