US1388535A - Platform end sill - Google Patents

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W. VOSS.

PLATFDRM END SILL. APPLICATION FILED IuIIE 25, 1920.

Patentad Aug. 23, 1921.

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WILLIAM VOSS, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAR ANI) FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

PLATFORM END SILL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

Application filed .Tune 25, 1920. Serial No. 391,596.

To all whom il' may concern.:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM Voss, residing at lllilmington, Newastle county, Delaware, and being a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Platform End Sill, of which the following is a 'ull, clear; and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and to use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred form of the invention, though it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as it is obvious that various modifications thereof within the scope of the claims will occur to persons skilled in the art.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a planview showing my im proved platform end applied to a car;

Fig. 2 is a view` partly in plan and partly in section of the butler casting that is applied to my improved end;

Figs. 3 and l are sections through the bufier casting taken on the lines 3 3 and L-; respectively, of Fig. 2;

Fig. is a view showing, in elevation, the casting that limits the forward movement or' the buil'er apparatus;

Fig. 6 is a view, partly in plan and partly in section, of the end pieces carried by the end sill; and

Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7 of F ig. G through an end piece.

It is the object or my invention to provide an improved end construction for the platforms of passenger cars and my invention comprises a channel-shaped member l hav- Lng its central portion bent inwardly toward the car body as shown in F ig. 1, so as to form a seat for a buffer casting 2 provided with openings for the buffer stems 3 attached to the buffer 13. Bolts t secure the butler casting 2 to its seat on the channel member 1.

` The center sills and intermediate sills G of the car underframe are joined to the channel member 1 by angle pieces 7, the angle pieces 7 being omitted from the draw ing at theintermediate sills. Joining each center sill 5 to the adjacent intermediate sill (i is a member 8 which carries the end of the buffer stem 3 and against which the spring on the buffer stem engages.

`At each end of the member 1 there is provided an end casting 9, riveted to the member 1, that linishes oil' the ends of the member 1 and serves to join the member 1 to the channel-shaped member 10 which extends from the end casting toward the center sills and with the channel-shaped member 11 forms and finishes olf the step opening. A cover plate 12 extends from end to end oi the end sill and is riveted to the channel members 1, l() and 11 and the sills 5 and 6.

Secured to the cover plate 12 and to both center sills 5 is a casting 141 that serves as a stop to limit the forward movement oi the buffer apparatus. Railing post bases 15 are secured to the channel member 1 and overn hang railing post bases 16 are secured to the channel member 1 and buffer casting 2.

lVliat I claim is:

1. A channel shaped end sill bent inwardly at its center, a bufer casting iitted to said bent portion and end castings carried by said sill.

2. A channel shaped end sill bent inwardly at its center, a butler casting seated in said bent portion, an end casting carried by said sill and members framing the step opening and secured to said end casting and end sill.

3. An end sill having a central portion bent inwardly toward the car body, a buil'er casting seated on said bent portion, end castings carried by said sill, channel members framing the step opening and secured to said end castings and end sill and a cover plate secured to said channel membersand said end sill.

4. An end sill having a central portion bent inwardly toward the car body, a butler casting seated on said bent portion and railing post bases carried by said butler ncasting and said end sill.

An end sill comprising a rolled section having its web bent inwardly at the center to form a seat for a briller casting, said seat having portions lying in intersecting planes different from the planes or' the adjacent end portions and a buffer casting fitted to said seat.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM VOSS.

Witnesses:

Il. W. SMITH, J osnrHrNn LIITCHELL.

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