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(No Modl.) 2 Sheets-Sheet. 1. R. B. CAMPBELL 8: F. E. HOUSE. COMBINATION FREIGHT GAR.

No. 437,332. Patented Sept. 30, 1890.

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R. B. CAMPBELL & F. E. HOUSE.

GOMBINATION FREIGHT GAR.

No. 437,332. PatentedSept. 30. 1890.

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UNITED STATES- ROBERT B. CAMPBELL,

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CHILLICOTHE, MISSOURI.

COMBINATION' FRElGHT-CAR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT E. CAMPBELL and FRANCIS E. HOUSE, citizens of the United States, residing at Marion and Ohillicothe in the counties of Linn and Livingston, and States of Iowa and Missouri, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Freight-Oars; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I,

Our invention relates to combinationrailway-cars of the type described in our Letters Y Patent, No. 365,461, issued on the 28th day of June, 1887; and the object of this invention is to so improve the construction of such com bination-car as the better to adapt it to the purposes of a stock-car.

The invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts, as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a side elevation of one end of a car embodying our invention, andFig. 2 a front elevation of the feed-rack. Fig. 3, Sheet 2, is a fragmentarytransverse section of a car, showing the parts in position for use as a stock-car; Fig. 4;, a similar view showing the parts in position, as for a coal-car; Fig. 5, the sameas a grain-car; Fig. 6, a fragmentary view in perspective of the'device for locking the parts in position, and Fig. 7 a fragmentary side ele vation of the same. I

Similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The improvements herein have reference to the application of feed-racks and wateringtroughs to a car of the type described in our said Letters Patent, and such a modification in the construction of the car as will readily admit of these improvements.

Referring to the drawings, more particularly to Figs. 1, 3, 4:, and 5, which represent portions of a car embodying our invention,

reference-figure 1 indicates the bottom of the car; 2, the studding; 3, a permanent section of siding, and 4 the roof. These parts do not diiter, essentially, fromthose of cars in com- Application filed May 15, 1890. Serial no. 351,891. (No model.)

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mon use, except that the section ofsiding extends but a short distance down from the eaves of the car. The purpose of this section of siding is twofoldtc close a portion'of the side ofthe car and make a backing for the feed-racks.

The feed-rack is illustrated in Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5. It consists of a lower portion 5, pivoted to the studding by means of inwardlyprojecting lugs 6 and suitable bolts or pins 7, and an upper portion 8, hinged to the lower part by means of a rod 9, passing through the bars of the rack. Lugs 10 serve to' prevent the two parts of the rack from swinging outwardly beyond the straight position shown in Fig. 3, but permit the rack to be closed up into the corner when not in use, as shownin Figs. 4 and 5. The upper portion of the rack is supported by suitable eyes 11 from stirrups 12, which stirrups are provided with notches 13 at both extremities to prevent displacement of the rack when in either position. The bottom of the rack is conterminous with or slightly above the bottom of the permanent siding of the car, which forms a backing therefor, as specified.

The lower portion of the car is provided with slats 14, corresponding practically with those in the ordinary stock car. Between these and the closed portion of the side of the car is an open space, which when in use as a stock-car is filled bya slatted section or sections 15, in a manner practically similar to that described in our said Letters Patent. This slatted section is mounted on pivoted arms 16, adapted to swingup and down and carry the section to the proper positions. The slats on the section correspond in width to the interspaces between the slats on the side of the car, and when thrown down the section closes these interspaces, making the lower part of the car tight, thus adapting the car to the purposes of carrying grain,.coal, and the like.

To the roof of the car is suspended by suitable pivoted arms 17 an additional section 18,

adapted to be swung up under the roof of the car when not in use, andheld there by a suitable catch 19. This section is made with tightly-joined boards, like the upper portion of the side of the car, and when swung down to the position shown in Fig. 5 closes the open space below this permanently-closed upper space, so that when the slatted section is thrown to its lower position and the closed section to a corresponding position the whole side of the car is closed tightly, thus forming a suitable car for the transportation of merchandise and the like. As the space which the section 18 occupies under the roof of the car is somewhat shorter than that required when thrown down, a movement of the sec tion on its supporting-arms 17 is provided by means of slots 20, through which pass suitable studs 21.

In Figs. 1, 6, and 7 is illustrated the device for locking the section 15 in both its extreme positions. Alongside of the studdings 2 is mounted a bar 22, havinga series of hooks 23, adapted to enter staples 24, secured to the section. These staples coincide with and pass through similar staples 25 on the studding at both the lower and upper position of the section. The hooks 23 are made tapered, as shown, and as forced down between the loop of the staple 24 and the side of the staple 25 tend to draw the section tightly against the side of the car, as indicated'in Fig. 7. The hook-bar is held in place by suitable straps 26, which permit it to slide up and down a limited distance. A cranked rod 27 passes along the outside of the car, and from the cranks 28 thereon a connecting-rod 29 passes to the hook-bar. This cranked rod is actu- -uted by means of a lever 30 in the nature of a hasp, which in turn is locked by a suitable pin 31, passing through the staple 32 near the bottom of the car. By means of this device considerable power may be applied to the locking device, and the section thus be draw snugly to position.

On suitable arms 33, attached to a rotating shaft 34, are mounted the wateringtroughs 35, which are adapted to be turned inwardly 'to the position shown in Fig. 3, or outwardly, as shown in Fig. 4. When in the former position,they rest on the edge of one of the slats fixed to the side of the car. When turned outwardly, their movement is limited by the i So constructed the car is capable of being quickly. converted into a stock-car, with all the necessary appliances, and for the returnclose the interspaces in the lower portion of the wall, and a tight section mounted on slotted arms-and adapted to swing up under the roof of the car when not in use and to swing down to close the open middle space in the side wall, substantially as set forth.

2. In a freight-car,.the combination of the side wall having a slatted lower portion, an

open middle space, and a closed upper port-ion,

adjustable sections, substantially as described, adapted to close the middle space and the interspaces between the permanentslats of the side wall, feed-racks, and tilting water-troughs, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a feed-rack for stock-cars, the combination of the lower part 5, pivoted to the side wall of the car, the upper part 8, hinged to said lower part, stops 10, to limit the fiexure of the rack in one direction, and eyes 11, engaging with stirrups 12, having notches 13 at extremes of the racks movement, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 1

4. In a freight-car, the combination, with an adjustable section, substantially as described, of the locking device consisting of the vertically-moving hook-bar 22, having tapered hooks 23, staples contiguous to said hooks, staples in said section coinciding with and adapted to enter the former staples, and means, substantially as described, adapted to force the hooks between the loops of the staples in the section and the staples through which they pass.

In testimony whereof we affix our-signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT B. CAMPBELL. FRANCIS E. HOUSE. Witnesses to signature of Robert B. Campbell:

C. H. MARSHALL, F. T. Fox. Witnesses to signature of Francis E. House:

M. R. HoUsE, GARRIsoN HARKER.

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