US2104359A

US2104359A - Railway car

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Publication number: US2104359A
Application number: US50764A
Authority: US
Inventors: William E Wine
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1935-11-20
Filing date: 1935-11-20
Publication date: 1938-01-04
Anticipated expiration: 1955-01-04

Description

w. E. WINE Jan. 4, 1938.

RAILWAY CAR 1935 5 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Nov. 2O

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My invention relates to railway cars and more particularly to cars of the hopper type.

For many years, it was common practice to build hopper cars, and in fact, all open top railway cars, with outside side stakes, that is, with stakes located en the outside of the side sheets of the car. In a desire to increase the revenue earning capacity of the cars, this practice has graduaily falien into disuse until now it is practically 30 the universal custom to locate the stakes on the inside of the car, in order that the side sheets may be spaced apart the maximum distance permitted by standard railroad clearance limits. Due to the considerably greater carrying capacity of cars having inside side stakes, railroad companies have endeavored to increase the capacity of the outside side stake cars by providing those cars with side sheets embossed outwardly between the stakes and in other makeshift ways, each one of which fails to a substantial degree to increase the capacity of the car to that which it would have had had the side sheets been originally spaced apart the maximum permissible distance and the side stakes located on the inside thereof.

The principal object of the present invention is to convert outside side stake cars into inside side stake cars by employing side stakes and side sheets of novel form and design which may be easily applied to the present framework of inside side stake cars without making alterations therein.

Advantageous features of the invention, residing in particular forms, combinations and relai tions of parts, will hereinafter appear in the specication and be pointed out in the claims.

In the draWings:-

Figure l is a side elevational View of slightly more than one-half of an outside side stake car which has been converted into an inside side stake car by the use of the present invention.

Figure 2 is an end view of the car.

Figure 3 is a plan View of a portion of the car adjacent one end.

Figure 4 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on line 5 5 of Figure S.

Figures 6 and '7 are enlarged detail sectional 50 views taken on lines 6 6 and 'I-l, respectively,

of Figure 1.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary vertical sectional View taken on line 8-8 of Figure l.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary vertical sectional V5 view taken on line 9-9 of Figure l.

Figure 10 is a side view of the lower end of one of the side stakes connected to a body bolster of the car.

Figure 11 is another view of the lower portion of one of the bolster stakes, the view being taken iii? at right angles to the view shown in Figure 10.

Figure 12 is a vertical sectional View of the car taken on line l2--i2 of Figure 1.

Figures 13 and 14 are enlarged detail sectional views taken on lines |3--I3 and lll-i4, respectively, of Figure 12.

For purposes of illustratingr the invention, parts of the well known inside side stake hopper car of the type built by the United States Railroad Administration and commonly referred to as the U. S. R. A. car have been shown. Cars of this type have channel-shaped center sill beams I, plate-like body bolsters and

cross bearers

2 and 3, respectively, angle-shaped side sills fi extending between the body bolsters and channel-shaped side sills 5 respectively extending between the holsters and the ends of the car. Each of the angle side sills il is disposed so as to: provide a vertical side sheet attaching portion 5 and each of the channel side sills 5 is disposed so that its web 'i is vertically disposed in substantially the same plane as the vertical portion of the adjacent angle-shaped side sills.

The plate-like body holsters 3 are provided at their ends with reinforcing angle-shaped members 8, each of which is arranged so that one leg 9 thereof is disposed in a vertical plane extending longitudinally of the car so as to form an end wall of the bolster. While the lower portions oi the end walls El are offset slightly inwardly to overlap the inner faces of adjacent portions of the webs l of the channel side sills 5 for connection thereto, plate members lil of substantially triangular shape are overlappingly secured to the outer faces of the webs of the channel side sills and to the end walls 9 in order to additionally connect the body bolsters to the side sills.

As is Well known, the side sheets (not shown) of the U. S. R. A. cars are attached at their lower edges to the vertical portions of the angle side sills and extend vertically upwardly therefrom in planes substantially coincident therewith, the upper ends of the side sheets being secured to depending legs l I of the bulb angle side top rails 2, and the side stakes, also not shown, being secured to the outer faces of the side sheets.

In place of the plane side sheets used in the U. S. R. A. cars, as well as in all outside side stake cars, the present invention contemplates employing between the body bolsters the side sheets designated i3 which, due to their location, are commonly referred to as intermediate side sheets. Each of these side sheets is provided with a substantially vertical main body portion I4 and with a downwardly and inwardly inclined portion I5 which terminates in a substantially vertical ilange l5 overlappingly secured to the outer face of the vertical portion E of the adjacent side sill. The main body portions of the sheets are preferably offset outwardly from the lower flanges l5 so that they will be disposed just slightly inwardly of the extreme clearance limits. At their upper ends, the intermediate side sheets incline upwardly and inwardly, as at Il, and terminate substantially vertical flanges I8 for attachment to the Vertical legs i i of the side top rails i2.

The side top rails'of the U. S. R. A. cars, which are of the shape shown in the drawings, are notV spaced apart the maximum distance permitted by clearance limits and,` while, by increasing the inclination of the portion l?, of the sheets, they may remain in their present positions, it is preferred, in order that the top of the car will' not be unduly restricted and that the end side sheets I9 may be spaced apart the maximum distance and-besecured to the side top rails without providing them with inwardly offset portions, to relocate the side topk rails so that their outer edges will be disposed in substantially the same planes as the main body portions i4 of the side sheets.

The end side sheets i9, which are disposed in planes inwardly of the planes of the main body portion ld of the intermediate side sheets so that the side ladders 2d will not project beyond the clearance limits, are spaced apart a greater distance than the end side sheets of the U. S. R. A. cars, being disposed in planes outwardly of the planes ofthe vertical portions of the side sills andsecured at their upper ends to the depending legs lI of the side top rails. The corner posts El of the car, which are of angle-shape having legs or .flanges 22V and 23, respectively, are offset intermediate their ends, as indicated at 21%-, to provide the flanges 22 with laterally spaced portions, one of which is iirmly attached to the end of the adjacent side sill and the other of which is similarly securedl to thn outer end portion of the adjacent end side sheet and of the depending leg I i of the adjacent side top rail. By offsetting the corner posts in this manner, the end top rails 25Y of the U. S. R. A. cars are not of suflicient length to permit them to be directly connected to the upper ends of the iianges 2S of the corner posts. However, to enable these end top rails to be used, brackets 25 may be advantageously employed for rigidly connectingV them to the corner posts. Each of these brackets, which may conveniently be formed as a casting, is of substantially angle-shape having a horizon tal flange 2l and a vertical ange 28. The inner end of flange 21 underlies and is riveted to the adjacent end of the horizontal leg 29 of the end top rail, while the other end thereof, which is disposed outwardly of the latter, has an upwardly projecting boss 3o engaging the under side of the usual top corner bracket 3l, being secured thereto by a rivet 32. The vertical leg 2d has a portion riveted to the upper end of the end flange 23 of the adjacent corner post and another portion formed with an inwardly projecting boss 33 engaging the adjacent end sheet 3d of the car, being secured thereto and to depending leg 35 of the adjacent end top rail. It will thus be evident that the brackets 26 are of such design as to rigidly connect the end top rail to the corner posts and thus enable the use of the relatively short end top rails of the U. S. R. A. cars.

To strengthen the side sheets of the car and toeiect a rigid connection between the under frame and car sides, side stakes of improved design are employed. The side stakes 36 disposed at the ends of the cross bearer 3 are generally of bulb angle-shape having a ange 3l secured to the inner faces of the side sheets and an inwardly projecting web 33 terminating along its inner edge in an enlarged or bulb portion 39. The flange 3l of side stakes 35 is inclined adjacent its upper and lower ends to conform to the inclined portions i5 and il respectively of the side sheets and, at its lower end, it overlaps the inner face of vertical portion 5 of the adjacent side sill for connection thereto. The lower portion of the-web 3S is enlarged, as indicated at do, so as to project beyond the adjacent outer end or the cross bearer into overlapping relation with one side thereof for rigid attachment therewith. The enlarged portions [i3 of the side stakes 35 thus form, in eilect, continuations of the cross bearer and, accordingly, serve to iirmly and rigidly connect the latter to the side sheets.

The sides of the car adjacent the cross bearer may be advantageously further rigidied by braces lll, each of which includes a member l2 extending downwardly and inwardly from the adjacent car side, being attached at its upper end to adjoining side stake 35 and being connected at its lower end to the cross bearer at a point spaced inwardly from the adjacent side of the car. Each of the braces also preferably includes a member 43 which extends downwardly and outwardly from substantially the mid-point of the member 42 and, at its outer end, it is provided with angularly disposed portions 44 and e5, portion i4 being secured to the enlarged portion 423' of the lower end of the adjacent side stake and portion d5 being secured to the adjoining side sheet. As is customary, ransverse slope sheets l5 of the car are secured to the upper edge of the cross bearer and extend downwardly on opposite sides of the latter.

The side stakes il disposed at the ends of the bolster are, in the main, of substantially Z-shape in crosssection having a web 43 and oppositely projecting legs or anges 49 and. 55, respectively. Leg 49 is secured in overlapping relation to the outer face of the adjacent intermediate side sheet I3 and, at its upper end, it has an inclined portion 5I conforming with the inclined portion Il of the side sheet and a substantially vertical portion 52 rigidly secured to the outer side of the depending leg Ii of the adjacent side top rail.

At its lower end, leg i9 has a downwardly and f inwardly inclined portion 53 conforming to the incline I5 of the side sheet and it terminates in a substantially vertical flange 5d secured in overlapping relation to the outer face of the Vertical portion of the adjacent side sill.

Leg 50 of each of side stakes lll has upper and lower laterally offset portions, the upper one being overlappingly secured to the adjacent end side sheet IS and the lower one, which is disposed in the same plane as the Vertical flange 54 of the stake, being rigidly secured to the adjacent plate Ill and end wall 9 of the body bolster. These offset portions of the leg 5i) of each side stake 4'. are integrally connected by a portion 55 which is inclined longitudinally of the car and serves to support adjacent portions of the inclined floor 56.

Beneath the floor of the car, side stakes il are formed with flanges 5'. which project inwardly beyond the end walls 9 of the body bolster being rigidly secured to the bolster in overlapping relation to one side thereof. Each of the flanges 5l, instead of being disposed in the plane of the web i8 of the side stake, is preferably disposed in a plane oiset therefrom being connected thereto by a portion 5S disposed in a piane coincident with and forming a continuation of the lower offset portion of leg 5U. By offsetting the portions 5l from the webs d8 of side stake 41, it will be appreciated that the lower portion of the stakes will be extremely rigid and, to further increase their strength, each may be provided with a transverse reinforcing rib 59 formed integrally with web t3, ange 49 and portion 58.

At their upper ends, side stakes 41 are preferably formed with horizontal pads or the like 6G which engage the under side of the horizontal legs of the side top rails for bracing the latter and the pads may be suitably reinforced by substantially vertical flanges 6i.

Intermediate the side stakes and 41, each side of the car is provided with a number of additional side stakes 62 whose ends terminate just short of the side top rails and side sills. The upper ends of the side stakes 62 are, however, rigidly connected to the side top rails by brackets 53 and the lower ends thereof are connected to the side sills by substantially triangular-shaped plate-like brackets 64.

From the foregoing, it will be perceived that, by my invention, outside side stake cars may be converted into inside side stake cars with a minimum of new parts and without making substantial altera-tions or changes in the framework of inside side stake cars. Moreover, even though the ends of the main transverse load carrying members are located at rather substantial distances from the main body portions of the side sheets of the car, the side stakes are of such construction as to effectively tie together the load carrying members and the car sides.

What I claim is:

l. A repair construction for increasing the capacity of hopper cars having outside side stakes by providing the existing underframe of such cars with sides having inside side stakes, including in combination, side sills of the existing underframe of the car respectively having substantially vertical portions, a transverse load carrying member ci the existing underframe having its ends respectively terminating at the vertical portions of the side sills, side sheets having vertical main body portions disposed outwardly of the ends of the load carrying member and said portions of the side sills, the lower portions ci the side sheets being inclined downwardly and inwardly and terminating in flanges secured to the vertical portions of the side sills, and side stakes adjacent the ends of said load carrying member, each of said side stakes having angularly disposed plate portions, one of said plate portions being secured to the vertical and inclined portions of an adjacent side sheet and tothe inner ace of the vertical portion of the adjoining side sill and the other of said plate portions extending inwardly from the side sheets and being provided adjacent its lower end with an enlargement projecting inwardly beyond the vertical portion of the adjacent side sill and rigidly secured in overlapping relation to one side of said load carrying member,

2. A repair construction for increasing the capacity of hopper cars having outside side stakes by providing the existing underframe of such cars with sides having inside side stakes, including in combination, side sills of the existingv underframe of the car respectively having substantially vertical portions, a transverse load carrying member of the existing underframe having its ends respectively terminating at the vertical portions of the side sills, side top rails, side sheets respectively having vertical main body portions disposed outwardly of the ends of the load carrying member, the upper and lower portions of said sheets being inclined inwardly and respectively terminating in substantially vertical flanges for attachment to the side top rails and the vertical portions of the side sills, the upper flange of each of the side sheets being disposed in a plane intermediate the planes of the lower flange and the main body portion of the side sheet, and side stakes having angularly disposed plate-like portions, one of said plate-like portions being secured to the upper and lower iianges and the main body portion of an adjacent side sheet and to the vertical portion of the adjacent side sill and the other of said plate-like portions extending inwardly from the side sheets and being provided adjacent its lower end with an enlargement projecting inwardly beyond the vertical portion of the adjacent side sill and rigidly secured to said load carrying member.

3. A repair construction for increasing the capacity of hopper cars having outside side stakes by providing the existing underframe of such cars with sides having inside side stakes, including in combination, side sills of the existing underframe of the car respectively having vertical portions extending from end to end of the car, a transverse load carrying member of the existing underframe having its ends terminating at the vertical portions of the side sills, side top rails having vertical portions extending from end to end of the car and spaced a greater distance from a vertical plane passing through the longitudinal axis of the car than the vertical portions of the side sills, side sheets having their major portions disposed outwardly of the vertical portions of the side sills, and side stakes and corner posts respectively connecting the top rail and sill of each side of the car, each of the corner posts and side stakes having laterally offset portions respectively secured to the vertical portions of the top rail and sill and the side stakes adjacent the ends of the transverse load carrying member having portions extending inwardly from the side sheets respectively provided at their lower ends with enlargements projecting inwardly of the vertical portions of the side sills rigidly secured to the load carrying member.

4. A repair construction for increasing the capacity of hopper cars having outside side stakes by providing the existing underfrarne of such cars with sides having inside side stakes, including in combination, side sills of the existing underframe of the car respectively having substantially vertical portions, a transverse load carrying member of the existing underframe having its ends respectively terminating at the vertical portions of the side sills, side sheets each having a substantially vertical main body portion disposed in a plane spaced outwardly from the plane of the vertical portion of the adjacent side sill, each of said sheets being provided at its lower portion with a downwardly and inwardly inclined portion terminating in a vertical fiange secured to the vertical portion of the adjacent side sill, and side stakes disposed adjacent the ends of the load carrying member and respectively provided with plate-like portions, one of said plate-like portions being secured in overlapping relation to the inner faces oi the main body portion, the inclined portion and the flange of an adjacent side sheet and the other of said plate-like portions extending inwardly from the adjacent side. sheet and being provided at its lower end with an enlargement projecting inwardly of the adjoining end of the load carrying member, the enlargement of each stake being rigidly secured to said member and constituting a continuation thereof.

5. A railway hopper car including side sills respectively having substantially Vertical portions,

side sheets respectively having substantially vertical main body portions disposed in planes spaced outwardly from the planes of the vertical portions of the side sills, each of said side sheets being provided adjacent its lower edge with a downwardly and inwardly inclined portion terminating in a flange secured to the vertical portion of the adjacent side sill, a body bolster of a length substantially equal to the distance between the vertical portions of the side sills and having substantially vertical end walls, and side stakes adjacent the ends of the body bolster, each of said side stakes having laterally offset portions respectively secured to the main body portion oi one of said sheets and to an end wall of the bolster, each stake being also provided with a portion extending inwardly of the end wall of the bolster rigidly secured in overlapping relation to one side of the bolster.

6. A railway car including side sills respectively having substantially vertical portions, a body bolster of a length substantially equal to the distance between the vertical portions of the sill and having substantially vertical end walls, side stakes adjacent the ends of the body bolster, end side sheets extending in one direction from the side stakes, and intermediate side sheets extending in the opposite direction fromV the side stakes, each of said intermediate sheets having a bottom ange secured' to the vertical portion of the adjacent side sill and a main body portion offset outwardly from said flangev and each of said end side sheets being disposed in a plane intermediate the planes of the flange and main body portion of the adjacent intermediateV side sheet, said side stakes respectively having a plurality of laterally offset portions respectively secured to the end side sheets, the main body por-- tions of the intermediate side sheets and the end walls of the-bolster.

'.7. A railway hopper car including side sills respectively having substantially vertical portions, a body bolster of a length substantially equal to the distance between the vertical por-` tionsv of the sill having substantially vertical endV walls, side stakes adjacent the ends of the body bolster respectively secured to the vertical portionsY of the side sills, end side sheets extending in one direction from the side stakes, intermediate side sheets extending in the opposite direction from the side stakes, each of said intermediate sheets havingk a bottom flange secured to the vertical portion of the adjacent side sill and a main. body portion offset outwardly from said flange, each of said end side sheets being disposed in a plane intermediate the planes of the lange and main body portion of the adjacent intermediate side sheets, said side stakes being of substantially Z-shape and respectively having a web and oppositely extending legs, one leg of each side stake being secured to the main body portion of an intermediate side sheet and the other leg thereof having laterally offset portions respectively secured to an end side sheet and an end wall of the bolster.

8`. A railway" hopper car including side sillsl having substantially vertical portions, a body bolster of a length substantially equal to the distance between the vertical portions of the sill and having substantially vertical end walls, side stakes adjacent the ends of the body bolster rigidly secured to the vertical portions of the side sills, end side sheets extending in one direction from the side stakes, and intermediate side sheets extending in the opposite direction from the side stakes, each of said intermediate side sheets having a substantially vertical main body portion disposed in a plane spaced outwardly from the plane ol the adjacent end sheet and being provided adjacent its lower portion with a downwardly and inwardly inclined portion terminating in a flange secured to the vertical portion of the adjacent side sill, each of said si-de stakes having a web and oppositely projecting legs, one leg of each stake being secured to the adjacent end side sheet and to an end wall of theV bolster and the other leg thereof having laterally offset portions respectively secure-d to the main body portion and flange of the adjacent intermediate side sheet, said side stakes also respectively having. portions extending inwardly beyond the end walls of the bolster secured in overlapping relation to a side of the bolster.

9. A railway hopper car including side sills having substantially vertical portions, a body bolster of a length substantially equal to the dis tance between the vertical portions of the sills and having substantially vertical end walls, side stakes adjacent the ends of the body bolster, and end and intermediate side sheets extending in opposite directions from each of said side stakes, each of said intermediate side sheets having a substantially vertical main body portion disposed in a plane spaced outwardly from the plane of the adjacent end side sheet and each of said side stakes being of substantially Z-sliape including a web and oppositely projecting legs, one leg of each side stake being secured to the main body portion of an intermediate side sheet and the other leg of each side stake being secured to an adjacent end side sheet and the adjacent end wall of the bolster, each of said stakes being also provided with a portion extending inwardly of the adjacent end wall of the bolster in a plane ofiset from the web of the stake and rigidly secured in overlapping relation to a side of the bolster.

10. A railway hopper car including side sills having substantially vertical portions, a body bolster of a length substantially equal to the distance between the vertical portions of the sills and having substantially vertical end walls, side stakes adjacent the ends of the body bolster, and end and intermediate side sheets extending in opposite directions from each of the side stakes, said end side sheets being disposed in planes spaced outwardly of the planes oi the vertical end walls of the bolster, each of said side stakes being of substantially Z-shape and includingV a web and oppositely projecting legs, one leg of each side stake being secured to an intermediate side sheet and the other leg of each side stake having laterally oiset portions respectively secured to an adjacent end side sheet and to an adjacent end wall of the bolster, said oset portions being integrally connected by a portion inclined longitudinally of the car affording a support for an inclined floor sheet of the car.

WILLIAM`E. WINE.