US Patent: 1,104,537
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| Traction Engine
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Patentee:
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| Samuel S. Morton (exact or similar names) - Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, OH |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Aug. 02, 1910 |
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Jul. 21, 1914 |
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Joel Havens
"Vintage Machinery" entry for Herr Engine Co.
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Description: |
| Abstract:
The object of my invention is to so construct the tractor that the power will bi distributed evenly to the driving wheels and 1s hat simplicity of operation will be obtained with a construction that is strong yet flexible as regards accommodating itself on inequalities of the ground.
Claim:
A motor vehicle, comprising a rigid frame, front and rear axles each formed of two sections, ground wheels on the axles, gear casings in which the inner ends of the sections of the axles are mounted, means for pivoting each gear casing to the frame, substantially at the longitudinal center thereof, said pivoting means being offset toward the center of the frame, differential gearing in each gear casing and connecting the sections of the axle, each differential gearing including a chain wheel, a transmission shaft mounted in the frame between the axles, high and low speed gearing for operating the transmission shaft, differential gearing on the transmission shaft and including two chain wheels, chains passing around the chain wheels of the transmission shaft and the axles and a reversing mechanism for said transmission shaft.
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