US1692683A

US1692683A - Railway car

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Publication number: US1692683A
Application number: US206294A
Authority: US
Inventors: Woolridge B Morton
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1927-07-16
Filing date: 1927-07-16
Publication date: 1928-11-20
Anticipated expiration: 1945-11-20

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Nov.20, 1928.

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UNITED STATES WOOLRIDGE B. NORTON, F NEW YORK, N. Y.

H RAILWAY CAR.

Application filed .Tuly 16,

rIhis invention relates to railway cars, and has for its object to provide a sleeping car of the compartment type wherein the number of separate compartments in a car of standard size is materially increased without substantial reduction in the usable space in each compartment.

A further object of the. invention is to provide a combined compartment and parlor car wherein a greater number of compartments are provided than in compartment'cars as at present constructed, and at the same time suficient additional space is obtained to provide a parlor or club compartment having at least one chair for each of the sleeping compartments.

Compartment sleeping car's as at present employed on American railroads are of two types. In the older' and more usual type the compartments each contain an ordinary Pullman section consisting of upper and lower bert-hs extending lengthwise of the car along one side. These compartments accommodate two passengers and the capacity of the car is but slightly greater than half that of the ordinaryv Pullman'car with sections on each side of a central aisle. j

. In the more recent type of compartment car the-rooms extend crosswise` of the car and there is but a single bed or berth provided for each compartment. `In such cars fourteen compartments are possible.

The car constituting the subjectanatter of this application is an improvement on the later type of compartment car with the rooms extending crosswise of the car, and in such improved car there `is provided in the space occupied by the fourteen rooms of the present car, twenty-two rooms, each of which contains a single berth or bed and toilet facilities similar to those provided in the present compartment car, and with ample dressing and luggage space.y

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated two modifications of my improved car, and in said drawings Y f Figure 1 is a plan view showing one preferred arrangement of the compartment;

Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal section of the car shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale of one compartment of the car and portions of the adjacent compartments on each side thereof, taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a transverse section on an enlarged scale on line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

1927. Serial No. 208,294.

Fig. 5 is a similar section showing parts of the car in and Y Fig. G is a plan' view similar to Fig. 5 of a portion of a car wherein the number of compartments is somewhat reduced to provide. a parlor or club compartment.

Referring to the drawings, side walls of a Pullman car of the dimensions employed for the newer compartment cars with transversely extending rooms. In these cars the windows 2 are arranged in pairs, as shown, and an aisle 3 extends along one side of the car to give access to the compartments et which extend along the other' side wall of the car. y

In Fig. 1 I have shown twenty-two compartments numbered 1-22. Compartment No. 1 has one wall composedv of sheet metal of usual construction in cars of this type extending from floor to ceiling on the side toward the platform of the car from which it is separated by a closet 6 to provide a passage between the platform and the hallway 3. IVithin the compartment 1 the space adjacent the wall 5 is open and extends from floor to ceiling and ispreferably about two feet in width, which is the width now allowed between the wall of the compartment and the side edge of the berth or bed 7.` The window 2 of compartment 1 is at the end of this free space-and constitutes with the 'window in the closet 6, one Vof the spaced pairof windowsy extending along the side of the car.v The bed 7 in compartment. No. 1 is a raised, or upper, berth, and its support 8 forms part of the partition between compartment No. 1 and compartment No. 2,` as more particularly shown in Fig. 2. This partition between every other two adjacent compartments con.- sistsr of the support 8 for the upper berth and an Lipper vertical sheet metal portion 9 extending from the support 8 ,to the roof of the car, 'a middle vertical sheet metalportion 10 depending from the other edge of the Vsupport 8V and joining the corresponding edge of a support 11 for the berth 12 of compartment No. 2, and a lower sheet metal portion 13 depending from the opposite edge of the support 11 in the same plane as the part 9, the support 11 also of course forming part of the partition. Y y

Compartment No. 2 comprises in addition to the berth spacebetweenthe supports 11v and 8, an open space 14 extending the full height of the car and the same width as the j 1 indicates the different positions of adjustment; l

- ing with the Window in compartment-3 the CII space in compartment No. 1 between the partit-ions 5 and 10, the window 2 for com )artment 2 being located in this space and ormsecond pair of windows on the side wall of the car. Compartment 2 is separated from the adjacent compartment 3 by a sheetl metal partition 15 similar to the partition 5, which partition may, if desired, have a door l5a wherebythe two adjacent compartments m ay be thrown together if desired. The compartment 3 in all respects similar to the compartment land compartment 4 is similar to compartment 2, and" so on, throughout the length of the car.

Under each window there is provided a toilet` 16 with a folding wash stand 1 7 above the` toilet similar to the wash stand and toilet now provided in compartment cars ot' 4this type, and therefore not described in detaillin this application. The upper edge ot the wash Stand when folded against the window extends somewhat above the window sill and is shown in Fi'g'. 5. Ii desired a ventilating screen may be placedin the window to occupy this lower portion thereof and conceal the Wash stand from view from outside the car. 1

Above the wash stand there is hinged to one side of the window frame a mirror 18fwhich serves the double purpose of providing a mirror over the wash stand when the latter is i in use and at the same time closing the window vat this'time, which, of course is desirable. lVhen the mirror 1,8 is open against the partition wall, as shown in dotted lines, itleaves the window unobstructed for view lor ventilation. y

To give ready access to the upper berth I preferably provide folding steps 20 which are pivoted 'at one corner as indicated at 21 to the corner of the toilet enclosure adjacent the bottom of the lower berth as shownl in Fig. 3. These ste-pscomprise two sections, the lower section of which is mounted on casters so that they may be readily swung out into the space of the compartment immediately in front of the toilet so that when the Y upper` steps are swung into `position shown in Fig. 5f, the weight will be supported by the toilet and will'provide a flight of easy steps to gilve'access to the upper berth.

After the passenger mounts the steps to the upper berth the steps may be left in place ready for descent in the morning, when they can be swung back under the berth out of the way, as shown.

It will be observed that in my improved Car each compartment is complete in itself, havinga full size berth and individual toilet facilities, with clear floor space of the same area now'provided, that is, a two foot width of floor space and a thirty-two inch wide berth or bed. lIn the present compartmentcars of this 4type each compartment thus rerments for the fulllength ot the car I may,

if desired, provide a lesser number of coinpartinents, preferably eighteen, as shown in Fig. 6, with thc remaining space forming a parlor or club compartment. Where eighteen rooms only are provided, as shown in F ig. 6, the parlor compartment 25st the end ofthe car will be approximately fifteen and Fo'ne-` half feet long, which provides sufficient space for eighteen chairs, as shown, lwhereby a numbered Vseat may be soldwith each room. Itis preferable to' provide eighteen rooms for the reason that under the present interstate commerce regulations a minimum of eighteen fares 1s required for each car paid for on the car basis and extra must be charged where the accommodations provided in the cararc insufficient for eighteen passengers.

I claim: l. In a compartment car, a

n (plurality off separate` compartments exten mg transversely of the car, a berth iny each compart- 7 ment, the berths for two 'adjacent compartments being arranged one above the other, one of said compartments having its free floor space on one side of said berths and Ethe other vof said compartments having its free floor space on the other side of said berths, windows in the side Wall of said car at the end of said free floor space, and mirrors adapted to be closed against said Windows or moved away therefrom.

2. In a compartment car, a plurality 'of separate compartments extending trans` versely of the car, a berth ineach compartment, the berths for two Vadjacent compartments being arranged one above the other, a partition dividing said compartments co`mprising a portion extending from one edge of the upper berth to the ceiling, a second portion extending from theiopposit'e edge of said upper berth' to the ycorrespending edge of the lower berth, a third*` section extending from the lower berth to the Hoor, anda ladder `adjustable from -a position 'under said lower berth `to va position to-give 'access to said upper berth. 4

3. In a compartment car, a plurality of separate compartments extending transverselyof the car, a berth in each compartment, 'the berths for two adjacent compartments being arrangedoneabovefthe other, a partition dividing said compartmentsfcoxnprising a portion extending from one edge of the upper berth to the ceiling, a second portion extending from the opposite edge of said upper berth to the corresponding edge of the lower berth, a third section extending from the lower berth to the floor, a partition extending transversely of said car and spaced from the partition section connecting said berths to provide free floor space for the compartment containing the upper berth, and a ladder for giving access to said upper berth supported in the space beneath the lower berth and adapted t be shifted into the space adjacent the upper berth when desired.

4. In a railway car having a continuous floor level throughout, the combination of a longitudinal partition at one side of the center of the car providing an aisle along one side, transverse partitions extending from said longitudinal Wall to the opposite side wall of the car, said partitions dividing a lportion o f said car into a plurality of trans- Verse compartments, each compartment comprising a berth section formed by a horizontal offset of'said partition, the berth sections of adjacent compartments being arranged one over the other, and a Jfree Vfloor space alongside said berth section, with ka door in said longitudinal wall at the end of said free floor space of each compartment, windows in each compartment in the Wall opposite said doors, and alavatory in each compartment at the end of the free floor space opposite said door.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

WOOLRIDGE B. MORTON.