US1062732A - Car-framework. - Google Patents

Description

E. BOSSON.

GAR FRAMEWORK.

APrLIoATloN FILED MAR. 1, 1909.

Patented May 27, 1913.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

KM, 25 bw mm;

E. POSSON.

GAR FRAMEWORK.

APPLIoATIoN FILED MAR. 1. 1909.

1 ,062,732, Patented May 2'?, 1913.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

E. NSSOBL GAR PRAMEWRK.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 1, 1909.

Patented may 2?, w13.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 5V To all 'whom 'it may concern.:

EDWARD POSSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

cnn-FRAMEWORK.

' Be' it known that I, EDWARD PossoN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Car-Framework, of which t e following is a specification.

The principal object'of my invention is to provide a new and improved steel framework for railway" cars.

Another object is to provide a new and improved underframe with suitable diagonal bracing. i

Another object is to provide an improved end sill. l

'Still another object is to provide a new and improved end wall'frame for a car.

All these objects and others will be made more fully apparent in the following speciiat-ion.

The invention consists of the combination of elements stated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one specllic embodiment of my invention,` which is one of the forms at present preferred by me.

Figurel is a top plan view of the underframe. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2, 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is atransverse section on the line 3, 3 of Fi 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing t e end sill and side sill in section. Fig. 5 is an end elevationlshowing the end wall of the car partly broken away. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the yline 6, 6 in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a per'- spective view of the corner of the underframe, the end sill being partly broken away to more clearly show its structure.

e Fig. 8 is a horizontal section taken on the line 8, 8 in Fig. The center sill of the car comprises two parallel longitudinal vertical plates 16 rein- '.-fo'rced along their upper edges by means of the angle irons 18 andalong their lower edges by means of the angle irons 19. A horizontal plate overlies the plates 16 and is riveted to the angle irons 18. TheV body bolster consists in part of a broad plate 20, whichv extends across continuously from side to sidofthe car passing above the center Specification of Letters Patent. Application alea'nmn 1, 1909. serial No. 4sq,eso.

PatentedMay -27, 1913.

sill 15. Beneath this plate 2O are transverse vchannel beams 22 (see Fig. 2) and beneath them are narrow transverse plates 21, which extend continuously across from side to side of the car. The upper flanges v23 of the channel beams 2 2 are riveted to the top bolster plate and the lower flanges 24 are riveted to the bottom plate 21.

The intermediate sills 25 are channel beams, as show n in Figs'. 3, 4 and 7. At their ends they are attached to the end sill by means of the corner angles 14, as shown in Fig. 7. The transverse members of the underframe each comprise an upper plate 28 (see Fig. 1),

The rectangular spaces in theunderframe bounded by the side sill and by the trans` verse members (including thejbody bolster) are braced diagonally by the membersv 27. At the corners where a transverse member 28 meets a side sill the joints are Aoverlaid with gusset plates 30 and the ends of the diagonal braces v27 either pass under these gusset plates, 'as indicated by the reference numeral 29, or above them, as indicated by the reference numeral 31 inFig. 1. The other' ends of the diagonal braces 27 are riveted to the-top plate 15 ofthe center sill, as indicated by 32. Those diagonal braces 27 which meet the body bolster have their ends lapped under the top plate 20, as shown at 70 or lapped over the same, as shown at 71 in Fig. 1.

The corners of the rectangular space bounded by the side sills, the body bolster, and the end sill are braced by the gusset plates 34 and 35, as shown in Fig. 1. Each side sill consists of a longitudinal plate 36 in a vertical plane having its lower ed e reinforced by angle irons 37. Another ang e iron 39 extends along the inside upper edge of the plate 36 and this is overhung by the Z-bar 38. p

The end sill comprises a broad overlying plate 40 and a somewhat narrower underlying plate 42. Between these two plates are two channel beams 43, as shown in Figs. 4 and 7. The innermost channel beam 43 extends straight across from side to side of which extends across con. tinuously from. one side sill to the other.,

the car while the other one has its ends bent back, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, so as to bring the-webs of the two channel beams together at the ends, as indicated by the reference numeral 72. An extension plate 45 is riveted to the upper part ofthe end sill and projects out over the buffer plate 5859. This butter plate is overlaid by a horizontal. plate 60 which slides in and out under the plate 45. The buli'er plate 58-59 1s supported on the stem 57, which slides in the cast iron socket 56 riveted to the end sill. An angle iron 46 is secured to the top plate 40 ofthe end sill and the vertical channel beam posts 47 have their lower ends adjacent to this angle iron 46 secured in place by the corner angles 51. At the corners of the car the wall is further reinforced by the vertical'corner angle irons 48. These are braced with respect to the side sills by means 4of the diagonal gusset platesf49, eachhaving a flange 50 riveted to thev angle iron 48. The corner angle irons 48 extend down and are secured to the side sill plates 36 and to the corner angle pieces 81, as shown in -Fig. 8. The sheet iron end wall 52 is attached to the end wall post 47. At the center of the end wall the vertical channel beam posts are doubled, as indicated by the reference numeral 53, and reinforced'by the structural member 54, this being the basis for a frame that will match t-he vestibule 'opening on an adjoining carto which the car nowbeing described may be coupled. The members 54 are secured at their lower `ends to a sill by means of the corner pieces 55. The eXtremif ties of the center sill platesk 16 arenotched to receive the end sill, as shown in Fig. 2, the parts being attached Vtogether by means of the corner pieces 61 and the part 62 projecting underneath the bottomplate 420i the endsill. l Fig. 6 showshow the end wall is builtup around the endrwall frame.. Thewooden blocks 64 are fitted closely against the channel beams 47 and braced apart by the boards 67. Grooves 65 in the blocks 64 are lilled with cleats 66 which Iform supports for the4 boards 67. The false vestibule ,frameis' built up around the steel member 54, asfindicatedby thejreference numerals 69, 73 and 74 in Fig. 6. I

The drawbar support depending from the end sill is indicated by thereference numerals 75 land 76 in Fig; 5.

It will be observed that the structure that has been described is adapted toj fulfil the objects stated at the beginning of this specilication. The system ofdiagonal bracing for the undertram'e gives it great strength in proportion to the amount ot material employed. The end sill built up of overlying and underlying plates with channel beams between them is very strong and is simple to build. Various other advantages will be apparentI to those skilled in the art.

1. An end sill comprising two channel beams, and overlying and underlying plates adjacent to the flanges of said channel beams.

2. An end sill comprising two channel beams with their webs in vertical planes, one of said channel beams having its .ends bent so as to make the webs adjacent at the ends but leaving them spaced apart and parallel in a horizontal 'direction between the bent portions. l

3. An end sill comprising .two channel? beams with their webs in vertical planes, one

of said channel beams having its ends bent so as to make the webs adjacent at thefends f but leaving them spaced apart between the:

ends, and plates overlyingfandunderlying the channel beams adjacent to the flanges thereof. l

4. An end sill comprising two channel.

beams with top and bottom plates` adjacent to the flanges thereof, the top"' plate being extended rearwardly beyond.' the.y channel beams.

5. In a car framework, al side sill,-.an end sill comprising two channel beams overlaid by a plate, and a' triangular gusset plate with one edge attached to the side sill and -another edge attached to said overlying plate 6. In a car framework, an end sill-comprising two channel beamswith their vwebs adjacent at their ends but spaced apart between theends, a side sill comprising ak ver tical plate with its end meeting the extremity ,f

of the-end sill,'and an angle corner post and a corner piece attached to all of said cles *ments j i 7. In a car framework, an endsill comprising channel beams overlaid by -the top plate, an angle irony extendingacross the car with one flange adjacent 'tofsaidftop y' plate, end wall postswith their lower ends onthe top plate adjacent to said angle iron, and

corner piecesattached to saidvend posts'and `-to said top plate; y 8.' In a car framework,j a centersill having-- a notch at its end onthe upper side, in com-- bination with an end sill in said notch, said end sill comprising a horizontal under plate resting in the notch,l channel beams on said under plate, and a top plate onfsaid channel beams, said the center sill. A

9. In a car framework, an end sill comprising two channel beams, having theirintop plate extending back overI termediate portions spaced and parallel lin l a horizontal direction and their 'end portions adjacent, a side sill having its endadjacent to the end of the end sill, a, corner Invtestimony whereof, have subscribed post at the intersection of said side and end my name. sills having its lower end attached to the end of the side sill, and a gusset plate having one 5 edge attached to the side sill and another Witnesses:

edge flanged and attached by said ange to FLORENCE A. FLORELL, the corner postabove the side sill. EDYTHE M. ANDERSON.

EDWARD PossoN.

@spies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner oi Patents.

y Washington, D. C.

Images