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US1179074A US1439915A US1439915A US1179074A US 1179074 A US1179074 A US 1179074A US 1439915 A US1439915 A US 1439915A US 1439915 A US1439915 A US 1439915A US 1179074 A US1179074 A US 1179074A
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  • This invention relates to improvements in running board saddles forlrailway'cars, and the object is to provide a strong and durable saddle in the form of a single casting, which may be attached to the car roof by a single bolt, and to which the running board may be attached with the greatest ease and rapidity either in manufacturing or repairing the car.
  • a further object is to provide a saddle to which the running boards may be attached without the necessity of passing the attachment bolts through the car roof.
  • the device consists essentially of a casting anged at top and bottom, and provided in the upper flanges with bolt holes for the attachment of the running boards. rIhe lower flanges are shaped to conform to the contour of the car roof, and the saddle is secured in position by a single bolt at the peak of the roof, so that leakage through the bolt hole is for all practical purposes eliminated.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of the device.
  • Fig. 2 is a side elevation.
  • Fig. 3 is an end elevation.
  • Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4, Fig. 2.
  • bottom plate or flange of the saddle designates the bottom plate or flange of the saddle, which are shaped to conform to the contour of the car roof. It will, therefore, be understood that the particular form of bottom Hange shown in the drawings is applicable to only one type of roof, and that the invention is not limited to this particular form.
  • this bottom flange is provided with a laterally and downwardly extending portion 6 upwardly curved at the center 7 to form a tunnel or passage through the casting4 at the peak of the roof for the passage of air, so that an accumulation of moisture around the bolt hole which would tend to destroy the roof is eifectually prevented.
  • an upright web 9 is provided carrylng a flat top plate 10 forming the upper flanges.
  • top and bottom plates and web are connected at the ends, and at suitable intervals between by vertical ribs 11.
  • the top plate is provided with a plurality of apertures 12 for the passage of bolts attaching the running boards 13.
  • the saddle is secured to the car roof by means of a single bolt 14, seated in a suitably formed housing 16 in the casting. After the bolt has been placed in position, the passage may be closed with pitch or other waterproof cement, so that an accumulation of moisture is prevented.
  • the first lateral extension of the part 6 is provided with bracing webs 17.
  • the saddle is a simple and inexpensive casting, which may be rapidly attached to the car roof in such a way that leakage is prevented.
  • the running boards may be attached to the saddle without the necessity of passing attaching bolts through the car roof, so that the work may be easily performed either inrbuilding or repairing a car, and rotting or leaking of the roof around bolt holes is eliminated.
  • a saddle for running boards comprising a single metallic member having a flat hori- Zontal top plate, vertical end plates and a bottom plate of inverted V shape to correspond with the shape of a car roof, a later- D. R. W. ALLEN, G. M. NORELAND.

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l. M. COLEMAN.
RUNNING BOARD SADDLE APPucATlxoN FILED MAR. 15, 1915.
Patented Apr. 11, 1916.
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THE COLUMBIA PLANouRAPM C0., WASHINGTDN, D.[c.
JAMES M. COLEMAN, 0F MONTREAL. QUEBEC, CANADA.
RUNNING-BOARD SADDLE.
Speccation of Letters Patent.
Patented Apr. 11, 1916.
Application led March 15, 1915. Serial No. 14,399.
To all whom t may concern.'
Be it known that I, JAMES M. COLEMAN, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, and
resident of the city of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Running-Board Saddles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.
This invention relates to improvements in running board saddles forlrailway'cars, and the object is to provide a strong and durable saddle in the form of a single casting, which may be attached to the car roof by a single bolt, and to which the running board may be attached with the greatest ease and rapidity either in manufacturing or repairing the car.
A further object is to provide a saddle to which the running boards may be attached without the necessity of passing the attachment bolts through the car roof.
The device consists essentially of a casting anged at top and bottom, and provided in the upper flanges with bolt holes for the attachment of the running boards. rIhe lower flanges are shaped to conform to the contour of the car roof, and the saddle is secured in position by a single bolt at the peak of the roof, so that leakage through the bolt hole is for all practical purposes eliminated.
In the drawings which illustrate the invention:-Figure 1 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is an end elevation. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4, Fig. 2.
Referring more particularly to the drawings, 5 designates the bottom plate or flange of the saddle, which are shaped to conform to the contour of the car roof. It will, therefore, be understood that the particular form of bottom Hange shown in the drawings is applicable to only one type of roof, and that the invention is not limited to this particular form. At the center of the saddle, this bottom flange is provided with a laterally and downwardly extending portion 6 upwardly curved at the center 7 to form a tunnel or passage through the casting4 at the peak of the roof for the passage of air, so that an accumulation of moisture around the bolt hole which would tend to destroy the roof is eifectually prevented. At the longitudinal center of the bottom plate 5, an upright web 9 is provided carrylng a flat top plate 10 forming the upper flanges. The top and bottom plates and web are connected at the ends, and at suitable intervals between by vertical ribs 11. 'The top plate is provided with a plurality of apertures 12 for the passage of bolts attaching the running boards 13. The saddle is secured to the car roof by means of a single bolt 14, seated in a suitably formed housing 16 in the casting. After the bolt has been placed in position, the passage may be closed with pitch or other waterproof cement, so that an accumulation of moisture is prevented. The first lateral extension of the part 6 is provided with bracing webs 17.
From the foregoing description, it will be readily seen that the saddle is a simple and inexpensive casting, which may be rapidly attached to the car roof in such a way that leakage is prevented. The running boards may be attached to the saddle without the necessity of passing attaching bolts through the car roof, so that the work may be easily performed either inrbuilding or repairing a car, and rotting or leaking of the roof around bolt holes is eliminated.
Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A saddle for running boards comprising a single metallic member having a flat hori- Zontal top plate, vertical end plates and a bottom plate of inverted V shape to correspond with the shape of a car roof, a later- D. R. W. ALLEN, G. M. NORELAND.
Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.-
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