US846846A - Railway-car. - Google Patents

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No. 846,846. PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907. L. J. HARRIS.

RAILWAY OAR. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1906.

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LOUIE J. HARRIS, or NEW YoRK, N. Y.

RAILWAY-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 12, 1907.

Application filed August 27. 1906. Serial No. 332,279.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIE J. HARRIS, a

citizen of the United States of America, and I a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State oi New York, have invented a certain new and useful Railway- Car, of which the following is a specification, the same being 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.

This invention relates to railway-cars, and more particularly to that class of cars which are constructed with the car-body between the trucks depressed or hung down, as shown in my Patent No. 737,403, August-25, 1903, and also to old or new cars which may have the body between the trucks reinforced by attaching to the bed or bottom of the car a resisting structure, either made of wood or metal, and a connection between the-same and the trucks whereby the trucks, either separately or collectively, are caught or held, so as to prevent them from assuming an abnormal position, so as to allow for the ordinary lateral movement or swing of the truck ends, but which forms a resistance in case of derailment or accident; and my invention embodies certain novel features of construction and combination and arrangement of parts forming in operation a simple and efficient organization.

To attain the desired end, this my invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and operation of novel devices and combination of devices, as hereinafter set forth.

In order to enable the invention to be fully understood, I will proceed to explain the same by reference to the drawings, illustrative of one embodiment of the invention, which accompany and form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a car constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a view in detail, being an elevation of the truck. Fig. 3 is a partial plan view of the truck; and Figs. 4 and 5 are plan views of a truck and a portion of the car-body, the truck being shown in a normal median position in Fig. 4 and in Fig. 5 in its extreme limit of displacement.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the views.

Referring particularly by letter to the drawings, A denotes a car provided with l means for resistance,

as the hangdown A, the body of the car lying over the trucks being indicated by the reference character C.

I ordinarily provide auxiliary resistance means, as a member or members consisting, preferably, of the cross beam or plate E, ordinarily reinforced by the member formed by the longitudinal beam G, which latter parts may, if desired, be either attached to the bottom face of the hangdown A or in cases where there is no such depending portion directly to the bed or bottom of the car, provided that they lie inwardly or rearwardly of and below the upper face of the truckframe, by which device a resistance means to the inward or rearward movement of the truck in case of a collision is formed capable of standing a very heavy strain.

Intermediate the trucks D and the said resistance means is located a connecting device whereby a limited movement is allowed for the swing of the trucks, which turn on the in the ordinary manner,

center of king-pin D togas the pivoted links F, forming a sort of gle-joint.

Under ordinary conditions the trucks will have a slight swinging movement in going around curves, &c.; but in case of accidentsuch, for example, in the event of the derailment of the car and the structure being thrown, by the impact of a collision, from the rails Bthe toggle-joints F will limit the swinging movement of the trucks, and thus prevent the same from being displaced.

By constructing the framing of the car.- bed with reinforcing means and truck connections I make a stronger car and do away with the truck-chains now common in car use and eliminate to a very great degree the liability of any derailment of the trucks and also the telescoping of the car. The said auxiliary means may also consist of pipes or tubing H used either in connection with or separately from the reinforcing means, consisting of the plate E and beam G.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a car, a truck, a rigid part extending across the ,car and lying inwardly or rearwardly of and below the upper face of the truck-frame, to provide a resistance means to the rearward or nward movement of the face of the truck-frame,

truck, and intermediate means connected with the car and truck to allow only a limited movement of the truck.

2. In a car having a hangdown, or depending portion of the same, a truck, a rigid part lying inwardly or rearwardly of and below the upper face of the truck-frame, to rovide a resistance means to the rearward or inward movement of the truck, and forming a facing for the said hangdown or depending portion, and intermediate means connected with the car and truck to allow only a limited movement of the truck.

3. In a car, a truck, a rigid part lying inwardly or rearwardly of and below the upper to provide a resistance means to the rearward or inward movement of the truck and comprising a resistance device and an auxiliary metal structure, and intermediate means connected with the car and truck to allow only a limited movement of the truck.

4. In a car, a truck, a rigid part extending across the car and lying inwardly or rearwardly of and below the upper face of the truck-frame, to provide a resistance means to the rearward or inward movement of the truck, and intermediate means connected with the car and truck to allow only a limited movement of the truck consisting of a pivoted link mechanism. 7

5. In a car having a hangdown, or depending portion of the same, a truck, a rigid part lying inwardly or rearwardly of and below the upper face of the truck-frame, to provide a resistance means to the rearward or inward movement of the truck, and forming a facing for the said hangdown or depend- I the rearward or inward ing portion, and intermediate means connected with the car and truck to allow only a limited movement of the truck consisting of a pivoted link mechanism.

6. In a car, a truck, a rigid part lying inwardly or rearwardly of and below the upper face of the truckframe, to provide a resistance means to the rearward or inward movement of the truck, and comprising a resistance device and an auxiliary metal structure, and intermediate means connected with the car and truck to allow only a limited movement of the truck consisting of a pivoted link mechanism.

7. In a car, a truck, and a rigid part lo cated a distance away from the truck and lying inwardly or rearwardly of and below the upper face of the truclcframe, and consisti'ng of a metal framework to provide a resistance means to the rearward or inward movement of the truck.

S. In a car, a truck, and a rigid part extending across the car and lying inwardly or rearwardly of and below the upper face of the truck-frame, and consisting of a metal framework to provide a resistance means to movement of the truck, in combination with a device con nected with the car and truck to allow only a limited movement of the truck.

In testimony of the foregoing specification I do hereby sign the same, in the city of New York, county and State of New York, this 6th day of August, 1906.

LOUIE J. HARRIS. Witnesses:

ROB. SOHWARZ, J ODELL FOWLER. 2

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