US Patent: 273,978
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| Road-engine
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Patentees:
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| Abraham O. Frick (exact or similar names) - Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA |
| William H. Snyder (exact or similar names) - Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA |
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Frick Co. - Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Jan. 25, 1883 |
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Mar. 13, 1883 |
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Vintage Machinery entry for Frick Co.
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Description: |
| Abstract:
Our invention relates to certain improvements in portable engines, which are applicable to all engines of the portable class, whether the same be self-propelling engines or mounted engines, which are designed to be transported by a team. Our invention has reference to the manner of mounting the boiler upon the running-gears, and its object is mainly to relieve the boilerplates of the strain at the rivets which connect the boiler to the spring-boxes; and to this end it consists in passing beneath the rear end of the boiler one or more stirrup-rods, which carry the weight of the rear end of the boiler, which stirrup-rods are connected at their ends to a cap which rests above the springs in the spring-boxes, which springs are mounted upon the top of the axle, on each side, and which boxes are fastened to the boiler- plates, and serve to guide and hold the boiler in its vertical oscillations on the axle. Our invention also consists in means for locking the boiler, so as to preclude the action of the springs when the engine is stationary on its wheels and at work, and also in the means for mounting the forward end of the boiler. With regard to the front bearing for the boiler, we do not claim here the yoke, hollow casting, and springs, as these are shown in a prior patent, granted July 5, 1881, No. 243,881, but only the peculiar construction of the upper portions of the yoke H and its combination with the plate G.
Claim:
The stirrup-rod passing under and supporting the boiler, combined with supporting-springs arranged between the ends of said rods and the axle, substantially as described. The stirrup-rod passing under and supporting the boiler, combined with a box or casting fixed to the side of the boiler, and a spring arranged in the box or casting beneath the stirrup-rod, so as to carry the strain of the boiler. |
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