US Patent: 45,130
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Traction Wheel
Improvement in Steam Carriages
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Patentee:
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| G. W. Barnett (exact or similar names) - Urbana, Champaign County, OH |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Nov. 22, 1864 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
| Abstract:
The object of this invention is to render the driving mechanism of a traction-engine entirely independent of the truck, so that said driving mechanism is free to follow the sinuosity's of the ground.
(4) The invention consists in the employment or use, in combination with the truck, of a hinged frame, which carries the steam boiler and cylinder and the driving-gear, and as such forms the bearing for the axle of the driving- wheel in such a manner that said driving-wheel is free to follow the sinuosity's of the ground and to act with its full power, assisted by the weight of the boiler and driving-gear and independent of the position of the wheels supporting the truck-frame |
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