US1063955A - Divertible-hopper dump-car. - Google Patents

Description

A. CAMPBELL.

DIVERTIBLE HOPPER DUMP CAR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNI11'7,1912.

1,063,955. Patented June 10, 1913.

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DIVERTIBLB HOPPER DUMP CAR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17, 1912. i..063,955. Patented June 10,1913.

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'giallll'llilttl forms of nmteriol, or lumber o1- The object of the invention is to provide a car of the type above outlined, which will he suit-bible for all of thepurposes specified, and which will contain suitable devices for diverting the materiel, when used [or dump- ;s or the center of the i The invention furthermore consists in the in'iprm'enients in the parts and devices, and in the novel combinations oi. ports and devices herein shown, described. or claimed.

In the drawings forming it part oi this specification, Figure l is n .pertinl Pltlll View of a (or embodying my improvements. Fig.

2 is a side elevation of the structure shown in liig. 1,11 portion of the enrbeingshown in sectionat the right hand end thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse, vertical section, upon un enlarged scale, token ,on-the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, one door being open, and Fig. i is alongitudinal vertical section taken substantially on the-line 4-i of Fig. 1.

ln-the drawing, A represents the. body of the car, the some being'supported on suit able under-framing, end as shown is pro rided with a plurality .of hoppers B, B, the

same being arranged in series longitudinally" of the car on each side of the center sill and between the trucks. The car may also be provided. with removable broad parlitions C, C, when especially heavy nmterinls are being carried and it is not desired to use the entire length of the car, these partitions C, C, as shown, being disposed at the ends of the series of hoppers B, B. Each hopper B is composed oi? two end, hopper sheets 11, 11, the some, as shown more clearly in Fig. 8, having vertical inner edges and a downwardly slo )ing under edge, and cool) hop per is furt iermore provided with n perineneut hopper bottom sheet :idnptod to dire l. the umlerinl toimrd the Center ol the n r belween the tracks '13, 13. Each hopper ii is also furthermore provided with n side door opening l and n center door opening! 1%, the side door openings l) beiug adopted to be closed by moons of doors ll hinged }.)rel:'erobly all. their inner lower edges ntpoinls :uljncenl the upper edges oi the bottom hopper sheets 19, and the center door opening-e E being adopted to be closed by hinge doors l5, 15, preferably pivoted .at their upper lrmgitiulinirl edgcsndjacent the lower outer edges of the control hopper sheets 16, jll', located on opposite sides of the center sill l7.

.lflneh series o'lside doors i l, i=1. is adopt ed to be opernled from it eonnnou operating shaft ldoxtonding longitudinally of the (or at the side thereof and connected to eneh of the doors by means of it plurality of links if), Ill. book 20 and link 21,-lhe hitter links. as shown, extending upwardly beyond the free edges of the doors 14- while in the open position. Both series o.l;tl1e center doors .15, 1!) are adapted Lobe .operztled simultaneously from it single og'iernling shn'lt 29 located beneath eitheinseries oi bottom hopper sheets 12, end having keyed thereto lorers 23 extending on both sides of the sh-lift, irnddntving pivoted thereto at each end connecting il'lcmbers 24-, 2e1- to ench ml the doors 15, 15, snidlever. and comforting inenibers 24. being so arranged tofilforni it sell locking arrangement on the shaft when the doors are in closed positlomns is customary inthistypo of door operating ineehzinism. l lnoh of the operating shafts 18. Zl8,nnd;;the operating shoTtlZQ isndnpted to hoopornted by .nuy suitable form of lerer nnd .'rl,itchet n'iei'zhnnisin.

in order to. divert the,granulated mu rials to either the center. 015C110 sides .ofithe cor, enoh hopper I3 is provided withinnnuxilinry or false door 1*, the latter being pivoted at its lgmcnedgo directly above the pivot points of the side doors 14, Ill, and said false door I", as shown, is adapted to ass-lune the position shown in full in the left hand side of Fig. 3, and to be held in this position in line with the upper hopper sheels 16, as by means of :1. plurality of latches 25, 25, the latter: being pivoted to the false doors F and adapted to be retained in place friclionelly, and when extended beyo'ud the free edge of the false doorF, to seat upon the upper hopper sheets 16 and thus prevent any of the material from passing out of the cen ter door openings-E, E. When, however, it is desired to dump the material to the center of the tracks, the false doors F, F are swung to the position shown in dotted lines at the left of Fig. 3, so that when the center doors 15, 15 are opened, all the material will be deflected or diverted to the center of the track by means of the hopper bottom sheets 12, 12. As will also be noted, the false doors F, F are made of such a width that when the latches or looking members 25, 25 are swung inwardly on the false doors, the latter'will pass through the side door openings D, D of the hoppers with the doors 14, 14,when the latter are opened, in this way adapting the car to be used as a side dump car, and still have some of the material carried by the hoppers, which may be dumped at the center of the car by opening the doors 15, 15, if desired. i

As will be seen in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the top faces of thecross members 26, 26 between the hoppers are arranged at the same level as the end floor portions 27 of the car, so that pipe, structural iron or other similar material may be easily carried by the car.

Various changes and modifications may be made in the details of the structure without departing from the spirit of the invention, and all changes and variations are contour plated as fall Within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

1. In a car of the class described, the combination of a car body having a hopper located below the floor level of the car and provided with door openings arranged on opposite sides thereof, hinged doors for closing said openings and a hinged false dour located within the-hopper and adapted to close one of the openings to thereby cause the material to pass out of the other door opening, substantially as specified.

2. In a car of the class described, the combination of a car body having door openings and doors for center dumping and door openings and doors for side dumping and arranged to form a longitudinal series of hoppers along each side of the longitudinal center of the car, and auxiliary doors pivotally mounted and movable from one position to another into line with the bottoms of the hoppers, substantially as specified.

3. In a car of the class described, the combination of a car body provided with door openings and having doors for side and center dumping, movable false doors used to cover portions of the hoppers when the car is arranged for side dumping, whereby a continuous incline is formed from points adjacent the top of the longitudinal center of the car to the outer edges of the side dumping doors when the latter are opened, substantially as specified,

4:. In a car of the class described, the combination of a car body having longitudinally arranged hoppers on each side of the longitudinal center line of the car, each hopper having a side dumping door hinged at its bottom to a hopperbottom sheet inclined downwardly toward the center of the car and a center dumping door hinged at its top, said center door abutting the said hopper bottom sheet at its lower edge, substantially as specified.

5. In a car of the class described, the combination of a car body having hoppers provided with door openings and doors for side dumping and door openings and doors for central dumping, inclined hopper sheets between the side and center doors in each hopper, and movable members for directing the flow of material through either the side orcenter openings of the hopper and adapted to form continuous inclines with the center longitudinal hopper sheets, substantially as specified.

6. In a car of the class described, the combination of a car body having longitudinal hoppers along the sides of the center sills arranged for central and side dumping, auxiliary hinged doors for preventing the .flow of n'laterial through the center doors of the hoppers when said auxiliary doors are in ptsition to form a continuous incline with the center hopper sheets of the car toward the outside of the track, and for permitting the flow of material through said center doors when said auxiliary door is otherwiz-ze positioned, substantially specified. AltGYLE CAMPBELL. WVitnesses:

PEARL ABnAMs, g Esau-inn ABRAMS.

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