IMPROVEMENTS ON VEHICLES

PERFECTIONNEMENTS AUX VOITURES

Claims

Claim lst In a buggy or other vehicle, a malleable iron fifth-wheel, the lower half of which is made solid with the metal bed-plate and has a groove cut round its to surface, to receive a projection formed on the upper half of the fifth-wheel. 2nd. In a buggy or other vehicle, a malleable iron fifth-wheel, the lower half of which is made solid with the metal bed-plate, whioh has a socket formed on its centre, and metal lug extending from it on either side of the head-block and axle. 3rd. In a buggy or other vehicle, a malleable iron fifth-wheel, the upper half of which is made solid with the metal head-plate and reach, in combination with lugs cast on the fifth-wheel on either side of the head plate and a projection cast on the centre of the heaed plate to fit into the socket on the bed-plate. 4th In a buggy or other vehicle a malleable iron fifth-wheel, the upper half of which has cast on it a metal reach projecting beyond the circumference of the whee1, and lug cast on the outer surface of the wheel opposite to, but on a line with the reach, in combination with a stay rod, one end of which is fastened to the reach and the other end to the lug on the opposite side of the wheel, the said rod being bent so as to pass round the axle-plate, passing over a bolt projecting from the bottom of the said plate at the centre of the fifth-wheel.