US1511371A - Railway car - Google Patents

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Uct. 14 1924. 1,511,371

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGH W. SANFORD, F KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

RAILWAY CAB..

0riinll application led August 31, 1923, Serial No. 660,416, now Patent No. 1,486,547, dated Inch 11,

1924. Divided and this application led March 10, 1924. Serial No. 898,222. Y

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HUGH W. SANroRD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State 6 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.

This application is a division of my application, Serial Number..- f660,416, filed l5 August 3.1, 1923, now Patent 1,486,547, granted March 11, 1924, for Letters Patent of the United States for an improvement in railway cars.

That application illustrates and describes an end sill formed chiefly of a rolled steel plate bent into desired form and adapted to be joined to'the ends of the side sills to form a rectangular frame for the car body. In that application the end sill is shown u in two forms, the first being adapted to receive an ordinary coupling link for coupling the meeting ends of two such cars to each other while the other form includes a filling memberin which is a socket adapt- 30 ed to receive a spring-controlled draw bar.

This second form is made the subject matter of this application, this application thus becoming a division of my said application,

Serial Number 660,416.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a plan of a structure embodying :n` improvement;

` ig. 2 is an elevation looking at the structure of Fig. 1 from the left;

Fig. .3 is a front elevation of the structure shown by Figs. 1 and 2, the View being parallel tothe length of the car; l

Fig. 4 is a lan showing a sheet steel blank from which is made the body of the end sill;

Fi 5 is a perspective of said end sill vdetac ed from other parts;

Fig. 6 is a perspective ofone of the corner unembers used for joining the side sills 5 to the end sill;

Fi 7 is an upright section on the line 7-7, of Fig. 1, looking'in the direction of the arrow;

Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on the line 8 8, of Fig. 3;

Fig. 9 is an n right section on the line, 9 9, of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow;

Fig. 10 is an upri ht section on the line,

10-10, of Fig. 1`,=lfoo ing toward the right. p

Referring to said drawings, A, A are the side sills. In the form shown in the drawings, these sills are of channel-form with iianges, A1, directed outward.

B is the steel plate member of the end sill. This is of channel form and has an uprightY web, B1, (presenting a flat back face) and an upper horizontal iiange, B2,

and a lower horizontal flange, B3. vThe corners of the flange, B2, are cut to make slantin edges, B4; and the corners of the lower an s, B3, are similarly cut to make slanting e ges, B5 (Fi s. 1, 4 and 5). This member, B, is formed y folding the ,blank of Fig. 4, along the dotted lines, B". The blank of Fig. 4 is cut from a plate of rolled steel of desired thickness. his member, B, is also provided with holes as will be decribed further on.

In the form shown in the drawings, the plate member, B, is long enough to partially over-lap the adjacent ends of the side sills. Said member and the side sills are joined to each other by means of corner angle members, C. One of these an le members is shown in perspective in Fig. 6. One arm or blade of the angle member rests against the outer lat face of the plate member, B, and is secured to the plate member b bolts or rivets, C1, extending throu h said lade and the plate member, B. T e drawings show six such bolts or rivets. The' other arm or blade of the angle member extends into the space between the lianges,

'A1, of the adjacent side sill and bears against the upright yweb of the side sill. Bolts or rivets, A2, 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, A2, 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 suiliciently strong to give rigidity to the frame. The web,'B1, of the plate member, B, is wider than the height as p of the side sills, A, A, to make space for the filling member. v

This filling member, D, is of a lenlgith approximately equaling the length of t e steel plate member, B, and of a height to fill the space between the flan es, 1?2 and B3, of the plate, B. On the mi dle longitudinal line of the car, the member, D, has in its upper face a longitudinal channel, D1, of suitable form to constitute a socket or chamber adapted to receive a spring-controlled draw bar, not shown. In the bottom of the channel, D1, are an outer opening, D2, and an inner opening, Ds, which may recelve members associated with the draw bar. Bolts, D4, extend through vthe flanges, B2 and B3, and through the member, D, and bind said members firmly to each other. In this case, the draw bar and the member, D, project outward beyond the flanges, B2 and B8, and take im act from another car.

pposite each angle member, C, the rear face of the lling member, D", is provided with a recess, D5, which makes room for the heads of the adjacent bolts or rivets, C1.

rllie filling member, D, may be formed of metal or cf wood.

YBy placin the steel plate member, B, against the aces of' the angle members, A, the height4 of the bumper may be fixed to suit vthe height of bumpers on other cars with which the new ear-is te be used. ln applyingv the plate member, B, to the new car, the member B, being wider than the angle members, may be set at the desired height for riveting te the angle members.

l claimas my invention,

l. ln a railway-car, the combination with side sills and corner pieces, of a plante metal end sill member formed to present a continuous and upright back face to the corner members and to lpresent upper and lower horizontal anges free from each other and extending from end to end'of the sill, anda llmo member located between said flanges and aving the socket or chamber adapted to receive a draw bar, substantially as der scribed..

2. A composite end sill for railwa -cars, said sill comprising a plate metal annel member formed to present an upright back v face and to present u per and lower horizcntal flanges directe away from the car frame, yand a filling member between said flanges and having a. chamber -or socket' adapted to receive a draw as described. Y

3. A. composite end sill for rail a -cars said sill comprising a plate metalV channel member formed to present an upright back face andto present upper 'and lower horizontal fianges directed awa from the car frame,- and a filling member ocated between said lianges and hav" a socket adapted to receive a draw bar ocated between and bar, substantially reaching outward beyond said flanges, substantially as described.

4. A composite end sill for railwa -cars, said sill comprising' a plate metal v annel. member formed topresent an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the car frame, and a filling member located between said flanges and having in its upper face a channel covered b the upper of said flanges whereby there is ormed a chamber or socket ada ted to receive a draw bar, substantially as escribed.

5. A composite end sill for railwa -cars, said sill comprising a plate metal ciannel member formed to present an upright back face and to resent upper and lower horizon tal fianges directed away from the car frame, and a filling member located between said flanges and reaching outward beyond said flanges and havin in itsupper face a channel covered by the vupper of said flanges,

whereby there is formed a chamber or socket adapted to receivea draw bar, substantially as described.

6. Acomposite end sill for railwa -cars, said sill comprising a -plate metal c annel member formed to presentan upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges directed awa from the car frame, and a llin member ocated between said anges and aving horizontal space adaptedto receive a draw bar and havin an opening lextending outward frpm said spaces and adapted to receive a member associated with the draw bar, substantially as described.

7. A composite end sill for railway-cars said sill comprising a plate metal channe member formed to present an upright back face and to present upper and lower horizontal flan s directed away from the car frame, a fil ing member located between said flanges and having a chamber adapted to receive a draw bar and upright bolts eX- tending. through said flanges and said filling member, substantially as described.

8. A composite end sill for railway-cars,

said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present an upri ht back face and to present upper and lower orizontal flanges directed awa from the car frame, a filling member locate between said flanges' and reaching outward beyond said flanges and having a chamber adapted to receive a draw bar, and upright bolts extending through said flanges and said filling member, substantially as described.

9. In a railway-car, the combination of an ldirected awayfrom the car frame, a filling iso member placed between said anges and chambered to adapt it to receive a draw bar, and a frame member over-lapping and Secured to the end sill .at each end of the latter, substantially as described.

10. In a railway-car, the combination with side sills and corner pieces, of 'a plate metal end sill member formed to present a continuous upright back face to the corner members the upright dimension of which is higher than the upright dimension of the corner members, and to present upper and lower horizontal flanges extending from end to-endof the sill, anda filling member glaced between said lian s andbeing chamered to adapt it to recelve a draw bar, substantially as described.

11. In a railway car, the combination with side sills and cornerl pieces, of a. plate metal end sill member formed to.. present an upright back faceto the corner "members and to present upper and lower horizontal "sill and directed awa flanges extending from end to end of the from the car frame, bolts or .rivets exten ing through the corner members and the upright part of the end sill member, and a illmg member recessed to receive the heads of said bolts or rivets and chambered to adapt it to receive a draw bar, substantially as described.

12. 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 a filling member located between said iianges and having a socket or chamber adapted to receive a draw bar, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name, this 6th day of March, in theear one thousand nine hundred and twentyour.

HUGH W. SANFORD.

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