US740885A - Stake-holder for logging-cars. - Google Patents

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No. 740,885. v PATENTED 0016,1963

I E. LUDFORDJR.

STAKE HOLDER FOR LOGGING CARS.

APPLIQATION FILED FEB. 16, 1903 N0 MODEL v r Subwa s THE dams i 51" as co. wow-Lumen WASHINGTON. n. c.

No. T-LO,885.

Patented October 6, 1903.

UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

ENOGH LUDFORD, JR, OF EASTLAKE, NORTH CAROLINA.

STAKE-HOLDER FOR LOGGING-CARS.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,885, dated October 6, 1903.

Application filed February 16, 1903. Serial No. 143,689. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ENOCH LUnnoRD, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at Eastlake, in the county-of Dare and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and use ful lmprovements'in Stake-Holders for Logging-Cars; and I do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in stake-holders for loggingcars and trucks; and it consists of certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter described and specifically claimed.

The object of my invention is the production of a stake-holder which will be simple in construction and operation and which will be able to stand the shocks and weight of the logs coming against it during the unloading operation.

The objectionto certain constructions of stake-holders now on the market is that heavy logs falling against the projecting hook ends of the holders during the act of unloading snap or break off the same and render the holders useless and necessitate constant repairing, which is not only expensive, but causes a great deal of inconvenience to logging operations, which are usually carried on in the Woods. Another objection is that the hooks of such constructions are continually jolting loose and dropping the load during transit at unexpected and at undesired times, causing a great deal of annoyance and delay.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an end view of a logging truck or car pro vided with my improved stake-holder. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one end of a bolster with myinvention applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a top plan View, partly in section, of one end of the holder with my improved stakeholder applied thereto and shown in a locked condition. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the outer end of the catch.

One of the drawings represents a truck of ordinary construction upon which is mounted the body of the car, which consists of transversely-arranged bolsters 2 of ordinary construction. On these bolsters logs 3 are arranged and are held in position against lateral movementby means of stakes 4, which latter are held in vertical position by means of. my improved stake-holder, which I will now describe, the stakes 4 being capable of being released to allow the logs to roll off the car in the manner as will be presently set forth. Secured to each side face of an end bolster are plates 5 and 6, respectively, as

clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 4. These plates are securely fastenedto the bolster in any suitable manner-as, for instance, by bolts passing transversely through the bolster and fastened by nuts. Secured to the outer face of the plate 5 is an eye 7, to which is pivoted a haspS, said hasp being provided with an eye or hook 9, by means of which it can be swung around and across the outer end of the plates 5 and 6, which latter project beyond the outer end of the-bolster, as clearly shown in the drawings. By this construction and arrangement, which is very simple and yet very strong, means of hinging or pivoting a hasp is secured on the side of the plate with out weakening the construction of the plate to which said hasp is secured and also without the necessity of projecting or extending the plate a greater distance beyond the end of the bolster than is necessary to receive and hold the stake. Where the plate has to extend a considerable distance beyond the end of the bolster and has to be cut out'on top or formed with an angle or bend, the said plate is very liable to be broken by the heavy logs striking the same in rolling on. the car in the act of unloading. The plate 6 is provided in its front edge with' a recess or concavity, as

10, preferably semicircular in form and into which the outer end 11 of the hasp 8 is designed to be inserted, said outer end 11 being preferably reduced in size, so as to snugly fit the recess 10 of the plate 6, so as to form a shoulder 12 on said hasp, which latter falls within the inner face of the plate 5, so as tomake a neat and snug fit. Within the recess or socket formed by the side plates 5 and 6, the hasp 8, and the end of the bolster 2 the stake 4 is inserted, the latter being beveled, so as to produce a wedging action and securely hold the stake in position when forced downwardly. To hold the hasp 8 in position against outward movement, I provide a lock 13, which latter consists of a rod provided at its outer end with an eye or substantially closed hook, as 14, which latter is designed to be passed over the reduced end 11 of the hasp 8 and held in position by means of a pin, preferably a split or cotter pin, as 15, passed through an aperture 16, provided in the outer end of the hasp 8. The lockingrod 13 is preferably pivoted or hinged at its inner end to the outer face of the side plate 6 in any suitable manner, but preferably by forming an eye on said plate, to which the said inner end of the locking-rod 13 is secured by forming said rod with a closed or substantially closed eye. By forming the concavity or recess 10 in the outer edge of the side plate 6 instead of on top of the same the said side plate is not weakened and heavy logs striking the same in unloading a car will not break off the end of said plate.

It will be observed that by hinging or pivoting the hasp and also the locking-bar on the outer faces of the side plates they will be knocked to one side by the falling logs if they do not automatically drop to said positions and will be out of the way and free from further shock and likelihood of destruction.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a stake-holder for logging-cars, the combination with a bolster, of two plates secured to the sides thereof and projecting beyond the end thereof, one of said plates being provided with a notch or depression in its outer vertical edge, a hasp hinged to the outer face of the other plate and provided with a reduced end which engages the notch or recess in the vertical face of the other plate,

cess in the vertical face of the other plate, a

locking-bar pivoted to the outer face of the plate provided with the recess, and provided in its outer end with an eye which fits over the reduced end of the hasp, substantially as described.

3. In a stake-holder for logging-cars, the combination with a bolster, of two plates secured'to the sides thereof and projecting beyond the end thereof, one of said plates being provided with a notch or depression in its outer vertical edge, a hasp hinged to the outer face of the other plate and provided with a reduced endwhich engages the notch or recess in the vertical face of the other plate, said reduced end being provided with an apertu re, a locking-bar pivoted to the outer face of the plate provided with the recess, and provided in its outer end with an eye which fits over the reduced end of the hasp, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ENOOH LUDFORD, JR.

Witnesses:

W. W. STARKE, O. T. FOREMAN.

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