US2037115A - Carline assembly - Google Patents

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April 14, 1936. c. D. BONS'ALL CARLINE ASSEMBLY Filed March 7, 1935 lNVENTOE.

H1: 4 TOR/V573 Patented Apr. 14, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CARLINE ASSEMBLY Charles David Bonsall, Pittsburgh, Pa., asslgnor to P. H. Murphy Company, New Kensington, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application March '7, 1935, Serial No. 9,737

3 Claims. (Cl. 1085.'7)

This invention relates to carline assemblies for An important advantage of the hereinbefore car roofs, especially car roofs of the kind having described carline assembly is that it can be ashatchways therein. The principal objects of sembled off the car and furnished for applicathe present invention are to devise a strong and tion to the car as a complete unitary structure.

5 rigid light-weight carline assembly having hatch- The side frame members of this preassembled way openings framed therein, and to enable the unit function as carline members to strengthen complete carline assembly to be applied to the and stiifen the roof frame of the car; and the car as a separate unitary structure. Other 010- openings defined by the side and cross-frame jects are simplicity and cheapness of construcmembers of said unit define the hatchways in the tion and compactness of design. The invention car roof. The downwardly converging sides of 10 consists in the unit carline assembly and in the the side and cross frame members of the carline constructions, combinations and arrangements of assembly are adapted to form supporting seats parts hereinafter described and claimed. for the converging sides of the lining or hopper In the accompanying drawing, which forms elements of the hatchway construction; and the part of this specification and wherein like symtop flanges of said members form supports for 10 bols refer to like parts wherever they occur, the roof of the car.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a carline assembly What I claim is: embodying my invention, showing it secured to 1. A carline assembly adapted for application the side plates of a railway car, as a complete unit to a car roof having hatch- Fig. 2 is a vertical central longitudinal section ways therein, said carline assembly comprising 20 of the carline assembly on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1; spaced carline members connected by spaced and cross-members, said members forming openings Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section on the line adapted to define the hatchways in said car roof, 33 in Fig. 1. said members comprising metal angles, arranged Referring to the accompanying drawing, my with their top flanges flush and extending out- 25 carline unit or assembly comprises a pre-assemwardly from said hatchway openings. bled framework A adapted to span from side 2. A carline assembly adapted for application plate B to side plate B of a refrigerator car body as a complete unit to a car roof having hatchand defining one or more hatchway openings C ways therein, said carline assembly comprising therein. Said frame comprises horizontally horizontally spaced carline members rigidly con- 30 spaced side frame or carline members I connected by horizontally spaced cross-members, nected by pairs of horizontally spaced cross memsaid members cooperating to form openings bers 2, said side and cross members defining the adapted to define the hatchways in said carroof, hatchway opening C in said frame. As shown said members comprising oblique metal angles in the drawing, the side and cross frame memarranged with their tops flush and their sides 35 bers are metal bars preferably of oblique angle converging downwardly around the hatchway section arranged with their sides converging openings. downwardly around the hatchway openings C so 3. A carline assembly adapted for application as t CO O m t0 e d w w dly Co v g as a complete unit to a car roof having a hatchsides of hatchway liners or hoppers of the kind way therein, said carline assembly comprising 40 shown in my Copending application Serial No. spaced metal carline members, connected by 5,621 filed February 1935- The C ss mmetal members forming an opening in said carbers 2 of the frame have their ends welded or line assembly adapted to define a hatchway in Ot erw e d y Secured t0 the e f me emsaid car roof, said members being provided with bers l flush with the tops thereof. Each end. lateral top flanges arranged flush with each other 5 of each side frame member I has one leg of a to form a continuous supporting surface around metal angle bracket 3 riveted or otherwise sesaid opening. cured thereto, whose other leg is adapted to be CHARLES DAVID BONSALL. rigidly secured to the car side plate.

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