US764215A - Detachable hood for freight-car doors. - Google Patents

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No. 764,215. PATENTBD JULY 5, 1904. n. TATUM.

DETAOHABLE HOOD FOR FREIGHT OAR. DOORS.

' APPLICATION FILED D30. 5. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

[NVEA TOR J N B 1 V O Attorney Patented July 5, 1904:.

PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL TATUM, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

DETACHABLE HOOD FOR FREIGHT-CAR DOORS- SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,215, dated July 5, 1904.

Application filed December 5, 1903. Serial No. 183,931. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL TATUM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Hoods for Freight-Car Doors; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hoods for car-doors; and it has for its object the provision of asimple and efiicient form of hood which is especially adapted for use in connection with the doors of freight-cars of ordinary construction, the form of the hood being such as to adapt it to be quickly-attached to the car, the upper longitudinal edge of the hood being hooked under and retained in position by the fasciastrip which extends along the eaves of the car.

To this end and to such others as the invention may pertain the same consists in the peculiar form of the metallic hood and in the combination therewith of the fascia-strip of a car, all as will be more fully hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of an unfinished freight-car with my improved form of detachable hood applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a like view taken upon the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Reference being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the side of an unfinished freight-car of ordinary construction, being provided with the usual fasciastrip B, which extends along the entire-length of the car at the eaves thereof. The lower edge of this fascia-strip is cut away upon its under and rear portions to form a recess C,

adapted to receive the longitudinal upper curved edge K of the metallic hood. The said hood K consists of a single strip of suitable sheet metal bent longitudinally to form a hood or housing for the roller-bearings provided at the upper edge of the car-door, the extreme upper edge K of the hood being curved rearward and upward to adapt it to enter the space C beneath and to the rear of the lower edge of the fascia-strip B. The ends of the hood are preferably held in place by means of transverse bolts N, one of these bolts being provided at each end of the hood; but in case of door-openings of unusual length, such as are sometimes provided upon cars for special uses-such as hay-cars, &c.-an additional support or fastening for the hood may be provided at a point intermediate of its ends, as shownin Fig. 3 of the drawings, this consisting of a strip of metal, as H, havingits upper end secured to the fascia-strip B and its lower free end bent down over the upper edge of the hood, where it serves to hold the hood against outward movement. The ends of the hood K are made to conform to the brackets D D, through which brackets or blocks the retaining-bolts N are passed.

It will be seen that in order to remove the hood from the car it will simply be necessary to Withdraw the bolts N, when by pulling outward the lower edge of the hood its upper edge will be released or unhooked from the fascia-strip, and it will also be seen that the hood may be as quickly and easily replaced by causing its upper edge to enter the slot U and replacing the retaining-bolts N.

By utilizing the fascia-strip, which is a part of the construction of the car and is commonly employed in the construction of freightcars of the class in which sliding doors are employed, I am able to dispense with the cumbersome and frequently expensive protcction to the hood that has heretofore been commonly employed. The relationship between the fascia-strip and the hood is such as to at that time-effectually prevent water from entering beneath the upper edge of the hood, and as there is no securing means whatever employed for attaching the hood to the fasciastrip it will be possible to at any time quickly and easily remove the hood from the strip, as will be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a car having a fasciastrip thereon, the lower edge of the latter having a groove with a curved wall, a doorhood with its u pper longitudinal edge curved to conform to and engage the curved wall of said groove, a support for the hood and means for fastening the hood to the car, as set forth.

2. In combination with a car having a fasciastrip, the lower inner edge of which is grooved and having a curved wall, bracket-supports 5 DANIEL TATUM.

\Vitnesses:

WILLIAM H. Cox, BENJAMIN W. BERRY.

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