US1468645A - Car construction - Google Patents

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' Sept. 25, 1923.

J. o. NEIKIRK CAR CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. 11, 1922 Patented Sept. 25, 1923.

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"JOHN O. NEIKIBIK, OF LOMBARD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGLIOE T RODGER BALLAST CAR COM- PANY, CHICAGO, ILLl NFOI S, A COEPOEA'LION OF MAINE.

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Applicationfiled Ilecember 11, 1922. Serial 'No. (306,021.

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Be it known that 1,. JOHN O. 'Nniirrnir, .a citizen of the United States, residing at Lombard, in the countyiof Du Page and 5 State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car Constructions, of whichthe following is a specification.

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More particularly the present invention relates to improvements in the type of car which is convertible from afiat car type to a hopper car type, or vice versa, doors being providedin the bottom of the car which are adapted to occupy horizontal positions to formpart or" the fiat bottom of An. object ofthe present invention is to provide car construction of the convertible type in which the escapeiof lading'along' the inside of the corrugated sidewalls is prevente df A further object is to provide a simple and sturdy attachment for cars of the convertible type having corrugated side walls which will co-operate with the doors such as referred to-above in a manner to prevent the escape of dumpable material to a position out of communication with the hopper. A further object is to provide improved construction of convertible car for preventing the lodging of dumpable material between the corrugated sides of such a car and the doors.

Further objects will scription proceeds.

Referring to the drawings- Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of a convertible railway car illustrating the present invention; and

Figure 2 is a fragmentary viewin section illustrating, on an enlarged scale, part of the construction shown in Figure 1.

The numerals 10-10 represent the corrugated side walls of a railway car, while appear as the de- The present invention relates to car conthe numerals 11-11 indicatebottoin walls. The numeral 12 indicates a fixed inclined side or a hopper, and the numeral 12 indicates a swinging side which is hinged along its longitudinal axis and which may be controlled in any preferred way for closing said hopper or for permitting the dumping of the material in said hopper. Hinged about the aXes13-13 are the doors 14-14. One of-said doors is shown in horizontal position in Figure 1 and the other of said doors is shown in inclined position. 7

1 Both doors 14-14 will occupy their horizontal positions when the car is used as a hat bottom car and will occupy their inclined positions when the car is to be used as a hopper car. Said doors will be of sufficient width to form a closure for the bottom of the car when in their horizontal positions. When in their inclined positions,

the doors formjsloping sides of the'hopper, whereby the hopper is self-cleaning. Though only one hopper door 12 and two hopper doors 14-14 are referred to; herein, it will be understood that it is common practice to provide multiples of these members along the desired length of the car.

011' each of the sides 10-10' are mounted brackets 15. Eachof said brackets 15-1.)

has a corrugated side 16 adapted to con-i form'to the corrugations oflits corresponding side wall 10. Each of said brackets is also provided with a flange 17 extending in a direction substantially parallel with the plane of its corresponding door 14 when said bracket 15 is mounted in place and when its corresponding door is in its 1nclined hopper forming position.

The brackets 15-15 may be connected to the side walls 10-10 by rivets 18-18 or other preferred means. Ear-h of the doors Ll may be supported when in inclined position by gusset plates 19-19, which provide inclined supporting walls as shown in Figure 1. These gusset plates may be secured to the sideand floor of the car or to frame members thereof in any manner, such as by riveting. Said gusset plates not only support the doors l-l-li when said doors are in inclined position, but also serve as brace the brackets -15 constitute shelves upon which the doors 1414; may rest when in their inclined positions. Consequently,when the doors 1414 are in their inclined po sitions, all of the la'ding is directed into the hopper and none of said lading is permitted topass between the edges of the door and plete'diunping-of the car may beaccom- -plished by opening the dump door 12'.

means providing hopper doors hinged along "longitudinal axes adapted in certain positheside -walls of the car. Consequently, coin- One'embodiment of the present invention 'has been described in detail. Many modi- "fications will occur to those skilled in' the art. It is intended in this patent to cover all such-lnodifications'that fall within the scope of the invention as defined by therappended claims.

I claim: 1. fA convertible-railway car comprising lions to cover said hopper and in other posi-- -tions to form sloping Walls for said hop- 'per', said car having corrugated sidewalls,

said side walls beingprovided with bracket IIKGmbGI'S'COIIfOImIIIg to the corrugations of said sidewalls and providing a fiat bearing --surface for the edges of said doors when walls.

said doors are in'position to form sloping 2. Arailway car comprising means pro-i widingahopper, doors hinged along longi-r tudinalaxes adaptedin certain positions to :coversaid hopper and in other positions to form sloping walls for said hopper, said car having corrugated side walls, each of said side walls being provided'with a bracket conforming to the convolutions of said side of December, 1922.

wall and having a shelf adapted to underlie one of said doors to prevent thepassage of duinpable material between the corresponding'side wall andthe corresponding door.

3a A railway car comprisingdoorshinged 7 along longitudinal aXesQsa-id doors being provided with straight edges lying, when said doors are in horizontalposition, along linesjlongitudinally of the car, said doors 7 being adapted to lie in inclined'positions to form hopper walls, sai'dcar having corru-V. gated s1de walls,*sa1d sidewalls beln'g provldedwith bracket members hav ng portions conforming to the corrugations of said side walls and havingportionsadapted to be engagedby said doors to prevent the=escape of diunpablematerial between said side walls and said doors. j V

4. A railway car having corrugated side walls and a bracket mounted upon'each of 7 said sidewalls, each of said' brackets having a corrugated portion conforming to the corrugations of said slde walls'and'having a flan e ortion extendin aat an an 'le from a b b. v general plane of lts corresponcllng side wal the 5. Arailway car having corrugated side 'walls, each of said side walls being-provided with a shelf, said shelf having a'corrugated.

portion-conforming to the, corrugations of its corresponding side wall;

6. A car of the class described, having'corrugated side walls, longitudinallyextending doors adapted to be turned up to an inclined position against the said corrugated sides,

and a platesecured'to each of saidsides-pr viding a closure between said corrugated sides and sa1d door when :said door is in said inclined position.

. Signed at '-Chicago, Illinois, this/7th day Jo HN o. NEIKIR

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