US858834A

US858834A - Car-stake.

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Publication number: US858834A
Application number: US35472907A
Authority: US
Inventors: Livin Stas
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1907-01-29
Filing date: 1907-01-29
Publication date: 1907-07-02
Anticipated expiration: 1924-07-02

Description

PATBNTED JULY z, 1907..

L. sus. GAR STARE. APPLIQATIOH FILED JAN. 29, 1907,

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PATENTED JULY 2, 1907.

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LIvIN sTAs, or TAooMA, WASHINGTON.

CAR-STARE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1907.

Application filed January 29, 1907. Serial No. 354.729.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LIVIN\ SrAs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gar- Stakes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

Thisinvention relates to car stakes and especially for cars for use in the lumber trade for shipping logs and sawed timber and has for its objects to provide a stake of solid construction permanently fixed to the car and which shall be able to stand the hard usage incident to shipping logs; to provide means whereby the stakes on each side are all held upright; to provide means for removing said holding device from the opposite side of the car, so that all the stakes on one side may be removed without endangering the life of the employee operating them; to provide locking means whereby accidental releasing of stakes is prevented; to provide adjustable posts adapted to fit in the car stakes to hold a load of sawed timber; and to provide an adjustable tie bar, joining the tops of each pair of posts.

yI attain these objects by the mechanisms anddevices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of the deck of a fiat car, showing my car stakes and posts mounted thereon; Fig. 2 is a side view of the top of one of the posts, showing a portion of the tie bar; Fig. 3 is an end view thereof Fig. 4 is a vertical section ofthe adjustable clamp in the tie bar; Fig. 5 is a front .view of the car stake; Fig. 6 is a side view thereof, the bracket being in section to show the stake; Fig. 7 is a similar view, showing a stake without the operating lever; Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 6, showing the stake released and turned down; Figs. 9 and 10 are iront and side views, respectively, of the stake operating and locking mechanism,

in the locked position; and Figs. 11 and 12 are similar views, showing the mechanism in its unlocked position:

Similar numerals of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

To each of the side sills 1 of a iiat car are secured two, or three, or four brackets 2 which support the car stakes. These brackets 2 consist of a back plate and two side ears 3 open on the top, the bottom, and the outer side, except for a short lug or stop 4 on the inner end of the top, against which the car stake rests when in its vertical position. A bolt or pin 5 passes through the ears4 3 near the lower outer edge thereof as shown in the drawings. This pin 5 is made very strong and supports the car stake 6 for which it acts as a pivot.

The car stake 6 is made hollow and has its upper end beveled 0H at about an angle of 45 degrees as shown. The shape of the stake 6 is such that, when it is in its vertical position, the main part above the car deck is vertical and is insideI of pivot 5 and rests against the edge of the stop 4, the-part reaching from the straight upper body to the pivot being preferably curved as shown. A depending extension 7 is also formed integral with the car stake below the pivot 5 said extension being provided with a notch 8, in its inner lower edge, adapted to engage the roller of the stake holder. A pair of small side lugs 9 are also formed on the sides of the stake 6 to brace it from side motion against the ears 3 as shown in Fig. 5.

The stakes are all held in their vertical positions by the rollers 10 which engage the notches 8 of the extensions 7 to prevent the rotation of the stake on the pivot 5. The rollers 10 are mounted. on arms l1 secured to the shaft 12 which extends through all the brackets on one side of the car. The position of the shaft 12 is such as to bring the` arms 11 in horizontal position when engaging the extension 7, so that the strain thereon will not tend to force the arms downward and the rollers out from the engaging position. For this reason the lower part of the notch 8, above mentioned, is made on a curved line, having thecenter of the shaft 12 for its center, so that any motion of the arms 11 does not affect the stake 6 until the roller has passed out of said notch.

In practice I mount the arms l1, as shown in Fig. 7, on all the brackets except one on each side, and in that one I mount the arms 13 (Fig. 6). These arms 13 are similar to the arms 1l but have an operating lever 14 formed thereon, and depending downward therefrom as shown, said operating lever 14 being connected to the other' side of the car by the operating rod l5 in which a turnbuckle 16 is mounted for adjusting purposes. Thus when all the stakes on one side of the car are to be released the rod l5 is pulled, which turns the shaft 12 and the arms 11 and 13 and moves all the rollers 10 downward out of the notches 8 in the extensions 7, thus freeing all the stakes 6 and allowing the pressure of the logs, or other load, to push the stakes outward on their pivots so that they drop into the positions shown in Fig.A 8.

In order to control the rods 15 from the other side of the car and in order to prevent their being accidentally moved I have devised the following supporting and locking mechanism, which is secured preferably to the inner sides of the outer side sills 1. The rod 15 is secured to the end of the arm 17 which is mounted on the pivot, or shaft, 18 which passes through the hub 19 of the arm 17. This hub 19 has a portion of its upper surface cut away to leave the two Cross lugs 20 extending upward therefrom. The shaft 18 is mounted in the brackets 21 of the 'casting 22. A latch 23 is pivoted to the casting 22 at right angles to the shaft 18 and has its lower portion adapted to engage between the lugs 20 on the hub 19. It is also provided with a weighted handle 24 extending at an angle, so that its weightyvill tend to keep the end of the latch 23 between the lugs 20 and against one of the brackets 21 of the casting 22. This latch 23 is further locked, in its locking position, by the arm 25 of the second latch, said arm being pivoted also to the casting 22 and resting on a lug formed on the casting and being directly in line with the end of said latch 23 so as to prevent its turning on its pivot to pass from between the lugs 20. This arm 25 is also provided with a short handle 26. Thus when it is desired to release the car stakes 6 on one side of the car, the locking apparatus, on the other side, is unlocked by turning the

latches

25 and 23, into the positions shown in Fig. ll, and then turning the shaft 18 and the arm 17 which pulls the rod l5 and releases the car stakes as already described.

When the car is to be used for shipping small poles, cord wood or sawed lumber the stakes 6 are raised into their working position and the iron posts 27 are inserted therein. The posts 27 are tubular and are about tive feet long. Inside of the post 27 is a smaller tube 28 oi about the same length. The tube 28 is provided with a collar 39 near its top to prevent its falling all the way into the tube 27 when itis not in use. The tubes 28 are then fastened together by the adjustable tie bars which rest on the top oi the load, the tube 28 being slid down inside oi the tube 27 to bring the tie bai` to the proper height. The top oi each tube 28 has a vertical notch 29 across it into which the end oi the tie bar tits. A hole 30 is made in the tube 28 below the notch 29 into which the hooked end 3l oi the tie bar tits, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The tie bar consists oi two

flat bars

32 and 33 each provided with the hooked ends engagingin the notches 29 and the holes 3() in the tubes 28. To the bar 32 is secured a sleeve 34 into which the bar 33 passes. The bar 33 has a series oi' teeth 35 formed on its upper surface near its end, into which the latch 3G mounted in the sleeve 34 engages to hold the bars together. he latch 36 is secured to the pivoted handle 37 and is kept pressed into the teeth 35 by means of the spring 38.

When it is desired to unload, or to take down the posts for any reason, the handle 37 is depressed thus raising the latch 36 from the teeth 35 and releasing all connection between the

bars

32 and 33 which may then be unhooked from their respective tubes 28; then the tubes 28 are pushed down into the tubes 27; then the tubes 27 are removed from the stakes 6; then the stake latches are unlocked and the stakes released as already described, and the tubes 27 with the tubes 28 inside them are stowed away in a receptacle provided therefor.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

l. In a car stake, the combination of an open bracket, a vertical stake pivoted thereto and adapted to move outward from the car, a depending extension tormedon said stake, a stop engaging said extension to prevent the stake turning outward on its pivot and being secured to a hori- -zontal shaft, a level' secured to said shaft to turn it and remove said stop from engagement with said stake extension. and a bar extending across the car under the deck thereoi` and secured to said lever to control and operate it.

2. In a car stake, the combination of an open bracket, a vertical stake pivoted thereto and adapted to lnove outward from the cary a depending extension formed on said stake, a stop engaging said extension to prevent the stake turning outward on its pivot and beingl secured to a hori zontal shaft, a lever secured to said shaft to turn it and remove said stop from engagement with said stake extension, a bar extendingacross the car under the deck thereof and secured t0 said lever to control and operate it, and supporting and locking means mounted on the other side 0f the car whereby said har is held i'rom moving.

3. In a ear stake, the combination o1' a pivoted car stake, a pivoted stop controlling said stake, a lever connected to said stop to move it from said car stake, a bar secured to said lever and passing to the other side of the car. a pivoted lever' mounted on the other side ot' the car and secured to the other end of said bar, a lug formed on said lever to prevent it from turningon its pivot. and a pivotcd latch engaging said lug and removable therefrom.

1. In a car stake, the combination ot a pivoted car stake. a pivoted stop controllingsaid stake, a lever connected lo said stop to move it from said car stake, a bar secured to said lever and passing to the other side otf the car. and a pivoted latch adapted to prevent the movement ot' said bar when said latch is in engagement; therewith.

5. ln a car stake. the combination oi' a pivoted cnr stake, a pivoted stop controlling said stake. a lcver connected to said stop to move it from said car stake. a bar secured to said lever and passing to the other side oi' the car. :i pivoted lever mounted on the other-side ot' the car and secured to the other end ot' said bar, a lug formed on said lever to prevent it from turning on its pivot. a pivotcd latch en gaging said lug and removable in one direction therct'rom. and a second latch engaging said til-s1 latch to prevent. its movement and removable therefrom` G. 111 a car stake, the combination oi' a pair of verticalLv hollow stakes one on each side ol thc car. hollow telcscopically adjustable posts extending upward from cach of said stakes. longitudinal bars extending inward trom and removably secured to the upper ends of each of said posts. and a clamp secured to one of said bars and adjuslably engaging the other bar to tie said bars und their posts tovv gether.

7. ln a car stake, the combination ot' a pair of vertically hollow stakes one on cach side of the car. hollow telcscopically adjustable posts extendingl upward from each of said stakes, longitudinal bars extending inward i'rom and removably secured to the upper ends ot' each of said posts, a series of teeth formed on one edge oI one o1' said bars, 11 clamp piece secured to the other bar and iuclosingthe end of said tirst bar and the teeth thereon, and a spring actuated removable dog mounted in said clamp piece and engaging said teeth to tie the bars together.

in testimony whereof l allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses llnxnr F. lllcnnsmv, E. R. Yonk.