US973788A - Car. - Google Patents

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P. S. INGOLDSBY.

' Patented 001125, 1910.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

- The object is to provide this crossmember' UNITED sTArEs PATENT OFFICE FRANK si INGOLDSBY, 'OF'ST. LOUIS,'MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR r'o' THEDINGOLDESBYJAUTO;

MATIG CARY-COMPANY, or srr. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A conrons'rxoii or 'WEST VIRGINIA;

1 CAR;

St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented ace'rtain new and useful Improvement in Cars, of which the following is -a full, clear,

and exact description, reference being had to. thea'ccompanying drawings.

Thisinventio'n relates to the end construction of car'bodies and particularlytothe cross member at thetop of such ends.

in a form which shall be stifi', strong,

cheaply constructed, and so: arranged as to shed any material falling on it.- Theinvention is especially well adapted I for-dump cars having inclined end floors, wherein 1n cross member servesthe double I purpose-o supporting "such end floor and protecting the mechanism beneath it wh ch is associated with the dumping operations.v

In cars of the Ingoldsby type having a cen-- tral longitudinal member, to wh1ch are hinged dropping doors which support the load, this mechanism beneath oneof the end- -fioors is for the purpose 'oif raising-the dropped doors;

-The invention is hereinafter more fully characteristics set explained and its essential .out in the claims. t I r In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of aportion of a carfembodyingmy invention; Fig. 2- is a sectional end viewof such a car. TFig. 3 isan enlarged cross section through the upper member of. the .end'parallel with Fignl. Fig. 4 is. a section,

- taken'on the line 4.-4 of Fig. Bandshowj- {car which .is shownas having downwar d1 fla-nges;= l t at its edges riveted to the car'- ing a portio'n of the upper member" and adjacehtycar side.'

In the drawings, the-car sideis shown [as chord 1-1, and a"l0wer-choi*d 12. I

13 represents the inclinedend floor of the sides. r

My cross member at the top of the ends includes the channel member 15 which eX- tends across the car vabutting the inner sides of the side plates." These channels are lo- 'cated just beyond the end floors and are placed with their webs and fianges'inclining, as shown, the flanges belng parallel wlth the end floor. The inner flange ofthe channel Specification of Letters Batent. Application filed J u1y2 1eo7.' Seria I'No. 331,903.

"28* on. these shafts from whic Patented oer.

' lies against the under face of the end floor, and the end floor is riveted to this flangeby rivets -18, so that thechannel makes a very I stifl' and firm support for the upper end of this floor. At its ends the channel 15 issecured to the car sides by cover lates .16

which extend onto the upper faceo the web of the channel and then ben'd downwardly onthe outer side of the car, being riveted to both the channel'web and the car side,-by rivets 19 and 20 respectively. w

' My door raising mechanism,' asshownin the drawings, comprises shafts 21. carrying raislng arms 22, therebeing op1 24 \vinding'aroundthe shaft 25.' This shaft ion'27 on the crank shaft 28. The inner end rating arms lead --.'chains" I o I I carries a gear 26 \VlthWVhlCh meshesa pmi of the shaft. 25'is supported by a. suitable "bracket 34. carried by the under side of the 'end floor,'whi-le theeouter end of this shaft is journaled in a block 29 whichis bya latch'30. This'latch 3,0 and It will be seen from the aboveconstruc- '75;v sup ortedp I the crank 28 are bothcarried by a -verti,cal plate ,35,-.

the upper-end ofwhich is bent'overand} 1 bolted to the Web of the cross channel'15. L 30 tion that the inclined channel 15, in addition to supporting the end floor, protects the winding mechanism and forms a. downwardly inclined deflecting surfacetending to throw ott' any ,material coming. from chutes, steam shovels, etc.

As shown,- the dumping doors- 39 are .adapted;to be held in closed position by side hooksi it) wyhi'chare connected byglinks 44 with releasing {levers 41.."

a a v v uhl s n e herw 1 lever ll" is thrown it 'o eratesa, correspond-,1

ingrock .shaft42-\vhicl1, through a short 1 I rock arm 43, raises link 45 and withdraws thedatch 30 from beneath the bl0cl;.,29. 95.

This causes'disengageinent betweenthe gear.- 1

crank in r'aisingthe doors".

patents and applications.

.Having thus described my inve tion, I I' claim:

p 1. Ina car, the combinationof a "cross 26; and -.thepinion "27 just preceding the e dropping of the doors. A ratchet, t8 isjca'r 0 riedby the'f crank shaft and apawl 4 9j by the plate 35 to hold the gain made by the member for' the upper portion of the car end comprising a channel beam set at an angle, and an inclined end floor at substantially the same angle and riveted thereto.

2. In a car, the combination of a cross member for the upper portion of the car end comprising a channel beam with its flanges facing downwardly diagonally-and its web inclined downwardly toward the end of the ear.

3. In a car, the combination of a cross member for the upper portion of the car end comprising a channel beam with its flanges facing downwardly diagonally and its web inclined downwardly toward the end of the car, and door raising mechanism located beneath and protected by said chan nel member. i

4. In a car, the combination of a" cross member for the upper portion of the car end comprising an inclined channel beam, an'inclined end floor riveted thereto and angle straps at the ends of the channels riveted to the web of the channel and to the car sides.

v 5. In a dump car, the combination with the inclined end floor of a flanged rolled structural member extending crosswise of th car at the top bf its end and adjacent to the upper end of such end floor and secured to the car sides and having a flange parallel with the end floor and engaging its underside and secured to it. p

6. In a dump car, thecombination of an inclined end floor, of a channel beam extend- ,ing crosswise of the car adjacent to the upper end of said end floor and having a flange parallel with the end floor and riv-' et ed to it.

7. In a dump car, the combination of an inclined end floor, of a channel beam extending crosswise of the car adjacent to the upper end ofsaid end fioor and having a flange parallel with the end 11001 and riveted to it, said channel having its web ex tending diagonally downwardly toward the end of the car, and door raising mechanism occupying the space beneath the end floor and protected oy such channel beam.

8. In a "car, the combination of an inclined end floor, a cross channel beam eX- tending from one car sideto the other be-.

' yond the end floor, said channel beam abutting the car side and secured to it. by angle straps riveted to the car side and the channel" beam, said channel beam having 'its web in clined downwardly toward the end of the car at right angles to the end floor and hav-, ing its flanges projecting in a general downward direction from the web, one of said flanges engaging the underside of the end floor; near its upper end and being riveted to it.

9. Ina car, the combination of an inclined end floor, a cross channel beam extending ting the car side and secured to it by angle from one' car side to the other beyond the end floor, said channel beam abutting the car side and secured to it, said channel beam having its web inclined downwardly toward the end of the car and having its flanges projecting in generally downwardly direction from the web, one of said flanges engaging the underside of the end floor near its upper end and being riveted to it, a vertical plate having its upper end bent over on the web of a channel and secured to it, and a door raising mechanism located partly in the space beneath the inclined end floor and carried partly by said plate and protected by said channel beam. I

10. In a car, the combination of an iI1-' clined end floor, a cross channel beam extending from one car side to the other beyond the end floor, said channel beam abutstraps riveted to the car side and the channel beam, said channel beam having its web inclined downwardly toward the end of the car at right angles to the end floor and having its flanges projecting in a generally downwardly direction from the web, one of said flanges engaging'the under side of the end floor near its upper end and being riveted to it, a vertical plate having its upper end bent over on the'web of a. channel and secured to it, door raising mechanism located partly in the space beneath the inclined-end floor and carried partly by said plate and protected by said channel beam,

-11. In a car, the combination of a cross member in the form of a channel beam, an

inclined end floor secured to said channel beam at one side, and an upright-member secured to the channel beam at the other side intermediate of its end.

12. In a dump car, the combination with a car side and an inclined end floor, of a rolled structural form which constitutes both the top of the car end and the inclined sup port for the end floor. j 13. 'Ina car, the combination with a cross member, an inclined end fioor secured thereto, an upright member also secured thereto, and'raising mechanism supported by said upright member.

, 14: In a car, the combination of a cross member at the top of the car edge, an inclined floor secured thereto, a member beyond said floor secured to the cross member and depending therefrom, and a raising shaft carried by. the depending member and the end fl'oor.- Y

15. The combination of an inclined end floor, an angula-rly projecting supporting member therefor and raising means mount:

ed beneathsuch member.

16. Ina dump car, the combination with the inclined end floor, of a flanged rolled structural member extending across the car adjacent the upper end and riveted to the I member being wide and extending aw'ay fromt endflbbr to form a cover.

"17" eantth cfomblnation wlth the end floor 'of --'-angular member extending across a the car, one

side of said member being rivet ed to the end floor, another side of said men lbsr being widened and extending away from the end floolg and door operating mech-,

anism supported beneath the extending p01'- 10 tio n-o f-t he cross "member; In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiixjmy signature inthe presence of two witnesses.

. FRANK s. INGOLDSBY.

Witnesses:

L. E. Boom, 7

C. BREMERMAN.

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