US1231235A - Railway-car construction. - Google Patents

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F. M. BR|NCKEHHOFF. RAILWAY CAR CONSTRUCJLQM APPLICATION ULF@ MQW-18M.

Patented June 26, 1917.

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F. M. BRINCKERHQH, RAILWAY CAR CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED AUGJZ, 1914.

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NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO LEWIS B.

STILL'WELL, 0F LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, ANI) "HENRY S. PUTNAM, 0E NEW Yonx, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented June 26, 1917.

.Application flied August 20, 1914. Seria1No.,857,819.

To allwkom il' may concern: I

Beit known that I, Iinnneis M. BnrNenminori, a leen oit. the United States, re snlgii r l' 'jlewoott in ,the coni-ity oit Ber t' .y ii vent 'd collision ini),

A ini-ther ob;y i' is to provide a body end structure vvhicl-i will tie the side walls of the car together at or about the roolr line to thereby. prevent separation or spreading of the Walls. and resulting in' teleseoping of A. further object is to so brace the body endstruetures that i'iiovement of the saine inward lengthwise ot' the 'car under impact from collision or other cause will be resisted.

-Tlie :ir 'inten consists in the improve- `ments 'to more ftiiilly described hereinafter, and i inivelty ci? vf h will be particnlarly out and distinctly claimed. I have i and clearly .illustrated my nb vention ,in ie aceornpanying drawings to be taken as a part of this specication,and wherein. 2

ltignre l. is a vertical central section view th rough a wir einlilodying 1n y invention.

lig. 52 au' onlan ed verticai section view str-notoire shown in Fig. l. ...action on the line ,3i-3 of dei oit t .is a Section on the line 5 is a section on the line o--' 6 is a section on the line (i-G Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view. Before proceeding with the detailed deseription of a preferredembodiment o't my invention I desire to make it understood poses of this application I have shown the inyention and describe it hereinafter., as ap'- pa. coach constructed of of the pressed unit panel side forming the subject-matter of i trainees Letters Patent No.,9091,8441,

v i tertiary lil, 1909, granted to me. starring to drawings by characters of r crence, and particularly to Fig. 3, 1 designatesgenerally the nnderraine struction fof a car, which struct-nre may be` of any suitable construction, but pre'lierably.` consisting of longitudinally extending center `sills 2, having attached thereto crossbearers supporting the floor 4,the outer ends of said cross-bearers being connected tothe longitudinally extending side sills 5; 6

' type designates unit panel side truss 'frames1 forming part of the sides of the ear and the Window yopenings 7, said side truss frames being preferably attached to` vertical side posts 8 .attached to the side sills 5, and eonnected to said side sills, the ripperA ends of ysaid side posts being-connected by pressed steel carlines 9 in arch forni, all. as clearly shown in Figs. l, 2, 3 and L of the drawings. The specific construction of the posts 8 is irnmaterial but I prefer that it consist' of U-shaped members, the. flanges 8a of which are turned toward each other, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Extending over the cai-.lines 9 is the roof sheathing 10 completing the` roof covering. The end Walls of the car are indicated at 11, being riveted to the body Corner posts, and 12 designates the platform inelosures or vestibules having the usual ingress and egress doors 'for the passengers. y

I will now proceed to describe: the novel construction oi' the car body end structure embodying niy present invention, said body end structure being designed to prevent the bod f end of the car bein` crushed `inward y so as to prevent.`

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' bers adjacent to the roof line, and for this purpose employ means for rigidly connecting the side walls of the car at the roof line and at or near the body end, so as to form arigid structure adapted to receive and resist impact on the body end of the car due to collision or other cause, and also to so tie the side walls together at the roof line as to prevent spreading of said side walls. Means is also provided for tying t0- gether sai'd body end structures at the opposite ends of the car, respectively, so as to prevent movement of the said structures inward lengthwise of the car due to impact, -this being referably accomplished by a longitudinal y extending member at the roof line connecting and bracing such structures. I will now proceed to describe in detail a preferred embodiment of my novel car body end structure.

The improved body end structures are each preferablyl of La double bulkhead type, and may be constituted by the body end Wall structure 11 of the car dividing the car body from the platform inclosure and by an intermediate structure, which may be in the form of a transverse partition or wall 13 spaced apart a suitable distance, say approximately siX feet from the wall 11, said walls 1l .and 13 forming, if desired, an accommodation space for any desired purpose. This double structure is preferably constructed with four vertical posts 14, supported at their lower ends by, and secured to, the underframing of the car, two of such posts being at each side ofthe car. If desired the posts at the extreme ends of the car body may consist of the usual body corner posts 8heretofore described, and the two intermediate posts may be additional Aposts, or may be two of the side posts 8, heretofore described. In the preferred construction, these posts form part of the side wall of the car. Lying over the up er ends of these posts a plate 15, preferaly disposed in a horizontal plane, whichpate may tute the ceiling of the acco modation space at the end portion ofthe cr r, sa'id plate being connected to the posts by -any suitable means, for instance angle irons 16, said angle irons 16 engaging said' osts and plate and beingriveted thereto. j 'li'hevside edges of the plate 15, which extend longitudinally of the car, preferably overlie the upper horizontal edge portions of the side walls of the l car, and are rigidly connected thereto, the

said side walls having inwardly extending horizontal flanges 17, to Whic edges ofthe plate are connected by rivets,

whereby'said plate constitutes a tie member designed to resist spreading of the side walls in case of collision, so that said side walls will not be separated' to permit the end of another car to be vtelescoped between the same. If desired, the plate l'lnay bebraced by means'of angle irons riveted to said columns and plate respectively. These columns 18 may, if desired, serve as door posts to define the passageway or doorway 19 leading through the wall lland partition 13, from the platform to the interior of the car body. Extending transversely of the car, at the posts connected by the` plate 15, are partition plates 20, riveted to the said corner posts of the end structure, said plates serving as means to brace and stiften the structure as well as to constitute partitions between the platform and the saloon space, and the car body and the saloon space. The plate 15 is made heavy and rigid enough so as to edectually and rigidly connect the car side walls, and so as not to buckle or crumple under'collision impact.

The upper portion of the body end struc` head walls is a roofing plate '22,D which may be the ordinary roofing plate, ut which I prefer to make heavier than the ordinary plate, and the side edges of which are connected to the upper side edges of the :side walls of the car at the roof line by rivets 22", as seen inpiFig. 3, so that a rigid construction is provided. This reinforcing roof plate not only assists in tying the side walls of the car together, but also resists movement ofthe end portions of the body end structure toward each other longitudinally of the car. The lates 21, heretofore referred to, resist collapse of this roof sheathing 22 in case of overturning and rolling ofthe car. Y v

From the above description it will be seen that a body end structure is provided which is extremely rigid in construction, and which' is well adapted to resist collapse ofthe end.

portion of the-car body due to collision impact, and whichalso lessens the likelihood of telescoping, inasmuch as the side 'Wallsadjacent the roof line are tied together in,"

such a manner as not to nary colhsion conditlons.

I r "1-20 Y spread under` ordis' templlates the tying togetherA and bracing. o t

ev body end structures-at both ends of thelcar, so that'any tendency of the said structures tomove. inward lengthwise` of ,the

extend# thecar,v at or adiacenti-:hef i l Other means may be provided for eiiecting this connection, `but the one described will prove efficient.

In this construction I preferably construct' the vestibule structure of alighter and more easily collapsible structure than the body endv structure, or, in other words, the member l5, preferably does not extend over the vestibule, so that the initial shock resulting from collision impact will be cushioned by the vestibule structure, and the full force of the blow reduced to the point where it will be largely, if not completely, resisted by the car body end structure. I

believe I am the li'rst to provide a cai' body I end structure including a heavy impactresisting member, located at or adjacent the roof line and tying the body side walls rigidly together, inA combination with a relatively collapsible vestibule structure adapted to act as a cushion.

I also believe I am the rst to produce a car body end structure, in which the side walls of the car are tied together at the roof line by means of a plate or other integral structure for suficient'distance lengthwise of the car to adequately develop the full shock-resisting capabilities of the side wall members adjacent the roof line.

By the term side wall as employed in these specifications, I do not' limit myself to the particular type of side wall shown and described, but use the term to include side walls of any type or structure and to include the side wall structure as a whole, and not' to refer to any particular element or elements which may constitutepart of the side wall.

WV hat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A ear structure comprising a floor, side walls, end walls, a roof, and a rigid plate connecting the side walls at the end of the car and at a point adjacent the juncture of the roof and the side walls, said plate projecting from an end wall lengthwise of the car within the car body.

2. A car structure comprising a Hoor, side walls, end walls, a roof, and a horizontally disposed plate connecting the side walls at the end of the car and at a point adjacent the juncture of the root' and the side walls, said plate projecting lengthwise of the car within the car body, and means for bracing said plate at a point between the side walls.

3. A car structure comprising a floor, side walls, end walls, a roof, -a horizontally disposed plate connecting the'side walls at the 'end of the car and at a point adjacent the juncture of the roof and the side Walls, and means for bracing said plate at a point between the side walls.

4. A car structure comprising a floor, side walls, end walls, a roof,l a horizontally disposed plate connecting the side Walls at the end of the car and a point adjacent the juncture of the roof and the side walls, and

columns supporting and bracing said plate at points between the side walls. 1

5. A car structurercomprising a iooi', side walls, end walls and a roof, end columns and intermediate columns on opposite sides of the media-n line of the car, means for connecting said columns to the said side walls, and a rigid member connecting said end columns and intermediate columns to resist spreading of the latter both lengthwise and transversely of the car.

6. A car structure comprising a loor, side walls, end walls and a roof, end columns and intermediate columns on opposite sides of the median line of' the car, means for connecting said columns to the said side walls, a rigid member connecting said end co iimns and intermediate columns to resist spreading of the latter both lengthwise and transversely of the car, and means for connect, ing said rigid member directly to the side walls at the juncture of the latter with the roof.

7. A car structure comprising a Hoor, side walls, end walls and a roof, end columns and intermediate columns on opposite sides of the median line of the car, means for con-- nectiiig said columns to the said sidewalls, a rigid member connecting said end columns and intermediate columns to resist spreading of the latter both lengthwise and transversely of the car, and means for connecting said rigid member directly to the side walls at the juncture of the latter with the roof, said end and intermediate columns being spaced apart lengthwise of the icar body a sufficient distance to develop the impact-resisting capabilities of the sidewalls.

8. A car structure comprising a floor, side walls, end walls, a root', a plurality of columns at the end of the car on opposite sides of the median line of the latter, and a horizontally disposed plate connecting the upper portions of the columns to resist spreading of the columns lengthwise and transversely of the car.

9. A car structure comprising a iioor, side walls, end walls, a roof, a plurality of columns at the end of the car on opposite sides 01"' the median line and the latter, and a liori zontally disposed plate connecting the upper portions of the columns to resistspreading of the columnslengthwise and transversely of the car, said plate being rigidly attached to the side walls of the car.

10. A car structure comprising a floor,

side walls, end wa1ls, a roof, end structures for the car each comprising a plate attached to the side walls and adapted to resist spreading of the latter, said plate extending lengthwise ,within the car body a sufiicient distance to develop the impact-resisting capabilities of the side walls, a roof sheetrattaehed to the ends of said plate lat the side V.Walls of the our, and a girder member ex- 4 side Walls, end walls, a roof, horizontally disposed plates connecting the ends of the side walls Within the car body, a reinforeing` roof sheathing member connecting the, side Walls and extending over each et said plates, and a girder extending lengthwise of the car 'and resisting movement of said plates and roof sheathing members lengthvise of the ear.

ISJA ear structure comprising a iioor,v

side walls, lend walls, a roof and an end structure comprising a horizontally disposed platel connecting the ends of the side walls adjagient the roof structure, and a reinforcing roof sheathing member oimflying the sai plate and connected to the side. walls at points adjacent the ends ol theplate.

11%; A ear structure foniprising'a floor, side `walls` end walls. a root', cornet' posts ior the side. walls` and a horizontally disposetfi plate loeated at the root line and attac d to said side walls and said corner po said plate. exteudlng lengthwise. olf

plate extending lengthwise of the ear a distance sutlieient to develop the impact-resist ing capabilities of said side walls.

16. ln a car structure, a body having side walls, a vestibule structure and a body end structure, said body end structure including a rigid plate uniting the. side walls ot the car at the rootA line within the ear body and extending lengthwise ot' the en r a distance sufficient to develop the i1npaet-resisting f ca pabilities of'the said side walls, said vestibuie structure .being ,:onslrueted to collapse under impart more readily than the body end structure.

17. In a ear structure a body having side walls, a vestibule. structure and a body end structure, said body end structure' including a. rigid plate. uniting the. side Walls of the -ear a t the root line and located wholly within the ear bodlyv and extending lengthwise ot' the body a distance sutlieient to develop the iinpaetnresisting capabilities ol" the side, walls.`

18. A ear structure comprising a Hoor, side wills, end walls, a` root, and a horizontally disposed plate coiineeting the side walls at the end ot' 'the ear and at a point adjacent the liuneture o1 the roof and the side walls` said plate projeetiug length-wise ot the ear within the ear body.

1E). ual' structure eol'nprising a lloor, side walls, end walls'. a roof, and a rigid member eonneeting the side walls at the end ot the rar at a point adjaeentl the juncture oiA the x'oo'land the. side walls, said, member extending within the ear-body a distailee sullieienl to develop the impact-resisting eapabililies o'li said lside walls.

ln. testimony whereofl have hereunto signed my name. in the presence ot' two sul :Quribing witnesses.

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