USRE14635E - Railway-car - Google Patents

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*"T `N. B USSELL.' RAILWAY CAR. y Arrucmqu men Ara. 8. '1916.-

Apr. 15, 19k).

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THOMAS N. RUSSELL, OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR'TO CHICAGO-CLEVELAND CAZRl ROOFING COMPANY, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS. l

RAILWAY-CAR. f

Specification of Reissued Letters Patent. Reissued Apr0 `15q 1919,

riginal No. 1,171,663, dated February 15, 19.16, Serial No. 875,435, filed December 4, 1914. Application for reissue led April 8, 1916.

To all whom it may concern ing`drawings Be it known that` I, THoMAs NATHAN Ros- SELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in .the county of Cook and State of Illinois,v have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway- Cars, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyhis invention relates to railway cars, and it has for one of its objects the provision i of reinforcing and strengthening members A the car end when the car is suddenly the ends of which arc liable to break finder the impact of the-contentsof the car against started or stopped.

The principal objects of my present invention are the provision of means for strengthening old cars; t-he provision of improved lmeans for reinforcing cars having frames constructed principally of wood; the provision of impro Jed means for reinforcing car ends adjacent the end posts; and generally the provision of reinforcing means adapted to be applied to a car of the ordinary wellknown construction whereby, without reconstructing the ear, proper protection may be secured against. undue straining and battering of the car under normal conditions.

It is another object ofmy invention to improve cars in sundry details hereinafter pointed out. A

The means by which I have ,accomplished these objects are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and are hereinafter specifically described.

That which I believe in the claims;

In the drawings- Y Figure l is a perspective view to b c new is set forth ot one end Serial No. 89,996.

of the body of a ca r of'ordinary wood construction, with the roofing sheets removed therefrom; i

Fig. 2'is an enlarged detail,- being substantia(l1ly a section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; an

Fig. is an enlarged detail, being substantially a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the several figures of the drawings, in which corresponding parts are indicated by the same reference characters,- 10 indicates the end sill, 11 the. side sill, 12 the belt rail, 13 the side plate, 14 the end plate, 15 the ridgepole, and 16 the purlins of a car of ordinaryA wood construction. As will be readily understoodjthe framework of the car comprising the parts named is securely braced in the ordinary manner s o as to provlde a maxlmum of-rig1dity between the upper frame comprising the side plates 13 and the end plates 14 and the lower frame comprising theside sills 1l and end sills 10,-corner posts 17 and end posts 18 being used in the usual manner for this purpose. Inasmuch as this construction is well known in the art, it is' not believed to be necessary to further describe it herein.

:The car is provided on its sid'es with vertically-extending side sheathing 19 and at its ends with vertically-extending end sheathing 20. A deck 21 is provided by the use of laterally-extending flooring boards eX-. tending between the side sills 11 and suitably supported intcrmediately in any appropriate manner. Grain-strips Q2, of any suitable type, are used at the jl'lncture bet-Ween the side sheathing and the deck 21. An end fascia 23 is provided covering` the upper ends of the end sheathing boards 20.

Coming now to my improved strengthenside of the end posts v1S. AFurther each strip 26 and 27 is provided with a strengthening lrib or corrugation 2 9 of less width than the end posts so that the orners 4G of each strip afford support for the end posts, as shown` more particularly in Fig. 3. VThe lower ends of these strips 26 and 27 are secured to the end silllO' by means of the bolts 28; At their upper ends the strips 26, 27 are offset to it snugly against the fascia23 and the upper i ends of the ribs or corrugations 29 are faded into the offset ends of the strips26', 27.4

Strengthening or( supporting the end posts is not suicient, however, as it would'transfer the weakest point of the car end to the point of connection of the end Mpost to the end plate. Accordingly I provide reinforce# mentfor the end plate in the form of a strip 32 extending across the'fascia 23, to which strip the vertical strips 26 and 27 are connected by means of bolts 34.

It Will be observed that the belt rail 12 is cu'ta'away to receive the end post 18 and is weakened accordingly so that it is ill-adapted-to carry the strain. "f he lateral overlapping of the end post by the vertical strengtheningstrips 2G and 27 provides support for the belt rail on either side of eachend post.

In order, however, to still further support thebelt rail I have provided a horizontal strengthening strip 24 opposite the belt rail externally 'of the car..

I The- strips 26, 27, 32 and 24 provideVsup-i port for the ,end posts the sheathing adjacent thereto the end plate and the belt rail but do not provide means for strengthening vthe connection between the car end as a whole and the side walls of the car. For this purpose the horizontalv strengthening strips 32 and 24 are provided with right angle extensions 41 and 42 respectively secured to the side plate and side belt railrey spectively by means of bolts 33 and 25.

At the points where the strips 26-27 extend across the horizontally-extending strip 24, said strips 26-2 7 are off-set outward so as to it snugly against said strip and against the end of the car.' The strip 2 4 is provided Vwith Istrengthening ribs or corrugations 30 having tapered ends and extending between the strips 26-27 and' from said strips 26-27 toward the ends of the strip 24. The strips 26.-27 are secured to the strip 24 and tothe end of the car by means of bolts 31, which,

l in the construction-shown, pass through the belt rail 12 as shown in Fig. 3 and consequently there are no holes in the end posts to weaken them.

The lends of the strip `32 are turned forward alongy the sidesy of the car where it is secured in position by bolts 33 passing through the side plates 13. At the' points where` the strip 32 extends across the upper ends of the strips 26 27 the strip 32 is oif set to fit snugly about said ends and against the fascia 23. T hestrip 32 has pressed therein longitudinally thereof a strengthening rib or corrugation by which the strip is given the maximum lOngitUdinaIstrength. As lwill be seenfrom an inspection of Fig. 1, atthe points where the strips 26--27 are offset about the strip 24 and atvthe 'points Where the strip 32 `is oifset about the strips Z6-27,

Vthe oiiset, in the construction shown, is'

pressed in the bearing faces only of such strips, leaving the outer edges, of the' strengthening ribs smooth and uniform.

' By the use of a-plurality of strengthening stri ps as. shown Vprovided with strengthening ribs pressed therein, with such strips firmly secured in place by pins or bolts -paingr through the end, and sidel plates, the belt rail",

and the side and end sills, respectively, 'a very strong construction is obtainedV capable of withstanding exceedingly heavyA stresses without undue wear and tear upon the strugf ture, the strengthening ribs beingA so disposed as to prevent under normal .conditions of use any undue bulging outward o r other straining of the ends of the car.

Having thus described my invention and illust-rated its use, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a device for strengthening the end of a car, the combination of a metal strip secured across the outer face of the car end and provided with a strengthening rib pressed in i the strip longitudinally thereof, and a second metal strip secured across the outer face of' the `car end at an angleV to said firstnamed strip and extending under the said first-namedk strip and under the strengthen-- ing rib thereof, said second strip being provided with strengthening ribs pressed therein longitudinally of said strip at opposite y sides of its point of contactwith said firstnamed strip. f

2. In a device. for strengthening the end of a car, the combination of a metal strip-secured'across the outer face ofthe car end and provided withA a strengthening rib pressed in the strip longitudinally thereof, anda second metal v strip secured across the outerface of the car end at an angle to said. first-named strip and extending-under the said rst-named strip and under the strengthening rib thereof, said second strip being provided with strengthening ribs pressed therein longitudinally of said strip at oppxr .site sides of'its-point of Contact with said first-named strip, and saidj first-named strip having an offset Ipressed in the bearing face thereof to fit snugly over said second strip. 3. In a devlce for strengthening the end lof a car, the combination of a metal-strip secured in a horizontal position across the end of the car, and another metal strip secured in verticalposition across the outer face of the car -end and across said horizontally extendingy strip, said second named strip being provided with a'vertically-extending strengthening rib lpressed therein, and said first-named strip being provided with.V horizontally-extending strengthening wribs pressed therein at opposite sides of said` second-named strip, and means for securing said strips together at their crossing point independently of the said ribs.

i 4. In a devicefor strengthening the end of a. car, the combination of a metal strip secured across the out-er face of the car end, and a plurality of other metal strips each secured across the outer faceof the car end secured in horizontal position across the end of the car, another metal strip securedin vertical position across the outer face of the car end and across said horizontally-extendingl strip, and a third metal strip secured across the upper portion of said car end and across the upper end of said second-named Strip, said third-named strip being provided With a Strengthening rib pressed therein eX- tending across said second-named strip, said second-named strip beingv provided with a strengthening rib pressed 'therein extending across said first-named strip, and said rstnamed. strip being provided with strengthening ribs pressed therein at opposite sides of said second-named strip. i

6. In a device for strengthening the end of a car, the. combination of a metal strip secured'in horizontal position across the end of the car Vand having its ends turned and extended forward along the sides of the car opposite the belt rail. another metal strip secured in vertical position across the outer.' v

face of the car end and across said horizontally-extending strip, a third nietal strip secured across the upper portion of said car end and across the upper end of said secondnamed strip, said third-namedstrip having its ends turned and extending forward. along the sides opposite the side plates of the car. and means for securing said several metal strips together at the points where they 'cross each other.

7. In a device for strengthening the end of a car, the combination of a metal strip secured in horizontal position across the end of the car and having its ends turned and extended forward along the sides of the car opposite the belt rail. another metal strip secured in vertical position across the outer face of thel car end and across.saidhorizontallvextendingrstrip, a third metal strip secured across the upper portion of said car end and across the upper end of said second-named strip, said third-named strip having its ends turned and extending 'forward along the sides opposite thc side plates of the car, and Imeans for securing said several 4metal strips together at the points where they cross each other, each of said metal strips being providedk with longitudinally-extending strengthening ribs pressed therein for substantially its full length across the end of the car except that. at the point where one of said strips crosses under another strip the strengthening rib of the under strip is faded out. l l

8. In a device for strengthening the end of a car, the combination of a metal strip secured in horizontal position across the endl ofthe car and having its ends turned and extended forward along the sides of the car opposite the `belt rail, another metal strip secured in vertical position across the outer 85 falce of the calzend and across said horizontally-extending strip, `a third metal strip 1 secured across the upper portion of said car end and across the upper end f said secondnamed strip, saidthird-namd strip having its ends turned and extending' forward along i .the sides opposite the sidel plates of the car,

means for securing said several metal strips together at the points where they cross each other. means for securing the forwardlyextending ends .of said first-named strip to the'belt rail, and means for securing the forwardly-extcnding ends of said third strip to the side platesof the car. l-

9. In a carconstruction, the combination with Wooden end posts, corner posts, end plate, side plate and belt rail m'en'ibers, of a substantially vertical strengthening member arranged externally of and opposite to` one of said end post members, said strengthening member bein-g provided with flanges overlapping part of said belt rail on each side of said end post, and means for securing said strengthening Vmember to said belt rail.

10. In a car construction, thecombination with wooden end posts. corner. posts, end plate, side plate and belt rail members, of a substantially vertical strengthening member arranged externally of and opposite to 115 one of said end post members, said strengthening member being provided withfianges overlapping part of said belt rail on each side of said end posts, means1 for securing said strengthening member to said end plate, 120 and means for securing said strengthening member to said belt rail.

1l. In a car construction, the combination with wooden end posts. corner posts, end plate, side plate and belt rail members, ofl 125 a substantially vertical strengthening meinber arranged externally of and oppositeto one of said end 'post members, said strengthening member being provided with flanges overlapping part Ofsaid 'belt rail on each 130 side of saidend posts, means for securing said strengthening member to said end plate, 'means for `connecting said end plate to said ,side plate, and means for securing said strengthening member tov said belt rail.

.. 12. In a carend construction, the combination with an end post. andl sheathing, of

a substantially vertical strengthening member'externally arranged opposite to and overlapping said end post laterally in Vboth directions substantially throughout its length whereby the sheathing on. each side of said end post is supported by said member.

13. Ina car end construction, thecombination with an end post and sheathing, of a substantially vertical strengthening member externally arranged opposite to and overlapping said end post laterally in .both dilrecti'ons, 'and a rib on said member of less Width than said end post,whereb both the sheathing on each side of the en Y post and the end post itself are supported by said member.

1 4. In a carend construction, the combi! nation with an end post of a substantially vertical Strengthening member arranged externally of the car opposite to and overlapping said end post latera-lly,and` means for clamping said end post and member' together, said means bein externally arranged with respect to said enc post.V l

15. In a carend construction, the combination with an end post and sheathing, of a substantially vertical strengthening member externally arranged opposite to andV overlapping said end post laterally in both direc'tions substantially throughout its length whereby the sheathing on each side of said end post is supported by said member.

" 16, In a car end construction, the combination with an endpost and sheathing, of a substantially vertical strengthening memberexternally arranged opposite to and overlapping said ,end post laterally in both directions and ia rib on said member ofless Width than said end post, whereby both the sheathing on each side ofthe end post and said end post `itself are supported by said member.

17. In a car end construction, the combination with an end post, of a substantially vertical strengthening member arranged externally of the cai' opposite to and overlapping said en d post' laterally, and means for clamping said end. post and strengthening member together, said means being externally arranged'with respect to said end post.

18. nation `with an end post and sheathing, of a substantially VerticalA strengthening member externallyarranged opposite to and overlapping Vsaid end post laterally in both d1- rections and also overlapping the sheathing, and'means for clamping said endL post, sheathing and strengthening member to- In a car end construction, the comb-i4 gether land therebyY the sheathing and the end` post itself are supported by said strengthening member. f

19'.l Ina car end construction, the combination -with an end post and sheathing, vof a. substantially Avertical strengthening member externally arranged opposite to and` overlapping said end post laterally in both directions and also overlapping the sheathing, and means for clamping said end post, sheathing and strengthening member together, said means bein externally arranged `with respect to said en post.-

20. In a car end construction, the combi vnation with Wooden end-post, corner 'post andend plate members, of substantially vertical strengthening members externally ar.- ranged opposite to and overlapping said end posts laterally.

21." In a car end construction, the combination with Wooden end post, corner post and-A end plate members, of strengthening members of greater width than said end posts arranged diametrically opposite thereto on i r the opposite side of the sheathing of thecar.

2 2. In a car end construction, the combination w1th Wooden endv post, corner post and endl plate members, a substantiallyver# tical strengthening member of greater Width' than said end post and of channeled crsssection opposite said end post.

'23. In a car end construction, in' combination with end post, end sill and end platemembers, a substantially Vertical strengthen ing member of greater Width than said end post and of channeled cross section, the total cross section of the strengthening member being si'ibstantially constant throughout.

24. In a car end construction, the combi? nation with wooden end and corner posts,

end plate and side plates, of external metallic reinforcing members connected yto said end posts, end plate and side plates respec tivelty, and means forv connecting adjacent rein orcing members together.

25. In a car construction, the combination with a Wooden end post, of a substantially vertical strengthening member of greater width than said end post-and externally arranged outside said post, said member haV ing| a substantially centrally arranged channeled portion of less Width Ythan said end post.

26. In a car construction, the combination ywith a wooden end post, of a. substantially vertical strengthening member externally arranged outsife said post, said member having a sub antially centrally arranged channeled portion of less YWidth than said end post, and lateral flanges projecting laterally beyond the sides of said end post.

27. In a car end construction, the combination with wooden end and corner posts,

lend plate, end silland side plates, of anexternal horizontal metallic reinforcing member opposite the end plate, and a vertical my name in the presence of the two subscribmetallic` relinfrcing llemerl opposie aln end ing Witnesses. ost connect to sai en p atehen si 1A and horizontal member, and means for oonneet- THOMAS N' RUSSELL'- 6 ing said horizontal member to said side Witnesses:

plates. v s DONALD C. WILLIAMS,

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed RIDSDALE ELLIS.

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