US2427279A - Transportation load and method of preparing the same - Google Patents

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Sept. 9, 1947. 2,427,279'

` TRANSPORTATION LOAD AND METHOD VoF PREPARING THE SAME D. F. HEDGES Filed oct. 2,' i944 2 sheep-sheet 1 wNmmf,

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6 Claims.'

This invention relates to a transportation load and method of preparing the same and is especially adapted for heavy strips, deformed bars and like material, which are longer than a railway car. essary to resort to what is known as double or triple car loading in which an empty car is in.- serted in the train, the long material from a loaded car projecting over the empty car. Inpreparing such loads it is necessary to so load the car that the load will be solidly held together, will not shift in transit, and will be in units of a size that can -be handled by both the shipper and the receiver. It should be easy to put the blocking and thestripping in place and remove it without damaging the car or material. Formerly the load was fastened to the floor byy long bolts which passed through holes in the floor and to Which nuts were screwed'beneath the car. To insure that these bottom nutsy did not come oil` it was necessary to burr fthethreads on the loWer ends of the bolts and this made it diflicult to unload the car.

It is an object of this invention to prepare the load so that the car will not be damaged.

Another Object is to prepare the load so that the mini-mum of time, labor and material is required.

A still further object is to use a bundle of bjects which is shorter than the car length to act as an anchor for holding down the oversized bundle.

These and ,other` objects Will be more apparent after referring to the following specication and attached drawings, in which:

Figure l is a top plan View of the load;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on `the line 4II-II of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional View taken on the line III- III of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line IV-IV of Figure 2; and

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line V-V of Figure 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the reference numeral 2 indicates a loaded rail- Way car which is positioned against a car 4 over which the load extends. In loading the car, cross timbers 6 are nailed to the floor 8 of the car 2 and a bundle I6 of objects shorter than the car, securely strapped together as a unit with strap-s I2, is then positioned lengthwise along the center of the car on the cross timbers 6. A long cross timber I4 is then positioned across the walls of the car at the end adjacent the car 4 and a sepa- In shipping this long material it is necrator timber I l is positioned 0n top of bundle Ill at the opposite end of the car. A bundle I8 of objects longer than the car securely strapped together as a unit with straps 20 is then positioned in the car 2 on top of the long cross timber I4 and separator I5 with its end extending out over empty car 4. A built-up separator 22 is then insorted between bundles I0 and I8 above the center timber 6. As best shown in Figures 2y and 5, this separator 22 consists of a top piece 24 which is fastened to a bottom piece 26 by means of uprightsrZB. The diagonal pieces 3l! strengthen the assembly. The bundle I8 is then strapped securely to cross timber I4 b-y means of strap 32, which passes over the bundle i8 and down around the cross timber I4 at each side of the bundle. Straps 34 arethen stretched around the bundles I0 and I8, close to timber I4, drawn taut and clamped. Similar straps 34 are also clamped around the bundles I@ and I8 adjacent the separators I6 and 22' after which bottom cleats 36 are wedged between the bo-ttom bundle Ill and the car side walls 33 and spiked to the cross timbers Eto prevent transverse movement of the bottom bundlev I0. Cleats 40, which are in the form of a parallelograni, are wedged between the bundle I8 and side walls 38 and spiked solidly to cross timber I4 to yprevent transverse movement of the topbundle While one embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, it will Ybe apparent that other adaptations and modifications may bemade without departing from the scope of the .following claims.

Iclaim:` 1. The method of preparing a transportation loadiof heavy metallic strips or the like which are shorter than the car and other heavy metallic strips or ythe like which are longer than the car for transit in a railway gondola car which method comprises fastening spaced apart cross timbers to the licor of the car, fastening the short strips together to form a bundle, laying the bunde longitudinally of the car on the cross timbers, positioning a long cross timber across the Walls of the car at one end, placing a separator on top of the short bundle at the other end of the car, fastening the long strips together to form a bundle, laying the long bundle longitudinally on top of the long cross timber and separator with its end extending from the car at the end having the long cross timber, placing a separator between the bundles at the center of the car, and fastening the long bundle to the short bundle at the cross timbers by means of straps around the bundles.

2. The method of preparing a transportation load of heavy metallic strips or the like which are shorter than the car and other heavy metallic strips or the like which are longer than the car for transit in a railway gondola car which method comprises fastening spaced apart cross timbers to the floor of the car, fastening the short strips together to form a bundle, laying the bundle longitudinally of the car on the cross timbers, positioning a long cross timber across the walls of the car at one end, placing a separator on top of the short bundle at the other end of the car, fastening the long strips together to form a bundle, laying the long bundle longitudinally on top of the long cross timber and separator Vwith its end extending from the car at the end having the long cross timber, placing a separator between the bundles at the center of the car, fastening the long bundle to the short bundle at the cross timbers by means of straps around the bundles, and wedging cleats between the sides of the car and the bundles.

3. The method of preparing a transportation load of heavy metallic strips or the like which are shorter than the car and other heavy metallic strips or the like which are longer than the car for transit in a railway gondola car which method comprises fastening spaced apart cross timbers to the floor of the car, fastening the short strips together to form a bundle, laying the bundle longitudinally of the car on the cross timbers, positioning a long cross timber across the walls of the car at one end, placing a separator on top of the short bundle at the other end of the car, fastening the long strips together to form a bundle, laying the long bundle longitudinally on top of the long cross timber and separator with its end extending from the car at the end having the long cross timber, placing a separator between the bundles at the center of the car, fastening the long bundle to the long cross timber, fastening the long bundle to the short bundle at the cross timbers by means of straps around the bundles, and wedging cleats between the sides of the car and each of the bundles at each end of the car.

4. A transportation load of heavy metallic strips or the like which are shorter than a gondola railway car having `cross timbers fastened to the floor thereof Yand other heavy metallic strips or the like which are longer than the car, which load comprises a bundle of the short strips resting on the cross timbers, a long cross timber 55 resting on the sidewalls of the car at one end, a separator on the short bundle at the other end of the car, a separator on the short bundle between the long cross timber and first named separator, a bundle of the long strips resting on the long cross timber and separator with its end extending from the car at the end having the long cross timber, and straps around the long and short bundles for fastening them together at the cross timbers.

5. A transportation load of heavy metallic strips or the like which are shorter than a gondola railway car having cross timbers fastened to the floor thereof and other heavy metallic strips or the like which are longer than the car, which load comprises a bundle of the short strips resting on the cross timbers, a long cross timber restng on the sidewalls of the car at one end, a separator on the short bundle at the other end of the car, a separator on the short bundle between the long cross timber and first named separator, a bundle of the long strips resting on the long cross timber and separator with its end extending from the car at the end having the long cross timber, means for fastening the long bundle to the long cross timber, and straps around the long and short bundles for fastening them together at the cross timbers.

6. A transporation load of heavy metallic strips or the like which are shorter than a gondola railway car having cross timbers fastened to the floor thereof and other heavy metallic strips or the like which are longer than the car, which load comprises a bundle of the short strips resting on the cross timbers, a long cross timber resting on the sidewalls of the car at one end, a separator on the short bundle at the other end of the car, a separator on the short bundle between the long cross timber and first named separator, a bundle of the long strips resting on the long cross timber and separator with its end eX- tending from the car at the end having the long cross timber, means for fastening the long bundle to the long cross timber, straps around the long and ,short bundles for fastening them together at the cross timbers and cleats between the sides of the car and each of the bundles at each end of the car for preventing transverse movement of the load in the car.

DON F. HEDGES.

REFERENCES CTED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:Y

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,284,616 Hedges May 26, 1942 2,287,056 Owens June 23, 1942 OTHER REFERENCES Loading Rules, revised 19.30, by American Railway Association, New York city. Figures 9 and 54.

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