Spring seat for a railway truck sideframe and method of making the same
    1.
    发明授权
    Spring seat for a railway truck sideframe and method of making the same 有权
    铁路货车侧架的弹簧座椅及其制作方法

    公开(公告)号:US06823800B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-11-30

    申请号:US10405664

    申请日:2003-04-02

    IPC分类号: B61F300

    摘要: A cast metal sideframe for use in a railway car truck has a spring seat for supporting the springs of a spring set. The sideframe is molded using a core that includes a portion for defining the exterior surface of the spring seat. The core can be a single piece or multi-piece core. The spring seat includes a plurality of aerodynamically-shaped spring retainers formed on the top face spring seat. The aerodynamic shape of the spring retainers reduces the tendency for sand to swirl and create voids during formation of the sand core that is used to mold the sideframe. The aerodynamic shape may include forming at least some of the side walls of the spring retainers at an obtuse angle with the top face of the spring seat. The spring retainers may have concave top faces so as to reduce the volume of material comprising the spring retainers. Reducing material volume is beneficial for reducing shrinkage during cooling of the sideframe, thereby reducing the tendency for separation, tears and cracks to form on the top surface of the spring retainer.

    摘要翻译: 用于铁路车辆的铸造金属侧架具有用于支撑弹簧组的弹簧的弹簧座。 侧框使用包括用于限定弹簧座的外表面的部分的芯来模制。 核心可以是单件或多件式核心。 弹簧座包括形成在顶面弹簧座上的多个空气动力学形状的弹簧保持器。 弹簧保持器的空气动力学形状减少了在形成用于模制侧架的砂芯的形成期间沙子旋转并产生空隙的趋势。 空气动力学形状可以包括以与弹簧座的顶面成钝角形成弹簧保持器的至少一些侧壁。 弹簧保持器可以具有凹的顶面,以便减小包括弹簧保持器的材料的体积。 降低材料体积有利于减少侧架冷却期间的收缩,从而减少在弹簧保持器的顶表面上形成的分离,撕裂和裂纹的趋势。

    Method of making railway truck bolsters
    3.
    发明授权
    Method of making railway truck bolsters 失效
    制作铁路货车的方法

    公开(公告)号:US5954114A

    公开(公告)日:1999-09-21

    申请号:US58608

    申请日:1998-04-10

    CPC分类号: B61F5/52 B22C9/103

    摘要: Improvements in the method of making cast metal bolsters for railway trucks are disclosed. The bolster is cast in a mold using a one-piece center core. The center core has a first end inboard of the first outboard end of the mold and a second end inboard of the second outboard end of the mold. The one-piece center core extends from the first end across the center area of the mold to the second end. It has surfaces to define interior surfaces of the bolster top wall, bottom wall and side walls on both sides of the bolster central transverse plane and bolster central longitudinal plane. Two one-piece end cores are also used. Each one-piece end core has surfaces shaped to define the interior surfaces of the bolster top wall, bottom wall and side walls from a position inboard of one friction shoe pocket to the first outboard end of the bolster. Each has surfaces to define interior surfaces of the bolster top wall and bottom wall on both sides of the bolster central longitudinal plane and interior surfaces of the bolster side walls on both sides of the perpendicular bolster longitudinal plane.

    摘要翻译: 公开了制造铁路货车铸铁垫块的方法的改进。 使用一体式中心芯将支柱铸造在模具中。 中心芯具有位于模具的第一外侧端部的第一端和模具的第二外侧端部的第二端。 一体式中心芯从第一端延伸穿过模具的中心区域到第二端。 它具有表面,用于限定枕骨中心横向平面两侧的枕头顶壁,底壁和侧壁的内表面,并支撑中心纵向平面。 还使用两个一体式端芯。 每个单件端芯具有成形形状的表面,其形成为从一个摩擦瓦口袋内的位置到垫片的第一外侧端部的顶板壁,底壁和侧壁的内表面。 每个都具有表面,以限定在枕形中心纵向平面的两侧的枕头顶壁和底壁的内表面以及在垂直支撑纵向平面两侧的垫板侧壁的内表面。

    Bolsters for railway trucks
    4.
    发明授权
    Bolsters for railway trucks 有权
    铁路卡车支架

    公开(公告)号:US6089166A

    公开(公告)日:2000-07-18

    申请号:US357061

    申请日:1999-07-19

    CPC分类号: B61F5/52 B22C9/103

    摘要: An improvement in cast metal bolsters for railway trucks is disclosed. The bolster has a top wall, a bottom wall and sidewalls. All of the walls have interior and exterior surfaces. Two transverse ribs extend between the top wall and bottom wall and two spaced longitudinal ribs extend from the top wall to the bottom wall. The bolster has a top portion, a bottom portion, a central vertical longitudinal plane between the sidewalls and a perpendicular vertical transverse plane. The transverse ribs have opposite faces in the top portion and in the bottom portion. A vertical plane extends between the opposite faces of the transverse ribs in the top portion and in the bottom portion. The opposite faces of the transverse ribs in the top portion do not diverge from a vertical plane in the same direction and opposite faces in the bottom portion that do not diverge from a vertical plane in the same direction. The transverse ribs may have a vertical plane of symmetry. The bolster is made from improved cores, including a one-piece center core that has surfaces for defining the interior surfaces of the top wall, bottom wall and side walls. The bolster may have several ribs all of this configuration. By having ribs as described, the one-piece center core can be made and pulled from the core box without damage. Other improvements to bolsters, sideframes, and to cores and methods for making bolsters and sideframes are also disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 披露了铁路货车的金属支架改进。 枕头具有顶壁,底壁和侧壁。 所有的墙壁都有内部和外部表面。 两个横向肋在顶壁和底壁之间延伸,两个间隔开的纵向肋从顶壁延伸到底壁。 枕头具有顶部,底部,侧壁之间的中心垂直纵向平面和垂直的垂直横向平面。 横肋在顶部和底部具有相对的面。 垂直平面在顶部和底部中的横向肋的相对面之间延伸。 顶部的横向肋条的相对面不会从垂直平面在相同的方向上偏离,而在底部部分的相反面不会从垂直平面向同一方向发散。 横向肋可以具有垂直的对称平面。 垫子由改进的芯制成,包括具有用于限定顶壁,底壁和侧壁的内表面的表面的单件式中心芯。 枕头可以具有所有这些构造的多个肋。 通过具有如上所述的肋,可以将一体式中心芯从芯盒制造并拉出而不损坏。 还公开了用于制造枕头和侧框架的支撑架,侧框架以及内芯和方法的其他改进。

    Railway truck castings and method and cores for making castings
    5.
    发明授权
    Railway truck castings and method and cores for making castings 失效
    铁路卡车铸件和铸件铸造方法和铁芯

    公开(公告)号:US5752564A

    公开(公告)日:1998-05-19

    申请号:US780546

    申请日:1997-01-08

    CPC分类号: B61F5/52 B22C9/103

    摘要: Improvements in cast metal sideframes and bolsters for railway trucks are disclosed, along with improvements in the processes of casting such products and the cores used in the casting process. In one aspect, the cores are consolidated to provide two one-piece end cores, a one-piece center core, and a bottom center core for the sideframe and two one-piece end cores and a center core for the bolster. The consolidated cores may include cores to define various bolt holes. In another aspect, various cores may be made with step joints for interlocking support without weight-supporting chaplets. In another aspect, a locator boss may be formed on one or more of the cores for proper positioning of the core on the drag mold. Other improvements disclosed include providing a radial draft on the casting surrounding a bolt hole at a core parting or joint line so that nuts and washers may be evenly loaded. In the bolster interior, ribs may be straightened. In another aspect, core prints are used to support the cores on the drag mold surface. The core prints are connected to the core body through necks or bridges that define holes in the cast metal piece. The juncture of the core print and drag mold are spaced from a perimeter of the neck so that any metal fin formed at this juncture is on the exterior of the casting.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于铁路车辆的铸造金属侧框架和垫板的改进,以及铸造这种产品的过程和铸造过程中使用的芯的改进。 在一个方面,芯被固结以提供两个一体式端芯,一体式中心芯和用于侧架的底部中心芯和两个一体式端芯和用于支架的中心芯。 固结芯可以包括用于限定各种螺栓孔的芯。 在另一方面,各种芯可以用步进接头制成,用于互锁支撑件而不具有配重支撑件。 在另一方面,定位器凸台可以形成在一个或多个芯上,以使芯在模具上的适当定位。 所公开的其它改进包括在围绕在芯分离或接合线处的螺栓孔周围的铸件上提供径向牵伸,使得螺母和垫圈可以被均匀地装载。 在扶手内部,肋可以拉直。 在另一方面,核心印刷用于支撑拖曳模具表面上的芯。 核心印刷品通过在铸金属件中形成孔的颈部或桥梁连接到芯体。 核心印刷和拖曳模具的接合部与颈部的周边间隔开,使得在该接合处形成的任何金属翅片位于铸件的外部。

    Method of making sideframes for railway car trucks
    6.
    发明授权
    Method of making sideframes for railway car trucks 失效
    铁路车辆侧车的方法

    公开(公告)号:US06622776B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-09-23

    申请号:US09748584

    申请日:2000-12-22

    IPC分类号: B22C910

    摘要: The number of cores used in casting sideframes is reduced. A pair of end cores and a center core are placed in a mold with cope and drag portions. Each core includes integrally-formed portions for defining portions of the interior surfaces of the sideframes. The integrally-formed portions may include a portion for defining the side window of the sideframe formed integrally with other portions, and may include a pedestal portion formed integrally with other portions. The integrally-formed portions may contact both the cope and drag portions of the mold. The end cores may include integrally formed core prints for supporting the core in the mold. The integrally-formed portions of the center core include connections that are formed integrally with the other portions. Molten metal is introduced into the mold to cast the sideframe.

    摘要翻译: 用于铸造侧框架的芯数减少了。 一对端芯和中心芯放置在具有上下部分的模具中。 每个芯包括用于限定侧框的内表面的一部分的整体形成的部分。 一体形成的部分可以包括用于限定与其它部分一体形成的侧框架的侧窗的部分,并且可以包括与其它部分一体形成的基座部分。 整体形成的部分可以接触模具的上部和下部。 端芯可以包括用于将芯支撑在模具中的整体形成的芯印刷。 中心芯的整体形成部分包括与其它部分一体形成的连接。 熔融金属被引入模具以铸造侧架。

    Dead lever lug
    7.
    发明授权
    Dead lever lug 有权
    死杆耳

    公开(公告)号:US06330862B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-12-18

    申请号:US09524469

    申请日:2000-03-13

    IPC分类号: B61F100

    摘要: An improvement in dead lever lugs for mounting on cast metal bolsters for railway trucks is disclosed. The bolster has two side walls. The side walls have angled portions that meet in radii along the junctures of the angled portions. The dead lever lug has two arms joined by a bridge section. Each of the arms has a mounting surface that is shaped to mate with the shape of one of the angled surfaces of the bolster. The mounting surfaces of the dead lever lug arms are separated by a gap. When the dead lever lug is mounted on the bolster, the dead lever lug straddles the juncture of the angled portions of the side wall. One mounting surface of each arm is positioned against one of the angled portions of the side wall and the gap overlies the juncture of the two angled portions of the side wall. With the dead lever lug of the present invention, no flat raised mounting area is needed on the side wall of the bolster.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于安装在铁路车辆的金属垫块上的死柄凸耳的改进。 扶手有两个侧壁。 侧壁具有沿着成角度部分的接合处半径相遇的成角度的部分。 死杆突起具有通过桥接部分连接的两个臂。 每个臂具有安装表面,该安装表面成形为与垫片的一个倾斜表面的形状配合。 死杆凸缘臂的安装表面被间隙分开。 当死杆凸耳安装在垫圈上时,死杆突出部跨越侧壁的成角度部分的接合部。 每个臂的一个安装表面被定位成抵靠侧壁的一个角度部分,并且间隙覆盖在侧壁的两个成角度部分的接合处。 利用本发明的死杆凸耳,在垫板的侧壁上不需要平坦的凸起安装面积。

    Sideframes for railway trucks
    8.
    发明授权
    Sideframes for railway trucks 失效
    铁路货车侧架

    公开(公告)号:US5967053A

    公开(公告)日:1999-10-19

    申请号:US58680

    申请日:1998-04-10

    CPC分类号: B61F5/52 B22C9/103

    摘要: Improvements in cast metal sideframes for railway trucks are disclosed, along with improvements in the processes of casting such products and the cores used in the casting process. A radial draft is provided on the casting surrounding a bolt hole at a core parting or joint line so that nuts and washers may be evenly loaded. The radial draft is formed on the sideframe column, on the side opposite the side to which a wear plate is mounted. The bolts for mounting the wear plate extend through the bolt hole, and the nuts and washers connected to the bolts bear against the tapered radial draft surface.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于铁路车辆的铸造金属侧框架的改进,以及铸造这种产品的过程和铸造过程中使用的芯的改进。 一个径向牵引装置设置在一个围绕一个螺纹孔的铸件上,在一个芯分离或接合线上,使得螺母和垫圈可以均匀地装载。 径向牵伸形成在侧架柱上,与安装有耐磨板的一侧相反的一侧。 用于安装耐磨板的螺栓延伸穿过螺栓孔,并且连接到螺栓的螺母和垫圈抵靠锥形的径向通风表面。