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US 4,359,002 AGranted
Railway car corner post
AssigneePullman Incorporated
InventorsBabgaunda A. Patil, Bhaskara R. Mutyala, Harold M. Schilf
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Abstract
The subject invention relates to the corner construction of a railway car, wherein the end wall, vertical reinforcing plate, side wall corner post and side plate are arranged with associated parts in a manner permitting an assembly without rotation of the car during manufacture. The structure provided includes a rigid connector plate which is attached to the end wall and forms a sandwich type transition member for attaching a flanged end of the side wall sheet.
Claims17
A railway car corner construction comprising:
- a side wall having an upper portion, a roof sheet, and an end wall of said car, having a vertical corner post connected to the end wall,
- said corner post having a vertical terminal flange extending laterally outwardly from said side wall,
- a vertical reinforcing plate affixed between the end wall and said side wall corner post,
- a side plate connected to the upper portion of said side wall and to said roof sheet and further having end means connected to said reinforcing plate to rigidly interconnect said side plate with said end wall,
- said end wall including an end sill having a horizontal flange which includes cutout means for providing assembly space for said car corner construction.
- a sheet metal filler covering an opening deferred by said roof sheet, a top edge of said corner post, said side wall upper portion, and said end wall, and
- said sheet metal filler having a protrusion extending inwardly to the car center facilitating attachment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.