US1002935A - Carline. - Google Patents

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G. A. SELEY.

UARLINE.

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CARLINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 4, 1910.

Patented Sept. 12, 1911. Serial No. 575,426.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. Sunny, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Car-lines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to car roofs and more particularly to the carlines which support the roof.

The invention has for its principal objects to produce an inexpensive metal carline which is rigid and durable, and to make available the maximum amount of head room in a car.

The invention consists in the parts and in the arrangements and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings which form part of this specification and wherein like symbols refer to like parts wherever they occur, Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan iew of a portion of a side plate of a car having a carline embodying my invention secured thereto; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view, partly in vertical section and partly in elevation, of the p'artsshown in Fig. 1; lFig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section through the side plate and end portion of the carline which is secured thereto; Fig. elis a sectionv on the line d4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is an inverted plan view of the end casting of the carline; and Fig. 6 is a view, partly in vertical section and partly in elevation, showing a modification of the end c: sting of the carline.

In the drawings, only one side plate of a car is shown as the construction is duplicated on both sides of the car. The side plate comprises a wooden member 1 which extends the length of the car and is reinforced by a metal angle 2 which extends along the under face and the inner face of the wooden member.

The carline comprises a metal I-beam 3 whose web portion is disposed flatwise; and in the channel formed by the upwardly extending side flanges is placed a wooden filler 1. This wooden filler is bolted to the web portion of the I-beam by a bolt or bolts 5 and also by a horizontal bolt or bolts 6 to the flanges of the I-beam; and the outer end of the filler is preferably mortised into the side plate 2.

The I-beam is made continuous from side plate to side plate, and secured at its opposite ends to a malleable casting or otherwise suitably constructed bracket member l. The bracket 7 comprises a vertical plate or web portion 8 which is riveted to'the vertical flange of the side plate reinforcing angle 2 by a rivet 9. At the top of the plate 8 is a ledge 10 which rests upon the edge of the vertical flange or leg of the angle 2; and projecting inwardly from the web or plate 8 is a plate or shelf portion 11 which is set at an incline to correspond to the pitch of the metal carline. The web portion of the ll-beam rests on this shelf portion 11 of the bracket and is riveted thereto by rivets 12. The opposite side webs or stiffening members 13 of the bracket 7 are downwardly flaring so as to correspond to the bevel of the inner faces of the flanges of the I-beam which rests snugly thereagainst.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the ledge portion 10 on the bracket casting 7 is extended outwardly and curled or hooked down over the vertical flange of the reinforcing angle 2 on the side plate in order to make a more secure connection therewith.

By arranging the I-beam with the web portion flatwise and providing the box-like castings or brackets at the ends of the carline, a rigid connection is made between the side plates, so that the weaving motion of the top of the car is counteracted. This arrangement also gives a maximum amount of head room in the car.

Obviously, he device admits of considerable modification without departing from my invention. Therefore, I do not wish to be limited to the specific construction and arrangement shown.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with the wooden side plate of a car, of a metal reinforcing plate secured to the lower portion of the inner face of said side plate and extending throughout the entire length thereof, and a carline comprising a flanged metal member, extending from side plate to side plate, and a bracket member rigidly secured to the end portion of said flanged metal member, said bracket member having a portion fitted fiatwise against said reinforcing plate and rigidly secured thereto.

2. The combination with the side plate of a car, of a metal reinforcing plate secured to the inner face of said side plate and extending throughout the entire length thereof, and a carline comprising a flanged metal beam secured at its end portion to a bracket member, said bracket member being rigidly secured to the reinforcing plate on said side plate, and a wooden filler secured on said flanged metal beam, the end portion of said wooden filler being secured to the side plate independently of its connection with said bracket member.

3. The combination with the side plate of a car, of a metal reinforcing plate secured to the inner face of said side plate and ex tending throughout the entire length thereof, and a carline comprising a flanged metal beam secured at its end portion to a bracket member, said bracket member being rigidly secured to the reinforcing plate on said side plate, and a wooden filler secured on said flanged metal beam, the end portion of said wooden filler being mortised into said side plate.

4. The combination with the side plate of a car,'of a metal angle whose legs are respectively secured to the bottom face and inner face of said side plate, and a metal carline comprising an I-beam whose web portion is disposed fiatwise, the end portion of the web being rigidly secured to a bracket member, said bracket member being rigidly secured to the inner face of the vertical leg of the angle on said side plate and having an outwardly projecting ledge which rests on the top edge of the vertical leg of said angle.

5. The combination with the side plate of a car, of a metal angle whose legs are respectively secured to the bottom face and inner face of said plate, and a metal carline comprising an I-beam whose web portion is disposed flatwise, the end portion of the web being rigidly secured to a bracket member, said bracket member being rigidly secured to the inner face of the vertical leg of the angle on said side plate and having an outwardly extending downturned ledge overhanging the top edge of the vertical leg of said angle and engaging the outer face thereof.

6. The combination with the side plate of a car, of a metal reinforcing plate secured to the inner face of said side plate, and a metal carline comprising an I-beam whose web portion is disposed flatwise, and a bracket member having a vertical plate port-i011 which is rigidly secured to the inner face of said reinforcing plate on the side plate, an outwardly projecting lip resting upon the upper edge of said reinforcing plate, a shelf portion projecting inwardly from the upper edge of said. vertical plate portion, and stiffening webs connected to the opposite sides of the shelf portion and vertical plate portion of said bracket member, the end portion of the web of said I-beam being riveted to the top face of said shelf portion of the bracket member, and the inner faces of the lower flanges of the I-beam fitting against the outer faces of the stiffening webs on said bracket member.

7. The combination with the side plate of a car, of a metal reinforcing plate secured along the inner face of said side plate, and a metal carline comprising an end bracket member secured to the inner face of said reinforcing plate, said bracket member having an outwardly projecting lip which rests on the top edge of said reinforcing plate, said outwardly projecting lip having a downturned portion adapted to engage the outer face of said reinforcing plate.

8. The combination with the side plate of a car, of a metal reinforcing plate secured to the inner face of said side plate, and a metal carline comprising an end backet member which is rigidly secured to said reinforcing plate, said bracket member having an outwardly projecting lip which rests on the top edge of said reinforcing plate.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 26th day of Jilly, 1910.

CHARLES A. SELEY. \Vitnesses GEORGE A. HULL, Com C. SMITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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