US Patent: 110,396
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Patentees:
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| John D. Ross (exact or similar names) - Truckee, Nevada County, CA |
| Martin Keever Burk (exact or similar names) - Truckee, Nevada County, CA |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Granted: |
Dec. 20, 1870 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
| Abstract:
It consists in so mounting the front part of the vehicle that it shall ride upon one or two wheels, whose axle is supported in boxes on a horizontally-rotating rim or fifth-wheel. This rim moves within au opening in the front part of the trucks or vehicle, so that, as the horses move from one side or the other, the vehicle will turn easily as on a pivot, and, when moving forward, it relieves the horses from the strain of the pole or shafts, which is so great on rough pavements or irregular ground when the ordinary style of widely-separated wheels is used.
Claim:
A truck-coupling, consisting of the horizontal rotating rim, supported by the wheel J, and moving in the opening in the floor A, so as to turn said wheel in any direction.
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