US819215A - Passenger-car frame. - Google Patents

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No. a19,215.

n PTENTED MAY 1,` 1906.

G. GIBBs PASSENGER GAE FRAME.

' APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1,905.

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GEORGE GlBBS, OF NEW YORK, N.

PASSENGER-CAR FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented' may 1, 190e.

Application filed May 13, 1905. Serial No. 260,281.

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Figure 1 is a lan view of aA portion of the underl'raming o the car. Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the car. Fig. 3 is a top plan view ofthe arrangement of carlines and urlins for the roof and hood framing secured t ereto.

Fie'. 4 is a cross-sectional view throu h the' side sills andcenter sills, one of the cross-bearers being shown in elevation. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of one of the cross-bearers. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary top plan view of the tension member for the cross-bearing truss and the connection lo the car side. Fig. 7 is a view iii-elevation of a slightly-modified form of cross-bearer. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the Fig. E) is a side elevational view of one of the intermediate cross-bearers'and Fig. 10 is a top-plan View of the same.

This invention relates to railway-cars, but

-particularly to passenger-cars; and one of the objects is to provide a carfpossessing a ininimunl weight and affording a maximum strength and seating capacity.

"Other objects and advantages, as well as the novel details of' construction, will be more specifically referred to hereinafter, it being understood that chauves in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the s irit of the invention or sacrificing any of tlie advantages thereof.

The car shown in the accom anying drawings is shown as being provide with side sills 1. 1, extending beyond the end sills of the car, which end vsills are formed of channels 2 and 3,

arranged back to back and having their end of the other and to afford strength.' They are connected at their respective ends to t-'he side sills and to the webs of the I-beam center sills 4 and 5 in any suitable manner. The

beam center-sill members, like the side sills,

extend beyond the end sills of tlze car and coi'.-

stitute sup Orts for the platform, serving as a vestibule o thecar. The bolst ers may be of any well-known construction and are secured to the side sills to carry the weight. from the side trusses to the center plate and to add strength and rigidity to the finished strueture. At suitable oints along the sides of the car are upstandi'ng posts 9, which posts extend to the roof-deck and are of flanged shapes. These posts are illustrated as being T-shaped in cross-section. commerciall -flanged shapes may be substituted therefbr. The double posts 9l are shown as angles. Between the posts 9a are vertically-a'`1'ranged lT-irons 10, Whose central fianges project inwardly and each supports one end of an angle floor-sill 11, which angle floor-sill is arran ed so that itsflange is in a horizontal plane elow the plane of the Hoor. The floor-sills 11 are secured to the Webs of the I-beam center sills by angle-plates 12.

Between the I-beam center sills are fillerf castings 13.

Straps 14 are secured to the lower flanges of the floor-sills 11 and also to the filler-castings 13, as illustrated in Fig. 4. Floor-supporting strips 15 extend longitudinally of the car-body from end sill to end sill, and these floor-supporting strips are preferably in the form of an les either cut away along their flanges, so t at the head flan' es 16 may be secured to the to of the floor-si ls,

l! space between the I-bearn center sills is proy vided with one or more fillers 6, and the I- However, other or arranged so th-at their anges will rest in recesses 1n the Hoor-'sills in an obvious manner. These Hoor supportm tops of the center sills, so that a floor-sheet may be readily secured upon the underframingy and, if desired, receive a covering of plas tic material, such as' is commonly employed in connection with passenger-cars.

17 indicates plate-girder sides, of which the side-sill angles 1 form the tension members and the bulb angles 17*"the compression members, the latter serving also as a belt-rail, the

strips prefer "ably lie in the same plane as t e planes of the IOO ITG

is in the form of-a channel. These two yangles are arranged one on each inner flange of the end-sill members 2 and 3, and each channel is spaced a sufficient distance from the overlapping edge of the end of the lategirder to forma slot through which a s iding door may operate.

The roof is illustrated as comprising side angles 21, supported by and secured vto the upper ends of the posts 9 and 9, and secured to the horizontal iianges of these angles 21 are angle-carlines 22, which are fastened to the side angles bv fastening devices 23. The purlins 24 are illustrated as comprising sections arranged in longitudinal alinement and are secured to the respective -carlines A transverse hood-bow 25 is arranged at each end of the `car and comprises an angle secured to the purlins 24 and to the side angles 21.

26 designates an end bow connected to the side angles 21 at the ends of the car, and to this bow are secured the purlins 24a. The purlins 24a are bent at their ends, so as to enga e the end bow 26.

he hood is reinforced by vertically-arran ed plates 27, which are secured to the pur ins in any well-known manner. The vertical flanges of the side angles 21, which are secured to the vertical posts 9 and 9a, have thefacia-plates 28, riveted to the outer faces thereof, said facia-plates voverlapping the lower edges of sai d. vertical anges and being onnected to the vertical posts, as shown in fig. 2. In Figs. 7 and 8 I have illustrated a modiied form of floor-support connection in which the strap 14 consists of a strip of metal bent to the desired form, whereas in the form illustrated in Fig. 5 I have shown this strap as comprising an angle member.

In Figs. 9 and 10 I have-shown cross-bearers consisting of Astraps of metal, designated by the reference-numeral 29, which are secured to the yside and center sills, respectively, the fillers 30 being interposed between the center-sill members` The floor-sills 11 are reinforced by inclined tension members `31, each of which are secured at one end thereto and at the opposite end to one of the vertical posts 9 or 9a. In this form the element 31 being a tension member the compression member will be the Hoor-sill 1 1 5 but as this construction is similar to the construction of a truss forming the subject-matter of a' patent granted to me September 12, 1905,being No. 799,325, I do not deem it necessary to specifically refer to it in this de-V scription. These trusses, however, communicate the weight, or at least a large portion thereof,'tovthe'sides of the car.

' I-Iaving thus described the invention, what ,is claimed as new, and ldesired to be securedby Letters Patent, is

I. In a passenger-car, thelc'ombination with plate-girder sides, posts riveted to and Vthe car; su stantia' ly as described.

carried by said sides, a roof having side angles with flanges overlappin the posts, fastenings for securing said ang es to said posts, and a'facia-plate riveted to theside angles: substantially as described.

2. In a passenger car, the combination with plate-girder sides, posts riveted to and carried by said sides, an angle carried by the upper ends of said pos'ts and connect ed thereto, and a facia-plate riveted to said angle and 7 5 overlapping the lower edge of the same substantially as described.

3. In a passengercar, the combination with platerder sides, of posts riveted to and carried )y said sides, flanged side plates 8O riveted to the upper ends of said posts, and facia-plates secured to the flanged side plates; substantially as described.

4; In a assenger car, the combination with the si' es thereof having vertical posts 85 connected thereto, of flanged side plates connected directly to said posts at the upper edges ofthe sides, facia-plates along the upper edges of each side and secured to the flanged side plates thereof, and carlines riveted to 9o the said flanged side plates; substantially as described.

' 5. In a passender-car, the combination of vertical posts, sice angles carried by the up- Vper ends of said posts and connected thereto,

and a facia-plate carried by'the up er ends of said posts and overlapping the e ges of the side angles; substantially as described.

6. In a passenger-car', the combination with plate-girder sides, posts riveted thereto, roo

a flan ed side plate overlapping the upper ends osaid posts, a facialateriveted to the posts, and carlines rivete to the side plate; substantially as described.

7. In apassenger-car, the combination of I plateirder sides, posts riveted thereto,' a side p a'te riveted to said posts, and verticallydisposed sheets at the ends of the car having their ends spaced away from the sides to provide door-entering slots; substantially as de- I Ic scribed. v

8. In a passenger-car, the combination with plate-girder sldes, metallic sheets at the ends of the car, vertical channels connected to the metallic sheets, said channels 'being 1 I 5 spaced away from the sides of the car to provide door-entering slots ,substantially as described.

9. In a passenger-car, the combination ofl a plate-virder s ide whose tension-liange is in- I 2o wardly disposed, a compression member havin an outwardly-disposed ange and comprising the bell-rail for the plate-girder' sides, and an an le side late at the upper edge of 10, In a passenger-car, the combination. with plate-glrder vsides and center sills, of a truss comprising cross-bearers secured to the sidesand-center sills, straps connectin the cross-bearer members on either side o the 13o 12. In a passenger-car, the combination; with plate-glrder sides and center s1l1s, oo1ns pression members connected to the plategirder sides and center sills, devices connectinothe compression members and extending be ow the center sills, and tension members connected to the sides, to the compression [SEAL] A Correction in Lettes Patent No. 819,215.

members and to the connecting devices; substantially as described.

13. In a railway passenger-car, the combination with plate-girder sides -and center sills, compression' membersV connected to the f sides and center sills, a commercially-shaped beam connecting Athe compression members on both sldes of the center s1lls,a11d tension members connected to the compression members, to the commercially-shaped beam and to the sides; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix-my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 8th day of May. 1905.

GEORGE GIBBS.

l/Vitnesses:

W. L. MURRAY, H. S. JOHNSON,

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No'. 819,215, granted May 1, 1906, upon the application of George Gibbs, of New York, N. Y., for an improvement in Passenger-Car Frames, an error appears in the printed specification requiring .con rcction as follows: Inline 123, page 2, the compound word bel1-rai1 'should 'read i belt-mil and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this'correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.-

Sgned and sealed this 28th day of May, A. D., 1907.

- E. B. MOORE,

Acting. Commissioner of -Patenla 12. In a passenger-car, the combination; with plate-glrder sides and center s1l1s, oo1ns pression members connected to the plategirder sides and center sills, devices connectinothe compression members and extending be ow the center sills, and tension members connected to the sides, to the compression [SEAL] A Correction in Lettes Patent No. 819,215.

members and to the connecting devices; substantially as described.

13. In a railway passenger-car, the combination with plate-girder sides -and center sills, compression' membersV connected to the f sides and center sills, a commercially-shaped beam connecting Athe compression members on both sldes of the center s1lls,a11d tension members connected to the compression members, to the commercially-shaped beam and to the sides; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix-my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 8th day of May. 1905.

GEORGE GIBBS.

l/Vitnesses:

W. L. MURRAY, H. S. JOHNSON,

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No'. 819,215, granted May 1, 1906, upon the application of George Gibbs, of New York, N. Y., for an improvement in Passenger-Car Frames, an error appears in the printed specification requiring .con rcction as follows: Inline 123, page 2, the compound word bel1-rai1 'should 'read i belt-mil and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this'correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.-

Sgned and sealed this 28th day of May, A. D., 1907.

- E. B. MOORE,

Acting. Commissioner of -Patenla Correction in Letters Patent No. 819,215.

It is hereby eertied that in Letters Patent No. 819,215, granted May 1, 1906,

. upon the application of George Gibbs, of New York, N. Y., for an improvement in i Passenger-Car Frames, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: In line 123, page 2, the compound word bell-rail should read belt-rail; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein i that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oce.

Signed and sealed this 28th day of May, A. D., 1907.

[SEAL] E. B. MOORE,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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