US554693A - Car-standard - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

W. J. HOLMES. OAR STANDARD.

No. 554,693. Patented Feb. 18, 1896.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,693, dated February 18, 1896; Application filed May 31, 1895. Serial No. 551,159. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. HoLMEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pembine, in the county of Marinette and State of WVisconsin, have invented a new and useful Car-Standard, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in car-standards.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve the construction of devices of the nature referred to, whereby the loading and unloading or dumping of cars may be expedited.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the course of the subjoined description.

The invention consists in certain novel features and details of construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings and finally embodied inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car-standard with my improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the complete device. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a car-standard, which may be of any preferred form and material, but for the purpose of illustration is shown in the form of a wooden standard, rectangular in cross-section. The lower end or base of the standard 1 is arranged within a slot or groove in the outerface of the sill of the car, (indicated at 2,) and is hinged therein by means of a pivotal pin or stud 3, whereby said standard maybe swung outward and downward at its free end.

Secured to the upper face of the sill 2 are metal plates 4, disposed upon opposite sides of the slot or groove in which'said standard is mounted, said plates being provided with notches or depressions 5 intermediate their ends and secured to the sill 2 by stout screws or other suitable fastening device.

6 designates a lever, the lower end of which is bifurcated or provided with parallel arms 7, which embrace the standard 1. The arms 7 and the standard 1 are provided with horities of the arms 7 are extended downwardly in such manner as to form Vertical shoulders 9, adapted to engage the corresponding vertical walls or sides of the notches or depressions 5 in the plates 4. The upper arm of the lever 6 is preferably terminated below the upper end of the standard 1 and is adapted to be engaged and retained in vertical position, by means of an open loop or link 10, hinged to the standard 1, on a pivotal pin or bolt 11.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description; WVith the standard in the position shown in Fig.1,when it is desired to unload the car the loop or link 10 is lifted sufficiently to release the upper arm of the lever 6. The lever is then rocked upward for throwing the lower extremities of the arms 7 out of engagement with the notched plates 4, when the standard will be free to vibrate outwardly and downwardly. In loading, the standard 1 may be caused to assume a horizontal or inclined position, adapting it to be used for a slide,incline, or skid, on which the load may be rolled or slid onto the platform of the car. After the car is loaded the standards are returned to their vertical positions, in which operation the levers 6 are of great assistance by their engagement with the notched plates 4. As soon as the upper end of the lever 6 is brought sufficiently near to the standard 1 the loop or link 10 is slipped over the same, and serves to prevent the accidental disengagement of said lever. By reason of the particular shape of the lever and its parallel arms embracing the standard, should the pivot-pin or bolt 8 become broken from any cause, the standard would still be retained in its place by means of the link or loop 10 taken in connection with the engagement between the lower extremities of the arms 7 of said lever and the notched plates 4.

It will be apparent that, while the device above described is particularly designed for use in connection with flat-cars, the same may be used on wagons, docks, and in other places.

It will also be apparent that various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a car or other vehicle, of a standard pivoted thereto, a lever disposed above the vehicle-floor and pivotally connected with said standard and bifurcated or provided with parallel arms embracing said standard and adapted to engage with the car for upholding said standard in its normal position, and means for engaging the upper end of said lever with the standard, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a car or other vehicle, of a standard hinged thereto, a lever pivotally connected with said standard and bifurcated or provided with parallel arms em

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