US1790793A

US1790793A - Window hood

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Publication number: US1790793A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1931-02-03
Anticipated expiration: 1948-02-03

Description

Feb. 3, 1931. D. J. CARA 1,790,793

wmnow HOOD Filed Dec. 5, 1925 as, i z

' V Figure 1 is a view in perspectlve illustrat I P y Patented Feb. 3, 1931 UNITED STATES DOMINICK J. CARA, F nnnrn rs, TENNESSEE wmnowv noon Application filed December 5, 1925. serial No. 7 3,452

for effecting a ready discharge of water 10 which may be collected thereby.

connection with a window of a locomotive .cab and wherein the hood is provided with a gutter to shed or carry off water which may drip from the roof of the cab, said' gutter having its opposite ends open so that when the locomotive with which the hood is in transit air will pass along the gutter in a manner to effectively free the gutter of cin ders which would otherwise be liable to collect therein.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved 2 hood whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. 9 The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed. t. In order that my invention may be the better understood, I willnow proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein ing a hood constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention i'n'applied position; I

Figure 2 isva view partly in section and illustrated in Figure 1 Figure 3 is a view end elevation illustratr ing a hood constructed in accordance with a further embodiment of my invention. 7

As disclosed-in the accompanying'drawings, C denotes the cab of a locomotive provided with the usual windows W and wherein the roof R of the cab projects slightly beyond Another object of the invention is, to pro vide a hood especially designed for use 1n V "dra v'vmg,it is to be noted that the hood H is desir,ed parts being preferably formed 7 in end elevation of the structure as the side wallS of the cab.v Extending along the side wall S above the windows W isav hood H having each end closed by'a plate I to provide a mounting'for a springroller 2 of any preferred type and upon whichroller 2 isadapted to be wound the curtain 3. The f? rear edge-ofthe top wall 40f the hood His defined by. an upstanding flange 5 which is adaptedto be secured by a screw 6 or the like directly to the side wall Sre'sulting in the 100d proper extending outwardly from said 6 wall.' As is illustrated in the accompanying ma de'from a 'single'sheet of material, the

stamping. I 3 i -The top'wall 4 of the hood H is disposed on a predetermined downward curvature with the lower marginal portion of such, top wall 4 continued by an upwardly disposed or curved flange 7: resulting in the formation of a gutter which will readily shed or carry off 7 water which may drip from the adjacent side of the roofR. The outeror' free end marginal portions of the curtain 3 have ope-ratively'engaged V with the corners thereofand at a point sub stantially midway of suchcorners, the arms 8 which in turn are operatively engaged, as I at. 9, with the side wall S so that said curtain,"- wl1en extended, may be disposed in the 8 "fashion of an awning and in order to facili-" I tate this particularoperation of the curtain,

it is to be noted that the lower open face of the hood H is of such width to readily per-.1

mit the requisite outward movement of the curtain. I 1 Y s It is to" be noted that the gutter 7 is open I r at its opposite ends .to permit a ready discharge of water which maybe collected in the gutter; Furthermore, by having the ends of thegutter 7 open provision is made for effective blowingsout of cinders which 'may collect within the gutter. This operation is V assured as this particular construction of the L gutter permits thefair to pass"therethrough f I atz, a rate of speed in accordance with the travel of the locomotiveand a'sythe gutter from: end to end is constructed in a. manner without, any intermediate obstructions."

In the embodiment of my invention as illus- Q trated in Fi ure 3, the top wall 4: of the hood H is substantialy semi-circular in cross section with the inner or rear marginal portion of said top wall 4 substantially defined by the upstanding flange 5 which is adapted to be suitably anchored or attached to the side wall S. This flange 5coacts with the adjacent portion of the top wall 4 toprovide a valley or gutter which will readily shed or carry off water which may drip upon the hood from the roof R of the cab.

From the foregoing description it is thought to beobvious that a hood constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without departing from the principles and spirit thereof 7 and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim a p In an awning construction, a combined roller hood and supporting bracket, said hood and bracket being integrally formed of a single sheet of material, the connecting edges of said hood and bracket being arcuately bent whereby to provide a gutter therebetween, said gutter having open opposite end portions, theend portions of the hood being-extended beneaththe ends of the gutter whereby to support the gutter.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature. .7 7

DOMINICK J. CARA.