US1879975A

US1879975A - Hand brake for drop end gondolas

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Publication number: US1879975A
Application number: US369701A
Authority: US
Inventors: Richard W Burnett
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1929-06-10
Filing date: 1929-06-10
Publication date: 1932-09-27
Anticipated expiration: 1949-09-27

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sept. 27, 1932. R, W` BURNETT 1,879,975

HAND BRAKE FOR DROP END GONDOLAS Filed June 10. 1929 6 Sheets-Sheet l Sept. 27, 3932. R. w. BURNETT HAND BRAKE FOR DROP END GONDOLAS Filed June 10, 1929 6 Sheets-Sheet 2 Sept. 27, 1932. R. w. BURNETT HAND BRAKE FDR DROP END eoNDoLAs Filed June 10. 1929 6 Sheets-Sheet 3 lmlllllll Sept. 27, 1932. R. w. BURNETT HAND BRAKE FOR DROP END GONDOLAS Filed June 1o. 1929.

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6 Sheets-Sheet 5 Sept. 27, 1932. R. w. BURNETT 1,879,975

HAND BRAKE FOR DROP END GONDOLAS Filed June 10. 1929 6 Sheets-Sheefl 6 Patented Sept. 27, 1932 teneis' RICHARD W. BURNETT,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS HAND BRAKE FOR DROP END GONDOLAS Application led Jane 10,

My invention relates to the -provision of a hand brake mechanism and means for mounting the same on railway oars of the drop end gondola type. The object of the invention is to provide a hand brake for a drop end gondola, and other railway cars of the gondola type, which will be at all .times available for opera-tion regardless of the character of lading on the car and which is so located that it can be co-nveniently operated by a brakeman while thecar is in motion and without endangering the brakeman to bodily injury.

Hand brakes for cars of the above general type usually involve some pivotal or telescopic arrangement whereby the hand wheel and brake shaft may be lowered to a position below the floor line of the car so as to permit lading of long material, such as lumber, 2 0 pipes, and the like to extend across the space between adjacent cars. With such lading, since the hand brake is lowered to a position below the floor level of the car, the car has no hand brake available for operation while the car is in motion, for example, during the switching of the car in the making up of a train in the railway yards. In order to provide any Abraking power whatever it is necessary to so arrange the cars in switching that the cars loaded with long material may be pushed over the hump in the switching yards and coasted to their location while they are attached to another ear. VUnder such conditions it is necessary to control the speed of three cars by the manipulation 0f a hand brake on one car only. If the cars are heavily loaded extreme care must be exercised in order to avoid severe damage to the car when it crashes into the train of cars standing on the side track. The present invention aims to overcome the above objection by the provision of a hand-brake mechanism which will have a iXed location and rigid attachment to the car which will not obstruct the loading 5 or unloading of the car and which may be operated by the brakeman while standing on a side ladder or at other parts of the car.

Another object is to provide a hand-brake power mechanism located at the side of a railway car and to provide also in connection 1929. Serial No. 369,701.

withsuch an arrangement of power mechanism an improved construction and arrangement of the connection between the. power means and the brake rigging beneath the car, awhereby said connecting means may be so supported at the sicleof the car as not to be obstructed in its operation by the truck, or other parts of the car underframe or brake rigging.

Another object is to provide a connection between the hand brake power means and the brake rigging, which will permit the power mechanism to be located at one side of the car and at the same time provide a connection with the brake rigging at a point whereby suitable hand power can be applied to the brake rigging without involving changes in the air brake rigging or in the travel of the hand brake connection. In this connection I contemplate as one specific construction, the provision of reverse levers operatively connected with each other and connected to the hand brake pull-rod and air brake piston.

A still further object of the invention is to providefor the application of a hand brake in a permanent location on a drop end gondola car which will involve but slight changes, if any, in the car construction to facilitate installation of brake mechanism. In this connection I contemplate in certain types of cars a slight change in the contour of the end posts which will permit ready attachment of the hand power mechanism to the car in a position whereby it will be supported well within the end and side clearance requirements for railway cars.

The invention is illustra-ted in several preferred embodiments in the accompanying drawings, wherein :l

Fig. 1 is a side view in elevation of a portion of a drop end gondola car illustrating one preferred location of a. hand brake on such car together with novel means for mounting the hand brake on said car.l

Fig. 2 is an end view of the car and hand brake shown in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a section taken through the upper corner portion of a car body, illustrating the manner in which the hand 'brake mechanism is attached 'to the end posts of the car.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2, illustrating the end sill construction of the car and showing a reinforcing bracket employed in the embodiment shown in Fig. 2, to reinforce the lower portion of the end post and to support a bellcrank device.

F ig. 5 is a sectional View taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4, both Figs. 4 and 5 being illustrated with the omission of the bellcrank device.

Fig. 6 is a detail plan view of the reinforcing bracket shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the air brake cylinder, together with a preferred means employed for connecting the brake rigging underneath the car with the bellcrank member of my improved hand brake device.

Fig. 8 illustrates, in cross section, a sheave, employed in connection with cars of the type illustrated in Fig. 1 to support the handbrake pull-rod and its associated connector in a position clear of the truck, body bolster, and other obstructing partsv of the car body and truck.

Fig. 9 isa detail sectional View illustrating the manner in which one of the hand brake levers shown in Fig. 7 is pivotally attached to the side framing of the car.

Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but illustrating a slight modification in the end posts and supporting means for the hand brake power means.

Fig. 11 is a front View of the end post and associated supporting bracket to which thel hand brake power means is attached.

Fig. 12 is a plan View of the corner post construction and the hand power means suplporting bracket shown in Figs. 10 and 11.

Fig. 13 is a further modified construction in which the hand power means is supported in a position above the upper edge of the car wall.

Fig. 14 is an end view of the car and hand brake construction as shown in Fig. 13.

Fig. 15 is a further modification of means for mounting the hand brake to a car of the character shown in Fig. 13.

Fig. 16 is an end View of the car and hand brake mountin shown in Fig. 15, and

Fig. 17 is a p an view of a hand brake supporting bracket as shown in Figs. 15 and 16, the hand wheel and power mechanism of the hand brake being shown in Figs. 15, 16 andl 17 in dotted lines. f y

In Figs. 1 to 9 inclusive I have illustrated one preferred location and the means for mounting a high powered hand brake on a railway car, which location and means for mounting may be used in applying hand brakes to cars of various constructions, but which are particularly suitable for railway cars of the drop end gondola type.

In the above figures of the drawing 10 designates the side wall of a drop end gondola car. 11 a side sill, 12 the body bolster, 13 the end sill, 14 the drop end of a car and 15 one of the corner posts of the car body.

The hand brake mechanism herein shown is substantially the same in construction as the hand brake mechanism described in detail in my copending application, Serial No. 109,061, filedMay 14, 1926, except certain Vchanges in the hand wheel and release lever and operated by means of a relatively large vertically disposed hand wheel 17. lThe winding mechanism is connected by means of a flexible connector 18 to a bellcrank member 19 pivoted in a suitable position to the underframing of the car. The hand brake pull-rod 2O is connected to the bellcrank memer by means of a flexible connector 21 and is connected at its other end to a hand brake` pull lever 22, one end of which is connected by a link 23 to a second lever 24,-the latter of which is connected by means of the connector 25 to a part of thefoundation brake, preferably to the air brake piston rod 26. The purpose ofthe particular arrangement of the

levers

22 and 24 will be described hereinafter in more detail with reference to the particular proportions and attachment to the car. For the present it will be suflicient to bear in mind that a clockwise rotation of the hand wheel 17 winds the connector 18 upwardl so as to rock the bellcrank member 19 a out its pivot and consequently impart a horizontal movement to the

connectors

20, 21, levers 22, 24 and the air brake piston 26 so as to set the brake of the car. When it is desired to release the brakes, the brakeman will press downwardly on the releasing lever 28 whereupon the various elements above noted will operate in the reverse direction a distance sufficient to release the pressure of the brake shoes on the wheels of the car. The hand brake mechanism 16, according to my invention, is mounted rigidly on the car in a position so that the hand wheel can be readily operated by a brakeman while he is standing on the end step 29 or the side ladder 30 of the'car. The position of the brake mechanism is such that the b r 1keman can operate the hand wheel with one hand while holding on to the car with his other hand. In order to provide a rigid mounting for the hand brake mechanism and at the same time avoid weakening any part of the car body, I purposely provide a corner post Construction so formedy that the mechanism housing and hand wheel may be rigidly secured to the end post of the car in a plane parallel to the sidel of the car wall and in such manner as to maint-ain the hand wheel within the side clearance limits of the car and at the same time avoid any inconvenient operation of the hand wheel or the releasing lever. The corner post construction herein illustrated consists preferably of a pressed steel member, angular in cross section at its lower end and substantially Z- shaped at its upper end. The side flange 31 of the post overlaps the side wall of the car and is secured thereto by m-eans of rivets 32-32a, the latter of which extends through the side sill 11 and a reinforcing bracket hereinafter described. The front fiange 33 of the post 15 overlaps the end sill 13 of the car and is riveted to the end sill and to an upstanding end portion 34 of the fioor sheet 35 of the car. The upper portion of the flange 33 is bent outwardly to provide an outstanding wing or fiange 36 to which the hand brake housing 16 is rigidly attached.`

The said flange 36 is preferably parallel to the side of the car wall and is so positioned relative to the side wall of the car that the hand wheel 17 of the brake winding mecha.

nism will be positioned well within the clearance limits allowed at the side of the car. By offsetting the upper nd of the corner post rearwardly relative to the lower end of the post, a hand brake mechanism is maintained within the end clearance requirements for railway cars, without necessity of increasing the length of the car buffer or otherwise modifying the draft rigging of the car. The post 15 is also provided with an outpressed reinforcing -corrugation 37 for reinforclng the lower end of the post at its point of attachment to the underframing of the car. The pivotal drop end of the car, when in its raised position, bears against the inner face of the upper portion of the flange 33. Preferably the upper margin of the wing portion 36 of the corner post is recessed as indicated by the reference character 38 to receive one end of the end wall latch 39.

In order to support the connections 2O and 21 in substantial alignment with the levers 22-24, I preferably attach the bellcrank 19 at a position above the lower end of the end sill. In the present embodiment the bellcrank is secured to ythe car in a positon back of the end sill, the end post being provided with an opening 40 through which the end 4l of the bellcrank proijects. Preferably I provide a reinforcing bracket 42 which fits Vin the corner portion of the end post and is attached to the floor sheet 35, side sill l1 and end sill 13 so as to reinforce the car underframing at the corner of the car. The bracket is provided with an opening 43 which registers with the opening 40 in the end post and is provided also with depending flanges 44-44a, each of which is perforated for the pivot pin 45 of the bellcrank. In order to facilitate application of the bellcrank the end post is provided with an opening 46 through which the pin may be applied to its operative position. 7

The arrangement of the hand brake winding mechanism and the bellcrank shown. makes it necessary to extend the connectors 20-21 along the side sill of the car to the levers 22. In order to support the connectors 20-21 in a position so that the chain 21 will not foul the step -29 or that the con,

nector 20 will not be obstructed in its operation by reason of itsv engagment withA the body bolster 12 ofthe car underframe or various parts of the truck indicated in dotted lines, and designated by the reference character 47 in Fig. 1 of the drawings, I have provided a supporting sheave 48 over which the chain 21 will pass. The supporting sheave 48 is preferably mounted in a U-shaped bracket 49, the latter of which is secured to'one of the diagonal braces 50 of the car underframe. In the particular type of car herein illustrated the obstruction of certain parts of the frame together with the moving parts of the truck are such that the

connectors

20, 21 define an angle. 'Ihis arrangement of the support 48, however, does not involve any appreciable additional friction. In order to provide for the application of sufficient hand braking power and at the same time provide sufficient travel of the hand brake pull-rod, I preferably provide the

levers

22 and 24 arranged in reverse relation to each other, that is to say the short end of the lever 22 is pivoted between arms of a bracket 51 secured to the side sill 11 of the car underframe, whereas the short end of the lever 24 is pivoted in a bracket 52 secured to any suitably fixed member of the car frame, for example, the center sill of the car. The arrangement shown in Fig. 7 therefore provides for the application of the same force on the connector 25 as if the hand brake pullrod 2O were connected direct to the connection 25, the latter connection being the one preferred in yconnection with the installation of high powered hand brakes of the type herein shown.

In Figs. l0, 11 and 12 I have shown a modified `means forl mounting'the hand brake mechanism on a Igailway car. The location of the h'and brake in this modification is the same as that illustrated in the preceding figures, the modification being confined to the means for supporting the hand brake winding mechanism. The end post 53 of this modication, instead of being formed with an integral outstanding flange corresponding to the fiange 36 of Fig. 1, is provided with a separate casting 54 which is riveted, or otherwise suitably secured, to the front flange 55 of the end post. The cast metal bracket 54 is provided with a suitable back plate to which the housing 16 is attached and a lateral reinforcing flange 56 at the lower end thereof which stiffens the said back plate and prevents bending thereof near the corner post of the car. The lateral fiange 56 is provided with an opening 57 for the chain 18. The lower portion of the bracket 54 is also reinforced by a reinforcing web 58 extending from the under surface of the flange 56 to the lower portion of the attaching fiangc 59. In other respects the car and end post construction are the same as that illustrated in Figs. 1 to 9 inclusive.

In Figs. 13 and 14 I have illustrated the application of the hand brake mechanism shown in the preceding figures to a railway car of a construction in which the end sill eX- tends beyond the end wall of the car. this modification a bracket 60, preferably of sheet metal, is secured to the inner face of the car wall adjacent the upper end of the corner post, and to which one margin of the hand brake housing 16 is attached. An angle iron extends from the other vertical margin `of the housing to the end sill 6.1 of the car.

Preferably the angle iron is offset intermediate its ends as indicated atl 62, so that the upper end of the member will be in alignment with the bracket 6() and at the same time permit the lower end of the angle to be secured to the outside side face of the end sill so as to avoid interfering with the connector 63 of the hand brake mechanism. In this embodiment the bellcrank 19 is secured to a reinforcing plate 61a attached to the end and side sill of the car. Preferably the bellcrank 19 is secured to said plate construction at a suitable distance back of the front face' of the end sill so that upon rocking of the bellcrank the power arm 64 thereof will not extend an objectionable distance beyond the front face of the end sill. In this embodiment the connectors 20a-21a extend over a sheave 48a in the same manner as that illustrated in Fig. 1. In the present modification, however, the angle between the connectors 20L-2.1a is somewhat sharper than in Fig. 1 due to the fact that thc bellcrank 19 in Fig. 13 is located in a lower position than that indicated in Fig. 1. It will be observed that in the modifications shown in' Figs. 13 and'14 the hand brake winding mechanism is supported in a position above the upper end of the car body in a position whereby the brakeman can readily operate the hand wheel while he is standing on the side ladder of the car or while he is standing on the floor of the car. The vertically disposed angle post 62 together with the bracket 60 provides a rigid supportthe same construct-ion as that shown in Fig. 1.

In this embodiment a bracket formed with lateral attaching flanges 56 and vertical attaching flange 67 is secured to the upper portion of the corner post 68 and to the horizontal fiange of the top cord 69. The bracket 65 viewed in top elevation (Fig. 17) is offset inwardly from the side wall of the car so as to provide sufficient space between the bracket and side wall for the hand brake housing without ext-ending the hand wheel beyond the side limits of the car.

The lower portion of the corner post 68 is reinforced and attached to the carin the same manner as that indicated in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive and the connection between the bellcrank designated by the reference character 19a, and the brake rigging underneath the car is supported in the same manner as indicated in Figs. 1 to 9 inclusive. With the arrangement of a hand brake mechanism ina position. above the upper end edge of the car body as shown in Fig. 15, the corner post can be formed with a somewhat longer reinforcing corrugation 70 than is shown in the embodiments shown in Figs. 1 to 12 inclusive without in any way interfering with the operation of the hand wheel or the releasing lever. rlhe depending flange 71 of the supporting bracket 65 may be formed with a suitableI opening 72 to receive the locking member 73 of the drop end wall of the car.

The hand wheel 17 and the releasing lever 28, as previously alluded to, are somewhat different in construction from the corresponding members shown in ,my said copending application. The dished configuration of the hand wheel 17 .is somewhat less than that shown in the said copending application so that the housing 16 may besecured within the space defined by the vertical side faces of the corner post and at the same time maintain the required clearance X between the hand wheel and the side wall of the car and also maintain the required clearance Y between the hand wheel and the end portion of the releasing lever 28. The releasing lever 28 is divided with a Adecided offset 74, so that the offset end portion will overlie the upper portion of the housing 16. Preferably the holding and releasing means, as shown in the drawings, is .so proportioned that the are of ping the side wall of the car and llo movement ofV said release lever is such that the end portion of the lever will not strike the corner post of the car when the lever is in the position' indicated at 28b in Figs. 1 and 10 of the drawings.

The general combination of the winding mechamsm and bellcrank; the housing construction; and the bellcrank are not claimed herein apart from the other arrangements of the parts and the corner constructions called for in the various claims, the said combinations and specific parts being disclosed and claimed in my copending applications as follows: Serial No. 109,061, filed May-14, 1926; 349,817, filed March 25, 1929; 929,243 filed December 29, 1928; and 560,407, filed August 31, 1931.

I claim:

1. In a hand brake for a railway gondola car, the combination with the foundation brake rigging, the underframe and a corner post of the car, the latter of which is angular in cross section having a side flange overlapa front flange overlapping the end sill of the car, of hand operated winding mechanism including a vertically disposed hand wheel positioned adj acent the vertical corner of the car body to project in advance of said corner post, means for supporting said winding mechanism on said corner post in a plane parallel to the side of the car, a rocking member secured to the underframing of the car in the space defined by said side and front flanges of the corner post, a flexible connector connecting the winding mechanism with said rocking member and a flexible connector connecting the rocking member to the brake rigging underneath the car.

2. A hand brakefor a drop end gondola car, in combination an angular corner post for the car body having means for attaching the same to the car and provided at its upper end with a ange extending parallel to the side wall of the car, a hand brake winding mechanism secured to the last named flange in a position below the upper edge of the car body, a rocking member secured to the underframing of the car, a flexible connector connecting the rocking member and winding mechanism, and a flexible connector connecting the rocking member with the brake rigging underneath the car. i

3. A hand brake for a drop end gondola car, in combination an upstanding end post formed with flanges overlapping the side wall and end sill of the car, and provided at its upper end with a flange extending longitudinally of the car in the space between the adjacent cars, a hand brake winding mechanism secured to said last named flange in a position to be operated by a .brakeman while standing on a side ladder of the car, a rocking member secured to the underframing of the car in the space defined by said side and end flanges of the corner post, the lower end of said post being provided with an opening through which a portion of said rocking member projects, a exible connector for connecting the rocking member and winding member, and a flexible connector connecting the rocking member with the .brake rigging of the car.

4. A hand brake for railway drop end gondola cars, in Combination, a corner post of the car, angular in cross section having means for attachment to the car body and rovided at its upper end with an integral ange extending outwardly from the end wall of the car into the space between adjacent cars, a hand brake winding mechanism attached to said last named flange and operable in a plane parallel to the lside wall of a car, a reinforcing member secured in the space defined by the lower portion of said corner post, a rocking member pivotally supported in said reinforcing member, the front face of said reinforcing member and said end post being provided with openings lthrough which a portion of said rocking member projects, a flexible connector connecting said rocking member with said winding mechanism and a flexible connector extending along the side sill of the car and connecting the rocking member and a portion of the brake rigging beneath the car.

5. In a hand brake for a drop end gondola car, the combination with side and end sills of `the car and a corner post formed with side and front flanges, of hand brake winding mechanism arranged to project in advance of the corner post, means for mounting the said winding mechanism on the front flange of said corner post in a plane parallel to the side wall of the car, means for reinforcing the lower corner portion of the car comprising a reinforcing corner member arranged in the angle defined by said side and front anges of said corner post and secured to the end sill, corner post and side sill of the car, a reinforcing depending web arranged parallel to one side wall of said reinforcing member, a rocking member pivoted `between said depending web and said side-wall, the said reinforcing member and lower portion of the end post being,

formed with openings through which a portion of the rocking member projects, a flexible connector connecting thevrocking member with said winding mechanism, and means connecting the rocking member to the brake rigging beneath the car.

6. In a railway car hand brake, the combination with the corner post, underframe and air brake rigging of the car, of hand brake winding mechanism secured to the corner post, a stiffener plate secured to thel lower portion of the end and side sills of the car underframe and extending longitudinally of said side sill, a rocking member secured to.said reinforcing late in a position adjacent the corner o the car, means connecting the winding mechanism with said rocking member, and a iexible connector extending longitudinally of the car adjacent said side sill for ,connecting said rocking member with the air-brake rigging of the car.

7. In combination with a corner structure of a railway car body having a flange eX- tending into the space between adjacent cars and disposed in a plane parallel to the side wall of the car, of hand brake power mechanism secured. to said ange and including hand operated means operable in a plane parallel to the side wall of the car.

8. In combination with the vertical corner structure of a railway car body above the underframe of the car, hand brake power mechanism positioned to project forwardly of said corner structure and into the space between adjacent cars and includin operated means operable in a vertica plane parallel to the side of the car, and means for supporting the said hand power mechanism on said corner structure.

9. In a hand brake for a railway car, the combination with the corner post, the vunderframe, and the foundation brake rigging of the car, of hand power winding mechanism positioned to project forwardly of said corne-r post and into the space between adjacent cars and including a vertically disposed hand wheel arranged adjacent the corner post and operable in a plane parallel to the side of the car, means for supporting said winding mechanism on said end post, a rocking member secured to the underframingof the car adjacent said corner post, a flexible connector connecting the winding mechanism with said rocking member, and a flexible connector connecting said rocking member with said foundation brake rigging of the car.

10. In combination with a railway car underframe, foundation brake rigging and a co-rner post structure, the latter of which is offset inwardly relative to the plane of its outer surface above said underframe, hand operated winding mechanism positioned in the odset portion of saidcorner post to project forwardly of the post and including a vertically disposed hand wheel operable in a plane parallel to the side of the car, means projecting outwardly from said post for supporting said winding mechanism thereon, a rocking member secured to the underframe of the car adjacent said corner post, a connector for connecting the winding mechanism with the rocking member, and a iiexible connector for connecting the rocking member with said foundation brake rigging.

11. In a hand brake for a vrailway car, the combination with the corner post, a brake rigging, and the underframe of the car havhand ing an end sill, the said corner post being angular in crosssection and having attaching flanges for securing the same to the car, of hand power mechanism including a vertically disposed hand wheel positioned adjacent ythe corner of the car to operate in a plane parallel to the side of the car, means for supporting the said hand ower mechanism on said corner post, a roc ing member, means for securing the rocking member to the underframing of the car in a position above the lower edge of said sill and in the space dened by said attaching flanges of the corner post, a flexible connector connecting the hand power mechanism with said rocking member and a flexible connector connecting the rocking member with the brake rigging beneath the car.

l2. In combination with a railway car body having a vertical corner structure at the junction of the side and end walls thereof and having a side ladder thereon adjacent said corner structure, hand power brake mechanism mounted on said corner structure above the underframing of said body, projecting forwardly of said corner structure, and including hand operated means opera.- ble by a trainman standing on the said side ladder.

13. In combination with a railway car body provided with a side ladder near one end of the car and having a vertical corner structure at the junction of the side and end walls thereof which is offset inwardly relative to an outer plane of said structure above the underframing of said car body, hand brake power mechanism including a winding mechanism .and a vertically disposed hand wheel mounted on said oset portion of said corner structure in a position whereby the hand-wheel is operable in a plane parallel to the side wall of the car and adapted to be operated by a trainman standing on said side ladder of the car.

14. In combination with a railway car body provided with a side ladder near one end of the car and having a vertical corner structure at the junction of the side and end walls thereof which is oi'set inw 'rdly relative to an outer plane of said structure above the underframing of said car body, hand brake power mechanism mounted onwsaid olfset portion of the said corner structure and projecting into-the space between adjacent cars and including hand operated means operable by a trainman standing on the said side ladder.

15.'In combination with a railway car body having a vertical corner structure at the junction of the side and end walls thereof andv having a side ladder thereon adjacent said corner structure, hand brake power mechanism positioned in the space between adjacent cars adjacent said corner structure and means projecting outwardly from the forward face of said corner structure on which said hand brake mechanism is mounted.

16. In combination With the brake rigging and the corner post construction of a rail- Way car, the latter of Which is provided with a flange offset inwardly from the side of the car and extending longitudinally thereof in a plane parallel to said side, hand power mechanism secured to said flange, a rocking member secured to the lower portion of the car, a connector connecting the rocking member with the hand power mechanism, and a connector connecting said rocking member with the brake rigging beneath the car.

RICHARD W. BURNETT.