US149620A

US149620A - Improvement in spark-fewders for steam-car windows

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Publication number: US149620A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1874-04-14
Anticipated expiration: 1891-04-14

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S. WALES Spark-Fenders for Steam Car Window s.

No.l49,620. Pat entedApriI14,1874.

SIGOURNEY WALES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y,

IMPRQVEMENT iN SPARK-FENDERS FOR STEA=CAR WINDOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 149,620, dated April 14, 1874; application filed February 24, 1873.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SIGOURNEY WALES, of New York city, State and county of New York, have invented a Spark Fender or Shield for use in Steam Railway-Oar Windows, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to a combination of cloth, paper, or any other suitable material,

firmly supported by wire ribs from a bar of wood, in such a manner that the cinders, dust, and rush of wind are fended off when the cars are in motion.

Figure 1 is a sid'e elevation embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan, showing the manner of folding. Fig. 3 is a plan to show its compact form. V Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the hinge, having the bent wire supporter. Fig. 5 is a section of the bar and the arm with the hinge and wire support.

A is a bar of wood, having two arms, 0 and D, which may be of equal length, or one longer than the other, attached by the hinges E E, having, in place of the center pin which usually secures the halves of a hinge together, a wire, which is bent at right angles, F, of sufficient length to reach a little beyond the extreme edge of the material of the fender or shield H, affording it support, and the other end, B, bent around under the hinge E, (see Fig. 4,) and the inner end of the arms 0 and D and of the bar A are grooved, V V, to receive it. The material H, which forms the fender or shield, is secured to the bar A, and the arms 0 and D by tacks I, and extends from the extreme end of O to the extreme end of D, in one piece.

The two ends are rounded from the tip of the wire supporters F F to the extreme ends of the arms O and D. The material 11 of the fender or shield, which is between the wire supporters F F and the arms 0 and D, has four folds, K K K K, radiating from the hingeeenters. Two other folds, L L, radiate from the hinge-centers, and join at a point, M, equidistant from the extreme end of the supporters F F, where are fastened the cords N. At the extreme ends of the arms 0 and D the wood is beveled in two directions. At the apex thus formed are inserted metal points P P. The bar A and the arms 0 and D fit into the groove It, in which the window S rises and falls. W is a projection or knob, which serves the purpose of accommodating the projecting portion of the hinges E E when the fender or shield is open, and enters a cavity, T, in the bar A when the fender or shield is closed, thus preventing the strain on the hinges E E.

When the fender or shield is not in use it can be folded up very compactly. (See Fig. 3.) WVhen the fender or shield is opened, the arms 0 and D move upon the hinges E E, and as they open the end Bof the bent wire comes in contact with the inner end of the arms 0 and D, and is pressed firmly against the ends of the bar A, causing the supporters F F to stand firmly at right angles therefrom. Upon these supporters F F the material forming the fender or shield is secured. The bar A and the arms 0 and D are then inserted into the groove It of the window, (see Fig. 1,) and the window is pulled down upon the ends of the fender or shield, which sets the points 1? l firmly into the wood, and it is there secured by the weight of the window. The fender or shield extends outside the window fan-like, shielding the opening at the window, and cansing the cinders, dust, and current of air to strike beyond the window.

I claim as my invention 7 l. The combination of the bar A and hinged arms 0 D with a flexible material, H, capable of being folded, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the bent wire F and B with the hinge E, and the groove V in the ends of the bar A, and the arms O and D, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

3. The combination of the cloth, paper, or other suitable material, H, with the arms 0 and. D, having the metal points P P, the projections W \V, and connected by the hinges E E,

having the bent wire F and B, to the bar A, having the cavities T T, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

SIGOURNEY TALES. Witnesses GEORGE WADE, J .W. Bossnve.