Improvements in and Connected with Railway Carriages, Waggons, and other like Vehicles.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 15th Aug., 1889-Accepted, 21st Sept.,
1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and Connected with Railway Carriages, Waggons,
and other like Vehicles.
I, JAMES THORN GOODFELLOW of 14th and Washington Streets, Huntingdon, in the
County of Huntingdon and State of Pennsylvania, United States of America,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention refers to further improvements upon an invention of mine and
Robert Manly Cushman patented in Great Britain the 11th November 1884
No. 14863 entitled "Improvements in metallic frames for cars and platforms and in
draft bars for such cars' in which invention longitudinal trussed tubes have been very
successfully employed in the construction of the frames of such railway and other
cars.
According to my present invention 1 provide some other modifications beyond those
described in the aforesaid specification of patent, for clipping or bracing tightly the
said longitudinally running trussed tubes together, whereby the details in the con-
struction are further perfected and provision is made for example for facilitating
repairs and such clipping or bracing arrangement may sometimes be preferable to
adopt according to circumstances of locality or facilities with which materials may be
obtained.
For these purposes according to one modification I cause the clip to embrace the
two longitudinal tubes by making same in one piece of wrought iron or steel; between
the two tubes there is provided a block of metal, wood or other suitable material or
combination of same; this block is, or may be made somewhat slightly narrower than
the outside diameter of the tubes so that when the rivets or bolts which I use to secure
the clips, blocks, and tubes together are tightened up into place, the whole structure
is securely held together.
Instead of the blocks being made of a single piece of material they may be divided
centrally and spaced by which means provision is made for taking up any slack that
might occur; in such cases it is only necessary to tighten up the nuts on the bolts.
The clip or bracing pieces may be made as before stated in one piece of wrought iron
or steel or they may be made in two separate and distinct parts meeting at or about
midway between the two longitudinal tubes, or they need not meet together provided
they are sufficiently long to firmly support the steel bolts or rivets, or the ends are not
too far apart to weaken the structure.
These clips or braces may also be made as straps to embrace each of the tubes and
secured at one end by bolts and nuts; the straps may be also made in two parts
united by joint, in this arrangement an intermediate block or blocks is or are
unnecessary.
The clips or braces may also be made to clip only one of the tubes with a block
at the other end, and intermediate block or blocks as before described, the whole
structure being clamped and held together by nuts.
Other modifications might be designed which would only be mechanical equivalents
for the arrangements described in the specification of the patent before referred to
and those described in this provisional specification, because any arrangement wherein
provision is made for the clip bracing the tube or tubes with intermediate bearing
block or blocks and the whole structure held securely together by bolts or rivets,
would come within the scope of this my invention and that described in the specifica-
tion of the patent before referred to.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and Connected with Railway Carriages, Waggons,
and other like Vehicles.
I, JAMES THORN GOODFELLOW, of 14th, and Washington, Streets, Huntingdon, in
the County of Huntingdon, and State of Pennsylvania, United States of America,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
My invention refers to further improvements upon an invention of mine and
Robert Manly Cushman patented in Great Britain the 11th November 1884
No. 14863 entitled "Improvements in metallic frames for cars and platforms and in
draft bars for such cars," in which invention longitudinal trussed tubes have been
very successfully employed in the construction of the frames of such railway and other
cars.
According to my present invention I provide some other modifications of means or
devices beyond those described in the aforesaid specification of patent for clipping or
bracing tightly the said longitudinally running trussed tubes together, whereby the
details in the construction are further perfected, and provision is made for example
for facilitating repairs, and such clipping or bracing arrangements, it may sometimes
be preferable to adopt according to circumstances of locality or facilities with which
materials may be obtained.
For these purposes according to one modification and as shewn at Figure 1 in
vertical cross-section, and at Figure 2 in side elevation, I cause the clip A to embrace
the two longitudinal tubes B by making the said clip A in one piece of wrought iron
or steel; between the two tubes, to act as a distance piece, there is provided a block
of metal C, or it may be of wood or other suitable material or combination of same ;
this block C is or may be made somewhat slightly narrower than the outside diameter
of the tubes B so that when the rivets D or bolts which I use to secure the clips,
blocks and tubes together are tightened up into place, the whole structure is securely
held together.
Instead of the blocks being made of a single piece of material they may be divided
centrally and spaced, by which means provision is made for taking up any slack that
might occur; this modification is shewn in vertical cross section at Figure 3. In
such cases it is only necessary to tighten up the nuts on the bolts D when such are
employed as shewn at Figure 4. The clip or bracing pieces may be made as before
stated, in one piece of wrought iron or steel, or they may be made in two separate and
distinct parts meeting at or about midway between the two longitudinal tubes, or they
need not meet together provided they are sufficiently long to firmly support the steel
bolts or rivets, or the ends are not too far apart to weaken the structure, and as an
illustration such an arrangement is shown at Figure 4.
Figure 5 shews in vertical cross section, and Figure 6 in side elevation an
arrangement where these clips or braces are made as straps to embrace each of the
tubes B and secured by bolts D and nuts; the strap may also be made in two parts
united by joint A¹ consisting of hooks or projections on each half of the strap A and
held together by means of a loop or link, as shewn; in this latter arrangement an
intermediate block or blocks is, or are, unnecessary.
The clips or braces may also be made to clip only one of the tubes, as shown in
vertical cross section at Figure 7 and in side elevation at Figure 8, with a block Fat
the other end and intermediate block or blocks C as before described, the whole
structure being clamped and held together by nuts G as shown. The upper tube is
shewn embraced, the lower may be so embraced if preferred; other modifications
might be designed which would only be mechanical equivalents for the arrangements
described in the specification of the patent before referred to, and those described in
this specification, because any arrangement wherein provision is made for the clip
bracing the tube or tubes with or without separate intermediate bearing block or

page_text: blocks or distance pieces, and the whole structure held securely together by bolts or
rivets, would come within the scope of this my invention and that described in the
specification of the patent before referred to.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
1. In railway carriages, waggons, and other like vehicles wherein longitudinally
trussed tubes are employed, the arrangement for clipping or bracing together the
longitudinally running tubes as described and illustrated with reference to Figures 1
and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
2. The clipping or bracing together of the longitudinally running trussed tubes as
described and illustrated with reference to Figures 3 and 4 of the accompanying
drawings.
3. The clipping or bracing together of the longitudinally running trussed tubes by
means of clips or braces substantially as described and illustrated with reference to
Figures 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
4. The clipping or bracing together of the longitudinally running trussed tubes by
means of clips or braces embracing only one of such longitudinally running tubes
and secured at the opposite end by block, bolts, and nuts, all substantially in the
manner herein before described and illustrated with reference to Figures 7 and 8
of the accompanying drawings together with any mere modification or modifications
thereof.
Dated this Fifteenth day of August 1889.
J. T. GOODFELLOW.
By Brewer & Son,
33, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.