US1079922A - Car-door frame. - Google Patents

Description

J. W. RUMSEY & W. H. SHEASBY.

GAR DOORPRAME.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25. 1913.

Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

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GAR DOQR FRAME. APPLICATION FILED JAN, 25, 1913 Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

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Patented'Nov. 25, 1913.

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Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

GA3-Doon FRAME.

Patented Nov. e5, i913.

To all 107mm 'ii may concern Be it known that we, JAMES WV. RUMsnY and WILLIAM Il. SHEASBY, citizens of the Unitedl States, and residents of Chicago, county -fof Cook, State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Door Frames, of which the following is a full and clear specification7 reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of a freight car provided-with our invention, parts being broken awayFig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on the.lin`e72,.2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a detail vertical sectionall view on the lineV 8-3 of Fi 1; Fig. 4 a horizontal sectional viwon t1eiline4-4 .Of Fig. 1; Fig 5 a vertical sectional view on the line 5-5 cf Fig. l; Fig. 6' a similar `view on the line 6-6 or Fig. 1;.Fig. 7 o.' perspective view of the door frame-members detached from the car body, with parts broken away for the purposes of better illustration; Fig.

8 a detail horizontal sectional view show-` ing a slight modification; Fig. 9 is a lside elevation or a car yshowin a slight modification of our structure; ig. 10 a perspective view ofthe door` frame members detached from the carbody, parts being broken away for the purpose of better illustration; Fig. 11 a section on the line V11-11 of Fig. 9; and Fig. 12l a section on the line 12-12 of Fig. 9.

The object of this invention is to so brace and strengthen the door frame structure of' wooden freight cars that the parts shall not become distorted or disalined `by the bulging or bowing strains of the freight or` the strains due to severe bumping action or bad road bed conditions, thereby maintaining the door members in such relation to each other as to at all times insure a close fit of the door, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

The door a may be hung and guided in any suitable manner. XVe have illustrated the door as having its upper edge housed between a pair of depending steel housing plates l), whose inturncd lower edges form rails c for 'the support of the hanger rollers (l, said housing plates being secured by a series ot' horizontal bolts c which extend through the upper edges of the housing plates and an intermediate beam f, as well as through the usual longitudinal roof beam g. The lower edge of the door is slidingly confined to the side of the car by means oi" a rail h bolted to the side of the car by means of a series of bolts z' extending through said rail as Well as through the siding y' and the usual longitudinal sill le of the under-frame. The flooring? nof the car that isV supported on the sill lc and eX- tends through the door-way and is provided with the usual weer plate m extending along the edge of the door-way.

As will be seen, the top side of the door way consists of the track rail o, the beam g andthe intermediate siding boards j ot the car. The two posts of the door frame each consists of a stamped or forged sheet metal shell of suiiicient thickness. to give the necessary rigidity. Each' post consists of an inner plate member o which fits against the lining boards member q which fits against the side faces of p of the car, a jamb or facing the wood filling posts r and e, and an outer plate `member" t which tits against the outer face of the filler bar or post s, this member lying parallel with the inner member o and at yni-p'glitangles to the intermediate member Q. ach metal shell is. secured in place by means of one or more horizontal bolts u passedhorizontally through the members o and t and the intermediate woodwork. The jamb or facing member g is longitudinally corrugated to form a. vertical rib o projecting' into the door--way slightly. The siding boards j are clamped .between the filler posts r and .s and extend into `the channel u but not entirely to the bottom of the channel, thereby leaving a` vertical space for entrapping and carliyingoff any water that may leak past the ller post s. l

The outer plate members t of the posts arc flush with the front edge of the sill plate 'mI and the edge of the inner track fla-nge b, so that the door may shut closely against these parts and thus completely close the door opening of the car. The jamb orl fao ing membersg of the posts terminate at their lower ends against the Hoor and at their upper ends against the members which constitute tbe top wall of the door opening. The inner plate members o however are extended both upwardly and downwardly, the upper extensions w being bolted to the inner face of the beam g by' the above described bolts c and also to the carlines or other transverse beams of the roloflby means of bolts while the depending7 extensions y are extended through the loor of the car frame' beam'lab horizontalbolts e and Valso the'above-de'sori ed bolts i: Theouter plate members t' are-'likewise extended upwardly and als@ downwardly, the upper extensions -ebeingk bolted to the car structure by the above described bolts e and thelower extensions being fastened to the car' structure by the aforesaid bolts e' and z'.l Preferably the upper extensions ai are bent. so as to fit around back o the innerI housing member ZJ fand are desirably gained into the face of-the siding boards y',fwhile the'd'epending sittensions b aredesirably bentjaround under the filler piece a and likewise-gained into the .face of the siding boards the lower extremities or' these parts Z1 being clamped to the side of the car by the guide\rail h.

in the ies Sie@ of the doot@ enig, the front facing strip t has the e` el 'remote from the door opening leentl outwardly and then toward the door opening `to form a vertical channel o, which is an integral extension of the door post andfis adaptedtoL receive'the frontedge of the door when the .door is closed, the 'extreme vert-ical edge of the outer member of the channel being de# llected slightly outwardly to guide the edge of the doorl into the channel.A A vertical filling piece d is inserted in the channel to" receive the impact of the front edge of the v door when the door is pushed in to the chan- A nel. At the rear edge of the .door t-he inner face 'of the door is provided-with a plate c which is adapted to overlap an extension of the adjacent front plate t 'and thereby 4not only form an overlapping water-proof jointr at the rear edge of the door but a so furnish means which will coperate with the chan? nel c to cam the door to a tight closure.

In Fig. 8 a moditication is shown in which the channel forming parts c is made of a separate piece and riveted to 'an outwardly turned flange on the facing strip t, the inner that withthe ordinary car structures thisy lbulging of the frames and doors is frequently so great as to permit the car t'obe burglarized without breaking the seals on 4the doors. Vith our construction the bulging strains are all resisted by the steel car posts which are tied andbraced firmly not only to the root structure of the car but 4whic also to the under frame of the car. Itis well known that with cars of the ordinary construction the car is frequently, b reason of uneven road bed conditions sub]ccte d toy .twisting or distorting strains and 'these strains are so great at times as to distort the door frames and door hanging and guiding-devices 'sutliciently to eitlier disconnect the doors entirely or to completely destroy their fit. Such troubles as these are coinpletely avoided by our improved structure since the door frame and the door suspending and uiding means are connected upv into a unitary structure, the various mem-- bers of which are rigidly tied and braced together. It is also well known fact that under severe bumping strains .the cars as `ordinarily constructed are frequently sodisg torted or bumped tipw-ardly in the center. i `as to completely dislodge and disconnect the doors from the cars. This is due to the fact' 8S l that the distorting tendency reaches its maximum aboutthe center ot the car, tending to hump or bend' the car body upwardly at the center. YVith our construction the 'car kbody is stilened about midway its len h.l 90

just 'where the greatest upward benfing tendency takes place, and thus resists this bending or distorting tendency and distrib- :utes the strain throughout the cnr body, thus l preventing the car doors and door posts and connected'devices from being seriously injured from severe bumping strains. It willt-hus be seen thatour structure*l is eminently adapted to withstand all the strains of service abuse.

It happens occasionally that the carlines in a car do not suiliciently aline with the steel door posts to make 4it practicable to tie the vcarlines directly to the extensions lui of the posts. In such cases as these, the carlines may be tied to the housing members b ofthe door han er as shown in Figs. 11 and 12 the aforesaif bolts e beingemployed for this purpose and a suitable 'bracket or angle iron f 'beingemployed to connect the inner 110 ends of the bolts to the carline. At times it may be necessary to extend the 4housing members a short distance to the left of the usual termination, as shown in Eig. 9, in which view the carlines fall just outside of thef two door posts as indicated bythe lines 11e-11 on whic Fig. 11 is'takeni It may also be desirablein some cases to strengthen4 the door frame by Aadding thereto the strength of the outer member ofthehousing 1 idly tie the two members together and to '12'5 the posts and carlines. 'In'Fig. 11 the two housing members areshown as connected to the carline through the bracket f lvvhile 1nv Fig. l2 the housing members areconnectedhousing member is added to the inner memp ber as Well as to the intermediate filler rail 'to greatly increa'se the stiffness of the door frame as a unitary structure.

To still further add\to the rigidity of the d oor frame structure and thus hold .all the parts in alinement against the severest kind of strains from service abuse, we may connect the two housing members b directly and permanently together so as to form practically a unitary structure in itself. This may be done in a variety of ways. -In Fig. 1l We have shown an inverted channel iron g riv-l Y eted between the upper edges of the housing members and forming in effect a sort of ex tension of the rail block f, whose lower edge will not in this instance bel extended m'to Vthe housing. This bar g may be of roll'ed or cast metal and may have any dimensions which are needed to give to the structure the desired strength. of this channel bar depend into the housing, whereas in Fig. 12 the flanges extend upwardly and the loweredge of the track rail f depends into this channel bar g so. as to receive through it the bolts e. This chan nel bar g" may, and preferably does, extend the full length of the housing members, as shown in Fig. 10.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In combination with a wooden box car having a. door opening in its Side wall, of a sheet metal door post rigidly bolted to the car structure at each side ofthe door opening and extending the full height thereof, each of these metal posts being provided with an extension at its upper end and a depending extension at its lower end, a metal door-hanger-housing rail member affixed to the ar structure above the door opening and bolted to said upper extensions of the door, osts and adoor guiding rail bolted tothecar structure along below the lower edge pf the door opening and rigidly In Fig. ll the flanges aiixed to the aforesaid depending extensions of the door posts.

2. In combination with a Wooden freight lcar, having a door opening in one side wall, of sheet steel posts fastenedto the woodwork at the respectife sides of the door opening, eac'h postr having upward extensions, means for rigidly fasteningiithe, posts to the'car structure, a pair of depending hanger housings and means rigidly con-v necting the upper edges of these housings together, and additional means connect-ing the housings to the upper extensions of saidposts, for the purpose'set forth.

3. vIn combinati/on with a wooden freight car,having a door opening in one vside Wall, of 'sheet metal postsfastened to the woodwork at the respective sides of the door opening, each post having upwardextensions, means for rigidly fastening the posts to the car structure, a pair of depending hanger housings and means rigidly vconnecting the upper edges of these housings together, and additional Imeans connecting the housings to the upper extensions of said posts, together with additional means for rigidly attaching said connected housings vto the carlinesof the ear structure.

4. Incombinationwith a box car having a door opening Within its side' wall,-a sheet metal 'door .postaflixed to one of the wood -door posts, and each consisting of a facing plate g abutting againstlthe face of the door post wood members, an inner plate o and an outer plate t and bolts fastening said meinbers o and" t against the car structure, said facing member g being provided with a vertical' bead or corruga'tion projecting away from the face of the wood door post members to form a vertical drain channel o.

'In testimony whereof we hereunto aliix our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses this 24th day of January 1913.

JAMES W. 'RUMsEr y WiLLIAM n. sHEAsBY. Witnesses H. J. BOE,

M. J. EGLEs'ron.

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