US2440733A - End gate - Google Patents

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C. F. BLAIR May 4, 1948.

ENQ GATE 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 5, 1944 dVlllllll- May 4, 1948. c. F. BLAIR 2,440,733

END GATE FiledJuly 5, 1944 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 4, 1948 UNITED "S TATES PTENT OFFICE END GATE Charles F. Blair, Webster City, Iowa Application July 5, 1944,. Serial No. 543,589

Ilhis invention relates to truck or wagon bodies, and has for its object to provide an end gate having an outlet and an adjustable closure.

Another object of the invention is to provide an end gate with an outlet and a self-locking closure for the outlet.

Still another object of the invention is to pro vide an end gate with an outlet opening, a closure therefor, and means for holding the closure in any desired adjusted position for regulating the size of the. outlet.

A further object of the invention is to provide an endgate with a relatively large outlet with a closure therefor, and means for adjusting the closure'to regulate the dimensions of the outlet.

Another object of the invention is to provide an end gate with an outlet th full width of. the vehicle body, a closure therefor, and a U-shaped lever for operating the closure and a prop pivoted to the lever for holding the closure in adjusted position in order that by pressing a free end, of the prop the closure will instantly and automatically fall to close the outlet.

With the above and such other objects in view as may hereinafter more fully appear, I have invented the device shown in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a rear end View of a vehicle body embracing my invention.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2--2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a, similar view, the parts being shown in adjusted position.

Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a section taken on the line 5li of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a similar View to Figure 1, illustrating a modification of the invention.

Figure 7 is a section taken on the line 'l-'! of Figure 6; and

Figure 8 is a section taken on the line 88 of Figure 6.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the following specification and in the several views in the drawings in which I is a vehicle body having flaring upper side walls 2 and 3, and end pieces 4 and 5 for the flares which have vertical cleats 6 and 1, to which are bolted metal straps 8 and 9. Adjacent the lower ends of these straps they are out half way through as at l0, and the lower portions thereof bent at right angles forming angle irons H and I2, the flanges l3 and M of which are bolted to the vertical edges of the body side walls l5 and I5 'This lend gate is formedv in two sections, an uppersection 1.9 which .is adapted to seat on the stop 29, and a loweradjustable section 2l,whic'h is the, fullwidthof lower portion of the wagon body. vSecured to the upper portion of gate section H): are a pair of suitably spaced apart brackets 22 and 23 ,to which are pivotally con nected the terminals of arms '24 and 25 off a U-shaped lever 26., the head of which is bent at right angles to form a handheld 21,

Intermediate the arms. '24 and 25 are pivoted links 28. and 29, the ends30. and 3| of which are pivoted to brackets 32 and 33 securedtothe outer side of the gate section 2|, whereby, whenlthe lever 26 is raised said: gate section 21 is raised to provide. an outlet for the wagon body. 'Piv-lotally attached to the cross head 21 oilever 25,

is a prop member 34,. the. butt end 35 of which may rest against the end gate at any desired point in order to hold the lever 26 inclined from its normal Vertical position and thus hold the gate section 2| in a desired adjusted position whereby the outlet 36 may be of any dimension commensurate with the main body portion of the wagon, thus, corn on the ear, or in the grain or any other grain or material maybe allowed to pour from the wagon as slowly or as rapidly as conditions require.

It quite often happens that an elevator which receives the grain from the wagon is, for some cause, accidentally stopped in which case ordinarily the grain continues to flow and overload the elevator resulting in the loss of time and manual labor, but with my device the prop 34 will release the lever and permit the gate section to fall by gravity and close the outlet.

Fixed on the prop 34 is a hook 38 adapted to engage over the upper edge of the gate section l9, when it is desired to hold the section 2! fully raised.

The lever 26, when released by tapping the free end of prop brace 34, is drawn to vertical position by its oWn weight and that of member 2|, which fall by gravity to closed position and through the rigid vertical connection of the lever and links 28 and 29 as connected to the two gate sections, the member 21 is locked against upward movement and thus no amount of bouncing on pulling the wagon over plowed or other rough ground surface will cause the said member 2| to slowly inch up and permit loss of material from the wagon.

In Figures 6 to 8 of the drawings I show a modification of my gate in which the side wall brace members 39 and All of a rectangular box body 4|, have secured thereto straps 42 and 43,

wagon body members 44 and 45 form the guideways 46 and for the end gate connection, said holding means consisting of a prop brace connected to the lever.

I claim:

1. An end gate comprising a relatively fixed section having an opening below the same, a moveable gate section for closing said opening and movable to overlap the fixed section when open position, a lever hinged to the fixed section, a prop bar moveably connected to the lever maintaining the latter fiat against the fixed section and suspended when the gate is closed, and strap means pivoted to the moveable section and to the lever between its points of connection to the fixed section and prop bar, said prop having a hook selectively engageable with the upper por-' tion of the moveable gate in an adjusted'position of the latter and with the upper portion of the fixed gate section in another adjusted position of the movable gate, for retaining the movable gate in a plurality of open positions.

2. A gate comprising a relatively fixed section havinga discharge opening beneath the same, a gate section to close said opening slideable vertically in overlapping relation to the fixed section, strap .means to guide the moveable gate section, a U-shaped lever pivotally suspended at it ends from the fixed gate section, a prop suspended from theintermediate portion of the lever servingas a weight urging the lever to a depending osition, nd links pivoted to the moveable gate section and to the sides of the lever, said prop terminating above the lower edge of the moveable gate section in the closed position of the latter and having a hook selectively applicable to the upper edge of the fixed section and the upper edge of the moveable section when the latter is partly opened.

3. A gate comprising a relatively fixed section having a discharge opening beneath the same, a gate section to close said opening slideable vertically in overlapping relation to the fixed section, strap means to guide the moveable gate section, a U-shaped lever pivotally suspended at the terminals of its sides from the fixed gate,

section, a prop pivotally suspended at one of its ends from the intermediate portion of the lever serving as a weight urging the lever to a depending Vertical position, and links pivoted to the moveable gate section and to the sides of the lever for supporting the movable gate section when the lever is raised, the free end of the prop bar having a hook selectively engageable with edge portions of both gate sections for retaining the lever and moveable gate section in raised positions.

CHARLES F. BLAIR.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of recordin the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date Re. 11,040 Beason Nov. 19, 1889 664,498 Pearson Dec. 25, 1900 1,204,971 Gordon Nov, 14, 1916 1,270,026 Graeber et a1. June18, 1918 1,449,653 Carlson Mar, 27, 1923 1,453,219 White et a1. Apr. 24, 1923 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 197,099 Germany Apr. 3,1908

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