US1939931A - Railway car structure - Google Patents

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DCC- 19, 1933- w. 1. TANGERMAN RAILWAY CAR STRUCTURE Filed April 25. 1932 OOO Patented Deo. 19, 1933 1,939,931

.,UNlT-Eo v'sTA'l'lsws PATENT: oFFlcE RAILWAY CAR STRUCTURE William J. Tangerman, Hammond, Ind., assignor to Union Metal vProducts Company, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Delaware Y f Applioatioo Aprilzs, 1932. serial No. 607,325

Claims. (Cl. 105-406) The invention relates to railway cars and more marginal portions -16-17 'in substantially a particularly to open top gondola or hopper cars single plane, which portions are connected to and the object of the invention isA to increase the the corner posts 9, top stiiener 'I and oor 3, cubical capacity of the car without increasing respectively. This makes a very simple pressing 5 the length, width or height of the car and with for a metallic plate between reciprocating dies. 60 practically no increase in Weight of the car. The bulged central portion 13 is connected to Another object is to provide a Vcar of such the marginal portions by webs -21--22 which increased cubical capacity that will discharge are inclined so that the car will discharge its the load of the car when dumped in a tipple. load when turned upside down (or nearly so) in l0 My nVenlOIl iS especially adopted t0 01d 0r an unloading machine or tipple, as it is called. 65 existing cars wherein it is necessary to remove The Slope 0f the upper inclined pol-tion 20 is and replace the Old end Wall 011 accclmt 0f cOI- preferably made less than the other inclined VIOSOII because, in Such cases, the COIIleI DOS portions so as to assure the car clearing its load. and end post are usually retained in the carand In the modiiication Shown in Figs, 4, 5 and 6 "15 my mDIOVed end Wall may be punched With the lower part of the bulged portion 40 com- 70 120 car itself. The construction is also adaptable toV wherein Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

.35 The usual Stmemng members at* the tops of the respective side walls and is secured thereto so holes registering with the holes in the oar so prises a web 42, which is substantially parallel that it is interchangeable with the old end wall, to the 11001 44 and is Secured gheretm This thus my arrangement increases the cubical CBJ' arrangement further increases the cubical capacity of the car Without any alteration of the pacity of the can The member 46 forms a sup..

. port for the floor 44 and also a means for 75 new cars and to gondola, as well as hopper cars. attaching the end posts 48 In the drawlng In the modified form the middle 49 of the end Fles- 1 2 and 3 ShOW 2 tYPlCal rallway hODPef wall, is above tbe tope 5o of tbe side walls 52 and car lncorporanng my Improved constructlon slope downwardly therefrom to the opposite side walls 52. By this arrangement the loadin the 80 Vcar may be heaped from end to end of the car. The upper margin 54 of the outwardly bulged portion extends up into the part of the end wall above the side walls and preferably conand Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 show a modied form, wherein Fig. 571s a section on line 5--5 of Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 is a top plan view of Fig. 4.

B0 The drawing illustrates a standard hopper car having spaced apart side walls 2, a sloping iloor ging; sfalllauy to the contour of the top 3 between the Yside walls and an end wall 4 ex- Th t f th d u b t t tending between the side walls from the floor to e upper pair o. e en .Wa .1s en o form the top of the side walls and connected thereto. a ange 58 Whlch Increases m Wldth toward the 0r side (6) and end (7) walls, respectively are as t0.f0rm gusset-s and form a Very Stm upper shown. The end stiflener 7 projects outwardly {nargm 0.1 the end Wan' The outwardly pro* from the car so as not to retain part of the ladlectmg mener 60 may be used Wnlch preferably ing when the Cal. is turned upside down i-n a conforms to the contour of the top of the end 40 tipple. The comer post 9 forms a connection wall and is secured to the side walls of the car. 95

between the side and end walls and extends The accompanying drawing illustrates the pre' downwardly to and is supported by the under.. ferred form of the invention, though it is to Vbe frame of the Car' The end post is Secured to understood the invention is not t0 the end Wall 4 and also extends to the underthe exact details Of Construction Shown and de' 45 frame SQ as to support the fioor and end wa11 scribed, as it is obvious that various modica- 100 Invmy improvement the central portion of the tions thereof, within the scope of the claims, will end wall 4 is embossed or bulged outwardly, Occur to persons skilled in the art.

which central portion 13 is preferably in sub- I claim:

stantially the same plane as the outer part of 1. In an open top railway car having spacedV 95.0 the end stiifener 7, whereby the cubical capacity apart side walls, a lsloping floor between said of the car is increased without increasing the walls, and an end wall extending between the length of the car. Obviously neither the height side walls, the central portion of the end wall nor width has been affected by this improved between the side walls being bulged outwardly so construction. as to increase the cubical capacity of the car, the

555 The end wall 4 is preferably provided with lower part of said bulged portion comprising 110 a web substantially parallel to and secured to said oor.

2. In an open toprailway car having spaced apart side walls, a oor, and an end wall extending between the side walls with a part thereof higher than the side walls, the central portion of the end wall including said partV being bulged outwardly so as to increase the cubical capacity of the car. l

3. In an open top railway car having spaced apart side walls, a floor, and an end wall extending between the side walls with a part thereof higher than the side walls, the central portion of the end wall including` said part being bulged outwardly so as to increase the cubical capacity of the car, the upper margin of said bulged portion substantially conforming to the top of the end wall.

4. In an open top railway car having spaced ing between the side walls with a part thereof higher than the side walls, the central portion of the end wall including said part being bulged outwardly so as to increase the cubical capacity of the car, the upper margin of the end wall provided with an inwardly projecting ange which increases in width toward the side walls and is secured thereto to form a stiffener for the upper part of the end wall.

5. In an open top railway car having spaced apart side walls, a sloping floor between said walls, and an end wall extending between the side walls with a part thereof higher than the side walls, the central portion of the end wall `being bulged outwardly so as to increase the cubical capacity of the car, the lower part of said bulged portion comprising a web substantally parallel to and secured to said oor.

WILLIAM J. TANGER/MAN.

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