US1810447A - Railway car - Google Patents

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June 16, 1931.- E. R. SWANSON RAILWAY CAR 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed July 31, 1950 I III IIIIIIIII June 16, 1931. E. R. SWANSON RAILWAY CAR 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 31, 1930 w% x MN WM MN %N. h I M NM b m h mm wm MN I l W m MN m\ ww m. mm v fh n UNITED STATES? v sists in providing a car Patented @Jtme 16,193].

ENT; OFFICE neat B'LSWANSON, or CHICAGO,

ROOFING COMPANY.1OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE RAILWAY can A ncamn fiieamy a1, 1930. Serial No. 472,168.

My invention relates to railway cars and more particularly to' means associated with the roof structure of railway cars of the box-type adapted to cooperate with load ilifting devices whereby automobiles and other similar lading may be moved intoor out of the car or raised within the car.

A principal object of the invention is to provide simple andrugged means cooperable with load lifting devices devices'associated with the roof structure in such manner as to occupy a minimum amount of the lading carrying space of the car.

A principal feature of the invention conhaving upstanding carline portions w h a longitudinally disposedbeam extending between the carline portions in overlapping relation to the outer face of an adjacent roof sheet,a member 29 being disposed beneath the roof sheets and rigidly secured to the beam and constituting means for supporting a loadlifting device. Another feature of the invention consists in providing the car with a longitudinally extending beam arranged in overlapping relation to an adjacent roof sheet and in associating therewith a member which extends transversely of the car beneath the roof sheet and is rigidly secured 'to the beam a portion of the member being spaced from theroof sheet to receive a load lifting device. I

- A further feature of the invention con sists in providing a'car having upstanding carline portions with a longitudinally extending beam of inverted channel-shape, the beam having laterally projecting flanges secured in overlapping relation to the outer 1 face: of an adjacent roof sheet, a member being rigidly secured to the flanges ofthe beam beneath thefroof sheet and constituting means for supporting a load lifting device. v i j A stillfurther feature of the invention consists in'providing a car having upstanding carline above the roof sheets and arrangedon opposite sides of the carline portions, the adjoining ends of adjacent beams being con portions with a plurality 0tv longitudinally extending beams disposed nected by means extending beneath the car-' ILLINOIS; ASSIGNOR- T0 CHICAGO-CLEVELAND line portions and forming therewith strucg tures of box-like section, each of said means being adapted to serve as a support for a load lifting. devlce.

Other and more specific features of the invention residing in advantageous forms, combinations and relations of parts will hereinafter ,appear and be pointed outin the claims. j

In the drawings illustrating preferred embodiments of the invention,-

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the upper portion ofa railway boxcar embodying one form of the invention;

Figure Z'is a. fragmentary sectional view taken on line 2-2, Figure l.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on line 3-3, Figure 2.

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View taken on line l-'-l, Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on line 55, Figure 4. v

'Figure6 is a View corresponding to Figure l, illustrating a modified form of the.

. invention.

a Figure?' is a fragmentary sectional View taken on line 7-7, Figure 6.

"Referring more particularly to thedrawings, 1 indicates the side plates and 2 the end plates ofthe roof structure of a railway box car of any suitable design. The roofsheets designated by th advantageously extend, continuously from e reference numeral 3,".may-

one side of the car to the other and attheir eaves edges they are flanged downwardly as at at for attachment to adjoining portions of the side plates by rivets 5.

Instead of employing separable carlinesfor rigidifying the roof structure, the adjoin,-

ing portions of adjacent roof sheets are each provided with an upwardly extending leg .6 which terminates in a laterally projecting flange 7 spaced considerably above the major portion of the roof sheet. The flanged poi tion 7 of adjacent roof sheets are overlap pingly secured by rivets 8 whereby the roof is formed with upwardly extending portions which in effect constitute and function as carlines. Since these carline portions may advantageously decrease progressively in depth from adjacent the ridge of the roof the flanged portions 7 of each roof sheet as it approaches the eaves edges thereof is formed with downturned portions 9 which overla the adjacent leg 6 of the adjoining roof s eet. To connect the end roof sheets with the side plates they may advantageousl he formed with downturned flanges 10 or attachment by rivets 11 to adjoining portions of the end plates.

As is usual in box car construction, the roof is provided with a longitudinally extending running board formed of a plurality of planks 12. At their ends the planks 12 are rigidly connected together and to the end plates by brackets 13 while intermediate their ends they are connected to ether and to the carline portions by angle shaped brackets 14.

Extending longitudinally of the car above the roof sheets and respectively disposed on opposite sides of the carline portions are beams 15. Each of these beams is formed with a web portion 16 and downwardly extending legs 17 terminating in oppositely disposed laterally extending flanges 18 arranged in overlapping relation to the outer face of an adjacent roof sheet. The portions of the beams adjacent the carline portions are formed with upturned flanges 19 adapted to overlap the outer faces of the legs 6 of thereof sheets. The adjoining ends of adjacent beams are rigidly connected by members 20 extending longitudinally of the car beneath the roof sheets. Each of these members is formed with a plate portion 21 and downwardly extending marginal flanges 22 and is rigidly secured to the lateral flanges 18 of an adjacent beam by rivets 23 passing through the latter and the plate 21 of the member. Inasmuch as the members 20 extend beneath the calline portions they form with the latter structures of boxlike section, therebystrengthening the carline portions and 'rigidifying the roof structure as a whole. The arrangement of the members 20 is such that a chain, rope or other suitable means capable of cooperating with a load lifting device may be conveniently supported thereby.

Extending transversely of the car beneath the roof sheets are a plurality of members 24 respectively connected to the beams 15. One or more of these members may be associated with each beam and each of them is formed with a plate portion 25 and downturned marginal flanges 26. The members are preferably secured to the beams by rivets 27 which pass through the lateral flanges of the latter and the plate portions 25 of the former. The central portion of each of the members 24 is preferably bowed or arched downwardly to provide a space therebetween and the adjoining portion of the adjacent roof sheet so that a chain, rope, nose of a. hook, or other suitable means capable of supporting a load lifting device may be inserted therein.

From the foregoing it will be perceived that the beams 15 are rigidly connected to each other sothat forces transmitted to them from the means for supporting load lifting devices will be more or less evenly distributed throughout the roof structure and not concentrated in localized areas. F urthermore, the means employed for connecting the beams serve to rigidify the carline portions of the roof and areadapted to serve as supports for load lifting devices. It will also be perceived that inasmuch as the beams 15 are located on the outside of the roof sheets the revenue earning space of the car is not impaired.

In Figures 6 to 9 inclusive the invention is shown as applied to a roof employing separate carlines instead of carlines formed integrally with the roof sheet-s. In this form of the invention the roof sheets 3 are provided with upturned flanges 28 and the adjacent flanges of adjoining roof sheets are embraced by the carlines designated by the reference numeral, 29. Each of these carlines is of U-shape and has dowmvardly tending legs 31 which terminate in laterally projecting flanges 32 arranged iuoverlapping relation to adjacent portions of the roof sheets. The carlines and roof sheets may be conveniently connected by rivets 33 passing through the flanges 28 and the legs 31.

. In order that the major portion of the flanges 18 of the beams 15 may be in engagement with the roof sheets 3 they are offset upwardly as at 34 to pass over the lateral flanges 32 of the carlines. Instead of employing members 20 for connecting the adjoining ends of adjacent beams, the latter may be secured together by rivets 35 which pass through the flanges 19 of the beams and the legs 31 of the carlines. In this manner the separate beams will function as a single one. The supporting members for the load lifting devices are of the same design in this form of the invention as in the form illustrated in Figures 1 to 5 inclusive and they are, associated with the beams in the same manner.

It will be readily appreciated that the invention is not limited in its application to roof structures of the particular types illustrated in the drawings and that various changes or modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the following claims.

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2, A roof for railway cars involvingroof sheets, car-line portions extending upwardly tions,

above said roof sheets, a beam' extending longitudinally of the car between said carline portionsand above vsaid roofsheets, said beam having portions disposed in 'over-. lapping engagement with, said carline porand members extending transversely of the car beneath the roof sheets, each of said members being rigidly secured to said beam and constituting means for supporting a load lifting device.

3. A roof for railway cars involving roof sheets, upstanding carline portions, a beam extending longitudinally of the car between said carline portions above the roof sheets,

said beam having lateral flanges rigidly secured to the roof sheets, and members extendingtransversely of the car beneath the roof sheets, each of said members being rigidly secured to the flanges of the beam and constituting means for supporting a load lifting device. I A

4, A roof for railway cars involving roof sheets, carline portions of: inverted channel shape extending above said roof sheets, a longitudinally disposed beam extendingrbetween said 'carline portions and rigidly se cured to an adjacent roof sheet in overlapping relation tothe outer face of the latter, and members extending transversely of the car beneath the roof sheets, each of said members being rigidly secured to said beam for supporting a load lifting device.

5. A roof for railway cars involving roof sheets integrally formed with upwardly ex-. tending carline portions, a beamextending longitudinally of the'car between said carline portions above the roof sheets, said beam having portions disposed in overlapping engagement with said carline portions, and members extending transversely ofthe car constituting means for supporting a load lifting device, each of said members being rigidly secured to the. beam and an adjacent roof sheet. v r

6. A roof for railway cars involving roof sheets, carline portions extending upwardly above said roof sheets, a beam extending longitudinally of thecar betweensaid car- ,line portions and above the roof sheets,said beam being of inverted channel shape and having oppositely CllSPOSGCl laterally proj ecting flanges, said flanges 1 being rigidly posed on opposite sides of secured to theladj acent roof sheet, and members extending transversely of :the car beneath the roof sheets, each of said members being rigidly securedto the flanges of said beam and constituting means for supporting a load lifting device. I

7. A roof for railway cars involvingroof sheets, carline portions'projecting above said roof sheets, a longitudinally disposed beam extending between said carline portions above the roof sheets, and members extending transversely of the car beneath the roof sheets and rigidly secured to saidbeam, each of said members having a portion'disposed in spaced relation to the adjacent roof sheet whereby a load lifting device may be inserted between 'theroof sheet and said portion to be supported by the latter,

. .8. Aroof for railway cars'involving roof sheets, carline portions extending upward. ly above said roof sheets, a plurality of beams extending longitudinally of the car above the roof sheets and respectively disposed on opposite sides of said carline portions, and means extending longitudinally of the car beneath said roof sheets for con nectingadjoining ends of adjacent beams, and a member rigidly secured to each beam 'andextending transversely of the carbeneath the roof sheets, said member con- ,stituting means for, supporting a load lift ing device. r 9. A roof for railway cars involving a plurality of roof sheets, carline portions extending upwardly above saidroof sheets,

beams extending longitudinally of the car above the roof sheets and respectively dissa-id carline portions, each of said beams having laterally projecting flanges, means extending beneath said carline portions for rigidly connecting adjoining ends of adjacent beams, and members extending transversely of the car heneath said roof sheets, each of said members being rigidly secured to the. lateral flanges of an adjacent beam and constitutingmeans for supporting a load lifting device.

10. roof for railway cars involving a plurality of root sheets, inverted channel shaped cal-line portions projecting upwardly above said roof sheets, beams extending longitudinally of the car above said roof.

sheets on opposite sides of said carline pertions, members extending longitudinally of the earbeneath the roof sheets andrigidly secured to adjoining endsof adjacent beams, said members forming with the carline por-.

tions structures of box-like section, and

plurality of roof sheet-s, carline portions of inverted channel shape projecting upwardly above said root sheets, beams extending longitudinally of the ear above said root sheets on opposite sides of said carline portions, each of said beams being of inverted channel shape and having oppositely disposed laterally projecting flanges secured to the roof sheets, members extending longitudinally of the car beneath said. carline portions for rigidly coi'inecting adjoining ends of adjacent beams, said longitudinal members forming with. the carline portions structures of box-like section, and trans versely extending members disposed beneath the root sheets and respectively secured to the lateral flanges of said beams, each of said longitudinally and transversel extending members constituting means adapted to support a load lifting device.

12. A roof for 'ailway cars involving roof sheets having marginal flanges along their side edges, carlines extending upvmrdly above said. roof sheets and respectively secured tothe adjacent marginal flanges of neighboring roof sheets, a beam extending longitudinally of the car above said rooit sheets between said cal-lines, and members extending transversely of the car beneath the root sheets, each of said members being rigidly secured. to said beam and constituting means for supporting a load lifting device.

13. A rooi for railway cars i nvolving roof sheets, ca-rlines extending upwardly above said roof sheets and rigidly secured to adjoining portions of neigl'iboring rooi" sheets, each of said carlines having a laterally extending flange, a beam extending longitudinally of the car above said roof sheets be tween said carlines and resting upon the lateral flanges of the latter, and members extending transversely of the car beneath the roof sheets, each of said members being rigidly secured to said beam and constituting means for supporting a load lifting device. V

14. A roof for railway cars involving roof sheets, carlines extending upwardly above the roof sheets and rigidly secured to adjacent portions of neighboring roof sheets, each of said carlines having doWn wardly extending legs terminating in lateral flanges, beams extending longitudinally of the car above said roof sheets on opposite sides of said carlines, each of said. beams being rigidly secured to adjacent legs of neighboring carlines and resting upon the lateral flanges of the latter, and members extending transversely of the car beneath the roof sheets, each ot said members being rigidly secured to an adjacent beam and constituting means for supporting a load lifting device.

15. A roof for railway cars involving a plurality of root sheets, carlines extending upwardly above the root sheets and rigidly secured to adjoining portions of neighboring root sheets, each of said carlines being provided with laterally extending flanges, beams extending longitudinally of the car above said roof sheets on opposite sides'of said cal-lines, each of said beams being of channel shap and having laterally extend ing flanges rigidly secured to an adjacent roof sheet and resting upon the lateral flanges of neighboring carlines, and members extending transversely of the car beneath the roof sheets, each of said members being rigidly secured to the lateral flanges of an adjacent beam and constituting means for supporting a load lifting device.

'16. A roof for railway cars involving roof sheets, a beam member rigid with the roof and disposed in overlapping relation to the outer face oi an adjacent root sheet, and a member disposed beneath the roof sheets and rigidly secured to said beam, said member constituting means for supporting a load lifting device.

17. A l'OOIf for railway cars involving a root sheet, car-line means, a beam extending longitudinally oi. the car in (werlapping re lation to the outer face of said root sheet, and a member disposed beneath the roo" sheets and rigidly secured to said beam, said member having a portion disposed in spaced relation to tie roof sheets and. corstitul'ing means 'i'or supporting a load litting device.

18. A roof for railway cars involving roof sheets, cal-line means, a beam rigidly secured to said carline means and extending lmigiiudinally ot the car in overlapping relation to one ol said roof sheets, and a member disposed beneath said last named roof sheet and rigidly secured to said beam, said member constituting means for supporting a load lifting device.

In testimony whereof I my signature.

EARL R. SlVANSON.

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