. Railway mechanical engineer . ^Ig. 1—A Rock Island Stock Car Equipped V^ith the Convertible Device. shown in the illustrations the movealile sides and floor are into potition on top of the permanent live stock flcxjr 10. In ■operated by means of ratchet cranks attached to a worm and the foreground of Fig. o the merchandise, or moveable, floor sector device located under the car and connected to the S is lowered down on top of the live stock floor 10 Ijy moveable floor at each corner by a Js-in. steel cable moving operating the ratchet crank. The cable 4 running over the ■over sheaves located
. Railway mechanical engineer . ^Ig. 1—A Rock Island Stock Car Equipped V^ith the Convertible Device. shown in the illustrations the movealile sides and floor are into potition on top of the permanent live stock flcxjr 10. In ■operated by means of ratchet cranks attached to a worm and the foreground of Fig. o the merchandise, or moveable, floor sector device located under the car and connected to the S is lowered down on top of the live stock floor 10 Ijy moveable floor at each corner by a Js-in. steel cable moving operating the ratchet crank. The cable 4 running over the ■over sheaves located inside of the car. sheave 5 lowers the floor and the side walls unfold, the slot An old stock car to which this device has been applied is hinge 1 and 2, secured by the U-bolt 3, permitting the move-. Fig. 2—One End of Car Arranged for Merchandise. (1) SafetyLock; (2) Movable Floor: (3) Showing Absence of Any Nails orprojections to Injure Live Stock; (4) Instructions for OperatingDevice: (5) Door water Seal; (6) Provision for Fastening GrainDoors. shown in Fig. 1. The water-tight live stock door 1, withthe protector or water seal 4, is part of the necessary equip-ment, although not an integral part of the convertible worm and sector 3, the ratchet cranks 5 and 6, and the Fig. 3—One End of Car Ready for Merchandise and ConvertibleDevice Lowering into Position in the Other End. ment without any binding. The side walls are then the slatted sides 11 of the car by the side lock boltswhich are secured in place by the lock bolt button 13. The general appearance of the interior of the car whenarranged for merchandise is shown in Fig. 4. This showsthe clean merchandise floor 3 in place on top of the live st<x:kfloor and the ventilated door 3 closed for merc
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