Untitled record

Application filed November 8,1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Adrian Wilhelm Pletsch, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and a residentofLandstuhl in the Palat5 inate, Germany, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheelbarrows, of which the following is a specification.

The main object of my invention is to so construct a wheelbarrow that, while it can be io made to hold much more than an ordinary wheelbarrow, the person moving the barrow will hot have to support its weight, further objects of my invention being to provide for the steady support of the barrow when it is being 15 loaded, to combine a brake with the wheel, and provide supports for the barrow in tilting. These objects I attain in the manner which I will now proceed to describe, reference being had to the accompanying draw20 ings, in which—

Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a side view of the barrow in the position for loading; Fig. 2, a side view when it is ready to be moved; Fig. 3, Sheet 2, a rear view of the barrow in the po25 sition Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a detached plan of the rear wheel and brakeband Fig.5, a detached sectional view, showing the construction of the brake.

The body A of the barrow is provided with 30 the usual front wheel, B', and in the same line therewith, at the rear of the body, is arranged a wheel, B, having journals adapted to bearings iu projecting portions of the side plates of the barrow. To these side plates 35 are pivoted feet G on each side of the wheel B, so that when the barrow is in motion the feet can be turned up out of the way, as in Fig. 2; but when being loaded the feet can be turned down so as to raise the wheel B off 40 the ground, the barrow being then supported on the front wheel and the two feet 0. Each foot G is connected by a rod, D, to a lever, E, pivoted to the upper rear edge of the barrow, and having two handles, e and e'.

When the barrow is to be pulled the operator grasps the handles e', which, in the same way, also automatically cause the lifting of the feet 0, so that the barrow is supported on the two wheels, and can be freely moved 50 about without requiring any other effort from the user than to push or pull and balance it. Hence the barrow may be made of much larger capacity than the usual single-wheeled barrows.

Pivoted to the under side of the body A 55 near the wheel B is a brake-lever, F, Figs. 4 and 5, with a bent end, which can enter between the spokes of the wheels when the lever is moved to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4, but which is clear of the wheel 6c when moved to the position shown by full lines.

The lever F is held in its two positions by engaging with one or other of the notches g g, Fig. 3, in the retaining-block G, which is piv- 65 oted at h to the rear of the barrow, within easy reach of the operator’s foot.

The brake-lever F is in the position shown by full lines in Fig. 4 when tbe barrow is to be moved; but when it is desired to keep the 70 barrow standing the catch G, Fig. 3, is raised and the lever F moved so that its bent end enters between thespokes, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4, so as to lock the wheel B.

The cross-bars Η H', which support the 75 bottom of the body A, are extended some distance beyond the body on each side, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to form supports for the barrow when the latter is to be tilted.

When the barrow is turned entirely over it 80 is supported on the front piece, x, and the metal hoops or projections y, so that the handles will not get injured or dirty.