US1244809A - Wooden single-sheathed box-car. - Google Patents

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-J. H. WEISBROD.

woonam SINGLE SHEATHED BOX CAR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 15. I916.

Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

,[flDGH/or Jam? 11. we/sbmd J. H. WEISBROD.

WOODEN SINGLE SHEATHED BOX CAR.

' APPLICATION FILED AUG. as. 1916.

Pajtented Oct. 30,1917.

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being had to the accompanying drawings v which illustrate the preferred form of the invention, though it is to be understood;

that the invention is notliinited to the exact details-of construction shown and ClGSQIlbGCl, as it is obvious that various modifications thereof within the scopeo-f the claims will;

' occur to persons skilled in the art? In said drawings: Figure 1 1s a composite V ew, theupper left-hand quarter being a horizontal sec tion through the car-body showing the floor ing in place; the lower left-handquarter showing the underfirame in plan the upper right-hand quarter disclosing the roofframing, and the lower right-hand quarter illustrating the roof in plan Fig. 2 1s anothercompos te View depict ing on the left a verticallongitudinal longishowing the car side elevation Fig. 3 illustrates left and right transtudinal section ofthe car and on the right verse vertical half-sections, said sections being taken' on the lines 3 3; and '3 3 re-;

spectivel y, of Fig. 2;

"Fig. is an end elevation of the can I showing the end and corner posts and end plate stiflener;

Fig. '5 is a verticalsection Fig; is a detail horizontal section hq r posts, be ng taken on through" t the line 7+7 of 4.

In" the present invention; the produetipn 1 of a car princi-pally "composed of wood is I conteinplated, which car shall have thejadg vantages of the singlesh'e'ethed car thet-fl is provided-With steel ttaniing the supers structure; but which thereduction in the use t steel materially lessen'sthe cost of; manntactur'ei M The ayoidanoe ofthe lacli ot proper con-' neetion of the' posts and braces of the sup ei'a structure" to "the fp'lates, jsil l' and "tiral lsjsj.

selves 0t liquidaccumulations; is sin ply and satisfactorily attained? n w The importance this; feature is not inconsiderable-as d'eoay of the woo'd at the joints is thereby peeve-muted."

An assembly of training members, Walls e and-flooring is had whic'h p'reser ves the Walls in per fect segment; obiri ztting the tendency of the posts: and: braces of the framing" to bulge outwardly under the influence "ofladgk ing, "which eliminates the "opening of the; sea-Ins between the' Wall boards; frequently lnythe' car llustrated, end which ern bodies i-the invention, 'l-3"represent s the side sills and 12 the side lates "ofitlie car. Suitg ably spaced longitudinally of the sidefsills and side plates 12mm ertiea'lsid posts 1%) between whiehare" arranged diagonalf braces20. lewer endsofj'side posts 19} and} braceS QO ane seated inmetalli'c shoes 16*! mo nted upon theside g'sill s 13; Sure mounting the-dinner 'terrni'nels (if said side f 9 0 v posts 'and braces, ar'efn etall ic "cap's 16116 through the side wall of the car, -intermediate portions being-broken away, the section being taken g rangedg essistin holding the side-ften1ing me nbers in proper relation, wl1ich meni propriatelyf positioned along theu-nder Sides ot 'the sidei5lat'es i2; {S ll-1" and plate" rods 1 21, so e-verticall and omeyobnquel -erg;- I

hers 'it is" seen; constitute ai' truss fwh'erein the side plate is the top chord sillg is th bottoni chord.

lfhe ear is ofthei'single sheathed type end 1oo the'fside walls 11 eoinprisehorizontal'ly dis posed hoards; asseinloletl one aboi e the omen; whifeh boards; have tongue;anldfgroove-"eon- "necti'onsas indicated 'et22 -inTigs.j'5- a'n'dt; The- -side mtesc12endsit1e sills BareQraB inner sides of side plates and sills and to a greater depth than the thickness of the boards forming the side walls 11.

The inner faces of the side walls 11 are arranged to be flush with the similar faces of the side plates 12, in consequence of which the outer faces of the top and bottom boards of the walls 11 are spaced from the vertical faces of the rabbeted portions in side plates 12 and side sills 13, thereby creating air spaces 14 between the outer upper edge of walls 11 and side plates 12, and the lower outer face of walls 11 and the vertical faces of the rabbeted portions of the side sills 13. Said air spaces 14 extend longitudinally of the car substantially from the corner posts at one end to those at the other. Shoes 16 and caps 16 are provided with flanges 15 and .15, respectively, which occupy and fill the spaces 14 where said shoes and caps are present. Said flanges 15 and 15 therefore, form backing between the side walls and the side plates and side sills at these points.

Caps 16 and shoes 16 are provided with pockets into which the terminals of posts 19 and braces 20 are fitted, the ends of said posts and braces being reduced to enter the pockets, the inner faces of the side posts and braces being adapted to lie in contact with the boards of walls 11, which boards are suitably bolted or otherwise fastened to said side posts 19 and braces 20. Fittedinto the anglesbetween the under-sides of the side plates and the top boards of walls 11, are 1 beveled strips 17 which extend between successive caps 16 and close the bottom of the air spaces 1& paralleling the side plates 12. Similar beveled strips 17 are likewise arranged to fit into the'angles between the bottom boards of walls 11' and the upper surfaces of side sills 13, said lower, beveled strips extending between the shoes 16 and closing the lower air spaces 14- at the car sides. In each car side the bottom board of wall-11 is rabbeted and theouter board of floor 29 is let into the rabbet here formed, said floor'board lying'on top of sill -13. In the illustrated form, the sills 13 extend under the outer floor boards 29 inwardly beyond the inner face of walls11. The bottom boards of the side walls are, therefore, firmly positioned between the flanges 15 of shoes 16 and the edges of floor boards 29, very definitely positioning the lower end of walls 11. I

Because of the letting in of the side walls 11 into the rabbeted portions of the side plates 12 and side sills 13 and the bearings which the upper and lower edges of walls 11 have against the flanges 15 and 15 ofthe caps and shoes, respectively, togetherwith the interlocking of the bottom side wall boards with the floor boards'29, and also because of the tongue and groove connec tions between the superposed boards of the side walls, a very rigid side wall is formed taining such walls in perfect alinement.

The walls 11, therefore, resist bulging due to the influence of lading, and consequently the relief from the stress of bulging side walls against the side posts and braces, keeps the side truss organization unimpaired. It is therefore seen that the design is such that greater strength is present in the side wall construction than has been common heretofore and without the employment of a greater amount of material to provide the resistive properties.

In addition to the inherent strength of the side wall construction, the latter also is pos se'ssed of water-tight qualities. In ordinary joints where at the line of severence the elements of the joints are in continuous con tact, the application of water to said'joints is very apt to permit the passage of the water from one side of the joint to the other This is avoided in the wall construction of the car herein disclosed. When in perfect condition there is little likelihood of water, resulting from rain or other causes, being driven into the joints in such manner that it will follow the path of severance of the elements of the joints at the side plates and side sills. If, however, after considerable service the wood of the car tends to become to any degree warped, protection against a communication from the interiorof the car to the outside atmosphere, which will be quently cannot pass'betw'een the upper or bottom boards of the walls 11 and the-side plates 12 and sills 13f to'find its way to the car interior. Moreover, any film of water which may work itself between the side plates 12 and upper strips 17, or the side sills 13 and lower strips 17, will not be re tained long enough for it to do any damage to the joints. The construction is such that so little water may be present that the ,oints will be subject to rapid drying, thereby preventing the wood decaying at the oints.

It being Inoredifiicult for any water working between the lower strips/17 and the upper surfaces of side sills 18' to dischargeitself, drainage passages 18 are drilled vertically through the side sills 18 and communicate with the lower air spaces 14, from which any accumulations of water will imbe: discharged to the ground; Side walls 11' have strong connection=with the end walls 28 of the car, as best disclosed in Fig. 7', where the corner posts 30 are shown tobe in the form of pressings of -angular cross section. Each corner post 30 is provided with an outstanding flange 31- projecting from the side wall 11 and another outstandiiigfiange 32' extending away from the end? wall 28. The aiigle-shaped webof corner post 30- is connected totheside and endwalls 11 and 28 by bolts '33 passing through I the former, and bolts 34 extending through the latter. A ladder cripple 25 has a face lying against the outer surface of wall 11 and another face lying against flange" 31 of cornerypost 80, said bladder cripple; 25 being secured in place by bolts 26 passing through it and flange 81 of the corner postai'id' other bolts 27 passing through said ladder cripple and side wall 11. Ladder rounds 28 may have their outer. ends secured to cripple post 25. As shown in Fig. 7, the

end grab iron 24 may have one of its ends riveted to the flange 32 of corner post 30. I

It. is manifest that I have constructed a strongside wall which is securelyand firmly: combined with the end walls QSbfth-ecai',

which sidewall preserves its vertical alinement and relieves tllBLSl'ClB framing" from undue stress, whereby the truss formation of the side-framing is protected from dis tortion and, consequently: is relatively stronger than in ordinary wood (ionstritrctions; It is also obvious that I have 'protected the interior of the carfrom invasion by water.

The ends of the car havebeen 'sliown as of conventional construction, but iti is, of course, to be understood that the construe tion of the side walls be embodied inv the end walls whenever this is desimb1e.,

Also, when it is not convenient to press the corner post 30 as illustrated and described, its substantial equivalent may be secured by using a commercial Z -bar and riveting thereto a standard angle.

What I claim is:

1. In combination in a car wall, a sheathing, a sill and a top plate rabbetedto a depth greater than the width of said sheathing, said sheathing being positioned in the rabbets of said sill and plate to form air spaces between the last two mentioned elements and said sheathing, closures for the air spaces and truss elements combined with said sill and plate. p

2. In combination in a car wall, a truss ,having top and bottom chords which are 60,

i'abbeted, a sheathing positioned to have its upper and lower edges within the rabbets, means forming air spaces between said chords and sheathing, and members coeperating with said truss and sheathing to close said air spaces.

4. combination in a car wa'll, framing comprising a silland a plate, each longitudinally rabbeted and stress members iiiterp osed"therebetween, a sheathing having marginal;portions in the rabbets of said sill. and'plate, and connectors joining said stress members to said sill and plate and spacing faces of said marginal sheathing portions from the'la'st two. mentioned elements.

5: In combination in a car wall, framing comprising asill, and a plate and: stress members iiiterpesed'therebetween, a sheath.- mglapping said sill and plate and having a: face contacting with said members and ment of the parts forming adjacent said sill and plate.

6.- In combination in a 'carwall, framing comprising"a "sill anda plate" and stress members interposed therebetween, a sheathinginset injsaidjsil'l and plate in correlation therewith to resist bulging and being provided with a face contacting with saidmem bers aild spaced from said sill and plate, and. connectorsoining said members. with saidsill and plate andeX tending; between 1 the last two mentioned elements and :said

sheathing.

7 Incombination in a car wall, a sill and.

apl'ate provided with rabbets having hori zontal and vertical faces stress members of less width than said sill and plate interposed between the same, a sheathing substantially to spaced from said sill and plate, and longij 'tudinalspacdclosing members, the arrangeinternal spaces I equal in height to the space between the horizontal rabbet faces of said sill and plate set into said rabbets and being of less width than the depth of the latter, and shoes and caps embracing terminals of said members and having portions lying against the vertical rabbet faces of 'saidsill and plate, forming backing for said sheathing and spacing the same from the vertical rabbet faces.

8. In combination in a car wall, a top plate provided with a rabbet havinghorizontal and vertical faces, a sheathing of less width than the depth of the rabbet having an edge in contact with the horizontal rabbet face and a margin of one of its faces spaced from the vertical rabbet face and forming an air channel therewith,

truss panel'members to which said sheathing is attached, caps embracing terminal portions of said members and having portions projecting into and interrupting said air channel, and strips contacting with said sheathing and plate and closing the uninterrupted air channel portions.

9. In combination in a car, a wall comprising a sill provided with a rabbet having horizontal and vertical faces, truss panel members, pocketed shoes receiving end portions of said members and having portions lying against the vertical rabbet face, a sheathing secured to said members, lapping said shoes and forming'an intermitted channel with the latter and the vertical face'of the sill rabbet, said sheathing having a lower rabbeted edge and a floor projecting into the sheathing rabbet and resting upon the horizontal face of said sill rabbet.

10. In combination in a car wall, atop plate provided with a rabbet, a sheathing of less width than thedepth .of the rabbet hav- 7 ing a marginal portion positioned in the latter, posts and braces to which the sheathing is secured, caps positioned along said plate receiving the post and brace terminals and provided with flanges laterally spacing said plate and marginal sheathing portion, and strips extending between the caps, the parts being arranged to form an intermitted interval air space adjacent said plate.

11. In combination in a car wall, a longitudinal framing member, a sheathing having a marginal portion inset in said member, posts and braces to which said sheathing is secured, connectors combining said posts, braces and member and forming abutments' for said sheathing, and strips extending between said connectors, the parts forming a joint having an internal air chamber and being in surface contact outside said chamber.

copies of this patent'may be obtained for 12. In combination in a car wall, a longitudlnal framing member, a sheathing hav mg a marginal portion inset in said member, posts and braces to which said sheathing is secured connectors combining said posts,

braces and member and forming abutments for said sheathing, and strips extending be tween said connectors, the parts forming a joint having an internal air chamber and formed at the sill and the plate, whereby the interfitted parts at each of the last two mentioned elements forms a joint containing an air chamber.

14. In combination in a car, a framing member having a longitudinal rabbet, a sheathing fitted into the rabbet and other Vmembers combined with said framing member and sheathing, the elements being arranged to form an internal air space and having joint-forming portions in surface contact except at said space.

In witness whereofl have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

JACOB H. WEISBROD.

Witnesses OSCAR Hoornsnne, BLASDEL SHAPLEIGH.

five ,cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

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