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Application filed December 17,1890. Serial No. 374*984. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, William Shelton Harris, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milan, in the county of Gibson and State of 5 Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Bed Elevators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed io drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a sectional elevation of my invention; Fig. 2, an under side plan view of the wagon body; Fig. 15 3, an end view thereof.

The present invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in means for elevating wagon or other vehicle beds or bodies after being detached from their run20 ning-gear, so that they may be placed out of the way in the stable or carriage-house; and the object thereof is to provide the body or bed with an attachment whereby it may be conveniently connected by means of a rope 25 with suitable pulleys in the stable or carriagehouse and be elevated to the place desired.

The invention consists in the several details of construction, substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described 30 and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the posts, and B the cross-beams thereof, having connected thereto suitable pulleys a, said posts and beams forming a frame35 work in the stable or carriage-hou%e; or, if preferred, the pulleys can be attached to any portion of the stable or house and the framework dispensed with, as found best adapted to the purpose.

The wagon or other vehicle bed or body is shown at C, and has connected to its under side metal plates D D', provided at their ends with bearings b to receive a shaft c, which is of sufficient length to extend out beyond the end of the bed or body C to form a windlass E, and from this point it is bent at right angles to form a crank d, which is provided at its extremity with a sliding handle F, by which the windlass can be turned.

The shaft c has a slot at its end, which fits a key e to prevent the same from being pulled out of its bearings; but after the bed or body is elevated to the place desired the key can be removed and the device, with the exception of the plates D D', can be detached, thus pro viding a very simple and effective attachment to the body or bed of the vehicle.

d² is a collar on the shaft c at its angle or bend, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2, and serving as the buter end of the drum on which the 60 rope G is wound. The rope G has one end connected to the windlass and extends over the pulleys, and has a loop at its opposite end to loop over the end of the bed or body, as shown in Fig. 1. When the bed or body is 65 elevated to the desired height, the handle F is pushed in, as shown in Fig. 2, which locks the windlass and prevents it unwinding, the shaft c not being able to turn in its bearings when the handle is brought against the un- 70 der side of the bed or body. The plate D, as will be noticed, forms a friction-bearing for the handle F when said handle is in position shown in Fig. 2, thereby taking the wear off the wood by frictional contact of the han- 75 die therewith.

It is deemed important· that the plates D O' be oppositely arranged, whereby they are less liable to be distorted .by strain on the windlass, and it is also important that the 80 outer one be formed at the outer end of the· bore with a flange d', as seen in all of the views, which serves as one end of the drum of the windlass.