USRE11254E - Railway-car - Google Patents

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J. M. BURTON. RAILWAY GAR No. 11,254; Reissued July 19,1892.

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J. M. BURTON. RAILWAY GAR.

No. 11,254. Reissued'July 19, 1892.

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RAILWAY CAR.

1%. 11,254. Reissued July 19, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. BURTON, OFRVICHITA, KANSAS.

RAlLWAY-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Reissued Letters Patent No. 11,254, dated July 19, 1892.

Original Ho. 47am, and March 8,1892. Application for reissue satin 14,1892. Serial 1a atmence thereon, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a side plan of the car; Fig. 2, an end elevation of 'the same; Fig. 3, a plan of the car-sills at one end of the car, also a section of the side and end sheathing and posts; Fig. 4, a detailed perspective of a single section -of the combined side sheathing and roof-covering; Fig. 5, a similar view of a combined post and carling of the car construction having a portion of one post broken away; Fig. 6, a similar view of a channeled and flanged strip, such as are employed in securing the'sheathingplates-and roof-plates into the channels of the posts and carlings when securing the parts together. Fig. 7 is a detailed perspective showing the construction and manner of uniting the side sheathing with the posts of the car, such construction being the same in the car-roof for uniting the roof portiono'f the plates with the carlings' Fig. 8 is a similar view of the corner construction of the carwalls. Fig. 9 is a cross-section of the lower portion of the car; and Figs. 10,11, 12,13,14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 are detailed views of pertions ofth'e car construction to more fully present the form and manner of un'itingparts when setting up a car.

This invention relates to certain impro ements in railway-cars; and it consists, essen tially, in the construction of the car from steel or other analogous. material and the manner in which the several parts of the car are united and secured into position, which improvements are fully set forth and explained in the following specification and claims.

The object of this invention is to so construct the parts thereof, and especially the side and endwalls and roof thereof,that they may be formed in duplicate quantities and afterward put together in sections and adapted to be held together by means of clampingbolts.

Referring to the drawings, the lower frame of the car consists of the side-sill bars S, the channeled end-sill bars D, the reinforcing end-sill bars D, and the intermediate sills S.

The side sills S are formed at their lower portion with the outward laterally-extending flange F and at their upper portion with corresponding inwardly-extending flange F, the

former flanges being for the support or rest of the side posts of the car and the latter in Fig. 3. The channeled bars D are ar- 4 ranged at the inner side of the supplemental end sill bars D, wit h their back surface against said end-sill bars, and are recessed, as shown at a, through their upper flange, into which recesses the end posts 0" of the car are stepped, so that the said posts will rest upon the lower flange of said bars with their channeled face presented toward the car interior. The intermediate sills S are composed of double-channeled steel bars arranged with their back surfaces together, and thus individually present the appearance of I-beams. These sills are each provided at each endwith an attached screw-threaded shank B and are arranged with their ends placed in the channel of the end bars D and'also within the channels of the end posts c", which are stepped into said-end-sill bars. Thescrewthreaded shanks of said intermediate sill-' beams are passed through holes provided in the posts 0" and through the two end-sill bars D D and have turned on their ends a nut,

which nuts when turned into position firmly and rest upon the flanges F of the side-sillbars S. Each of the channeled bars, which constitutetwo corner-posts and the connecting-carling thereof, is of greater width than ICO \ able means.

0 u I necting-carling thereof may receive the upper ends of the intermediate end posts which extend into the channel of said carling,' whereby the strength of the frame is increased.

P representsa combined side-sheathing and roof-covering plate I having struck-up side flanges, said plate being bent to a form corresponding with thecombined postsan d-carlings, as shown in Fig. 4. These plates are disposed side bysi de along the car-body,-their flanges extendingintothe channels of the combined side posts and carlings, the portions of the plates between the posts constituting the side sheathing of the car and the portions thereof between the carlings constituting the roof-covering. the combined posts and carlings by any suit- The means herein illustrated consist of strips which may be in the form of channelbars, shown in Figs. 6 and 7, or in the form of solid bars, as shown in Fig. 18. These strips are inserted in the channels of the posts and clamp the flanges of the combined sheathing and roofingplates against the flanges of the channeled posts or carlings, or both. When the channeled strips are employed the flanges f thereof lap against the inner faces of the combined sheathing and roofing plates and assistin clamping them in position. Bolts or rivets pass through the posts and'carlin gs and through the-clamping-strips, whereby the posts are firmly united. The channeled posts and carlings shut over the edges I of the combined sheathing and roofing plates and close the joints between said plates. When it is desired to line the car with an in terior sheathing of'wood, supplemental strips 10, preferably composed of wood, are sunk in the channeled'strips and su ing is nailed thereto. p

The corners may be constructed as shown in Fig. '8, in which'the sheathing P engages by the inner face of its flange oneof the flanges of the corner-post and the other sheathing P by the inner edge of its flange engages the other flange of the. corner-post. In this case the clam ping-stri p, which may be solid or flanged on one side only, is disposed in the channeled post between the outer face of the flange of; the sheathing P and the inner face of the sheathing P, asupplemental clampingch interior sheathstrip, as Z, being inserted between the inner,

face of the sheathing P and the other flange of' the corner-post. The connection of the sheathing-plates P with the intermediate channeled end posts is the same as the connection ofthe side-sheal hing plates with the ward flange or step thereof. -A clampingplate S, having recesses for securing the side These plates are held in position in.

posts, is placed over the extended lower portion of the side sheathing, and bolts passing through said clamping-plates, sheathing, and side sill serve to firmly fasten these parts together. Therec esses in the clamping-plate form sockets for the side posts. These sideclamping plates S". may extend around the corner of the car, fitting the corner-posts thereof, and be fastened to the end sills, 1f desired, as shown in Fig.3, and their extended end portions may be fastened by the usual bolts and truss-rods, whereby they assist in securing the end and side sills together and strengthen the lower frame.

The ladder disposed at each end of the car is composed, as herein shown,of a flat rail 0, an angleeiron rails", and rungs 'v, riveted to saidrails. The flat rail fits against one of the intermediate end posts and the an gle-iron rail fits' 'oyer'the outereorn'er of the cornerpost.. The same bolts which, unite the inner clamping-strips with the postv may pass through the ladder-rails and fasten the ladder to the car.

'loprovide the car witli side doors, I have.

terminated two plates of side sheathing and one post cat each side of the car at a point,

readily and quickly be repaired by remov ing the injured part or parts, which may be done by simply removing the clamping- I bolts at the injured portion of the car and substituting other'parts for the injured ones;

bined posts and earlings and the manner of securing the said posts and carlings and the sheathing and roofing plates together the car presents a perfectly smooth and free interior. unobstructed by either posts or carlings within the car. The bolls used for 'securing the'sheathing and the clamping-sill plates are formed with round heads concaved channeled and flanged strips d as a means of holding the sheathing-plates in the car-posts,

and have placed the wood fillers'within said channeled strips.

I do not desire to confine myself to the strict letter of this construction, for the reason that the woodfillers 10 may be made of sufficient size to occupy the place of said I10 and, further, by such construction of comstrips, and may further be' provided withj flangeslike unto those of said strips, as is shown 1n Fig. 18, and therefore perform the same service by the use of wood entire or a part wood'and a partmetal. I

Havmg thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

-1. In a railway-car, the combination of theend-slll bars, the channeled bars arranged at the inner side of saidiend-sill bars and pro.-

. vided with post-recesses in the upper flanges thereof, the channeled end-wall posts stepped 1Dl.Q said recesses, the intermediate sills arranged w1th theirends seated within said channel-bars and within the channel of the said wall-posts, said-intermediate sills being provided with screw-threaded shanks extendmg through holes in said end posts and in said end-sill bars, and nuts on. said shanks for locking said parts in position, substantially as set forth.

2 A, railway-car one of the side sills of which is provided. with an outward flange forming a step upon which one of the side walls rests and with an inward flange forming a step which serves as a support for the flooring-planks.

3. In the frame of a railway-car, the combination of a side sill provided with an outward flange, a side post supported on said flange, and a clamping-plate fastened tosaid side sill and provided with a loop .engaging said post and clamping it in position.

4. In the frame of a railway-car, the combination of a side-sill provided with an outward flange,.a side post supported on said flange,a clamping-plate fastened to said side "sill and provided with a loop engaging said post and-"clamping it Ln position, and asheathmg extending down between said clampingplate and sill.

5. In the frame of a railway-car, the combination'bf a side sill provided with an out-- ward flange, a channeled side post supported on said flange, a clamping-plate fasten'ed'to said side sill and provided with a loop. engaging said post and clamping it in position, and a sheathing composed of plates having flanges engaging said channeled posts and extending down between said clamping-plate and sill.

6. In a railway-car frame, the combination of a side sill and an end sill, the meeting ends of said sills being provided with interlocking hooks,- substantially as described. I

7. In a railway-oar frame, the combination of an end sill having inwardly-projecting flanges, the upper flange being provided with slots, a channeled end post stepped into said end sill through one ofsaid slot-s; a longitudinal sill extending into the channeled'end post between said flanges of the end sill, and means for fastening said post, substantially as described.

S. In a raihvay-car frame, the combination of an end sill having inwardly-projecting flanges, the upper flange being provided with slots, :1. channeled end post stepped into said end sill through one of said slots, a longitudinal sill extending into the channeled end post between said flanges of the endsill, said longiti'rdinal sill being provided with a screw- ,threaded shank extending through said end sill, and a nut on said shank for clamping said posts'together'.

, 9. In a railway-car frame, the combination of achanneled corner-post, side sheathing pro-' vided with a flange engaging onset the flanges of said p'ost,.end sheathing provided with a flange engaging the other flange of said post,

a filling-strip interposed between one flange of'said post and one of said sheathings, and a filling-strip interposed between the opposite side of the same sheathing and the flange ofthe other sheathing, substantially as de scribed.

10. In a railway-car frame, the combination of a channeled corner-post, side sheathingprov vided with a flange engaging one of the flanges of said post, end sheathing provided with a flange engaging the other flange of said-post, a filling-strip interposed between. one flange of said post and one of said sheathings, a fillin get rip interposed between the opposite side of the'saine sheathing and theflange of the other sheathing, and an inner strip entering the channeled post and. clamping-post and clampingthe flanges ot' the sheathing-plates therein.

11. A railway-car consisting of the combination,

with the lower frame and end walls, of

a series of sections of metallic plates provided with side-flanges and bent to form a combined side-wall sheathing and roof-covering, a series of combined metallic channeled posts and carlin gs arranged inclosing the flanges of said plates within their channels, and a series of supplemental flanged and channeled bars arranged within the channels of said combined posts and carlings and clamped therein by means of bolts for holding said plates, substantially as set forth.

12. In a railway-car frame,the combination of a channeled corner-post, side sheathingprovided with aflange engaging one of the flanges of 'said post, end sheathing provided with a flange engaging the-other flange of said post, a fillingstrip interposed between one flange of said post and one of said sheathings,afilling-strip interposed between the opposite side of the same sheathing and the flange of the I-IO other sheathing, and an inner strip entering ing a combined side-wall sheathing and roofcovering, substantially assetforth.

14. In a railway-car frame, the combination of an end wall composed of channeled posts, and sheathing-plates having side flanges clamped within said posts, and a channeled carling. at the end of the car shutting over said end wall.

15. In a railway-car frame, the combination of a channeled carling at the end of the carframe and an end wall the upper edge of iwhich extends into the channel of said caring. i

16. A railway-car provided ,with metallic channeled side-wall posts, in combination with metallic sheathing-plates provided with side flanges corresponding with the flanges of the posts and, arranged within the channels of said posts-with corresponding flanged metallic channeled clamping bars arranged within the channels, of said posts and engaging said sheathing-plates, and with wooden bars arranged within said channeled clampingbars, the whole being secured together by means of bolts arranged through said posts and bars, substantially as se'tt'orth.

17. A railway-car consisting of the combi- 'nation,with the lower frame and end walls,

of a series of combined metallic channeled side-wall posts and carlings, series of sections of metallic plates provided with side flanges and bent to form a combined sidewall sheathing and roof-covering and ar anged with their flanges clamped within the channels of said combined posts and carlings, and the two-part sill-bars of the car, arranged clamping the lower end portion of said posts and plates between-them, substantially as set forth.

18. A railway-car, provided with the side walls and'roof made in combined sections consisting of a series of combined metallic channeled posts and carlings and of a corresponding seriesof metallic plat-es bent to conform to the posts and carlings and provided with side flanges held clamped within the channels of said combined posts and carlings and with end walls consisting of similar parts and plates similarly united and clamped and arranged terminating at their'npper end within the channel of the end carlings of the car, substantially as set forth.

19. A railway-car provided with end sills, with channeLiron end-wall posts stepped into inortises or recesses of said sills, and with the intermediate ear-sills or stringers secured within said'sills within the flanges of said posts, substantially as set forth.

20. A railwayrar roof consisting of aseries of inverted metallic U-shap'ed or channeled carlings and of a corresponding series of 'metallic plates provided with said carlin gs, substantially, as set forth.

JOIINM. BURTON. Witnesses.-

SARAH MARTIN, E. I. ROACH.

side flanges clamped within the hollows or channels of

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