US532356A - Albert t - Google Patents

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(No Model.) A BEMIS B RIG K TRUCK.

No. 532,356. Patented Jan. 8, 1895.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 532,356 dated January 8, 1895. Application filed September 15, 1894 Serial No. 523,159, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT T. BEMIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Double-Deck Brick- Cars, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improved doubledeck brick-car, designed for use in transporting green brick from the machine, through the drying-kiln, and to the burning-kiln.

The object of my invention is the production of a car of the class above mentioned in which each set of standards, the upper crossbar connecting them, and the lower cross-bar connecting the longitudinal beams are all formed integral, whereby the framework is rendered firm and durable, and the various parts are held securely in place by a minimum number of bolts.

In brick-cars as ordinarily constructed the standards and the upper and lower cross-bars are formed in separate pieces, held together by bolts, and the standards are diagonally braced in order to stiffen them'against lateral strain. Such construction necessitates the use of a great many bolts, which is a serious objection, as they are continually getting loose, and it is only a question of a very short time when the car assumes a rickety condition, also the diagonal braces are in the way of the operatives engaged in loading the car.

tional detail view, showing the lugs on the beams for giving intermediate support to the lower deck.

Referring to the drawings, A are the longi- My invention will first be described in con-' Fig. 3 is a sectudinal beams, provided with boxes at, in which are journaled the axles B.

D are the standards, each set or pair of which are united near the top by an upper cross-bar E, the upper ends of the standards projecting slightly above it, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Each lower cross-bar, each pair of standards, and their upper cross-bars are all castin one piece, forming a supporting-frame; and each standard, where it connects with the lower cross-bar is formed on its outer side with a broad shoulder d, adapted to rest on top of the beam, and thus afford a firm support against lateral strain, thereby enabling me to entirely dispense with the diagonal braces usually employed for this purpose. In the lower end of each standard are formed two bolt-holes l to receive bolts 2, which pass through them and through bolt-holes in the beams. It will thus beseen that when three sets of standards are used I employ but twelve bolts in the entire structure.

F represents the lower deck, which consists simply of longitudinal wooden slats connected by cross-pieces on the under side. This deck, when in place, rests on the lower cross-bars, and is supported intermediate said bars by inwardly-projecting lugs 3 cast on the beams.

G is the upper deck, which consists of trans verse wooden slats connected on their under sides by longitudinal strips. This deck rests on the upper cross-bars, with the outer strips bearing against the projecting upper ends of the standards.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a double-deck brick-car, the combination, with the longitudinal beams, of a plurality of supportingframes, each formed integral and comprising a lower cross-bar, a pair of standards having shoulders adapted to bear on the beams, and an upper cross-bar, and means for securing said frames to the beams.

95 2. In a double-deck brick-car, the combination, with the longitudinal beams provided at intervals with inwardly-projecting lugs, of a plurality of supporting-frames, each formed integral and comprising a lowercross-bar, a

pair of standards having' shoulders adapted In testimony whereof I affix my signature to bear on the beams, and an upper cross-bar, in presence of two witnesses. means for securing the said frames to the beams, a lower deck supported by the lower ALBERT BEMIS' 5 cross-bars and the inwardly-projecting lugs, Witnesses:

and an upper deck adapted to rest on'the up NATHAN I-I. RICHARDSON, per cross-bars, substantially as described. ROBT. ELLIOTT.

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