US2468185A - Railway house car - Google Patents

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API'il 26 1949- A. J. DOYLE 2,468,185

v RAILWAY HOUSE CAR Filed Jan. 18, 194e s sheets-sheet 1 April 26, 1949.

A. J. DOYLE RAILWAY HOUE CAR Filed Jan. 18, 1946 s snets-sneet 2 A. J. DoYLE 2,468,185

RAILWAY HOUSE CAR 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Jan. l8, 1946 April 26, 1949.

/a f 39 E Patented Apr. 26, 1949 U N l T E D YS TATES OFF ICE Arthur J. Doyle, Cleveland, Ohio,

Youngstown Steel D oor Company.,

assigner to .The `ClevelandJ Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application January 18, 19.46, No.. l642,'030

(Cl. S-1409) 8 Claims. i

This invention relates to railway house cars and is concerned more specifically withy a side wall structure particularly applicable to therepair and widening of existing vhouse cars "but capable of use in new house car construction.

It is an object of this invention to provide a side wall structure .for railway house cars which shall dispense with .ca-stings, effect a reduction in the numbergoi ,parts required and in cost.

A .further object of this invention is to .provide a side wall structure which shall be applicable without change to house cars irrespective of diiferences .in width .of underframe and .inside width of said Cars and be capable of utilizing door .posts and intermediate posts extending below the 'top of the underframe.

A further object is to provide a side wall struc- -ture for railway house -cars which shall constitute a stress-carrying .girder and embody a bottom stress-carrying member extending from end to end of the cars and door posts and intermediate posts extending below the top of the 'under'frarne of said cars.

A further object is to 1providea side wall structure for vrailway house cars which shall vpossess greater strength, permit an increase in 'the inside width of cars and utilize a bottom stress carrying member extending from end to end jo'f the cars and capable of application to all :house cars regardless of their width.

A further object is to providea side wall structure for railway house cars which yshall incorporate a bottom stress-carrying member extending from end to end o' the cars and adapted Ato'be secured directly to and .reinforce the side sills of the car underframe -so as to permit :re-"use of the side sills despite loss of section resulting from corrosion or the like and obtain uniform deflection of the side `sill under load and embody door `posts and intermediate posts extending below the topof the underfr'ame.

A further Objectis 'to provide aside wall structure for railway house cars which shall incorporate a dat plate as :a bottom stress-carrying member and door posts and intermediate posts extending below the vtop of the .underira'me 'ofthe cars.

lOther objects will become clear as 'the description thereof proceeds.

In the drawings forming part of this specification:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevation off a portin of a c'arside embodying the instant invention.

Fig. `2 is a vertical section taken online l2---2 ofFg. 1.

2 r3 isa vertical section takenon line 3-3 of =g. Fig. 4 is `a :horizontal section taken on line -4 of Figt 1 5 is a horizontal Isection taken on line -5--5 Aof l` Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken on line 6 6 'of Fig. fl.

Fig, f1 is a horizontal section taken Von .line 1-1 -ofFig, l.

The instant invention which is an improvement superi the .invention illustrated the patent to llitclhiield, 252355449, gran-'Geld March 18, i941, is embodied in ia carside designated `generally by the `deference nwneral lil, The drawings illustrate -a portion .of the -carside extending from the door opening to one end of the car. It will be `understood, ghowever, that the remaining portion of the carside is similar to that illustrated and that the car-side structure upon the opposite side of the railway house car will be of similarconstruction.

The carside l0 of the instant invention embodies -a side plate I-I which, as is well lrnown, extends vfrom. end to endof thecar. The door opening i2 4formed in the carside is defined in part by means of a door post i3 which is secured to the depending leg I4 of the .side plate as by means vof rivets l5. The door post is further secured to the side plate by means of an angle bracket I6 which -as .shown is fastened to the upstanding leg il Nof the side plate as byfmeans of rivets I8 and to the inwardly extending -ilange `I9 of the .door ypost as )byvmeans of -rivets 20. The door pOst i3, as Amore clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, embodies .in addition to the inwardly extending flange I9, a `web 2| disposed parallel to the side wall and an outwardly extending ,flange 2-2.

The side wall v'lil also embodies a plurality of spaced intermediate posts v23 which vare Z- shaped in section and arranged so that the inner and outer flanges l24 and 25 thereof lie parallel to the side wall and the web 26 at right .angles to the side wallr The intermediate posts .are secured to the depending leg i4 of the side 'plate 'as "by means of :rivets 2'] and to the upfsltandi'ng leg .Il of the side plate by means of ,angle "brackets 28 and rivets 29 and 30 ,respectively. Metallic sheets 3l, 32 and 33 are 4secured ,to the .depending leg .I4 of the side plate and tothe outer faces `ci Athe door posts and .intermediate posts.

The side plate, door posts and intermediate posts and the sheathing constitute the upper as indicated at 6l chord and web of a side wall girder construction which is completed by means of a bottom chord 34 extending substantially from end to end of the car and secured as by means of riveting to the outer face of the door posts and intermediate posts. The lower margin of the metallic sheathing is secured upon the outside of the bottom chord as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The bottom chord 34 is in the form of a at plate member which, if desired, may be flanged inwardly as indicated at 35 so as to reinforce the plate.

With reference to Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, it will be apparent that the flat plate member, which constitutes the bottom chord 34, permits the extension of the inner flange I9 and the web 2l of the door post I3 and each of the intermediate posts 23 downwardly substantially to the bottom of the plate member. The outwardly extending iiange 22 of the door post terminates adjacent to the threshold plate 36 which is customarily disposed upon the car oor 31 and supported outwardly of the car floor by means of an angle member 38 carried by the bottom plate member. By virtue of the foregoing construction it will be apparent that the integrity of the intermediate posts and of the web and inwardly extending ange of the door posts is maintained to the fullest extent so that a substantial increase in the strength of the side wall structure is obtained.

An angle member door posts is fastened 39 extending between the to the bottom plate member as by means of rivets 40. Similar angle members 4 I, 42 and 43 secured to the bottom plate member as by means of rivets 44, extend between the posts from the door posts to the ends of the car. The horizontal legs 45, 46, 41, and 48 of these angle members extend inwardly from the plate member and serve of the car oor 3l.

Brackets are provided in order to obtain securement of the carside structure to the underframe of such a car or in the construction of a new car. The brackets utilized for securement of the carside structure to the car underframe below the door opening are formed of a plate member 49,

to support the adjacent end the upper and lower margins of which are oppositely anged as indicated at 50 and 5I to provide a structure which is substantially Z-shaped in vertical section. Angle members, one of which is shown at 52, are secured as by means of riveting to the opposite faces of the plate member 49 along the inner vertical margin thereof and similar angle members 53 and 54 are secured to the opposite faces of the plate member 49 along the outer vertical margin thereof.

A bracket is secured to the inwardly extending iiange I9 of each of the door posts I3 and as illustrated is in the form of two angle members 55 and 56 secured to the opposite faces of flange i9 as by means of rivets 51.

The bracket utilized T-shaped member 58 whose stem 59 is secured as by means of rivets 66 to the web 26 of the intermediate posts. In addition the stem 59 is anged 25 of the intermediate post and permit securement of the bracket 58 to said flange andto the bottom plate member which constitutes the lower chord of the side wall girder as by means of rivets 62.

The side wall structure as above described is at each of the interme-, diate posts ,23 is in the form of a substantially so as to abut the outer flange a railway house car` either in the repairv of applied to the car underframe as a unit and secured thereto by the attachment of the brackets to a side sill of the car underframe. The side sill 63 is customarily in the form of a channel arranged with its upper and lower anges 64 and 65 extending inwardly. The side Wall structure is so disposed relative to the car underframe that the bottom plate member lies substantially in opposed relationship to the side sill and the bottom plate member and door posts and intermediate posts are offset outwardly relative to the underframe. In this manner the side wall structure may serve as a replacement for the side wall structures of existing cars while obtaining an increase in the effective inside width of the car or it may serve as a side wall structure for a new car. In either instance it will be apparent that an increase in the customary cross bearers of car underframes is avoided while an increase in the effective inside width of the car is obtained. When the carside structure is properly disposed relative to the car underframe, the anges, such as flange 66, of the angle members, one of which is indicated at 52, the anges 61 and 68 of the door post bracket, and the flanges 69 and 10 of each of the intermediate post brackets are then secured to the web 'II of the side sill 63 as by means of riveting, thereby firmly attaching the carside structure to the underframe. The floor 31 of the car when applied is supported upon the upper ange 64 of the side sill and upon the inwardly extending anges of the iioor supporting angles 39, 4I, 42 and 43.

Attachment of the inwardly extending anges 45 and 46 of floor supporting angles 39 and 4I to the side sill 63 is provided at each door post by means o'f an angle bracket member I2 secured as by means of riveting to said flanges and to ilanges 61 and 66 of door post bracket angle members 55 and 56. Between inner flanges 45 and 46 and flanges 61 and 68 the angle bracket member 12 is oiset upwardly as indicated at 13 to provide an additional oor supporting member.

Similarly, angle bracket members 14 are utilized to secure the inwardly extending flanges of the floor supporting angle members 4I, 42 and 43 to the side sill 63 at the intermediate door posts.

Ateach corner of the car the side wall structure I0 is secured to the end wall 15 by means of an inner substantially W-shaped member 'I6 and an outer angle member 11 as more clearly appears in Fig. 7 of the drawings.

It is apparent from the foregoing detailed description of the instant invention that castings have been eliminated and a reduction in parts and a consequent reduction in cost have been secured. The structure of the side wall girder has been standarized and its application obtained to railway house car underframes without modiiication thereof irrespective of diilerences in the width of underframe. Moreover, the side wall structure permits the utilization of door posts and intermediate posts which extend substantially for the full height of the structure and substantially enhance the strength of the structure. The disposition of the bottom chord member of the side wall girder and its attachment to lthe side sill of the car underframe enables 4the bottom chord member to directly reinforce the side sill so as to compensate for a loss of section thereof which might be occasioned by wear, or corrosion, or the like, and at the same time to smooth out the sharpness of deilectioniof the side sill which otherwise occurs at the door posts when the car underframe is under load. More uniform deilection of the side sill under load is thereby obtained.

It will be apparent that numerous changes and modifications in the details of the invention will be clear to those skilled in the art. It is intended, therefore, that all such modications and changes be comprehended within this invention, which is to be limited only by the scope of the claims appended hereto.

I claim:

l. In a railway house car having a side sill, a side wall comprising a side plate, a vertical bottom stress-carrying plate member extending substantially from end to end of said car in outwardly 'spaced opposed relationship to said side sill, door posts and intermediate posts secured to said side plate, said door posts and intermediate posts extending downwardly below the top of said side sill and into the Space between said side sill and bottom plate member, means securing said bottom plate member to the outer face of said posts, sheathing secured to said posts, side plate and bottom plate member, structural brackets lying in the space between said side sill and bottom plate member, and means fastening said brackets to said side sill, posts and bottom plate member.

tom stress-carrying plate member extending substantially from end to end of said car in outwardly spaced vopposed relationship to said side sill, door posts and intermediate posts secured to said side plate, said door posts and intermediate posts extending downwardly below the top of said side sill and into the space between said side sill and bottom plate member, means securing said bottom plate member to the outer face ,of said posts, sheathing secured to said posts, side plate and bottom plate member, brackets lying in the space between said side sill and bottom plate member, and means fastening said brackets to said side sill, posts and bottom plate member.

3. In a railway house car having a side sill, a side wall comprising a side plate, a vertical bottom stress-carrying plate member extending substantially from end to end of said car in outwardly spaced opposed relationship to said side sill, door posts and intermediate posts secured to Said side plate, Said door posts and intermediate posts extending downwardly below the top of said side sill and into the space between said side sill and bottom plate member, means securing said bottom plate member to the outer face of said posts, sheathing secured to said posts, side plate and bottom plate member, floor supporting members secured to said bottom plate member and extending between said posts, structural brackets lying in the space between said side sill and bottom plate member, and means fastening said brackets to said side sill, posts and bottom plate member.

4. In a railway house car having a side sill, a side wall comprising a side plate, a vertical bottom stress-carrying plate member extending substantially from end to end of said car in outwardly spaced opposed relationship to said side sill, door posts and intermediate posts secured to said side plate, said door posts and intermediate posts extending downwardly below the top of said side sill and into the space between said side sill and bottom plate member, means securing said bottom plate member to the outer face of said posts, sheathing secured to said posts, side plate and bottom plate member, floor supporting members secured to said bottom plate member and extending between said posts, means securing said oor supporting members to said side sill, structural brackets lying in the space between said side sill and bottom plate member, and means fastening said brackets to said side sill, posts and bottom plate member.

5. A load carrying side wall structure for railway house cars comprising a side plate, door posts and intermediate posts secured to said side plate, a vertical bottom plate member secured to the outer face of said posts and extending substantially from end to end of said side wall structure, said posts extending substantially to the lower edge of said plate member, sheathing secured to said posts, side plate and bottom plate member, and structural brackets secured to said posts and bottoni plate member, said brackets being adapted to fasten said side wall structure to a side sill of a said car in offset relationship to said side sill with said bottom plate member in opposed relationship to said side sill.

6. A load carrying side wall structure for railway house cars comprising a side plate, door posts and intermediate posts secured to said side plate, a Vertical bottom plate member secured to the outer face of said posts and extending substantially from end to end of said side wall structure, floor supporting means secured to said bottom plate member, said posts extending downwardly below said floor supporting means, sheathing secured to said posts, side plate and bottom plate member, and brackets secured to said posts and the inside or" the bottom plate member,

7. In a railway house car having a side sill, a side wall comprising a side plate, a bottom stresscarrying member extending substantially from end to end of said car in outwardly spaced opposed relationship to said side sill, door posts and intermediate posts secured to said side plate, said door posts and intermediate posts extending downwardly -below the top of said side sill and into the space between said side sill and bottom member, means securing said bottom member to the outer face of said posts, sheathing secured to said posts, side plate and bottom member, structural brackets lying in the space between said side sill and bottom member, and means fastening said brackets to said side sill and posts.

8. A load carrying side wall structure for railway house cars comprising a side plate, door posts and intermediate posts secured to said side plate, a bottom stress carrying member secured to the outer face of said posts and extending substantially from end to end of said side wall structure, said posts extending substantially to the lower edge of said member, sheathing secured to said posts, side plate and bottom member, and structural brackets secured to said posts, said brackets being adapted to fasten said side wall structure to a side sill of a said car in offset relationship to said side sill with said bottom member in opposed relationship to said side sill.

ARTHUR J. DOYLE.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Ditcheld Sept. 14, 1937 Number

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