US709596A

US709596A - Stock-car.

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Publication number: US709596A
Application number: US73674399A
Authority: US
Inventors: William Cline
Original assignee: CLINE STOCK CAR Co
Current assignee: CLINE STOCK-CAR Co; CLINE STOCK CAR Co
Priority date: 1899-11-13
Filing date: 1899-11-13
Publication date: 1902-09-23
Anticipated expiration: 1919-09-23

Description

No, 709,596. Patented Sept. 23, i902. W. CLINE.

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UNITED STATES `PATENT CEEICE.

-WILLIAM CLINE, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE CLINE STOCK-CAR COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORA- TION CF NEV JERSEY.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters )Patent No.. 709,596, dated September 23, 1902. Application filed November 13, 1899. Serial. No. 736,748. (No model-.l

io for use in transporting horses and cattle; and

it is an improvement on the construction shown and described in Letters Patent No.

515,429, dated January 19, 1897; and the object of these improvements is to facilitate the feeding of the animals.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of the various parts, as will be hereinafterfully described, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure l is a side elevation of a car embodying myimprovements, different arrangements of the slats being shown on opposite sides of the door. z5 Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the car, parts being cut away and one of the doors of the clearstory being shown in an open position. Fig. 3 is a transverse section thereof; Fig. 4, a transverse section of a portion of the 3o clearstory, showing one of the doors in the position occupied thereby when open Fig. 5, a longitudinal section of the car. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a portion of the rooft'rame of the clearstory; Fig. 7, a perspective view of the upper end of one of the side slats; Figs. 8 and 9, respectively, side and front sectional views of the Outlets of the ventilator-pipe; and Fig. 10 an enlarged section of one of the doors of the clearstory.

Similar letters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the details of the drawings, A indicates the body of the car; A',the side doors; B, the end posts of the frame and those adjacent to the side doors, which posts eX- tend outward beyond the intermediate posts B B2, as seen at b, Fig. 2, and D D are the cap pieces or plates, resting on posts B, B, and B2.

D" D are stringere connecting the outwardly-extending portions of posts B, and D2 slats having in their ends centrally-located pins d, which are pivoted in the opposite faces ofthe upper and lower stringers D. The length of these slats may be of the full height of the car, as seen on the right of Fig. l, or they may be divided centrally into two rows and have their inner ends pivoted in an intermediate Stringer D3, as seen ou the left of Fig. l. These slats are not connected in any other way than by the stringers in which they are hinged, and thus each slat can swing independently of all the others; but on the outer edge of one end of each slat is fixed an upwardly or downwardly extending arm E, which as the slats swing either one Way or the other engage the adjacent stringer, serving as detente to limit the movement of the slats when they close upon each other. By this construction slats D2 swing with the wind; but, While they do not at any time close tightly upon each other, they deflect the wind, rain, snow, cinders, and the like from the openings between them and between Which ventilation of the car is had at all times. I

Findicates thejoistsextendingtransversely of the car; F', posts on said joists .and supporting the root` beneath the sides of the clearstory; F2, a horizontal partition which serves as the floor of a hay-loft and as a portion of the ceiling of the car, and F3, hayracks located adjacent to the sides of the car, as shown on the right of Fig. 3, and constructed to have their lower edges detached from the side of the car and swung back into the body thereof, as shown on the left of Fig. 3. The hay-racks do not form any part of this invention, and therefore their construction and the manner of operating them are not further described.

G indicates `the clearstory, closed at both ends and having on top and extending longitudinally of the center thereof a runningboard G', resting on a similarly-disposed plate G2, which is supported by the joists G3 of the clear-story. Plate G2 is Wider than runningboard G and has its longitudinal edges projecting on both sides of said running-board, and plate G2 is let into joists G3 and has its IOC) upper surface flush with the tops of said joists.

-To the longitudinal sides of the clearstory are hinged doors G4, adapted to close the openings in the top of said clearstory on the sides of running-board G', and the ends of these doors when closed rest on' said joists G3, and theinner edges thereof rest on the flanges g, formed by the edges of plate G2 projecting beyond the edges of running-board G. In the tops of flanges g are gutters g, extending longitudinally thereof, which gutters connect with similar gutters g2, formed in the tops of joists G3 and which extend outward from said gutters g to the outside of walls G5 of the clearstory. Thus water is prevented from. passinginto the clearstory through the joints in its roof. Y

.Doors G4 are constructed of thin boards g3, having a lining g4 of sheet-iron, zinc, or other sheet metal riveted to boards g3, thus forming light and strong doors. When open, the swinging edges g5 of the doors rest on the roof of the car, as shown in Fig. 4. By reason of the lightness of the doors and the arrangement of the parts supporting them the clearstory can be made wider than could otherwise be done, greatly facilitating the handling of hay in the loft and the transferring of the same from the loft to the hayracks.

Along the longitudinal sides of the clearstory and on the outside of and below the tops of walls G5 are located ventilator-lines H, extending the length of the clearstory and supported by branch flues H, which are con nected with tiues H by T-joints and which j pass through walls G5 of the clearstory,

whereby ventilation of the car is had through the roof thereof. Said branch tiues H also serve to support and secure in place the ventilator-fines H, nuts H2 being screwed on theinner ends of said branch tlues, which nuts bear against `the inner faces of walls G5, as shown at h, or they may be countersunk in the inner faces of said walls, as shown at hC At intervals ou tiet-pipes H3 depend from ventilator-flues H, and the ends h2 of said ventilator-ues are turned downward for the same purpose. As will be understood, ventilation is through branch flues H to and through ventilator-lines H and to and out of outletpipes H8 and h2. In outlet-pipes H3 and h2 deiiectors M are pivoted at their upper ends. The lower ends of said deectors extend below the bottoms of the outlet-pipes, and they are adapted to swing freely about their pivots m, so that they are blown backward from the direction in which the car moves and prevent the entrance through outlet-pipes H3 and 722 of cinders, dust, and smoke. Outletpipes Hs and h2 may be either circular in cross-section, as shown at R in Figs. 8 and 9, or they may be square, as shown at S in the same figures. In the circular outlet-pipes the deflectors have reduced stems m, whereby said deflectors may have greater play about their pivots m, but in the square outwidth throughout their entire length.

let-pipes the deflectors may be of the same These elongated liues H, with their branches and outlets, serve to create a current of air from the car much greater than can be created by l simple outlet-fines opening from the car directly into space, and the strength of this aircurrent is much increased by the deflector M.

To the under sides of doors G4 of the clearstory are att ached outwardly and downwardly extending hinge-straps N, in the outer ends whereof are formed openings, and on ventilator-flues H are outwardly-projecting jaws N', also having openings in their outer ends. The hinge-straps N and the jaws N' are connected, and the hinges of the doors are formed by hinge-pinsnpassing through said openings in the hinge-straps and in the jaws, the hingestraps engaging between said jaws. By reason of this construction of the hinges said doors, when open, not only have their free edges supported by the roof of the car, but they entirely-uncover the sides of the clearstory and allow unimpeded access to the hayloft, so that hay can be more readily fed to the hay-racks lthan could otherwise be done. In addition to this the door-hinges are lnore securely attached to the sides of the clearstory, and the material of said sides of the clearstory is less apt to be splintered or strained that when the hinges are attached to the edges of said sides. Flues H and their branches H also serve not only as ventilators, but as hinge-supports for said doors G4.

I do not restrict myself to the details of theV construction herein shown and described, as it is obvious that many alterations may be made therein without departing from the principle and scope of my invention.

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

1. The combination, in a car, of a clearstory, a running-board extending lengthwise of the top of the clearstory, outwardly-projecting flanges on the sidesof the runningboard and having gutters lengthwise thereof, joists supporting the runnin g-board and having gutters that connect with the gutters in the running-board, and doors hinged to the side walls of the clearstory and adapted, when closed, to have their swinging edges rest on said tianges of the running-board.

2. The combination, in a car, of a clearstory,joists extending across the clearstory and having gutters, a plate countersunk in the joists and extending lengthwise of the clearstory, a running-board of less width than said plate and resting on the center thereof, gutters longitudinally of the projecting edges of said plate and connecting with gutters in the joists, and doors hinged to the side walls of the clearstory and adapted, when closed, to have their edges rest on the projecting edges of said plate.

3. The combination, in a car, of a clearstory, a door on the top of the clearstory, a

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rod or tube extending along the side of the clearstory, and hinge-straps connecting said door and the rod, for the purpose specified.

LI. The combination, in a car, of a elearstory, a door on lthe top of the olearstory, jaws projecting outward from the side of the clearstory, hinge-straps projecting from said doors, and a hinge-pin connecting the outer ends of the jaws and of the hinge-strap, for the purpose specified.

5. The combination, in a car, of a clearstory, a door on the top of the clearstory, a rod or tube extending along the side of the clearstory, jaws projecting outward from the rod or tube, hinge-straps projecting from said doors, and a hinge-pin connecting the outer ends of the jaws and of the hinge-strap, for the purpose specified.

6. The combination, in a car, of a e1earstory, a running-board extending lengthwise of the center of the clearstory and having outwardly-projecting fianges provided with gutters, joists supporting the running-board and having lgutters connected with the gutters in the flanges, series of doors at the sides of the runningboard and having their edges adapted to rest on said anges and on the joists, jaws projecting outward from the sides of the walls of the ciearstory, outward lyprojecting hinge-straps on the doors, and hinge-pins connecting the outer ends of said jaws and of the hinge-straps, for the purpose specified.

7. The combination, in a car, of a clearstory, a door on the top of the clearstory, a ventilator-flue extending along the outside of a Wall of the elearstory, branches of said due and extending through the wall of the clearstory and supporting said flue in place, jaws on said flue, hinge-straps on the door, and hinge-pins connecting the outer ends of said jaws and of the hinge-straps, for the purpose hinge-pins connecting the outer ends of said jaws and of the hinge-straps, for the purpose specified.

9. The combination, in a car, of a clearstory, a runningboard extending lengthwise of t-he clearstory and having outwardlyeprojeeting anges provided with gutters, joists supporting the running-board and having gutters connected with the gutters in the fianges, series of doors at the sides of the runningboard and having their edges adapted to rest on said flanges and on the joists, ventilatorues extending along the outside of the walls of the clearstory, branches on said dues and extending through the walls of the clearstory and secured therein by nuts, outwardly-projecting jaws on said Hue, hinge-straps extending outward from the doors, and hinge-pins connecting the outer ends of said jaws and ofthe hinge straps, for the purpose specified.

` WILLIAM CLINE. Witnesses:

C. G. BAssLER, WM. R. GERHART.