US1196485A - Railway-car ventilator. - Google Patents

Description

W. H. SCHUBERT. RAILWAY CAR VENTILATOR. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30. 1915.

Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

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WITNESSES IIVVE/VTOR A TTOR/VEVS WILLIAM H. SCHUBERT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RAILWAY-CAR VENTILATOR.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented drug. 29, 1216.

Application filed June 30, 1915. Serial No. 37,205.

To 1131 whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. SCHU- BERT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Railway-Car Ventilator, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in View are: to provide a ventilator arranged to direct the natural inflow of air entering a carwindow;

to provide means for controlling the disposition or arrangement of the ventilator; to provide means for adjusting the ventilator for service; and to simplify ,the construction of ventilators of the character described.

Dmwings.Figure l'is a side view of a ventilator constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, the same being shown disposed as in service; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken as on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1, the ventilator being shown as closed; Fig. 3 is a similar View, showing in full lines the ventilator opened to direct the inflow of air toward the rear of a moving car, and in dotted lines the disposition of the ventilator for directing the'inflow of air toward the front of the moving car; Fig. 4 is a detail View on an enlarged scale, and in section, the section being taken as on the line 4& in Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is a horizontal section. of a fragment of a railway car body, showing the lower berth in a Pullman car, and the ventilator constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, as used in conjunction therewith.

Descrpt0n.As seen in the drawings, the ventilator consists of a series of louvers 9, which are pivotally mounted in an elongated frame 10 and-between the rails thereof. The louvers 9 are constructed of any suitable material, that preferred by me being sheet metal, which is curled at the edge to form a hinge enfoldingthe pins 11, to pivot thereon. The louvers are preferably curved as seen in the drawings and are prevented from swinging outward from the car by a stop bead- 12, the inner edge whereof is correspondingly shaped to form pockets or recesses for the said louvers. To operate the louvers 9 in unison, there is provided a continuous bail handle 13, the short sides 14 -when desired to set the louvers 9 in their operative position. The elongated sides of the handle 13 are each pivotally connected by means of short bolts 15 with extended lugs 16, one of which is extended from the lnner side of each of the said louvers.

The ventilator is provided with a short louver 17, at what may be termed the rear end thereof. The lug 18, with which this louver is provided'to form a pivot connection with the handle 13, is set out from the back of the said louver. This permits, as seen best in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the folding of the louver 19 upon the louver 17 to close the rearmost opening of the ventilator, when the same is placed in closed position.

To adjust the frame 10 to window openings of various sizes, there is furnished, an extension stile 20. The stile 20 is slidably mounted in the frame 10 and inone of the end stiles thereof by a bail loop 21, the straight ends 22 whereof extend through holes formed in the end rail of the frame 10'.

When placing the ventilator in service, the bail loop is moved to contract the stile 20 on the frame 10 to permit the frame passing the window sash stop 23. When the frame is in position, the bail loop 21 is then moved to extend the stile 20 to fit the grooves formed by the window sash stops.

Operation.The frame 10 is of any desired height, it being intended for use principally as ventilators for Pullman car windows. The height of the frame is regulated by the lift of the window. The present ventilator is peculiarly adapted for employ ment in ventilating the space between the upper and lower berths of sleeping cars and is intended to be installed when the berth is made up. As a rule, these berths are arranged so that the sleeper rests in the berth with his head in the direction of the travel of the car. If this arrangement is followed, the ventilatoris installed with the hinges of the louvers in relatively forward position, so that each of the louvers will swing away from the direction of travel of the car. It will be noted that the louvers herein described, open within the car and do not extend beyond the side of the body. Therefore the operation is to direct the natural inflow of air and not to induce a current of air by capturing and deflecting inward the air through which the car is passing. The ventilator having been installed, if the per- .continue the movement of the handle son occupying the berth desires, he may by v grasping the nearest side 14 of the handle 13, move the louvers 9 to the position shown in Fig. 3, or any mbdified angle thereof. If the night is sultry or if for any other reason, the occupant of the-berth desires that the air be deflected toward his head or face, he may 13 and louvers connected therewith until the louvers are in substantially the position indicated by dotted lines in said Fig. 3 of the drawings. It will be understood that in any position of the louvers, the operation thereof is merely to direct the current of air and not to induce the current. In this way, a modified and desired ventilation is insured. By employing the short louver 17, the air coming in through the ventilator is prevented from passing directly back to disturb a passenger.

Claim:

A ventilator as characterized comprising 1n a car window; a plurality of louvers pivotally mounted therein and transverse thereof; a plurality of pivots for said louvers, said louvers being spaced a distance approximately equal the length of said louvers; a bail handle for operating said louvers, said handle embodying a continuous an elongated frame adapted for installation v oblong frame, the elongated sides of which

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