US1053558A - Car-roof. - Google Patents

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S. BIDLE & A. COSTELLO.

GAB. ROOF.

APPLICATION TILED AUG. 23, 1912.

Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

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land, in the UNITED STAQES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM S. BIDLE AND JOSEPH'A. COSTELLO, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO AS SIG N ORS TO CLEVELAND CAR SPECIALTY COMPANY,

OF WEST VIRGINIA.

OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION CAR-ROOF.

To alt whom it may concern Be itknown that we, \Vnmrnr S. Biotin and Josnrn A. Cosrnnno, citizens of the United States of America. residing at (levecounty of Cuyahoga, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Roofs; and we do hereby declare the following to he a full,

1 7 clear, and exact description of the invention, 10 such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it same. Our invention relates to improvements in car-roofs, and pertains more especially to pertains to make and use the 16 'an improved car-roof construction for a rail- "way-car to be freight.

One object of this invention is not only to employ a cal-line which comprises a trough used in the shipment of 20 extending transversely of the (talo'oo't' and employed in supporting two metal rootingsheets and to have said rooting-sheets ex tend from over said carline laterally of said carline in opposite directions and councr'tcd together by a-c'ap. but to have adjacent portions of said roofing-sheets so conttured in cross-section and relatively arranged as to permit expansion and contraction of said roofing-sheets longitudinally of the carroof.

Another object is to form such joints het'ween saidcap and upwardly projecting spaced lower porticns of side members of said roofing-sheets and such a joint between said roofing-sheets that passage of water to, the space between said lower portions of said side members from between the bottom of the cap and the roofing-sheets is adequately obstructed.

Another object is to have said side members of the roofing-sheets so contoured in cross-section that the roofing-sheets can be pressed with facility into the shape required to form said side members.

Anotherobject is to avoid flooding of the trough of -'said;carline and thereby prevent the passage of water from said carlinetrough at the top of the sides of the cal-linetrough into a car provided with our im proved roof. With these ob'ects in .view, and to the end 0f attaining 0t er advantages hereinafter '-4 ppeari'ng, this invention consists in certain features of construction, and combinations and arrangement of parts, hereinafter de- Speciflcation of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 23, 1912.

Patented Feb. 18,1913. Serial No. 716,609.

scribed, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing which is a view partly in section and partly in perspective of a portion of a car-roof embody ing our invention.

Referring to said drawings, A indicates a steel trough forming a carline of our improved car-roof. The application of carlines in the construction of car-roofs is too well known in the art torequire illustration and description in this specification. The trough A is adapted to extend bet-ween and be connected to the side plates (not sho wn) of a car-roof. Said trough is provided at its top and externally with two laterally and outwardly projecting flanges a and a which are arranged at opposite sides respectively trough --each of the roofing-sheets I: has a trough-shaped portion 7) which is shown dc 'iending into and extends longitudinally of the carline-trough. and said troughshapcd portions of said rooting-sheets are shown spaced apart and from the sides of said carline-trough. Adjacent sides of said trough-forming portions 1' of said. rootingshccts are extended upwardly and form upwardly projecting side members of said rooting-sheets, and the lower portions 4 of said side members of said rooting-sheets are spaced apart transversely of the carlinetrough 'A andtarrangcd substantially vertically and extend, as at 5, a.-suitable distance above thc trough-fbrming portion 1) of said rooting-sheets laterally and upwardly toward and into contact with each other, as at. 6, and project substantially vertically upwardly and abut and press laterally against each other where said side members of said roofing-sheets make contact with each other. It will be observed that said side members of said roofing-sheets, being formed by adjacent sides of the troughs b of said roofingsheets and by the upward extension of said sides of said troughs, project upwardly from within the carline-trough A so as to insure the dripping into said carline-trough of any water having access to and running down the opposing surfaces of the lower portions and extend longitudinally of the trougln 4 of said side members of said. roofing-sheets.

It will be observed also that the illustrated out being interfered with by the jointformed between the upper ends of said side members. A metal cap C, which is inverted- U-shaped'incross-section, covers the aforesaid upwardly projectingside members of said roofing-sheets and overlaps and presses against the outer sides of the lower por tions 4 of said side members and holds said side members together at their upper ends, and said cap is provided externally with flanges 7 projecting laterally and outwardly across the aforesaidtrough-forming portions 6 of said roofing-sheets and overlapping the bodies of said roofing-sheets over the flanges of the carline-trough A without interfering with the expansion and contraction of said roofing-sheets.

By the construction hercinbefore described it will be observed that a desirable joint is not only fori'ned between the upper end-portions of the aforesaid upwardly projecting side members of the roofingsheets B centrally between the sides of the cap but between the lower portion l of each of said side members and the cap O and that the joints formed between the cap and the lower portions 4 of said side members are arranged at the sides of the cap wholly below the joint formed between the upper ends of said side members so that any water driven or forced next under the flanges of said cap and received by the troughs 25 employed in counter enough obstructionbefore it could enter the carline-trough A to render flood ing of said carline-trough impossible. It

will also be observed that the space formed between each roofing-sheet B, and the cap C at the bottom of said capby the passageway formed in and by the trough b of said roofing-sheet is arranged to receive water from between the adjacent flange 7 of said cap and said roofing-sheet, and any body of water filling said space will obviously retard the passage of water upwardly 'between said cap and the contiguous portion 4: of said roofing-sheet, and we would here remark that our invention broadly. embraces also'such relativ e contour and arrangement of said roofing-sheets -and said cap at the bottom ofthe cap that water-receiving pas sageways orspaces are formed adjacent th lower ends of the aforesaid side members of said roofing-sheets between the. bottonr of the cap and said roofing-sheets and it will be observed that said passageways or spaces are arranged, as desired, below the joints formed between the cap and said side members of said roofing-sheets and spaced from verully of the cond cting off water. would enthe longitudinal edges of the flanges of the cap.

Nhat we claim is I l. The combination, with a carline comprising a trough, of two metal roofing-sheets extending from over the carline laterally of the carline in opposite directions, each of said roofing-sheets having an upwardly projecting side member which is arranged between the sides and extends above and longitudinally of the carline-trough, the lower portions of said side members of said roofing-sheets being arranged substantially vertleally and spaced apart transversely of the carline, and said side members extending laterally and upwardly toward and into contact with each other"'above their aforesaid lower portions and over the carlinetrough, and a cap covering said side mem bers and holding the latter in contact with each other above said lower portions.

9. The combination, with a carline comprising a trough, of two metal roofingsheets extending from over the carline lat: carline in opposite directions, each of said rootingsheets having an upwardly projecting side member which extends above and longitudinally of the carline, the lower portions of said side members of said roofing-sheets being spaced apart transversely of the carline and said side members extending laterally toward and into contact with each other above their saidlower portions and over the carline-trough and pro ecting substantially vertically upwardly where said s de members make contact with each other. and a cap covering said side members and holding them in contact with each other.

3. The combination, with a carline comprising a trough of two metal roofing-sheets extending from over the carline laterally of the carlinein opposite directions, each of said rooting-sheets having an upwardly projecting side member which is arranged between the sides and extends longitudinally of the carline and projects upwardly from within the carline trough, the lower portionsot' said side members of said roofingsheets being spaced apart transversely of the carline and said'side members extending laterally toward and into contact with each other above their said lower portions and over the carline-trough and projecting upwardly where said side members make contact with each other, and a cap covering said side-members and holding them in contact with each other.

4:. The combination,with a trough extending transversely of a car-roof, of two metal roofing-sheets extending over said trough and laterally-of the trough in opposite directions, each of said roofing-sheets being provided adjacent said trough with an up wardly projecting side member extendingTSU wardly over the aforesaid trough, and a cap cover. 111g ,said side members of the roolingsheets and having its sides arranged at and opposite the aforesaid lower portions of said side members.

5. The combination, with a trough extending t 'ansversely of a car-roof, of two metal roofing-sheets extending over said trough and laterally of the trough in opposite i-- rections, each of said rooting-sheets being provided adjacent said trough with an n;-

rojecting side member extending longitudinally of the trough, the lower portions of said side members of said roofing sheets being arranged substantially vertically and spaced apart transversely of the trough and said side members of said roofing-sheets approachin each other above said substantiallyverticaly arranged portions, and a cap covering said side members of 'the roofing-sheets and having its sides arranged opposite the aforesaid lower portions of said side members.

6. The combination, with a trough extending transversely of a canroof, of two metal roofing-sheets extending over said trough and laterally of the trough in oppo-- site directions, each ofsaid roofing-sheets being provlded'ad acent said trough with an upwardly projecting side member extending"longitudinally of the trough, the lower portions of said sidemembers of said roofing-sheets being spaced apart transversely of the trough and said side members of said roofingsheets approaching each other above their. aforesaid lower portions and projecting substantially vertically upwardly at the termination of the approach, and a cap covering said sidc'members of the roofing-sheets and having its sides arranged opposite the aforesaid lower pom tons of said side. members.

7. The combination, with a carlinc coinpr sing a trough, of two metal rmiting-z-zheets extending over the carline and laterally of the carline inopposite directions, each of said rooting-sheets being provided at the top of the carline with an upwardly pro'ecting side men'iber extending longitudinally of the cal-line, the lower portions of said side members ofthe roofing-sheets being spaced apart transversely of the cal-line and extending laterally toward and into contact with each other above their said lower portions and over the carlinetrough, and a cap cov ering said side member-s ot the rootingsheets and forming joints with the afore said lower portions of said side members, theroofing-sheets and the cap beingcontoured and relatively arranged to effect the formation, below the last-mentioned joints,

of passagtnvays extending longitudinally of the cap.

The combination, with a trough extending transversely of a carroof, of two metal roofing-sheets extending over said trough and laterally of the trough in opposite directions, each of said roofing-sheets being provided adjacent said trough with an upwardly projecting side member extending longitudinally of the trough, the lower portions of said side members of said roofing-sheets being spaced a art transversely of said trough and sai side members approaching each other abm e their said lower portions and over said trough. and a cap covering said side members of said roofing-sheets and having its sides arranged at said lower portions of the roofingshcets, the rooting-sheets and the cap being contoured and relatively ar'anged a jacent the lower ends of said portions of the roofing-sheets to form spaces between the-cap and said ends of saio' portions of the roofing-sheets.

9. The combination, with a trough extending ransversely of a car-roof, of two metal roofing-sheets extending over said trough and laterally of said trough in opposite directions, each of said. rooting-sheets being provided adjacent said trough with an upwardly projecting, side member extending longitmlinally of said trough, the lower orlious of said side members of said rooliiigsheets being spaced apart transversely of said trough and said side members extending'laterally toward and into contact with each otheabove. their said lower portions and over said trough, and a cap covering said side. members of said roofing-sheets and forming joints with the aforesaid lower 1 portions of sa d side members, each roofingsheet and the cap being contoured and relatively arranged adjacent the lower ends of said side members of the rooting-sheets to form a space between the cap and said side 'members at said ends of said side members.

10. The combination, with a earline comprising a trough, of two metal rooting-sheets extending over the earline and laterally of the cal-line in opposite directions, each of said roofing-sheets being provided at the top of the carline with an upwardly projecting side member extending longitudinally of the earliue, and a cap covering said side members of the roofing-sheets, said side members of the roofing-sheets meeting and forming a joint arraugedover the carline and centrally between the sides of the cap, and said cap and the rooting-sheets being contoured to form joints between the cap and the roofing; sheets at the sides of the cap but below the first-mentioned joint.

11. In car-roof-construction, two adjacent meta-l roofing-sheets having trough-forming portions extending transversely of a car roof, and a. cap covering adjacent portions of said roofing-sheets and extending over and across the aforesaid trough-forming portions and being inverted-U-shaped in crosssection, the roofing-sheets projecting upwardly at the inner surfaces of the sides of the cap and thence approaching each other internally of the cap and terminating substantially centrally between the sides of the cap.

12. The combination, with a trough extending transversely of a car-roof, of two metal roofing-sheets extending over said trough and laterally of the trough in opposite directions and having trough-forming portions extending longitudinally of the first-mentioned trough, and a cap covering adjacent portions of said roofing-sheets and extending over and across the aforesaid trough-forming portions of the roofingsheets, said roofing-sheets projecting upwardly at the inner surfaces of the sides of the cap and thence approaching each other internally of the cap and terminating over" the first-mentioned trough.

13. The combination, with a trough ex" tendingtransversely of a car-roof, of two metal roofing-sheets extending over said trough and laterally of the trough in opposite directions and having trough-forming portions extending longitudinally of the joints.

first-mentioned trough, and a cap covering adjacent portions of said rooting-sheets and extending over and across said troughforn'ling portions of the roofing-sheets, said cap and the roofing-sheets being relatively contoured and arranged to form joints at the sides of but above the bottom of the cap, and the roofing-sheets approaching each other above and terminating between said 14. In car-r00f-construction, two adjacent metal roofing-sheets, each roofin =sheet being provided adjacent the other roofingsheet with an upwardly projecting side member extending transversely of the carroof, and .a cap covering said side members of said roofing-sheets and having its sides arranged opposite said side members and provided externally with two laterally and outwardly projecting flanges arranged at opposite sides respectively of the cap at the bottom of the cap, there being'a passageway formed at the bottom of each side of the cap by and between said cap and the roofingsheet adjacent said side of the cap and said passage-way extending along said bot-. tom and under the adjacent flange of the cap butspaced from the longitudinal edge of said flange.

15. The combination, with a carline comprising a trough, of two metal roofingsheets extending over the carline and laterally of the carline in'opposite directions, each of said. roofing-sheets having a troughforming portion extending longitudinally of the earline-trough between the sides of the carline-trough, adjacent sides of said trough-forming portions of the roofing.

sheets being extended upwardly and forming upwardly projecting side members of the roofing-sheets, and a cap covering said side members of the roofingsheets and having flanges projecting laterally across the aforesaid trough-shaped portions of the rootingsheets.

Signed by us at Cleveland, ,Ohio, this 20th day of August, 1919;.

ELLIAM S. BIDLE. JOSEPH A. COSTELLO.

Witnesses B. C. BROWN, V. O. LYNCH.

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