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US2626573A
US2626573A US89205A US8920549A US2626573A US 2626573 A US2626573 A US 2626573A US 89205 A US89205 A US 89205A US 8920549 A US8920549 A US 8920549A US 2626573 A US2626573 A US 2626573A
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  • This invention relates to improvements in railway freight cars and has particular reference to steel ends for open top cars, such as gondola or hopper cars. More specifically the invention relates to an improved top chord for such cars which may be made of ordinary flat plate material bent so as to form a hollow beam enclosing and secured to the upper part of an ordinary gondola or hopper car and thereby providing a much stronger upper chord member for such ends than is provided by the ordinarily used bulb angle.
  • Figure l is a top plan view of a portion of a gondola or hopper car end with the improved top chord applied thereto.
  • Figure 2 is a side elevation of Figure 1.
  • Figure 3 is a cross section on line 3-3, Figure 2.
  • I indicates a portion of an ordinary corrugated steel end for a railway gondola or hopper car, the upper corrugations being shown at 2. Above this corrugation 2 the end is provided with a substantially flat portion 3, the upper margin of which terminates in a right angularly disposed flange 4. Ordinarily a. bulb angle is secured to this top flange 4, the web of the angle resting upon the flange 4, and being riveted thereto.
  • This end wall are provided with inwardly turned flanges 5, and the valleys of corrugations 2 terminate substantially in the plane of the inner edges of the flanges 6;
  • the flanges form integral side frame members for the end wall and the corrugations extend substantially between the same, so that any loads imposed upon the body of said end wall in a direction normal thereto are carried by said corrugations to said side frame members.
  • the improved top chord comprises a fabricated piece of plate bent in the form of a channel comprising a Web I0 and flanges I I and I2, the flange I I terminating in a reflange I3 extending substantially parallel with web I0 and the flange I2 terminating in a reflange I4 bent diagonally approximately forty-flve degrees thereto.
  • This top chord is proportioned so that the web I0 may rest upon flange 4 with reflange I3 welded, as at I5, to portion 3 of the end wall approximately midway its width, and with reflange I4 extending and welded, as at [6, to the wall of the upper corrugation 2 of wall sheet I.
  • a plurality of spaced holes I1 are provided through flange I2 approximately opposite the end of reflange I3 so that a buck-up bar may be inserted therethrough to engage portion 3 and hold same against end of reflange I3 while weld I5 is applied.
  • an exceptionally strong hollow box section is provided across the top of the gondola or hopper car end, and wherein the reflange l4 cooperates with the upper corrugation 2 in forming in effect another corrugation across the upper part of the end wall.
  • a metallic panel adapted to form a load retaining wall of a railway car comprising a plate having a flat margin along one edge thereof and a corrugation adjacent said margin, a chord comprising a Web resting upon the edge of said margin, flanges extending from said web parallel with and spaced from said margin, a reflange extending from one of said chord flanges to said. margin and welded thereto, and a reflange extending from the other of said chord flanges to said corrugation and welded thereto, whereby a box section is formed on either side of said margin.
  • a metallic panel adapted to form a load retaining wall of a railway car comprising a plate having a main portion, a flat margin along one side thereof terminating in an inwardly projecting flange and a corrugation adjacent said margin, a chord comprising a web resting upon said marginal flange and extending beyond the side edges thereof, flanges extending from said web parallel with and spaced from said margin, a, reflange extending from one of said chord flanges to said margin and welded thereto, and a reflange extending from the other of said chord flanges to the adjacent wall of said corrugation and welded thereto, whereby a box section is formed on either side of said margin.
  • a metallic panel adapted to form a load retaining wall of a railway car comprising a plate having a flat margin along one side thereof terminating in an inwardly projecting flange and a corrugation adjacent said margin, a chord comprising a web resting upon said marginal flange, flanges extending from said web parallel with and spaced from said margin, a reflange extending from one of said chord flanges to said margin and welded thereto, and a reflange extending from the other of said chord flanges to said corrugation and welded thereto, whereby a box section is formed on either side of said margin.
  • a chord for a railway car end wall having a plurality of spaced corrugations extending from side to side thereof comprising a web adapted to engage the edge of a margin of said end wall, parallel flanges extending from said web at right angles thereto, a reflange extending from one of said flanges parallel to said web and adapted to be welded to said margin, and a refiange extending diagonally from the other of said flanges and adapted to engage a Wall of a corrugation and be welded thereto so as to form in effect another corrugation and whereby a box structural beam may be provided on either side of said margin from side to side of said end wall.

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Patented Jan. 27, .1953
UNITED STATE GONDOLA CAR END James S. Swann, Homewood, Ill., assignor 'to Standard Railway Equipment Manufacturing Company, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Delaware Application April 23, 1949, Serial No. 89,205
4 Claims.
This invention relates to improvements in railway freight cars and has particular reference to steel ends for open top cars, such as gondola or hopper cars. More specifically the invention relates to an improved top chord for such cars which may be made of ordinary flat plate material bent so as to form a hollow beam enclosing and secured to the upper part of an ordinary gondola or hopper car and thereby providing a much stronger upper chord member for such ends than is provided by the ordinarily used bulb angle.
Other objects and advantages will appear in the following description of the invention.
Referring now to the accompanying drawing forming part of this application, and wherein like reference characters indicate like parts:
Figure l is a top plan view of a portion of a gondola or hopper car end with the improved top chord applied thereto.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a cross section on line 3-3, Figure 2.
In the drawings I indicates a portion of an ordinary corrugated steel end for a railway gondola or hopper car, the upper corrugations being shown at 2. Above this corrugation 2 the end is provided with a substantially flat portion 3, the upper margin of which terminates in a right angularly disposed flange 4. Ordinarily a. bulb angle is secured to this top flange 4, the web of the angle resting upon the flange 4, and being riveted thereto. The sides of this end wall are provided with inwardly turned flanges 5, and the valleys of corrugations 2 terminate substantially in the plane of the inner edges of the flanges 6; The flanges form integral side frame members for the end wall and the corrugations extend substantially between the same, so that any loads imposed upon the body of said end wall in a direction normal thereto are carried by said corrugations to said side frame members.
The improved top chord comprises a fabricated piece of plate bent in the form of a channel comprising a Web I0 and flanges I I and I2, the flange I I terminating in a reflange I3 extending substantially parallel with web I0 and the flange I2 terminating in a reflange I4 bent diagonally approximately forty-flve degrees thereto. This top chord is proportioned so that the web I0 may rest upon flange 4 with reflange I3 welded, as at I5, to portion 3 of the end wall approximately midway its width, and with reflange I4 extending and welded, as at [6, to the wall of the upper corrugation 2 of wall sheet I. For convenience in assembly a plurality of spaced holes I1 are provided through flange I2 approximately opposite the end of reflange I3 so that a buck-up bar may be inserted therethrough to engage portion 3 and hold same against end of reflange I3 while weld I5 is applied. Thus an exceptionally strong hollow box section is provided across the top of the gondola or hopper car end, and wherein the reflange l4 cooperates with the upper corrugation 2 in forming in effect another corrugation across the upper part of the end wall.
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1. A metallic panel adapted to form a load retaining wall of a railway car comprising a plate having a flat margin along one edge thereof and a corrugation adjacent said margin, a chord comprising a Web resting upon the edge of said margin, flanges extending from said web parallel with and spaced from said margin, a reflange extending from one of said chord flanges to said. margin and welded thereto, and a reflange extending from the other of said chord flanges to said corrugation and welded thereto, whereby a box section is formed on either side of said margin.
2. A metallic panel adapted to form a load retaining wall of a railway car comprising a plate having a main portion, a flat margin along one side thereof terminating in an inwardly projecting flange and a corrugation adjacent said margin, a chord comprising a web resting upon said marginal flange and extending beyond the side edges thereof, flanges extending from said web parallel with and spaced from said margin, a, reflange extending from one of said chord flanges to said margin and welded thereto, and a reflange extending from the other of said chord flanges to the adjacent wall of said corrugation and welded thereto, whereby a box section is formed on either side of said margin.
3. A metallic panel adapted to form a load retaining wall of a railway car comprising a plate having a flat margin along one side thereof terminating in an inwardly projecting flange and a corrugation adjacent said margin, a chord comprising a web resting upon said marginal flange, flanges extending from said web parallel with and spaced from said margin, a reflange extending from one of said chord flanges to said margin and welded thereto, and a reflange extending from the other of said chord flanges to said corrugation and welded thereto, whereby a box section is formed on either side of said margin.
4. A chord for a railway car end wall having a plurality of spaced corrugations extending from side to side thereof, said chord comprising a web adapted to engage the edge of a margin of said end wall, parallel flanges extending from said web at right angles thereto, a reflange extending from one of said flanges parallel to said web and adapted to be welded to said margin, and a refiange extending diagonally from the other of said flanges and adapted to engage a Wall of a corrugation and be welded thereto so as to form in effect another corrugation and whereby a box structural beam may be provided on either side of said margin from side to side of said end wall.
JAMES S. SWANN.
REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:
Number Number ,4 UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Mussey Oct. 20, 1931 Soderberg et al. Aug. 31, 1937 Swann Oct. 26, 1948 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain Dec. 18, 1919 Great Britain Sept. 11, 1930
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US3034610A (en) * 1960-01-20 1962-05-15 Hugh C Lynch Sheet metal structures
US3240168A (en) * 1964-05-28 1966-03-15 Acf Ind Inc Railway car
US3296766A (en) * 1964-08-12 1967-01-10 Budd Co Corrugation end finish
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GB136496A (en) * 1919-09-09 1919-12-18 Stewart Campbell Improvements in the Manufacture of Metallic Drums, Barrels and like Receptacles.
GB334719A (en) * 1929-09-19 1930-09-11 Mauser Maschb Ges Mit Beschrae Improvements in or relating to iron vessels or containers
US1827997A (en) * 1929-04-22 1931-10-20 Pullman Car And Mfg Corp Railway dump car
US2091721A (en) * 1936-08-29 1937-08-31 John T Soderberg End gate for railway cars
US2452163A (en) * 1944-11-01 1948-10-26 Standard Railway Equipment Mfg Drop endgate for railway cars

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GB136496A (en) * 1919-09-09 1919-12-18 Stewart Campbell Improvements in the Manufacture of Metallic Drums, Barrels and like Receptacles.
US1827997A (en) * 1929-04-22 1931-10-20 Pullman Car And Mfg Corp Railway dump car
GB334719A (en) * 1929-09-19 1930-09-11 Mauser Maschb Ges Mit Beschrae Improvements in or relating to iron vessels or containers
US2091721A (en) * 1936-08-29 1937-08-31 John T Soderberg End gate for railway cars
US2452163A (en) * 1944-11-01 1948-10-26 Standard Railway Equipment Mfg Drop endgate for railway cars

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US3034610A (en) * 1960-01-20 1962-05-15 Hugh C Lynch Sheet metal structures
US3240168A (en) * 1964-05-28 1966-03-15 Acf Ind Inc Railway car
US3296766A (en) * 1964-08-12 1967-01-10 Budd Co Corrugation end finish
US20090211485A1 (en) * 2005-02-17 2009-08-27 Douglas Gordon Cummings Bulk Materials Container
US8550010B2 (en) * 2005-02-17 2013-10-08 Bradken Resources Pty Limited Bulk materials container

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