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W. H. YOST.

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APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 21, 1910.

Patented June 11,1912.

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W. H. YOST.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21, 1910.

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W. H. YOST.

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sans PATENT OFFICE.

WINFIELD HANCOCK YOST, OE MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, AssIGNOR T0 BODGER BALLAST CAR COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. June 11, 1912.

Application filed November 21, 1910. Serial No. 593,531.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, WINFIELD HANCOCK Yos'r, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of'Ganada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates particularly to ballast cars and it has for an object to provide an improved construction for cars of this type whereby the complete discharging or plowing Off to one side of'the load carried by the car may be facilitated and in which the side walls will be less liable to be damaged during the plowing Off than has been the case with cars of this type heretofore constructed.

Other Objects and the advantages of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from a consideration of the following description and accompanying drawings in which one embodiment of the invention has been described and illustrated, the invention consisting of the construction, arrangement and combination of parts as hereinafter set forth and particularly defined in the appended claims.

Referring now to the drawings in which similar reference characters indicate the same parts throughout the various views, Figure 1 is a plan'view of a car constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse section thereof taken on line 22 Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one half of the car; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the other half of the car taken on line 4:4:

Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a detail transverse vertical sectional view of a portion of one side of the car taken on line 55 Fig. 6; Fig. 6 is a detail horizontal sectional section taken on line 66 Fig. 5; and Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view of my improved locking device for the end gate taken on the line 77 Fig. 1; Fig. 8 is a detailtransverse vertical section taken on the line 88 Fig. 3 and illustrating particularly the hinge connection between the side Walls and theunderstructure; and Fig. 9 is an underside plan view of the same parts."

The understructure of the car may be of usual or approved construction, as here shown comprising side and intermediate longitudinal sillsa and b respectively, and transverse sills c.

In constructing the car I prefer to form the side walls each in two sections 9 g and h h and to hinge these sections or unite to the understructure of the car as will be presently pointed out. The side stakes f of the car are rigidly secured to the side sills and these stakes are made of lesser height than the side walls which latter inclose the stakes, being formed with openings 2 to accommodate them, the sides being stifiened by suit able battens 2" which may be, as shown, of Z'-form. By means of this construction I am enabled to provide any desirable number of side stakes to guide the plow and brace the side sections (as will be pointed out later) without correspondingly increasing the number of the latter, thus insuring a more rigid side wall and causing the space between the side walls to be unobstructed and enabling plowing OK the load carried by the car to one side with the opposite side up to be successfully accomplished, the walls being preferably formed as above stated in two sections to facilitate handling.

I prefer to hinge the side walls to the side sills a by means of U-brackets j bolted to the side sills and each having pivoted thereto, by the usual hinge pins 70, a pair of straps Z secured on Opposite sides of the web of the battens a". In order to reinforce the side sills at the points where the brackets j are of the openings 71 will clear the outer edges of the stakes, while when these sections swing down to substantially vertical position the side battens i will bear against theside sills a, which latter thus serve as stops to prevent the side sections from swinging inwardly and striking the car trucks (not shown), the retaining of the walls in the position indicated also acting to prevent material discharged from the car from running back on the track and causing derailments.

The side wall sections are locked in their upright positions to the side stakes f, the locking mechanism being carried by the side sections so that when the latter are released and fall down they will carry the locking mechanism with them and move it to a position entirely out of the way of material being discharged. The locking mechanism I prefer to use comprises rods 8 carried one on each of the side sections and pivotally connected to the battens 2' by straps t and having cranked portions to engaging in notches o in the tops of the side stakes f thus holding the wall sections against inward and outward movement, the cranked portions a being locked in the notches by locking dogs to pivotally carried by the wall sections above the openings i and having cam faces w adapted to be swung into engagement with the cranks u. The ends of the rods 8 preferably extend beyond the corresponding ends of the side walls and are provided with handles 8 whereby they may be operated to move the cranks u out of engagement with the notches '0.

Secured respectively to the side walls and side sills are stake pockets 1 and 2 respectively in which if desirable auxiliary side stakes, indicated in dotted lines at 3 Fig. 3, may be inserted to reinforce the side sections.

In the drawings I have shown my inventionembodied in a-car of the type adapted to be converted either into a gondola car or hopper car. The flooring 5, which is supported by the understructure before mentioned of the car,has a pair of hinged doors 6 and 7 which are adapted to be swung up to .the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2

with their free edges engaging in angular grooves 8 inthe side walls and resting also upon beveled inner portions 9 of the tops of the side stakes. WVhen in this position these doors form inclined floors for directing the material in the car into a hopper 1O suspended from the understructure and which may be of any convenient construction, as here shown comprising inclined end walls 11, an

inclined side wall 12, and a door 13 oper-.

ated by suitable mechanism as the chain L1 and shaft 15. The balance of the walls of the hopper car is formed by a pair of end gates 16, hinged adjacent to the upper ends of the walls 11, which gates form part of the. flooring 5 and are adapted to be swung up to vertical position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, to close the space between the sidewall sections; being held in such vertical position by any suitable "means as the hooks 18 carried by the free ends thereof and engaging in eyes 19 carried by the side wall sections.

In order to insure of the free ends of the end gates when the latter are in horizontal position being flush with the flooring 5 and prevent such ends being swung up in any manner (as by shocks due to coupling, etc.,) I have provided means whereby such gates may be locked to the understructure, such means preferably comprising a pair of bolts 20 secured to opposite ends of angle iron stiffeners 21 extending across the free edges of the gates, the bolts being slidably held in place by means of headed pins 22 projecting from the angle irons and passing through slots 23 in the bolts, the latter being. formed with upturned ends 24 for convenience in operating, the gates being recessed as shown at 25 to accommodate the bolts, the latter being thus below the level of the flooring and ofiering no obstruction to the plow. To brace these bolts angular brackets 30 secured to the angle irons 21 and projecting over the bolts may be provided. To look the gates these bolts are moved into engagement with keepers 26 carried by the side sills.

In addition to the advantages before pointed out it will be readily seen from the foregoing description that by hinging the side walls at their bottoms to the understructure in cars of this type in which the load is discharged by running a plow over the flooring thereof the sides will offer, when swung down below the flooring, no obstruction to the discharge of the load. It will also be seen that the sides may be made of a desired height to carry the capacity of the car in ballast while the low side stakes, although sufiicient to guide .the plow and brace the side walls, offer little obstruction to the discharge of material.

It is believed that the manner of operating the car will be readily understood by those skilled in the art from the foregoing specification and no further description of the operation is deemed necessary.

l/Vhat I claim is as follows:

1. A ballast car comprising an understructure including a flooring, side walls hinged to such understructure and having the spaces extending transversely above the car flooring between the ends thereof unobstructed, such walls being adapted to swing outwardly and downwardly from upright position, side stakes rigidly secured to the understructure and disposed substantially outwardly of the said side walls when the latter are in upright position, and means locking such side walls to the side stakes.

2. In a ballast car, the combination with the understructure thereof, of side stakes rigidly secured to the understructure, and side walls hinged to the understructure, such side walls being of greater height than the side stakes and adapted to inclose the latter.

3. In a ballast car, the combination with the understructure, of side walls hinged at their lowerends to the understructure, side stakes rigidly secured to and projecting upwardly from the understructure and disposed substantially outwardly of the inner faces of the side walls when the latter are in upright position, andmeans for locking such side walls to such side stakes, such locking means being carried by the side walls and disposed completely outwardly of the inner faces thereof.

4:. In a ballast car, the combination with the understructure thereof, of side stakes rigidly secured to the understructure, side walls hinged to the understructure, such side walls being of greater height than the side stakes and adapted to inclose the latter, and means for locking such side walls in upright position.

5. In a ballast car, the combination with the understructure thereof, of side stakes rigidly secured to the understructure, side walls hinged to the understructure, such side walls being of greater height than the side stakes and adapted to inclose the latter, and means for locking such side walls to the side stakes.

6. In a ballast car, the combination with the understructure thereof, of side stakes secured to the understructure, side walls hinged at their lower ends to such understructure, and locking means carried by the side walls and coacting with the said stakes to lock the side walls in upright position.

7. In a ballast car, the combination with the understructure thereof, of side stakes secured to the understructure, side walls hinged at their lower ends to the understructure, and rods carried by the side walls and provided with means engaging the stakes to lock the side walls thereto.

8. In a ballast car, the combination with the understructure thereof, of side stakes secured to the understructure, side walls hinged at their lower ends to the understructure, and locking means carried by the side walls and adapted to engage the said stakes to lock the said walls against inward and outward movement.

9. In a ballast car, the combination with the understructure thereof, of side stakes secured to the understructure and being formed with notches, side walls hinged at their lower ends to the said understructure, and means for locking such side walls in upright position, including rods pivotally mounted on the side walls and having cranked portions engaging in the said notches.

10. In a ballast car, the combination with an understructure including side sills, of side stakes rigidly secured to such side sills, side walls of greater height than the side stakes and having their lower portions formed with openings to accommodate the stakes, the inner faces of the side walls and side stakes being flush with one another, means hinging the side walls to the side sills, and means for locking the side walls to the side stakes.

11. In a ballast car, the combination with the understructure thereof, of side walls each formed in two sections, adapted to swing downwardly and outwardly from upright position, means hinging the lower ends of the sections to the understructure, and means locking the wall sections in upright position, such means including side stakes adapted to be inclosed on opposite sides by the sidewalls when the latter are in upright position.

12. In a car the combination with a rigid member and a movable member, of means hinging the movable member to the rigid member, including, a U-shaped strap inclosing the web of the bracket and the rigid member s, means fastening such bracket strap, and rigid member together, and means connecting the bracket to the movable member, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

13. In a ballast car, the combination with side sills, of side stakes carried by the side sills and being formed with notches, side walls of greater height than the side stakes, and formed with openings to accommodate the latter, locking means carried by the side walls and engaging the said notches to lock the walls in upright position, and means hinging the side walls to the side sills including a bracket mounted on the side sill, a strap inclosing the base of the bracket and the side sill, fastening members tying such bracket and strap together and to the side sill, and means pivotally connecting the side walls to the bracket.

14:. In a ballast car, the combination with the understructure thereof, of side walls hinged to such understructure to swing outwardly and downwardly from upright position, and devices located intermediate the ends of the walls for retaining such walls in on roppto-site sides of the car -to be unob- :structed.

15. In a ballast car, thecombination with the understructure of side wall units hinged to such understructure to swing outwardly and downwardly, and a plurality of side stakes for each side wall unit adapted to support such units in upright position, such stakes being rigidly secured to the underframeand disposed substantially outwardly of the inner faces of the said wallunits when the walls are in upright position.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 1

WVINFIELD HANCOCK YOST.

Witnesses:

ALEX OURRIE, FRED. J. SEARs.

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