US714397A - Tank-car. - Google Patents

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TANK CAR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.V

CHARLES L. ROGERS AND MELANCTIION S. SIIOTWELL, ou MILTON, PENN- SYLVANIA, .ASSIGNORS TOAMERICAN CAR .t FOUNDRY COMPANY, on ST. LOUIS, .MIsSoURL A CORPORATION OP Nnw JERSEY.

TAN K-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part `of Letters Patent No. 714,397, dated November 25. 1902.

Application nea semental?. 1902. sesamo. 123,730. montan.)

To a/ZZ wiz/01u it may concern:

Be it`knoWn that we, CHARLES L. ROGERS and MELANCTHON S. SI-IorrwnLL, citizens of `the United States, residing at Milton, Nor 5 thumberland county, Pennsylvania, have invented acertainlnew and useful Improvement in Tank-Cars, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description, such aswill enable others skilledin the art to'which it ap- Io pertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in .which-- Figure 1 is an end elevational view, partly in section; and Fig. 2 is a Side View showing `the end of a car.

Our invention relates toimprovements in l tank-cars, our object being to provide a simple and efficient structure for supporting the `running-board and a hand-rail and to provide "zo a ladder leading to the said running-board.

To these ends and also to` improve` geuerally upon devices ofthe character indicated,

supported above and securedto the same.

The strap-irons are provided with rivet-receiving portions 6 at the ends of the knees, said portions 6 abutting against and being secured to the tank-bands, and from the up- 34o per rivet-receiving portion the strap-iron eX- tends vertically at a side of the runningboard to form a standard `7, the upper end of said standard being bentinto an eye 8 to receive the hand-rail 9. Manifestly by securing the strap-irons to the tank-bands it is l unnecessary to rivet through the tank itself.

The car is provided at each end with a vertical iron standard 10, `which hasV its-upper y end provided with an4 eye 11 to receive the `5o hand-rail 9, while its lower endis bent to produce a foot 12, which rests upon and is secured to the car-frame. A second standard 13 eX- tends vertically and substantially parallel to the standard 10, said second standard having 'its lower end bent inwardly to produce a foot 55 14, which rests upon and is secnred'to the `frame of the car, while the upper end of said standard 13 is bent inwardly and then secured to the standard 10,1the inwardly-bent -portion 15 forminga support or bracket for `6c;

.produced by means of which the runningboard can be reached.

We are aware that many minor changes in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of our device can be made and substituted for those herein shown and described Without in the least departing 7o from the nature and principle of our invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, s-` V 1. In a tank-car or the like, the combinationwith a tank, and tank-bands, of a running-board supported upon said tank-bands; substantially as described.

2. In a tank'car or thelike,the combination 8o with a tank, and tank-bands, of supporting members secured to said tank-bands, and a running-board supported upon said supportingmembersg substantially as described.

upon the knees of 'said' strap -irons, and a hand-rail supported upon said standards; substantially as described.

5. In a car or the like, an elevated running-board, a standard, a second standard Ioo and steps between said standards; substantially as described.

7. In a car or the like, the combination with a running-board, of a standard, a second standard having its upper end bent and secured to said first-mentioned standard, said bent portion supporting the runningboard,and steps between said standards; substantially as described.

8. In a car or the like, the combination With a car-body, of supports secured thereto, a running-board upon said supports and eX- tending beyond the same, and aladder upon which the extending portion of the runningboard rests; substantially as described.

9. In a tank-car or the like, the combination With a tank, and tank-bands, of strapirons secured to said bands, each of said irons having a knee portion, rivet-receiving portions secured to the bands, and a standard, a hand-rail supported upon said standards and extending beyond the same, a running-board supported upon said knee portions and extending beyond the same, a standard supported upon the car-frame and supporting the extending end of 4said handrail, a third standard supported upon the car-frame and having its upper end bent inwardly and secured to the said standard supporting the extending end of said hand-rail, the extending end of the running-board being secured to and supported upon the said inwardly-extending end of said third standard, and steps secured between the tWo 1ast mentioned standards; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof We hereunto affix our signatures, in the presence of two Witnesses, this 11th day of September, 1902.

CHARLES L. ROGERS. MELANOTHON S. SHOTWELL. Witnesses:

JOHN H. FERRIS, S. RoBT. PEALER.

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