US847716A - Flat-car. - Google Patents

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PATBNTBD Mmm, 1907..

lPLAT GAR..

UNITED sTATEs SATEN@ I() THEonoRE woZNEY, oF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN] FLAT-CAR no. 847,716. i

To t/Z whom it may conperm Be it known that I, TIIEoDoRE WozNEY, a'

citi/en of the, United States, residin at Mil waukee, in -the county of Mil'wau ee and State of Wisconsin, haveinventedga new and useful Improvement inFlat-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to iat-cars,.and

more particularly to motor-operated` dump`4 ing-cars, the objectbeing to provide a car with very simple and effective means for tiltin the. la'tform in either direction desired.

VAnot er objectof my invention is to provide means for locking the platform on the truckso as t prevent all danger of the platform ,tilting accidentally.

The invention consists .in certain details of construction hereinafter fully described, and

ointed out in the claims.`

In theI drawings formin a part of this speci- 'catiom Figure 1 is la si e elevational view of the car. Fig. Z'is a top plan view of the car. Fig. 3 a transverse sectional viewlof the car. Fig. 4 is-a detail perspective view, partly in section, of the side sill of thecar.

Ig. 5 is a detail transverse Ysectional view of the side'sills.

between which rollers H beams F are'l arranged on the angled plates D, rovidednwith spaced brackets on their un er side, 1n carrying arms H, provided with forked ends Gear-wheefs I, provided with bifurcated collars I', are loosely mountedv on theshafts Gand mesh with worm-gears'J, formed on a crank-shaft J, mounted in journals J2 on the frame E. y

Grooved collars K, are keyed ontothe sha ts G adjacent the geen wheels I and-ae adapted to be thrown into engagement with the collars G byl levers L, pivoted on the frame E, having their. ends connected to arodvL, running longitudinally Specification of Letters Patent. l i duplication filed Api-i127, 196- Serial No. 314,030.

which shafts G are j0urnaled are mounted.'-

provided with lugs K Patented March 19,- 19107.

of the car adjacent each side sill. A cylinder M 1s mounted on the',v frame E, provided with a pitman-rod M', connected to the crankshaft J, and is adapted to be connected to:

the enigne by a steam-pipe.

provided -with notches B4, in which forked apertured lugs N are secured, adapted to receive the turned-down apertured ends O' The side sills B and angle-plates 4D vare f of the cross-bars O, carrying the platform? and which are securely locked therein by y pins. 'The cross-bars O are'arranged over Vthe arms II and are adapted to be engaged by the rollers I-I when the shaft G is oscillatedb the cylinder through the pitman-rod,l

e'ar-'w eel, and worrmgear and tilt the platcrm. It is ofcourse understood that the side of the platform to be raised is released by removing the pins out of the lugs and bars and thatY the clutch is thrown into engage-4 ment with theshaft on'thesameside -A chain Q, `provided -With jaws Q', is-secured to each end'of the car and is adapted to grip the truck and prevent the car from being turned over when unloading.

Havinv thus fully described my invention,

what I claim asnew, and desire tosecure by l 4 1.In a' flat-car, theccmbination withalV platform, of means for pivoting said platform to either side of the car, arms pivoted under said platform and means connected to said arms for throwing the arms into engagement with said pl atform,

2.\-11`a Hat-car, cross-bar' carrying a platform,

pivoting said bars to said car,

of means for arms plvoted under saidplatforni and ,means connected to said arm for throwing them Into engagement with said cross-bars, for the purpose described.

'3,In a'flat-car, the combination with side sills,- of-cross-bars arranged on said sills carry ing a platform, means for pivoting said under.

cross-barsto said sills, arms arranged l said platform. and means for throwing said arms into engagement with said cross-bars, for the purpose described.

4. Ina flat-car, the combination with a detachable'platform, of means for pivoting said platform to said car, shafts arranged under said platform provided with arms, gear- Wheels mounted on said shafts, a crank-shaft provided.Y with. wormgears, meshing said gear-wheels, and an engine connectedto said crank-shaft, for the purpose described.

the combination with a l5. In a flat-ear, the Combination with a i platform, of rneans connected to said plat.- form, for pivoting said platform to either side j of the ear, shafts arranged under said platform provided with arms, and means carried l by said cnr 'for throwing said arrn into engage g ment 'with said platform, for the purpose 'described a f` 6. In e flat-eer, the combination with a. l platform adapted to he pivoted to either side l of saidbmr, of shafts arranged under said plat form provided with arms carry ing rollers et i their e'nds, gear-wheels loosely mounted on i said shafts, a -erank -isha'lt pnavided with l worm-gears meshing with said gear-wheels, an engine connected to said shaft, and means for looking said gear-wheels to said shaft, f or i the purpose described. g

7. In a. flat-ear, the combination with the side sills, provided with bifureated lugs, of n. l

platform Carried by er( :ss-bars provided with turned-down apertnred ends, ineens for piv oting said ends in snid lugs, arms pivoted un der said .platft-rnn and means connected to 'said arms, lor throwing them into engagement with said platform, for the purpose described. l

53. ln a. lstcar, the combination with side sills having noehes formed therein, of forked lugs secured in said. noelies, 0rossbars nro vided with turneddown sgertnred ends adapted to be pivr.talljmnennted in said lugs, e platform carried hy seid ero ssso ars, `arms urrnngec'lunder said platform and Ineens for throwing said arms into engagement with `said cross-liars, for the purpt'zse described.

" 'IHEODURE WOZN EY, W'itnesses:

Fin-mers J. Benen/inni', FRANK KRYRIAK.

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