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OLNEY NEVELLLOF DENVER, COLORADO.k`

STOCK-CAR,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,277, dated December 28, 1886.

Application filed November 3, 1886. Serial o. 217.592. (No model To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LOLNEY NEWELL, of Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stock-Cars; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to cars for the transportation of live stock, and particularly to that .lis

class of cars in which an upper deck or hinged section is used.

In cars of this'class the upper deck is ordinarily hinged to the sides of thecars, being made in sections, but at the spaces in the ears left for doors some peculiar construction :must be provided for supporting the deck at this point, and for allowing the deck when folded to leave the doorways unobstructed.

Heretofore it has been suggested to form the door-sections with supplemental hinged portions, with their outer ends sliding on` guide-rods, the lower ends of said guide-rods supporting longitudinal beams, which in turn support transverse sills, for the support of the sections when in theirlowered position. The hinged sections in this construction are folded upon the main sections, and the whole slid to the top of the car,where they are held in place by hooks engaging with eyes on the upper side of the folded part of the sections. Such an arrangement is objectionablefor many reasons, principally on account of the space taken up by the supporting-beams for the door-sections, and, again, for the reason that the fastening device in the top of the car, being secured tothe hinged portions of the door-sections, will not hold the sections closely to the top of the car, but will let them fall below the top a distance equal to the width of the hinged portions.

It is the object of the present invention to improve the details. of construction,whereby more space is obtained within the car, and less utilized by the upper deck and its supports when folded.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I is averticalsection taken through the car from side to side. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal verticalseotion of apart of a car, showlas shown in Fig. l.

ing the arrangement of the' slidingdeck sections at the doors. Fig. 3 isa horizontal section.

The car represented at Ais of any ordinary and well-known construction. The upper deck .is composed of the sectionsBB, one hinged upon each side of the car, as usual, and as the width of the car exceeds the height, supplemental` sections are hinged to the main sections, so as to allow the sections to be swung up ont of the way against the'sides of the cars. Y Vhen this is done the supplemental sections C G will swing upon their hinges outwardly, as shown, thus permitting the main sections to lie close against the sides of the oar.

When the decks are lowered for use they are supported upon beams D D,which extend across the car, resting at either side upon beams E E, which support the notched ends thereof, The beams D D are capable of beingremoved when the decks are folded, and for the'purpose of supporting` pivoted so that they can be swung up in order to allow the edge of the deck to pass them when being folded, and also for the purpose of permitting the ready handling of the -beams in packing or removing the same.

Instead of being obliged to slide the beams through the loops, as is vthe case when they are made stationary, the ends may be inserted into one loop, the opposite ends lifted, the` loop at that end swung upward and outward,

and then dropped under the endsofthe beams. Y

It is desirable to' have these supporting-loops at one side instead of in the center, as in that position they offer an obstruction to the passage of any one through the car.

Instead of the hinged sections as heretofore constructed at the doorspaces, I arrange sliding sections GG, each section of a width equal to one-half the width of the car, these sections not being provided with the suplemental sections, as in the main portion of the car. Se-

cured to the inner side of the door-posts of the car at each of the four corners are rods a a, extending from a little below the center ofthe IOO car to thetop. A U-shaped loop, a', eno'ircles these rods, being secured to the outer corners of each section, which are adapted to be slid up and down on said rods,which serve to hold them and guide them in their sliding movement. The ends of the sections extend inwardly beyond the opening of the door, so as to be supported upon the beam which also supports the end of the adjoining section. When the sections are slid to the top of the car, catches b upon the sides hold them in place, and the centers are supported from eyebolts, being slotted, as at c, for this purpose, a fastening-pin, d,- passing through the 'eye after it has passed through the slots in the edges of the sections.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isu l. In a doublevdeck car, the combination, with the sections hinged to the sides of the car, and the supporting-beams therefor, of the sections opposite the doors, arranged toslide upward toward the cei1ing,and supported in their lower position upon the same beams which support the adjacent sections, substantially as described.

2. In a double-deck car, the combination,with door sections adapted to slide up or down on guide-rods, and to be supported in their lower position upon the same beams which support the adjacent sections, of catches b, for support.

removable supporting-beams, of pivoted loops ,j

or hangers for holding said beams, arranged at one side of the car,substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.v

OLNEY N EWELL. Witnesses:

L. P. MERRIMAN, JOSEPH MILNER.

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