Container carrying railroad car with support castings
AssigneeThrall Car Manufacturing Company
InventorsThomas W. Lindauer, Richard E. Jamrozy
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Abstract
A railroad car for carrying containers comprising a car body supported by rail trucks adapted for movement over a railroad; the car body having opposing side walls and an end wall near each end connected to the side walls with side walls and end walls defining a well in which a container can be received; supports for the bottom of a container, when in the well, comprising a plurality of metal castings joined to each side wall; and each casting having a substantially vertical leg joined at the bottom of a side wall and an arm extending substantially horizontally inward toward the center of the car on which a container bottom can be supported.
Claims8
A railroad car for carrying containers comprising:
- a car body supported by rail truck means adapted for movement over a railroad;
- the car body having opposing side walls and an end wall near each end, spaced longitudinally inward of the truck means and connected to the side walls with said side walls and end walls defining a well in which a container can be received;
- means for supporting the bottom of a container, when in the well, comprising a plurality of spaced metal castings joined to each side wall and spaced inward from the well end walls;
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- each casting having a substantially vertical leg joined at the bottom of a side wall and the casting having an arm extending laterally substantially horizontally inward toward the center of the car on which a container bottom can be supported.
A railroad car according to claim 7 in which the casting has a central flange between the side flanges.
A railroad car for carrying containers comprising:
- a car body supported by rail truck means adapted for movement over a railroad;
- a car body having opposing side walls and an end wall near each end, spaced longitudinally inward of the truck means and connected to the side walls with said side walls and end walls defining a well in which a container can be received;
- means for supporting the bottom of a container, when in the well, comprising a plurality of metal castings joined to each side wall and spaced inward of the well end walls;
- each casting having a substantially vertical leg joined at the bottom of a side wall and an arm extending substantially horizontally inward toward the center of the car on which a container bottom can be supported;
- the casting leg and arm merging into a corner;
- the casting having a central flange between side flanges;
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- the casting having a solid corner block of metal for the width of the casting where the leg and arm merge.
A railroad car for carrying containers comprising:
- a car body supported by rail truck means adapted for movement over a railroad;
- the car body having opposing side walls and an end wall near each end, spaced longitudinally inward of the truck means and connected to the side walls with said side walls and end walls defining a well in which a container can be received;
- means for supporting the bottom of a container, when in the well, comprising a plurality of metal castings joined to each side wall and spaced inward of the well end walls;
- each casting having a substantially vertical leg joined at the bottom of a side wall and an arm extending substantially horizontally inward toward the center of the car on which a container bottom can be supported;
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- each casting having side flanges with outer edges and a web extending between the side flanges outer edges.
A railroad car for carrying containers comprising:
- a car body supported by rail truck means adapted for movement over a railroad;
- the car body having opposing side walls and an end wall near each end, spaced longitudinally inward of the truck means and connected to the side walls with said side walls and end walls defining a well in which a container can be received;
- means for supporting the bottom of a container, when in the well, comprising a plurality of spaced metal castings joined to each side wall and spaced inward of the well end walls;
- a longitudinal horizontal structural angle member having a vertical flange and a horizontal flange extending along the bottom of each side wall with the vertical flange joined to the side wall;
- each casting having a substantially vertical leg joined at the bottom of a side wall and an arm extending substantially horizontally laterally inward toward the center of the car;
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- with the structural angle member horizontal flange resting on the arms of at least two spaced apart castings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.