US1312288A - Planooraph co - Google Patents

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H. B. WEAVER.

OMNIBUS.

APPLlCATHJN HLED MAY l5 l9!!- Patel lted Aug. 5, 1919.

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H. B. WEAVER.

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APFUCATION FILED IIAY I5. 1911- 1 ,3 1 2,288. Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

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OMMBUS.

APPLICATION FILD MM 15. 19H- 1,312,28s, Pdtented Aug. 5,1919.

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IN VEN TOR ATTORNEYS stairs, whilei I H V unsafe. Ths 1 increases thefallowfllile time In the constriiction oi 50:

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Specification ot petters Patent, it a Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

Application med May 15-, 1917. serial 1%. 16833;.

To allwhom itmayconcem." 1

Be it known that I, HAnoLo B. Wnavnm'a citizenof the United States; residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York; have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Omnibuses, of which the following is a specification;

This invention relates to omnibuses and particularly to the body or carof a double deck motor omnibus wherein the passengers are carrie-don two floors one above'th'e other. The object of the'inventi'on is to provide for seating a maximum number of passengers for the size of the body and at the same time to permit rapid and safe entrance and exit of the passengers to and from both decks of the vehicle. The increased number of seats means greater earnin capacity at alltimes while the more ra'pi exit and entrance-of the passengers reduces the time lost instops andincreases the daily mileage of the car.

In prior omnibuses much of the available seating space is wasted in the arrangement and construction of the stairs and passages and the disposition of the seatsand some of the seats inconveniently face rearward so that the passengers in them ride backward. In prior structures, moreover; the" stair-ways to the upper'deck areso constructed as to compel the passengers to traverse them in the direction of the movement of the ve- -hicle sothat the startingor stopping of the car tends to throw the passengers ofi their way steps In a verydairgeroiis manner-coinpelling *thenf 9 to =eling to the handrails I to avoid; fallin -'and- 1hakihg' the" usee t the are 'car isin nidtiom difienlt' and for acceleration and deeeleratieneit 'thecar and greatly lengthens the time of' the stops as many passengers to or from the upper deck either will not venturefon "the stairs,

while the car is in motionmr are so im ed in getting down the stairs that they e not reach the lower floor untila eonsiderwble iillll'lli after-the omnibushas ceme to a standt' cm '1' .rx11 1 1m.-

this"''invehti on a maximum number of seats are" rovide'd for the size of the car and none of t e seats fate 'rearward'ly. Theistairway to the upper deck is completely inclosed and extends transversely of the car-sothatthe passengors on the starting and stopping of the car by-simply from one floor to the other. time the passageways and seats of each deck and thehigher a leaning to one side or the other against the sidewalls of the stairway. The turn from the stairway ateach deck is made so that'the passengersare fully'protected a ainst missteps or falling on any part of t eir travel At the same are so disposed as to ofler a minimum hindrance'to the movement of the passengers and a large room entrance space is provided permitting t e entering and discharging passengers from and to both decks to easilypa'ss each other and allowing the 0mnibus to be started while the fares are still 'consequently its earning capacity are increased for each trip and the number of trips that can be made each da is increased of the perio s of stopping owable rate of acceleration and deceleration at'eaoh stop.

In the accompanying .drawin Figure 1 is aside elevation 0 an omnibus show ng one embodiment of this invention with parts broken away to disclose the construction Within; 7

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the omnibus looking down on the upper deck;

3 is a plan w -i'eiw of the lower deck; Fig. 4 isarear? view of 'the omnibus'with parts 1 broken away to show: the 1 construction by the shortening r 1 'iInwtheI embodiment oft-he invention shown siinflthe dmawmgs,1-is;anomnibus body sup- 1 ported low close to: the: ground on the rear wheels ems front; steering wheels 4 of the truck 6. In thepreferred form shown,tliis front truck :isadetachable tractor both driving and steering the vehicle and it is narrower than the car bod 1: so that on each isidefrcnt windows 7 we the passengers a direct-view ahead. MT e rear wheels 2 are positioned-within the contour of the car persenger in front of the wheels. A lar e on "tiii'ncw space '1 1 is provide'tl v'vithin; pei'niit- Ling easy ingress and'-'egi' e ss*bf'passefigrs*to or from each deck and allowing the on- 5 (iuctor to control the door and to collect the fares of the incomin assengers for bb'th time as ehte'r. fmhediatelytfterentering, the |)ELSS8ngBl'S W&t-,Bnint40 those going to the upper deck by the stairway 12 lent the eigtrenie mam-eitheeaeor thoseggoing t o.the-se'ats'0f thelowerydeek by. thoeislelB. Along this! aisle itheseats-maybe enranged in. any; desired omonnem biut-r referablywas --$ho n so i that the iowen dee is qrov id 1 5 .with two wows of double seats-i A5 a l facing forward and at the wheelo-boxes '16= singie seats! 17.- also. facing forward. Qpposite the entrance are polsitipned the-three eeatslS all facing fDPWflld-fllld-Wfiflflt -19 fuming trans- 20 tr-ermlyiotthewr. |Thelowerideek-is, therefll,3 \':1j() conSilllfiiihdhSLOi provide not only .gcnelous entrance and aisle spaoe,--butrals0 to house the wheels within :the contour of the ciirand yet: have a maximum numbei of 2 twenty-twoisents; a llbutvone facing forward. -The stairway 12- is'heueed within-the sides ofthe car and comprises i o.- ser1-ies of steps 21 leading .12 raiasivsersglylamoss zthe abeclmofi the can ifromuo landing rfluslmwithrthedower deck to the in peradeck; 24 making the 'tllll'll [at rthe upper; eok lJy'tliev Inge-limiting pieti forms i Qfliiand :83. iiByv rthis-reonswuotioni a passenger on the tstzitirs 2L. faces transversely of the direction ofmiotion Gftllfi vehicle, is met (thrown i llnmgth'wise of! the st-airs byrtlieisloivingdowninr speeding up. ot the rehierle and'rmay easilyaoemnmodnte him self to the starting or stopping of the vehide byosimply ieaningiag'ainsti thendflid partitions 25 .nndi'26ziat 'eitherside. The lower'lnndimg wiprrovides arstepless renounce irtou'theistairswlllr fmm tlie luweriflmor mid the iupfiem.ihudinge'p lwtforms flfiiandz ififliureimt on y large, but are provided with: theiflti h *MMiVflfi-kidlDgSfQ? andifiiihas-iwiallaasit e post of the fencing 29 so tliab ziih e iismtmiibtimesfl'imitiludedibyiw. iprmiecting wbllrhgaihstmhiiehdiieicemleamhfismiei t uas-iusiged'sbyiheflno'vitmentiofirthe oan in he 5oadflwiestl siiipflrandithemppen'llandii fl3-bbth rfiace [transversely bsfitihe-mr ed that e entire trowel ofl the -passengeimtoi and ifliom': the :31- per elieek isiin -andiireetiunatrmmrsettw e [movement "ot \the vehicle. :exoept in J's-tapping 5 ::between the lniiga vsaif landing lplms 1'22 and. 23 ;Mhd atflthisipbint mid allopointsr in his traivelyfihewpam r'iisi rotemdvhjmhe high surrdundmig rww-srin ingi theiists'm'wwaysamd ilheeeasevandhaxfiety'of rthamasmgsilio and fmmrthehppemdeckmnables! andieiimpmges theipasmgemitwfihvel rthese rstdps dvhfillsdhe FVBhlbliiiS limmotioni so that ltime' isl MOil'iIOSbWt the stopping poilnts waiting foe the passengers i to I demand :fmom

emmiiimatithempper'dedk. si'lhis'geonstnuetion has been attained without loss of space iind With irn' wbti-iai-impmvemeht in the type bf'stitirwbiy'und. 'Fo-r, in place of the con ,iusing spiral stairway so common in omni bus construction, an ordinary straight stein way and landings are used, fitting snugly wro'sewhe rear end of the car and'pei m i iiti ng u.di spiosition ofthe seats on both decks to attain a maximum seating capacity and at the some time proi idolread-ily accessible pasus gges I L-The .tronsversesteirway leaves one side of ..tl-w irpperideck uninterrupted and nlliivos at i.thetpppertdeckiwelt-to; one side of the/aisle 33. Justinnfront of. the lending 23 is positioned the Single-side seat 31 lerwing ,aul airgepspece '34 at theonpproaeh to the stmwayi'fon the, passengers waiting to. go down. Theiseetsofrom itheoisle 33 may be wrmnged in luuy -(ii-3Sl1'Bd-il1tllfl8l. In tho epreiierr'ed construction showi'i, the two rows of double seaits 30-nll faein l'fOlWi'ttlCi are oplacedoat ,the sides of. the eck,-giving a imaximummumberiof forward facingseats forithe spaceioeeupied. Witl1in the stand -.ii.rd oivernll liength ofthe omnibus which is sea/bout twenty-five lfieet, this invention, thereufone, proli'ieles fortymine forward facing maeotsiend two rsldeseatsso that fittysone passengersin alh are seated, re presenting a suhustenbial! advance olver onyrprior construction rbothninnthe number of seats and their eonwenwnee.

At the-same :time eaSyi-aiocess. is afforded (to everyiseat. iLargespaees a-reiproivided at much landing oft-the stairs 21iond each end oft-ithewta-irway iiswisiblei from the other olhIOllQlIflli'OVBB theinettin 29. The iiarge entrance spaoe 1L permits 1 '18: passengers to -eollect fior qikiOkmKi-t and allows the door to be "relesed iand rthe ommibusi started while W1 arevs'jiill' beingi f col-looted on 2 )the premq ment plant. I Int-planing Ashe turn. of: the atmrwoyoiat fihei extreme. upper and l rg oheaiiwomfliseltftrovermeats 18nand 19... I 55y the itranswensei inmd steirwpy the passentgersimumgonskfel uand'iquiekiwto norifimm the Rmmdbeknw ilethe-car is; in vniiotion.

w. Thenomnibnsr (is, theireitore made 2 notonly maatly ndmid taieoesaiblei to 'thenpassen goes, but thentimnonsumsd at eaohrrs op sisngreatly Fired/flood; and i IthB "daily, mileage waioqnnasipondinglyiinnroasod.

i r Ithismppmnt that other odrivingwmeans ufiomths'omnibusi I may ,ibe 86d! iauid* the ;-in- Wanton as imtwonfimdi ifluthbi ispflfiificoembodiment shown and described, but isliinatBnded-otojeoyer ouchnmodifioationsi {thereof w s mthinetheeseppo "ofmthe appended mlanaa.

Hamiq 'thuei domibedomy inimxtlionpl dealers twin/t I (himms HflWl'flIld'idBSiTB i to Why; IaeltemsPa-bemh is- 1.! in: a 'idoul le1 deelmmoton omnibus; the Imitation-with an pppemdeckiimdm lower deck having inclosing sides extended above said upper deck, of a transverse stairway within the inclosure of said sides comprising a substantially straight flight of stairs starting from the lower deck and extending transversely across the body of the omnibus, and a pair of landing steps within said inclosing sides and makin a 180 turn to terminate at the upper deck in a central landing s ace in a direction transverse to the body an protecting siding making a 180 turn to said top central landing platform so that the approach to said stairway will be transverse of the direction of movement of the omnibus and the passengers traversing said steps will be protected by the inclosing sides.

2. In a double deck motor omnibus, the combination with a lower and an upper deck, of an entrance door at one side of said lower deck, a stairway leading from the door side of the lower deck to the opposite side of the upper deck and comprising a flight of steps extending transversely across the body of the omnibus and upper step landings making a 180 turn to acentral landing platform and protecting siding making a 180 turn to said top central landing latform, so that the starting or stopping 0 the omnibus does not tend to throw a passenger on said steps lengthwise thereof at any point and the passengers approach and leave said stairway in a direction transverse to the line f movement of the omnibus and are protected by siding or railing throughout the length of the stairway.

3. In a double deck motor omnibus, the combination with alower and an upper deck, of an entrance door at one side of said lower deck, a stairway leadin from the door side of the lower deck to Elie opposite side of the upper deck and comprising a flight of steps extending transversely across the body of the omnibus and upper step landings making a 180 turn to a central landing platform, so that the startin or stopping of the omnibus does not ten to throw a passenger on said steps lengthwise thereof at any point and the passengers approach and leave said stairway in a direction transverse to the line of movement of the omnibus, a transverse forward facing seat on said upper deck above said stairway, and a second seat on said upper deck immediately adjacent the topmost landing step.

4. In a double deck motor omnibus, an inclosed stepless lower deck and an upper deck, a side entrance to said lower deck in back of the rear wheels of the omnibus, lower deck seats in front of and opposite said entrance, a lower stairway landing in rear of said entrance space, a transversely extending stairway leading from said landing to the upper deck, and seats on said upper deck including a seat over the lower end of said transverse stairway.

5. In a double deck motor omnibus, the combination with an inclosed lower deck and an upper deck, of rows of forward facing seats on each of said decks, an entrance door on said lower deck, an entrance space within said door, an aisle leading from one end of said entrance space and extending between said rows of seats on said lower deck, seats at the side of said entrance space opposite said door, a stairway within th inclosure of said lower deck at the other end of said entrance space and comprising a transversely extending flight of stairs having a turn at their upper end over said seats in said entrance space.

6. In a double deck motor omnibus, the combination with an inclosed, stepless lower deck and an upper deck, of a row of forward facing seats on each side of said lower deck, an aisle between said rows of seats and leading rearwardly to an entrance space, seats on one side of said entrance space and a door on the other side thereof, a stairway in the rear of said entrance space leading transversely across the back of said lower deck and terminating at one side of said upper deck in a turn positioned above said seats in said entrance space, a row of forward facing double seats extending the full length of the other side of said upper deck, and a row of forward facing double seats extending along the side of the upper deck towhich said stairway leads and terminating in a transversely facing seat which leaves a wide space on the upper deck for approach to said said stairway.

HAROLD BREADY WEAVER.

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