US267078A - Railway-car - Google Patents

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2 Sheets-Sheet 1. T. HERSEE.

RAILWAY GAR.

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Patented Nov. 7, 1882.

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No. 267,078. f Patented Nov. '7. 1882.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMPSON HERSEE, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

RAILWAY-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,078, dated November 7, 1882. Application tiled September 13, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMPSON HERsEE, of the city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Cars, of which the following isla specification.

This invention relates to improvements in' railway-cars, and has for its object to render the car light and strong and to increase its carrying capacity.

My invention consists,to that end, ofthe peculiar construction ofthe car, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, consisting of two sheets,- Figure l is a side elevation of my improved car. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section with a portion of the flooring removed. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical longitudinal section of one end of the car. Fig. 4 is fragmentary crosssection of the car-Hoor. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectionA olthe car.

Like letters of reference ref'er to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the door, B the sides, O the ends, and D the roof, of my improved railwaycar.

The Hoor A is composed of cross-beams a, constructed of rolled iron, preferably of I shape, and liooring a', which is bolted or otherwise secured to the upper sides of the beams a, and which runs lengthwise of the car, thereby greatly increasing the resisting capacity of the floor to the longitudinal shocksand strains to which it is subjected when the car is in use. The cross-beams a are further connected by two longitudinal stringer-plates, b, secured to the under side of the beams a by angle-irons I1', and running from end to end of the car.

crepresents lateral diagonal braces arranged at suitable distances apart, and secured with their lower ends to the plates b and with their upper ends to the ends of the crossbeams a, whereby the plates b are firmly connected with the beams a. The plates b are connected with each other by cross-stays c', composed ot'curved plates, which are secured with their ends to the inner sides of the plates b by means of Iianges c2.

The sides B and ends C of the car are composed of an outer sheathing of sheet-iron, d, and an inner lining of wood, d', firmly bolted together. The lower portion ofthe sheathing d covers the ends of the beams a, and is secured t0 the latter by means ot' longitudinal angle-irons d2, secured respectively to the up per and lower sides of the beams, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The corners of the car-body are rounded, as shown at d3, whereby a very tirm connection of the sides and ends is elected.

The roof D is composed of rafters E, which are supported with their ends upon the sides of the car-body, and which carry stringers or longitudinal pieces 6, to which are secured the roof-boards e'.' The latter run crosswise of the car, and are bent to the desired curvature, which is that ot' the arc of a circle, as shown in Fig. 5.

The Ycar-body, constructed as hereinbefore described, is light, strong, neat in appearance, and very durable.

I claim as my invention- In a railway-car, the combination, with the floor-beams a, arranged crosswise, and llooring a and stringers b, secured lengthwise to the beams a, of diagonal braces o, extending laterally from the stringers b and connecting the same with the Hoor-beams, substantially as set forth.

THOMPSON HERSEE. Witnesses EDWARD WILHELM, EDW. J. BRADY.

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