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' To all whom 'it may concern.;

'ot' the frame has its own sash, or pair of`sashes, the

sterol (Dllllwg Letters Patent N 106,558, modale/ust 23,1870.

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'VENTILATIN G-WIN DOW FOR RAILROA-CARS.

Thecnedule referred to :in these Letters Patent and'makmghpan oy me same Be it known that .'l, SAMUEL DARLING, of the cityof Providence and State of Rhode Island, haveinvented an Improved Window for Railway0ars and sirnilarvehicles; and I do hereby declare that the fol-` lowing, takeu'iu connection with the drawing which accompanies and forms part Gt' this specification, is a. description ot' my invention sui'icient to enable* those skilled in the art to practiceit.

.lhe object-ot' my invention is the ready ventilation .of a railway-car while iu motion, witllont liability of admitting dust or.cinders.

represents the side of a car,'and

Il, a window applied thereto, in accordance with my invention', snclr a window being intended for each seatiu the ordinary traveling cars as now made.

Instead of inserting the sash which is iri line with the sides of the car, I nse,'for each window, a double fratrie, having sashes placed at an obtuse angle. to each-other, outside the car, as seen atU. rEach halt` lower' one of which is made to slide up and down, 'and to he kept open, when desired, in the same mau` ner as ordinary sashes.

In the dr'awiugv l) and E indicate the sashe's of one-half the window, and F G those ot' the other half. The upper' sashcs, D F, may he made, to slide upward, by inalcing the frame higher, or they may he adapted for sliding downward in their frame, orthey may be dispensed with altogether. In the latter' case, the lower Vsaslresmay he made proportionately higher. Y

By reason of the outward inclination given to the sas'hcs, the traveler' hasvery perfect control of veutilatiou and avoidance of dust, while, at the same time, he can do this without annoyirhy the passengers innnediately behind hinrwitlr cu its of air and rection of thearrow, and it be desirable toopen fr.` window, the passenger opens'aJ sash or sashes, F G,

. rier. The direction thus given to these currents continues as it passes the spa'eo left open by thc raising ofthe rear sash, and has no opportunity to be turned inward toward thc car, but, on the contrary, keeps its inclined roule, and draws along with it out ot' the open portion ofthe window, theoloseorwarln a-irfrour within thecnr,thus,atthesainetiure,pnrilying tlreatmosphcre in a positive manner without snbjecoug travelers to streams ot' cold or damp air directly upon the person., When the train is moving' iu the opposite direction, the order is reversed, the vclosed 'sash being opened, and the open one closed, the action being:r then precisely the satire as above described.

It desired, a single sash, ot' a height equal, (or tl|ereab0nt,) to that ot` the upperand lower' sash, may Le employed for cach hall' ot' the window, with corresponding.;r frames or guides, to permit their rise and lfull, as above. 'lhis would double the amount ot' ventilation.

My improvement is equally adapted to street-cars, and has the great advantage ot'srnpliety, being:r operated the saine as an ordinary window, and it is inexpensive,aud easily understood bynll.

I claim- A car-window, composed of sushes placed at an angle with the. outside ot the car, and atan angle with each other, those ot' each part being,r arranged to be run up or d owu iudependently ot' those ol' vthe other' part, substantially as shown and described.

` SAMUEL DARLING.

dust; and tbe mode of constructior, also allows him 'to view the country in advance ot he train, wrt-hout putt-ing his head out ot' a. window; t Supposiug the train-of cars tol/he moving n1 the clll f \Vitucsses:l

Jarras O. GoLLrs's, J osnrn W. Convoos.

and leaves closed the saslres D E. The currents gcnj erated by the swiftanoving train strike upon the out-

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