US1010843A

US1010843A - Street-car.

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Publication number: US1010843A
Application number: US42757608A
Authority: US
Inventors: Albert H Bates
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1908-04-17
Filing date: 1908-04-17
Publication date: 1911-12-05
Anticipated expiration: 1928-12-05

Description

y A. H. BATES.

" STREET CARI" APPLIGATION FILED APRfl?, 1908.

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. Application Afiled April l?, 1903. Serial No. 427,576.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. Barns, a citizen of the United States, residing vat Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Street-Cars, of which the following' is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadv to the Aaccompanying drawings.

rlhe object ot this Ainvention is to provide a street car wherein the entrance shall be entirely from the end, but the enitl may be from the side. The invention'is accordingly well` adapted for an open or summer -pay-asyou-enter car, passengers entering at the rear door and leaving,` directly from the sides. Much time is saved in this manner. --lroper ventilation is also obtained, as well as the kother advantages of an open ear. My car is also convertible, that. is, the open side ntay he closed, and both the entrance and exit be made from the ends.

My prior Patent No. 861,700 shows a car having a longitudinal bench or row ot seats along one closed side, anaisle in front ofsuch longitudinal seat, and cross seats from such aisle to the side of the car which may be open. In the present invention l avail myself of that arrangement ofseats. l provide at the exit of each of the cross aisles a folding step, and means whereby the same is normally folded and in idle position, but

. is adapted to be turned down into active position by a passenger within the car. A suitable gate is provided across each exit opening and l connect this with the step so that when the gate is opened, theV step is turned down. l provide' suitable means whereby the gate and step may he returned This means may op-` to normal position. crate automatically by means of a spring, ,for example, or may be operated by the conductor or motorman, or as desired.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the' drawings wherein-' Figure 1 is a plan of my car; Fig. 2 is a partial side elevation looking at the openl side; ll`1g. 3 isa partial cross vsection withy the gate open; Fig. 4c is a similar view with the gate closed; Fig. 5 is a vertical section on line 5-5 of Fig. 3, looking outwardly.

Asshown in the drawings, the .licor of the car is indicated by l0, the roof by l1, and the permanently closed sideby 12. In this permanently closed side are windows 13. In the opposite side of the car aresuitable posts zontal.

it which support the roof. Within the car, along the closed side is av continuous longitudinal seating means, as, tor example, the bench 20, extending from end to end of the ear. ln front of this bench is an aisle 2l and between this aisle and the open side of the car are transverse seats 22. At the rear ot the aisle is a door 23, and at the frantoi the aisle is a door 24.

25 and 2G represent the front and rear platforms respectively. On the rear plat-4 form is placed the eonductlhrs box 27. Passengers enter on the rearlplattorm and move past the conductors box, through the rear door 28 and enter the aisle. @n leaving the car, it the earis in the form of a summer car, the passengers pass directly outward' through the transverse aisles, as hereinafter explained.

'lo prevent entrance to the oar through ot a running board which is permanently down in the t'orm ot a step, I provide- 'folding individual steps for the various cross aisles. Two of these individual steps are vshown for each cross aislewan upper vstep 2S and a lower step 30. These steps are pivotally supported at 38 and 40 respectively and are connectedby links 29. They normally stand vertically alongside of the ear. Upposite each aisle space is a. suitable gate which may be of the skeleton form shown at 31. This gate is hinged to the post. ll at the front side of the cross aisle. Adjacent to the hinges a rod 32, rigid with the gate, depends from this post. This rod is connected with the compound step in such manner that when the gate is swung outwardly, the step is swung downwardly. To eli'ect this movement, l have shown a bevel pinion 83 on the lower end of the gate rod meshing with a bevel pinion 34 lon a sleeve 35, rigid with the upper step, and surrounding the rod 36 on which that step is journaled. The step projects downwardly, as at 37, below its supporting rod and when the Astep is turned down, this projection engages beneath a suitable beam or bar 4l, to prevent the step passing; beyond the horilt will be seen .from this description that entrance to the car through the open side is revented. not only by the gate but by the act that there is no' available step for such entrance. Vhenever the passenger desires to leave, however, the simple a convenient handle.

swinging of the gateoutwardly, turns down the step, whether it be a single step or the compound one shown. When the passenger steps down onto the step, such action holds the' gate in outward position. It thus forms By having the gate on the forward side of the aisle opening, the passenger is obliged to face forward when emerging 'from the car. This is of particular advantage with women passengers many of whom, for some unknown reason, seem to delight in facing rearwardly on leaving the car.

To close the gate and step, I may provide for example, a coil spring surrounding the gate rod 32 and tending to return. it to normal position. This makes the return of the gate and step automatic. In place of this, if desired, the steps may all be turned by the conductor. This may be accomplished by making the rods on which they are mounted in the form of rock shafts which are connected by links with Aa lever,

convenient of access to the conductor.

A suitable latch may be provided for holding the gate closed, this latch being ac-,

cessible to the passenger in the cross aisle and operating by a spring to latch the gate as it swings shut. This, in the illustration, consists of a rod 50 in the stationary arm 5l and having a beveled nose by which it may latch the gate. This rod is connected by a bell-crank 59. with the vertical rod 53 on the post 14 which may be operated by the passenger within the car grasping and pulling down the knob 54 but is inaccessible to one on the ground. To enable the conductor to lock all of the gates, I may extend the rods 53 downwardly and provide a suitable stop bar 55 which these rods normally clear but which may be moved into their path by pulling upon the link 56 whichcams the bar longitudinally.

When the car `body is used during very severe weather, the individual steps and gates may be removed and the sides between the posts are closed b y a suitable closure, and entrance and exit is had at the ends of the car. In this case, and indeed for summer use, there may be an exit door at the rear controlled by th'e conductor, as indicated by 60, in Fig. l, the rear seat in this .ease being taken out. For moderately cold weather, however, solid doors, as shown at 61, may be used atl the individual aisles, taking the place of theskeleton gates which have been described, the doors closing the whole opening between the posts, the floor` andthe roof, and being provided with suitajble windows. In this case, the individual 4steps are employed as usual, and the operating means is substantially the same.

' `Having described my invention, I claim:

'ljIn a car, the combination of a longituqgnataisle, transverse aisles', individual folding steps opposite the transverse aisles, and means for turning such steps from idle into active position, each step comprising two shelves hinged and connected to fold up or stand projecting one higher than the other.

2. In a ear, the combination oi a permanently closed side, a long bench extending along the same,'a longitudinal aisle in front of said bencli, transverse seats extending from such aisle to 'the open side of the car and providing transverse aisles between them, gates opposite the transverse aisles, folding steps individual for the different transverse aisles, mechanism connecting each step with its corresponding'gate, whereby the outward swinging of the gate swings the step into active position.

3. An open car having a longitudinal aisle, transverse aisles to the open side of the car, means for preventing ingress to such trans# verse aisles while allowing egress therefrom, and means other than the transverse aisles for allowing ingress to the longitudinal aisle. 5

4. In a car, the combination of a rear platform, a permanent step therefor, a longitudisame with the rear platform, a conductors box adjacent to such doorway, transverse seats, transverse aisles leading from the longitudinal aisle to `the open side of the car,l

vnal aisle'in the car, a doorway connecting the means for preventing ingress from the street 4 -to such transverse aisles while allowing egress from such transverse aisles at the open side of the car.

5. In a car, the combination of a rear platform, a permanent step therefor, a longitudinal aislein the car, a doorway connecting the same with the rear platform, a conductors box adjacent to such doorway, transverse seats, transverse aisles leading from the longitudinal aisle to the open side of the car, means for preventing ingress fromi the street to such transverse aisles while allowing egress from such transverse aisles at the open side of the car, said means being controllable by the conductor in his box.

6. In a car, the combination of anope'n side and a series of transveyse seats, transverse aisles between the seats terminating at 'such open side, individual gates for such aisles, individual latches for such gates accessible to passengers in the respective trans-` verse aisles, and a common means for latching all of the gates.

7. In a car, the combination with one permanently closed side, of a long bench adjacent to the same, a longitudinal aisle in front of such bench, a series of transverse seats with transverse aisles between them, individual gates for thetransverse aisles, and individual latches for the gates.

8. In a car, the combination with the rear platform, two door-ways therefrom to the l dinal aisle withinthe car with which bothv body of the car, there being a space on the I platform between the door-ways, a longitudoor-ways communicate, transverse seats and transverse aisles to one side of the car, gates for such, aisles, and mechanism operatable from a position, on the platform between the doorways for releasing such gates.

9. In a car, the combination with the rear platform, two doorways 4therefrom to the body of the car, there being a space on the platform between the doorways, a longitudinal aisle within the car with which both doorways communicate, transverse seats and transverse aisles to one side of the car, gates for'suoh aisles,vmechanism operatable from a position on the 'platforn between the doorways for releasing such gates, and means adjacent to each vgate for individually releas` ing the same.

10. yIn a car, the combination with a rear platform having two doorways leading into the car and a space on the platform between the doorways, a. longitudinal aisle within the car connecting with both doorways, transverse aisles, individual gates for such ais/les,

and individual folding steps for such aisles.

11. In a car, the combination with a rear platform havingtwo doorways leading into` the car and a space on the platform between the doorways, a longitudinal aisle within the car connecting with both doorways, transverse aisles, individual gates for such aisles, individual folding steps for such aisles, and means for locking or releasing' the gates operatable from the place mentioned on the rear platform.

12. In a car, the combination of an open side, a series of transverse seats, transverse aisles between the seats, terminating at such open side, individual gates forsuch aisles, individual latches for the gates automatically latching when the gates are closed, in-

dividual folding steps vfor the respective gates, and operating mechanism connecting them with the gates.

13. In\ a car, the combination, with an open side and a series of transverse seats leaving transverse aisles between the seats terminating at such open side, of individual gates for such aisles, individual latches for the gates automatically acting to lock `thegates when they are closed, individual operating mechanism for such latches accessible to passengers in the respective transverse aisles, and means inaccessible to such passengers for latching the gates.

14. In a car, the combination of an open side and a series of transverse seats, of transverse aisles between the seats terminating at such open side, individual gates for such aisles, individual latches for such gates automatically latching the gates when they are closed, means accessible to the passengers for unlocking such latches, and a mechanism common to the various gates for latching `them inaccessibly to the passengers with means adjacent to the end of the car for operating, the common latching means.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT H. BATES.

Witnesses:

S. E. FoU'rs, A. J. HUDSON.