US859799A - Dumping-car. - Google Patents

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N0'.859,799. l l PATENTED JULYQ, `19017.

A. BECKER.

. DUMPING GARY.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY Z6. 1906.

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PATENTED JULY 9, 1907.

No'.v 859,799.

EGKER.

ING CAR.

APPMOATION FILED MAY 26.1906.l

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IN VE 1v' T OR Alarney N0..859,799. PATENTED JULY 9, 190'?.

A. BECKER. DUMPING CAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY Z6. 1906.

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INVENTOR n v PATENT@ JULY 9, 19u?.

A` BECKER.

DUMPING GAR.'

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26. 1906.

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" INEA/TOR Harney No,- 859,799. ATENTED 'JULY 9. 1907. A. BECKER. DUMPING GAR. APPlLIoATIoN FILED MAY as. 1906.

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T6 zz'whbmftmay mmvBe it known -that'L ANTON-BECKER, a resident of Columbus, in the' :o11.`nty .orf Franklin andl State of Ohio, have 'invented certain new and useful Improve- 'and arrangements' of parts as hereinafter s'et" forth and ments inDumpingCarsyand Ido Vhereby declare the following to bea full, "clear',fand'e1act description of the invention, suchras enable others skilled in the which it appertains'to niake-andnselthesame. 'I'

' f invention relatesrto-iinprdveinentsin 'dumping L cars', and 'more particularly to'an improved steel hopf 'per bottom4 car having d rop doors, one object of theinventio'nA the strength .durability ofthe and so construct and 'arrange thesame that A it can be e'silyoperated to dumplto either side through .l l

' A iurther'object is to improve various features of con-' l Ystructionl of a car .of the class to whichrny inventionj relates. i v AWith these .objects lin view, the invention consists novel features o vconstruction and combinations pointe'dlou't theclaims.

In the 'accompanying drawings; AFigure 1 is a s ide elevation bi acer-embodying my improvements. 1".' Fig.'

f2 isa' top planview Fig. 3 is an' endelevation: Fig. 4

. perspeotive of one of thel doors.f Figs. 6 and`7 views-showing of the car 'underrarne j con'strucxiom Vaandfllig 8 is a fragmentary perspective zQ 'view illustrating-'a sligliilymodiied form" of door?" .lvzrpresents the hopperfbddy', composed offsteel' plates securely rivetedtogether and' to angleuprights The car isfprovided with achannel center f1 havingchannel draitsills 5 securely riveted to -theprespective ends thereof. The end sills- 6 and drawbar cai'- 'er-angles 7 extend across the` ends of the draft- 5.

The carrier'angles and end sills are connected by gusset plates asclearly shown in Figf and face plates 9 are securedto the end sills 6, carrier angles 7 and gusset plates 8, by means of rivets 10;' The faceplates 9 are' pliances.

recessedy ornotched' tofaccomm'odate l-tliedrait ap- The body bolsters of thecar are shown at-lland each comprises -two nhanneledf having their flanges projecting outwardly, andconneting plates 11 uniting said channelron's. A plate 28 bridges the channel iron members i eachv body bolster and is seclired at its longitudinal edges upon the upper ange of the lool'- A-"supporting sheet 14 is secured to the upper edge of each web plate 12 and-these supporting sheets 14 serve to connect the lweb plates with the inclinedlo'ors' of -the body. Horizontal plates 30"'are secured at one' end to.

- the respectiveweb Plites l2 land at their other ends to v60 the floor plates nearthe lower ends yof the latten Thedoor platesare also secured to the sidesof'thecar body as shownat 31, and braces 32 extend from one inclined portion ofthe ioor to the other, said braces 32 being also secured to thesides of the carbody.- In order to ef-V 65 yfectually brace thebody 1,"a transverse beam 33 exj tends'irorn 'one side wall to the other thereof slightly below the-top of said body 1.

f Deflector plates 15 are` secured to `theoiiter-faces of, the center sill and said plates project upwardly into the bottom of the car body and also towardeach other with their upper edges riveted together, said parts thus serv ing to direct the contents of thegcar to the doors 16 which normally .close the"ca.r bottom.y Each door 16 is provided throughout its full width with a hinge 17 by 75Y means ofhich it is connected with an outer side face ofthe center sill. When closed, the doors will be disposed inan outwardlyand downwardly inclined position with their sideedges bearing upwardlyag'ainst angle 'iron stopsl8 secured to depending hopper sheets 80.

19 riy'etedfat the'- operi hopper bottom. 6 .Dep`e nding brack-`ets 20 are secured to the outer faces loi-the' sheets 19 and provide bearings for crank shafts j 22 are mounted en .the'crank shafts 2l and fare-*movable channel tracks 23 on the under faces of 85 l vthe.d' oo1sf, lto openand close the latter when the crank shafts aroperated; .The sbatte-21 extend to one end of th`e car, where-they are 'slipported in bearings?! and are provided with pawland Aratchetmechanism' 25, tolock Athen; in position. Levers y26, providedfwith pawls 27,l 9()- are provided; to engage ratchet wheels 27j and turn the shafts, as win be resdilyiundrstqtd,

In Fig. 8, fthiedooris' shown inalioiizontal position.

when cldsed, but the inclined door is preferred, as a greaterdegreefof inclination: can be givento'the door` 954 whenopen, to moreeffectually dump the contents of the car. -f It will observed-that by turningthe shafts to swing thecrank arms and rollers outward and downward, the doors will .be permitted to swing open and that bylturnng shaitsin the-'reverse direction, the 10:

doors will be raised'totheirclosed position and held0 there; v

Various slight `changes mig-ht be made in the details i.

of construct-.ion of my invention without departing from the spiritthereo or limiting its scope end lienee I 105 do not wish to`l imitmyselfto the precise detailsherein v set forth.

V:Hai/ing'fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure byLetters-Patent, is:

' i. In a hopper camelssommation-witness body, @no no a body bolster, of a plateipsed upon the bolster, we@ plate disposed edgewis over saidl plate and 'securedto the inclined oor of the bodj, land angle irons' at'both svld'esoff the Aweb plate and securing vthe latter to vtl1e: ,plate ven the body bblste'r.

2. lnahopper car, the combination with tire body, 'ofl1 body bolster comprising tv`vo channel-menibers,fo. hol izon `al plate locatedl upon the ange`sv`of said ehnnelbolsterf members, a web plate disposed-.edgewise over ssdgfplategL -aneans securing thevupper edge of`said web plateftno'thoinclined door of the body, and two adgledronssecued *re-f spectively tothe sides of saldmeb plate and*toftlfg hor zontal plate on'the bolster. v i

3 vIn a car, lthe combination withrhoppqjsh'ped H y of ceinter sill extending'` across the opehbottomifotl-th.

constructedto close the bottom'of the hoppexluidy-,brrck-v ets secured to the lhopper body, crnk shafts lxiioluntefdin* said brackets, rollers on `the crank shattjtog-rng'inst the bottoms of the doors, 4and means'forturninipth .orank f shafts. y

4. In a car, the combination with ,zt-hopper shaped body,

Yo.' a center sill extending-across'thejopen bottom. of-tihe' body, delector plates secured to the outside incesotthe center sill and secured togetherv at their'zixppefed'ges; above thecenter sill, doors hinged to the center si land;

closing the hopperhottom, vcrank shafts, rollersont he4 crank arms of said shafts, channel tracks on tli'ebot'tom of the doors to receive said rollers, `and meansffor'turn'lng the shafts for opening and closing the door v bjqdn,deiictorlplotes"seciiredat their lower edges to the Heures-m s 'the center Ysill fand secured -together above tet ,ill :'-do'o 'hinged to-tl1 e', centersill,- hopper' gieir'ns strips secured, at their lower in- Y hold'theldoors inclined when closed, brack- 'ets'secured to Vthe hopper.l sheets, andh'crank'shafts sup- Lcenter Asill supporting .the body,

'carrier `angler across t-he 'lower t mcenter Aslllexteliidi'xigio'cross 'theopen bottom .ot the 30 the carrier angle; 'and a fgcelplteocross the vends of the V4,5

he 'end' sill and oarI e Instestlrnonjivzhreof, I 'have signed' this specifica-tion in the pr'esence o tt'w"o 'subscribing' witnesses.'

ANTON BEcK'nr..

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