US1260507A - Metal carline for freight-car roofs. - Google Patents

Description

C. D. BONSALL.

METAL CARLINE FOR FREIGHT CAR ROOFS.

APPLICATION FILED 001110.191].

PatentedMar. 26, 1918.

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MURPHY COMPANY, or

PENNSYLVANIA.

OF PARNASSUS, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO P. H. PARNASSUS, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF METAL CARLINE FOR FREIGHT-CAR ROOFS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 26, 1918.

Application filed October 10, 1917. Serial No. 195,683.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES DAVID BoN- SALL, a citizen of the United ,States, and a resident of the city of Parnassus, in the county of lVestmoreland and State of ennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Metal Carlines for Freight-Car Roofs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to metal carlines for freight car roofs of the type shown in Covert Patent No. 982,412, dated January 24, 1911. The invention relates particularly to the means for securing the ends of the carlines to the side plates of the car.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a means for securing the carline ends to the side plates of the car, which will be simple in construction, inexpensive and easy to apply. Another object is to provide a light bracket for the ends of the carline, which can be secured to the side plates of the car; and will be strong enough to prevent bending and twisting at the ends of the carline due to the racking and Weaving of the car.

A further object of the invention is to eliminate the notching of the side plate, when this type of carline is used in connection with a car having wooden side plates. A still further object is to provide a connecting member for the ends of the carline, whereby the carline may be applied to cars having metal side plates. Further objects of the invention appear hereinafter in connection with the description of the invention.

The invention consists in the improved In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, like numerals ey occur.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the end portion of a carline nd a portion of the side plates of a freight car, showing the connecting members embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the carline and connecting member shown in Fig. 1, the side plate being shown in cross-section, and the purlins, fascia, etc., being indicated by dot and dash lines;

1g. 3 is a vertical cross-section through the carline on the line 33 in Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the connecting members.

The carline shown in the drawings is of T-shaped section and extends from side to side of the car with its stem 5 arranged vertically. The flanges '6, which form the top portion of the carline, have their edges 7 curled upwardly at intervals to form seats for the. purlins and ridge pole of the car. Each end of the vertical stem portion 5 of the carline rests on the adjacent Side plates 8, which is shown in the form of a Z-bar. Bracket members 9 are arranged on each side of the vertical stem of the carline at each end thereof and serve to connect the ends of the carline to the side plates of the car. These bracket members are made in rights and lefts, one of each for each side of the carline. These bracket members consistpf a vertically inclined web portion, which is bent outwardly at its top and bottom in opposite directions to form top and base flanges 10 and 11, respectively. The top flange 10 of each bracket member is riveted to the under side of the horizontal flanges 6 of the carline. The base flanges 11 of the bracket members rest on the top face of the side plate to which they are riveted or otherwise secured. The bracket members sit well inside the side lines of the car. The top flanges 10 of the bracket members overhang the inside face of the side plates and theinside face of the bracket members are cut on the bias so as to bring the corner of the base flanges flush with the inner edge of the side plates.

Itwill be seen from the foregoing description that this construction results in a rigid well braced connection between the carline and side plate. The ends of the carlines are supported directly on the side plates while the bracket members located on each side of the stem of the carline support its horizontal flanges producing a tripod or bracing effect. and thus preventing any movement of the ends of the carline due to the straining and distorting of the car frame in service.

ile the drawing illustrates a carline of T-shape, it is obvious that my invention is top face of the applicable to carlines of other sections; and it is also obvious that instead of using separate brace members, the bracing device may consist of a single strip of metal adapted to rest on top of the carline and having its end portions ofl'set to rest on top of the side plate.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with the side plate of a car of a carline resting thereon and a bracing device therefor, said bracing device being secured to the upper surface of the side plate and having upwardly extending portions secured to the topportion of the carline.

2. The combination with the side plate of a car of a carline resting thereon and a brace therefor, said brace being secured to the top of the side plate and having an upwardly offset portion secured to an upper portion of the carline.

3. A carline oppositely projecting flange portions at the top thereof, the end portion of the carline resting on the side plates of the car, and bracket members arranged on opposite sides of the body portion of said carline, one end of said bracket members being secured to the side plate and the other end being secured to said flange portions.

4. A carline consisting of a vertical stem portion having horizontal flanges on each side thereof, the end portions of said carline resting on the top of the side plates of having a body portion andthe car, and bracket members arranged on each side of the stem of said carline, each of said brackets having offset flange portions, one of said flanges being secured to the top of the side plates and the other of said flanges being secured to the adjacent flange of the carline.

5. A carline having a T-shaped cross-section, the ends of said carline having its stem resting on the side plates of the car, means for securing the carline to the side plates, said means comprising bracket members arranged on each side of the carline, each of said bracket members being provided with oppositely projecting flanges, one of said flanges resting on and secured to the side plate, and the other of said flanges being adapted to support the flanges of the carline.

6. A T-carline having each end of its stem portion resting on the top surface of the side plates of the car, a side plate connection for said carline comprising bracket members arranged one on each side of the carlines, each of said bracket members comprising an inclined Web portion having oppositely projecting top and base flanges, said top flanges being secured to the under side 01": said flanges of the carline, and said base flanges being secured to the top surface of the side plate.

Signed at New Kensington, Pa, this fifth day of October, 1917 CHARLES DAVID BONSALL.

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