US2311501A

US2311501A - Dump car bottom

Info

Publication number: US2311501A
Application number: US377324A
Authority: US
Inventors: Stephen W Zoldok
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1941-02-04
Filing date: 1941-02-04
Publication date: 1943-02-16
Anticipated expiration: 1960-02-16

Description

Feb. 16, 1943. s. w. zoLDoK l 2,311,501

DUMP CAR BOTTOM Filed Feb. 4, 1941 INVENTOR.

A T TORNEX resented Feb. lo, 1943 nom' om vmirrors Stephen W. Zoldok, 81m Luis Obispo, Qalif.

Application February 4, 1941/, Serial No., 377,324

(Cl. )o5-22) Thisizwention relates to dump oars, skips Aand s buokeis, pemioulerly such as ere used for carryim: emo domicilios ore, and has io do with an imgosovexl isoiiom plaie oi' liner foisiioli oars emi eoepeeolw.,

Toe @Tlmgolool object of ille invention is to pl'ovlole on grove-ol oomgeiesl sheet metal bot= ism @lese or Wololfi will Toe les Tesisi, wem smi st d muoia looses service ila-Tom Lise sheet fome liners lieseiooe used.

lesto advantages ol Eolie imvenion f* oooly shoe s tallied emiemploi;

"' ose of @Koss sectional View of i leken ilse line 2 2' wing the ooifmgoeed bottom y o nel silo seeiloool View ofi sheet metal o 'lo oi Fis. 3 lout of 'Pollon im ille foam oi the core 3 @lss-willig mese detail mloeoors oihea' dump .ove mexiialooed ese generally son, wel subject to fossiles e 37 the ose is unloaded e llo-e es heavy highly eloiesive f' @he hollow ole'le or' een es ii else owoy the messi oi ille ed dos? wfiioln smelly; @segs upon sine oi'e lo ioosseel out (on dump ossei, while oo elle it owls out *alle side well ol ille om *oelow lle pile of ore oil".

'i lieve overcome emessi e 'wees' mentioned, o1 milles lleve owod e wey to minimize it, end edil greely lo ilo-e lie of the oei or lo may oon- I Rollos@ oT side well subject izo the ooresive A of o moi/ing lood of this limsi, either et time of? #roeping eind/oi @lling I of ille oon- "so suoli abrasive ooiioi'i, of special corro met-ol 'which the oioems of the oorsugeions ose sevezrel times es lillois es the solemos o? lle sheet, end ossee-aging the coml@,fotior/:ls longitudinally with respect lo the sliding movement o* the ore when losing slumped. The invention wes ille i'esiilt oi the discovery by me illes wheel ordinary corrugated iron is used on a clump osi in 'sluis manner "the crowns of the y wells of desisei'l.

ridges are eopidly wom o while the Temaindei of the shee is still in very goed condition.

In the chewing, i designates o conventional dump oer body, 2 is the bottom of the ser,4 3 ille door hinged et l, ood shown ogen in l with the oie or Tools sliding out from the tilted body Ai leest bottom plete o' the ser is merle oi 'ooi/ered with e, slleelJ oi' my special ooiz'ugeied motel (iron or steel), sind oreeielily the doos elem es ii; is suojeoi so weer es ii :liess more oi less om elle socks 5 es they slide ooo mieles il..

"The lo liorso sheet used es ille only bottom Ii'lieszlms: of ille ce? ls of course supported om soli-1 iseosvessoi'y' enemies lessons oy: sosie irons 6. Tais elise-i; moy be ooiugeieol lo the seme gemesel oioxoiiois es found in sommeil @.io'imei sailed siseeise-iiiei is, with eque?. @Towns vel leys shown im the meiel slieei is oreieooly rolled while lios lo. suoli s, weyes to produ-ee e @Tees ezoess of oo. seele omero es imdiooiesl esi sind goefluelly tepels om" lolo me oi Toe-iol which may loe of thickness l While l @feier use e, oomosigeied sheet of ille Losoporilom in 3, with ouwerl valleys 2 smoel im size lo the oosms, still foi some @esposos the valleys moy se ilsitesiecl sod loro oi* loose limes s mole es the omwille es shown et l iii fl @mi Wilma-:im time thickened oi'owos me designoeel l ooos'isootiom es eoove lesoiiioed'or the Toosiom of om also applies i@ ille @scheme opening aloof 3, emi ifo some oei-ses #zo ell interior 'sloom e oomslslelfoi-iom of Figs. 3 emi l; will loe evident heavy obsesivo ehmilss of ore oi 'sock drooping upon suoli e, bottom es 'shows es; 2 emol 3 the pesoussive wees will loe largely oooneol ifo ille illislsened crowns of illeoomigeizesl sheet; emi when the lood slides lng abrasive chunks of heavy material, e corrugated sheet of meierial against which the materiol slides ln dumping arranged with its co1'- Tugatioos extending longitudinal to the movement of the material in dumping, the upper crowned portions of the corrugated sheet being thickened and spaced close enough to take the greater part of the abrasive weight of the material in the longitudinal sliding movement of the material during the dumping operation.

2. In a mine dump car, a corrugated sheet of metal forming the bottom of the ore receiving space and arranged with its corrugations extending longitudinally to the sliding movement of the ore during the dumping operation, and the metal of the corrugations ofthe sheet being thicker at the upper crowns oi' the corrugations than the side walls and the lower crowns of the sheet,-

said upper crowns adapted to support the large abrasive chunks of ore to take the greater part of the abrasive weight of the material during the dumping operation.

3. In a mine dump car, a corrugated sheet of metal forming the bottom of the ore receiving space and arranged with its corrugations extending longitudinally to the sliding movement o! the ore during the dumping operation. the metal oi' the corrugations' of the sheet being thicker at the upper crowns ot the corrugations than the lside walls and the lower crowns of the sheet, said upper crowns adapted to support the large abrasive chunks of ore to take the greater part oi' the abrasive weight of the material during the dumping operation, and a gate pivotally secured to the dump end of the car and adapted to effect a drag upon the material during the dumping operation. said gate having its inner face covered with a similarly formed corrugated sheet of metal with the corrugations extending parallel to the movement of the material during the dumping operation. e

STEPHEN W. ZOLDOK.