US1668562A - Locomotive-tender tank - Google Patents

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May 8, 1928.

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Filed April 14. 1927 4 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented May 8, 192%.

Nunirse Eismann moxnn, or coLLmeswoon, New JERSEY.

Vnocoiirofrrvn.linnnnen TANK.

Application mea April' 14,

One object of my invention is to simplify the construction of locomotive tenderI tanks.

A. further object of the invention is to reduce the number of rivets required.

And a still further object is to make thev bottom plate of the tender tank in a single piece iianged at each side.

In rthe accompanying drawing:

Fig. l is a side view of my improved tender tank;

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view on the line 22, Fig. l; f

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 3-3, Fig. 2;

Fig. t is a view of the forward end of the tank;

Fig. 5 is a view of the rear end of the tank;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line (3(5, Fig. 2; and

Fig. 7 is a side View of the tank showing the collar extending to the forward end of the tank.

The tender tank l is made of sheet metal, and has the usual water compartment 2 and the fuel compartment 3.

The bottom It of the tank in the present instance is made in a single piece. The sides of the bottom plate are bent upwards to form flanges fla, and the plate is preferably cut out under the fuel space, but in some instances the plate may form the bottom of the fuel space as well as the bottom of the water space.

The flanges (tu of the bottom plate Vare scarfed in the present instance and lit under the lower edges of the side plates 5, which are bent outwards to fit the scarfed edge of the bottom plate. .f

The side plates extend to the top of the tank, and as shown in Fig. l extend above the top to form a collar 6 at the coal. section, but the collar may be extended to the back of the tank as shown at 6a in Fig, '2' if desirecl.

The top plate is preferably made from asingle sheet of metal out out for the fuel compartment of the tank.` The top plate is secured to the sideplates by angle strips as shown in Fig. 6 which are riveted to both plates.

The rear end 8 of the tank is made in a single piece flanged on all four edges 9. The anges fit within the space formed by the bottom plate and its iianges, the side plates, and the top plate as shown in Fig. 5.

1927,v serial No. 183,785.

The fuel compartment 3 is separated from the water compartment 2 by verticalside plates l0 and an end transverse platell. The vertical side plates are secured to the top and bottom plates in the present instance by angle strips as shown in Fig. 6, but other means of securing the plates together mayk be used if desired.

The plate 1l flanged as at l2 and 13, andthe flanges are riveted to the main plates of the tank.V The transverse plate 11 may be vertical as shown in Fig. 3 or inclined as at 1l, Fig. 7.

The two forward ends of the tank are formed of oblong die-formed sheets 14 flanged on all four sides, the Hanges fitting within the space between the bottom and top plates and the twovertieal plates 5 and l() and are riveted to said plates.

Then the collar extends to the rear end of the tank, as shown in Fig. 7, the rear end plate El21 is not ianged at the upper edge but extends upwardly to form the rear portion of the collar.

This construction enables the manufacturer to rivet or weld the several plates of the tank together, dispensing with the large number of rivets usually employed in the manufacture of tender tanks. By making the bottom plate in a single piece and turning up the edges thereof, a very substantial structure is produced and leakageat the bottom of the tank is avoided.

Suitable stays and braces of the usual type may be employed to reinforce the tank if necessary, and swash plates may be provided. These elements have been omitted from the drawings as they form no part of the present invention. v

Vhile the invention is especially designed as a tender tank, it will be understood that rit may be employed inother types of tanks without departing from the invention.

I claim:

l. The combination in a tank, of a bottom bottom plate and secured thereto and te the top plate; and flanged pressed sheet metal end sections secured to the sides, bottomand top plates.

3. The combination n a tender tank, of a bottom plate anged at each side, tbe-side edges being scar'fed; `side plates extending over the upturned seerted edges of the bottom plate and bent at tbe loWel` edge to conform to the scarf; a. top plate; and anged end plate.

Il. The combination in a tender tank, of a bottom plate turned up at each side and made in a single peee out out at the fuel space;` side plates secured to the turned up sides of the bottom plate and tothe top plate, the side plates and a. transverse plate Vbeing secured to the top vand bottom plate;

ELMER E. HICKEN.

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