US Patent: 505,523
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| Steering Gear for Traction Engines
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Patentee:
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| Stacy B. Hart (exact or similar names) - Peoria, Peoria County, IL |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Mar. 19, 1893 |
| Granted: |
Sep. 26, 1893 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
| Abstract:
My invention has for its object the steering of a traction-engine by utilizing in a simple and efficient manner a portion of the power of the engine for that purpose, and consists, first, in the novel construction and arrangement of parts in the steering-device herein described and claimed, and second, in the improved means for securing such devices upon the engine.
Claim:
In a steering device for traction engines, the combination of substantially the following elements: a frame supported on the engine; a shaft journaled on said frame and driven by the power of the engine; two hollow drums loosely mounted on the shaft and having formed on their peripheries oppositely meshing with both said gears and adapted to be driven by either one; means for transmitting the motion of the intermediate gear to the take-up drum controlling the front axle of the engine; a part K longitudinally traversed by the shaft and adapted to move transversely thereon; two friction-wheels or rolls loosely mounted on the ends of the part K within, but normally not in contact with, the drums, and having their peripheries in different planes; means for causing the friction-wheels to revolve with the shaft; and means for moving the part K to bring one or the other- of the friction-wheels into engagement with its contiguous drum, whereby the intermediate gear is operated and the take-up drum revolved either forward or backward. |
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