US835881A - Adjustable car-stanchion. - Google Patents

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. UNITED sTATEs PATENT @FFI-CB1;

WILLIAM KNOX CLEVELAND, OF ST. IZE'IERSBUItGr, FLORIDAQ- ADJUSTABLE CAR-STANQHION. Y'

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nev. 1e, 190e.

Application led August 9, 1966. VISerial No. 329,847.

To all whom, it muy concern:

Be it known thatI, WILLIAM. KNOX CLEVE- LAND, a citizen of the'United States, and a resident of St. Petersburg, in the county ci Hillsboro and State of Florida, have invented a new and Improved Adjustable Car-Stanchion, of which the following is aspeciiica* tion.

My invention relates to stanchions to prevent the load on Hat-cars or similar vehicles from slipping or rolling off; and it consists in an improved hinged construction having a sleeve to keepthe two parts of the stanchion roper in line and an 'improved socket for the ower end of the stanchion.

In the 'accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure l is a transverse cross-section of the body of a Hat-car, showing a pair of my improved stanchions in position. Fig. 2 is a view of a stanchion on a slightly larger scale as seen from one side of the car. Fig. 3 is a view of a modified form of stanohion. same. Fig. 5 is a cross-section taken on the line B B in Fig. 4 in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 6 is a cross-section on the line A A in Fig. 2, taken in the direction of the arrow.

Similar reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

Stanchions are used on fiat-cars to prevent loads from sliding and rolling off, and while the present method of securing sockets to the sides of the outer sill and driving .stout pieces of wood into the same is quite eiiicient it is very eX ensive, as the wooden stanohions are usua ly lost at the unloading of the car. My invention provides a stanchion that is ermanentl secured to the car under ordinary conditions and which may be moved out of the way, so the car may be unloaded without detaching them from the car.

In the drawings, 1 represents the car-Hoor, and 2 the sills. A bolt 3 asses through the sills and has threaded en s upon which the nuts 4 are screwed, the nuts being provided with handles, so they can be easily turned back to release the sockets 5. These sockets have bearing-plates 6, which contact with the car-sills, and which have notches 8 in their edges to receive the s ring-held bolts 7 of the latches 9. These olts may be of any desired construction and are provided Fig. 4 is a detail of the to hold the sockets in the proper position to hold the stanchions upright..

The stanchiongis formed of two ieces of strong wood 10 and 11, each of which has a strap 40 of flat steel fastened around it by means of rivets 12 and screws 13. The two parts are hinged te .each other so that the part 10 may swing back, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The hinge 14 i-s tted into slots in the straps, as shown in Fig. 2. keep the two parts 1() and 11 in line with each other, I provide a sleeve 15, which snugly fits the back of the two parts 10 and 11 where they join when pushed down to the position *shown in Fig. 1. This sleeve has inturned lips 15, which slide in grooves 16 in the sides of the stanchion just back of the straps. Bolts 17 extend through the slots 1S in the stanchions and through the sides of the sleeves, and thus hold the sleeve in its proper shape.

At the upper ends of the stanchions are caps 19, having eyes 20 secured thereto.. Lengths of chain 21 are attached to these caps and provided at their 4free ends the hooks 22. These chains when connected at the middle of the car will prevent the stanchions being snapped 0H when too great a load comes against them.

In Figs. 3, 4, and 5 I have shown a modiiied form of stanchion which is formed of two pieces of pipe 25 and 26, secured together by the hinge 28. The sleeve 34 is held Jfrom opening by the bolts 29, which pass through the slot in the stanchion. The cap 31 at the upper end of the stanchion is provided with a chain 21, as before described. The socket 31 on plate 32 are similar to those above described. Instead of a single bolt 3 to hold the stanchions in position I may emplo short bolts 33 for each of the sockets.

Vghile I have shown two forms of stanchion,

.it is evident that any desired cross-section and material may be em loyed.

Havingnow explaine my improvements, what I claim as m invention, and desire to secure by Letters atent, is-

1 In a stanchion for railway-cars, the oombination of a socket, means to secure the same t'o the car-body, a stanohion formed of 'two parts hinged together, a sleeve slidable on said stanchion and adapted to hold the two parts in line'with each other, and means to hold the stanchion in upright position.

lips to fit in grooves in said sections adjacent to the straps, and'boltsto prevent the sleeve from spreading, said bolts passing through slotsl in the sections.

i4. A stanchionfor railway-cars, comprising two sectionshinged together, a sleeve slidable on said sections and adapted toy hold the same in line With-each other, c cap at the u per end of the stanchion, a. chain connected to said cap, a. socket'for the lower end of the stanchion, a bolt passin through the socket and stgnehion to hol the same in yplece on the side of the car-body, a nut on the end .of the bolt, and a. springflatch adapted to engage in a. notch in the socket to hold 2 5 the stanchion in upright position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to thisl specification in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

WILLIAM KNOX CLEVELAND.

In presence of- B. J. FARMER, GRANT J. AIKIN.

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