US1068318A

US1068318A - Car-door.

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Publication number: US1068318A
Application number: US72133912A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry A Christy
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-09-20
Filing date: 1912-09-20
Publication date: 1913-07-22
Anticipated expiration: 1930-07-22

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H. A. GHRITY.

CAR DUUR.

APPLIGMIQN FILED SEM'. 2o, 1912.

liieiiienrimi o' Letters raient.

To all who/m, may confiere Be i known limi il, Him ir A. iiuiue'rr., uv citizen of the limited Soiree, resuliug oli .iileiiliwortln 1u ilie County oit @ook und l ilole of illinois, have inreiiieifl Cerl'oin new llf'ly iiireoeol ini'eiiioii relates; lo improveiiueiils in lireiglil coro oli :i close. user l for lille haulage of groin unfflollier ueireriui iii liullo and, more porlirulniily lo u iiorel ermslrui'ftion of the sliding doors or' box ours adopted for lille tronSpoiioliioii of groiin as 'well :is Various ollier kinds of freight, llo oni-u -oli iliif. el: 5:5, when used or liouliog` groin, il is neoesisory eiilier lo provirle :in iuner floor :iiflilitionul to 'l'lie oulsiicle Slii'liug floorn or else lo So emislruel u Single door :iss lo ul'lori'l :i righi; elosure uloiug` the inorrrioo of llie sliding door el 'ille line oli 'die ilooiposlu usual l'looihisillt uur! also lo provide menos for iliselio/rgiiig llie fr :jruiii llirougliillie sliiflingg floor.

Ao olijeciion :iiienfliinl' upon ille uouzil type o'lE sliding lreigjliiz nir-{looiis llml ilie (loors oroluiulully liuiigf upon lino( eerureil to lilie eiilerior woll oi" ilie our, :nul fle iiol in plone-o .':oinriflen'l willi ille our onlin lool exilerior l'laereoi. ,ln oueli ouoes il` i'rouuenlly lizippoiie tirol lille guifiles` for llie lower enige of lille floor l;ie :oiue broken, llie ilooriQ owing outwardly.Jl frequeuly breaking' olli, und. often (reuse domage by reason oi? euoountering olijools along' llie luie of lrzioli.

lll; the geuerol purpose of my iiiifeiiliou iio overcome ill, olioreAsiolefl olijeoliiiur' unil others. Wliieli are known fii'iil weil iuulei'- stood, by ii Simple unil eeonoi'uion'l eouul'ruoiiori ioil' "air-lerne or novel :forni :nifl wliieli fire adopted io Serve lzlie pur-porge el o'l'lioriling o suitable liiglil'. Closure So es lo :klopt- 'lzlie oor io Yllie iioulogge oil groin omi l'lie like enel also lor general porpi'ises oi eorfiooro when nomi 'for handling" other eliissei: oit' freight. Y

To llie zibove ends l provide u Single Sliilling' door, preferably Supporled from ile lower edge und, ssiiitnlily guided at iis upper edge, :incl having provisions for elli'eeiiiigr o tight Closure irl.' 'the vertical margins olf' ille door so as to prevent 'lzlie escupe of grain or other material corrieri in the our. llo fue-ilil'ute 'ille diseliurge of Lgroin und the iilie, l preferably provide suoli siirliiig door with one or more openiiu one ul; lelie rop and one :it the bottoni? eaeli or which is rloiioil ri'iiili.

Vllieri-"liy7 receso lie Sirio-Woll or [lie 'wickelt doors, und l provide lflioe Wickel' (looru, as Well us lglie priiieipul door, willi ilxuilnlile looking-device :so zu; io hold lliein ull :securely closed ond ijiei'uiii l'lieir being 60 seoliicl iii order lo protee iigiiiosl, liliei'i.

in orilor lo avoid lille objeolioiisvz-il'i" upon lille mounting oi iilie door ou lie exliorior u'ullr` ,finflV ilie (lineage irliinl,

` .or lio one margin o' ille doorlopening roi.' u snilzilile ilisliuiiee, lo provide :i poeliel' or recess lio receive ille sliding-looifln oriler to istreog'l'iien lille siiieori .ll oil? liie oor :it o poinl wilere cui uu'ov, l use ioetiil pla'ite suil'ulily conformed lo provide iuierloelfs to engage similar hooked. iuelol 'pieles eurrieil by' 'llie Yertieul uuirgius oi' l'l'ie door, :ill to llie enel ill al' ilie door muy be moved luiok unil foril'i ou ils woys 21ml wlieo cloned, :i 75 ford, light joiu'is al; lille door-poslsa.

These, incl o'lier objects of izlie invention which 'will loe liei'einolflor Sil-fired oud portieulerly iiieiulioiieil in 'ille Claims, eoiislzitiite lzlie preferred emljiorlimenlA ol? my imf'eiilion. im

llily invention will lie more remlily umler-- Sloorl lnT reiereofe lo llie :icoonipuirviuir flrou'ings. -\.l,iereiiil u.re l :.J o, Side elevation ol i iioi'l'ioiu of :z ruilwoy (for liovi my novel (looi oo- .l oliei'l tlierelo; Fig'. 2 lo iin exilim-geil frog .nieolziry Section ou llie line "km2 of Figi'. l: Fig; 3 is u Similar onlin-,g fragmentary seolionul elevation ou line i 3 ol l; Fig. l :i section on l'lie line ii---ifi oi Fig. 1 o0 iiig; iS :i seelion onv ille lino imri of ilig'. l.; Fig. (3 'is u .Lieu-lion on line 'iml oi" Fig'. l; Fig. i' iu zi 'frng'uienlory eenl 'nl loiifril'uilinnl section; Fig. 8 is :i siinileg' View mueli er1 lnrged over tliiilv ol? Fig. Y unil li l) ii; :in eolurgoiil froguieolnrjif seciiou oii` line tlm-9 of Fig: il. Y

lleierriug' more particularly io llie firewii'igo, ii Awill be @een iliiibl provini@ Williin lille enr-eide l5, :i recense 1G, suifl reo being; 30o enl'irely wil'liin the plane olE the eorurzills. This reeeSs bounded at oo Side by a` post ill" formingfi slop for the cloor; et the top by n "-bnr 18 which forms' o guide for the loi edge of tlieiloor, and et the bottom, by ai 105 plate 19 having on overliung end 20 und e track' 2l. The inner Woll of tile reeosls is preferably zi metal Sheet or pluto E22, zillzliougli it may be of wood if desired. .li prrr for metal in that it" will occupy less space. 11o llie door opening; 23 is provided, :is usuel, the floor opening; leiirqliouoiieol iii; oipgiiritl bottoni by the members i8 and 19 just described, and at one side by the Z-bar 24. The leg Q5 of the bnr provides e guide and cover for the free edge of the door when in closed position. The other side of' lthe deer-opening is bounded by a channel Q6, one leg of the channel projecting out beyond the plane of the 22, ns shown in Fig. S, and providing o. pocket within which the rear edge of the door: is held, :is will be later described. it will noted thet hy this construction the door inny be mounted and' moved et all times in n plane within the cnr-walls, and need not project outside of the wells, es is customary.

i have noticed that in many cases doors and their fastening mechanisms dannged by Contact with exterior objects, either when the car is nioving or when on a siding, and to obviete much of this damage, 3rovide guards or fenders' at top and bottom. The top guardis composed or the Z-bnr 27 secured at 255 to the upper sill of the cnr, und being filled with wood Q9, il'. desired. At. the bottom the tender is comprised in the plate 19, :i block otq wood 30 being sented between the overhanging end Q0 and the well of the The ends of both upper and lower tenders ere curved, as shown inv Figs. 7 and Q.

The novel door of my .invention is coniposed of a plate 31 having upper and lower wickets or small door openings, and

eing corrugated as at 32 nt its middle portion. This corrun'etion provides the necessary strength .end rigidity to the door. The door is provided on its bottoni margin with a Z-bar 33, within which is mounted a plurality of rollers which ride on 'the track Il and support the door. .fit its upper margin en angle is secured, the free lee; or' the angle riding in the overhung edge of the .7i-bar 18, thus sealing the top ot the door and at the seme time permitting it to slide freely. The side edges of the door are provided with smell channels 36, while at the rear edge e. second channel 37 is provided, one leg 3S oi: which seats behind thelee' of the channei 26 when the door is fully closed. Thus n perfect seal is provided. The wickets in the door ere closed by suitable swinging-doors 39, 4:0, the npper door being hinged on e shaft di und adapted to swing downwardly, while' the door 40 is hinged on n shaft 42 and is adepted to swing upwardly. These doors are preferably constructed of metal and have their edges headed or otherwise strengthened, es shown. The upper door is secnred by Ineens of a shaft d3 having an angular middle portion d4: adapted to be proiccted into the path of un ongle 1.75 securer to the "free edge of the door.

\:\:hnit provided with un arm lli to *lis connected e. rod 47 projectingl fr @essere wardly and having; un offset end-portion 48. This end-portion is adapted to he held by a keeper di), with ineens for lockinga or sealing,l es is usuel. The end 4S of the rod is adapted also to sent in the oiturcated upper end of e rocker 51, which rocker'is secured to an odset shaft 52. rhis shaft ebnts against the lower free edge of the door al0' and holds saine in closed ppsition. The rocker 5i may be held in closed position by means ot n pin adapted to be passed through :in eer on the lree er 49.

The rod is held in lowermost position by ineens of n. pin 54%. passed therethrough. It will be noted that the rod extends through the legs of angles 56 arranged at top nnd bottoni or the corrugated portion of the door. These angles serve to further stilien the door, es well :is hold the lockingrod in proper posit-ion.

The latch for the main door host shown in Figs. l and :ind comprises pivoted lever 57, having' an extension or projection 58 thereon. This lever is mounted in n housingT 59 bolted to the side. ot the door. The upper end of the lever 57 is hituroated and is adapted to accommodate :in integral pin 60 projecting from the rod 47. Thus, it will he eeen that on removal of the pin oil 'the rod i7 he lifted out'of engage- `inent first with the lever 57, then the keeper ,e9 and then the lever 51. While in this position the latch for the door mcy be moved and the door swung open, or the pin 53 may be removed and the lower door opened, or the upper .door alone may be opened, the rod 47 controlling;w the fiction of all the fastening-devices.

The fender 'feature of this invention is claimed in this application only in the partisular relation to the door and the recessed partof' the cnr wall, :is shown und described in this application, while the fender invent-ion per se is claimed in my companion application Serial No. 741,030, filed Jnnary 9, 1913.

A cer constructed in accordance with. my invention will be found to be durable in service, grain tight nt all times, and to event the entrance of ruin or snow. ie use of the fenders or guard-rails o-.ercomes the danger oit domage under ordinnry circumstances.

llfioditicotions in tho construction muy be made, and such modifications as nre within the scope of Iny claims, I consider within the spirit ot my invention.

'I claim:

1. In :i railway-car, the combination of :i wall havingr n door-opening; und; heinoot' reduced thickness :it :i point adjacent seid opening, :i door adapted to close said opening' in one position und lo sont in sziid re- -g'iortion when in open position, said neinnj sulistunl'in, 3 iiush .vitl: the side lll) the cm., and. u fener pmj'aginp; 'wum bha mail 0f the cau* and amending 1011- tudnadly of-he can beneath the dom' spamng; and ais@ m5 (me side theme01@ and adapted to gewi-eck said, dom" aggams' alliage in 2. In u mivmywam the Combinaon GT a wall having n eoor-oxeulug' an@ beng of' reducm 'lthknes U5 a, point adjucn Sric opening, a 431001* adapted to dos@ said opening; in on@ position :m Lo seat in said reduced-portion when in @man poson, Sad door being substantially' flush with hc side of th@ om., and fenders ai iop :md bottom Gf said dom, auch fende? extndingg' longitudimy of the can" :lames i'he door owning and. about one side thereof, said fenders being;

adapted to protect said door against injwy