US1992919A

US1992919A - Mine car

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Publication number: US1992919A
Application number: US133259A
Authority: US
Inventors: Eber W Light
Original assignee: SANFORD INVEST CORP
Current assignee: SANFORD INVEST CORP; SANFORD INVESTMENT Corp
Priority date: 1926-09-02
Filing date: 1926-09-02
Publication date: 1935-02-26
Anticipated expiration: 1952-02-26

Description

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Patented Feb. 26', 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1,992,919 r I "Eber w. Light, Charleston, w. Va., ass'lg'nor to Sanford Investment, Corporation, Knoxville, Tenn, a corporation of Delaware i i Application sept mter 2, 192a, Swain-13 3.259 fi plairns (arms-cs4) a 'Ifhisinventionrelates particularly to mine cars portion to the costoi construction of the car, the

materials used and the organization of the structure being adapted to relatively low cost of construction and to relatively large load capacity of the car.

In the accompanying drawings,

g. l is a side elevation ofa car embodying my im rovement, parts being broken away;

' Fig. 2 is a plan of the same car, parts being broken away;

Fig. 3 is a bottom View of the same car; Fig. 4 is a; longitudinal, upright section on the line, 4- 4,of Fig. 2;

Rig. 5 is an end elevation; 'Fig. 6 is a transverse upright section on the line, 66, of Fig. 1, looking toward the left;

Fig. 7 is an upright transverse section on the line, 7-'-'i, of F 1, looking toward the left;

Fig. 8' is a horizontal upright section taken substantially onthe line, 8-8, of Fig. 1, looking'toward the left;

Fig. 9 is a horizontal detail view showing the connection between the ends of the side sills and an intervening anglen'iember;

Fig. 10is a longitudinal upright section on the line, 10-10, of Fig. 9, looking toward the right;

Fig. 11 is a perspective of a part of one of the pasms i Referring'to the drawings, R,'R; are track rails. A, A are trackwheels on which the car sup ported. A1,A1' are axles which are supported by thewheels. The axles extend through the longitudinal side sills, B, B. The sidesills are Zgform in cross section. Each sill has an upright web, B1, an upper, outward-directed flange, B2, and a lower, inward directed flange, B3. At each axle a bearing block, B4, is secured to theupr'ight web, B1, by means of bolts or rivets, B5; The axles extend through said bearing blocks. The wheels are applied tothe outer ends of the' axles'.

' The space between the side'sills', B, is filled with planks, C, C, placed horizontally and lengthwise of the car and below theaxles." These planksform the bottom of the car. The side planks rest on the lower flanges, 133,013 the side sills and meet the upright webs, B1, of the side sills. These planks extend the entire length" ofthe car and their outer ends form parts of the end structure of the car,- as: described further on.

Between ten axle and the planks, C, is a metal channel member, C2, having its web resting on Said member is shown as being in the form of an angle bar having a horizontal flange, D1, and an upright. flange, D2. ,The ends of this cross memher are cut to leave an end, D3, on the flangeQDZ, to be turned at right angles to the length of said cross member and made to bear against the inner face of theupright web, B1, of the adjacent side sill, B. A rivet, D4, extends through each end,

-j D3, and the adjacent web, B1, of the side sill.

Bolts or rivets, D5, extend through the horizontal flanges, D1, of the cross members and through the planks, whereby the planks are tied to said cross member.

A side plate, E, of angle form cross sectionha's the edge of its horizontalpart resting onand secured to the flange, B2, of each side sill by means of bolts or rivets, E1.- The upright flange of each plate, E, makes a part of the side wall of the car body. A binder, E2, extends over theouter' face of the web, B1, and the lower face of the flange, B2, of each side sill and over the lower face and the outer upright face of the adjacent side plate and is riveted to the side plate and the flange,- B2,and the web, B1, of the side sill. The rivet, D4, which extendsthrough the end, D3, of the cross member, D, and the web, Bl, also ex tends through the binder, E2.

Each side plate extendsto each end wall, FL Between each endof the side sill and the end wall, a filling plate, E3, extends from the side sill to the end wall, said plate extending over the outer edges of the outer planks. I The side plate and the filling plate are tube of sheet metal of suitablethickness to aliord desired strength and stability. r

- Each track wheel, A, rises higher than the horizontal' part of the adjacent side plate, Hence each wheelmustpentrate said side plate. Accordingly the horizontal part of each side plate is provided with an aperture, E4. A hood, E5, is seated on each side plate above each Wheel, the hoodbeing; secured to the horizontal part and to the upright part of the side plate by meansof rivets,.as shown by the drawin gs.

Ateachend of the car body, close to the end wall, F, an: :end binder, E1, extends transversely under and against the planks, C, C, and upward across the filling plate, E3, and across the lower face of the horizontal part of the side plate and along the outer face of the upright part of the side plate. Rivets, F2, extend through the side plates and this binder.

Short pieces of plank, Cl, rest on the upper faces of the planks, C',-and parallel to the planks, C, and have their outer ends even with the ends of the plank, C. The inner ends of the plank pieces, (31, are in the plane of the inner edge of the binder, F1. Rivets, F2, extend through the plank pieces, C1, the planks, C, and the binder,

F1, whereby these several members are joined to and across the end edges of said wall and across the ends of the adjacent end binder, Fl. Each upper rivet, F2, extends through the binder, F3, as well as through the side plate, E, and the binder, Fl. Two upright metal straps, Fe extend over the outer face of the binder, F3, and thence downward over the outer face of the end wall to the upper face of the short planks, Cl. Rivets, F5, extend through the straps, F4, and the strap, F3, and the wall, F, to bind those members to each other. Rivets, F6, extend through the straps, F4, and the wall, F.

, Each end of the plank bottomis curved, the middle part being extended'outward, as shown by Figs. 2 and 3. A metal bumper, B, extends over the ends of the plank as shown by Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and has flanges extending over the upper face and the lower face of the plank bottom, including the short planks, C1.

Rivets, G1, extend through the bumper and the planks, C and G1. On the middle longitudinal line of the bottom, the bumper has an aperture, G2, to receive a coupling pin, G3, to engage a link, G4. A coupling tongue, G5, has its inner end resting on the horizontal flange, D1, of each cross member, D. A rivet, G6,'extends through the tongue and said flange and the adjacent plank, C. Thence said tongue extends downward to and along the upper face of said plank and nearly to the short planks, C'l. Thence it extends obliquely upward and across the plank, C1, at a height sufficient to make room for the coupling link, G4.

It is now to be observed that the plank bottom is below the axles, Al, and that the side edges of said bottom rest on the horizontal flanges, B3, of the side sills and that the planks, C, are bolted or riveted to the channelmembers, G2, which are supported through the outer edges of the plank bottom, those edges being supported directly on the flanges, B3, of the side sills. It is also to be observed that the planks are further supported by the cross members, B2, which are riveted to the side sills and to the planks. The plank bottom is further supported by the end binders, F1, which pass under the planks and up the sides of the car body.

It is also to be observed that the side sills are side sills. The structure from the ends of the side sills outward to and including the bumper and the coupling tongue is so organized and the parts inter-related in such manner as to afford stability for the ends of the car body. There is economy in manufacturing by using the short side sills and by using a wooden bottom instead of a metal bottom.

I claim as my invention,

1. Ina car of the kind described, the combination of metal side sills shorter than. the inside length of the car, axles supporting said sills, wheels supporting said axles, a bottom having planks occupying the space between the side sills and carried thereby and extending the full lengthof the car, coupling members supported by the bottom at each end of the car, an upright end wall at each end of the car, a side plate supnearer end wall and between "th'ebottom plank and the side plate, substantially as described.

2. In a car of the kind described, the combina-.

tion of metal side sills shorter than the inside length of the car, axles supporting said sills, wheels supporting said axles, a bottom having planks occupying the space between the side sills and carried thereby and extending the full length of the car, binding members extending across and secured to the planks at the axles and at the ends of the side sills, coupling members supported by the bottom at each end of the car, an upright end wall at each end of the car, a side plate supported on the upper part of each side sill and extending from one end wall to the other and connected therewith, and a filling plate closing the space between each end of each side sill and the nearer end wall and between the bottom plank and the. side plate, substantially as described.

3. In a car of the kind described, the combination of metal side sills shorter than the inside length of the car, axles supporting said sills, wheels supporting said axles, a bottom having planks occupying the space between the side sills and carried thereby and extending the full length of the car, cross members extending across and secured to the planks and to the ends of the side sills, coupling members supported by the bottom at each end of the 'car and including a coupling tongue having one and secured to the adjacent cross member and a filler member at each end of each side sill, substantially as described.

4. In a car of the kind described, the combination of metal side sills shorter than the inside length of the car, axles supporting said sills, wheels supporting said axles, a bottom having planks occupying the space betweenthe side sills.

and carried thereby and extending the full length of the car, cross members extending across and securedto the planks and to the ends of the side sills, coupling members 'supportedby the bottom at each end of the car. and including a bumper and a coupling tongue having one end secured'to the adjacent cross member, and a filler member at each end of each side sill, substantially as described. I V v 5. In arailway car, a body having longitudinal side sills, car axle journals associated with the side sills and having axes lying in a horizontal plane which cuts the side sills, wheels on the axle" journals, longitudinal bottom plankscarried by the side sills and lying in a plane below the horizontal plane of the axes of the axle journals and extending beyond the ends of the side sills, crossmembers extending over the planks and joining the ends of the side sills, and a combined bumper and coupling structure on the planks at each end of the bottom and including a coupling tongue secured to the adjacent cross-member.

6. In a railway car, the combination of metal side sills shorter than the inside length of the car, car axle journals associated with the side sills and having axes lying in a horizontal plane which cuts the side sills, wheels on the axle journals, a

between each end of each side sill and the ad- 10 j acent end wall.

EBER W. LIGHT.