Patent GB-190623190-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway and like Passenger Cars.
Inventor: OSTRANDER ALLEN EDWARD
Filed: 1906-10-19
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 23,190. Ostrander, A. E. Oct. 19. Underframing of bodies.-Relates to the construction of the steel frames of railway passenger cars. The centre sills are formed of I-beams 1, Fig. 1, connected at the ends to the inturned flanges of a channel 2 which forms, with the timber 4 and metal strip 5, the platform and sill of the vehicle. The side sills 8 are of angles extending the length,of the vehicle between the end sills 9 formed of flanged plates 9<a> bolted to the centre, side, and intermediate sills. A truss member 10, Fig. 4, extends between the plates 9<a> below the centre and intermediate sills 1, 7, and the ends are riveted to the plates 9<a> between the sills 7, 8. The body bolster 11, Fig. 1, is formed of a casting provided with a central recess for the centre sills, and strengthened by a tension plate 11<a> passing through slots in the web of the centre sills. The cross bearers 12 are formed, similarly to the end sills, of flanged plates, and are strengthened by a plate 12<a> passing through slots in the centre sill and by a trough-shaped bar. The underframing is further strengthened by cross bearers 14, Fig. 1, longitudinal sills 17, and crossstays 18, 20. The flanges of the channel 20 are broken away to permit the vertical flange of the sill 7 to pass through, and a casting 23 is riveted in the channel, while the broken ends 24 of the flanges are bent and bolted to the flange of the sill 7. Bodies.-The sides of the car are fastened to vertical angle posts 25<a> secured at the ends to the upper and lower side sills 33, 8. The corner posts 25 are of Z-bars and are riveted to the plates 9<a> of the end sill. The door pocket is formed of plates 26, 27, Fig. 5, strengthened by braces 31, 32, and connected to the corner posts 25 at the inner end, and at the outer end to posts 28, 29 the latter of which is strengthened by a curved plate 30. The carlines 34, Figs. 1 and 4, connected by plates 35 to the upper sills 33, are continuous over the hood and support the longitudinal roof-supporting members, which consist of purlins 36, eaves 38, and angles 39. The purlins 36 are formed of short lengths of metal, and are secured to the carlines by brackets 37. The hood over the platform at the end of the car is separate from the roof proper so that it may be removed. The purlins 42, Fig. 2 and the angles 49, 51 are connected at the outer end to the bow 40 of the hood, and at the inner end to the carline 41, while the angles 49 are connected by straps 48 to the eaves 38. The hood is strengthened by plates 50, by angles 52 connected to the sills 33, Fig. 1, and by diagonal stays 54. The corner posts are formed of plates 55, Fig. 5, and arranged along the length are bands 57 to which furring strips 58 are fastened by bolts 60, Fig. 6. Clips 59 are riveted to the bands 57 to prevent the bolts from being displaced when the furring strips are forced on the bolts. The floor of the vestibule is formed of plates 66, 67, riveted to the sills 7,1 and to the end sill 2, and angles 68 are connected to the underside of the plates at the step openings. The inside lining of the car consists of metal plates 88, Fig. 12, secured by angles 88<a>, 88<b> and plates 89 to the side posts 73, and of a sheet of fire-proof material, secured by bands to the plates 89. The seat plank is formed of a flanged member 93 secured to the angle-bar 88<b> and the floor of the car. The sill 63, Fig. 5, of the window in the end wall of the vestibule is formed with a flange 64 engaging the bottom rail of the window frame, and the sides of the frame are held by plates 65. The side wall of the car is provided with an oval window 70, Fig. 8, and with twin windows 71 over which a window 72 is arranged. The T-sidepost 75, Fig. 9, extending between the windows 71, is secured between angleposts 73, and is bent inwards to pass behind the window 72 and bolted to the angle-bar 33. A curtain 76 covers the sidepost on the inside of the car. Channel cover-plates 85 are secured to the outside of the sideposts 75, and to the rail 74 by a flange 85<a>. The oval window 70, Fig. 11, is mounted in a pressed-iron frame 78, formed with a flange 79 for securing the frame to the car body. The sash of the window 72, Fig. 9, is secured to the side wall of the car by a frame 77 formed with a flange 77".