This class is restricted to wheeled transportation equipment
for railways. The rolling stock or equipment may be for use on
monorail, two-rail, elevated, suspended, or cable railways.
SECTION II - LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES AND WITHIN THIS CLASS
Patents for railway wheel rolling stock under the class definition
comprising a plurality of wheeled cars or train elements adapted
to be attached trailingly together and adapted to travel sequentially
along a rail and axles are separately classified in Class 295, Railway
Wheels and Axles.
Movable or Removable Closures, appropriate subclasses for closures of the type
provided for and see the search notes in section IV, References
to other classes, of Class 49 for the loci of closures in other
classes.
Freight Accommodation on Freight Carrier,
subclass 28 for a drop-center car for the tiered stowage of
vehicles as objects of freight; and subclass 45 for stowage of a
massive, e.g., massively tall, etc., article on a drop-center car.
Amusement Devices: Toys,
subclass 25 for smoking toy locomotives; and subclasses 431-471
for other toy rolling stock having a structural detail not suitable
for a full size train.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Rolling stock having exterior surface configuration designed
to promote smooth airflow thereover when passing through the air,
so as to create a minimum amount of resistance of the train to movement
and to create a minimum of air turbulence.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1.1. Rolling stock of such configuration that ambient air is
forced vertically upward by the rolling stock passing therethrough;
or including a tublike passage to direct air from a high pressure
surface of the rolling stock to a relatively low pressure surface
thereof.
(1)
Note. Control of vertical movement of air, e.g., provision
to prevent disturbance of overhead power lines, etc., is included herein.
for a locomotive having an inclined planar surface
intended to react with ambient atmosphere to increase downward pressure
on the wheels to thereby increase traction.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1.1. Train including air flow controlling structure movable normally
with respect to the remainder thereof and with respect to the direction
of travel.
(1)
Note. Included herein is a streamline surface on the front
of a locomotive shiftable to provide access to a front coupler.
(2)
Note. A laterally movable member intended to interrupt smooth
air flow and provide increased friction, i.e., a brake, is included
in this subclass.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Rolling stock comprising a plurality of wheeled cars or
train elements adapted to be attached trailingly together and adapted
to travel sequentially along a rail.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1.4. Train intended for entertainment, of inadequate size to
be used for transportation of people and not intended to be used
for transportation of produce.
(1)
Note. A model train, even though structurally identical to
a conventional train is included in this subclass, since it is not for
transportation of people or produce.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1.4. Train (a) comprising plural cars pivotally connected but
not readily detachable from each other; or (b) including a first
car supporting truck connected to a second car supporting truck
so that they mutually interact to steer each other or prevent excessive
independent oscillation of the cars when traveling over straight
and variously curved track.
(1)
Note. A coupling, per se, not specifically provided for elsewhere,
for an articulated train is included herein.
for a railway truck including three or more wheels
engaging a single rail, with provision to allow lateral movement
of at least one wheel so that the truck can round a turn.
This subclass is indented under subclass 4.1. Articulated train in which the truck is adapted to be separated
into distinct members each including support wheels and each adapted
to support one of the adjacent car bodies.
This subclass is indented under subclass 4.1. Articulated train including a truck supporting the end of
a car, which car supports the mating end off a second car.
This subclass is indented under subclass 4.1. Articulated train including a truck supporting the end of
a car, which car supports the mating end of a second car.
through 170, for a truck including a plurality of axles with
provision to allow each to turn about an axis that intersects the
axis of track curvature, especially subclass 169 for such a truck
including a stub axle.
This subclass is indented under subclass 5. Nontelescoping locomotives or cars having bevel ends or
inclines for opposite lateral diversion of adjacent ends in case
of heavy impact.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1.4. Train including a connection between adjacent cars in addition
to the draft/buff coupler to restrict or otherwise provide
for relative movement between the cars, to transmit energy, information,
etc., from one car to another and to render the train effectively
a continuous unit.
(1)
Note. Included herein is a car body connection allowing movement
of a passenger from one car to another and a car body connection
between adjacent freight cars without provision to allow passenger
movement.
This subclass is indented under subclass 8.1. Devices including special forms of vestibule connection
between a locomotive cab and tender or between a tender and car.
This subclass is indented under subclass 8.1. Devices including means by which the diaphragm face-plates
of adjoining cars are brought together and maintained under pressure
in such position.
This subclass is indented under subclass 10. Devices including weighted means for accomplishing the object
and also sliding or link connections in which the diaphragm face-plates are
brought together and so maintained by the weight of the diaphragms
and face-plates.
This subclass is indented under subclass 10. Devices including face-plate expanders in which the mechanism
is so arranged that movement of one end of the diaphragm face-plate will
be transmitted through the mechanism, so as to cause movement of
the opposite end of the face-plate.
This subclass is indented under subclass 10. Devices including face-plate expander in which the upper
portions of the diaphragm face-plates of adjoining cars are brought together
and so maintained by the action of a single-trip bow-spring, and
including supporting means for said spring.
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Devices in which the diaphragm-plates of adjoining cars
have telescopic connection or in which the diaphragm-plates and
the car-body to which they are attached have telescopic connection.
(1)
Note. This subclass also includes telescopic metal cover-plates
for diaphragms.
This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Devices involving the specific construction of the folding
bellows of vestibule-cars, including the composition of fabric,
and without regard to the means of fastening same to the car-body or
face-plate.
This subclass is indented under subclass 18. Devices including folding-bellows diaphragms in which the
legs of the bellows are formed of two separate pieces, with fastening
means releasable under tension, so as to allow outward tilting of
the face-plate for repairs.
This subclass is indented under subclass 18. Devices including means for fastening the folding diaphragms
to the car face-plates or the diaphragm face-plates, either permanently
or releasably.
This subclass is indented under subclass 8.1. Devices including specific face-plate construction and also
lock or catch means for holding adjoining face-plates in catching
engagement.
This subclass is indented under subclass 21. Devices including means for preventing diaphragm face-plates
and parts connected thereto from sagging and consisting of resilient
vertical hanger-rods extending from the car-body to the face-plate.
This subclass is indented under subclass 8.1. Devices including releasable means for vestibule-curtains
connecting adjacent cars in which the releasing operation takes
place automatically on the pulling apart of the cars.
This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Devices in which the curtain-handle is pivoted at one end
and at the other end releasably held in engagement with a fixed
catch member.
This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Devices in which the catch mechanism consists of twin jaws
arranged on either the curtain or on the adjoining car and releasably
engaging a fixed element on the opposite member.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1.4. Train including drive structure having a portion thereof
intended to yield within its elastic limit to prevent destructive
failure thereof.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Rolling stock comprising a railway vehicle (or traction
machine) including drive structure having a portion thereof.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26.05. Devices comprising (1) power propelled railway vehicles
operated by a walking attendant or (2) relatively small railway
vehicles similar to the hand cars or railway velocipedes classified
in this class, subclass 86, but having power propulsion means.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26.05. Self-propelled power tools and locomotives provided with
auxiliary power devices, such as wind-lasses or motors for general
use.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26.05. Self-propelled power tools and locomotives modified by the
provision of a turntable, which usually carries the power plant,
as in case of a mounted railway crane or excavator.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26.05. Locomotive including drive structure adapted to engage for
propelling thrust, a toothed bar (a) parallel to a support rail
therefor or (b) comprising a support rail therefor.
This subclass is indented under subclass 29.1. Locomotive intended for entertainment, of inadequate size
to be used for transportation of people, and not intended to be
used for transportion of produce.
(1)
Note. A model locomotive, even though structurally identical
to a conventional locomotive, is included in this subclass, since
it is not for transportion of people or produce.
Amusement Devices: Toys,
subclass 410 for a toy locomotive, generally e.g., a locomotive,
etc., which as claimed structure, even if enlarged, would not be
a locomotive of the type found in this class.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26.05. Locomotives having drive wheels which grip the opposite
sides or tops and bottoms of a rail or may be pressed against one
side of a rail-head.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26.05. Locomotives having a propelling mechanism consisting of
one or more pusher-bars extending beneath the car and engaging the
track or roadbed for pushing the locomotive along the track.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26.05. Locomotives having incorporated therein either an axle-driving
or axle-driven mechanism, there being included as a link in such driving
mechanism an intermittent-grip arrangement or, in case of power-motor
drive, the grip may be directly on the axle, adapted to be freely
moved in one direction and to have driving engagement with the mechanism
when moved in the opposite direction.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26.05. Locomotives having means for raising driving-wheels from
the rails, as in case of auxiliary drivers or continuously-running
engines, or to get the drivers out of the way, as in case of log-loading
machines.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26.05. Locomotive including an assembly comprised of a pair of
wheels, and supporting framework to carry a distinct vehicle body;
constructed for connection to a vehicle-body with capability of swiveling
motion as a unit with relation thereto.
(1)
Note. A bogie including a positively recited "third
rail" electrical collector is considered to be a "locomotive" for placement
herein.
Electricity: Transmission to Vehicles, appropriate subclasses for a track-engaging electrical
collector, per se, to be used as part of the combined bogie of this
subclass.
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.1. Locomotive including a first track engaging means for generating
thrust to propel the locomotive and, on the same locomotive, a powered
bogie also for generating thrust to propel the locomotive.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26.05. Locomotives in which a prime mover, such as a stream or
explosive-gas engine, runs a dynamo for generating electricity,
which supplies current for electric motors to drive the locomotive.
Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants,
subclasses 9 through 29(subclasses indented under "Traction")
for arrangements wherein a nonelectric prime mover driven electric
generator supplies a traction motor, and subclasses 9 through 21
for prime mover driven generator supplied electric traction motor
systems.
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Locomotives having boilers provided with flexible steam
tight joints, so that the boiler may flex in going around a curve.
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. A double locomotive built together rear to rear, so that
the fire-boxes are at the center of the locomotive.
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Locomotives in which the piston-cylinders have their axes
at right angles to the length of the locomotives.
This subclass is indented under subclass 43. Devices comprising seats or saddles for supporting locomotive
steam boilers, usually at the front end, and providing for boiler
expansion.
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Apparatus including location, arrangement, and special construction
of super-heaters particularly adapted for use on steam locomotives.
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Locomotive apparatus relating to movably jointed and flexible
pipes for connection between relatively movable parts of locomotives.
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Devices wherein the locomotive is provided with means to
convey solid fuels, such as coal, coke, etc., into the combustion
chamber of the locomotive.
(1)
Note. Examples of the type of structures to be found herein
are screw-type conveyer stokers and pusher-type conveyer stokers.
Furnaces,
subclass 105.5 for locomotive type stokers combined with significant
furnace structure or means for feeding air or otherwise promoting combustion
but not including significant railway vehicle structure.
Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration,
subclass 276 for locomotive-type stokers provided with comminuting
means, but not including significant railway vehicle structure.
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Locomotive (1) including a second prime mover of the type
having a enclosed chamber adapted to be filled with gas wherein
the gas is explosively ignited; or (2) wherein the prime mover can
utilize steam or explosive gas fuel.
(1)
Note. The second prime mover may be on a second vehicle attached
to that of the first prime mover.
Electrical Generator or Motor Structure, appropriate subclasses for electric motor structure, particularly
subclass 255 for railway-type stator structures.
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Electric locomotives which carry primary or storage batteries
for the entire or partial supply of electricity to the motors or
other car devices.
(1)
Note. The charging of the storage battery may or may not
be effected from line contact.
This subclass is indented under subclass 50. Apparatus relating to holders, automatic circuit-closers,
and special location of the battery cells on railway rolling-stock.
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Electric locomotives in which the field and armature of
the electric motor both rotate, but in opposite directions.
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Electric locomotives in which traction wheel contains the
electric motor and the rotor is attached to the tire of the wheel.
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Electric locomotives in which the armature is mounted on
the axle, thus effecting a gearless drive for an electric locomotive.
This subclass is indented under subclass 54. Electric locomotives in which the field-pieces are arranged
at each side of the armature, i.e., the armature revolves in a vertical
plane between the two fields.
This subclass is indented under subclass 54. Electric locomotives in which the field is substantially
balanced with respect to the axle and is outside the periphery of
the armature.
This subclass is indented under subclass 54. Electric locomotives in which the fields have portions in
common between two axles, one of which carries an armature.
Electrical Generator or Motor Structure,
subclass 16 for cooling of a reciprocating electric motor of
generator, and subclasses 52 through 65 for cooling of a rotary
electric motor or generator.
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Electric railway apparatus having a special location and
arrangement of insulating material between parts of cars or locomotives.
Electrical Resistors,
subclass 50 for an electrical resistor mounted on wheels wherein
the sole purpose of the wheel mounting is to make the resistor mobile,
and subclasses 68-201 for mechanically variable electrical resistors,
per se.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26.05. Locomotive in which the motive power is furnished by a turbine
driven by gaseous products of combustion.
(1)
Note. A device in which the only motive power for driving
the locomotive furnished by the turbine is a jet of gas, e.g., turbojet,
is not included in this definition.
(2)
Note. A turbine comprises a rotor driven by the kinetic energy
of a fluid, as distinct from a rotor driven by positive displacement
due to the action of fluid in an expansible chamber.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26.05. Locomotive in which the prime mover is of the type having
an enclosed chamber adapted to be filled with an explosive chemical
combined with provision to bring about such explosion and utilize
the power therefrom for motive power.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26.05. Locomotives in which a propelling force is derived from
air pressure, either atmospheric or compressed.
This subclass is indented under subclass 64.1. Locomotive wherein fluent material, e.g., gaseous material,
etc., is cast into the atmosphere to yield a resultant driving force
to the locomotive.
This subclass is indented under subclass 63. Locomotives in which a propelling force is derived from
compressed air, such air being carried in storage reservoirs on
the locomotive and not including that type in which the air is compressed
on the car.
(1)
Note. This subclass also relates to the general arrangement
of air reservoirs on the locomotive.
This subclass is indented under subclass 67. Locomotives in which the springs are of the coil or helical
type acting under tension or compression only.
This subclass is indented under subclass 67. Locomotives in which the weight of the car, acting by gravity,
or a falling weight, operates through some agency, as gears or cams,
to give motion to the car.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26.05. Locomotive including a mass adapted to be in motion with
driving connection to propel the locomotive from the energy of motion
stored therein.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26.05. Locomotive having a wheel for rolling along a rail, and
having at least one wheel for riding on a planar surface of the
earth.
(1)
Note. To be a locomotive, a railway vehicle must include
provision to propel itself along a rail.
(2)
Note. A locomotive receiving part of its tractive or lading
load from a wheel engaging the flat surface beside a rail is included
herein.
(3)
Note. A locomotive including a single wheel particularly
adapted to ride on a (1) rail or (2) planar surface of the earth is
included in this subclass.
(4)
Note. A vehicle carrying wheel-substitute e.g., an endless
belt, etc., is considered to be a "wheel" for
placement in this subclass.
This subclass is indented under subclass 73. Rolling tock in which the weight of the tender, locomotive-pilot,
or trailing trucks may be shifted to or from the locomotive drive-wheels to
vary their tractive effect.
This subclass is indented under subclass 73. Rolling stock which provides for the passage of electric
current through the wheel and rail to increase the tractive effect.
This subclass is indented under subclass 73. Rolling stock in which a magnetic field on the locomotive
or roadbed causes increased adhesion between the wheels and rails.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26.05. Locomotives having axle driving boxes located at the inner
sides of the drive wheels for supporting the locomotive frame.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26.05. Locomotives having means including interconnected links,
levers, with or without springs, and pneumatic systems for equalizing
the load distribution to the axles.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26.05. Roundhouse appliances for turning locomotive drive wheels
without moving the locomotive for the purpose of setting the valves.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Mechanism comprising manually or bodily operated driving
means for hand-cars, railway velocipedes, and other trackman’s
car.
This subclass is indented under subclass 86. Manually operated railway vehicles in which a vertical hand-operated
lever has driving connections with the wheels of the vehicle.
This subclass is indented under subclass 90.1. Trackman’s car drive including a prime mover to
power and urge the other piece of rolling stock to move.
This subclass is indented under subclass 86. Railway vehicles, composed largely of the velocipede type
of trackman’s cars, which are operated by means of a pedal
crank.
This subclass is indented under subclass 86. Railway vehicles in which a rocking or sliding movement
of the seat or seats is utilized to drive the vehicle.
This subclass is indented under subclass 86. Devices comprising attachments to an ordinary bicycle whereby
it is rendered capable of running on an ordinary railroad track.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Wheel or axle drives for railway vehicles including both
axles which are driven and those which act as a driver.
This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Power transmitting devices on locomotives for driving and
controlling a belt-gear or flexible-shaft drive along a train.
(1)
Note. The direct axle-driving means of these drives are found
in the subclasses below.
This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Power transmitting devices comprising driving connections
from a locomotive to one or more axles having angular movement with
respect to the locomotive or the axles having relative horizontal
radial movement with respect to each other.
(1)
Note. Other forms of articulated radial drive are found in
the subclasses below.
This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Driving connections in which a small inner drive wheel rests
upon the inner rim of the large external traction wheel and drives
the latter.
This subclass is indented under subclass 101. Driving devices in which the belt gear on the axle passes
around the rotor element of a motor or machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 101. Driving devices in which the driving belt passes from the
wheel or axle to a wheel on a crankshaft, or the last element of
the gear train is a reciprocating engine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 105. Belt tighteners comprising a motor or dynamo carried on
swinging supports, so that the rotor-wheel can be shifted.
This subclass is indented under subclass 105. Belt tighteners comprising a motor or dynamo slidably mounted
to regulate the tension of the belt from the axle.
This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Driving devices having two gear wheels, either toothed or
friction, in the same plane, one of the wheels being on the axle.
This subclass is indented under subclass 108. Plane gears in which the car wheel or axle gear engages
directly with a rotor wheel of a rotary motor or dynamo.
This subclass is indented under subclass 113. Drive devices in which a traction wheel or rim integrally
formed with or rigidly attached to the gear engages directly with
a rotor wheel of a rotary motor or dynamo.
This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Drive devices in which the wheel or axle usually carries
a bevel gear, which engages a corresponding gear on a shaft which
is at an angle, usually a right angle, to the axle or car wheel.
(1)
Note. The gearing may be either frictional or toothed.
This subclass is indented under subclass 117. Drive gearing in which the angle or bevel gear on the transverse
shaft is the rotor wheel of the motor or dynamo.
This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Drive devices in which a pitman passes from the cranked
car wheel or axle to a parallel cranked jack shaft.
This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Drive devices in which the cranked car wheel or axle is
connected directly by a pitman, which in turn is connected directly
to the rotor of a motor.
This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Drive devices in which the pitman connects at one end to
a cranked car wheel or axle and at the other end to a lever, which
may be a bar lever or a lever of the bell crank and shaft type.
This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Railway vehicles in which the driving mechanism consists
of a ratchet drawbar or pawl in combination with a rachet wheel
secured to the car wheel or axle.
This subclass is indented under subclass 124. Pawl-and-rachet-driven railway vehicles in which the pawl
is mounted directly on the car axle or on a bracket or lever carried
by the car axle.
This subclass is indented under subclass 125. Pawl-and-rachet-driven railway vehicles in which the pawl-carrying
bracket is accurate in form and is actuated by means of a rope or chain
passing over the arcuate surface.
This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Railway vehicles in which the driving mechanism consists
of a rack bar in combination with a car wheel or axle carried pinion.
This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Railway vehicles in which the car wheels or axles are provided
with clutches, such as cam or rollers, holding by frictional contact
when moved in one direction and adapted to move freely in the opposite
direction.
This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Car moving devices comprising levers with wheel rim or axle
engaging jaws, or both, for moving cars by hand.
This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Driving devices which include yielding and spring driving
connections between the motor and the traction wheels.
Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible
Couplings for Rotary Shafts, appropriate subclasses for a flexible coupling between
a shaft and driven member.
This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Driving devices having transmission gearing where the driving
torque reactions are transmitted to the vehicle, truck frame, or
adjacent axle by a resiliently or nonresiliently connected torque
arm.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices relating to the location or base-fastening of a
motor or dynamo on a car body or its truck.
This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Devices relating to modifications of a car body or its truck
so that a cable gripper may be operatively supported thereon for
use with a traction cable.
This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Devices in which a plurality of pivotally mounted electric
motors are interconnected, so that the motor torques oppose and
neutralize each other.
This subclass is indented under subclass 136. Devices which include modifications of the stator casings
of electric motors to form bearings thereon for axle mounting.
This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Motor placement devices comprising boxes, crates, and castings
for enclosing and supporting motors or dynamos on trucks.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Railway rolling stock adapted to run on and above a single
rail, so that the center of gravity of the vehicles is above the
rail.
(1)
Note. Two rails so close together as to leave merely a wheel-flange
way between them are classed as monorails.
This subclass is indented under subclass 141. Monorail vehicles in which a draft animal or human being
keeps the car balanced upon and moves it along the track.
This subclass is indented under subclass 141. Monorail vehicles in which the vehicle balance is maintained
by side wheels or contact members engaging auxiliary side rails
or ways.
This subclass is indented under subclass 144. Monorail vehicles adapted to tracks in which the center
or monorail is raised above the level of the side tracks.
This subclass is indented under subclass 141. Monorail vehicles adapted to tracks which include a monorail
beneath the cars and separated guide rails above the cars.
This subclass is indented under subclass 141. Monorail vehicles adapted to tracks which include a single
rail beneath the cars and a single guide rail above the same.
This subclass is indented under subclass 148. Devices for maintaining a car body horizontal regardless
of whether the body-supporting trolleys are running on a horizontal,
inclined, or catenary track.
This subclass is indented under subclass 148. Passenger car including a portion of particular utility
to the transportation of people located below the support structure.
This subclass is indented under subclass 150. Suspended vehicles having shiftable latches and guards for
preventing a trolley from being derailed or jumping from its track.
This subclass is indented under subclass 150. Multiple-wheeled suspended vehicle trolleys so connected
to their load as to insure a uniform load distribution to the several
trolley wheels.
This subclass is indented under subclass 150. Suspended vehicles in which the trolleys have an auxiliary
set of wheels or rollers adapted to engage the underside of the
elevated rail.
This subclass is indented under subclass 148. Suspended vehicles in which the trolleys are provided with
inwardly projecting traction wheels designed to travel on a separated
pair of rails or on a single middle rail having two separate wheel
tread surfaces.
This subclass is indented under subclass 148. Suspended vehicles in which the trolleys have outwardly
projecting traction wheels for travel on separated rail tread surfaces,
and the vehicle suspension means travel between said tread surfaces.
This subclass is indented under subclass 148. Suspended vehicles having swiveling devices for the suspension
hangers between the trolleys and car bodies or load carriers.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Rolling stock comprising an assembly of a pair of wheels
and supporting framework to carry a distinct vehicle body.
This subclass is indented under subclass 157.1. Truck intended for entertainment, or of inadequate size
to be used for transportation of people and not intended for transportation
of produce.
(1)
Note. A model truck, even though structurally identical to
a conventional truck is included in this subclass, since it is not for
transportation of people or produce.
This subclass is indented under subclass 157.1. Truck adapted to support a distinct vehicle of a shape specially
chosen for interfitting with that truck.
This subclass is indented under subclass 158.1. Truck combined with resilient means to support the vehicle
with respect thereto, to support a vehicle having a load surface
that is physically lower than is usual for a car of the particular
type.
Freight Accommodation on Freight Carrier,
subclass 53 for paired trucks, spaced apart to support each
of the end of a loaded semitrailer for transporting off the ground.
This subclass is indented under subclass 157.1. Trucks designed to receive and transport mining machines
and to serve as base supports for such machines when in operation.
This subclass is indented under subclass 157.1. Truck particularly adapted to support and carry a dragline
or other lifting structure of a type adapted to travel on a rail
vertically higher than material carried thereby.
Traversing Hoists, appropriate subclassesfor traveling bridge cranes having a hoisting trolley
thereon. Hoisting means or structure peculiar thereto must be claimed
for original placement in Class 212.
This subclass is indented under subclass 163.1. Truck having a wheel for rolling over each of a pair of
rails and having provision to regulate the amount of travel of one
wheel with respect to the other wheel.
Land Vehicles,
subclasses 6.15 through 6.16for a land vehicle of general utility including
means, interposed between the vehicle body, chassis, or frame and
running gear thereof, for altering height or levelness of the vehicle
body, chassis, or frame; and subclasses 43-43.24 for a land vehicle of
general utility having vertically adjustable wheels for altering
a dimension of the vehicle or a part thereof.
This subclass is indented under subclass 157.1. Trucks having a plurality of axles so mounted as to allow
each to take a position on a curved track substantially radial to
the curve.
This subclass is indented under subclass 167. Trucks having a connection such that the swiveling of the
truck relative to the body operates positively to place each axle
in substantially radial position to the track.
This subclass is indented under subclass 165. Trucks wherein each wheel is swiveled and follows a curved
track by swiveling on a vertical axis which intersects the contact
point of the wheel and rail.
This subclass is indented under subclass 172. Locomotive frames in which the front or trailing truck,
comprising one or more wheeled axles and a frame connection, is
mounted so that the truck is capable of lateral movement relative
to the locomotive frame.
This subclass is indented under subclass 172. Locomotive truck with relatively movable truck and frame
parts to render the rolling stock supported thereby flexible for
rounding a turn on the supporting rails.
(1)
Note. The truck of this subclass may include three (or more)
wheels wherein one wheel may be displaced laterally for rounding
a turn.
(2)
Note. Included herein is a truck of a car including plural
trucks interrelated with provision to allow for rounding of a turn.
This subclass is indented under subclass 157.1. Railway trucks provided with means so connecting the running-gear
units that motion of one with relation to the vehicle causes motion of
another with relation to the vehicle.
This subclass is indented under subclass 157.1. Trucks provided with a plurality of sets of supporting
wheels, each set adapted for running in a different angular direction.
This subclass is indented under subclass 157.1. Trucks wherein the sides are individually pivoted by vertical
pivots through the transom or bolster ends.
This subclass is indented under subclass 157.1. Trucks wherein each wheel has its independent axle.
(1)
Note. Where the axle-sections are so connected across the
truck (as by a sleeve) as to require no change in frame structure
over that required to support a single axle with two wheels, the
patent is not classified here.
This subclass is indented under subclass 157.1. Truck constructed for connection to the vehicle body with
capability of swivel motion as a unit with relating thereto.
This subclass is indented under subclass 182.1. Bogies constructed so as to throw the weight of the vehicle
largely on a single pair of driving wheels of each truck, the remaining
wheels serving mainly to guide the truck along the track.
This subclass is indented under subclass 182.1. Bogies provided with a cross-beam or bolster mounted so
as to allow it limited bodily action laterally of the truck.
This subclass is indented under subclass 185. Bogies having a short bolster member which is a mere center-bearing
or swivel-connection plate to support the vehicle body.
This subclass is indented under subclass 185. Bogie including a side frame along each lateral side thereof,
a link member pivotally attached to each side frame, and a body
supporting bolster pivotally attached to each link and extending
from the link of one side frame to the link of the other, with load
transmitted from the bolster by tension only being applied to the
links, allowing the bolster to move laterally with respect to the
side frames.
This subclass is indented under subclass 190.1. Bogie including resilient means to transmit load or means
to limit vibration from the bolster to each side frame.
This subclass is indented under subclass 185. Devices comprising attachments specially adapted to check
or cushion the lateral motion of truck-bolsters.
This subclass is indented under subclass 182.1. Bogies provided with means for transmitting weight from
the truck frames to the axle boxes in substantially equal proportions
regardless of inequalities in the level of the track.
This subclass is indented under subclass 182.1. Bogie including a wheel-supported side frame structure extending
parallel to a first rail over which the device is to travel, a resilient
member supported thereby, and a rigid cross-member supported by
the resilient member, said cross-member extending to a corresponding wheel
supported side frame riding on a second rail parallel to the first.
This subclass is indented under subclass 197.05. Sprung bolster bogies where the spring assembly includes
leaf and coil springs in series, parallel, series-parallel, or other
relation.
This subclass is indented under subclass 197.05. Sprung bolster bogies where some provision between bolster
and side frame connections is made to compensate for omission of the
conventional spring plank.
This subclass is indented under subclass 197.05. Sprung bolster bogies in which the bolster is so mounted
as to allow it to rock in a longitudinal vertical plane with relation
to the truck-frame.
This subclass is indented under subclass 197.05. Bogie including provision to resistingly control free movement
of the cross-member with respect to the frame.
(1)
Note. A snubber is similar in function to a shock absorber.
Spring Devices,
subclasses 195 through 227for a railway truck snubber, per se, which comprises
a mechanical spring combined with a fluid or friction motion retarder.
This subclass is indented under subclass 198.2. Bogie including a chamber filled with liquid having provision
to transfer the liquid from one location to another, utilizing the
viscosity of the liquid to restrict free movement of the cross-member
with respect to the frame.
(1)
Note. A telescoping "shock absorber" is considered
to be a hydraulic snubber in the absence of other disclosure.
This subclass is indented under subclass 198.2. Bogie including a resilient member to urge the snubber into
frictional engagement with a cooperating friction surface, wherein
the resilient member urging the snubber is positioned such that
it also acts to support the cross-over bolster directly.
This subclass is indented under subclass 198.2. Bogie wherein the provision to resistingly control free
movement of the cross-member comprises structure mounted on the
cross-member.
(1)
Note. In order to control movement of the bolster with respect
to the frame, there must be engagement of both those parts. The
snubber of this subclass includes significant structure fixedly attached
to the bolster, i.e., more than a specific friction surface.
This subclass is indented under subclass 197.05. Bogie wherein the resilient member includes a generally
straight, elongated portion adapted to twist within its elastic
limit to yieldably support the cross-member.
(1)
Note. A coil spring, though supporting a load by torsion,
is not included in this subclass.
This subclass is indented under subclass 197.05. Bogie wherein the resilient member is made of material other
than metal, and may include an additional resilient member, such that
the nonmetallic member only absorbs relatively small oscillations.
This subclass is indented under subclass 182.1. Bogie including claimed detail of the structure for attachment
thereof to a vehicle body supported thereby.
This subclass is indented under subclass 199.1. Bogie including provision to counter movement of the supported
vehicle body with respect to the bogie about an axis parallel to
the supporting rail, or to allow or cause the vehicle body to lean
away from the direction of centrifugal force.
(1)
Note. A truck side bearing is not considered to "counter
movement" for this subclass.
This subclass is indented under subclass 199.1. Bogie also including means remote from the center of the
bogie to assist in carrying the weight of the supported vehicle
body.
This subclass is indented under subclass 199.1. Bogie including a support surface at the upper center thereof
for pivotally carrying the weight of the supported vehicle body.
This subclass is indented under subclass 199.1. Bogie including a frame supported by only one wheel riding
on each supporting rail and all wheels thereof riding on a common
axle.
This subclass is indented under subclass 182.1. Bogies including the connections between (the truck bolster
and truck and connections between) truck and body bolsters, but
not including side and center bearings.
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Bolster connections provided with means between the truck
bolster and vehicle bolster allowing bodily lateral motion of the
truck with relation to the car body in addition to the relative
swivel motion.
This subclass is indented under subclass 182.1. Bogies wherein the cross-framing at the center of the truck
carries a center bearing rigid therewith, thus performing the functions
of both transom and bolster.
This subclass is indented under subclass 202. Combined transom and bolster bogies provided with a joint
between the side and cross frames, allowing a relative rocking motion
in a vertical plane longitudinally of the truck.
This subclass is indented under subclass 182.1. Bogies having side frames of the arch-bar type, each comprising
a truss structure mounting journal boxes at its ends, the bolster
guides forming a double strut between the tension and compression
members at the center.
This subclass is indented under subclass 182.1. Bogies having structure supported directly by the wheel
axle, which structure extends predominately parallel with the wheel
supporting rail.
This subclass is indented under subclass 182.1. Bogies including structure of the cross-tie members between
the side frames adjacent the bolster, exclusive of bolster structure,
together with their means of attachment to the side frames.
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Bogies specific to spring plank structure which permit relative
vertical and/or tilting movement between opposite truck
side frames without straining the spring plank and its connection
to the respective side frames.
This subclass is indented under subclass 157.1. Trucks having means for transmitting load from the truck
frame to the axles in substantially equal proportions regardless
of inequalities in the track level.
Land Vehicles,
subclasses 5.5 through 5.524for a land vehicle of general utility including
an active suspension system responsive to a force encountered while
the vehicle is undergoing surface traversing motion to modify a suspension
elasticity parameter; subclasses 6.15-6.16, especially subclasses
6.157-6.16 for a land vehicle of general utility including means, interposed
between the vehicle body, chassis, or frame and running gear thereof,
for altering height or levelness of the vehicle body, chassis, or frame;
subclasses 81.1-81.6 for land vehicles of general utility including plural
sets of supporting wheels, the wheels of each set being so mounted as
to constitute a substantially complete running gear unit; or subclasses 104-687
for a land vehicle of general utility including means for transmitting
weight to wheels on different axles in substantially equal proportions
regardless of inequalities of the level of the travelled surface.
This subclass is indented under subclass 157.1. Trucks having means for maintaining the vehicle body substantially
parallel with the track even under the weight of an eccentrically
disposed load.
Land Vehicles,
subclasses 5.5 through 5.524for a land vehicle of general utility including
an active suspension system responsive to a force encountered while
the vehicle is undergoing surface traversing motion to modify a suspension
elasticity parameter; or subclasses 6.15-6.16, especially subclasses
6.157-6.16 for a land vehicle of general utility including means, interposed
between the vehicle body, chassis, or frame and running gear thereof,
for altering height or levelness of the vehicle body, chassis, or frame.
This subclass is indented under subclass 211. Trucks having a spring-supported platform or side-bar top
to receive the sills or underframe of a car body directly.
This subclass is indented under subclass 157.1. Truck having a wheel intended to be in an inoperative position
during some vehicular uses of the truck and to be in an operative
position during other uses of the truck.
(1)
Note. Included herein is (1) a truck for use alternately
as a land vehicle or as a railroad vehicle; and (2) a truck having
a wheel that does not touch the rail under light loading, but settles
down and rides on the rail under heavy loading.
(2)
Note. A vehicle-carrying wheel-substitution device; e.g.,
an endless belt, etc., is considered to be a "wheel" for
placement in this subclass.
Freight Accommodation on Freight Carrier,
subclass 67 for a freight carrying vehicle which may have supplemental
guidance wheels cooperating with a track mounted on a freight car floor.
The stowed vehicle may be a semitrailer proper for that subclass (rather
than subclasses 56-65 for semitrailer stowage on a freight carrier),
as explained in subclass 67 note for the line between these subclasses.
This subclass is indented under subclass 215.1. Truck for including wheel means for riding on a rail and
including wheel means for riding on a planar surface generally.
(1)
Note. A truck including a single wheel particularly adapted
to ride on a (1) rail or (2) planar surface is included in this subclass.
(2)
Note. The railway wheel may ride on a rail at the same time
that the other wheel rides on a planar surface.
(3)
Note. The planar surface engaging wheel of this subclass
may be driven.
for a locomotive including a land engaging wheel
and a rail engaging wheel wherein the rail engaging wheel is driven,
or wherein the land engaging wheel is driven to propel the locomotive
along the rail.
This subclass is indented under subclass 157.1. Trucks having supporting shoes or runner members arranged
to slide along the track in case of truck derailment.
This subclass is indented under subclass 157.1. Trucks having means to support parts of truck in case of
breakage thereof to prevent them from interfering with the movement
of the vehicle.
This subclass is indented under subclass 218.1. Truck wherein the side frame includes a support member movable
about an axis to and from supporting position with respect to the axle
box.
This subclass is indented under subclass 218.1. Axle box mountings wherein some part of or the whole axle
box is fixed to the truck side frame, either integrally, by welding,
or by casting.
This subclass is indented under subclass 218.1. Axle box mountings in which the axle box is secured at its
top or side, or both, to the truck frame by bolts or lugs, so that
it may be readily detached from the frame.
This subclass is indented under subclass 218.1. Truck having an axle bearing mounting wherein the axle bearing
is attached to the truck frame by an enclosing or surrounding means,
which enclosing or surrounding means has one or more detachable
parts to permit removal of the axle bearing.
This subclass is indented under subclass 221.1. Truck including a frame having an open bottom slot for receiving
the axle and including a slot blocking member for attachment to
only one side of the a slot to retain the axle in the slot.
This subclass is indented under subclass 218.1. Axle box mountings having the axle box or bearing designed
to have movement transversely of the truck frame.
This subclass is indented under subclass 218.1. Axle box mountings in which the connections are such that
the axle journal may have lateral, vertical, or universal rocking
movement relatively to the truck frame.
This subclass is indented under subclass 218.1. Truck including a way for movement of the axle and its immediate
bearing structure with respect to the supporting frame and including
a spring for yieldably transmitting load from the axle to the frame.
This subclass is indented under subclass 224.05. Truck including a walled way, wherein the wall is resiliently
urged to narrow the way or wherein the member directed by the wall
to thereby restrict the way.
(1)
Note. The spring-biased guide or guide follower of this subclass
may comprise a buffer, i.e., a shock absorber.
This subclass is indented under subclass 157.1. Truck construction involving transverse supporting beams
between trucks and car bodies, usually termed "truck" and "body" bolsters.
This subclass is indented under subclass 226. Body bolsters on car under frames in which the center sills
are framed into the bolsters or the bolsters are substantially modified
to accommodate the center sills.
Conveyors: Power-Driven, appropriate subclasses for conveyors of particular
types, including reciprocating and screw-type conveyors often used for
feeding bulk material to furnaces.
This subclass is indented under subclass 232. Coal-feeding tenders having reciprocating pushers for moving
coal so as to facilitate the work of the fireman.
This subclass is indented under subclass 232. Coal-feeding tenders having a tilting pan which is raised
at its rear end to cause the fuel thereon to slide forward in the
vicinity of the fireman.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Railway rolling stock comprising car bodies designed for
special purposes and appurtenances special thereto.
This subclass is indented under subclass 238.1. Special car body intended for entertainment or of inadequate
size to be used for transportation of people, and not intended to
be used for transportation of produce.
(1)
Note. A model car, even though structurally identical to
a conventional railway car, is included in this subclass, since
it is not for transportation of people or produce.
Material or Article Handling,
subclasses 333 through 402for the loading or unloading of a wheeled (except subclass
373) load-transporting-type vehicle, e.g., a railway vehicle, etc., wherein
means external to the vehicle is involved.
This subclass is indented under subclass 239. Dumping bodies in which the dumping operation is controlled
by and concurrent with the movement of the car.
This subclass is indented under subclass 241.1. Dumping bodies comprising means to cooperate with an externally
located, e.g., trackside, etc., device for carrying out the dumping
operation.
Material or Article Handling,
subclasses 383 through 384for the combination of a load-transporting vehicle and
means external thereto cooperating in the loading or unloading thereof,
and wherein the vehicle is in motion and the means reorients the vehicle
load body into an attitude whereby the load departs by gravity; and
subclasses 387-388 for an arrangement differing from that of subclass
383 only in that, instead of the body being reoriented, a body component,
e.g., gate, etc., is relocated.
This subclass is indented under subclass 244. Gondola cars having a permanent inverted-V ridge placed
over the center sills to prevent retention of the lading thereon
after dumping.
This subclass is indented under subclass 244. Gondola cars in which the self-cleaning ridge rises in the
act of dumping and falls again when the doors are closed.
This subclass is indented under subclass 239. Lading receptacles having an interior form such as to be
self-clearing by gravity when the bottom doors are opened.
This subclass is indented under subclass 247. Lading receptacles in which the car bottom has a plurality
of funnel-shaped outlets longitudinally arranged.
This subclass is indented under subclass 248. Lading receptacles, in which the downwardly inclined end
walls converge toward the car-center, where they form two or more
chutes, which discharge the lading longitudinally toward each other.
This subclass is indented under subclass 247. Hopper-type cars having drop-bottom doors arranged to swing
about axes longitudinally of the car or slide transversely of the
car.
This subclass is indented under subclass 250. Hopper-type cars in which the hopper outlet is divided centrally
and longitudinally by a center sill or door pivot means.
This subclass is indented under subclass 250. Hopper-type cars having the longitudinal hopper doors pivoted
adjacent the center sill, their outer edges dropping to contact
with stationary side chutes or aprons for conducting the lading to
the side of the way.
This subclass is indented under subclass 247. Hopper-type cars having the outlet doors at the base of
the hopper swinging about axes running transversely of the car or
sliding longitudinally of the car.
This subclass is indented under subclass 239. Dumping car bodies in which the car bottom has such an inclination
that upon the release of a side door the entire lading is discharged
by gravity.
This subclass is indented under subclass 254. Inclined-bottom cars in which the car bottom inclines downwardly
and outwardly both ways from the center to discharge doors on opposite sides
of the car.
This subclass is indented under subclass 254. Gondola cars having portions of the flat floor removed,
and inclined chutes or spouts extending from the center sill beneath
the floor lever to the car sides, where the spouts are closed with
doors below the side walls of the gondola.
This subclass is indented under subclass 254. Gondola cars in which the car floor or a part thereon is
moved to an inclined position for the discharge of the load by gravity.
This subclass is indented under subclass 239. Dumping cars including a load-carrying part which is unloaded
by tilting or inclining the load-carrying part in its entirety.
This subclass is indented under subclass 261.1. Dumping cars wherefrom unloading is effected by movement
of the load along the length of the load-carrying part.
(1)
Note. The load-carrying part of this subclass may be reoriented
before dumping to unload beside the supporting rails.
This subclass is indented under subclass 261.1. Cars having a pair or series of pairs of dumping sections
adapted to tilt toward each other and toward the car center and
arranged either longitudinally or transversely of the car.
This subclass is indented under subclass 261.1. Cars having a pair or series of pairs of dumping sections
adapted to tilt away from each other toward the car sides or ends.
This subclass is indented under subclass 261.1. Lading receptacles having a curved bottom or trunnion supports
adapted to have rolling contact with ways on the supporting trunk.
This subclass is indented under subclass 261.1. Lading receptacles provided on each side with a plurality
of projections adapted to slide along camways on the track to effect
tilting of the receptacle.
This subclass is indented under subclass 261.1. Lading receptacles which in dumping slides longitudinally
until they tip at the ends of the ways on which they slide.
This subclass is indented under subclass 270. Lading receptacles supported on two parallel pivots equill
distant from the center of the receptacle for dumping at will to
either side of the car, or on a single pivot-line offset from the receptacle
center for dumping to one side only.
This subclass is indented under subclass 261.1. Car bodies provided with hinged or slidable sides or side
doors to release the lading upon the tilting of the car body.
This subclass is indented under subclass 276. Car bodies in which the movable sides or side doors have
a movement of translation away from load-retaining position relative
to the car body.
This subclass is indented under subclass 261.1. Car body constructions involving guides and guard walls
or plates for directing the placement of the lading during the dumping
operation.
Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel,
subclasses 130 through 236for doors composed of plural panels interconnected
for relative movement mounted upon the side of a car for holding
grain in the car and/or allowing grain to be dispensed
from the car.
This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Doors provided with releasable hinges on the opposite edges,
so that they may swing from either edge at will.
This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Doors operable along guideways, which may be comprised of
straight, circular, cam, or plural inclined ways and extend parallel
to plane of the door.
This subclass is indented under subclass 282.1. Door including a relatively soft member of material that
will return to its original shape, which soft member is intended
to interfit with other body opening structure and create a tight fit
between the door and the opening structure.
This subclass is indented under subclass 282.1. Door including means to force the door from/to open
position to/from closed position comprising a bar having
gear teeth therealong and a relatively small gear for drively interfitting therewith.
This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Doors in which the links are pivotally connected to the
doors, so that there is angular motion between each link and its
door.
This subclass is indented under subclass 286. Door actuation for a plurality of doors having rigid or
fixed connections therebetween, whereby they may be operated as
a unit.
This subclass is indented under subclass 290. Door actuators having one or more hooks, so as to hang up
and lock the doors and links at the end of the door operation.
This subclass is indented under subclass 286. Door actuators comprising a bodily moving shaft parallel
to the door hinges and movable against the lower side of the door
and toward its free edge for closing the door.
(1)
Note. The shaft usually travels on fixed guideways on the
underframe.
This subclass is indented under subclass 293. Door actuators in which the creeping shaft is operated by
a chain wrapped one or more turns around the shaft.
This subclass is indented under subclass 296. Door actuators in which the crankshaft itself has a traveling
or rolling movement along fixed guideways in the underframe.
This subclass is indented under subclass 300. Chain-winding shafts, which, as the door seats in a closed
position, shift bodily under the edge of the door and act as a lock
for the door.
This subclass is indented under subclass 300. Chain winders in which the door seats in a closed position,
a continued operation of the chain winder produces an increased
chain tension, which operates the door lock.
This subclass is indented under subclass 300. Chain winders in which the chain has a hook adjacent its
attachment to the door, so that when the latter is closed, the hook
engages a locking abutment and holds the door closed.
This subclass is indented under subclass 286. Door actuators in which the straightening of a pair of toggle
links or moving a strut or prop to upright position pushes the door
upward against the car bottom to closed position.
This subclass is indented under subclass 286. Door actuators comprising a lever and attached links or
chains located beneath a door and closing the door when raised.
This subclass is indented under subclass 308.2. Dumping body wherein the securing means includes a pair
of links pivotally fitting together and adapted to limitedly snap
past the center line with the ends of the links in latching the
door to either (1) secure the door directly or (2) secure a door
latching pin.
This subclass is indented under subclass 308.1. Dumping body wherein the means to physically secure a door
comprises a member attached to the door or to body structure and adapted
to turn about a line that extends in a direction that is parallel
with the surface of the door in order to block relative movement
of the door and body structure.
This subclass is indented under subclass 308.1. Dumping body wherein the means to physically secure a door
comprises a member attached to the door or to a door structure and adapted
to move along its length in order to block relative movement of
the door and body structure.
This subclass is indented under subclass 239. Dumping cars including (1) means utilizing energy of an
external source, e.g., momentum of the car, etc., to effect dumping;
(2) means to limit the degree of opening of a door, e.g., a chain,
etc., or (3) means to drive car body closure from one position to
another.
This subclass is indented under subclass 311.1. Dumping car wherein including means to open the closure
thereof having play in the drive train thereof, so that opening
movement of the door does not necessarily effect corresponding movement
of the drive train element.
(1)
Note. Included in this subclass is a device providing safety
for the person operating the door in dumping. Once the door is
moved, the weight freight therein could, without the lost-motion
clutch, overpower the person.
This subclass is indented under subclass 314. Interior arrangement of cars involving compartments, seats,
berths, closets, and storage-places to adapt a car for day and night
travel.
This subclass is indented under subclass 316. Berths movable bodily and vertically as unitary beds from
the car top downwardly or upwardly from the floor.
This subclass is indented under subclass 316. Berths having frames in small sections adapted to be folded
or collapsed against the car wall; also collapsible pneumatic berths.
This subclass is indented under subclass 329.1. Passenger cars, in which the body is in the form of a ball
or cylinder, which is adapted to be rolled along the track.
This subclass is indented under subclass 329.1. Passenger cars having a portion of the passenger space open
at the sides and another portion closed in at the sides.
This subclass is indented under subclass 329.1. Passenger cars adapted to be used as an open-sided summer
car or to be converted into a closed-sided winter car at will.
Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel, appropriate subclasses for closures made of flexible
material, or made of plural strips, slats, or panels interconnected
for relative motion, including such structures claimed in combination
with other types of closures or other types of flexible and portable
panels, where the features of car structure claimed are only those necessary
for the mounting and operating of the closure.
This subclass is indented under subclass 332. Convertible passenger cars in which vertically sliding panels
between the side posts of the car may be adjusted to make the car
an open or closed car.
This subclass is indented under subclass 332. Cars in which the seats aligned along the car side have
the seat backs forming an exterior panel of the car side which is
pocketed to receive an upper sliding panel.
This subclass is indented under subclass 332. Cars in which the side panels of the car are made up of
alternating fixed panels and sliding panels or doors.
This subclass is indented under subclass 329.1. Passenger car arrangements comprising steps, doors, conductor’s
and motormen’s stations, and partition bars to facilitate
the collection of fares and to systematize the entrance and exit of
passengers to and from the cars.
Movable or Removable Closures,
subclass 24 for a plurality of closures controlled individually
and jointly through a master control, and subclass 49 for a closure
combined with means to direct or control traffic when no defined
train control or car structure or arrangement is included.
This subclass is indented under subclass 341. Arrangements of the turnstile type to facilitate the collection
of fares and to systematize the entrance and exit of passengers
to and from cars.
This subclass is indented under subclass 329.1. Passenger car constructions involving the relative arrangement
of seats, standing-room, handholds, doors, and trainmen’s
space whereby the interior passenger capacity of a car may be utilized
in a desired way.
This subclass is indented under subclass 329.1. Passenger car constructions comprising closed openings through
the floor, roof, or walls of a car, adapted to be opened only in
case of emergency for escape of passengers.
This subclass is indented under subclass 348. Emergency exits in which the closures for the openings are
automatically actuated, as by the overturning of a car, for example.
This subclass is indented under subclass 329.1. Passenger car constructions comprising devices tending to
lessen the dust contents of the air in the vicinity of car doors
or windows.
This subclass is indented under subclass 350. Dust guards tending to limit the distribution of dust from
the road bed by the action of the car wheels and trucks.
This subclass is indented under subclass 329.1. Passenger car constructions involving glass fronts and protective
closures for motormen on electric cars.
Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel, appropriate subclasses for storm fronts in the form
of flexible and portable panels, including their mounting and/or
operating means and combinations with rigid closures, including
windshields. Such combinations claimed in combination with other
vehicle structure, e.g., wind-shield wipers, glare shields, etc.,
or when the relation to the vehicle is claimed, are in Class 105.
This subclass is indented under subclass 329.1. Passenger car constructions involving depending straps and
handholds for safety of standing passengers.
Freight Accommodation on Freight Carrier, appropriate subclasses for a freight carrier of any category,
including railway, provided with means particularly for inhibiting
the undesirable effects of untoward occurrences on the lading while
on board; see, for example:
subclasses 2 through 50for means on the freight carrier engageable with
a particular article, i.e., of such shape as to present a vulnerability
which is overcome by the way said means accommodates the article;
subclasses 52-95 wherein the freight carrier accommodating means contacts
a stowed load bearer such as a semitrailer (56-65) or other wheeled (66-67)
or wheelless containers; for example, subclasses 77-86 wherein containers
are positively retained on the freight carrier; subclasses 96-116 wherein
indiscriminate load units are lashed on board a freight carrier;
and subclasses 121-155 wherein the load unit is accommodated by
load bracing means.
This subclass is indented under subclass 355. Freight-carrying receptacles in the form of drums or cylinders,
which are adapted to be rolled along the track.
This subclass is indented under subclass 355. Freight cars with double walls, from between which the air
may be exhausted to stabilize the interior temperature of the car.
Freight Accommodation on Freight Carrier,
subclass 68 for a freight carrier of any category including
railway provided with accommodating means for rigid wall fluid-filled
containers, i.e., means in contact with the container(s) to inhibit
untoward movement thereof while on board.
This subclass is indented under subclass 358. Tank cars with provision for longitudinal movement of the
tank relative to the supporting cradles or underframes.
This subclass is indented under subclass 358. Tank car constructions including tank-supporting saddles,
bolsters, and anchoring devices for holding the tank in place.
This subclass is indented under subclass 355. Freight car bodies designed to be folded down upon their
under-frames or to be separated into sections, as for marine shipment.
This subclass is indented under subclass 355. Freight cars provided with vertical tiers of slides or crates
designed as car fixtures for shipping fruit or fragile articles.
This subclass is indented under subclass 355. Freight cars having buffers inside the car for taking up
the shock in case the lading shifts longitudinally.
This subclass is indented under subclass 355. Freight cars having independent auxiliary floors adapted
to rest upon the main car floor, as in case of refrigerator cars.
Static Structures (e.g., Buildings),
subclasses 660 through 676for fabric or lattice openwork of more general application
including slatted floor covering and gratings.
This subclass is indented under subclass 355. Subject matter wherein the uppermost space bounded by the
top of sidewalls of the car is covered by a movable member.
This subclass is indented under subclass 377.01. Subject matter wherein the movable member is made of thin,
bendable material, e.g., tarp, plastic etc.
This subclass is indented under subclass 377.02. Subject matter comprising a support structure removably
mounted on the car wherein the cover is mounted on the support structure.
This subclass is indented under subclass 377.01. Subject matter wherein the member consists of a plurality
of segments connected by a structure which permits the segments
to be doubled upon themselves.
This subclass is indented under subclass 377.01. Subject matter wherein the member is attached to the car
by a jointed or flexible device which permits a turning or pivoting
of the movable member.
This subclass is indented under subclass 377.01. Subject matter comprising a means for preventing the passage
of foreign matter wherein the member is supported by an underlying
surface of the car and the means is located between the member and
the surface for preventing the passage of the foreign matter therethrough.
This subclass is indented under subclass 377.01. Subject matter wherein the member includes a securing means
for preventing an unauthorized access to the inside of the car.
(1)
Note. Mere fastener means such as hooks or clamps or bolts
attached to the member or to the body of the car do not constitute
a locking device for this subclass.
This subclass is indented under subclass 355. Freight cars having openings in the car walls and closures
therefor.
(1)
Note. This subclass does not include freight car doors with
or without their operating or mounting means.
(2)
Note. Closures on plural walls which are not interconnected
for concurrent movement or do not close a continuous opening will
be found in this Class (105).
This subclass is indented under subclass 355. Freight cars having stakes for holding logs or other lading
on logging or flat cars and for holding up the walls of gondola
cars.
This subclass is indented under subclass 380. Stake-type freight cars in which the stakes have a folding
movement in the vertical plane of the car sides.
This subclass is indented under subclass 382. Releasable stake cars in which a closure on a wall of the
stake pocket is released to permit the stake to fly out under load
pressure.
This subclass is indented under subclass 382. Releasable stake cars in which a pawl, hook, or locking
lug directly engages the stake or a lug thereon to hold the stake
upright.
This subclass is indented under subclass 382. Releasable stake cars in which the stake slides outwardly
on horizontal guides as a preliminary movement to falling to load
release position.
This subclass is indented under subclass 382. Releasable stake cars in which the stake is usually in the
form of an articulated inverted V, which is adapted to collapse
or flatten out when unlocked.
This subclass is indented under subclass 382. Releasable stake cars in which the stake is held upright
by a chain under tension, upon release of which the stake falls.
This subclass is indented under subclass 355. Freight cars having anti-friction rolls in car doorways
or on the car floor to facilitate freight-handling.
This subclass is indented under subclass 238.1. Cars adapted to be extended laterally or longitudinally
to increase their floor space, or foldable house cars.
This subclass is indented under subclass 238.1. Express cars, usually metallic, designed to be bullet-proof
and provided with defensive means and protective devices for guarding against
train robbery.
This subclass is indented under subclass 238.1. Cars having door locks under control of the air-brake system
or the engineer or by the train or car movement.
(1)
Note. The objects are to prevent passengers opening car doors
while the car is moving and to prevent robbery from freight cars.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Car constructions involving frame and structure designed
as a load sustainer and carrier and a unit subjected to train shocks.
This subclass is indented under subclass 397. Passenger cars in which a pair of side posts and a carline
of a car are replaced by a unitary inverted U-shaped member arched
over the underframe.
Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), appropriate subclasses for various constructions of more
general application which have exterior sheathing, particularly
subclasses 330 , 459-472, 474-761, and 518-560.
This subclass is indented under subclass 404. Freight car framing and structure of particular utility
to an open-top railway car having a floor, two vertical side walls,
and two vertical end walls.
This subclass is indented under subclass 406.1. Freight car framing and structure including provision for
replacably opening one of the end walls by movement thereof about
an axis parallel to and located near the floor.
Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), appropriate subclasses for various constructions of more
general application which have exterior sheathing, particularly
subclasses 459 through 472,474-761, and 518-560.
This subclass is indented under subclass 414. Underframes in which the center sill is made from a single
beam, which may be integral or two contacting beams riveted together.
This subclass is indented under subclass 414. Underframes in which the center sills are spaced more widely
apart than in an ordinary double-center construction, such as for
accommodation of hopper-car body, for example.
This subclass is indented under subclass 396. Underframe constructions involving connections of the draft-sills
to the end sills, bolsters, or center sills.
Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, appropriate subclasses for a stock material product in
the form of a single or plural layer web or sheet; see especially
subclasses 175 through 176,190, 193, and 196-197 for such a product embodying
a fabric or textile, and subclasses 457-472.3 for a composite web
or sheet including metal as one of the layers.
This subclass is indented under subclass 426. Platform constructions having trap doors, vertical gates
or doors, and movable steps all operatively connected together.
This subclass is indented under subclass 432. Actuators for trap doors, which are slid laterally to project
from the car side to register with a station platform.
This subclass is indented under subclass 426. Trap doors having locks for holding them down and starters
for initiating the opening movement of the trap after it is unlocked.
This subclass is indented under subclass 425. Platforms having means for laterally bridging the space
between a car platform or car floor and an adjacent track platform.
(1)
Note. This subclass includes door operated gangways, and
also those constructions where the door itself constitutes a gangway
in one position.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Car construction in which the movement of a car door or
gate is interconnected for operation with the car steps.
This subclass is indented under subclass 437. The car step and gate construction involves the conversion
of the steps into a door or gate to bar the way to a car platform.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Car constructions involving side barriers on open street
cars or in other similar relation to railway rolling stock.
This subclass is indented under subclass 440. Side barrier constructions in which the reversal of the
seat-backs of an open street car controls the side guards on both
sides of the car.
This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Side barriers in which the bars drop from the top of the
car or are raised from the bottom to form side barriers at the ends
of the seats in an open-type street car.
This subclass is indented under subclass 447. Steps in which step riser or link connection is pivoted
to the adjacent step treads, so that they may be folded together.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Railway car heating devices for loosening ore or coal, so
that it can be readily unloaded, and other special purposes.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Car body suspension devices and spring supports located
in whole or in part above the underframe.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Railway rolling stock having trainmen’s running
boards and hand rails on the tops or sides of cars.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Railway rolling stock having bridging devices between adjacent
coupled cars to permit safe passage therebetween or to catch a trainmen
falling from the top and between the cars.
This subclass is indented under subclass 458. Bridging devices located where the fireman usually stands,
which in case of uncoupling of the tender may prevent the falling
of the fireman.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Railway rolling stock constructions comprising low transverse
footboards on the ends of switch engines and freight cars for the
use of trainmen.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Railway rolling stock having abutment fixtures adapted for
temporary engagement with side track push rods, ropes, chains, or
lifting jacks.
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