US224729A - Freight-car - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
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- This invention relates to freight-cars for railroads, chiefly intended for the transportation of grain in bulk, and composed in the main of a cylindrical or approximately cylindrical body supported across the line of motion as near the track as is practicable.
- My improvement consists in constructing cars of this character with a surrounding cylindrical shell, which supports the car axially and is provided with flanged rings to run on the track.
- This mode of construction enables me to make thebody of the car longer than the gage of the track, and it also provides for elastic action between the points where the revolving shell rests on the track and the points where the body of the caris supported, thereby not only relieving the load from a large proportion of jolting jars, but also reducing very greatly the wear and tear.
- myimproved freight-car differs materially, as regards its principle of operation, from a car in which -the freight-cylinder is arranged between two wheels connected by an exterior cylinder.
- Figure 1 is a side elevation, partlyin section, of my improved freight-car.
- Fig. 2 is a transverse section thereof in the vertical axial plane of one of the cylinders.
- A refers to the grain cylinder or receptacle of the car; B, to the surroundingrevolving shell, and O to the draft-frame, which may be constructed to accommodate two grain-cylinders, A, as shown in this instance.
- the graincylinder A is provided with an axle, D, rigidly secured to its heads, beyond which it pro- 5 jects to enter bearings in the side sills of the frame-work.
- the heads of the revolving shell B are provided with central bearings E, which, in the example shown, revolve around and form the supports of the axle of the grain-cyL inder. The shell rests and rolls on the track, being to that end constructed with encircling flanged rings F, and carries both the grain-cylinder and the draft-frame.
- the flanged rings resemble the tread of an ordinary car-whee]. They are placed at some distance from the heads of the revolving shell, so that shocks occasioned by running over inequalities in the track and other causes are in the first instance received by the cylindrical portion of the revolving shell, and do not reach the bearings of the grain-cylinder until their force has become greatly modified by the elastic action. of the shell.
- the axle of the grain-cylinder protrudes at one end through its bearing in the side sill of the draft-frame to .receive a winch, G, by which it may be revolved to discharge the load.
- the winch When the car is running the winch will be locked to a rack-bar, H, by a pin, 1, or in any other suitable manner, to hold the grain-cylinder rigidly in position against turning.
- the graincylinder has an opening, a, and the revolving shell a corresponding opening, b.
- a suitable trap door should be made therein to afford convenient access to the grain-cylinder for loading purposes.
- the manner of connecting the grain-cylinder and the revolving shell may be changed in various ways without departing from theprinciple of my invention. So may the means for holding the grain-cylinder stationary, as well as the mode and means for discharging the load.
- a railroad freight-car composed of a stationary grain-receptacle and a surrounding revolving shell, the length of which exceeds the gage of the track, and which is encircled by flanged rings for supporting the car on said track, all substantiallyias and for the purpose specified.
Description
' T. T. PROSSER.
Freight-Car.
"N 224,729. Patented Feb. 17, I880.
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".PETERSQFNGYO-UTHQGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D. C,
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
TREAT T. PROSSER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
FREIGHT-CAR.
SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 224,729, dated February 1'7, 1880.
Application filed January 27, 1880. I
lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.
This invention relates to freight-cars for railroads, chiefly intended for the transportation of grain in bulk, and composed in the main of a cylindrical or approximately cylindrical body supported across the line of motion as near the track as is practicable.
My improvement consists in constructing cars of this character with a surrounding cylindrical shell, which supports the car axially and is provided with flanged rings to run on the track. This mode of construction enables me to make thebody of the car longer than the gage of the track, and it also provides for elastic action between the points where the revolving shell rests on the track and the points where the body of the caris supported, thereby not only relieving the load from a large proportion of jolting jars, but also reducing very greatly the wear and tear. In these two particulars myimproved freight-car differs materially, as regards its principle of operation, from a car in which -the freight-cylinder is arranged between two wheels connected by an exterior cylinder.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partlyin section, of my improved freight-car. Fig. 2 is a transverse section thereof in the vertical axial plane of one of the cylinders.
The same letters of reference indicate like parts-in all the figures.
A refers to the grain cylinder or receptacle of the car; B, to the surroundingrevolving shell, and O to the draft-frame, which may be constructed to accommodate two grain-cylinders, A, as shown in this instance. The graincylinder A is provided with an axle, D, rigidly secured to its heads, beyond which it pro- 5 jects to enter bearings in the side sills of the frame-work. The heads of the revolving shell B are provided with central bearings E, which, in the example shown, revolve around and form the supports of the axle of the grain-cyL inder. The shell rests and rolls on the track, being to that end constructed with encircling flanged rings F, and carries both the grain-cylinder and the draft-frame. The flanged rings resemble the tread of an ordinary car-whee]. They are placed at some distance from the heads of the revolving shell, so that shocks occasioned by running over inequalities in the track and other causes are in the first instance received by the cylindrical portion of the revolving shell, and do not reach the bearings of the grain-cylinder until their force has become greatly modified by the elastic action. of the shell. The axle of the grain-cylinder protrudes at one end through its bearing in the side sill of the draft-frame to .receive a winch, G, by which it may be revolved to discharge the load.
When the car is running the winch will be locked to a rack-bar, H, by a pin, 1, or in any other suitable manner, to hold the grain-cylinder rigidly in position against turning. To provide for loading and unloading, the graincylinder has an opening, a, and the revolving shell a corresponding opening, b.
When the grain-cylinder is surmounted by a platform, as shown, a suitable trap door should be made therein to afford convenient access to the grain-cylinder for loading purposes.
The manner of connecting the grain-cylinder and the revolving shell may be changed in various ways without departing from theprinciple of my invention. So may the means for holding the grain-cylinder stationary, as well as the mode and means for discharging the load.
What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
A railroad freight-car composed of a stationary grain-receptacle and a surrounding revolving shell, the length of which exceeds the gage of the track, and which is encircled by flanged rings for supporting the car on said track, all substantiallyias and for the purpose specified.
In testimony whereof I have signed my name to the foregoing specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.
I TREAT T. PROSSER.
Witnesses:
OHAs. A. NEALE, JOHN J DARBY.
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