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US1092654A
US1092654A US76178813A US1913761788A US1092654A US 1092654 A US1092654 A US 1092654A US 76178813 A US76178813 A US 76178813A US 1913761788 A US1913761788 A US 1913761788A US 1092654 A US1092654 A US 1092654A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
    • E05D15/06—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane
    • E05D15/10—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane
    • E05D15/1002—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane specially adapted for use in railway-cars or mass transit vehicles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61D—BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
    • B61D19/00—Door arrangements specially adapted for rail vehicles
    • B61D19/003—Door arrangements specially adapted for rail vehicles characterised by the movements of the door
    • B61D19/005—Door arrangements specially adapted for rail vehicles characterised by the movements of the door sliding
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS AND DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION, CHECKS FOR WINGS AND WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/50—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for vehicles
    • E05Y2900/51—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for vehicles for railway cars or mass transit vehicles

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  • IELESEUS 3' LEE OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.
  • My invention relates to freight car doors, and consists in the peculiar and advantageous construction hereinafter described and definitely claimed.
  • Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating my novel door as fully closed and fastened.
  • Fig. 2 shows the door as opened.
  • Fig. 3 is a broken view showing the door as fastened in open position.
  • Fig; 4 is a vertical section showing the position of the links between the hangers and the door when the door is closed.
  • Fig. 5 is a similar view with the door open.
  • Fig. 6 is a view showing the position of the operating shaft when the door is closed.
  • Fig. 7 is a similar view showing the position of the operating shaft when the door is open.
  • Fig. 8 is a plan of the fastener-keeper at the left of Fig. 1.
  • a horizontal rail 2 Fixed to the side of the car body above the door-opening 1 is a horizontal rail 2 having a depending flange 8, and also fixed to the side of the car body is a strip 4 of iron, steel or other suitable material.
  • the said strip 4 is interposed between the car body and the rail 2 and depends below the top wall of the door opening as shown, for an important purposehereinafter set forth.
  • Mounted and movable on the rail 4 are the wheels 5 of two hangers 6, and the wheel 7 of a hanger 8; the hanger 8 being located midway between the hangers 6 as appears in Fig. 1.
  • Each of the said hangers is pro vided with an upwardly extending lip 9 which rests at the inner side of the flange 3 on rail 2. and serves to prevent displacement of the hanger from the rail.
  • Links 12 Pivoted to the hangers 6 and brackets 10 on the door 11 are links 12, and hence the door can be swung laterally from the position shown in Fig. 4 to that shown in Fig. 5, and vice 16 and 17 are fastener-keepers fixed to the car body below the door opening 1, and 1.8 and 19 are fastener-keepers fixed to the side of the body at the right of the door opening.
  • the keeper 16 is provided at one side of its fastenerreceiving compartment 20 with a smaller compartment 21. -This latter is designed to receive the lower end of a bar when it is necessary to use a bar to force the door into its closed position'between the door posts and flush with the side of the car body.
  • 26 is the operating lever and 27 and 28 are strap guides in which the upper shaft section is arranged and movable.
  • the upper section 24 of the operating shaft is provided at its upper end with a crank 29, and this latter is journaled in and connected to the hanger 8.
  • the lower section 25 of the operating shaft is journaled in and connected to a bracket 30 fixed on the door 11.
  • the operating lever 26 is provided with a T-head, and the ends of the said T- head are pivotally connected to the adjacent ends of the shaft sections 24 and 25.
  • the lever 26 is slotted at 31 to receive the staple 23, and is equipped with a fastener 32 for engaging said staple; and it will further be noted that the lever 26 is slotted at 33 in order that it can be fastened over the staple 34 on the door after the door is opened.
  • the door is shown in Figs. 1, 4 and 6 as closed, and to open it the fasteners 14 are first raised from the keepers 16 and 17. Then the operating lever 26 is released, whereupon the lower edge of the door will swing or can be pulled outwardly. The operating lever 26 is then moved toward the right and upwardly to a horizontal position, whereupon the door will drop to a slight extent. The operating lever 26 is then thrown through a half circle toward the left to correspondingly turn the operating shaft. This drops the door to the full extent, and moves the upper edge of the door outwardly so as to enable the door to clear the side of the car,
  • the door is then ready to be moved edgewise to its open position againstthe stop 13 in which position it can be secured by dropping the fasteners 14 in the keepers 18 and with the side of the car body, and'is therefore not liable to be raked off or otherwise displaced.
  • the closed door being interposed between the door posts cannot slide back and forth and break the fastener or any of its other appurtenances.
  • the closed door is secured at the top by the depending strip 4 which serves both to hold the door and to shed water. From this it follows that the door would not be lost even were the hangers knocked from the same. The lower edge of the door being free when 'unfastened, said edge canswing outwardly.

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E. J. LEE.
GAR DOOR.
APPLIOATION 21mm APR.17. 1913.
1,092,654. Patented Apr. 7, 1914.
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OAR DOOR.
APPLIOATION FILED APB.1'7. 1913.
1,092,654. Patented Apr. 7, 191i 3 HEIGHTS-SHEET 2.
WIT E5 7 INVENTOR 2 .TSM/(L 9 COLUMBIA )PLANOGRAPH cO.. WASHINGTON. b. c.
E. J. LEE.
GAR DOOR.
APPLICATION FILED APB..17. 191s.
Patented Apr. 7, 1914.
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IELESEUS 3'. LEE OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.
CAB-1360B.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Application filed April 1'7, 1913.
T 0 all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, ELEsnUs J. Lnn, citizen of the United States, residing at Council Bluffs, in the county of Pottawattamie and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Car-Doors, of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to freight car doors, and consists in the peculiar and advantageous construction hereinafter described and definitely claimed.
'In the accompanying. drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating my novel door as fully closed and fastened. Fig. 2 shows the door as opened. Fig. 3 is a broken view showing the door as fastened in open position. Fig; 4 is a vertical section showing the position of the links between the hangers and the door when the door is closed. Fig. 5 is a similar view with the door open. Fig. 6 is a view showing the position of the operating shaft when the door is closed. Fig. 7 is a similar view showing the position of the operating shaft when the door is open. Fig. 8 is a plan of the fastener-keeper at the left of Fig. 1.
Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.
Fixed to the side of the car body above the door-opening 1 is a horizontal rail 2 having a depending flange 8, and also fixed to the side of the car body is a strip 4 of iron, steel or other suitable material. The said strip 4 is interposed between the car body and the rail 2 and depends below the top wall of the door opening as shown, for an important purposehereinafter set forth. Mounted and movable on the rail 4 are the wheels 5 of two hangers 6, and the wheel 7 of a hanger 8; the hanger 8 being located midway between the hangers 6 as appears in Fig. 1. Each of the said hangers is pro vided with an upwardly extending lip 9 which rests at the inner side of the flange 3 on rail 2. and serves to prevent displacement of the hanger from the rail. Pivoted to the hangers 6 and brackets 10 on the door 11 are links 12, and hence the door can be swung laterally from the position shown in Fig. 4 to that shown in Fig. 5, and vice 16 and 17 are fastener-keepers fixed to the car body below the door opening 1, and 1.8 and 19 are fastener-keepers fixed to the side of the body at the right of the door opening. As appears in Fig. 8, the keeper 16 is provided at one side of its fastenerreceiving compartment 20 with a smaller compartment 21. -This latter is designed to receive the lower end of a bar when it is necessary to use a bar to force the door into its closed position'between the door posts and flush with the side of the car body.
22 is a stop fixed to the side of the car body at the opposite side of the door, with reference to the stop 13.
23 is a staple fixed to the side of the car body below the door opening.
24 is the upper section of the operating shaft.
25 is the lower section of said shaft.
26 is the operating lever and 27 and 28 are strap guides in which the upper shaft section is arranged and movable.
As best shown in Fig. 7 the upper section 24 of the operating shaft is provided at its upper end with a crank 29, and this latter is journaled in and connected to the hanger 8. The lower section 25 of the operating shaft is journaled in and connected to a bracket 30 fixed on the door 11. As appears in Figs. 1 and 2, the operating lever 26 is provided with a T-head, and the ends of the said T- head are pivotally connected to the adjacent ends of the shaft sections 24 and 25. It will also be observed that the lever 26 is slotted at 31 to receive the staple 23, and is equipped with a fastener 32 for engaging said staple; and it will further be noted that the lever 26 is slotted at 33 in order that it can be fastened over the staple 34 on the door after the door is opened.
The door is shown in Figs. 1, 4 and 6 as closed, and to open it the fasteners 14 are first raised from the keepers 16 and 17. Then the operating lever 26 is released, whereupon the lower edge of the door will swing or can be pulled outwardly. The operating lever 26 is then moved toward the right and upwardly to a horizontal position, whereupon the door will drop to a slight extent. The operating lever 26 is then thrown through a half circle toward the left to correspondingly turn the operating shaft. This drops the door to the full extent, and moves the upper edge of the door outwardly so as to enable the door to clear the side of the car,
and the door is then ready to be moved edgewise to its open position againstthe stop 13 in which position it can be secured by dropping the fasteners 14 in the keepers 18 and with the side of the car body, and'is therefore not liable to be raked off or otherwise displaced. It will also be noted that the closed door being interposed between the door posts cannot slide back and forth and break the fastener or any of its other appurtenances. It will further be noted that the closed door is secured at the top by the depending strip 4 which serves both to hold the door and to shed water. From this it follows that the door would not be lost even were the hangers knocked from the same. The lower edge of the door being free when 'unfastened, said edge canswing outwardly.
Hence the bulging of the side wall of the car or the door posts will not interfere with the opening or closing of the door, which is an important desideratum.
Having described my invention, what I Copies of this patent may be obtained for the hangers and the door, a third hanger movable on the rail, an upright shaft section carrled by the door and havlng a crank at 1ts upper end journaled in-and connected with the third hanger, said shaft section being movable up and down and adapted to be turned, a lower upright shaft section carried by and movable about its axis on the door, a lever having a T-head interposed between and pivotally'connected with the shaft sections, and means for fastening the door;
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. g
ELESEUS J. LEE.
Witnesses: I i
VERNE BENJAMIN, FREMONT BENJAMIN.
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