US1486547A

US1486547A - Railway car

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Publication number: US1486547A
Application number: US660416A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hugh W Sanford
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1923-08-31
Filing date: 1923-08-31
Publication date: 1924-03-11
Anticipated expiration: 1941-03-11

Description

March 11 1924. 1,486,547

' H. W. SANFORD RAI LWAY CAR Filed Aug. 31. 1923 4 Sheets-Sheet l March 11 1924. 1,486,547

H. w. SANFORD RA ILWAY CAR Filed Auz. 31, 1923 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 w M Mm m7 2 5 m M1 3 4 1 w .00 f.). H w 1 WHHHHHWHHV T 4 1 5 m R E m m m My lllllllllnllllll 1 w w M March 11 1924.

blank from which .end sill;

, members used Patented Mar. 11, 1924.

UNITED STATES HUGH W. SANFORD, OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

RAILWAY CAR.

Application filed August 31, 1923. Serial No. 660,416.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, HUGH W. SANFORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railway Cars, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates particularly to mine cars and other cars of any type wherein the frame of the car has side sills and end sills connecting the side sills.

The chief'object of the invention is to roduce a strong and durable end sill in w ich there is a limited amount of metal. Heretofore similar end sills have been made of cast metal. Effort to provide the necessary strength has led to putting into these structures an objectionably large amount of metal and making the silltoo expensive, and yet those sills have been unreliable on account of blow holes andv other imperfections and shrinkage strains in the castings. A secondary object of the invention is to provide a top draw bar. piece that will not bend up or down under haulagestrains.

Thepresent invention involves the use of rolled steel plate, preferably in a single piece, of great toughness and strength relative to weight, to form the principal member of the end sill. In the preferred form my improved end sill is composite, a second or inner member composed of wood being added to a steel plate member. In another form, the second member is a casting. r

My improved end sill is in form to also serve as a bumper and as a draw bar.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a plan of a structureembodying 'my improvement;

" Fig. 2 is an elevationlooking at the structure of Fig. 1 from the right;

Fig. 3 is an elevation looking at the structure ,of Fig. 2 from the left;

Fig. 4 is a plan showing a sheet steel is made the body the Fig. 5' is a perspective of said end sill detached from other parts;

Fig. "6 a 'persp'ecti' e of one of the corner p for joining the side sills to the'end'silly j Fig. 7 s"anupright section on the line,

'7i7,' of-Fig. 1', looking in the direction of the arrows; I Qf' sill.

-. Said member; and} the "side" sills a to each-othen-by ine ns w members',-C. 'Onefof the's ang' is shown in perspectivei Fi Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on the line, 8-8, of Fig. 2;

Fig. 9 is an u right section on the line, 99, of Fig. 1, ooking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 10 is an upright section on the line,

10l(), of Figs. 1, 2 and 12, looking inthe direction of the arrows;

Fig. 11 is an upright section on the line, 1111, of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 12 is a horizontal section on'the line, 1212, of Fig. 2;

Fig. 13 is a horizontal section on the line, 1313, of Fig. 2;

Fig. 14 is ,a bumper member;

Fig. 15 is a perspective of an anchor plate loflated at the middle" and rear of the end s1 v 4 .70 perspective of the end sill Fig. 16 is a plan of an end sill in which the inner member is a'casting, parts being broken away; Fig. 17 is a side elevation, lookingtoward the right of the structure as. shown in g f Fig. 18 is a front elevation of the structure as shown by Fig. 16,1 1 Referring first toFigs. 1" to 15, of the. drawings, A A are the side sills. Iii-the form shown shown inv the drawings these sills are of channel-form with flanges, directed outward. B is the steel plate member of the end This is. of channel formand has-the upright web, B (presenting a flat-back lower flange, B are similarly cutfto-i slanting edges, B'f. ber, B, is formed by folding tlie blank of steel of desired thickness- This member; 'B, is also provided with hol' s "will be" described further on.) I

In the form sh wn' in 'the' drawings-the plate member, B, is long enough to partially ill over-lap the adj menu ends "of the j uo and the plate member, B. The drawings show six such bolts or rivets. The other arm or blade of the angle member extends into the space between the flanges, A of the adjacent side sill and bears against the upright web of the side sill. Bolts or rivets, C extend through said blade and said web to join said parts to each other. In the form shown in the drawings, six such bolts or rivets, C are used. These corner angle members and the bolts or rivets used for securing these angle members to the plate member, B, and the side sills, A, are to be sufliciently strong to give rigidity to the frame. The web, B of the plate member, B, is wider than the height of the side sills,'A A,. to allow making a coupling link space, as will be described further on. An inner or second member, D, of strong wood, preferably oak, is placed on the lower flange, B and against the upright web, B of the plate member, B. The upper and the lower and the inner face of the inner wood member, D, are straight; while the outward face of thewood member nearly conforms to the outer edges of the flanges, B and B of the plate memberyB, the wood member being extended outward a little beyond said flanges. I

7 Midway between the ends of the end sill an angle-form anchor plate, D extends across the upper face of the wood member, D, and between said member and the web, B of the plate member, B, and is secured to said web by rivets, D (Figs. 15, 12 and 13). The horizontal part of the anchor .member has a hole, D to receive the bolt to be described further on. A bumper member, E, is curved and of channel-form, having an upright web, E and an upper flange, E and alowerflange,E Saidbumpermemher is placed at the middle of the end sill and has its web, E bearing against the outer, upright face of the wood'member,

D, while its upper flange, E-, rests on the upper face of the wood member, D, and its lower flange, E extends across the lower face of the flange, B of the plate member, B. This bumper member is to receive contact or impact from the bumper of another car. The bumper member and the outer part of the wood member form a bumper, the wood being a cushioning member or ma- 'terial against which the bumper member rests.

Thus a coupling link space is left between the upper face of the wood member, D, and

the upper flange of the bumper member on the one hand and the upper flange, B of the plate member, B. Upright binding bolts, E, extend through the bumper member and the flange, B8, and the wood member, D, and the upper flange, B. Between the bumper member and the upper flange, B each of said bolts is surrounded by a spacing sleeve, E whereby the distance between the bumper member and the flange, B is maintained. Between the bolts, E and..on the middle, longitudinal line of the car is the upright coupling bolt, F, extending through the two flanges of the bumper member, E, and the wood member, D, and the hole in the horizontal part of the anchor member, D and through the upper flange, B of the plate member, B. Between the upper flange, Bfland'the flange, E the bolt, F, is surrounded by a spacing sleeve, F which maintains the distance between said flanges. A coupling link, F surrounds the bolt, F, and the spacing sleeve, F

Between the bumper member, E, and the ends of the end sill, bolts, G, extend through the lower flange, B and the wood member, D, and the upper flange, B Between the wood member and the Web, B each of said bolts is surrounded by a spacing sleeve, G

and between each such spacing sleeve and jectionable, it is amply-strong, and it may safely be assumed that any number of these sills sent to the trade will be free from such defects as will cause them to break.

, It is to be observed that this composite endsill includes a bumper and a draw-bar structure, the upper flange, B and the lower flange, B performing draw-bar function.

In the form shown by Figs. 16, 17 and 18, the second member is composed of a casting which is adapted to receive a springcontrolled draw bar.

This inner casting, H, is of a length ap proximately equalling the length of the steel plate member, B, and of a height to fill the space between the flanges, B and B of the plate, B. On the middle longitudinal lineof the car, the casting, H,'has in its upper face a longitudinal channel, H of suitable form to receive a spring-controlled draw bar, not shown. In the bottom of the channel, H are an outer opening, H and an inner opening, H which may receive members associated with the draw bar. Bolts, H, extend through the flanges, B and B and through the casting, H, and bind said members firmly to each other. In

projecting outward beyond the flanges, B

and B, take impact from another car.

By placingthe steel plate member, B,

against the face of the angle members, A, the heightofv the bumper may be fixed to I side sills and corner pieces, of a plate metal suit the height of bumpers on other cars with which the new car is to be used. In applying the plate member, B, to the new car, the member, B, being wider than the an le members, A, may be set at the desired height for riveting to the angle members.

The wooden inner member, D, combines elasticity with strength. Such elasticity limits the effect of impact.

I claim as my invention,

1. In a railway-car, the combination with end sill member formed to present. a continuous and upright back face to the corner members and to present upper and lowerv horizontal flanges free from each other and extending from end to end of the sill and zontal flanges directe directed away from the car frame, substantially as described.

2. A composite end sill for railway-cars, said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, and a filling member between said flanges, substantially as described.

3. A composite end sill for railway-cars, said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present 11 per and lower horiaway from'the car frame, and a filling member located between and reaching outward beyond said flanges, substantially as described.

4. A composite end sill for railway-cars,

said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, and a wood filling member between zontal flanges directed away from the car frame, a filling member located between and reaching outward beyond said flanges, and a metal bumper member extending across said filling member, substantially as described.

7. A composite end sill for railway-cars, said sill comprising a platemetal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, a wood filling member located between and extending outward beyond said flanges, and a metal bumper member extending across the wood filling member, substantially as described. r

8. A composite end sill for railway-cars, said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, a filling member located between said flanges, and a metal bumper member extending across the filling member, substantially as described.

9. A composite end sill for railway-cars, said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, a filling member located between said flanges, and a metal bumper member extendin across the filling member and one of sald flanges, substantially as described.

10. A composite end sill for railway-cars, 4

said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright'back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, a filling member located between said flanges with a link space between the upper flange and said filling member, and a coupling bolt extending through said flanges and filling member, substantially as described.

11. A composite end sill for railway-cars,

' said sill comprising a plate metal channel member. formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, a filling member located between and reaching outward beyond said flanges with a link space between the upper flange and said filling member, and a coupling bolt extending through said flanges and filling member, substantially as described.

12. A composite end sill for railway-cars, said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, a filling member located between said flanges with a link space between the upper flange and said filling member, a coupling bolt extending through said flanges and filling member, and a metal bumper member extending across the filling member, substantially as described.

13. A composite end sill for railway-cars. said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and low r horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, and a filling member of cushioning material located between and reaching outward beyond said flanges, substantially as described.

14;. A composite end sill for railway-cars,

said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, a filling member of cushioning material, and a metal bumper member extending across said filling member, substantially as described.

15. A composite end sill for railway-cars, said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the ear frame, a filling member of cushioning material reaching outward beyond said flanges, and a metal bumper member extending across said filling member, substantially as described.

16. A composite end sill for railway-cars, said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, a filling member of cushioning material located between said flanges, and a metal bumper member extending across the filling member and one of said flanges, substantially as described.

17 A composite end sill for railway-cars, said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, an anchor member placed between said flanges and secured to the upright web of the channel member with a link space between the anchor member and the upper flange, and a filling member between the anchor member and the lower flange, substantially as described.

18. A composite end sill for railway-cars, said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, an anchor member placed between said flanges and secured to the upright web of the channel member with a link space between the anchor member and the'upper flange, a filling member between the anchor member and the lower flange, and a metal bumper member, substantially as described.

19. A composite end sill for railway-cars, said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, an anchor member placed between said flanges and secured to the upright web of the channel member with a link space between the anchor member and the upper flange, a filling member between the anchor member and the lower flange, and a metal bumper extending across said filling member and said anchor member, substantially as described.

20. A composite end sill for railway-cars, said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, an anchor member placed between said flanges and secured to the upright web of the channel member with a link space betweenthe anchor member and the upper flange, a filling member between the anchor member and the lower flange, a metal bumper member extending across said anchor member and said filling member and the lower flange, substantially as described.

21. A composite end sill for railway-cars, said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, an anchor member placed between said flanges and secured to the upright web of the channel member with a link space between the anchor member and the upper flange, a filling member between the anchor member and the lower flange, and a coupling member extending through said flanges, anchor member, and filling member, substantially as described. 7

22. A composite end sill for railway-cars. said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, an anchor member placed between said flanges and secured to the upright web of the channel member with a link space between the anchor member and the upper flange, a filling member between the anchor member and the lower flange, a metal bumper member, and a coupling member extending through said flanges, anchor member, and filling member, substantially as described.

23. A composite end sill for railway-cars, said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed, to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower hori zontal flanges directed away from the car frame, an anchor member placed between said flanges and secured to the upright web of the channel member with a link space between the anchor member and the upper flange, a filling member between theanchor member and the lower. flange, a metal bum er member extending across said filling mem er and said anchor member, and a coupling member extending through said flanges, anchor member, and filling member, substantially as described.

24. A composite end sill for railway-cars, said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present u per and lower horizontal flanges directe away from the car frame, an anchor member placed between said flanges and secured to the upright web of the channel member with a link space between the anchor member and the upper flange, a filling member between the anchor member and the lower flange, a metal bumper member, and a coupling member extending through said flanges, anchor member, and filling memberand said bumper member, substantially as described.

25. A composite end sill for railway-cars, said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, an anchor member placed between said flanges and secured to the upright web of the channel member with a link space be tween the anchor member and the upper flange, a filling member between the anchor member and the lower flange, a metal bumper member extendin across said filling member and said anc or member, and a coupling member extending through said flanges, anchor member, and filling member, and said bumper member, substantially as described.

26. A composite end sill for railway-cars, said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, an anchor member placed between said flanges and secured to the upright web of the channel member with a link space between the anchor member and the upper flange, a filling member between the anchor member and the lower flange, a metal bumper member extending across said anchor member and said filling member and the lower flange, and a coupling member extending through said flanges, anchor member, and filling member and said bumper, substantially as described.

27 A composite end sill for railway-cars, said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, a filling member between said flanges, bolts extending through said spaces, and spacing sleeves on said bolts, substantially as described.

28. A composite end sill for railway-cars, said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present anupright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, a filling member located between and reaching outward beyond said flanges, bolts extending through said s sleeves on said bolts, su scribed 29. A composite end sill for railway-cars said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, awood filling member between said flanges, bolts extending through said spaces, and spacing sleeves on said bolts, substantially as described.

30. In a railway-car, the combination with side sills, of a plate metal end sill member formed to present a continuous and upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges free from each other and extending from end to end of the sill and directed away from the car frame, substantially as described.

31. In a railway-car, the combination with side sills, of a plate metal end sill member formed to present a continuous and upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges free from each other and extending from end to end of the sill and directed away from the car frame, and a coupling bolt extending through said flanges, substantially as described.

32. In a railway-car, the combination with side sills, of a plate metal end sill member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, and spacing means intervening said flanges, substantially as described.

33. A composite end sill for railway-cars, said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an n right back face and to present upper and ower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, bolts extending through said flanges, and sleeves surrounding said bolts, substantially as described.

34. A composite end sill for railway-cars, said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, and a filling member between said flanges, substantially as described.

35. In a railway-car, the combination of an end sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present a continuous and upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges free from each other and extending from end to end of the sill and directed away from the car frame, and a frame member over-lappin and secured to the end sill at each end 0 the latces, and spacing stantially as de- HUGH W. SANFORD.