US1018140A - Dump-car. - Google Patents

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H.H.WUGHAN.

DUMP OAR. APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 1910.

1,018,140. Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

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H. H. VAUGHAN.

.DUMP cm. AIPPLIOATION nun APR. 1, 191o.' 1,01 8, 140. Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

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DUMP GAR.

APIPLIOATION FILED AIR. 1, 1910. 1,01 8, 140. Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

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DUMP GAR.

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Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

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Application filed April 1, 1910.

To all whomit may comer n:

Be it known that l, HENRY llnoun' its object to provide an improved device for preventing leakage over the free end of the door when closed, improved means for operating the doors and a convertible car of this-type wherein the center sill, cross bearers, and hoppers are suspended from the sides of the car.

The invention may be said to consist of the construction and combination and particular arrangement of parts hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims. For full comprehension, however of invention reference must be had to the accompanying drawings forming a of this specification, in which similar reference characters indicate the same parts, and Wherein- Figure 1 a longitudinal sectional View oi one half of my improved convertible car; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the other half thereof; Fig. 3 is'an enlarged transverse sectional view; Fig. 4- is an enlarged detail. bottom plan view partly in section; 5 is an enlarged detail longitudinal sectional view taken on line B, B, 3 illustrating particularly the engagement between the side flanges or" the doors and the door frame;

Fir 6 is an enlarged detail perspective View illustrating the connection between the center and end sills; Fig. 7 is a similar view illustrating the connection between. theside and end sills; and Fig 8 is an enlarged detail perspective View illustrating the connection between the main parts shown. in Fig. 5.

The under framing or substructure of my improved car consists of longitudinal side sills I; Z) of channel form set on edge with their flanges facing inwardly, transverse end sills c 0 riveted to the side sills, a longi- Specifieation of Letters Fatent.

Patented Feb. 21), 1912.,

Serial 'No. 552,878.

tudinal center sill d of box like cross-section the ends whereof are rigidly connected by angle brackets d to the end sills,'and a series oi uniformly spaced cross bearers e of inverted U cross-section having the inner ends of their legs oppositely flanged as at f and riveted to the center sill, their lower edges inclined upwardly and outwardly, and their outer ends connected by angular brackets g to the side sills. The legs of the cross bearers constitute hopper walls and have riveted thereto the upwardly turned flanges h of fixed inclined hopper-floor membersilocated between the bearers with their upper ends 7' overlapping and riveted to the flanges 7c of the center sill; the walls being braced and the lower edges thereof stiffened by channel members an the flanges of which riveted along the edges of the said walls; while the lower edge of the hopper-floor members a" are stiffened by angle irons n riveted thereto. A series of doors 0 of trough form with their free ends open, each hinged by a hinge rod 79 to brackets 9' fixed to the cross bearers e, are so disposed as to have their hinged ends which are inclined with relation to the bottom of the trough, covered by one leg of the angle iron 11- and, when the door is closed, lie in tight contact with the flange of such angle iron fixed to the floor member, the free end of the door, at the same time lying in tight contact with a fixed lip 1" presented by a diagonally downwardly bent plate 3 riveted to the underside of the bottom flange of the adjacent channel iron side sill, the inclination 01'. this bent lip coinciding with the closed door and preventing leakage over the end thereof and the tight contact between the inclined or angular hinged end and the flange of the angle iron serving the same purpose at that end. These doors are each reinforced at their free ends by angle irons a and longitudinally thereof by angle-irons it formed to overlie the angle-iron i. The center sill and crossbearers of this sub-structure or under-framing constitutes a truss suspended at its ends from the side sills, and in order to provide the necessary reinforcement for the side sills to transmit the load to the bolsters 2, l employ steel frame sides preferably comprising vertical and diagonal stays 3 and t respec- 5 angle thereto.

tively, secured at their lower ends to the side sills and at their upper ends through the medium of gusset-plates 5 to the longitudinal roof members 6, such steel framing 5 being preferably furnished with sheathing 7. The ends are also reinforced by vertical stays 8 secured at their lower ends to end sills c and at their upper ends to the end roof members 10. p

10 The means for operating the doors comprises Z-brackets 12 having web 13 by which they are fixed to the underside of the i i doors with one leg, 14, of the Z extending beyond the flange t and bent to an obtuse A series of chains 15 at both sides of the car are connected at one end to these legs 14 by an adjustable connection consisting 'of an eye-bolt 140 and nuts 141,

and at their other ends to shafts 1Q mounted rotatably in brackets 17 secured to the lower ends of some of the vertical side stays 3, the shafts being supported slightly belowthe level-of the lips r. This particular location of the shafts is permitted by the Z-brackets 2 .owing to the opposition of t 1e points of connection 12 of the chains to the doors, the effect being that the doors can be lifted by the chains into tight engagement with the lips 1 without the necessity of locating the lifting shafts above the lips. By this particular arrangement of the doors they form when open a continuation of the fixed hopper floor member thusenabling the car to be dumped with facility; while the adjustable connection 140, 141 permits slack inthe chains to be taken up. I

Displaceable floor members 20 are connected by links-'21 to the cross bearers near the outer ends thereof, each of such mem- 40 bers being provided with a cleat 22, a metallic reinforcement heel 28, and the free ends thereof have end bars 24: bolted thereto and formed tobe seated on the side edges of fixed floor members 25 bolted to the top of the centervsill, As an additional reinforce-.

ment and stifiener for the cross-bearers and a support for the floor of the car a series of angle-irons 30 are riveted to the underside of the top of'each ofsuch cross bearers and are secured to' other angle irons riveted to the sides of the cross-bearers.

The combination of the trough door with open free end, the downwardly projecting flange, .with which such free end lies in fiat contactthe, angular hinged end and the flangevit engages secure the effective sealing the doors,

The advantage of the diagonally disposed troughadoon hinged at its lower end, is that 6.0 when the door'is closed its free end projects diagonally upwardly beyond the edge it engages of thedischarge opening and thus in effect presents to such, edge a flange similar in funotionto the side fiangeson'the door-in that it seals the saichfree'end of the door.

I What I claim is as follows 2- 1. The combination in a box car, the sides of which have steel framing, of a center sill,

a plurality of laterally extending crossbearers secured to the center sill and sus- 7o pended from the sides of the car and portions of which form the sides of hoppers, such bearers having upwardly and outwardly inclined lower edges, a plurality'of downwardly-and outwardly inclined hopper '75 floor members arranged between said crossbearers and'secured at their inner edges to the top portion of the center sill, flanged doors hinged at their inner ends beneath the inclined hopper floor members in close proxso imity to the outer--lower edges thereof, and adapted when closed to overlap the inclined lower edges of the cross-bearers and the edges of the hopper floors, and door I operating mechanism supported by the sides of the car and operatively connected to the free ends of the doors. a

, 2. A substructure for a car, comprising the combination of side sills, a center-sill, a plurality of cross-bearers secured to the cen- 9O ter-sill and suspended from the side sills and portions of which form the sides of hoppers, such cross-bearers having upwardly and outwardly inclined hopper floor members extending between said cross-bear- 9-5 ers andv secured at their inner edges to the top portion of the center sill, doors hinged at their inner ends in close proximity to the outer lower edges of the inclinedhopper floor members and adapted to contact when closed with the inclined lower edges of the cross-bearers, diagonal flanges formed onthe inner ends of the doors and adapted to overlap and come into flat contact with the lower edges of the inclined floor members, and door operating mechanism operatively connected to the outer ends of the doors.

3. In a dump car, the combination with a center-sill, and a series of cross bearers portions of which form thesides or hoppers, of a seri'es of inclined-hopper floor members fixed at their'sides-to. the cross bearers and at theirupper ends-to the center-sill and extending at a'nangle' from the sides of the said center-sill, and a series of flanged doors 115 hinged to the-lower ends of such members and forming when open a projection there of and when closed serving as the opposite inclined hopper floor members, the flanges of the doors overlapping the edges of the cross-bearers and the lower edges of the floor members.

4. In a dump'car, the combination with a center-sill and side sills, of a series of crossbearers of invcrted-U-cross-section, bracingv members of channel CI'OSS-StatlOIl arranged between the lower portions or the sides of each cross-bearer and having downturncd flanges secured thereto,; the.- lower edges of such flanges being substantially flush with flanges straddling the down-turned flanges the lower edges of the 'cross-bearersfand flanged" door members extending between the said cross-bearers and having their of the bracing members.

'5. In a dump car, the combination with-a center-sill and aseries of cross bearers of.

inverted-u cross-s'ection portions of which form the sides of hoppers, of a series of 1nclined hopper floor members fixed to the cross-bearers, and a series of flanged doors,

hinged to the edges of said floor members and forming when'closed the opposite inclined hopper floor members and having the flanges thereof which form the sides of the door straddling the legs ofthe crossbearers.

6. A substructure for a car comprising the combination of side sills, a'center-sill; a series of cross-bearers of inverted U-crosssection fastened attheir opposite ends to the center-sill and side sills and portions of which form the sides of hoppers; inclined hopper-floor members located between the cross-bearers; inclined trough shaped hopper-doors adapted to constitute the balance of the hopper-flooring and havin the membeis thereof which form the si es of the trough straddlingxlegs of. the cross-bearers; means pivoting t e doorsin'hinged relation with the lower edges of the said fixed floor members; and means for operating the said doors.

7. A substructure for a car comprising the combination of side sills, a center-sill,

' a series of cross-bearers of inverted-U-crosssection fastened at their opposite ends to the center-sill and side sills and portions of which form the sides of hoppers; flanged braces connecting together the ends of the legs of each bearer; inclined hopper-floor members located between the cross-bearers of the center-sill and ance of the hopper flooring and having the members thereof which form the sides of the trough straddling the legs ofthe crossbearers; means pivoting the doors'in hinged relation with the lower edges of the said fixed floor members; and means for operating the said doors.

8. Ina dump car, the *combination of a center-sill, side sills, a series of cross-bear ers of inverted U-cross-section fastened at their opposite ends to the center-sill and side ing the flangeszstraddling the legs of the cross-bearers and the lower edges of the floor members, and means for operating the said doors.

9. In a car, the combination with the "presenting with the car frame an inclined vdischarge opening, a pair; of inclined downwardly' (projecting flanges formed on the frame a jacent to the sides of thedischarge opening, a flange in the plane of the discharge opening extending between the said downwardly projecting flanges and forming the upper: front edge of such discharge opening, and a door hlnged to the hopper floor member and having-rear and side flanges adapted to inclose the said downwardly pro ecting flanges and the lower edge of the frame thereof, of 1a hopper'floor member hopper-floor member, and having its free end adapted to overlap and come into flat contact with the flange forming the upper front edge of the opening.

10. In a car the combination with the frame thereof, of a fixed inclined hopper 'floor memberpresenting with the car frame an' inclined discharge opening; an inclined flange fixed to the frame and extending in the plane of the openin to form the upper front edge thereof; an form hinged at'the. lower end of such inclined fixed floor'member and presenting at such hingedend an angular portion adapted to overlap and come into flat contact with the said inclined lower end of the fixed floor member and the opposite free end of the door overlapping and coming into flat cona door of trough tact with the said inclined flange forming the upper front edge of the opening.

11. In a dump car, the combination of a center-sill, side sills, cross-bearers connecting such side and center-sills and having inclined lower edges, a fixed inclined hopper floor member presenting with such 'cross-bearers an inclined discharge opening, a door hinged to the underside of the inclined floor'member in close proximity to the edge thereof, and adapted when closed to constitute the balance of the hopper floor and to overlap the inclined lower edges of the cross-bearers, an angular flange portion formed on the hinged end of the door and adapted to overlap and come into flat contact with the underside of the fixed floor member, and means for operating the said door. I y

12. In a dump carthe frame whereof presents a flanged diagonal discharge opening, a door flanged at the rear edge and both side edges only, leaving the front edge unobstructed, and hinged to the frame at a point beneath the lower edge of the opening so that when closed it willbe inclined upwardly from its hinged lower edge and in aposition to present u ivardly projectin portions at all sides over apping the flange edges of the opening.

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In a dump car, the. frame whereof In testimony whereof, I have signed my gre'sents a flanged discharge opening, adoor name to this specification, in the presence anged at the rear edge and both side edges of two subscribing witnesses. k only, leaving the front, edge' unobstructed, y 5 and the door when closed being inclined up- HENRY HAGUE VAUGHAN wardly from its flanged lower rear edge in order that when so closed it will be in a position to present upwardly projecting por- Witnesses:

tions at all sides overlapping the flanged J. W. NAUGHT, 10 edges of-the opening. LESLIE DRAKE.-

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