Lining for traction vehicles

Application filed June 8, 1821. Serial No. 476,038.

I'o all whom it- mav concern

Be it known that I. Enw.-um C Uns™ ·, U ^a -o® ^melnP^er °f the device, citizen of the United States, residing 'at linin 1 J ^ye· ^e?^{ch eilcl} ?^{f the cai}’Iliver Edge, in the county of Ber«rpn\nrl tl,o Γ ,^1!S^{SInu al}' ^si(k extension 19 and

State of New Jersey, have invented''certain end ‘‘i¹¹'⁶'⁸ ,^are ’’enforced by bending the 60 new ami useful T.npn.yements ϊη 'ύη^ mJ „ b™ κ’Τ'ΛΓ “V ^{and the} ™^d of for fraction Vehicles, of which the follow- place The ^sec,‘^ln? in mg is a specification. } · ' . ^{e d<}™ ^^aP^s !4 arc reenforced bv

..... ^{1,1 lnn}.^e^,ay^e1' 22 permanently secured thereto and having projecting fedges to close the 65 17 -i’io^{VeCn tlH> fln,)S 14 and side} members

As indicated in Figures 4 and 5 the ends of the lining are adapted to fold down ^aj-^ranist the bottom, the side portions 17 and 70 and b’Tfi” ^Onfi ^fIlIl^’^ua] Hnes 23 and 24 m d also folding down against the bottom lx ttom°witi°H ^reSA^{heu foId down} against the bottom y,ith। the side members, the respective.' FilTV^{0 dl}^pr ^Vel' ^{eadl <>t,uir as sil}n'n in ⁷⁵J.iguie .> along lines 20 extending across the sides and bottom. In use the folded device shown m I< igure f> will be placed inside a *'^ar.^i,,K1 nnfnlfled and the upper edges of the encl and the. side members will be secured in 80 place as by lathing 27 which need be only hea vy enough to keep Che edges in position. J He fastening means also should be only enoiiifh to hold the lathing in place, so that the lining ear. be removed readily nnd with- 86 out damage. One of the door‘closures 14 imiy then be closed in the position shown in Ogure 4 and ' .stened by'tacks or lathin if desired, against the door boards whirii are sei. across Uie doorways in the usual unniner this making a solid imperforate hi' si«le wall regardless of the position ..: cur door. The other door closure niav >-e main on the floor while the ends ,f ' me being filled and afterward mav be unrolled or unfolded as the level of the load rises so as to move into the ίτΐΐν position step by step, successive door being set up against the doorway and door Closure being placed against Hie 1«, as the load rises ami fastened there ri sired. . ' '

The parte are preferably connected solely by glue or cement, though other means be. employed. The door closures in certain cases may also be cemented in place as the car is filled to close the vertical seams between them and the side pieces. The entire device may be made at a low cost, and is Sr ^J«stalled by unskilled

1,: ! , ,.^ljnins ^when m place, will not hinder loading or unloading as the door m,, ^Vr^a*^d relates to an improved inner lining tor ears used in shipping grain oi other fluent, material ami it is _iin object <>1 the invention to provide a lining which I , ’^OSs <>f material by leakage ¹ 017 ‘ *i¹'· ^S!'^les· ™^ls oi' bottom of the car.

Other objects of the invention are to provide such a lining which shall be mai4 of cheap inntennis, which may be applied to a cm n ith a mininium expense and which when 20 nf ή?¹? i yff^tively prevent leakage, of nniteria 1. formmg as it does, substantially a bag closed on all sides, the top only bein'»· . Another object of the invention is to pro'ide such a. bug which muv be folded' into 25 a small compact bundle for storage or transportation.

deferring to the aceompanviug drawings which are mu de a part hereof and on which ³⁰ parts ^,‘^,fprc'^H'^{e cllill}'^;|rters indicate similar

Figure 1 is a vertical section on line 1-] of 1'igure 2 showing a freight _l!ir with my improved lining in place.

i;„^F,?^IUo 7 ¹¹ Mfitudinal section line 2·—2 &lt;4 1,

1' igure 3 is a section on ]h_leriglire 2, l· igure 4 shows my i open position, and

I‘igure 5 shows the same folded for transportation or storage.

In tlie drawings reivrence character 10 indieates a freight car of any desirable or conventional type having side doors 11 as usual. My unproved lining comprises a bottom part 1.2 which is upturned at the ^es fo™ a lower edge reenforcemimt at io—Id and which also has extensions forming the inner Javer 14 of each of a pair _of 50 door closures or flaps positioned opposite the car doors lhe bottom is also turned up at the ends to form lower edge reenforcements 15. I Jie end portions of the lining each com55 VY extending down inside fiH- ^{d 15}₊^{hav,l,g a latMal} «tension ntting at its lower end within the fold 13 on in i of the may re,. „« catmay be un* '·. /...J. etosed tne

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IS flaps or openings are just as large as the doorway and allow full usefof the doors. In case the car is shorter than the lining, it is a simple matter to form a tuck or fold trans6 verseiy. of the whole to make it fit the car.

Various changes may be made in my device. without departing from the spirit of the invention. While I prefer paper as the material for the entire device, I may use 10 canvas or other cloth, or paper with a backing of cloth or any other suitable material, but preferably stiff, foldable material that will hold a crease whereby storage and transportation are made easier, and it is 16 also made a comparatively easy matter to take down a lining in one car and apply it to another. The package shown in Figure 5 may again be folded in either direction so as to be one quarter of the size there shown 20 or it may be rolled up so as to make a roll ten inches wide. The rolled form of package is preferred as it takes up little si>ace and does away with the necessity of additional creases. The arrangement of 25 parts may be varied as by arranging the inner and outer overlapping edges ot the parts in reverse order, by altering the relative dimensions, by providing fastening means to hold the door flaps shut, etc. BO Therefore I do not limit myself to the exact structure shown and described but only, as indicated in the appended claims.