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US2314979A
US2314979A US392621A US39262141A US2314979A US 2314979 A US2314979 A US 2314979A US 392621 A US392621 A US 392621A US 39262141 A US39262141 A US 39262141A US 2314979 A US2314979 A US 2314979A
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Francis M Gunn
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61D—BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
    • B61D17/00—Construction details of vehicle bodies
    • B61D17/04—Construction details of vehicle bodies with bodies of metal; with composite, e.g. metal and wood body structures
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  • a car side should be free from rivet heads, unnecessary bulges and indentations in the side sheathing, and, although the rivets have been eliminated for sometime in the car building industry by the use of welding, irregularities such as bulges and pitting left after the welding operation has been completed have not disappeared. Attempts have been made to hide these blemishes by the use of paint in various manners, but their presence can be detected.
  • the present invention completely eliminates these undesirable irregular ties so that good aerodynamic qualities can be obtained andthe outer appearance of a car incorporating this nvention is smooth, regular.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevational view of a car side employing the present invention viewed from the outer side of the car, aportion of the car side being broken away;
  • Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the car side shown in Fig. 1, but viewed from the inside of I the car;
  • Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view through a portion of the car side shown in Fig. 2 showing the relationships of the side sheathing, the stifieners, and certain side fram -the side sheathing, reinforcing stiffeners, and
  • FIG. 6 is a detail view of individual side sheet segments before being welded together showing the stiffeners in place;
  • Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic view of. the car side "and an underframe showing in an exaggerated manner the camber in the side and underframe;
  • Fig. 10' is a diagrammatic view showing the car side mounted on the underframe showing the condition which they assume after the car is disc completed andthecamberhasbeen'almostoompletely straightenedout:
  • Fig. ii is a vertical transverse sectional view through the car the view being enlarged and with parts omitted for the purpose of clarity:
  • a completed car side forming the 'subiect mat ter of the present invention viewed from the side includes an integral sheathing II, reinforced by stiffeners ll (Fig. 2) extending substantmlly over the entire inner face of the sheathing. These stifleners are placed on the sheathing so as to provide room for side framing members which comprise longitudinal mem-' bers (Figs. 2 and 5), including a side sill II, a belt rail 18, a window header II, a side plate 2
  • the integral sheathing ll comprises a plurality of relatively small sheathing segments or sheets 24 and 2! (Fig. 6), the former of which may be referred to as letter board panel sheets and the latter as girder sheet segments.
  • the window openings 28 are cut out of a plurality of letter board panels 24, and then the'stiifeners II are spot welded to the inner surface of all the letter board panels and girder sheet segments making up the side sheathing. This welding operation is performed is such a manner that each individual sheet is perfectly straight upon cooling.
  • complementary letter board panels and girder sheet segments II and II are placed with their adjoining edges 21 abutting, and are then are welded together to make up units of letter board panels and girder sheet segments 24 and 1!, respectively.
  • a plurality of these units. sufficient in number to make up the entire car side sheathing are placed with their complementary vertical edges abutting, and then are arc welded to form the integral sheathing ll reinforced by stifi'eners ll.
  • the sheathing so constructed and reinforced is straight and the outer sheathing surfacels smooth and substantially free from buckles and other irregularities.
  • stiffener are spot welded to the individual sheets by applying the electrodes to the inner surface of the stiffeners so that the cavities caused by electrode pressure appear on the stiifeners rather than on the outside of the sheets. It is contemplated in the present invention that the welding shall be done in this manner.
  • the car side frame is completely welded together in a separate jig apart'from the side sheathing in any well known manner and then. after it has been straightened, it is placed against the inner face of the completed side sheathing, after first grinding flush the weld headings on the sheathing, with its various fram- .flve-dghths of an inch.
  • the window opening is indicated as being entirely in the letter board panel sheets, but obviously it can be divided between the adjoining.
  • each reinforced sheet 14 and I! must be straight before the entire sheathing is welded together, and this straightness must be "frozen" into the sheet.
  • the outside sheathing may be .078 of an inch in thickness.
  • the sheathing ll may be supported on a vertical jig, generally indicated at '35, by clamps 3', which suspend the sheathing buckles b1, properly anchored atone of their invention has completely overcome this difficulty.
  • the stiffener-s Ii are spaced apart so as to allow clearance for the side framing members, so that the side frame maybe applied directly against the sheathing II.
  • the frame then, is welded directly to the sheathing, I
  • stiffeners ll substantially cover the innor face of the'sheathing in the areas between framing members.
  • the side frame and sheathing are during the welding heat takes place before the two are Joined. In this manner the side frame is free to expand and contract without in any way affecting the sheathing and likewise the sheathing can expand and contract without being restrained by the frame.
  • the car side is fabricated separate and apart from the remainder of the car.
  • the underframe likewise is fabricated separately. Both the side and the under-frame may be cambered-to compensate for bending caused by the added weight on the underframe of the various parts and equipment making up the completed car body.
  • FIG. 9 the car, sideis indicat d at 4
  • the camber in these two members has been exaggerated in order to make it visible on such a small scale.
  • the degree of camber in the side and the underframe is approximately the same so that these two parts can be joined.
  • Agirder type'side for a railway car comprising a load-carrying frame including inter sectlng framin'gmembers, a relatively thin integral sheathing extending the full length and height of the car welded to the frame on the 'outer face thereof, with the welding scars appearing only on the inner faces of the framing.
  • underframe per se forms no part of the present invention, for purpose of illustration in Fig. 11-th e underframe is shown to include a center sill 43 and cross bearers N.
  • the car sides and the underframe are joined at I the side sills in some suitable manner.
  • a car side comprising "a plurality of flat sheets butt welded together to form an integral sheet having alength and height correspondingv to the length and height of the car, a frame com-' prising intersecting framing members welded together and having their'outerfaces welded to the inner face of the sheet. and stiffeners welded to the innerface of the'sh'eet-in the areasbetween the framing members and stopping short of the framing members and being connected to said membersonly by the sheet, 9
  • fiat side sheathing for attachment to the'frame comprising a flat integral sheet of relatively thin material extending the full'length and height of the vehicle and beingfunder continuous substantial tension lengthwise of the car, the tension being substantially uniform throughout the length of the car side, and stin'eners secured to the inner faceof the sheet in the areas between the framing members.
  • a side including a frame comprising intersecting load carrying members, flat integral side sheathing attached to the frame and extending over a substantial portion of the car side and being under continuous substantial tension lengthwise of the car, the tension being substantially uniform throughout the length of the sheathing, and stiil'eners secured to the inner face of the sheathing in the areas between the framing members.
  • a side including a frame comprising intersecting load carrying members, flat integral side sheathing attached to the frame and extending over a substantial portion of the car side and being under continuous substantial tension lengthwise of the car, the tension being substantially uniform throughout the length of the sheathing, and stiffeners comprising corrugated metal sheets secured to the inner face of the sheathing in the areas between the framing members, the corrugated sheets being substantially coextensive in length and width with the corresponding areas between the framing members.
  • an integral thin sheet of sheathing extending substantially the full length and height of the car, a frame comprising intersecting framing members welded together and having their outer faces welded to the inner face of the sheathing, the sheathing being under continuous substantially uniform tension lengthwise to the sheathing throughout substantially its length, and stiffeners welded to the inner face of the sheathing between adjacent framing members.
  • a car side comprising a plurality of flat sheets having stiifeners welded to the inner faces thereof, the sheets being butt welded together to form an integral sheet having a length and height substantially corresponding to the length and height of the car, a frame comprising intersecting framing members welded together and welded to the inner face of the integral sheet, the stiffeners being spaced apart sufficiently to per mit the framing members to engage the integral sheet.
  • car side comprising a plurality to flat sheets having corrugated stiifeners welded to the inner faces thereof over the major portions of their areas, the sheets being butt welded together to form an integral sheet having a length and height substantially corresponding to the length and height of the car, the stiffeners being organized and arranged to resist buckling of the sheathing due to deflections of the car, and a side frame comprising intersecting framing members welded together and welded to the inner facev of the integral sheet, the stiffeners being spaced apart to permit the framing members to engage the integral sheet, and the car side being secured to the underframe.
  • a side wall for a railway car comprising a side sill, an upper side frame member extending longitudinally of the car, a pair of upright posts spaced apart and rigidly connected to said side sill and side frame member, a plurality of side posts spaced apart and rigidly secured to said side sill and side frame member between said upright posts, a sheet metal outer sheathing having a smooth outer surface rigidly secured to said side sill, side frame member, and side posts and having its end portions secured to said upright posts, said sheathing being under substantial tension lengthwise of the car, said tension being continuous and substantially uniform throughout the length of said side wall between said uprights, and corrugated stiffening sheets secured to the inner face of said sheathing in the free areas between the upright posts.
  • a side wall for a railway passenger car having windows and comprising a side sill, an upper side frame member extending longitudinally of the car, a belt rail below the windows. a window header above the windows, a pair of upright posts spaced apart and rigidly connected to said side sill, side frame member, belt rail, and window header, a plurality of side posts spaced apart and rigidly secured to said side sill, side frame memher, belt rail, and window header between said upright posts, a sheet metal outer sheathing having a smooth outer surface rigidly secured to said side sill, side frame member, belt rail, window header, and side posts, and having its end portions secured to said upright posts, said sheathing being under substantial tension lengthwise of the car, said tension being continuous and substantially uniform throughout the length of said side wall between said uprights, and corrugated stiffening sheets secured to the inner face of said sheathing in the free areas between the posts and the longitudinal framing members.
  • an underframe supported as a simple beam on the trucks, a car side secured to said underframe and including a side frame and side sheathing, the side frame including a side sill, a side plate, a belt rail and a window header all extending substantially the full length of the car side and interconnected by spaced end posts and intermediate side posts, the sheathing comprising a.
  • prefabricated fiatintegral sheet substantially coextensive with the length and the height of the side frame and being substantially smooth on it outer face and having a plurality of stiffeners secured to the inner face of the sheet for reinforcing the major area of the sheet against deformation, the areas of the sheet corresponding to the locations of the side framing members being free from stifleners, the side frame backing the sheet with the framing members engaging the stiffener free inner face of the sheet, the frame and the sheathing being secured together to form a car side.
  • an underframe supported as a simple beam on the trucks, a car side secured to said underframe and including a side frame and side sheathing, the side frame including a side sill, a side plate, a belt rail anda window header all extending substantially the full length of the car side and interconnected by spaced end posts and intermediate side posts, the sheathing comprising a prefabricated flat integral sheet substantially coextensive with the length and the height of the side frame and being substantially smooth on its outer face and having a plurality of stiifeners secured to the inner face of the sheet for reinforcing the major area of the sheet against deformation, the areas of the sheet corresponding to the locations of the side framing members being free from stiifeners, the frame backing the sheet with the framing members engaging the stiffener free inner face of the sheet, the frame and the sheathing being secured together to form a car side, the sheathing being under substantial tension lengthwise of the car, said tension being continuous and substantially uniform throughout the
  • truck an underframe supported on the trucks, and a car side rigidly secured throughout its length to the underframe and comprising a unitary structure including interconnected intersecting load carrying members covered by flat sheathing, said sheathing comprising an integral. sheet substantially coextensive with ⁇ the length and height of the car and consisting of a plurality of initially reinforced panels welded together, the reinforcements comprising stiifeners Welded to the inner face of each panel and reinforcing same against deformation over substantially the entire panel. area, the sheet where it engages the framt 5 ing members being devoid of stifieners so that the framing members engage the inner face of the sheathing.
  • a car side wall comprising sheathing consisting of a plurality of substantially flat sheets welded together, reinforcingstifieners fastened to the inner face of the sheathing, and a side frame made integral with the sheathing and comprising intersecting load carrying members, the side .wall having the properties and characteristics of a wall fabricated by first welding reinforcing stiffeners to the inner faces of each of the flat sheets, then welding together the reinforced sheets into integral sheathing, and finally welding together the sheathing and the said side frame into a unitary structure, the intersecting load carrying members of the side frame having been previously secured together to form the said side frame;
  • a car side wall mounted on, substantially co-extensive with, and secured along its lower edge to said underframe in such a manner that stresses caused by deflections of the underframe are transmitted into the side wall, said wall comprising the combination of substantially flat integral sheathing and reinforcing stifleners fastened to the inner face of the sheathing, said combination being pie-fabricated as a unit of substantially the length of the underframe, and a side frame comprising a plurality of intersecting, load carrying members fastened together into a separately pre-fabricated unitary structure, the sheathing and the side frame being secured together, and the stiffeners together with the intersecting framing members reinforcing substantially the entire sheathingarea against deformation.
  • a car side wall comprising sheathing consisting of a plurality of substantially flat sheets welded together, reinforcing stiffeners fastened to the inner face of the sheathing, and a side frame made integral with the sheathing and comprising intersecting load carrying members, the side wall having the properties and characteristics of awall fabricated by first welding reinforcing stiffeners to the inner faces of each of the flat-sheets, then welding together the reinforced sheets into integral sheathing, then sub stantially uniformly tensioning the sheathing in a lengthwise direction and substantially throughout its entire length, and finally welding together the sheathing while so tensioned and the said side frame into a unitary structure, the intersecting load carrying members of the side frame having been previously secured together to form the said side frame,
  • a car side wall comprising two sub-assem blies including a pre-fabricated side frame of substantially the length of the car made up of intersecting, load-carrying members. and a separately pre-fabricated sheathing of substantially said length made up of flat, metal sheets welded together into integral sheathing, the side frame and the sheathing being welded together after individually separate pre-fabrication of each.

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US2619045A (en) * 1948-07-14 1952-11-25 Budd Co Body for land vehicles, especially railway cars, and method of its assembly
US2657645A (en) * 1947-12-05 1953-11-03 American Car & Foundry Co Rail car panel
US2685263A (en) * 1948-07-14 1954-08-03 Budd Co Roof for land vehicles, especially railway cars, and method of making the same
US2771041A (en) * 1950-12-28 1956-11-20 Budd Co Panel structure, particularly letterboard for railway cars
US3631817A (en) * 1970-01-12 1972-01-04 Pullman Inc Railway car side construction
US4408423A (en) * 1977-10-25 1983-10-11 Armco Inc. Roof construction with stabilized Z-purlins
WO1989001383A1 (en) * 1987-08-11 1989-02-23 A. Goninan & Co. Limited Composite metal panel
US5285730A (en) * 1990-09-18 1994-02-15 Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Body structure for railway vehicle
US5388529A (en) * 1992-06-03 1995-02-14 Gec Alsthom Transport Sa Rail vehicle body made of stainless steel
US6196136B1 (en) * 1996-06-19 2001-03-06 Hitachi, Ltd. Car and side structure for car and method of manufacturing the same
RU2271293C2 (ru) * 2004-05-14 2006-03-10 Открытое акционерное общество "Тверской вагоностроительный завод" (ОАО "ТВЗ") Боковая стена вагона и способы ее сборки (варианты )

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2657645A (en) * 1947-12-05 1953-11-03 American Car & Foundry Co Rail car panel
US2619045A (en) * 1948-07-14 1952-11-25 Budd Co Body for land vehicles, especially railway cars, and method of its assembly
US2685263A (en) * 1948-07-14 1954-08-03 Budd Co Roof for land vehicles, especially railway cars, and method of making the same
US2771041A (en) * 1950-12-28 1956-11-20 Budd Co Panel structure, particularly letterboard for railway cars
US3631817A (en) * 1970-01-12 1972-01-04 Pullman Inc Railway car side construction
US4408423A (en) * 1977-10-25 1983-10-11 Armco Inc. Roof construction with stabilized Z-purlins
WO1989001383A1 (en) * 1987-08-11 1989-02-23 A. Goninan & Co. Limited Composite metal panel
US5285730A (en) * 1990-09-18 1994-02-15 Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Body structure for railway vehicle
US5388529A (en) * 1992-06-03 1995-02-14 Gec Alsthom Transport Sa Rail vehicle body made of stainless steel
US6196136B1 (en) * 1996-06-19 2001-03-06 Hitachi, Ltd. Car and side structure for car and method of manufacturing the same
RU2271293C2 (ru) * 2004-05-14 2006-03-10 Открытое акционерное общество "Тверской вагоностроительный завод" (ОАО "ТВЗ") Боковая стена вагона и способы ее сборки (варианты )

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