US1040618A

US1040618A - Dump or drop-bottom car.

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Publication number: US1040618A
Application number: US59562410A
Authority: US
Inventors: Argyle Campbell
Original assignee: Enterprise Railway Equipment Co
Current assignee: Enterprise Railway Equipment Co
Priority date: 1910-12-05
Filing date: 1910-12-05
Publication date: 1912-10-08
Anticipated expiration: 1929-10-08

Description

Al AMPBELL.

DUMP 0R DROP BOTTOM CAR.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 5, 1910.

l 040, 6 1 8. Patented oef. 8, 1912.

A. CAMPBELL.

DUMP 0R DROP BOTTOM CAR.

APPLIOATION FILED DB0. 5, 1,910.

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A. CAMPBELL.

DUMP 0R DROP BOTTOM GAR.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 5, 1910.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

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Applicanpn-med neeember- 5, 1910. serial No. 595,624.

the-center sills 2 and by rivets 17 with the flanged Saddles (3. Each of the diaphragms 15 also has a wide (lange 18 edge, preferably extending at an angle of about forty-five degrees riveted to the bottom horizontal member 19 of the diaphragm which has an angle flange 20 fitting the an le lange 18 and riveted thereto. The horizontal member 19 of the diaphragm also has an angle flange 21 fitting and riveted to the angle flange 22 of the additional or supplemental diaphragm member 23 which is riveted to the upright portion of the diaphragm 15. The bottom horizontal member 19 is preferably of pressed steel and extends from side to side of the car and constitutes the bottom tie connection crosswise of the car. And it is provided with right angle flanges 24 at the point beneath the center sills instead of with angle flanges 20 where itI is riveted to the diaphragm or transom angle flanges 18 and `22,` as before mentioned. 4

The side sheets 25 which form the up- To all whom z't'may concern:

Be it known that I, ARGYLE CAMrBnnL, a citizen of the United States, residing 1n Illinois; havejfw'ented a new and useful Improvement in D 'nip orDrop-Bottom Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in dump or drop bottom cars...

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly broken away; showing one half of adumpor drop bottom car embodying my invention. 2 is a plany view of same, partly broken away. Fig. 3 is an en-` larged cross section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4' is an enlarged, detail partial section, similar to Fig. 3. Fi 5 is af'detailcross Fig.r3. Fig. 6 is a dtail, vertical section on line 6-6 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is an enlarged, detail, vertical section on line 7-7 ofl Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a det-ail, vertical section on line 8-8 of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 9 is a detail, horizontal section on line,

at its lower to the vertical and 9-9 of Fig. 3. right sides of the car body are furnished In the drawing, 1 represents the body of a with integral depending extensions 26 exdump or drop bottom car, 2, 2 the center tending below the floor line, these extensions having inclined inner ends 27 sloping gradually upward to the floor line at a point adjacent tothe door which is nearest to the end ,of the car. The extensions 26 of the side sills, preferably channels,y with the flanges 3 thereof turned inward or facing each other and extending from end to end of the car and connected at intervals by flan ed connectin Imembers 4 by rivets 5 an' by the sheets are furnished with horizontal flanges flange saddles or castings 6 to which the 28 at their lower edges to give additional diaphragme are connected. At intermediate points, similar castings 50, with hinge points 8 to whichthe doors 7 are hinged at their inner longitudinal edges, are connected to` the center sills 2. The flanged saddles 6 and door hinging -castings 50 are furnished with horizontal slots 9 to receive the bottom flange 10 of an I-beam 11'., the upper flange 12 of which covers the s ace between the the hinged doors flange 12 of the I-beam' 11 is 28 are secured by rivets `29 to the side of the car. The upright stakes -30 have right angle flanges 31 riveted to 25 of the car.

for connecting the body bolster 32 to the side of the car, two upright stakes 30 arc placed closely together at the body bolster.

Inclined aprons 33 are provided at each side of the car extending between the floor preferably substantially flush or on a 'level and the side sheets, t-he same being provided with the floor 13 of the car body. The door with flanges 34 and` 35, riveted to the sides hinging saddles 50 are wider at their base and ends of the car body.- Angle plates 3G are also riveted to the upright sides of the car at the floor line.

The diaphragms o1` transoms l5 of the car are provided with connecting castings 37, riveted thereto and to the upright sides of the car, and the same are provided withcurved slots or cut away portions 38 to give than at their top so that the hinge pivots of the doors may come much closer together than the center sills 2, 2, the saddles 59. having inclinedy outer faces 14 to permit the doors to properly swin down in opening.

The transoms or iaphragms 15 have flanges 16 connected by the rivets 5 with.

strength to the car body, and these flanges the upright sidesheets To give additional stiffness to the side of the 'car and additional strength 30 heads 48 as the door is further raised,

40 crank 51 for .45 middle line of the car,

65 the projecting room or space for the swinging door operating shaft 39 to move or swing in.. The swinging shaft 39 for operating the doors is supported bypivot arms or links 40, suspended from pivot pins 41 mounted upon suitable brackets 42 which are secured to and supported by the transoms or diaphragms 15g directly beneath the inclined aprons 33. Each of the swinging door operating shafts 39 is provided with a winding drum 43 and gear 44, the gear and drum being preferably formed in one piece andthe drum being preferably furnished with a spiral groove 45 for the chain or iexible connection 46 which connects the swinging operating shaft with Ythe doors. The hinged doors are provided at their outer or free ends with supporting bars or pieces 47 which project beyond the outer end edges of the doors and are furnished each with a circularly curved and toothed head or gear 48, adapted to mesh with the gear 44 on the swinging operating shaft 39 when the door is raised to near its closed position so that the gear heads 48 on the doors will cause the operating shaft 39 to swing out of the way of said gear heads 48 as the door is raised, and then cause the operating shaft to lswing under said gear and thus support the door in its closed position independent of the chains 46, as will be readily understood from Fig. 3 of the drawing, which shows at the right hand ofsaidfigure the door in 'its open position, and atk 5o,for opening all the doors, each shaft being provided with two winding drums 43 and two gears 44 for each of the doors, and each of the doors having. two projecting supporting bars 47, each with a toothed or gear head 48. Each of the swinging operating shafts 39 is suspended from pivot pins 41, located above the swinging shaft 39 through the suspended arms or links 40. As each of the swinging operating shafts 39 has no contact with the connecting castings 37 or with the walls of the curved slots 38 therein, the swinging operating shafts which are journaled in suspension arms or links 40 are free to swing out of the way and around supporting bars 47 when the toothed Vheads 48 thereof engage the gears 44 on the operating shaft, and there is thus no liability for the swinging operating shaft to bind or become wedged against the walls of the slots 38 under action of y,the toothed heads 48 and gears 44 and consequent fail' ure to properly operate either in opening or closing the doors. The slots 38 in the connecting castings 37 are simply for the purpose of giving room for the swinging movemeflt of the operating shaft 39 when the connecting castings 37 are made of the pre'- ferred shape illustrated in the drawing, 1t being, of course understood that iflthe connecting castings 37 are so shaped as to permit the operating. shaft to swing as required without the necessity of slotting the same, the slots 38 would, of course, be omitted.

AI claim l. In a drop bottom dump car, the combination with a pair of center sills spaced apart, of connecting saddles secured on top of said center sills and doors hinged at their inner longitudinal edges to said saddles, and an I-beam between the hinged edges of the doors and secured to said saddles, .said saddles having slots to receive said I-beam, sub- I i stantially as specified.

2. In a drop bottom car, the combination with a pair of center sills spaced apart, of connecting lsaddles secured on top of said center sills and doors hinged at 'their inner longitudinal edges to said saddles, saidsady dles having upwardly and inwardly inclined outer faces to bring the hinged edges ofthe 4doors closery together than the center sills, 1

and an I-bealn fitting between andksecured to said saddles and having'its upper flange flush with the doors, said saddles having slots to receive -the lower flange ofsaid I- beam, substantially as specified. n y j 3,` In a drop j ottom dump car, the combination witha fixed fioor extending over the trucks, of hinge doors extending between the trucks and uprightsidesheets havingy downwardly projecting extensions below .the

floor line at the ends of the car, said extensions sloping upwardly to the floor line at. theirv inner ends and vserving to strengthen the car body, substantially. as specified.

4. In a drop bottom dump car, the combination with a fixed' fioor extending over the trucks, of hinge doors extending between the trucks and upright side sheets having downwardly projecting extensions lbelow the door line at sions sloping upwardly to theA fioor "line at their ,inner ends and serving to strengthen the car body, said extensions havinginturned ianges at their tiallylas specified. A,

5. In ajdrop bottom dump car, the combination with the floor and hinged doors-and upright car sides, of transverselyextending the ends of the car, said exten- Y diaphragme Abetweenthe doors comprisinglw diaphragm member riveted thereto and havphragm, each of said each edge riveted' to said wide flange of' said vertical member, substantially as specified.

8. In a flat bottom dump cai', a transverse diaphragm comprising a vertical plate having a Wide flange at its lower portion, a supplemental vertical plate riveted thereto and having a widejiange at its lower portion and a horizontal member having flanges at each edge,riveted to said wide flanges of' said vertical member, said horizontal member having depending right angle flanges at the portion thereof beneath the center sills, substantially as specified.

9. In a dro bottom car, the combination of a vertical cross diaphragm flanged at the bottom and depending pieces attached to said diaphragm, said pieces being also flanged, and a continuous cross member under the center sills and attached to said cross diaphragm, said cross member being flanged at right angles for a distance at its center under the center sills -and flanged at each end portion at angles to match the flanges on said diaphragm, substantially as specieach a vertical plate furnished with an angle fiange at its lower portion, a supplemental ing an angle flange at its lower portion to prevent lodgment of material on the diaphragm and to give strength tothe diaphragm, said flanges being diverging andsloping downwardly, substantially as specified.

6. In a drop bottom dump car, the cpmbi-vy nation with the floor and hinged doors and upright car sides, of transverselyv extending diaphragms between the doors comprising each a vertical platefurnished with an angle flange at .its lower portion, a supplemental diaphragm member riveted thereto andhaving an angle flange at its 'lower portion to prevent lod ment of material lon the diaphragm an to give strength to the diadiaphragms also hav-A ing a-horizontal member provided with angle fianges fitting said before mentioned angle anges and riveted thereto, substantially as specified.

7. In a iiat bottom dump car, a transverse diaphragm comprising a vertical plate havfied.

ing a wide flange at its lower portion, a sup- A RGYLE CAMPBELL. pleinental vertical plate riveted thereto and Witnesses: having a wide'iiange at its lower portion PEARL ABRAMS,

EDMUND Anoooir.

and a horizontal member having flanges at obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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