US939315A

US939315A - Refrigerator-car.

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Publication number: US939315A
Application number: US50340609A
Authority: US
Inventors: Herman Pries
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1909-06-21
Filing date: 1909-06-21
Publication date: 1909-11-09
Anticipated expiration: 1926-11-09

Description

H. PRIES. REFRIGERATOR GAR. APPLICATION FILED mm: 21, 1909.

Patented N0v.9, 1909.

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REFRIGERATOR-CAR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN PRIZES, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Michigan City, county of Laporte, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Refrigerator-Oars,

of which the following is a specification, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates tothat class of refrigerator cars in which the partition separating the body of the car into a storage and an ice compartment is removable for the purpose of permitting the utillzation of the entire interior of the car for storage pur-' oses. p The invention consists in the novel features hereinaiiter pointed out relating to the construction of the partition,the means for securing it in position, and the means for providing for its removal and storage when not in service; and it consists further in a structure such as is hereinafter described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section ofthe body of a car showing the partition in elevation; Fig. 2 is a detail longitudinal vertical section of the car; Fig.3 is a detail plan section thereof showing a supporting roller for carrying the partition when not in service; Fig. 4 is a detail perspective of the floor of the car showing the rest for the lower end of the partition when in service, some of the parts being broken away; Fig. 5 is a detail plan section of the side wall of the car and of the supporting latch for carrying'the partition w en not in service; and Fig. 6 is an elevation of the latch and its casing shown in Fig. 5.

Certain sills of the car are shown at 10, and its floor at 11. At 12, 13, there are shown the side walls, and at 15 the roof of the car.

The partition for separating the car into its two compartments comprises a framework consistmg of a plurality of

upright bars

16,17, the former being as numerous as may be desired, and the latter consti tutin the ends ofthe frame; and a plural-- ity o cross-bars 18. The inner face of the partition, that is to say, the face presented to the ice, comprises a plurality of cross slats 19, spaced apart to permit circulation of air between the two compartments. There Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 21,1909. Serial No. 503,406.

. Patented Nov. 9, 1909.

partition, but the invention is applicable to a partition of any preferred construction.

. has been described a conventional form of v The table for supporting the ice comprises the

longitudinal bars

20 and 21, theformer being shownas of wood and the latter a metal Z-bar; and a plurality of cross-bars 22. This floor is hinged, as represented at 23, to the end of the car, and its free end is supported by legs 24, as many being employed as may be required, three being represented in the drawings, these legs being pivoted to the Z-ba-r 21 so that they may be swung upwardly when the floor is folded against the end of the car to the dotted lines position of Fig. 2. A gravity latch 25 is shown as pivoted to the end of the car for .engaging the Z-bar 21 when the floor is raised. 1

The lower end of the partition is preferably armored with an angle bar 26, which, when the partition is in service, is seated in a chair formed of a plurality of straps 27 folded over and gained into a cross-sill 28,

secured to the floor of the car. The inner endof each of the straps 27 is upturned, as shown at 29, to form a stop to hold the partition against inward movement. The top of the sill 28 is armored by means of a metal plate 30, which slightly overhangs the inner face of the sill and abuts against the up standing leaf of the angle bar 26.

At its upper end the partition bears against a pair of rollers (only one of which is shown), as 31, journaled upon studs 32, setting through and projecting beyond the inner face of the wall of the car, these rollers being spaced apart from the car roof a sufficient distance to permit the partition to slide over them when its lower end is swung forwardly into the storage compartment of the car. In order to protect these rollers from injury by the ice, each is covered by means of a stout sheet metal hood 33, carried by the partition. The upper end of the partition is held against forward movement, when in service, by any suitable means. For this purpose there is shown a plurality of gravity latches 34, pivoted to the upper cross rail of the artition and entering sockets, as 35, formed 1n the under face of'a cross-beam 36 of the car. v

When not required for service the partition is stored in the top of the car, in the dotted lines position shown in Fig. 2. To

raise it to this position the latches 34 are first disengaged from their sockets, the partition is'then raised out of engagement with the plate and its lower end swung upwardly in the storage compartment, the partition then being pushed back upon the rollers 31 until its upper edge abuts against the end of the car and rests upon a cross-beam 37. Its lower end is engaged by a pair of latches (only one of which is shown), as 38, projecting inwardly from the sidewall of the car. As shown, each of these latches is carried by an upright pivot 39, set within a chambered casing 40, secured to the side wall of the car, into the chamber of which the latch may be swung to permit the partition to be raised above it. In order that the latch may be returned to its operative position by gravity, it is shownas being provided with a beveled flange 41, which engages a beveled floor 42 of the casing 40. When the latch is pushed back into the chamber of the casing,

these beveled members raise itby a cam ac tion and by a similar action swing it outwardly when it is released.

- Various details of construction may be deviated from without departing from the scope of the invention, which broadly consists in means providedfor carrying the partition when out of service and holding it securely in the position of service.

I claim as my invention '1. In a refrigerator car, in combination, a body, a movable partition for dividing the body into two compartments, stops projecting from the walls of the body for engaging the partition at one side thereof and adjacent its upper end, such stops being spaced apart from the top of the body, means for staying the partition on the side opposite the stops, and an additional support attached to the body cooperating with the stops to carry the partition in a substantially horizonta position.

2. In a refrigerator car, in combination, a body, a movable partition for dividing the body into two compartments, studs project- I ing inwardly from the body walls adjacent the tops thereof and en aging one face of the partition, and an ad itional support for the partition when raised to a substantially horizontal position and moved back on the studs.

3. In a refrigerator car, in combination a body having instanding studs adjacent t e tops of its side walls, a movable partition for dividing the body into two compartments, such partition bearing a ainst the studs and being slidable thereon w en raised to a substantially horizontal position.

4. In a refrigerator car, in combination, a body having instanding studs adjacent the tops of its side Walls, a movable partition for dividing the 'body into two compartments such partition bearing a ainst the studs an being slidable thereon w en raised to a substantially horizontal position, and a latch secured to the body and engaging the partition when raised.

5. In a refrigerator car, in combination, a body having instanding studs adjacent the tops of its side walls, a movable partiton for dividing the body into two compartments, such partition bearing against the studs and being slidable thereon when raised to a substantially horizontal position, and a gravity latch secured to the body and movable into a pocket in the wall thereof and adapted to engage the partition when raised.

6. In a refrigerator car, in combination, a body, studs projecting inwardly from the side walls thereof adjacent their tops, a sill crossing the floor of the car, a movable partition having one of its faces in contact with the studs and its opposite face en a in the sill, lugs rising from the floor of the ody engaging the partition to hold it against the sill, and latches engaging the partition and .a portion of the body to hold the partition against the studs.

7. In a refri erator car, in combination, a body, a movabIe partition for dividing the body into two compartments, a chair on the floor of the body for reoeivin the partition, studs projecting inwardly rom the side walls of the body adjacent their tops for enaging one face of the partition, and latches or holding the partition against the studs. HERMAN PRIES. Witnesses:

" Jim. W. CARLSON,

WILLIAM R. R. Luce.