US1437962A - Car dumper - Google Patents

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R. J. CROSSETT.

cARnuMPER.-

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 29. 192i.

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CAR BUMPER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 29. 1921.

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' lApplication' led October 29, 1921i. Serial Nofllr. i

ToV all whom t may concern .lle it known that I, Rosana* d.' flizossr'r'r, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinoisbhave.invented a certain new and useful Car Dumper, of-which useful and efficient device of this class whichl can be moved from place -to place on ordinary railway tracks andso arranged that the ordinary orstandard railway cars may be run on to the duniper at one end and off at the opposite end.

It is a further object to provide acar duinper whereby the material within the car may be readily and quickly dumped therefrom through the top, side or bottom of the car` and discharge at one side of and away from the tracks.

It is a further object to provide a car dumper with a platform having rai-l portions adapted to fit over and interlock with the stationary track.

lt'is a further object of my invention to provide readily adjustable'means for detachably securing a railway carto the platform.

The above and other features of novelty, advantages and capabilities will become apparent from the detailed description of the accompanying drawings in which I have illustrated a car duinper embodying one form of my invention, but the construction there shown will be understood illustrative only and not as defining the limits of my invention. l

Figure l is a side elevational view of a car dumper embodying/'lone form of my invention, showing somewhat diagrammatically, a standard lVilliamson gondola railway car secured in place on the dumper preparatory to dumping the car.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same taken substantially on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the dumper illustrated in Figure l with the car removed and a portion of the device broken away and Figure 4 is an enlarged detailed transverse sectional view of the same'having a portion thereof broken away Referring to the drawingsin detail, the platform l1() is preferably'constructed of cast plates' secured together in any-suitable way,

for example,l as illustrated in- Figs; 2 and` 3, althougliit is perfectly'obvious that sheets or other material may be used with proper` reinforcements; Thepl'a'tform I() is pro'- vided with grooved rails lil 'on which the wheels of thefrailway car tobe dumped travel. These rails are beveled at; both vends asbest shownv in convenient travel ofthe railway-:car-"wheels ony to and volf of these rails. are so constructed as to provide a housing having beveled or upwardly inclinedz walls or shoulders lQadapted to lit over andreceive the permanent railway tracks I3" and thus automatically align'the platform and tracks Il lwith thepermanent stationary tracks 13, and interlock the platform with such tracks.' The platform l() is integrally provided with outwardly'extending portions e ld and ladesigned to extend considerably beyondthe permanent railwayytr'acks. The side l'is provided with a-longitudinal' ball cok l, so as to ypermit the end bearing'l which is pivotally connected to the lsocketbe'aring 17 by means yof the clamps 18. The socket 17 being detachably anchored'to-'the ties of the permanent rail-k way' Vtrack lin any 'suitable manner sov to prevent sidewise' movementthereof while' the car is being dumped, 'the side portionl'' of the platform being provided with suitable notches as best shown in Fig. 3 to receive the innerend ofthe clamps 1.8 and thus permit the platform to pivot or swingv about said clamps throughV the ball and socket arrangement just described. While I have shown the inner portion of vthe platform l5 provided with a ball end and a socket connected therewith, vit will be understood that I do' not wish to limit myself to this arrangement, for other forms of swinging connections may be utilized with practical results.

In order to secure the railway car 1n place on the dumper while the car is being dumped, I have provided readily adjustable means' for detachably but eiliciently secur-v ing the car in place. Such `means comprises a pair of rods 19 spaced apart near each side of the platform and extending looselylv through longitudinal slots in the platform having rounded heads 2() of sufficient size to prevent the rods being pulled through the" slots,v The rods 2G are screw-'threaded on their upper ends and are connected by means of turn buckets 21, to a sec-ond pair of rods 22 of any desired length which rods 22 are screw-threaded on their upper end and provided with suitable screw-threaded clamps 23 designed to clamp or engage the top of the railway car. V

It will be noted that the slots in the plat-y form for receivin the clamp rods 20 extend longitudinally. his is for the purpose of permitting adjustment so that such rods may be moved forwardlyor backwardly in order to be positioned in direct alignment with the usual side braces or frame members of .A the standard gondola cars, and thus not interfere with the dumping of the material when dumping through the side of the car. The swinging end or portion 14 of the platform is provided with suitable means so that va crane may be readily and quickly connected therewith for raising the platform upwardly in order to dump the car. In this particular illustration l have shown rings 24 for this purpose7 for instance, as best platform against movement in any direction. A suitable crane is then connected to the swinging end of the platform through the rings 24 and the platform gradually raised. As the raising operation proceeds the side doors are opened, if it is a car which 4platform 10 and out over the edgey thereof to one side of the tracks. lf desired, the platform may be raised or swung suiiciently Aso that the material within the car can be Vdumped through the top thereof.

Thus, it will be seen that I have provided a very efficient car dumper with which the entire contents of the car can be quickly and readily dumped therefrom and discharged to one side of the tracks.

Having thus described my invention, l claim: y

1. In a car dumper, the combination of a platform provided with rails adapted to fit over and interlock with a railway track, a bearing adapted to be securedin place away from and at one side of said track and means for pivotally mounting said platform in said bearing.y

2. In a car dumper, the combination of a platform provided with rails adapted to fit over and interlock with a railway track, a bearing adapted to be secured invplaoe away from and at one sideof said track, means for pivotally mounting said platform in said bearing, and means for detachably securing a railway car in place on said@ platform.

3. In a car dumper a platform having rails provided on the underside with a housing having inclined walls adapted to fit over a railway track and interlock therewith for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name to this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT J. CROSSETT. Witnesses i H. M. SMITH, Ii. A. HARGADEN.

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