US1145207A - Running-board saddle. - Google Patents

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C. C. MURPHYi .RUNNING BOARD SADDLE. APPLICATION FILED FEB.Y9| 1914.

1,145,207. y Patented July 6, 1915. I f

hlli' I lll To all whom it may concern.

CLINTON C. MURPHY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIGNoP. 'To P. II. MURPHY COMPANY, OP PAItNAssUs'PnNNsYLvANIA, A CORPORATION or PENNSYLVANIA.

RUNNING-BOARD SADDLE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1915.

Application led February 9, 1914. Serial No. 817,517.

Beit known that I, CLINTON C. MURPHY, a Citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city ofl Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Running- Board Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to running boardv saddles, particularly to that type which is adapted' for use with car roofs formed of metal roof sheets joined togetherlstanding seams.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a metal running board saddle which will not injure the roof sheets or their seams, and which Will aid in preventing leakage through the. roof. j

A furtherobject is to attain certain other advantages as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

The invention consists in the parts, and in the arrangements and combinations of parts as Will more fully appear hereinafter. l

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of the specification, and in which like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views, .Figure 1 is a top plan view of a running board saddle embodying the invention g. Fig. 2 is avertical transverse section on the line 2-2 on Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an end elevation; Fig. 4 is a side elevation; Fig. 5 is a vertical lone gitudinal section on. the line 5-5 on Fig. 1.

For the purpose of illustration, the running board saddle embodying the invention has been shown as applied to an outside metal car roof formed of roof sheets 1, joined to one another by arched seams 2 extending transversely of the car and arched seams 3 extending longitudinally of the car above the ridge pole a. The roof sheets 1 rest upon a wooden sheathing 5 supported on carlines and the ridge pole 4 according to the usual construction.

The body of the running board saddle is made of metal andis preferably stamped and bent from sheet metal. The running boards 6 aresupported upon spaced seats Y 9, and through these holes 9 are passed bolts l0 which extend through the running boards 6 and hold -them firmly in position. Between the upright members 8 the body of the saddle is formed with an inverted chanf nel .or ridge 11. The sides of the inverted sol Channel 11 are spaced fromthe upright` Disposed Within the inverted channel 11 y is an insert 13 of Wood, pressed fiber, or

' other suitable non-,abrasive material, which thereof, which overlies the seam 2 and has its walls spaced therefrom. vThe insert 13 has a groove 15 irrits under face extending transversely thereof to accommodate a corner cap 16 which is ordinarily used Awith this type of roof. The feet 12 are-also bent to form arches 17 to accommodate the corner capl. The under face of the insert 13 rests upon the roof sheets 1. A bolt 18 passes. through the ridgev pole 4, a boss 1 9 on the corner'cap 16 and through the inverted channel 11. The bolt 18 holds the saddle in position, but does not press the insert 13 against the roof sheets 1 so as to bind them against movement. Theboss 19 of the corner cap 16 is embedded in the insert 13.

By this construction, it is possible to use the same metal body of the saddle in oonnection with roofs having different sizes of sePms vby interchanging inserts 13 having.

a slight relative movement of the roof sheets and the running board saddle, and if the metal body Ofthe saddle were in Contact with the roof sheets,'the rubbing action of the saddle upon the roof sheets would Wear oif the protecting coating on the roof sheets and permit them to rust. In this construction, no part of the metal body of the sad-' dle touches the roof sheets, and all of the rubbing action takes'place between the nonabrasive insert 13 and the roof sheets, so. that the roof sheets are not Worn or injured. The insert 13, being formed of Wood, pressed liber, or some similar material, is resilient Ico applied to it.

It is to be understood that the particular vform of running board saddlel which 'I have shown and described may be considerably modified Without departing from -my invention. I do not wish, therefore, to be -limited to the exact construction which4 I have shown and described.

',What I claim is:

1. A running boa-rd saddle comprising a metal body adapted tosupport running boards, and a piecefof non-abrasive material attached thereto and projecting below the under face of said body in position to bearl on the roof and serve as a rubbing member. 2. A running board saddle comprising a metal body adapted' to, support running- `boards, and a piece of non-abrasive material attached to the un'der face 'of saidbody, said piece having grooves in its under face adaptedto straddle the seams between the roof sheets of a car roof.

3. A-running board saddle comprising a metal body `having spaced seats adapted to support running boards and provided with an inverted channel in its underface, and a wooden insert fitting in said inverted channel, said insert having a longitudinal and a transverse groove in its under face.

4. A running board saddlecomprismg a boards, and having an inverted channel in its under face, and an insert of non-abrasive Y material fitted in said inverted channel, said longitudinal groove in its v insert having a under face.

5. -A running board saddle comprising an integral body of sheet metal, bent to form horizontal spaced seats adapted to support running boards, and having an 4inverted channel 1n 1ts under face, and a wooden insert -iittlng 1n said lnverted channel and having-grooves in its underY face adapted to `straddle the seams of a metal car roof.

6.. A running board saddle comprising a metal bodyihav-ing spaced seats adapted to' support running boards, and a' piece of non-'abrasive material attached t'o the un# der face of said body, said piece having a 4longitudinal groove in its under face '-7. A running-board saddle formed of a' casting provided with a recessed bottom and a supporting pad of non-abrasive material fitting said recess.

Signed at Chlcago,

CLINTON C. MURPHY.

Witnesses:

' HARRY W. STANNARD,

JOSEPHINE A.YHARTNETT.

Cookcounty, Illinois,

this 4th day of February, 1914.

4o I metal body adapted to support running

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