Bin type freight car

Claim 2

A vehicle having a flat deck, and a plurality of bins of substantial size arranged in a row in spaced relation to each other and mounted on the deck, each bin being adapted to receive, support and transport an individual, flexible, collapsible container having a given cross sectional shape when containing flowable material, each bin having an upwardly open top and an upstanding sidewall formed of sheet metal and having a cross sectional shape substantially the same as said given shape, said sidewall having an internal width approximately equal to the width of the container when the container is filled with material and supported on its bottom such that the internal surface of the sidewall and the exterior walls of the container are in substantial contact with each other when the container is supported on its bottom in the bin, the internal width of said sidewAll of the bin and said open top being greater than the width of the container when the latter is filled with material and disposed in a suspended position wherein said filled suspended container may be inserted into and removed from said bin through said open top, and the top of each bin being enlarged to define an edge larger than the thickness of said sidewall for protecting said container.

Claim 3

The construction of claim 1, wherein the height of the sidewall of each bin is at least equal to one third of the height of the container when it is filled with material.

Claim 4

The construction defined in claim 1, characterized by the provision of one or more drain openings formed in the lower edge portion of the sidewall of each bin.

Claim 5

The construction defined in claim 1, characterized by the provision of index means on the exterior of the sidewall of each bin in alignment with a plane extending through the axis of the bin, transversely of the vehicle.

Claim 6

The construction defined in claim 1, characterized by the provision of two index means on the exterior of the sidewall of each bin, in diametrically opposite relation and in alignment with a plane extending through the axis of the bin, transversely of the vehicle.

Claim 7

The construction defined in claim 1, characterized by the provision of a rim formed of cylindrical rod material rigidly secured to the upper edge of the sidewall of each bin and defining said enlarged top.

Claim 8

The construction defined in claim 1, characterized by the provision of gusset plates interconnecting the sidewalls of adjacent bins.

Claim 9

The construction defined in claim 1, characterized by the provision of two sets of horizontally extending gusset plates interconnecting the sidewalls of adjacent bins, at opposite sides of the longitudinal plane extending through the axes of the row of bins.

Claim 10

The construction defined in claim 1 characterized by the provision of a pair of vertically extending, transversely spaced apart, gusset reinforcing plates at each end of the vehicle, interconnecting the endmost bin to the deck of the vehicle.

Claim 11

The construction defined in claim 1, wherein said sidewall and said container when containing flowable material therein are generally cylindrical and wherein said given shape is substantially circular.

Claim 12

A vehicle having a flat deck, said deck being formed of one or more sheets of metal, and a plurality of bins of substantial size arranged in a row extending longitudinally of the deck in close, spaced apart relation, said bins each being formed to receive, support and transport an individual, flexible, collapsible container having a given cross sectional shape when containing flowable material, each bin having an upwardly open top and an upstanding sidewall formed of sheet metal with its lower marginal edge welded to the sheet metal deck, the sidewall of each bin having a cross sectional shape substantially the same as said given shape and having an internal width approximately equal to the external width of the container when the container is filled with material and supported on its bottom such that the internal surface of the sidewall and the exterior walls of the container are in substantial contact with each other when the container is supported on its bottom in the bin, the internal width of the sidewall of each bin being greater than the external width of the container when the container is filled with material and disposed in a suspended position wherein said filled suspended container may be inserted into and removed from said bin through said open top, and the top of each said bin being enlarged to define an edge larger than the thickness of said sidewall for protecting said container.

Claim 13

A vehicle having a flat deck, said deck being formed of one or more sheets of metal, and a plurality of bins of substantial size arranged in a row extending longitudinally of the deck in close, spaced apart relation, said bins each being formed to receive, support and transport an individual, flexible, collapsible container having a given cross sectional shape when containing flowable material, each bin having an upwardly open top and an upstanding sidewall formed of sheet metal with its lower marginal edge welded to the sheet metal deck, the sidewall of each bin having a cross sectional shape substantially the same as said given shape and having an internal width approximately equal to the external width of the container when the container is filled with material and supported on its bottom such that the internal surface of the sidewall and the exterior walls of the container are in substantial contact with each other when the container is supported on its bottom in the bin, the internal width of the sidewall of each bin being greater than the external width of the container when the container is filled with material and disposed in a suspended position wherein said filled suspended container may be inserted into and removed from said bin through said open top, and the top of each said bin being enlarged to define an edge larger than the thickness of said sidewall for protecting said container.

Claim 14

The construction defined in claim 11, characterized by the provision of a plurality of horizontally extending, vertically spaced apart sheet metal gusset plates welded to the exterior of the sidewalls of adjacent bins, at opposite sides of the longitudinal plane extending through the axes of the rows of bins.

Claim 15

The construction defined in claim 11, wherein said sidewall and said container when containing flowable material there are generally cylindrical and wherein said given shape is substantially circular.