US1637918A - Ments - Google Patents

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'h Aug, 2, 1927.

T. N.l RUSSELL CAR END File@ Jams. 1924' l 2 sheets-sneer 1 TL N. RUSSELL Aug, 2,1927.

GAR END Filed Jan. e.' 1924 2 sheets-sheet 2 Qumran stares l form andmanner in which Ythe invention; may" be embodied Aand practiced, but withr out'ulimiting"theclaimed invention specili- Patented vAng. 2, 1927.`

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LIjIOll/IAS NATHAN RUSSELL, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, 'IO CHICAGO-CLEVELAND CAE ROOFING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

CAR END.

Application led January 9, 1924. Serial No. 685,259.

the contents'of the car upon stopping and startingof the train;i the provision vof an end vwall which-.consistsfof relatively few parts and is'capableof simple manufacture, construction and assembly and which can -be manufactured and assembled at a reasonable cost, and such other objects and advantages of the invention as maybe found to obtain in thestructure hereinafter set forth and claimed.` 1 Y 1 In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of-thisspecilication, and showing, for purposes, fof-' exemplication, a preferredy y `cally to such illustrative instance or in-V Figurel is an end elevational viewof an A `end wall. of a railway car .embodyingthe in- `V:zu 1

Fig. 4 is aV vertical Ysectionalview taken substantially `on the line of Fig 1,' taken in the directionfof the arrows.I j -i On the drawing there yare shown sidev plates 10, side sills 1l andridge pole 12 that` form` a' part of "the longitudinal frame f membersof the car. '13 indicates the end sill, 14a `metal plate secured by rivets 15 to the'top Vliange 16;of the end sill. This plate 14 may bey considered as a part ofthe floor.

. 17 'is the end plate-having a top .flange 18 and bottom flange 19 both directed inwardly,

and aflange 20 depends from theliange 19,

as shown. The end plate, end sill and plate 14 extend clearacrossthe car from side to n side,'as well as their anges. 2l indicates an end fascia to which a depending flange 22 of reef sheet 23 is secured.; j

Ypartiels provides a. very eectiv's In accordance with the invention metallic girder panels 24 are secured in vertical position to the upper and lower members of the car, as shown. They are secured at their lower ends to the metallic plate 14 and at their top edges to the metallic end plate 17. rIhese girder panels are open at each end and are ,formed substantially in the shape illustrated on the drawings, having aL vertically eX- tending flat web 25 and angularly disposed sides 26'terminating in oppositely extending flanges-27 extending transversely to the sides 26. YThese flanges 27 are of a width equal to at least one half thewidth of the web 25 and the flange of each panel at each side of the car is also of a width equal to one'half Y the width of its web 25, and these flanges are iianged at 28 to fit at the corner of the car Vwhere they are rigidly secured as by bolts 29. The flanges of adjacent panels are lapped as at 31 and these lapped edges are rigidly secured together by a vertical row of rivets 32. It will be noted that the webs 25 `and thelapped flanges of adjacent panels v are of substantially thesame width and are also substantially flat, as are the webs 25 that are connected to such lianges by their substantially iiat sides 26.

In the present illustrative embodiment of Y the invention the end wall of the car is composed of three of such metallic girder panels 25 and the upper edges of kthese panels are secured to the upper members of the car, as shown, to the end platefso that the outer surface ofthe webs 25 is substantially flush with the outer surface of the end plate, and

Vthe upper vedges of the flanges 27 are riveted to the depending flange 2OV of said end plate and said webs-2l5 are `securedtosaid end plateor upper members by angle pieces 34 riveted at 35 to the inside surface of the web 25 and to the lower surface of the flange 19.. At-.their lower edges these girder panels are rigidly secured to the lower member of the car asfshown by angle pieces 36 lriveted at 37ste the outer surfaces of said fianges 27 and'fto 'said metallic plate 14 by rivets 38. The .websf25 ofsaid panelsare secured in inuchthe same manner by angle pieces 39 riveted at 41 to the inner surface of said vweb 25 and riveted to said plate 14 by rivets 42. Such manner of secu'ri said brac ing construction for the end of the car and also effectively prevents entrance of water and dirt and cinders.

oodenj nailing or securing sti'ips 43 are secured by bolts 471i in the space provided by the webs and sides 26 of each panel, and the inside sheathing 45, consisting of matched boards extending from side to side of the car, is nailed 'to said strips 43, and the strips 43 are of sufficient thickness to bring the surfaces of said boards flush with the inside surface of said flanges 27.

The invention as herein above set forth is embodied in a particular foi-n1 of' construction but may bc variously embodied within the scope of the claims hereinafter made.

I claim:

1. In combination with the end plate'and the floor of the car of a pluralityof metal end panels extending from the floor to the end plate, said panels having a web portion and transversely extending side portions, said side portions terminating in laterally extending flanges, tlie extremities ofl the flanges of adjacent panels bing lapped and rigidly secured together; the fianges of the panels at each side of the car being flanged vand secured at the corners of the car; angle pieces rigidly securing the upper and lower edges of'said panels Vto the end plate and l floor respectively;

2. An end wall for railway cars comprising, in combination with upper and lower members thereof, vertically extending metal girder panels, said panels having each a longitudinally extending web and sides extending transversely thereto, said sides be ing flanged and adjacent flanges rigidly secured together; angle pieces rigidly securing' said girder panels to the upper and lower members ofthe car; and av securing strip secured to said panels so that inside sheathing secured to said securing strip lies flush Vwith the flanges of the adjacent panels.

3. An end wall for railway cars compris- Y ing, in combination: an end' plate; an endf sill; a plate secured to said end sill; metal girder yplates forming the outside end wall of the car; each of Vsaid girder plates coinpr'ising a web, the upper portion of which is flush with the outside of the end plate,

vsaid web having side portions extending inwardly from the outside of said end plate,

said portions having laterally extending fianges, the lianges of adjacent girder plates being riveted together by aV vertical row of rivets, the flanges ofthe girder plates at each side of the car being secured to theiry respective corners of the ear, the lower edges of said giider flanges being rigidly secured' to the plate that is secured to the end sill, by angle pieces riveted on the outside of said flanges, the webs of the girders being rigidly secured to the same plate by angle pieces riveted to the inside of said webs, the upper edges of said girder plates being rigidly secured to said end plate by angle pieces riveted to said giidei'plates. j

Lil. An end wall for railway cars comprising in combination with upper and lower members of the car, vertically disposedopen ended metal girder end plates rigidly secured to said upper and lower members, each of said plates involving a web having transversely extending sides, said sides having 'lateral flanges spaced from the web inwardly of the car and lying in a plane parallel to the plane of the web, the lateral flanges of adjacent sheets being rigidly secured t0- gether ata point spaced from'adja'cent side flanges of contiguous sheets and forming a flat portion of substantially the same width as thc webs of each plate.

5. 'An end wall for railway cars compris' ing, inl combination with the upper and lower members of the car,a pluralityvertically disposed girder plates, angle pieces rigidly securing them to said members, said girders having a web andV oppositely disposed side'flanges spaced from said Web, the adjacent side flanges of the girder plates being rigidly secured together, the distance between the webs of adjacent girdervplates being substantially the saine as the width -of each` web, the angle pieces for securing the girder plates to the lower member being sse-- cured to the outside of the side flanges of contiguous plates Vand to the inside of they web of each plate.

.6. An end wall for railway cars comprising, the combination with the upper and lower members of the car, of a plurality of vertical girder endy panels, said girder panels having a weband sides, saidgsides being. flanged, the side flanges of adjacent girder panels being Irigidly secu-red together, *the* distance betweenwthe; webs Ofadjacent panels being substantially the saine as the width of said webs andthe extreme opposite ends 'of each girder panel being open, said opposite ends being rigidly securedto the upper. and lower members of ythe car in "weather-tight joints.

In testimony whereof have hereunto setV my` hand. i I v THoMxs inirnaiik RUSSELL.

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