US533277A

US533277A - Seth a

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Publication number: US533277A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-01-29
Anticipated expiration: 1912-01-29

Description

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VPatented Jan. 29, 1895.

S. A. GIRONE. GAP. PLATFORM SUPPORT.

(No Model.)`

W/TNESSES.'

SETH A. ORONE, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

CAR-PLATFORM SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 533,277, dated January 29, 1895.

:To @ZZ whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, SETH A. ORoNE, ofthe city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Oar-Platform Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to railroad passenger cars, and its object is to provide a new and improved platform support adapted to hold the platform in the proper position, and arranged to conveniently and quickly read j ust the platform in case of sagging.

The invention consists principally of an an-i gular brace adapted'to support with its forward end the platform, and supported at its rear end from the car platform in the rear of the car end sill.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the gures.

Figure lis a side elevation of the improvement as applied and with the car in section. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the same; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the brace supporting device.

The improved car platform support, consists principally of braces each preferably made in two sections A and A', arranged at angles to each other with the apex below the end sill B of the car, as is plainly illustrated in the drawings. The braces are arranged alongside the center sills C of the car, and the forward ends of the brace sections A extend under the platform D of the car to support the latter, while the rear ends of the brace sections A are supported from a suitable support located in the rear of the end sills B,

preferably from the body bolster E, as illustrated in the drawings.

By reference to Fig. 1, it will be seen that the forward section A extends from the apex of the brace upwardly and forwardly, while the other section A of each brace extends upwardly and rearwardly from the apex. The lower or adjacent ends of the sectionsA and A of the brace, abut on opposite sides of an abutment F supported from the end sill B Application led September 2l, 1894, Serial No. 523,701- (No model.)

and extending vertically therefrom in a downward direction.

The brace section A may be made of a suitable section having its upper front end ttin g into a socket G, attached to a transversely extending beam H secured to the center and side sills and located a suitable distance in the rear of the platform end beam I,- as shown in Fig. 1.

The lower rear end of the section A is formed with teeth A2 adapted to mesh into correspondingly shaped teeth F formed on the front face of the abutment F, and the said lower end of the section A is engaged by a vertically disposed bolt J, secured at its upper end in the end sill B, andl guided in a bearing F2 forming part of the abutment F. Nuts J screwing on the lower end of the said bolt J, engage the under side of the inner end of the said section A, so that when the said nuts are screwed up, this end of the section A is raised on the abutment F and consequently, the forward end of the said section A is pushed upward to raise the platform D in case the latter has sagged, so that the platform finally assumes again its normal position.

The section A is preferably made in two parts, namely, a T-iron bar and a head A3 adapted to be bolted onto the body bolster E, as is plainly shown in Figs. l and 2. rllhe forward lower end of the section A', rests on and is bolted to a flange F3 forming part of the abutment F, the said liange extending under the section A and being connected thereto, by bolts K. The upper end ot' the bar for the section A', rests on a iiangeA4 forming part of the head A3 and is secured on the said liange by bolts K.

Now, by the arrangement described, the platform D is reinforced and strongly supported by the employment of braces fsupported from a point of the car frame in the rear of the end sills B, and the said platform, in case it has sagged, can readily be raised and readj usted to its normal position by screwing up the nuts J on the bolts J.

The brace section A can be made of malleable iron or other material of sufficient strength to resist the compressive strain thrown on it by the weight of the platform, but of such a transverse strength that it IOO would be broken by a blow, as from another platform in case of collision. In this case the platform of the other car would be met by the abutment or bracket F reinforced by the brace Aand the cars would be prevented from telescoping. The platformsupport and anti-telescoping device may be used together or separately. In case the device is intended to operate simply as a platform support, thel abutment or bracket and brace may be made lighter than in combination, as in this the abutment is simply required to resist a vertical strain, and the brace will not be called upon to withstand the shock of a collision.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a car-platform support, the combination of two independent sections arranged at angles to one another an abutment adapted to support the adjacent ends of said sections and means for adjusting the end of one section relatively to said abutment, substantially as set forth.

2. In a car-platform support, the combination of two independent sections arranged at angles to one another, an abutment adapted to support the adjacent ends of said sections, a head adapted to be secured to the under side of the car and provided with a socket to receive the opposite end of one section, and means for adjusting said last named section relatively to the abutment, substantially as set forth.

3. A car platform support, provided with a brace made in sections extending at an obtuse angle, one to the other, the adjacent ends of the sections being located under the end sills, one section extending forwardly and upwardly to support the platform, while the other section extends upwardly and rearwardly to be supported from the body braces of the car platform, an abutment supported from the end sills and extending between the adjacent ends of the said brace sections, and

means, substantially as shown and described, for raising the lower rear end of the forward brace section at the 4front face of the abutment, as set forth.

4'. A car platform support comprising an abutment supported from the end sills of the car and extending downwardly, the front face of the said abutment being provided with teeth, an angular brace made in sections having their adjacent ends abutting on opposite faces of the said abutments, one raised section extending forwardly and upwardly to support the car platform, while the other brace section extends from the abutment upwardly and rearwardly to engage at its rear end the body bolster, and a bolt held in the end sills and engaging the lower rear end of the forward brace section to lift the rear end on the front face of the said abutment, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a car-platform support, the combination of an abutment having a brace section connected to its rear face and having a threaded bolt, a forward brace section having one end perforated to receive said bolt on the abutment and a nut screwing on said bolt and adapted to secure the said brace section adjustably to the abutment, substantially as set forth.

6. In a car-platform support, the combination of an abutment having a brace section connected to its rear face and having a threaded bolt extending parallel to and in front of its front face, a forward brace section having one end perforated to receive said bolt and adapted to bear on the front face of the abutment and a nut screwing on said bolt whereby the brace section is adjustably secfzured to the abutment, substantially as set orth.

SETI-I A. CRONE.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. I-IosTER, C. SEDGWICK.