(No Model.

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W. A. STOWELL,
COMBINED CARRIAGE JACK AND WRENCE,
No. 543,661. Patented July 30, 1895.
 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM A. s To WELL, OF MONTPELIER, WERMON T.
COMBINED CARRIAGE JACK AND WRENCH.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,661, dated July 30, 1895.
Application filed April 9, 1894, Serial No. 506,967, (No model.)
To all whom it may concern: upon the end of a rotating screw C, which is
Beit known that I, WILLIAM A. STOWELL, journaled in a bar C', provided with a fixed
a citizen of the United States, residing at jaw Cat one end and having ways C, adapted
Montpelier, in the county of Washington and to receive a sliding jaw C. The sliding jaw
State of Vermont, have invented a new and C is provided with a screw-threaded hole C
useful Improvement in a Combined Carriage to receive the rotating screw C, and as the
Jack and Wrench, of which the following is screw C is held from longitudinal movement
a specification, accompanied by drawings, in the bar C' its rotation will cause the jaw
forming a part of the same, in which C to slide along the ways C.
O Figure 1 represents the apparatus embody The bar C' is detachably connected with
ing my present invention, illustrating its the body A of the jack by means of two hooks
method of application to the axle of a car DD at one end of the bar, which engage studs
riage. Fig. 2 represents a portion of the D', projecting from opposite sides of the jack, :
body of the carriage-jack with the wrench re only one of the studs being represented in
moved therefrom. Fig. 3 is a perspective the drawings. The opposite end of the bar
view of the wrench detached from the body is provided with two ears or lugs C, which
of the carriage-jack; and Fig. 4 represents inclose a lug F, projecting from the upper
that portion of the body of the carriage-jack, edge of the jack, in order to hold the bar C
as shown in Fig. 2, with the wrench attached from lateral movement. The end of the bar
thereto, the wrench being shown in central 'C' is also provided with a hole G to receive a
sectional view and with the cap removed from spring-actuated bolt H, having a sliding mo
the Spring case or chamber, so as to disclose tion in the lug F and actuated by a spring
the locking-bolt and its actuating-spring, by H', held within a chamber F, formed within 75
which one end of the wrench is attached to the lug F and covered by a cap F. The cap
25 the body of the carriage-jack. F is provided with a slot F, through which
Similar letters refer to similar parts in the a pin F extends, which is carried by the
different figures. - sliding bolt H, in order to withdraw the bolt
My invention relates to that class of car H and release the bar C. When the bar C
riage-jacks which are adapted to support the and screw C are in position, as represented
axle of the carriage and rest upon the hub in Figs. 1 and 4, they form a portion of the
of the carriage-wheel after it has been re. jack capable of being detached from the body
moved from the axle; and it consists in cer A, as represented in Fig. 3, and capable of
tain improvements in the combined carriage separate use for the purposes of a wrench.
jack and wrench forming the subject of my What I claim as my invention, and desire
35 application for Letters Patent, Serial No. to secure by Letters Patent, is
497,842, filed January 20, 1894. 1. The device comprising the lever A, pro
Referring to the drawings, A denotes the vided with feet A and A'at its opposite ends,
body of the carriage-jack provided at its ends and a suspension hook A supported by said
with feet A' A' and having near one end a lever, of a bar Clying parallel with said le
suspended hook A. The jack is provided wer and having one end detachably attached
with a handle A at one end, and in use of to said lever midway its feet A, A, and hav
the jack the foot A' is placed upon the top ing the opposite end of said bar C, detach
of the axle B with the hook A beneath the ably attached to one end of said lever A, fixed 95
axle near the hub of the wheel B, and the and movable jaws carried by said bar C, an
45 axle and wheel are lifted by means of the actuating screw journaled in said bar C and
handle A", when the wheel B' can be removed extending beyond the end of said lever A
from the axle into the position indicated by and forming a handle A', substantially as de Co
the broken lines B, Fig. 1, and the foot. A scribed.
lowered to rest upon the hub B, thereby sus 2. A device comprising the lever A, pro
ending the axle. vided with the feet A and A* and a suspen
Instead of permanently attaching the han sion hook A connected to said lever, studs
dle A to the body of the jack it is placed D' projecting from said lever, detachable bar
 2.
C provided with a pair of jaws, hooks D, D.
on said bar engaging the stud D, handle A
carried by said bar and a spring actuated
latch held by the lever A and engaging said
5 bar, substantially as described.
3. A device comprising the lever A pro
vided with the feet A' and A', and a suspen
'sion hook A, of a bar C detachably con
nected with said lever and provided with a
Io recess G, a lug Fon said lever, a sliding spring
543,661
actuated bolt held by said lug and entering
said recess, lugs or ears C, C inclosing said
lug F, hooks D engaging studs on said lever
and a handle A carried by said detachable
bar, substantially as described.
Dated this 30th day of March, 1894.
WILLIAM A. STOWELL,
Witnesses:
S. C. SHURTLEFF,
F. W. MORSE.