US344044A

US344044A - Stock-car

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Publication number: US344044A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1886-06-22
Anticipated expiration: 1903-06-22

Description

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(No Model.)

lSTOCK GAR.

Patented June 22, 1886.

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'NITE STATES BOHN C. HICKS, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

STOCKWCAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 344,044, dated June 22I 1886.

Application filed February Q6, 1886. Serial No. 193,375. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, BOHN CHAPIN HIcKs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock-Oars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of stockcars formed with an auxiliary deck or floor, whereby sheep, hogs, and other small animals may be Vtransported upon each door or deck; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter shown and described.

In the drawings, Figure l is a cross-sec tional elevation of a stock-car, showing my improved double deck arrangedtherein. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation with one of the deck-sections folded up and with one turned down. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional elevation showing one of the deck-sections folded up and one partially folded up. Figs. 4 and 5 are enlarged sectional details of the means for supporting the outer edges of the deck-sections. Figs. 6 and 7 are enlarged details of the deck section supportingplate which is attached to the car. Figs. 8 and 9 are enlarged perspective views of one of the supporting-plates which is attached to the decksections, Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 being on the same scale. of portions of the adjacent ends of a pair of the deck-sections and one of the supportinglegs,illustrating a modification in the manner of constructing the leg. Fig. ll is a bottom plan view of portions of four of the adjacent deck-sections,illustrating the manner in which one leg may be made tol support four sections.

A' represents the door, A2, theside frames or stanchions, and A3 the roof, all constructed in the ordinary manner. The auxiliary or double deck is formed in sections B', as shown. Generally five pairs of these sections B' will be arranged -in each car, four pairs between each end and the doorway-openings; but a greater or lesser number may be used, as required.

The sections B' will be formed of wooden frames, covered with planking, of any suitable Fig. l0 is a detached side view.

construction, to secure the requisite strength and lightness.

Along the sides of the car, atY the requisite height at which the sections B are to be set, the stanchions A2 will be connected by horizontal stringpieces C; or these pieces C may be formed in one piece secured across the stanchions. Upon these string-pieces G, opposite each end of each section B',metalplates D' will be secured. These plates are formed, as more clearly shown in Figs. 6 and 7, with an inclined upper surface, a', surrounded by a rib, a2, on three sides, and with a cavity or slot, a3, in the lower edge of the inclined upper surfaced', as shown, the surface a' of each plate D' inclining inward and downward, as shown. Secured upon the lower side-s of the sections B', opposite these plates D', are other plates, D2, each with` an inclined lower surface,b', corresponding to the surface a' of the plate D', and each provided with a rib, b2. By this arrangement,when the sections B'are set in place inthe car, the surface b' and rib b2 of each plate D2 will rest upon the surface c and into the slot or cavity a3 of itsrespective plate D', and the outer edges of the sections will be thus supported, as hereinafter more fully explained.

The inner edges of each section B' are shown in Figs. l and 8 rabbeted in opposite relations at d, so that the inner edge of one section is supported by the rabbet of the other section,thus requiring central supporti 11g-legs, E,only beneath one section of each pair of secl tions B.

In Figs. l0 and 11 I have shown another method of supporting the inner edges of the sections B', consisting in hinging the legs E to one section, B', and forming each leg with its upper end, g, extended so as to project beneath the adjacent section and support it, so that one leg, E, does duty for two sections, B'. If preferred, the projecting ends y of the leg E may be hinged to one of the sections near one corner, so that its extended end gwill` project beneath the corners of the four sections where the ends of two pairs of sections come together, as in Fig. 1l. Thus one leg, E, can be made to support four sections. The

ends of the sections next the ends of the car will be supported by fixed stops h on the frame of the car; hence the legs E will be required only beneath the inner ends of the sections, and if ten sections are used in each car, (which will be the usual number,) and if the extended endsg are arranged as in Fig. 11, then only four legs, E, will be required in each car. The legs E will be arranged to be folded up against the lower sides of the sections B when not in use, as at d in Fig. 3.

H are iron rods, one pivoted by one end to each end of each section B at each outer corner at z" and each rod pivoted by its other end at i2 to the upper part of the nearest adjacent stanchion, A2, or to some other suitable point near the roof A3. The upper end of the rods H are slotted at i?, so that they are free to play up or down.

Where the height of the car is sufficient to enable the sections to be folded up between the stringers C and the roof A3, the slots i3 in the rod H will not be required to be as long as shown; but when, as is generally the case, the distancebetween the plates D and the roof A3 is not sufficient to permit the sections to :be thus folded lupthe slots 3 will be long enough to enable the outer edges of the sections Bto drop downoff from the plate D when elevated, as shown at the left of Fig. 3, and thus leave room for the sections to be folded up beneath, the roof A, as shown at the right of Figs. 2 and 3, and Aheldthus suspended by the hooks m.

By forming the surface of the plate D inclining inward and downward the elevation of the inner edges of the sections B will cause the yplates D'2 to slip off from them, and the sections drop down as far as the slots i3 willl permit, thus avoiding the necessity for the operator to lift the sections bodily at any time. At no time is it necessary to lift more than one-half the weight of one of the sections. By this simply arrangement the sections Bl may all be folded up beneath the roof of the car when not in use, as shown at theright of Figs. 2 and 3, or folded .down and supported by the plates D D2 and legs E to form an auxiliary deck, as shown in Fig. 1 and on the left of Fig. 2, so that the car can be used for cattle,

. horses, and other large animals, as an ordinary stock-car, or for freight or goods of any kind as an ordinary freight-car, the sections B' when folded up leaving the interior of the car en tirely unobstructed and free to be used Iin the ordinary manner.

Another important advantage gained by folding the sections up next to the roof A3 is that the sides of the car are left entirely free and unobstructed, so that when used for cattle,-horses, 85o., the ventilation is not interfered with. If, however, it is found desirable, thesections can be folded up against the sides of the car and held in place by hooks,instead of being folded up next to the roof, as in Figs. 2 and 3.

The ribs b2 on the plate D'Z perform an important function, as they serve to hold the sections B outward and prevent them from moving inward, while at the same time they are very easily released when the inner edges of the sections are elevated, as shown in Fig. 5, which represents an enlarged detail with the section Belevated to release the rib b3 .the plates D D2 and legs E.

In cases where the cars are less in height and greater in width than ordinary, requiring wider sections B, and consequently greater space to turn them in folding them up, I shall arrange the pivots fi,by which the lower ends of the rods H are secured to the sections B, to t into slotted plates i* on the sections B, as shown in Figs. 3, 4i, and 5, so as to allow the sections to drop to a still lower point, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3. By this arrangement I can turn the sections B over and fold them up next to the roof, regardless of the height of the car or the position of t the sections.

The sections B are shown in Fig. 3, inclin- `ing slightly from the center downward and outward, so as to cause liquid excrcment to flow off through the sides of the car.

Inclined boards n will be arranged to carry off any matter flowing off from the sections.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new isl. In a double-deck stock-car, a series of sections, B, suspended in said car by rods H, and adapted to be folded up beneath the roof of said car when not in use, substantially as set forth.

2. In a double-deck stock-car, a series of sections, B, suspended in said car by rods H,

and supported by plates D D3 and legs E, so that no strains occur upon said rods when said sections are in place horizontally,substantially as set forth.

3. In a double-deck stock-car, a series of floor-sections, B, having folding legs E and plates D2, with ribs b2, a series of corresponding plates,'D, with cavities a3, and attached to the sides of said car, and rods H, pivoted at i to said sections, and at i2, by slots i3, to said car, whereby said floor-sections may lbe set horizontally and supported by said plates and legs when required for use, or folded up be- IOO IIO

neath the roof of the car when not in use, sub In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my stantially as set forth. hand in the presence of two subscribing Wit- 4. In a double-deck stock-car, a series of messes.

floor-sections, B', adapted to be supported 5 horizontally between the floor and roof of BOHN O. HICKS.

said car, and provided with slotted plates i, rods H, each pivoted by one end in said slot- Witnesses: ted plates and by the other end tothe frame C. N. WOODWARD, of said ear near the roof, substantially als set H. S. WEBSTER. Io forth.