Self-propelled vehicles; a practical treatise on the theory, construction, operation, care and management of all forms of automobiles (1906)
Homans, James E. (James Edward), b. 1865 · New York, T. Audel & Company · leaf 82
e of very small rubbertires, while in no way diminishing the effect of a flexible frame. UNDERFRAMES CF MOTOR CARRIAGES. 69 The Riker Underframe— One of the best known devices forsecuring a flexible underframe is embodied in the Riker electriccarriages. The construction is of seamless steel tubing… … Fig. 66.—The Riker Underframe, showing the swivel connections at front and rear to per-mit distortion on uneven roads. thus forming a rectangle of diminished width at-the front end.Both the reach tubes are ring-jointed over the forward axle tube;one being securely brazed in place, the other, with…
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