An Improved Stretcher and Ammunition Carrier.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Stretcher and Ammunition Carrier.
I FREDERIC REMINGTON, of New Rochelle in the County of Westchester and
State of New York, United States of America, Artist do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved vehicle adapted for use on the battle field
but which will be equally as useful wherever a stretcher or other equivalent
appliance is to be conveyed from place to place, and the object of this invention is
to provide a vehicle in which a stretcher may be expeditiously and conveniently
secured and the party or parties to be carried by the stretcher conveyed with a
maximum of ease and speed to a predetermined point, the device being so light
that it will not interfere with the carrying of the stretcher or lifting of the same
over obstacles. A further object of the invention is to provide a vehicle which
may be used with equal facility for conveying ammunition from one point to
another in a speedy and safe manner.
A single wheel is employed in the construction of the vehicle preferably shaped
somewhat as a bicycle wheel and provided with a cushioned tyre if desired.
A spindle is loosely mounted in the hub of the said wheel, roller bearings being
provided for it, and the said spindle serves to support the lower ends of four
supporting arms arranged in pairs and having an upward and outward inclination
in opposite directions, whereby the two sets of arms collectively represent
approximately the letter V.
The arms are made in two sections, the upper section being provided with a bore
in the lower end to receive the lower section, the latter being loosely mounted on
the spindle.
The lower section is provided within the bore of the upper section of each
supporting arm with a longitudinal slot, a pin is passed through the said section
and through the slot of the lower section limiting the movement of one section in
the other, and a spring cushion is provided between the two sections, contained
in the upper portion of the bore of the upper section and bearing upon the, upper
end of the lower section of a supporting arm.
At the upper end of each of the supporting arms a bearing is secured either
rigidly or pivotally as may be found desirable, and each bearing is provided with a
set screw or its equivalent, the bearings at each side of the vehicle being connected
by a cross bar or its equivalent. The bearings are preferably U shaped in general
contour, or are otherwise formed to receive the side bars of the stretcher, or the
side bars of a receptacle adapted for the reception of ammunition, and by tightening
up the set screw the frame of the stretcher or ammunition carrier will be firmly
held in the frame of the vehicle so that the two will be substantially integral. The
stretcher or ammunition carrier may be adjusted upon the frame of the vehicle to
bring the wheel under the centre thereof, or at any other desired point in the
length of the stretcher.
The device may be made so light as not to inconvenience the attendants in
carrying the same up or down stairs or lifting it over obstructions and the vehicle.

page_text: when not required for use may be folded up to occupy a minimum of space, since
the arms at each side may be carried parallel with each other.
Dated this 1st day of October 1895.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
An improved Stretoner and Ammunition Carrier.
1, FREDERIC REMINGTON, Artist, of New Rochelle, in the County of
Westchester and State of New York, United States of America, do hereby
declare the nature of my invention, and in what manner the same is 'to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by 'the following
statement :-
My invention relates to an improved vehicle adapted for 'use on the battle field,
but which will be equally as useful wherever a stretcher or other equivalent
appliance is to be conveyed from place to place, and the object of this invention is
to provide a vehicle in which a stretcher may be expeditiously and conveniently
secured, and the party'or parties to be carried by the stretcher conveyed with a
'maximum of ease and speed to a predetermined point, the device being so light that
it will not interfere with the carrying of the stretcher or lifting of the same over
'obstacles. A further object of the invention is to provide a vehicle which may be
'used with equal facility for conveying 'ammunition from one point to another in-a
speedy and safe manner.
The invention consists in the novel 'construction and combination of the several
parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forining a part of this
'specification, 'in 'which similar characters of reference indicate 'corresponding parts
in all the figures.
Figure is a perspective view of 'the vehicle 'having the stretcher applied
thereto;
Figure 2 is a vertical 'section through the stretcher and 'through the central
portion of the vehicle; 'and
Figure 3 is a detail sectional view of one of the supporting arms of the
vehicle.
In carrying out 'the'invention a single 'wheel A is employed in the Yonstruction
of the vehicle, and 'this 'wheel may be of any approved character. Preferably it is
shaped somewhat as a bicycle wheel, and 'may be 'provided with a cushioned tire if
desired. A spindle a is loosely mounted in the hub of the said 'wheel, roller
bearings being provided for it, and the 'said 'spindle serves to support the 'lower ends
of four supporting arms B, which are arranged in pairs, and have an 'upward and
outward inclination in opposite directions, whereby the two sets of arms collectively
"represent approximately 'the' letter 'V.
The arms Bare 'made'in two sections 10 and '11, 'the upper section 11 'being
provided with a bore-11 in the lower 'end to' receive the section 10, the latter being
loosely mounted on' the spindle a. The section 10 is provided within the bore 11
'of the section 11 of each supporting arm 'with a longitudinal slot 12, and a 'pin '13
'is passed through the section 11'and through the slot of the section 10, as shown in
Figure 3, limiting the 'movement of one section in the 'other'; 'and 'a cushion is
'provided between the two sections, in the nature of a 'spring '14, contained-in the
upper portion of the bore 11' of the upper section 11, and having 'bearing upon
the 'upper end of 'the 'section 10 of 'a supporting arm, as is likewise shown in
'Figure 3.

page_text: At the upper end of each of the supporting arms B a bearing 15 is secured,
either rigidly or pivotally as may be found desirable, and each bearing is provided
with a set screw 16 or its equivalent, the hearings at each side of the vehicle being
connected by a cross bar 17 or its equivalent. The bearings 15 are preferably
U-shaped in general contour, or are otherwise formed, to receive the side bars 18.
of the stretcher C, or the side bars of a receptacle adapted for the reception of
ammunition; and. by tightening up the set screws 16 the frame of the stretcher
or ammunition carrier will be firmly held in the frame of the vehicle, so that the
two will be substantially integral. It is evident that the stretcher or ammunition
carrier may be adjusted upon the frame of the vehicle to bring the wheel under the
centre thereof, or at any other desired point in the length of the stretcher. The
device may be made so light as not to inconvenience the attendants in carrying
the same up or down stairs or lifting it over obstructions, and the vehicle when not
required for use may be folded up to occupy a minimum of space, since the arms B.
at each side may be carried parallel with each other.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what.
I claim is,
1. A stretcher or ammunition carrier, the same consisting of a wheel, clamps.
adapted for attachment to the stretcher frame or ammunition carrier, and a
cushioned connection between the clumps and wheel, as and for the purpose.
specified.
2. A stretcher or ammunition carrier, the same consisting of a wheel, an axle.
upon which the wheel revolves, telescopic cushioned arms attached to the axle, and
clamps attached to the said arms, adapted to receive a stretcher or ammunition.
carrier, or a like article, as and for the purpose set forth.
3. A stretcher or ammunition carrier, the same consisting of a wheel, an axle.
upon which the wheel revolves, and telescopic cushioned arms pivoted upon the
Eaid axle at opposite sides of the wheel and extending upwardly in pairs in opposite
directions from said axle, each arm being provided with a socket and a locking
device connected with the socket, the sockets being adapted for the reception of a
stretcher or an ammunition carrier frame, as and for the purpose set forth.
4. A stretcher or ammunition carrier, the same consisting of a wheel, an axle
upon which the wheel is loosely mounted, arms pivoted in pairs on the said axle,.
the pairs of arms extending upwardly therefrom in opposite directions, presenting
in general arrangement substantially the form of the letter V, each arm being
made in two sections, an upper receiving section and a lower entering section, the
movement of one within the other being limited and the two sections being
separated by a spring contained within the receiving section and having bearing
upon the entering section, a socket secured to the upper portion of each arm,.
provided with set screws, and connecting bars uniting the sockets at the sides of
the vehicle, as and for the purpose specified.
5. A stretcher and ammunition carrier, substantially as herein shown and
described.
Deted this 27th day of June 1896.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53 Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents..