US584609A

US584609A - Box-car

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Publication number: US584609A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1897-06-15
Anticipated expiration: 1914-06-15

Description

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

A. W. STEBBINS.

BOX GAR.

No. 584,609. Patented June 15,1897.

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A. W. STEBBINS. BOX GAR.

No. 584,609. PatentedJune 15,1897.

WHQQSSQS ANSON XV. STEBBINS, OF MADISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- IIALF TO E. M. STEBBINS AND ELI VISE, OF ABBEVILLE, LOUISIANA.

BOX-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 584,609, dated June 15, 1897.

Application filed June 10, 1896. Serial No. 595,004. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANSON WV. STEBBINS, a citizen of the United States, residing; in the county of Madison and State of Mississippi,

(Pickens P. 0.,) have invented a new and useful BOX Oll', of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to box-cars; and the object in view is to construct the car-body in [0 such manner that it will be practicable to provide the same with a lon gitudinallyextended door-opening of several times the ordinary size with a view to rendering the loading and unloading of dressed lumber, cotton-bales,

sacks of grain, or, in fact, freight of any kind,

easier.

As incidental to the above a further object of the invention is to provide a combination or sectional door of novel construction by means of which the enlarged door-opening may be closed without the doors occupying too much space when thrown open.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features and details of construction, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated inthe drawings, and embodied in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a box-car constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing the manner of mounting the doors. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the doors upon one side of the center thrown open and the boarding at the other end removed to show the manner of trussing and bracing the carbody.

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

In lumber-cars as ordinarily constructed a small window is provided in one end, through which the lumber may be passed in loading and unloading. This is made necessary on account of the fact that in passing the boards through the ordinary small central door in the side of the car one end of a board will strike against the end of the car before the opposite end of the board has passed the opposite facing of the door. Accordingly the present invention aims to construct the body of the car in such manner as to permit the formation in the side thereof of a longitudinally-extended door-opening, (indicated at 1.) This door-openin g will ordinarily be from eighteen to twenty feet in length, and in order to support the roof of the car and at the same time brace the body of the car to counteract the weakening effect of forming such large door-opening ahorizontal beam 2 is extended the entire length of the car just over and bounding the top of the door-opening. One of these beams is provided on each side of the car and is arranged in a plane below and parallel with the roof of the car. lBetween each beam 2 and the roof'beam, arranged above the s'ame, are interposed diagonal or oblique and reversely-inclining trusses 3, secured at suitable intervals to the said beam, as shown. The said trusses are formed of continuous bars bent to the desired form and interlaced with each other, as clearly' shown in Fig. 2.

At each end of the door-opening is located a vertical door'post 4:, and this is connected to the adjacent end post of the car byahorizontal beam 5, and the said parts are further braced with relation to each other and to the bottom and top of the car by means of X- braces 6 in the form of diagonal bars crossing each other at intermediate points. The end portions of these braces 6 are first bent at an oblique angle to the main portion and the obliquely-extending ends are then bent at a right angle, thereby forming right-angled end portions which fit into the corners and form abutting surfaces for the vertical posts and horizontal beams. Corner-braces 7 are interposed between the. door-post 4E and the horizontal beam 2, and other braces or brackets 8 are arranged in the angles between the door-posts and the car-bottom. In this manner the car-body is thoroughly and effectively braced.

Located above and beneath the door-openings are slideways or tracks 9 for a pair of sliding doors 10. These sliding doors are intended to cover or close the end portions of the door-opening, while the central portion of the door-opening is closed by means of hinged doors 11, connected by vertical pivots to the inner edges of the sliding doors. Each of the doors thus consist of two sections-a longitudinally movable and sliding section 10 and a hinged section 11, connected thereto by means of any suitable form of hinge 12. One or both of the door-sections 10 a nd 11 are provided in their meeting edges and at top and bottom with notches 13, which when the door sections are closed embrace outwardly-projecting stops 14, arranged at the top and bottom of the door-opening and at or near the inner ends of the slideways 9. When the doors are closed, the stops 14.- prevent the longitudinal movement of the doorsections in either direction, but when the hinged section 11 is moved outward and folded against the sliding section 10, both of the sections may he slid together toward the end of the car for opening the doorway to its full extent. Suitable stops 15 limit the out ward sliding of the doors, and the hinged sections of the doors may be provided at their meeting edges with any suitable form of hasp and staple 16 or other fastening device for locking the doors in their closed positions.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the car-body is thoroughly braced to provide for the increased size of the dooropening and that the doors, which are made in sections, may be easily and quickly opened and folded compactly, so as not to interfere with the loading and unloading of the car. The enlarged door-opening will greatly facilitate the operation of loading and unloading, as there is more room and a greater number of hands may be employed to advantage.

In loading the car the freight may be packed in the ends of the car as far as the door-posts. The end sections of the door may then be closed and the loading continued until their inner edges are reached, after which one of the hinged inner sections of the doors may be closed and the operation of loading finished through the space occupied by the remaining hinge-section. doors are thrown open, leaving practically an open side to the car. The size of the dooropening also acts to the comfort of the hands in loading or unloading.

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 In loading lumber all of thetion with a horizontal beam bounding the top of the door-opening, and a series of trusses interposed between said beam and the top of the car and connected thereto, said trusses being formed of continuous bars bent to the desired form and interlaced with each other, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a boX-carhaving a longitudinally-extended door-opening in its side, the combination with the door-post and the end post of the car, of a horizontal beam extending between said posts, and a series of reverselyinclining braces crossing each other and interposed between said posts above and below the horizontal bar, said braces being bent as described to form right-angled end portions to fit snugly in the corners and form abutting surfaces for the vertical posts and horizontal beams, substantially as specified.

3. A car-door consisting of two sections hinged together and one or both provided in their meeting edges with a notch, in combi nation with a stop secured to the car-body and entering said notch when the door is closed, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. A car-door consisting of a sliding section adapted to close a portion of the door-opening, and a hinged section connected to the sliding section and adapted to close another portion of the door-opening, said hinged section being formed with a notch, in combination with a stop on the car-body entering said notch in the door when closed, substantially as described.

5. A car-door, consisting of a sliding section adapted to close a portion of the door-opening, and a hinged section connected to the sliding section and adapted to close another portion of the door-opening, in combination with means on the car-body independent of the ordinary locking devices for engaging the hinged section when closed and preventing the sliding of the door-sections, but arranged to permit the sliding of the sections when the hinged section is swung outward, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANSON NV. STEBBINS. Witnesses:

J. D. PAYNE, J. W. ANDERSON.