Shear plate structure for gondola car
AssigneePullman Standard Inc.
InventorsPhillip G. Przybylinski, Donald C. Bodinger
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Abstract
A gondola car for hauling bulk cargo has a stub sill for receiving longitudinal loads. A shear plate is connected with the stub sill, and longitudinal side sills and connected as by welding to side portions of the shear plate. Side walls extend upwardly from the side sills. The shear plate has an opening therein adjacent the longitudinally inward end of the weld to the side sill for reducing stress in the end of the weld. Cover structure overlies the opening, and side wall support structure is connected with the cover structure and engages the side walls to support them.
Claims7
A railway car having two opposite ends and comprising:
- a first stub center sill supported at one of the ends of the car for receiving longitudinal loads;
- a first shear plate member fixedly connected with the first stub center sill for transferring loads thereto and receiving loads therefrom;
- said shear plate member having a pair of lateral side portions;
- first and second longitudinally extending side sill members supported adjacent respective side portions of the shear plate member;
- first and second side walls each connected with a respective side sill member and extending generally upwardly therefrom;
- generally longitudinally extending fastening means fixedly connecting each of the side sill members to respective side portions of the shear plate member and transferring loads between the shear plate member and the side sill member whereby longitudinal loads on the center sill are transferred to the shear plate member and through the fastening means to the side sill members which bear the longitudinal buff and draft loads in the car;
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- each of the fastening means having a longitudinal inward end;
- said shear member having an opening therein adjacent the longitudinally inward end of one of the fastening means, said opening being located laterally inwardly of said longitudinally inward end and longitudinally outwardly of said longitudinally inward end for reducing the stress in said inward end of the fastening means;
- cover means on said shear plate member overlying said opening;
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- side wall support means connected with the cover means and engaging the side walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.