US941405A - Car for transporting ore or other material. - Google Patents

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wrc. CARR. TRANSPOETING ORE OR OTHER MATERIAL.

CAR FOR APPLICATION FILED DEO.11,1908.

Patented Nov. 30, 3999. 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

5W. 0. CARR. CAR 'FOR TRANSPORTING ORE OR OTHER MATERIAL.

APPLICATION vFILED D30. 11, 190B.

Patented Nov. 30, 1909.

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WILLIAM G. CARE, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

CAR- FQR TRANSPORTING ORE OR OTHER MATERIAL.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 30, 1909.

Application filed December 11, 1908. Serial No. 466,999.

-New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cars for Transporting Ore or othecMaterial, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved car which is chiefly adapted for transporting ore or other material and the objects of the invention are to simplify the construction of cars of this class and to provide a strong and durable structure.

The invention also relates to certain details of construction which will be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which an adaptation of the invention is shown.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved car with one end thereof shown in section to disclose the construction. Fig. 2

is an enlarged detach'cdsidc view of a frag" ment of the door carrying the locking bolt.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detached central section through the connecting rod which couples the bell crank and the lever for releasing the doors. Fig. 4 is an end View of the improved car looking in the direction of the arrow V, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section through the car on line a a, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section through the car body and frame on.

line I) b, Fig. 1, showing the doors open to discharge the load. Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary section through the doors on line 0 c, Fig. 1, showing the locking device for locking the doors when closed.

In referring to the 'accon'ipanying drawings in detail, like numerals-designate like parts.

The'car body is composed of two sides 1 and 2, two ends 3 and 4:, a bottom in two sections 5 and 6, hinged oppositely to each other to the sides. The sides incline toward each other from the top downward and the.

ends also incline toward'each other from.

the top downward thereby forming a taperin body, the interior of which gradually re uces in size from the top toward the bottom. The lower portions of the ends extend below the sides and have their lower edges inclined toward each other at a greater angle from the vertical than the side edges of the upper portions of the ends, and said edges of the lower portion of each end meet at a central point. or apex which'forms the lowest depending point. The bottom sections .5 and tiare hinged to the lower margin of the sides by strap hinges 7, preferably three in number, and in o ening swing "transversely from each other rom the position shown in Fig. 5 to the position shown iii Fig. 6'. The sections 5 and 6, when closed, have their inner longitudinal edges locked together and the upper surface of the side margins of their ends fitted against the edges of the lower depending portions of the ends of the car body, as shown in Fig. 5.

The car body is supported within 'a rectangular frame which consists. of two longitudinal (side. members 8, two transverse end members 9 which connect the ends of the side members, and twosets of supplementary frame members, each set of which consists of two transversely arranged members 10 and 11.. These supplemental frame members 10 and 11 are riveted to the rectangular frame near its end and are separated suthciently to permit the bolting, thereto of separated projecting brackets 12 which extend diagonally upward from a casing b1 housing 13 inclosing an electric motor.

The shaft 14 of each motor constitutes one of the ca axles and has our wheels 15 attached to its ends.

To lessen the. friction, an anti friction bearing, preferably a roller or ball bearing, is fitted around each projecting end of the said shaft 14, between the casing- 13 and the car wheel 15 and is mounted in an inclosing support 16 which bolted directly to the side of the casing. In this way each car axle is supported from the car body by the motor casing 13 itself, dispensing with all separate brackets, and a very wide bearing is also provided owing to the oppositely located anti-friction bearmgs.

A dished or flanged plate 1.7 isbolted to the bottom of each motor casing 13 and brackets 18 are bolted to the opposite sides of the plate in which vertical current conducting brushes 19 are yieldingly mounted.

The brushes are located vertically beneath the car wheels 15, see Fig. l, and are adapted to take the current from the under-surface of the rails on which the wheels travel.

Means are provided for locking the sections of the bottom in closed position which preferably consist of a locking bar 20 which vicinity of the track on which the car travels I and strikes or impinges agalnst a part of 1 plate 21 fastened to the inner margin of one ofthe sections and has lateral hooks 22 arranged at intervals, and metal strips 23 riveted to the inner margin of the other section of the bottom which fit in slots 24, in the first mentioned section when the sections are closed and have projecting loop ends 2b in which the hooks 22 engage to lockthe two memberstogether.

Four strips 23 are utilized in the-adaptation shown in the accompanying drawings and a like number of hooks 22 are also formed on the locking bar so that the sections are secured'together very strongly. The locking bar is retracted to release the sections by mechanism which is preferably" operated by stationary means located in the said mechanism as the car passes.

A double crank which is pivotally mount-.

ed at an intermediate point on a pivot 26 ex- I tending from a plate 27 bolted to'one of the sections of the bottom, has its-lower. end 28 projecting-between two lugs 29 and 30, extending-upward from the locking bar 20 and its upper end universally jointed to one end of a connection. 4

A bell crank 31 hasone of its members universally jointed to the opposite end of the connection and its'othe'r member proeach othen 34 and'35 which are threaded oppositely to The'socket members 36 and 37 are each shaped to form one element of a universal ball joint and are provided with 81(18 openings 38 and 39 through which the ballends 40 and '41 of the doublecrank and the bell crank are fitted into said sockets to form the otherelements of the universal joints.

The doors 5 and 6are li1nited in their opening movement ;by stops arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 6, and consisting-ofangular bars 42 bolted to the side frame members 8. and depending therefrom. These stops 42-are arranged so that the doors 5 and 6 when open, are in substantial aline-' ment wit-h the sides land-2 of the car, so

thatthe whole forms a substantially funnel shaped car from which theload can'bc evenly discharged.

The bell crank 31 is maintained in the position it assumes when operated to release the looking bolt by being forced against the side frame member 8 andfrictionally held. This is accomplished by means of a coiled spring 43 which encirc es the ivoting in 44 of the bell crank and is hel thereon etween two washers 45 by a nut 46, see Figs. t'and The purpose of this is to retain the doors are again closed and locked and the car ready to receive, another load. The main advantages of this improved car reside principally in the'great strength and simplicity of its structure, the construction of the dumping bottom and the ini roved locking and releasing mechanism f dr the dumping bottom.

I claimbody having a hinged bottom composed of tions in closed position comprising a locking having a series of hooks and metal strips-ab inwhich the hooks of the locking bar engage. 2.'In a car of the class described, a car body having a hinged bottom composed of two sections and means for locking said sec- .tions in closed p sition including a locking bar and mechanis n 'for retracting said looking bar consisting'of a double crank operatively connected to the looking bar, and a bell crank operatively connected to the double crank. I 3. In a car of the class described, a car body having a hinged bottom composed of two sections and means for locking said sections in closed-position including a locking bar and mechanism for retracting said lock-. ing'bar consisting of a double crank operativcly connected to' the locking bar, a bell crank, and a connection between the double crank and bell crank and universally jointed .to each crank.

4. A car havinga body provided with a ing said sections together, and a system of universally connected cranks for retracting said locking mechanism.

hinged sectional bottom, mechanism for lockingsaid sections together, and a system of universally connected cranks for retracting said locking mechanism, one of which is supported from a stationary part of the car and another of which is so ported from one of the hinged sect-ions of t 1e bottom.

(3. In acar of the'class described, a car body having a hinged bottom composed of tions in closed position comprising a lockin bar movably supported from one section an a plurality of elements attached at intervals to the other section having openings in which the locking bar engages.

the. locking bolt in retracted position until 1-. In a car of the class described, a carv two sections and meansfor locking said secbarslidably mounted on one section and.

hinged sectionalbottom, mechanism for locko. A car having a. body provided with a two sections and means for locking said sectached to the other section and having loops swung toward each other to close the opening in'the car bottom andmeansfor locking said sections in closed position including at 1001011 bar supported --from one member and adapted to operatively engage the other member; said locking bar havinglugs and mechanism for retracting said locking bar 7 a crank engaging the lugs of the lock-' having ing bar.

9. In a car of -.the class described, a car body having a hinged bottom composed of two sections and means for locking said sec-'- tions in closed position comprising a lock ing bar slidably mounted in longitudinal position on the side margin of one section of the bottom and having a series of hooks and a pluralityof loops arranged at intervals on the side margin of the other section in which the hooks of the locking bar en- 10. A car having abody provided with a dumping bottom, mechanism for locking the the lockdumping bottomin closed position, and re- 35 leasing mechanism for said locking mechanism including an element supported from the dumping bottom, anelement supported from a stationary part of the car body and an extensible element connecting said ele- '40 ments.

llaA car having a body provided with a dumping bottom, mechanism for locking the dumping bottom in closed position, and releasing mechanism for said locking mechan- 4'5 ism including an element supported from the dumping bottom, an element supported from a stationary part of the car body and an element connecting said elements; and

consisting of a bar and two socket members 50 each of which is fitted on one end of the base.

12. A car having a body provided with a i dumping bottom, mechanism for locking the dumping bottom in closed position, and re- 55 leasing mechanism for said locking meohan ism including an element supported from the dumping bottom, an element supported from a stationary part of the car body and .an element connecting said elements and 66 consisting of a screw threaded bar and two socket members, each of the socket members 'being screwed on one end ofthe bar.-

WILLIAM G. CARR.

Witnesses:

L. M. SANGSTER, GEORGE A. NE'UBAUER.

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