US1387079A - Reinforced-sheet-metal end wall for railway-cars - Google Patents

Description

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V. E REINFORCED SHEET METAL END WALL FOR RAILWAY CARS.

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REINFORCED SHEET METAL END WALL FOB RAILWAYCAHS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 24,1919.

1,38%790 Patented Aug. 9, 1921.

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speeinfauon of Letters Patent.

'Patented Aug. a, 1921.

Original application led December 10, `1915, Serial No. 66,127. Patent No. 1,324,569, dated December 9, 1919. Divided and this application ledv July 24, 1919i Serial 170,312,898.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it Vknown that I VIN'roN E.' SrssQN, a citizen'of the United States, residin at @h1- cago, in the county of Cook and tate of Illinois, have invented certain new and use-f ful Improvements fin Reinforced-Sheet- Metal' -End Walls for Railway-Cars, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of railway cars and more particularly box cars and has for its principal object to pro vide a sheet metal end wall fo-r arailway car which will be reinforced in a novel manner so that it will be capable of withstanding the cargo thrusts and other -stresses and impacts to which the end wall of a ca r is'subjected Awhen in service. i

'A further object is to .provide a sheet' steel end wall for a railway car composed of overlapping` panels formed with reinforced ribs or off-sets which are se disposed on the panels thatl they constitute load carrying members and maybe formed by a cold pressing. process. Because of the latter feature, the cost of manufacturin'g is considerably reduced. i

The invention consists in the novel arrangements, constructions and combinations to be hereinafter described and claimed for carrying out the above stated objects and such other objectsas may appear in the following description.

The inventlon is illustrated in a preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings whereinl Figure 1 is a fragmentary end elevation.l

of the superstructure of a box car provided vwith the sheet metal reinforcing wall of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1..

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4c is a side viewl in elevation of one end of the car shown in the preceding gures, and v i Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view ofthe end of the car with the roof boards removed.

Like characters ofreference ldesignate like parts in the several Vfigures of the' drawings. Referring to the drawings, the corner posts of the car are shown at 10, the end sill at 11, the flooring at 12 and the side sheathing at 13. It will be understood that my larly in Fig..5.f These flan es overlap each other and are secured toget er by rivets 22 so as to provide in effect va continuous angle vacross the car on which'the purlins 23 and' the rid e pole 24 are supported. The outer ends-o the iianges 1'8-21v rest uponand are riveted to angular brackets 25 secured. to the side plates 26 of the car. The ridge pole 24 is preferably secured tothe Aflanges 19 20 and this connection is reinforced by a plate 27. 28 designates filler blocks interposed between the purlins and.between the purlins andthe ridge pole closing the`space above the flanges 18, 19,20 and 21 and below the roof boards 29. The end of the car has the usual fascia plate 30. The lower edges of panels are formed with inturned flanges 31, 32, 33 and 34c'which are preferably sub-` stantially the same as the flanges at the upper edges of the sheet and are secured to the end sill 11. 'Each of the four panels is formed along one of itslvertical edges with a hollow off-set or rib 35. This off-sety portion of the panel overlaps the vertical edge of the adjacent panel which is' secured' thereto by two lines of rivets 36 lying' on opposite sides of the rib. These ribs are preferably open at opposite ends and'fall short of the edges of the body portion so as to permit the horizontal edges of the panels lto be bent over to provide the flanges hereinbefore described. The outer edges of the panels 14, 17 are formed with angular flanges 37 which are secured to the side framing of the car, for example, by bolts 38 which extend through the corner posts 10. 38a are,attaching plates riveted to the flanges 37 of the' side panels and secured to the side plates 26 of the car.

39 are angular strips secured preferably, to

the side girths 4() of the car extending around ally stron(rv to check weaving strains in the car roof. Q[t will also be noted that the Vertical ribs 35 extending substantially from the flooring to the roof of the car provide rigid members for supporting a port1on of the roof load. By extending the edges of the adjacent sheets back of the hollow rib and riveting on opposite sides thereof box girders are provided which w1ll resist the various thrusts and strain due to the shifting of the cargo or other stresses 'to which a car end is subjected while in service.

rlhe end structure above described is preferably provided with a wooden inner lining 44 which is spaced away from the sheet metal wall by spacing strips 45, the strips and the lining being secured to the metal wall by bolts 46. j e

This' application is a division of my application Serial Number 66,127, filed December 1'0, 1915, now Patent No. 1,324,569

granted December 9th, 1919.

l claim:

1. An end structure for a railway car comprising a plurality of sheet metal panels in vertical arrangement one beside the other, the edges of which overlap each other, one of said overlapping edges, in each case, being formed Lwith a pressed out rib providing a roof supporting post and the c orresponding edge `of the other panel being secured to sa1d first named panel, said panels being formed on their upper and lower edges with flanges and said hollow ribs falling short ofsaid flanges, in each case.

2. Ah end structure for railway cars comprising a plurality of sheet metal panels which overlap each other on vertical lines, one of said overlapping edges, in each case, being formed with a reinforcing rib and the corresponding edge of the other panel being secured to the first named panel on opposite sidesof said rib, the edges of each panel transverse to the aforesaid edges being formed with flanges and the said rib terminating short of said flanges.

3. An end structure for railway cars comprising a plurality of sheet metal panels which overlap each other on vertical lines, one of said overlapping edges, in each case, being formed with a reinforcing rib and the corresponding edge of the adjacent panel being secured to the first named panel on opposite sides of said rib, vthe upper masacre -correspondingedge of the adjacent panel being secured to the first named panel on opposite sides of said rib, the lower edge of one panel being formed with aliange which stops short of said rib and -the adjacent panel being formed with a flange which overlaps the first mentioned ange.l

5. An end structure for railway cars comprising a plurality of metal sheets which overlap each other on vertical lines, one of said overlapping edges, in each case, being formed with a reinforcing rib which stops short of 'the upper and lower edges of the sheet on which it is formed and the said upper and lower edges being bent to provide flanges adapted to be secured to the framing of the-car.

6. An end structure for railway cars comprising a plurality of metal sheets lwhich overlap each other on vertical lines, one of said overlapping edges, in each case, being formed with a pressed reinforcing rib which is open at opposite ends and stops short of the upper and lower edges of the sheet on which it is formed and the said upper and lower edges being bent to provide flanges adapted to be secured to the framing of i the car.

7. An end structure for railway cars comprising a plurality of metal sheets which overlapeach other on Vertical-lines, one of said overlapping edges, in each case, being formed with a pressed reinforcing lrib which is open at opposite ends and stops short ofV the upper and lower edges of the sheet onA which it is formed and the said vupper and lower edges of each sheet being bent to provide flanges which overlap the correspond-v ing flanges of the adjacent sheets.

8. An end structure for railway cars comprising a plurality of metal sheets which overlap each other on vertical lines, one of said overlapping edges, in each case, being formed with a hollow reinforcing rib which is open at opposite ends and stops short of the upper edge of the sheet on which it is said overlapping edges, in each case, being formed with a hollow reinforcingk rib which is open at opposite ends and Stops short of the upper edge of the sheet on which it is formed, the said upper edges of the sheets being bent over on oblique lines to provide Hanges which increase in Width toward the side of the car in combination With the side and roof framing of the car, and gussets to secure said flanges to said framing.

10. In an end structure for railway cars, the combination With the side Walls, roof and underframing of a car, of a sheet metal end Wall comprising a plurality of vertically arranged metal sheets extending substantially from the floor to the roof of the car and overlapped and secured together along vertical lines, one of the overlapping edges, in each case, being formed With a pressed rib which is open at opposite ends and stops short of the upper and lower edges of the sheet on which it is formed, the upper edges of the sheets being bent over on oblique lines, overlapped, and secured together and to the side and top framing of the car and the lower edges of the sheets being formed with inturned overlapping flanges secured to the underframing of the car.

VINTON E. SISSON.

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