Improvements in Side-props for Wagons and similar Vehicles.
Year: 1893

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Side-props for Wagons and similar Vehicles.
I, EBERHARD KNOPF, of Sillemstrasse 1, Bergedorf, in the Free State of
Hamburg, Germany, Blacksmith, do hereby declare the nature of this invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to side-props to be used in wagons and similar vehicles, the
object in view being to enable heavy articles such as trees, logs, boards, and the like
to be loaded upon the vehicle with greater facility. Such articles have at present
to be lifted over the sides of the vehicles at great risks and with much unnecessary
labour.
According to my invention I substitute for the permanent side or sides of the
vehicle one or more removable side-props constructed as hereinafter described with
reference to the accompanying drawings.
In these drawings :-
Figure 1 is an elevation of the complete side-prop in position.
Figure 2 is an elevation of the removable part of the side-prop.
Figure 3 is an elevation of the base of the prop,
Figure 4 a plan of Figure 3, and
Figure 5 a cross section taken along the line x-y, Figure 1.
The improved side-prop consists of a base plate a having cast or otherwise formed
thereon the two sockets b and c, of which 6 is preferably higher than c, and cast at
a slight angle towards c in order to bring this socket in line with the inclined
member of the side-prop. This socket may also be provided with a set-screw d
fitting in a screw tapped hole in a boss formed upon the inner side of the socket.
The recessed parte of the socket bis preferably rectangular and that of c is
preferably shaped to an inverted truncated conę form as indicated by the dotted
lines, for the reception of the lower ends of the members ƒ g.
The prop itself consists of the two members fg firmly connected together at the
top, of which facts as a support for the load, and 9 as a strut to f. The lower
ends hi of the members fg are shaped to fit the sockets b C, and they may be
secured therein by tightening the set screw d.
The vehicle provided with side props constructed as herein described is loaded in
the following manner :-The props are first removed from the sockets bc and the
articles are loaded by being lifted over the sockets. As soon as the vehicle has
been loaded to the desired height, the props are replaced in the sockets and secured
by their screws.
The base a of the sockets is secured upon the floor of the vehicle by means of
screws or spikes as shewn by Figure 1, and there may be as many of them on
each side of the vehicle as may be thought necessary, or they may be limited to
one side of the vehicle only in cases where it can always be loaded from the
same side.
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. Side-props for wagons and similar vehicles constructed and arranged substan-
tially as and for the purpose herein before described and as illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.
2. In a side-prop for wagons and other similar vehicles, the combination and
arrangement of two sockets cast or formed on a single base, and a removable

page_text: bifurcated prop the lower ends of the members of which are constructed to fit into
the sockets, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and as
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 14th day of November A.D. 1893.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.