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FRAME FOR STAGKING.

No. 298,833. Patented May 20, 1884.

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\VILLIAM J. DARRAH, OF FAYETTEVILLE, MISSOURI.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,833, dated May 20, 1884.

Application filed March 6, 1884. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom, it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. DARRAH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Fayetteville, in the county of Johnson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Frames for Stacking; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved frame for stacking. Figs. 2 and 3 are a side and an end view of the same, respectively. Fig. at is a detail View of one of the joints of the corner-posts and the inclined top bars. Fig. 5 is a similar View of one of the joints of the middle posts and a top post, and Fig. 6 is a detail view of the ends of three of the cross-bars and of a portion of the cornerbar.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to frames for stacking hay or grain; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letters A indicate the corner-posts, which are inclined outward from their lower ends, andare composed of two planks placed at an obtuse angle to each other, and the lower ends of each of the planks composing a corner-post is provided with an outwardly-projecting screwbolt, 13, upon which slides a slotted corner piece or extension, 0, which may be adjusted upon the bolts by means of nuts 1) bearing against the outside of the extension. The lower ends of these extensions are provided with rings or sockets E, through which plugs or stakes G may be driven, securing the corner-posts and their extensions to the ground. The upper ends of the corner-posts are provided with castings or sockets F, into which the lower ends of inwardly-inclined top bars, H, may be inserted and secured by means of nutted bolts I, the said inwardly-inclined corthe middle of thecross-bars.

ner top bars consisting, like the corner-posts and extensions, of two planks secu red together at an obtuse angle. At the middle of the outer corners of the corner posts are secured sockets J, into which the ends of extensible braces K, notched at their upper ends to correspond to the angle of the corner-posts, are inserted, and the said braces consist of an upper piece, L, having a nutted bolt projecting outward, and of a lower piece, M, having a longitudinal slot, N, sliding adjustably upon the nutted bolt. The planks of the corner posts have a series of perforations, 0, near their edges, and the ends of a number of extensible cross-bars, 1?, extending between the edges of the corner-posts, are provided with clamping-lips Q, which clamp the edges of the corner-posts, and have perforations B, through which pass bolts S, passing through the perforations in the corner-posts, serving to adjust the cross-bars. These cross-bars consist of 'two pieces, T, having longitudinal slots U, through which slots pass nuttedbolts V, upon which bolts the slotted ends slide and may be adjusted to the distance between the corner-posts. One of these bolts is of such a length that it may pass through the cross-bars and through the lower end of a post, W, inclined outwardly from its lower end, one of which inclined posts is placed between each pair of corner-posts, forming a support for The upper ends of these inclined posts are provided with castings orsockets X, into which fit the lower ends of inwardly-inclined top pieces, Y, and the lower ends of the inclined posts are provided with bolts Z, which pass throughlongitudinal slots A in extensions B, and the outer sides of the inclined posts are provided with sockets G, into which the upper ends of braces D fit, which braces are provided with slotted extensions E, sliding adjustably upon nutted bolts F.

It will be seen that when a stack is to be commenced the corner-posts, cross-bars, and 5 stack, and the cross-bars may be extended and moved upward upon the perforations in the corner -posts as the stack grows upward. When it is now desired to taper the stack off at its upper portion, the inwardly-inclined top pieces or bars are placed in their sockets, and serve to determine the angle of the top of the stack, and when the stack has arrived to the open ends of the inclined bars it is topped off in the space between the said upper ends.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire 'to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- The combination of the outwardly-inclined corner-posts having slotted extensions at their lower ends, castings or sockets at their upper ends, inclined sockets at their outer sides, and perforations at their edges, the extensible cross-bars having perforated lips at their ends,

the outwardly-inclined middle posts having extensions at their lower ends, sockets at their upper ends, and. inclined sockets at the middle of their outer sides, the extensible braces fitting with their upper ends into the sockets upon the outer sides of the corner-posts and of the middle posts, and the inwardly-inclined top bars fitting with their lower ends in the sockets at the upper ends of the corner and middle posts, all constructed as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. DARRAH.

\Vitnesses:

RoB'r. TURLEY, S. L. BORTHIOK.

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