provements in the Construction of Goods Waggon Bodies
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 6th May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 31st Jan, 1896-Accepted, 7th Mar, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Improvements in the Construction of Goods Waggon Bodies
I, FREDRICK SETCINGER of Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, USA, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
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This invention relates to a means for mounting and operating the tail board of
waggons, vans and the like, and to the combination with the waggon body of
discharge aperture provided with a removable cover or plug
The tail board is attached to the waggon floor by hinges
At each of its tvo
vertical edges it is provided with trunnion which takes into the end of a bar held
in position at one end by a rectangular bracket and at the other end by a spring
catch The bar when lifted from the latter by means of a lever and cam, slides
back through the rectangular bracket so as to let the tail board down, the bar then
being held in the bracket by its hooked end When the tail board is put up the
hooked end engages again in the spring catch by which it and the tail board are
held fixed, the cam then being in the disengaged position
The discharge aperture is formed in the floor of the waggon and is covered by a
plug or block with sloping sides This plug is fixed by bolts to a slide block
mounted underneath the waggon floor To discharge through the aperture, say
gram, the slide block is disconnected slid out of the way and the plug or block
removed The slide block is held by a metal clamping strap to the waggon bottom
The aperture between the tail board and the waggon floor is in part covered by
shields
Dated this 6th day of May 1895
THOMAS R SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, WC, Agent
Improvements in the Construction of Goods Waggon Bodies
I, FREDRICK SETCINGER of Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, USA, Manu-
facture do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained ir and by the
following statement
This invention relates to a means for mounting and operating the tail board of
waggons, vans and the like, and to the comoination with the waggon body of a
discharge aperture provided with a removable cover or plug
In the diawing
Fig 1 is a per-pective view of one end of a waggon body and a tul board in
position, illustrating a part of my invention, and shewing by dotted lines the tail
board open
Fig 2 is a detail shewing the hinge connecting a fragment of the bottom of the
waggon body and the tail board
Fig 3 a plan view of the middle portion of a waggon body having a central
discharge aperture Fig a longitudinal section thereof and Fig 5 a transverse
section thereof in line x-x of Fig 3

page_text: 1 is a waggon body of either heavy or light structure it being understood that
the tail board and its attachment are increased in strength proportionate to the
structure of the body and in view of the purposes for which the waggon may be
employed To this body 1 is hinged a tail board 2 which closes against the
inside vertical strips 3 on opposite sides of the body 1 and has strengthening
battens 4 on the back thereof The tail board 2 is secured to the rear end of the
floor board 5 of the body, by means of Thinges 6 which are respectively applied
to the floor board 5 and the tail board, in such manner as to leave a very small
opening between the edge of the tail board and the end of the floor board at the
point of application of the hinges the said hinges being secured in position on the
inside of the tail board and the adjacent upper portion of the floor board
The said hinges a applied in inverted position in view of the customary mode of
application and a very small ciach or crevice is formed between the tail board and
the body on the waggon box when the tail board is opene and also a strong
connection is provided The tail board has also secured thereto on opposite sides
adjacent to the inner portion thereof opposite angular guards 7 which lose into
and lie adjacent to the opposite sides of the body or box when the tail board is
closed but open outwardly and form shields when the tail board is opened as shewn
in dotted lines The upper opposite portions of the outer side of the tail board
have metallic plates 8 secured thereto which are provided with trunnions 9 fitting
in slots 10 in the upper portion of the ends of the sides of the body or box when
the tail board is clo cd To the sud trunnions 10 are pivotally attached the outer
ends of elongated aims 11 having hooks 12 on their inner ends and along the
under edge of said arms 11 are one or more angular notches 13 The said arms 11
have fice movement through keepers 14 on the opposite sides of the body or box
adjacent to the ends of the latter and the said notches 13 are adapted to enga
the lower edge portion of the said keeper to hold the tail board in an angululy
adjusted position or said keepers 14 may be engaged by the hooks 12 when the
tail board is entirely lowered as shewn in dotted lines The aims 11 are located
on the outer portion of the opposite sides of the body or box and when the said
arms are moved inwardly and the tail board is closed, the hooks 12 are adapted to
engage springs or other catches lo Adjacent to the catches lo are eccentrically
mounted cams 16 which normally engage the under edges of the arms 11 when the
latter are in closed position and have depending arms 17 to which are attached
operating 1ods 18 each extending longitudin illy and passing through an eye 19 near
the end of the outer portion of each side of the body or box and are then formed
into loops or gris 20 to be engaged by the hand of the operator By drawing the
cam 16 into the position shewn in dotted lines on opposite sides of the body the
elongated ums 11e raised so that the hooks 12 become disengaged from
the catches 15, thereby permitting the tail board to be lowered without requning
a backward and forward movement on opposite sides of the body or box to
disengage said hooks 12 from the catches It will be understood that the guards 7
are intended to keep grain and other materials from falling on to the ground when
the tail board is only partially opened and when the tail board is closed the said
guards move between the sides of the body or box and the strips or cleats 3
An aperture 21 in the middle or central line of the bottom of the waggon body has
centrally and downwardly inclined walls 22 within and upon which is fitted a cover
block 23 having corresponding and oppositely inclined outer and under edges 24 which
hit upon the walls 22 of the said aperture and is securely held thereon with any
required degree of pressure by screw bolts 25 which pass through a bottom slide
block 26 and al o through a metal strap or plate 27 which extends beneath it and
entirely across the bottom of the waggon body and is securely held upon the
slide block by screws the slide block being held to slide between cleats 28 upon
the under side of the bottom of the body, and the ends of the plate 27 being free to
extend to each side of the body The plate 27 is forged or bent to fit around the
bottom of the block 26 and is also forged with Jaws 29 near the ends which engage
with notches near the extreme edges of the under side of the body bottom and

page_text: hold the slide block securely from either side A hooh 30 upon each end of the
plate 27 permits the ends respectively to be pulled down out of a notch 31 in the
corresponding side of the body bottom having an abrupt outer side and an inclined
inner side to correspond with and receive one of the jaws 29 and when the end of
the said plate 27 is thus disengaged from its notch and drawn outwudly the
inclined side of the Jaw 29 at the oppo ite side of the plate 27 will disengage itself
fiom its notch and permit the plate and the slide block 26 curied thereby to be
withdrawn from beneath the aperture 21 when the bolts 25 are removed therefrom
The grain or other material may then be unloaded from the body of the waggon
without removing the tail board When the waggon has been emptied and the
aperture 21 is to be closed the plate 27 is pushed back beneath the wiggon body
until its jaws engage with the notches therein, the cover block 23 is placed over the
aperture, and the screw bolts 25 are again passed through the cover block 23 and
slide block 26 and screwed into the plate 27 thus securely clamping the sud parts
together and tightly closing the aperture
The several parts of the device are simple and effective in their construction and
arrangement and many advantages will appear from time to time to those using the
device
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim 18
1 The combination with a waggon body, of a tail board hinged thereto as set
forth, guards on the opposite sides of the tail bond, clongated rins movably
attached to the tail board, said ums having innet hooked unds, keepers with which
said aims have free movement, catches for the hooked ends of the said aims, cum
engaging the under edges of the said arms to release the hooked ends of the same
from the catches, and rods attached to said cams for operating the same to release
the said elongated aims the hooked ends of the said elongated arms also engaging
the keepers when the tail board drops, substantially as described and shewn
2 The combination in a waggon body, of the bottom having a bottom discharge
aperture a cover block to fit above the aperture, a slide block beneath the aperture
connected with an operating 1od, and screw bolts that pass through the cover block
and the slide block, substantially as described and shewn
3 The combination with wiggon body having a discharge aperture in its
bottom, a cover fitted from the upper side of said bottom, a slide block fitted
between guide cleat upon the under side of the bottom, bolts to connect the sud
cover block and lide block, and a plate secured to the slide block extending to the
outer sides of the waggon and provided with jaws near the end. thereof for locking
the slide block to the body, substantially as described and shewn
Dated this 31st day of January 1896
1HOMAS R SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, WC Agent for the Applicant