US1414157A

US1414157A - Car end

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Publication number: US1414157A
Application number: US446545A
Authority: US
Inventors: Russell Thomas Nathan
Original assignee: CHICAGO CLEVELAND CAR ROOFING
Current assignee: CHICAGO CLEVELAND CAR ROOFING; CHICAGO-CLEVELAND CAR ROOFING Co
Priority date: 1921-02-21
Filing date: 1921-02-21
Publication date: 1922-04-25
Anticipated expiration: 1939-04-25

Description

T. N. RUVSSELL.

Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

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APPLICATION FILED nan. 21. 1921.

Patented Aim 25, 1922.

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T. N. RUSSELL.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2l, 1921.

Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21, I921.

.m m J M P UNI-TED s"TATEs--- PATENT OFFI THOMAS NATHAN RUSSELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CHICAGO-(ELEVE- LAND CAR ROOFING- COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLI- OAR END.

NOIS.

- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr, 25 1922,

Application filed February 21, 1921. S erial No. 446,545.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, THOMAS -NATHAN RUSSELL, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new. and useful Improvement in Car .Ends, of which the following is a specification. I

The invention relates to the end structure of ventilated box cars, and has'for an object to attain thorough ventilation through the car end, with free egress of heated alr and gas and ingress'of fresh air, without diminishing the strength of the car end; and attain such objectby a simple and economical sheet metal construction, which, in forming the ventilating openings, strongly braces the car end, and also is susceptible of ready repair in case of damage.

-With such objects in view as well as other a vantages which may be incidentto the use of the improvements, the invention consists in the parts and combinations thereof hereinafter set forth and claimed, with the understanding that the several necessary elements constituting the same may be variedin proportions and arrangement without departing from the nature and scope of the invention.

In order to make the invention more clearly understood there are shown in the accompanying drawings means for carrylng the same into practical efiect, without limlting the improvements, in their useful applications, to the particular constructions which, for the purpose of explanation, have been made the subject of illustration;

In the said drawings- Fig. 1 is an end view of a ventllated box car embodying the invention. 7

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the roof frame at the end of the car. I

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of on line 33 of Figure 1.

Fig. 4 is a. vertical section on line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on line 55 of Figure 1.

Fig. 6 is an end elevation of a modification having the end sheets extended to the top of the car.

Fig. 7 is a section on line 7-7 of Figure 6.

the car end Fig. 8 is ure 6. v

Fig. 9'is a plan View of roof frame at the end of the car shown in Figure 6.

Referring to the drawings, 6 indicates the end sill of the car body frame, 7 the end posts, 8 the flooring, 9 the wooden end sheathing or lining, 10 the side sheathing, 11 the end plate of ridge pole, 13 the side plates, 14 the purlins, and 15 the top sheathing. These parts may be constructed in a usual manner suitable for the invention.

The end wall of the car comprises two sheet metal plates or sections 17 which extend from the end sill 6 to the end plate 11 and are secured to those parts. These plates are spaced apart at the middle of the car (Fig. 1) to leave a vertically extending a section on line 8-8 of Figthe roof frame, 12 the opening, which, however, is partly closed by top, middle and

bottom cross plates

19, 20 and 21 which are strongly attached to the inner edges of the plate sections 17 by bolts' vertical flanges 25 (Fig. 5) which enclosethe side sheathing for a short distance and are secured to the posts 7 by bolts. 26.

The said car end sections 17 are formed with vertical corrugations 27 which extend inwardly from the plane of the plate, springing from fiat and relatively narrow bases 28 and having inclinedsides 29 which are or may be of greater width than said bases, as shown in Fig. 5. What may be termed the inner parts or apices 30 of saidcorrugations are flat and against them is laid theend sheathing or lining 9. 1 At suitable intervals are arranged filler bars or posts 31, vertically arranged and extending from the end sill to the end plate, and engaging by their outer sides the corrugation-bases 28 and by their inner sides the said sheathing 9. At their upper and lower ends the corrugations 27 taper endwise and outwardly as seen at-32 and merge into the normal plane of the end sections 17 as seen in Figs. 1 and 4.

The

cross elements

19, 20, 21 are formed with similar or equivalent stiffening corruion gations as clearly shown in Figs. 1,3 and 5. All of the corrugations described are or may be of the flattened or truncated form which. is the subject in part of my Patent No. 1,332,857, granted March 2, 1920.

Referring to Fig. 1 it will be seen that the

cross elements

19, 20 and 21 are arranged to form upper and lower ventilator openings 33 and 34 of the desired area. If these openings are desired to be smaller the sections 17 will be constructed to have their inner edges approach nearer to one. another, and the cross elements ma be correspondingly widened in vertical d1rections; and a narrowing of either the vertical or cross elements would produce larger openings. These ventilator openings are adapted to receive any usual form of ventilator.

The top cross member 19 is formed with an inwardly. turned horizontal! flange 41 which lies under the flange 23 (Fig. 3).

In Fig. 2 is shown a plan view comprising the end sections and crowelements, together I with side bars 37 which extend along the side plates, and which are connected by gusset plates 36 with the flanges 23 of the end sections. The end elements are also braced by diagonal bars 39 which will be connected with the bars 37 .by suitable means (not shown) and the other ends of which are connected by rivets 40 with the flanges 23 of the end sections and withthe topflange 41 of the cross late 19. 3

In the form-show in Figs. 6 to 9, the sheet metal plates .or sections 42 and top cross plate 43 are;; extended upand have their 1 jflatf verticaljftop margins secured to the anigle barcnd plate 44 that supports the ri g I -'pole 45' and purlins 46 and is secured 'at itSendS' to the angle-bar side-plates 47, in the mannershown in Fig. 9, the ends of the top leg of the said angle end-plate being cut away and the ends of its vertical leg being bentinward-and riveted to the said sideplates. The gusset plates 48 further secure this juncture of the side-plate and end-plate angle-bar's at each corner of the car. The wood-fillers 49occu y the spaces between the ridge-poleand pur ins, alon the end-plate and are bolted'to the said en -plate'.

What isclaimed is- 1. In a ventilated box car, an end structure 2. In a ventilated box car, an end structure comprising vertically corrugated sheet metal end sections which are spaced apart at their inner edges, and horizontally corrugated cross plates which are spaced apart one above the other and attached at their edges to the inner edges of said end sections, the whole structure forming ventilator openings in the car end, said corrugations extending inwardly from the outer plane of the car end.

3. In a ventilated box car, an end structure comprising vertically corrugated sheet metal end sectionswhich are spaced apart at their inner edges, and horizontally corrugated cross plates which are spaced apart one 'above the other and attached at their ed es to the inner edges of said end sections, t e whole structure forming ventilator openings in the car end, said corrugations extending inwa-rdl from the outer plane of the car end an formed with flat outer faces and flat inner faces. I

4. In aventilated box car, an end structure comprising vertically corrugated sheet metal end sections which arespaced apart at their inner edges, and horizontally corrugated cross plates which. are spaced apart one above the other and attached at their edges to the inner edges of said end sections, the Whole structure forming ventilator openings in the car end, said corrugations extending inwardly from the outer plane of the car end and formed with flat outer faces and flat inner faces of less width than the width of the inwardly extending parts of the corrugations.

5. In a ventilated box car, an end structure comprising vertical sheet metal end sections which are spaced apart, and formed with vertical tapering corrugations; and cross plates, spaced apart, attached attheir ends to said end sections and formed with horizontal tapering corrugations.

6. In a ventilated box car, an end structure comprising vertical sheet metal end sections which are formed with vertical corrugations extending inwardly from the plane'of said sections, said sections being spaced apart; and cross plates attached to said end sections and closing the top and bottom and middle part of the space between said sections, and arranged to leave ventilator openings, said cross. plates having horizontal tapering corrugations. v

7. In a ventilated 'box car the combination of a roof frame, an end structure comprising vertically corrugated sheet metal end sections which are spaced apart at their inner edges, and horizontally corrugated cross plates which are spaced apart one above the other and attached at theiredges to the inner edges of said end sections, the whole structure formin ventilator openings in the car .end, and si e bars and diagonal bars connected with the top edges of the end sec tions and with theroof frame.

THOMAS NATHAN RUSSELL.