US1489995A - Sleeping-car construction - Google Patents

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US1489995A
US1489995A US645689A US64568923A US1489995A US 1489995 A US1489995 A US 1489995A US 645689 A US645689 A US 645689A US 64568923 A US64568923 A US 64568923A US 1489995 A US1489995 A US 1489995A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61D—BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
    • B61D1/00—Carriages for ordinary railway passenger traffic
    • B61D1/06—Carriages for ordinary railway passenger traffic with multiple deck arrangement
    • B61D1/08—Carriages for ordinary railway passenger traffic with multiple deck arrangement of sleeping carriages

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  • This invention relates to a sleeping car construction, and has for an object the provision of means whereby the maximum ofcomfort and economy of space and movement in sleeping cars is obtainable.
  • Another object is to provide means whereby the people occupying a sleeper are enabled in privacy to occupy their beds even attainable in accordance with the present practice.
  • a further object is to provide aneans whereby the necessity of getting into upmr berths by the eliminated.
  • F ig.,2 is a diagraatic section through the compartments
  • Fig. 3 is a similar diagratic section en through the corridor g length between the shown in the drawings, the sleeping car 1 present method is substantially matic plan view of toward the com- Fig. 5 is a section taken through one of the lounging rooms; J
  • Fig. 6 is a section taken through the car showing the relation of the compartment berths and the upper series of berths;
  • Fig. 7 is a section through a compartment looking toward the toilet space of said compartment; and. V
  • Fig. 8 is a section through the'stairs leading to'the upper series of berths.
  • a corridor 2 running throughout the entire length of the car along one side thereof and extending between front and rear platforms 3 and 4:.
  • a plurality of compartments such as 5 and 6, each compartment separate and opening into the corridor through a doorway and a couple of steps such as 7.
  • Each compartment is provided with a door 8 leading to a small s 9 used as a toilet place, containing a closet 10 and a washbowl or basin 11.
  • This washbasin is adapted by means not shown to be disposed out of the way when not in use but can be pulled forward when desired to be used so that its discharge opening is over the toilet.
  • Each compartment is also provided with a lower berth, such'as 12, the back of which 13 can be swung up, as shown in Fig. 2, at night to form the usual upper berth.
  • a lower berth such'as 12
  • the seat of the lower berth 12 can be dropped a few inches so thatwhen the k 13 of this seat is moved upward to form an upper berth there will be plenty of head room between the two.
  • Any desired numbers of these compartments can be provided throughout the car, each one having its own private toilet facilities and each opening into a common corridor. 7
  • each toilet space or room is located beneath a stairway, such as 14, run up between these comments. These stairs extend upward to a point approximately level with the top of the compartment, and the car is provided ice,
  • each stairway served by each stairway, as shown particularly in Fig. at,
  • These upper berths are fixed and can be made up during the daytime so that the persons holding them can rest during the day time with privacy, a thing absolutely unobtainable in the present construction.
  • At the foot of each berth is a closet,
  • washrooms such as 18 and 19, for the male and female passengers, provided also with toilet facilities, as well as rest or day rooms such as 20 and 21.
  • the beds are made up as in a home or in a hotel.
  • the passenger may enjoy the comfort of lying on his bed in the daytime if he chooses, and he does not have to go through the discomforting process of getting into an upper berth in the open publiccorridor.
  • the extra head room obtalned throughout the compartments by depressing the floor of the car is not necessary but is desirable, as it increases the comfort.
  • 13A sleeping car construction which in cludes a plurality of compartments, a series of berths disposed in the car above said compartments, and Stairways extending from a common corridor along one side of the car up to said series of berths, said stairways extending between adjacent compartments.
  • a sleeping car construction which includes a plurality of compartments, a stairway disposed between adjacent compartparts is such that decidedly increased comments, a series of berths arranged in the car above or on top of the compartments in pairs, and a common corridor extending along one side of the car to which said stairway is connected.
  • a sleeping car construction which includes a plurality of compartments 0011- taining upper and lower berths, a toilet room connected to each compartment, a pair of berths disposed in the car above each compartment, a corridor extending along the side of the car, and a stairway extending from the corridor upwardly to each pair of berths above each compartment,
  • a sleeping car construction which includes separate and independent upper and lower sleeping compartments connected separately and independently to a common corridor.

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US645689A US1489995A (en) 1923-06-15 1923-06-15 Sleeping-car construction
GB6832/24A GB226410A (en) 1923-06-15 1924-03-17 Improvements in sleeping car constructions
DEF55718D DE415232C (de) 1923-06-15 1924-03-21 Schlafwagen
FR579130D FR579130A (fr) 1923-06-15 1924-03-22 Perfectionnements apportés à la construction des wagons-lits

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