Window wall structure for railway cars

• US 3,323,471 A
• Filed: 09/13/1965
• Issued: 06/06/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Albert G. Dean, Walter B. Dean
• Original Assignee: Albert G. Dean, Walter B. Dean
• Inventors: Dean, Walter B., Dean, Albert G.
• Application Number:
  US04/486,640
• Time in Patent Office: 631 Days
• US Class Current: 105/401
• CPC Class Codes: B61D 17/08 Sides
• CPC Class Codes: B61D 25/00 Window arrangements peculiar to rail vehicles vehicle window arrangements in general B60J; cleaning vehicle windows B60S; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B3/84

Claims

1. IN A RAILWAY CAR, A ROOF, AN UNDERFRAME, A CURVED SIDE FRAME HAVING A PLURALITY OF WINDOWS AND SUPPORTING SAID ROOF ABOVE SAID UNDERFRAME AND INCLUDING A WINDOW HEADER RAIL, A BELT RAIL AND A PLURALITY OF STUB POSTS DISPOSED ABOVE AND BELOW SAID WINDOWS, A DEADLIGHT STRUCTURE FOR SAID SIDE FRAME COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, AN UPRIGHT POST EXTENDING FROM SAID UNDERFRAME TO SAID ROOF AND HAVING INNER AND OUTER FACES, A PAIR OF PLATE MEMBERS DISPOSED IN OPPOSED FACE-TO-FACE RELATION AND SECURED TO SAID INNER AND OUTER FACES OF SAID POST, SAID PAIR OF PLATE MEMBERS HAVING CUTOUT PORTIONS DEFINING END PORTIONS OF A PAIR OF ADJACENT WINDOW OPENINGS OF SAID SIDE FRAME AND INCLUDING UPPER AND LOWER TERMINAL END PORTIONS ENGAGING SAID WINDOW HEADER RAIL AND SAID BELT RAIL, AND MEANS SECURED IN SANDWICHING ENGAGEMENT BY THE TOP AND BOTTOM MARGINAL EDGES OF SAID PAIR OF PLATE MEANS, SAID LAST NAMED MEANS BEING CONNECTED TO SAID UPRIGHT POST AND TO SAID PLURALITY OF STUB POSTS ABOVE AND BELOW SAID WINDOWS.