To all whom it may concern:
     Be it know that we, WILLIAM F. VERNIER, residing at Hammonton, in the county of Atlantic, State of New Jersey, and LEOPOLD F. COSKY, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, citizens of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dumping-Wagons, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specifications and accompanying drawings.
     Our invention consists of an improved construction of dumping-wagon in which provision is made for elevating the body of the same and afterward permitting it to be rotated and tilted in any desired direction, the novel features of which will be hereinafter fully set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.
     Figure 1 represents a side elevation, partly in section, of a dumping-wagon embodying our invention, the wagon being shown in full lines in elevated horizontal position and in broken lines in normal and in elevated tilted position.  Fig. 2 represents a front elevation of the wagon, the same being shown in tilted position.  Fig. 3 represents a plan view of one side of the wagon, a portion of the latter being removed in order to show the construction of the hoisting mechanism.  Fig. 4 represents a section on line x x, Fig.1.  Fig. 5 represents a section on line y y, Fig. 1.
     Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.
     Referring to the drawings, A designates the running-gear of the wagon, the same consisting of the longitudinally-extending sills B, which are connected at their rear portions by the cross-bar C, the front extremity of the sills having the depending-bars D attached thereto, which latter are secured at their lower extremities to the transversely-extending bars E.
     F designates a ring supported beneath the central portion of the bars E and adapted to rest upon a similar ring G, which is supported upon the transverse bars H, the extremities of which latter are secured to the beams J, which are supported on the springs K, which latter are mounted on the forward axles.
L designates the rear springs, which are

suitably attached to the rear portions of the sills B and are supported upon the rear axle.
     M designates tracks which are attached to the inner opposite faces of the sills B, each of which has sliding therein the head M3, which is attached to the rod N, which extends transversely to the wagon and passes through the extensions Q of the supporting-arms P.
     R designates pulleys, which are suitably journaled upon the extensions Q, around which pulleys pass the chains S, the latter being adapted to have a portion thereof wound upon the drum P1, and each having one extremity fastened to said drum at the point T, while their other end is attached at the point U to the extensions U2 of the supporting-arm V, which is fulcrumed upon the transverse rod V2, which is suitably secured to the rear portion of the sills B, the chain S being supported upon the rollers W, which depend from said sills B.
     The adjacent extremities X and Y of the arms P and V are provided with the intermeshing gear-teeth, and are pivotally attached to the head Z, which latter is provided with a shoulder A1, it being evident that by reason of the manner of attaching the extremities to the arms of said head said shoulder or upper surfaces A1 thereof will always remain substantially horizontal.
     B1 designates a cross-bar which is supported upon the shoulder A1 of the head Z and is provided at its extremities with the journals C1, which have suitable bearings in the boxes D1, mounted on either side of the body of the wagon.
     E1 designates a stem projecting from the head Z and passing through the cross-bar B1, said stem being threaded near its extremity and provided with the nut F1, whereby it will be evident that said cross-bar B1 can be rotated on said stem E1 as a journal, and with it the wagon body, which is mounted on said cross-bar.
     G1 designates arms, which in the present instance are two in number, as will be understood from Fig.2, said arms having one of their extremities suitably attached to the bar B1 and projecting forwardly and being united at their forward extremity by the pin W, which latter forms a fulcrum for the lever J1,
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