US1557737A

US1557737A - Mounting for brake gears

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Publication number: US1557737A
Application number: US48429A
Authority: US
Inventors: Strid Sven Julius
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1925-08-05
Filing date: 1925-08-05
Publication date: 1925-10-20
Anticipated expiration: 1942-10-20

Description

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S. J. STRID IOUNTING FOR BRAKE GEARS Filed Aug. 5. 1925 Z52 wfn i02 5VE/V L/UL IU 5mm Tk lmmw Patented Get. 26, 1925.

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To all whom it may: concern v I Be it known that I, SvnN'JULrUs S'rn n.

a citizen :of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in thezcounty of Cook; and State of Illinois, United States. of America, have invented-a new and useful Improvement in a -M'ount.ing for Brake (fears, of which-thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same. y

My invention relates to means for mount-- ing or supportingthe gearing for actuating the hand brakes on a railway ca-r'and has more particular reference to a structure that is connected to the underf-ram'ing' of the car so as to brace the gearing against the longitudinal pull of the-chain or ro'dsof the brake. In this connection, I have provided a supplementary angle piece that is connected to the end of the car frame and. extends inwardly; away fromthe end-of the car, in combination. with a bracket member also secured to the end of the frame to assist in supporting the gearing. structure, whereby a rigid mounting of the latter is obtained.

I prefer to carry out my invention and to accomplish the divers objects thereof in substantially the manner hereinafter described and as more particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being made to the accompanying drawings that form a part of this specification.

In the drawings: I

Figure 1 is a top plan of a portion of the end of a car frame showing my improvements applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a vertical front elevation of the structure illustrated in Figure 1 with the gear elements removed.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal side elevation of the structure illustrated in Figure 1.

The drawings, which are schematic, represent a typical or preferred embodiment of my invention, and, so far as practical, 1

have employed similar reference characters to designate like parts wherever the same appear throughout the several views.

The end sill of the underframe preferably comprises a metal channel bar 5, the web of which is vertically disposed and the upper and lower flanges thereof extend outwardly away from the car in horizontal planes, as seen in section in Figure 3. Secured to the inner face of the web of this end sill 5 is an angle plate, the shorter vertically dis I posed flange 6 thereof is riveted to the web of the channel andthe longerverticallydisposed flange-.17. thereof extends. inwardly longitudinally of the car and is reduced. in height or slightly tapered, as shown .infFi g ure. A longitudina1.-sill,inv the formof anangle bar,.ispositionedj with one flange 8 in-a vertical plane and: with its lateral horizontalhanget) uppermost; The lower edge-portion at the end of theflange Sis cut-away, as at 10 (Figure 3) to: reduce. its height and the end -o-f the portionrthus re,- d-uced is riveted. totlie inwardly, extending flange 7 of the angle. plate heretofore. alluded to. A Z-shaped member. 11 isv supported upon, and. is. secured: to, thehorzizo-ntal top flange 9 oftlie horizontal sillmemberso that one of the parallel'portions or flangesof the Z-shaped member is positioned in ,a plane below the flange 9, as will. beise'en in dotted lines in Figure 2. This latter horizontal member, for identification, is designated as 12 and it is so positioned.thatthe tapered inwardly; extending portion 13 ofthe top casting of plate 14 of the gear housing may be secured thereto by a rivet 15. i

The outer portion of the top plate 14 of the housing preferably extends below and be yond the bottom sill 5 and it is riveted or bolted thereto in the manner shown. As av further reinforcement and support, I provide a vertical plate 16, the upper rectangular portion of which lies against the inner face of the web of the end sill 5 and is secured thereto by rivets or bolts, and this plate is provided with a vertical extension 17 disposed back of, and see cured to, a hanger or other member 18 at the end of the car. The vertical extension 17 of the plate 16 depends alongside the housing for the gearing, as will be noted by reference to Figure 2, and just over the plate 1 1 of the gear housing there is formed by bending the plate 16 laterally in a horizontal plane to provide a lateral extension 19 projecting inwardly from the plate longitudinally of the car and in a horizontal plane. This member 19 is so positioned that it is in contact with the upper face of the top plate 1 1 of the gear housing and it is secured thereto by the rivet 20.

From the foregoing, it will the longitudinal pull of the chain or other member connecting the gearing with the flange of the channel end be seen that brake beams cannot tilt or displace the housing because of its rigid reinforcement, obtained through the. structure hereinbefo-re described.

What I claim is 1. A mounting for railway car brake gears comprising a car end-sill, a sill connected to and extending transverse thereto and longitudinally of the. car, a substantially Z- shaped plate secured to said longitudinal sill and to one of the horizontal members a portion of the gear housing is secured, a plate secured to the inner face of said enclsill, and a lateral extension projecting inwardly from said plate above and secured to the gear housing.

2. A mounting for railway car brake gears comprising a car end-sill, a brake gear'housing extending upon each side of said end-sill and secured to the lower portion thereof, a longitudinal sill connected to and extending transversely of the same, a substantially Z-shaped plate secured to said I longitudinal sill and to one of the horizontal members of which the upper portion of said gear housing is secured, a plate vertically disposed at the rear of said end-sill and secured thereto, and a lateral extension projecting inwardly from said plate above said gear housing and secured thereto.

3. A mounting for railway car brake gears comprising a car end-sill of channel shape and positioned with the flanges projecting outwardly, an angle plate secured to the inner face of the web of said sill with its flange projecting inwardly, a longitudinal sill disposed-transverse to said end-si1l and secured at its forward end to the projecting flange of said angle plate, an irregularly-shaped member connected to said longitudinal sill and spaced from said end-sill and to which a portion of the gear housing is secured, a vertical plate secured to the inner face of the end-sill web, and a lateral extension projecting inwardly from the plate above and secured to the gear housing. 4. A mounting for railway car brake gears comprising a car end-sill of channel shape and positioned with the flanges proj'ecting outwardly from the car, a brake gear housing extending upon each side of the lower flange of said end-sill and secured thereto, an angle plate secured to the inner face of the web of said sill with its flange projecting inwardly, a longitudinal sill disposed transverse to said end-sill and secured at its forward end to the projecting flange of said angle plate, a substantially Z-shaped plate one of the horizontal parallel flanges of which is secured to said longitudinal sill and the other flange of which is secured to an adjacent portion of said gear housing, a vertical plate secured to the inner face of the end-sill web, and a lateralextension projecting inwardly from the plate above and secured to the gear housing.

Signed at Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, this 28th day of July,

SVEN JULIUS STRID.