US1381284A - Passenger-car construction - Google Patents

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C. S. COTTON.-

PASSENGER CAR CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED AIRI23I I92OI Patented June 14, 1921.

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CII. ICIIIILTIItIIIFIIICII I Witwe/nef APPLICATION FILED APR.23. 1920.

Patented June 14, 1921.

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ASSIGNOR T0 PRESSED STEEL A CORPORATION OF NEW PSSENGER-CAR CONSTRCTION.

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Specification of Letters latent.

Patented June 14;, 1921.

Application lcd April 23, 1320. Serial No. 375,020.

To all whom t muy concern Be it known that l, @Harinas S. Co'r'roN7 a citizen of JVhe United States, residing in Ciafton, in the vcounty oic Allegheny and citate of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useitul lmproif'ements in Passenger- Car eonstruction, ot which the followingl is a specli-cation.

lt has been obscrv'ed that the event of :i collision between cars or trains traveling at great speedj adjacent cars will mount and telescope each other and the heavy and strong underframe ot One car will shear oil a: d destroy the relatively light and weak posts and braces forming the superstructure or body portion proper oi tie adjacent car, hns causingl great damage to the cars and,

the cars are carrying` passengers, will consequently cause a great loss of lite.

in object oit the present invention is to nroi'ide a passeneer car in which the body lortion proper or the car is given greater Lwinst damage due telescopl jacent ear. ther object of the invention is to prothe end portion of a railway passenger with a construction which will, when the iniuerfranie oit one car rises above the underitranie of an adjacent car, absorb or cushionl the shock diie to t1 e impact of the cars thus reducing the momentum of one undertranie before it reaches the posts and braces of the body portion proper of the other car.

A Jfurther object of' the invention is to pro vide the end portion ot a railway passenger car with shock absorbing means which eX- tends transversely of the car and is connected with the side plates thereof.

These and other objects will be Jiroin the following` description:

Referring now to the drawings in which like reference characters refer to like parts:

apparent lligure l, is a plan View of a portion ot a railway car embodying the invention7 the roer" being` omitted to more clearly illustrate the invention: Fig. 2, is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 2 2 o'f Fig. l and 3, is an enlarged sectional Y Yview taken on the line 3 3 ci Fig. l.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the reference character l indicates the end plate which extends from side to side of the r1 n car. llns end plate may be or any suitable construction but as illustrated in the drawings is preferably of channel torni having its web 2 disposed horizontally and its flanges 8 and a' disposed downwardly. The side plates 5 oi the car extend from end to end plate and are connected therewith in any suitable manner. rfhese side plates may be of any preferred construction but as illustrated in the drawings are preferably oi5 channel torin in cross-section, having their webs 6 disposed horizontally and their flanges 'l disposed downwardly. The end plate l is connected with the usual vestibule end post 5l and the side plates 5 are connected with the superstructure framing (not shown) in the usual manner.

The reference character 9 indicates a shock absin'bing` member which comprises a plate which extends troni side plate to side plate and rests on and is secured to suoli sido plates by rivets or any other suitable inea s. The edge portions ot' the plateQ, adjacent the sides of the car7 are each rovided with a downwardly depending' 'flange l() which is preferably secured to the outer downwardly depending flange 7 ot one ot the side plates. The edge portion oi the plate 9, adjacent the oid ot the car, is pi'oif'idcd with a fiat portion ll which is preferably secured to the web 2 of the end plate while the opposite edgeV portion oil the plate is preferably provided with an upwardly extending flange l2 which is secured to one or' the flanges 13 o"A a channel shaped member 141: which eI-lt ifrom side to side 01"' the car and which at its `ends is secured to the sido plates This .plate 9 may boot any desired thickness and is proif'ided with corrugations l5 which prei"- erably extend transversely of the car and are preferably continuous Vfrom side plate to side plate. To the underside of 'this plate a finish ceiling` plate i8 may be secured.

lt will be noted that when a car equiojed with the corrugated plate 9 is in a wreck collision and an adjacent car mounts it that the corrugations l5 ot the plate will told and will at the saine Limc tend to draw the side plates 5 and parts connected thorewitln in a direction toward the longitudinal center line oft the car and will thus torni a cushion which will absorb the shock ot the oncoming` car. lt will be Jfurther noted t iat each corrugation as it is folded increases the resistance to the oncoming' car and gradually decreases the momentum or" the car and finally stops the one car from telescoping,` the body portion of the other car.

Heretofore instead of making the plate 9 crushable, a flat plate has been used which, when one car mounts another, would tear and offer only a slight resistance to the oncoming car and would therlorol perinit the one car to telescope the other. .in the present invention the plate 9 is, by reason oit' the corrugations l5, initially crushed to some degree and thus prevents any tearing oi the plate.

lt will be understood 'that changes may be made in the construction described wit-hout departing from the spiriL a d scope oit the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention what I claini as new and desire to secure bylietters Patent is l. ln a passenger car, side training, a roo'i` structure connected'with said training, and a horizontally disposed` corrugated plato below said roof structure extending between and secured to said side ir'rarninfr.

2. ln a passenger car, side training, a rooconnected with said framing, and a horizontally disposed corrugated plate below said roof extending between and secured to said si de jfrainiing, the corrugations in said plate extending transversely oi"A the car..

3. ln a passenger car end construction, side training, a roof connected with said training, a horizontally disposed pla-te ranged below said root and conne@y ed with said training, and corrugations in said plate.

l. ln a passenger car end construction,

-side plates, a root connected with said side plates, and a horizontally disposed corrugated plate extending between and secured to said side plates below said roof, said corrugated plate being adapted to gradually decrease the rn-oinentiun of an adjacent car.

5. ln a passenger car end construcaon,

side plates, a rooiconnected with said side plates and horizontally disposed nieans extending` between and connected with said side plates aelow said rootl adapted to cushion the shock of an adjacent car.

ln a passenger car end construction, side plates, a roo'r connected with said side plates, and a horizontally disposed corrugated plate below said root secured to said ,absorb the shock due to the impact orn an adjacent car.

8. A car structure comprising side wall structures and a roof structure and horizontally disposed rnea-ns arranged below saidI rooil structure and secured to said side wall structure, said nieans comprising a plurality of transverse parts adapted to cooperate to intercept a tel-@scoping body.

9. A car structure coinprising side wall structures and a. roof structure, a horizon- -tally disposed corrugated ineans below said root' structure connected with said side wall structures adapted to intercept a telescoping body.

i0. A car structure comprising side plates a roof above said plates, a horizontally disposed platel arranged below said root structure extending between and secured to said side plates adapted to intercept a telescoping body. y

ll. A car structure comprising Van end plate, side plates, a tansrerse ineinber eutending between and secured to said side plates and horizontally disposed means secured to said end and side plates and to said transverse nieinber adapted to intercept a telescoping body. Y

12. A car structure comprising an end plate, side plates, a transverse rneinber engaging` said side plates and a horizontally disposed corrugated plate secured to said side and end plates and to said transverse rneinber adapted to intercept a telescoping body. Y j

lin testimony whereof l aillX niy signature in the presence ot two witnesses.

CHARLES S. SUTTON.

lllitnesses E. S. 'rzLnR, EDYTHE LAMBn.

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