US991319A - Tank-car anchor. - Google Patents

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"L. E. KELLER.

TANK GAB ANCHOR.

' Ima'JE Kkllen \PPLIOATIOH FILED JUNE 2, 1909. I 991,319. Patented May2,1911.

L. B. KELLER. TANK GAB ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2. 1909. Patented May 2,

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5 [I (1 2 6 $16 17 J! 4, i J I anw'ntd LOUIS-E. KELLER, or OIL cIrY, PENNSYLVANIA.

rum-can ANCHOR.

To all whom it may concern: Be-it known that I LoUIs E. KELLER, a. citizen of the United states, residing at Oil City, inthe county of Venango. and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tank- Car Anchors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the This invention relates to anchoring devicesf or tank cars, and the principal object is to provide an anchoring device which will securely holda tankto a car, yet permit sufficient yielding movement of the tank relr ative to the car to prevent the fasteners for holding the anchoring device to the tank straining the same and thereby avoid danger of the tank leaking.

In carrying out the object of the invention as generally stated above it is contemplated employing socket members adapted.

for engagement with the longitudinal sills of a' car and which have a dovetail connection with an anchor carried by a tank, the said anchor and sockets being so formed'that the former has a limited movement relative to the latter, so as to accommodate the movements of the tank relative to said sills in such a manner as to prevent any undue strain being exerted upon the fasteners which secure the anchor to the tank.

, nected to the sills It will be understood, of course, that in the practical application of the invention, the essential features of the same are suse ceptible of structural changes and details,

but a preferred and simple embodiment thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l-is a side view ofja tank car, the

tank thereof being supported by and conof the car by the improved anchoring device. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the anchoring device. Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3, Fig. 2-, a portion of a tank being shown connected to the anchor. Fig. dis a similar view taken on the line is a detail perspective view of one ozt the sockets carried .a car: Fi 7 is avertical sectional view ta on on the line 7+7, Fig. 2.

Fig. 8 is an end view of the anchoring plate.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed no 2, 1909. Serial No. 499,871.

' or may be,

"the plate 6, and'whose rivets or equivalent H, Fig. 2. Fig. 5' is a bottom plan view of the anchor, Fig. 6

ates a car, and 2 the longitudinally Patented May 2,1911.

tank 3 has its ends supported thereon by the usual end-supports 4, and is also additionally secured thereon by the usual straps 5.

The anchoring device forming the-subject-matter of this invention is com sed of a concaved plate 6. which is shape to conform to the contour of the bottom of the tank 3 and is held in rigid relation therewith by means of the rivets or equivalent fasteners- Said plate 6 is provided witha central opening 8 which permits the discharge pipe 9 of the tank 3 to project through the same. The plate 6 is provided at each end with a centrally located outwardly p'ro'ecting extension 10 the'outer end of whic is,

in a straight vertical plane, as-in- 11, and whose sides 12 are inclined, the arrangement providing the extension with a narrow top and wider base and forming substantially a dovetail. These extensions may be'int'egral with the plate 6, and, as shown in ig. 5 extendthrough the longitudinal central ortion of the said plate and are cored out o'provide a rounding recess 13 the top portion of which merges into the central opening .8 formed through side members 14 fit dica ted at between the two sills 2 as is shown in Fig. 3.

A pair of socket members cooperate with the anchor ng plate 6 to hold the tank to the sills 2, said socket members being of.

duplicateconstruction and provided with vert cal side members 15 adapted for a snug fit between the sills and having openings 16 formed through them for the passage of fasteners 17 which pass openings formed in the A top plate 18 connects said side members 15, said plate 18 carry ing at one end a vertically disposed socket 19 the sides 20 ofwhich are inwardly in. clined complemental to the sides of the ex tensions 10' of the plate 6. The upper end of said socket projects a slight distance above the top plate 1.8 and is Provided with outstanding horizontally arranged flan es 21 beneath which recesses 22 are formed or the reception of the inner ed e of the upper flanges of the Lbeams or si1 tom of the socket has its edge 23 beveled to form a seat for en surface-of the base;

The extensions 10 slightly smaller size than the sockets 19 so that when saidso'ckets and extensions are through similar webs of said sills.

ange of said sills 2.

in dovetailed engagement, the said platte ti s 2., The bot-- agement with the top.

of the plate 6 are of a n will have a sockets to'ia'ccommodate for the'lurching or location would the anchoring plate 6 to hold the tank car incidental to the tankstransportation.

Asis shown in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, vice is centrally located on the car'and the tank, and but one,- has been shown. Obvi- I ously more than one .may be employed when necessary or desirable, and in such case their necessarilybe a little 01f from the center. v v

What I claim as my invention is l. A device {of the character des cribe d comprising a plate carried-bye tank, and

a Hair of sockets carried {by a .car and with 1 which said plate has 'a loose engagement.

K 2. A device of the character described comprisin'ga plate carried bya tank'and provided with, endextensions, and a pair of sockets carried by a car and with which said extensions have. a loose-engagement.

.'3.: A deyice of the', character described compris'mg'a plate carried by and conformgagenient with the sillsj'ofga car and with .ing'to the contour of the bottom of a tank, a

pair of sockets having an'interlocking enwhich said plate has. a loose engagement.

' 4. Af'device of ,the character described comprising" a' concaved' plate having cen-.

; trallj locatedoutstanding end ,extensions,'y

' T and" ajpair. of sockets with which extensions have alooseenga'gement.

'A'jdevice .of the character described lcomprising aflconca'ved plateprovided with 4 centrally located endexte'nsions the sides of U which are inclined, and a pair of sockets having inclined walls with which Sam ex- 3 tensions loosely engage:

- comprising a" concayed plate -'6 .'A ,d'ey'ce ofthe" character described carried by a tank,- centrally located outstanding exfen= ,sieps fromthefends of'sald plate,

" and; a of sockets havingjaninterlocklimited play within said the improted, anchoring dethe combination'w-ith 7 ear, of a pair of socket hers;

ing engagement the sillsof a car andl i with which said extensions ha've a loose engagement. I

7. In combination with the longitudinally extending sills of a car, members hating flanges'for interlocking en'- gagement with said sill-s, a plate carried by a tank, and end extensions carried by said a pair of socket plate and having an interlocking loose engagement with said sockets.

8. In a device of thechara'cter described, the combination with thelongitndinallyex- .t e nding sills of a car, of a'pa'ir of socket members arranged between-said sills and having a r1g1d engagement therew th, and a plate earned by a tank and having'an 1n- .terlocking loose engagement with said socket members.

' 9. In a device ofthe tending sills of acar, of a pair of socket members arranged between said SlllS and having an interlocking engagement there-' with,.and a plate carried by a car and provided with end extensions having an interlocking and loose" engagement with said socket members."

"10. Ina device of the character described,

the longitudinally extending sills of a members having arigid' engagement between said sills and protided with flanges which overhang said sills'and also with a bottom rest which engages with the base of the sills.

character described, the combination with the longitudinally exand a plate carried by a tank and having 1 a loose "In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' Louis; E. KELLER. Witnesses:

FRED A.- STECK, JOHN M. MQGlLI engagement with said socket mem

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