US1555308A - Window for freight box cars - Google Patents

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Application an October 6, 1924. Serial No. 741,958.

To all whom it may concern,

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. MORGAN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Jackson,- in the county of Madison and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Windows for Freight Box Cars, of which'the following is a specification.

This invention relates to windows for freight box cars. Freight box cars are now very generally provided with windows which are mounted upon the outer side of the car at the end of the same and frequently are detached during travel of the car so that they fall upon the-track rails and cause derailments, resulting in damage to property and frequently in loss of life.

' It is, also necessary to'secure cleats around the sides or edgesof such windows to ro-' tect the contents of the car from the e ects of weather and fire and also necessary to seal the windows, and records must be made of the seals at the various stopping places. of thecars. My invention seeks to provide Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of the end of a box car showing my improved window applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the inner side of the car;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but.

showing the window arranged to' permit ventilation of the car, and

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectlon on the line- 44 of Fig. 2.

The car body 1 is of any preferred form and is provided with a window opening 2 in its end. A solid'window or closure 3 is provided of such form and dimensions that it may fit closely within the window opening, and this window is secured to the car body by hinges 4 secured to an end of the window and to the inner sideof the car car body.

body so that, when the window. is open, 'it will swing against the inner side of the position, a bolt or other fastening 5 is provided at that Fedge thereof which is opposite the hinged edge and is adapted to engage a socket provided therefor in the body of the car, as will be readily understood. Merely as a matter of convenience, I prefer to arrange the hinges at the lower edge of the window, as clearly shown in thedrawings, but it will be understood that the hinges may lie-arranged To hold the window in closed at the side of the window so that the latter' will swing laterally instead of vertically if preferred. To further secure the window in its closed position and effectually prevent its opening from the outer side of the car, a bar 6 is disposed across the window and hasits ends removably engaged in eyes or other bearings 7'secured upon the car body at the sides of the window opening, as shown and as will be readily understood. Upon theoulter side .of the car body around the window opening, I securethe (low opening, as shown most clearly in Fig.

30 weather strips 8 which project over the win- 4, whereby the window, when in closed position, will abut against the inner side of the weather str1p.- The closing movement 'of the window is thus limited so that the window cannot be swung to a position in which it will project beyond the side of the car.

and the parts are so proportioned that, when the bolt 5 is in looking position and the .bar 6 in place, the window will be held :1

closely against the weather stripand the entrance of water to the car will be thus prevented. To shed rain and other forms of moisture, a strip 9 having its upper edge adjacent and abutting the upper edge of the lower member of the weather stripping frame 8, as shown in Fig. 4,

A ventilating w ndow frame 10 which may be of any convenient or preferred construcby hinges 11 to the inner side of the car body at that side of the window opening re-' mote from the hinges 4. While the present illustration shows this ventilatin frame as arran ed above the window opening, it will be un erstood, of course,.that it may be ar-.

beveled or convex is provided immediately .tion is provided, and this frame is secured ranged atone side of the same without in volving any" departure from my invention;

A bolt or other fasteningl2 is mounted upon the inner side of thecar'body immediately sometimes be desirable-to lower the ventilat;

below the window openin to engage the free end of the venti'latng frame when it is in Powered position, as shown in Fig. 3, and when the ventilating frame is in raised position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, it will be held in such position by a latch l3, as will be readily understood. To provide further security for the contents of the car, it may ..Ji gly difficult to enter the car fro e and withdraw'the freight.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying draw- 'ings, it will be seen that I have provided an [exceedingly simple -window construction "whereby the contents ofthe car will be protected against the weather and possible fire and the wi'hdow cannot drop onto the rails to cause derailment of the car and possibly loss of life. Inasmuch as the window is arranged toopen inwardly, it is not necessary to securecleats upon the outer'side of the car body to hold the-window in place and thecost of labor and material involved in thus securing the window is eliminated. It

,will also be seen that, inasmuch asthe window cannot be-opened from the outer side of the car, the use of seals is not necessary and the cost of the seals is saved and the users of the car are not subjected to the expense of making records of the seal. In-

asinnchas the making of such records is eliminated, there is no liability to personal injury due to operatives. climbing over drawheads to make the records and examine the seals. Inasmuch as the window cannot fall outwardly from the car, there is no chance of the train crewor other persons being injured from fallin -windows and the window opening is so e ectually closed that the loss of freight by theft is prevented. -j -Having thus described the invention, I claim: I

-1. The combination of a car body having a window opening through its wall, animperforate closure adapted to free said opening hinged upon the inner side of the car body wall atone side of the opening, and a ventilating frame adapted to free the window'opening' and-hinged upon the inner side of the car body wall at the side of the .Win-

dow opening opposite the side of the open-' .ing at which the imperforate closure is 1 hinged.

2. Thecombinationwith a-car body hay-1 mg a window opening therein, of an unper- 3 forate closure hinged upon the'inner side of the car body atone side of the window opening, means'for securing the said closure in closed position, a ventilating frame hin ed upon the inner side of the car body at t e opposite side of the window opening, means 'for securing said ventilating frame in'ope-n position, and means forsecuring the same in closed position. 1

In testimony whereof I Tafiixmysignature.

CHARLES F. MORGAN. 1. 8.

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