US1124980A - Dumping-car. - Google Patents

Description

R. R. WEAVER.

DUMPING GAR.

APPLICATION FILED 0cT.26, 1914.

l, 1 24,980. Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

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NVENTOR R. R. WEAVER.

DUMPING GAR.

APPLmATIoN FILED 00T.26.1914.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

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ROBERT n. WEAVER, 01E COLUMBUS, omo, ASSIGNOR To THE RALSTQN STEEL can Icompartan or COLUMBUS, omo.

DUMPING-CAR.

To all whom .it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ROBERT R. WEAVER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Dumping- Cars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will Aenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in dumping cars and more particularly to those of the hopper type, -one object of the invention being to improve and simplify the structure of the car between the hopper body and the ends of the car and at the same time enhance the eiiicienc of such lstructuresin supporting and e ectually bracing the hopper body.

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation part-ly in section of a hopper car embodying my improvements; Fig. 2 is a perspective view, partly in section, showing the construction between the hopper body and the end of the car underframes; Fig. 3 is a perspective view, partly broken away, showing the bolster and parts adjacent thereto; Fig. 4 is av detail view showing the bracing devices for the hopper body, and Fig. 5 is a view of a modification.

1, l, represent the side sills of the car underframe which, in the present), nstance, are preferably constructed of horiontally disposed I-beams and these are connected at their ends by end-sills 3 preferably in the form of angle beams, the lower flanges of which project inwardly. The hopper body of the car is shownat '4. and at the sides of the car, channel iron stakes 5 are secured to the side sills in line with the ends of the holsters and to the sides of the hopper body.

Draft girders 6, 6, (preferably in form of channel beams) extend from the end portions of the car underframe, rearwardly toward the hopper body, each pair of said girders constituting also center sill sections and rear beveled ends terminating in close` proximity to the inclined hopper end sheet. The rear portions of each pair of girders 6 are bent or spread laterally to enlarge the Specification of Letters Patent. Appnemmn nieaoetober 2e, 1914.

lPlX-'lltd Jan. 12, 1915. serial No. 868,715.

space 'between them for the accommodat1on of door operating mechanism,-suc'h for exampledas that shlown and described in my coen inl a ication Serial 861,228. p g pp No Each body bolster comprises two pairs of flanged' diaphragms, each of which diaphragms may consist of two members 7,A 8. The member 7 of each diaphragm extends j flange of an angle iron 8" to which the edge of a fioor plate (hereinafter described) may be secured;

Instead of making each bolster diaphragm 1n two parts or members 7, 8, veach diaphragm may be made in a single piece and provided with a recess 8c for the accommodation of the depending fiange of the side sill as shown in Fig. 5. 7

A compression p1ate9 is secured under tfrom one side to the other of the car strucure.

Inclined angle beams 10 are secured at their lower ends to the beveled rear ends of each pair of draft girders and are disposed against the adjacent inclined hopper sheet, to which they are secured,said angle beams 9 extending to the top angles 11 of the hopper body, to which they are secured.

Vertical angle beams 12 are securedv at their lower ends to the upright flanges of the end sills.3 and at their upper ends ,to the upper ends of the inclined beams 10.

Diagonal angle braces 13 are secured' at their forward ends to the vertical beams 12 at' the juncture of said beams with the end sill, and at their upper, rear ends said diagonal braces are rigidly connected with intermediate portions of the'inclined beams 10, by means of connectorplates 14.

By means of the features of construction above described, the hopper body will be efectually supported and braced and the car as a whole will be substantial and rigid without the use of a. continuous center sill.

At each end of the underframe, a bowed 'of'said bowed beam being secured to the free outer or forward ends Iof the draft girders, and the rear ends of said bowedbeam being disposed against the inner faces of the side sills and securely riveted to the latter.

Those portions of the car underframe which extend from the hopper to the ends of the car structure, are covered by fixed floor plates 16. The forward end of each Hoor plate is secured upon the bowed angle beam and passes under the end sill 3, to which latter it is riveted, while the rear end of said floor sheet is provided with a downy ardly projecting inclined fiange 17 riveted to the inclined hopper sheet. At the side edges of each floor sheet, upwardly projecting flanges 18 are provided and riveted to the side sills 2. The floor sheets are also riveted to the upper flanges of the draft girders and to -the upper flanges of the bolster members and the angle irons 8b. By thus locating and securing the floor sheets, the strength and rigidity of the end pon tions of the underframe will be greatly enhanced, and the stability vof the structure will be assured.

Slight changes might be made in the details of construction of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof or limiting its scope and hence I do not wish to restrict myself to the precise details herein set forth.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. The combination with a hopper body end sills, and draft girders terminating at the hopper body, of inclined beams secured to the rear ends of the draft girders, said beams disposed against the hopper sheets and secured at the top of the hopper body, and vertical beams secured to the end sills and to the upper ends of said inclined beams.

2. The combination with a hopper body. end sills, and draft girders terminating at the hopper body, of inclined beams disposed against the inclined hepper sheets and secured to the rear ends of the draft girders and to the top portion of the hopper body, vertical beams secured to the end sills and to the upper ends of said inclined beams, and a brace secured to an intermediate portion of each inclined beam and to the lower portion of each Vertical beam in proximity tol 1the connection of the latter with the end s1 3. The combination with a hopper body, draft beams' terminating at the hopper body,

and end sills consisting of-angle beams, of vertical beams secured at the lower ends to the vertical flanges of said angle iron end sills and extending to the top of the hopper body, and inclined beams secured to the upper ends of said vertical beams and to the inclined hopper sheets, the lower ends of said inclined beams being secured to the rear ends of the draft girders.

4. The combination with a hopper body, side sills and end sills, of pairs of draft girders extending rearwardly from the end sills to the hopper body, the rear portions of the draft girders of each pair being spread laterally to enlarge the space between them adjacent to the hopper' body.

5. The combination with a hopper body, side and end sills, and. draft girders terminating at the hopper body, of floor sheets covering the draft girders secured thereto and to the end sills, said floor plates having side flanges secured to the side sills, and each floor plate having a iange secured to the hopper plates.

6. rlhe combination with a hopper body,

side and end sills, and draft girders terminating at the hopper body, of bowed beams projecting forwardly from the end sills and secured to the side sills, of floor plates se cured to said bowed beams, end sills, side sills and hopper body.

7. The combination with a hopper body, side sills, end sills, and draft girders terminating at the hopper body, of beams con necting the hopper body with the draft girders and end sills, and bolster diaphragms disposed between the side beams and draft girders and secured to the same.

8. The combination with a hopper bottom, draft girders terminating at the slopes of the hopper bottom, and end sills, of llbeam side sills horizontally disposed, diaphragms extending from the draft girdersl to the horizontally disposed I-beam side sills, and side stakes secured to the outer ends of the diaphragms and the outer vertical flanges of the side sills.

9. The combination with draft girders and I-beam side sills disposed horizontally. of diaphragms .extending from the draft girders and terminating at. their outer ends under the side sills and secured to the webs of the latter, said diaphragins being recessed for the accommodation of depending flanges of said side sills.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib- C. H. WEBER.

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