Abstract: To a plate 50, a flange 52b provided by bending the plate, a flange 52 being orthogonal substantially to the flange 52b and provided bending the plate, and a recessed portion except for a flange between two flanges are provided. To a plate 60, a flange 62c provided by bending the plate, a raised portion protruded from a parallel side 62b to a flange 62c at an end portion in a longitudinal direction of the flange 62c and a vicinity of the end portion are provided. An end portion in a longitudinal direction of the flange 52c and the end portion in the longitudinal direction of the flange 62c are abutted and further an end portion of the plate 60 is abutted to an outer side of a circular arc portion of the flange 52b from the plate. The raised portion is inserted and abutted to the recessed portion and the respective abutted portions are welded. In a case where two plates in which a flange is provided by bending the plate are intended to a welding, an occurrence of a space in a welding portion can be prevented.

Abstract: A rail vehicle having an end provided with a driver's cab, said vehicle having a rigid frame extending under said driver's cab, said rail vehicle having a protective shield disposed in front of said driver's cab and provided with a rigid structure, said protective shield resting on said frame and being connected to said frame via at least one energy-absorbing element interposed locally between the shield and the frame.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rail vehicle body of the type comprising a grid structure, itself comprising longitudinal elements and cross elements interconnected at nodes, and supporting outer and inner coverings. Longitudinal and cross elements are circular section tubes. At at least some of its nodes, the grid structure comprises connections for interconnecting longitudinal and cross tubes of circular section. These connections have longitudinal and cross circular section sleeves which receive longitudinal and cross tubes respectively. Longitudinal tubes pass right through the connections made of longitudinal and cross tubes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of converting box car from having a sliding door to having a plug door. In addition, the roof may be removed and the storage capacity within the box car may be increased by raising the roof of the box car and adding extensions to the sides of the box car. Moreover, the door opening may be increased by increasing the height of the roof. Further, the present invention relates to a method of creating a sealing surface around the perimeter of the door opening of the box car wherein the sealing surface is coplanar.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a railway car for the transportation of semi-trucks. The railway car may have an interior defined by a support surface for the trucks, a pair of upstanding sidewalls, and a roof. End doors may be located at each end of the railway car for selectively permitting access to the interior thereof. The horizontal width at the ends of the railway car may be selected to permit the trucks to be loaded into the interior of the railway car.

Abstract: A roof assembly for a railroad boxcar having centrally located side door openings. The roof assembly is formed of a number of roof panels each of generally rectangular shape and having longitudinally and laterally located edges. The roof panels are positioned on the boxcar with the longitudinal edges of the panels supported on top side plates of the boxcar. The roof panels include end panels, intermediate panels and door overlying panels. Each of the end panels is located at one of the longitudinal ends of the boxcar and has a laterally located edge. The door overlying panels are positioned over the centrally located side doors of the boxcar. The intermediate panels are positioned between the end panels and the door overlying panels. Each of the intermediate panels is wider than each of the door overlying panels and wider than the end panels. Each intermediate panel is formed with four corrugations while each end panel and door overlying panel is formed with two corrugations.

Abstract: A carriage body for a vehicle is described. It is possible to perform a displacement of a frame element (8) with respect to the outlook through windows (5) from each seat (14) in a train coach. Thus, the frame elements (8) are fastened to the cover plates (3, 4) of the coach above and below the window (5) via grooves (11) in which there are provided connecting means (13) sliding in the grooves (11). Hereby the frame elements (8) may be displaced longitudinally relative to the coach.

Abstract: A structural assembly defining a corner of a doorway for a railway boxcar in which a square-cornered doorway opening is provided and yet stress concentrations are avoided. A corner connecting member interconnects upright and horizontal doorway frame structures, but instead of including an angular intersection of vertical and horizontal surfaces defining the doorway opening, the corner member includes an arcuate concave connecting surface extending between the upright and horizontal surfaces defining the doorway opening. The arcuate concave connecting surface is located outside the doorway opening and extends around the location where the vertical and horizontal surfaces would intersect, so that there is no angular intersection to concentrate stresses. An insert fits matingly along the arcuate concave connecting surface and has an inside corner defined by surfaces that are located to extend the vertical and horizontal surfaces and define the corner of the doorway opening.

Abstract: A railway car with a pair of improved sidewalls is provided. For some applications, the railway car may include a steel railway car underframe with an aluminum body mounted thereon. The car body preferably includes a pair of sidewalls and a pair of end walls. The car body may have an open top or a roof mounted thereon. Relatively, thin side posts are disposed on the exterior of the sidewalls to allow increasing cargo carrying capacity of the railway car. At least one longitudinal stiffener is disposed along the interior surface of each sidewall to provide sufficient strength for the sidewall based on anticipated loading while at the same time allowing reducing the number and the thickness of the side posts. For some applications the side posts and the longitudinal stiffeners may be formed by an extrusion process with substantially the same cross section.

Abstract: A sidewall structure for a motor-vehicle carrying railway car wherein at least one upper deck is supported principally by longitudinal beams that are themselves supported by end structures, without the need for large, heavy vertical posts to support the decks between the end structures. To provide a lightweight car body with sufficient strength and durability for commercial rail service, the car body may be of monocoque construction. Each sidewall preferably has a plate girder structure that employs the horizontal beams as its principal supports, with the beams tied together by sidewall panels or plates. A plurality of light stiffeners may be employed to limit flexure of the sidewalls. Each of the end structures preferably comprises an offset H frame that includes a draft sill joined to a body bolster, and inner and outer cross bearers joined to the draft sill. In the offset H frame, the draft sill slopes downward and inward, with the inner cross bearer being at a lower elevation than the outer one.

Abstract: There is provided a vehicle end sill or the like, in which lap joints formed by one side lap welding are not simply deformed or broken off. An end sill 1 is formed as a box type structural body which includes lap joints W1 which are formed by one side lap welding conducted only from the outer side. Edge portions 12a and 13a of face plates 12, 13 to be superposed on the surfaces 11a and 11b of the end member (intermediate member) 11 are formed as a zigzag shape. The end member has the longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to the direction along which the load is adapted to be applied to the end sill 1. Lap welding (one side welding conducted only from the outer side) is conducted along the edge portion 12a and 13a of the zigzag shape.

Abstract: A carriage body of a railroad car has an undercarriage, a floor slab, side wall parts, and a roof, the floor slab having a width which together with a thickness of the side wall parts which face one another defining a functional size of a width of the carriage body, the undercarriage having a width which is less than the functional size of the width of the carriage body, the side wall parts being connected in a force-transmitting fashion to the undercarriage.

Abstract: A coach body of a rail vehicle has horizontal and vertical walls, the horizontal walls serving to form both a floor and a ceiling, while the vertical walls forming side walls, the vertical walls having cutouts for at least one window and one boarding door, the horizontal and vertical walls being formed by modules of fiber-reinforced plastic divided sectionally crosswise to a longitudinal axis of the coach body, each two of these hand-modules which are complimentary to one another and are joined in a force-transmitting way at the horizontal walls which meet in a middle of the vehicle forming one longitudinal section of the coach body, and a length of the coach body being formed accordingly by a force-transmitting connection of a number of the longitudinal sections at abutting points extending all the way around in transverse direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: A covering plate (5), for flooring in conveyances such as a railway car, is provided with a securing track (11) for securing seats, etc. The covering plate (5) is formed by a sandwich structure having a central core (24) arranged between an outer plate (25), which extends across the entire size of the covering plate, and second outer plates (26). The securing track (11) is formed in a profile (27) embedded in the sandwich structure so that a securing track (11) extends at a right angle to lateral edges (14) of the covering plate (5). As either end of the profile is provided with tracks (29) for receiving tight-fitting pins (30), a floor structure can be mounted easily and rapidly.

Abstract: A railcar has a substructure, a superstructure and intermediate webwork sides joining the substructure and the superstructure to form a truss-like structure for carrying automobiles. The resultant truss-like structure does not have a straight through center sill, but does retain end stub sills. The main deck of this structure can be depressed between the railcar trucks, and, in combination with a vehicle supporting deck structure allows vehicles of a greater height to be carried in the depressed center than over the end structure above the railcar trucks. The integrated structure, including a structurally significant roof frame, is also used to support the vehicle carrying decking.

Abstract: An improved railcar is provided which may be utilized for the transport of relatively lightweight bulky articles, as well as relatively heavy articles such as steel beams. The railcar includes a number of components which cooperate to allow such diversity of uses. A rectangular base structure is provided. A substantially planar deck is secured to the upper surface of the rectangular base structure. A plurality of rail wheel assemblies are coupled to the lower surface of the base structure. The rail wheel assemblies are adapted for engaging a railroad. A first bulkhead member is coupled to a first end of the base structure. A second bulkhead member is coupled to the second end of the base structure. A vertical center partition member is also provided. The vertical center partition member is substantially perpendicular to the base structure. It is located along a longitudinal centerline relative to the base structure.

Abstract: In order to provide a car-body structure which has few different kinds of structural members, a small number of structural members, a small occurrence of strain and which is high in dimensional accuracy, and, consequently, in assembling accuracy, each of the car-body blocks is formed of a one-piece structure consisting of an outside plate and a reinforcing plate, each of which is made of a metallic material. The reinforcing plate is composed of panels divided into a plurality of sections; and, each of the panels has a plurality of beads in the form of a long and narrow projection formed by plastic working of a metal plate and extending in the longitudinal direction of the block. A bar-ring in the form of a long hole with a rib extending in the direction of the block is formed between the beads through plastic working. Further, at least one post-shaped protrusion extending in the direction intersecting at a right angle with the bead is provided in each of panels of the reinforcing plate.

Abstract: For relieving the impact force of a collision and insuring passenger safety by building an easily destructible structure into a railroad car underframe, two transversally extending cross or end sills 21, 23 are disposed in parallel and longitudinally spaced apart relation at the front end of a railroad car underframe 1 and energy absorbing sills 61 adapted to absorb shock energy by undergoing wall buckling when subjected to a shock load exceeding a predetermined value from the front of the car is disposed between the cross beams.

Abstract: A floor plate assembly for a railway freight car structure. The assembly includes a floor plate and set of floor plate support assemblies, each having a base and at least one side wall. The side wall has an outer margin that in some embodiments is welded to the floor plate. A reinforcing bar is welded to the base and has a margin which is located closely adjacent to the floor plate and which is welded to the floor plate in some embodiments. In some embodiments the floor plate support assemblies each have two side walls and the reinforcing bar is welded to the base between the side walls. The floor plate support assemblies may be formed away from the railway freight car that is under construction by using a jig to facilitate welding the reinforcing bar to the base. The floor plate assembly may also be assembled separately and then may be efficiently welded to the members of the freight car underframe.

Abstract: A hopper car is described that is a thin shelled integrated structure having a roof and a pair of sidewalls. This structure is subject to longitudinal tensile and compressive loads, and to a partial internal vacuum during unloading. Local buckling phenomena and collapse due to the partial vacuum need to be resisted. The roof assembly has lateral stiffeners to maintain its profile, and a reinforced, roll formed longituding coaming.

Abstract: A composite box structure having a core encapsulated in multiple layers of fiber reinforced plastic is provided. The core may be formed from various materials which provide improved resistance to heat transfer between the interior and the exterior of the composite box structure. The composite box structure includes a pair of end walls, a pair of side walls, a floor and a roof with fiber reinforced plastic interior and exterior surfaces. An opening is formed in each side wall to allow access to the interior of the composite box structure. An opening may also be formed in one end of the composite box structure to allow installing a temperature control system therein. An airflow management system may be incorporated into selected interior portions of the roof, side walls, end walls and floor. The composite box structure may be mounted on a railway car underframe to provide a temperature controlled composite boxcar.

Abstract: The invention relates to modular elements (1) of differential construction which are particularly suitable for constructing cold-joined large bodywork or containers. All the components of the modular elements, substantially shell (2), shaping frames (3), edge profile (5) and optionally stringers (4) extending transversely to the frames and acting as buckling resistors, are cold-joined to each other, e.g. by pressure joining, punch riveting and the like. As a result, firstly rapid production with good surface quality is achieved, and secondly different materials such as iron and non-ferrous metals, fiber reinforced plastics etc. can be freely combined in hybrid structures to construct the modular elements, the local arrangement of materials in the modular element having to be adapted to the desired mechanical properties.

Abstract: A composite box structure having a core encapsulated in multiple layers of fiber reinforced plastic is provided. The core may be formed from various materials which provide improved resistance to heat transfer between the interior and the exterior of the composite box structure. The composite box structure includes a pair of end walls, a pair of side walls, a floor and a roof with fiber reinforced plastic interior and exterior surfaces. An opening is formed in each side wall to allow access to the interior of the composite box structure. A flexible hinge or joint may be integrally molded between each end wall and the respective side walls and between each end wall and the floor. The composite box structure may be mounted on a railway car underframe to provide an insulated composite railway boxcar.

Abstract: In a person transport vehicle, a roof structure is fixed on longitudinal sidewalls (1). In order to achieve a simple but highly functional structure, a longitudinal beam (3) for the roof is fixed to the area of the top side edges of each longitudinal side wall (1) and is provided with an at least approximately horizontal leg. The horizontal legs extend toward each other and carry in a weld-free and watertight manner an inherently stable roof plate (5) provided with integrated longitudinal channels (6, 7).

Abstract: A composite roof having a core encapsulated in multiple layers of fiber reinforced plastic is provided. The composite roof may be mounted on a conventional railway car during initial manufacture or used to replace a damaged steel roof on a conventional railway car. The layers of fiber reinforced plastic provide non-corrosive and non-leaking exterior and interior surfaces for the composite roof. The core may be formed from various materials which provide improved resistance to heat transfer between the interior and the exterior of an associated railway car. The composite roof may be mounted on an enclosed structure having a pair of end walls, a pair of side walls and a floor. An opening may be formed in each side wall to allow access to the interior of the railway car. A top retainer and guide rail assembly will typically be mounted above each opening to allow installing a door to control access through the respective opening.

Abstract: A fully protective multi-unit railroad freight car for carrying motor vehicles on two or three levels with the lowest level being in a cargo well between a pair of deep side sills. A pair of vehicle-carrying decks are adjustable in height and are counterbalanced against each other during adjustment of their locations. A roof structure is light in weight and constructed of corrugated sheet metal with a self-supporting central portion. The ends of the car are equipped with three-panel folding doors, and a flexible diaphragm closes the space between articulated adjacent car units supported by a shared truck. A modular brake operating system is mounted on the car body.

Abstract: An insulated composite railway boxcar having a composite box structure mounted on a railway car underframe is provided. The composite box structure includes side walls, end walls and a floor molded as an integral unit with fiber reinforced plastic interior and exterior surfaces. The composite box structure includes a first fiber reinforced composite unit and a second fiber reinforced composite unit. The first fiber reinforce composite unit provides the end walls, side walls and floor for the railway boxcar. The second fiber reinforce unit may be permanently attached to the side walls and end walls to provide a roof for the boxcar. The railway car underframe has a center sill, side sills and end sills with a generally rectangular configuration and coplanar surfaces for adhesively bonding the composite box structure with the railway car underframe. Mechanical fasteners are also provided to couple the composite box structure with the railway car underframe.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rail or road vehicle including a chassis and a roof, said chassis and said roof both being structural elements, each of which forms a single unit only, the two elements defining a right side plane and a left side plane; wherein at least one structural frame is disposed in each of said side planes, and is secured at its bottom to said chassis and at its top to said roof, and wherein said frames are the only self-supporting face structures of said vehicle.

Abstract: A method for producing vehicle structures such as railway coach bodies includes winding layers and integral annular frame elements of like material. The resulting body is free of metal can include additional longitudinal stiffening elements inserted between the annular frame elements. Windows covered by protective foils are installed in an insulating layer between the wound layers during the winding process. At the conclusion of the winding process, the portions of the inner and outer wound layers covering the windows are removed and the window openings are finished by inserting a reinforcing frame on the outer wound layer and an angle frame on the inner wound layer.

Abstract: The invention concerns impact-absorber devices, an impact-absorption method, and a framework and a vehicle including such impact-absorber devices. According to the invention, the impact-absorber device comprises at least one longitudinal member absorbing by deformation the energy generated by an impact in a given direction, which member is made from thin plate, having a generally triangular cross-section in a plane perpendicular to the direction of impact. Applications to rail vehicles, for example.

Abstract: A rolling stock fitting structure has laminated panels, each formed by sandwiching a core member between a pair of face plates, and framing shapes are placed between the face plates around the periphery of the panels and possibly in the interior thereof to provide structural strength. The laminated panels, which may be shaped to conform to a particular design, are joined and welded together to form a rolling stock body. The framing shapes are provided with a support shape for holding equipment, the support shape being mounted on a rod fixed to the framing shape, so that the load of the equipment on the holding member can be distributed through the framing shapes to the laminated panel, thereby securing the equipment reliably.

Abstract: A locomotive assembly having a longitudinally extending platform and attached sidewalls with a frontal nosepiece extending about a front portion of the platform. The locomotive having a connection device for connecting components to hollow supports in the sidewalls without deforming the sidewalls, a bulkhead with an attached portion for preassembly components thereon before insertion between the sidewalls, a window assembly sealingly disposed in an opening within the sidewall and attached to the sidewall to allow limited relative movement without disrupting the seal, an enclosed headlight assembly flush mounted in the nosepiece with air circulation to prevent overheating within the assembly and an integral collision assembly for transferring collision forces to the platform.

Abstract: A crossbearer connection (32) and method of forming a crossbearer connection (32) are disclosed, including a support bracket (34) angled to rest against an interior surface of a vertical and horizontal flange (54, 56) of the side sill (20) of a railway car (12), a projecting member (70) formed integral to the support bracket (34) having a male portion (78) and female portion (80), and where in the projecting member (70) extends through an opening (72) in the side wall (28), an exterior support member (76) having a base portion (90) and a male portion (98) which is sized to mate with the female portion (80) of the projecting member (70) and with the base (90) portion disposed against a portion of the exterior surface of the vertical flange of the side sill (20), and the male portion (78) of the projecting member (70) mating with a portion of the side stake (30) of the railway car (12), and a plurality of fasteners (106-120) for securing the support bracket (34) to the side sill (20) and the exterior support me

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of integral coach bodies includes the steps of winding an inner covering layer on a body-shaped winding core and attaching a plurality of U-shaped channel segments to outer surfaces of ceiling and floor walls and attaching a plurality of insulation segments in corner regions of the body. A stiffening framework is attached to the outer surfaces of side walls of the body, insulation plates are attached in some rectangular openings in the stiffening framework and blank covers are positioned in other ones of the openings for subsequently installing windows and doors. The attached elements form a step-tree surface upon which is wound an outer covering layer. The coach body thus manufactured is removed from the winding core, the blank covers are cut out for the door and window openings, apertures are formed in the inner covering layer for the feed and removal of air and openings are formed for mounting illumination devices in the ceiling wall.

Abstract: A locomotive assembly having a longitudinally extending platform and attached sidewalls with a frontal nosepiece extending about a front portion of the platform. The locomotive having a connection device for connecting components to hollow supports in the sidewalls without deforming the sidewalls, a bulkhead with an attached portion for preassembly components thereon before insertion between the sidewalls, a window assembly sealingly disposed in an opening within the sidewall and attached to the sidewall to allow limited relative movement without disrupting the seal, an enclosed headlight assembly flush mounted in the nosepiece with air circulation to prevent overheating within the assembly and an integral collision assembly for transferring collision forces to the platform.

Abstract: The coach body construction comprises an upper structure having extruded profiles, which are connected detachably to one another by corner connectors and are made of an aluminum alloy, and a lower structure. The lower structure is composed of longitudinal and transverse supports which are made of an extruded aluminum alloy and are detachably connected to one another and to the upper structure by corner connectors. In interaction with the upper structure, it is of inherently sturdy construction. The corner connectors are, in particular, screw-on corner connectors.

Abstract: An enclosed trailer for towing by an over the road truck is provided having increased internal width for a given external width. The side walls of the trailer are constructed from a series of vertically extending, spaced apart, rigid plates, preferably metallic plates, and metallic reinforcing members which have an inwardly projecting, vertically extending rib that is positioned between the adjacent edges of adjacent pairs of plates. The reinforcing members are riveted or otherwise rigidly secured to the outside of a pair of plates. Furthermore, the plates and reinforcing members are also rigidly secured to vertically extending flanges of the longitudinally extending top and bottom beams which form the juncture between the side walls and the top wall, and the side walls and the bottom wall, respectively. Because all elements of the trailer side walls are rigidly joined to the top and bottom beams, the overall strength and rigidity of the trailer is increased.

Abstract: A railway car body structure has a panel assembly forming at least part of a side, the roof, an end or the floorplate. Each panel has inner and outer spaced metal sheets and a cellular metal core bonded to the sheets and maintaining them spaced apart. To join the panels, a metal connecting member is joined to at least one of the inner and outer sheets by continuous metal-to-metal bonding and has a projection for use in welding the panel to the neighboring panel. The projection extends in the lateral direction of the panel and is of material thicker than the general sheet thickness of the sheets. A frame member of the body structure may be welded to the panels at the joint.

Abstract: A frame structure of aluminum alloy having a pair of spaced apart side rails (1) and a plurality of spaced apart cross-members (2) each comprising a central tubular formation and extending between the side rails, characterized in that at least over a major part of its length each side rail (1) comprises at least three hollow extrusions (4-6) welded together at positions of low stress and has more than two longitudinally extending re-entrant formations opening inwardly thereof at selected low stress locations thereon to receive the heads of bolts and in that an end plate formation (3) is welded to each end of the tubular formations, the bolts engaging through apertures in the associated end plates (3) to removably secure together the side rails (1) and the cross-members (2) only by the bolts at any desired location along the major part of the length of each side rail (1).

Abstract: A light weight car body for railway rolling stock wherein the shearing rigidity with respect to a vertical load in a portion near a body bolster of the car body is larger than the shearing rigidity of a portion other than the portion near the body bolster whereby the shearing rigidity of the portion other than the portion near the body bolster of the car body has a sufficient bending rigidity.

Abstract: A car body of a railway rolling stock wherein the entire car body is divided into a plurality of blocks or modules which are subsequently combined and connected. The individual blocks or modules include a roof construction forming a roof of the car body, side constructions forming respective side walls of the car body, end constructions adapted to be disposed at respective longitudinal ends of the car body to form an end thereof, and an underframe for forming a lower surface of the body. The roof construction, the side constructions and at least one of the side constructions, an underframe are connected through connecting members in which a connected end is extended toward the roof construction, the side constructions or the side constructions and the underframe to be connected, with the entirety being integrally formed by extruded shaped alloy members and arranged to extend in a longitudinal direction of the car body.

Abstract: A new and useful top chord, and a new and useful container wall construction incorporating the top chord. The top chord has a tubular chord section and a special stepped stem integral with the tubular chord section. The stem has a relatively thick proximal portion connected with the tubular chord section and a relatively thinner distal portion extending from the thick portion. The thick proximal portion and the thinner distal portion co-operate to define a rectangular step having a predetermined thickness. The thickness of the step is designed so that the side wall can be closely sandwiched between the post and the thinner portion of the stem and the thick portion of the stem extends above the side wall and into facing relation with a portion of the post which extends above the side wall. The stem is bolted to the post and to the side wall with the thick portion bolted directly to the post and the thinner portion bolted to the post with the side wall sandwiched therebetween.

Abstract: The workability during fabrication of an underfloor construction of a monorail vehicle is improved by reducing the steps of fabrication. An underfloor construction of a monorail vehicle comprises truck enclosures detachably mounted at positions where trucks are mounted in the undersurface of the underframe to enclose the periphery of the trucks, and an enclosure for underfloor equipment for enclosing the sides and lower surface of the underfloor equipment. A method of assembling an underfloor construction of a monorail vehicle comprises mounting a wiring duct and underfloor equipment on the undersurface of an underframe, conducting wiring work between the wiring duct and the underfloor equipment, and thereafter mounting an enclosure for underfloor equipment.

Abstract: A floor structure comprising an upper layer containing a hydroxide, a middle layer for providing the structural strength and a lower layer covering the lower surface of the structure, in which at least the middle layer and the lower layer are composed of flame-retardant material and a layer of heat insulating material is formed therebetween. The floor structure is excellent in fire-resistance and heat-resistance, as well as facilitating the mounting of equipment or the likes below the floor.

Abstract: A lead or head end rail car includes crew living and working accommodations. Controls for the propulsion car, such as a locomotive, and other trailing cars are included in the head end car. Crashworthiness is built into the head end car to provide safety for the engineer and crew in case of accident.

Abstract: A replacement roof sheet for replacing a removed roof section of a covered hopper car roof that has cracks radiating from the square corners of a rectangular hatch. The roof sheet has an arcuate cut-out aligned with the hatch opening and an upstanding, arcuate coaming web joined to said roof sheet at said cut-out, the ends of the coaming web forming joints with exposed ends of the roof coaming peripheral of the hatch opening. Two reinforcing members, having dual-angle standards, bridge the joints to reinforce them. Each member has a base portion secured to the roof sheet and the car roof, a first or lower portion conforming to the inward slope of the roof coaming and secured thereto on one side of the joint, and a second or upper portion conforming to the vertical coaming web and secured thereto on the other side of the joint. An end of the roof sheet overhangs an end wall of the car spaced from the hatch and an end sheet depends to said end wall to cover the space therebetween.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for temporarily enlarging the opening or hatch area of a structural frame of an aircraft. The invention proposes a fixture of smaller dimensions than the structural girder which is able to replace the latter temporarily during certain periods, in particular during loading and unloading of cargo. The invention finds an application in the fitting out of a transport aircraft.

Abstract: A quenching car comprises an open-topped body arranged to carry a load to be quenched. At least a part of the body is composed of walls of hollow construction to receive a liquid cooling medium, such as water. The hollow walls comprise inner and outer plate-like layers separated by reinforcing members which lie internally of the hollow walls, whereby the exposed surfaces of the inner and outer layers are substantially smooth and self-draining. The body is supported by girders of box-section extending along the length of the car.

Abstract: Interfitting prefabricated parts of a truck body structure for attachment of rear and front wall assemblies, hooking a roof on the front wall and lowering it onto the rear wall, connecting on the side walls, utilizing a roof rail hooking leg attaching to front and side wall top caps, and interfitting corner posts and side wall edges.

Abstract: A railway flat car is provided including a center sill extending throughout the length of the car. A deck is attached to the center sill, and a side sill assembly is connected at opposite sides of the car to the deck. The side sill assembly includes an upper side sill member adjacent the deck and a depending vertically inclined first plate attached to the upper side sill member. The first plate is attached to crossbearers in the car in the main body of the car and at opposite end portions of the car. The first plate is foreshortened at least in the bolster-truck area of the car. The side sill assembly further includes on either side of the bolster-truck area of the car and through the bolster-truck area of the car, a second vertical plate transversely spaced from the first plate. At least one and preferably a pair of caps are attached to the lower portion of the second plate, preferably on opposite sides of the second plate.