US1985607A - Combination day and sleeping passenger carrying vehicle - Google Patents

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A. E. HUTT Filed Dec.

COMBINATION DAY AND SLEEPING PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLE Dec. 25, 1934.

INVENTOR Patented Dec. 25, 1934 .UNITED STATES essee? COMBINATION DAY AND SLEEPING PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLE Albert E. Hutt, Pelham, N. Y.

Application December 27, 1933, Serial No. 704,109

6 Claims.

My invention relates to a novel construction of passenger carrying vehicle particularly adapted to railroad use where it is desired to lower the overall height of the vehicle as is being done now in the new high speed streamlined trains.

My invention further relates to a novel construction of coach affording greater comfort and conveniences to the passengers than is found in the present so called Pullman coaches.-

My invention consists of a novel construction of railroad coach having a central longitudinal aisle or passageway and individual compartments on each side of said aisle for each passenger, such compartments being so constructed and disposed in pairs, that when used as sleeping quarters,

there is provided, in addition to the berth, a space where the passenger may dress or undress in a standing position, there is also provided an individual wash basin and toilet for his use.

My invention further consists of a novel arrangement of adjacent compartments in which the seats and seat backs of both such adjacent compartments are used to form a bed for one of said compartments and vertical bed sections, used in the daytime to help separate such adjacent compartments, are used to form a bed for the other compartment.

My invention further consists of movable vertical closures between two adjacent compartments which are used in conjunction with the upper bed sections to separate the two adjacent compartments in a different way when such 'compartments are to be used for night use.

With all these objects in view, my invention consists of the novel construction hereinafter described and finally claimed.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in the accompanying drawing the form thereof which is at present preferred by me, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to these precise arrangements and organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will be more fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part thereof and in which:--

The figure represents a longitudinal sectional view of two adjacent compartments of a railroad coach embodying my invention the section being taken through the centre line of the aisle, part of the partition between these compartments for night use.

Referring now to the drawing: The numeral 10 l designates an outside wall or the coach, 2 designates the floor, 3 the partition between the compartments and the aisle in which are located the doors 4 and 5 which are shown in the open position. 6 designates a partition between the left hand compartment and the compartment that would be immediately to its left and 7 designates a partition between the right hand compartment and the compartment that would be immediately to its right. 8 designates a communicating door in the partition 6 and 9 a sim ilar door in the partition 7. 10 designates the roof of the car. 11 designates collapsible type wash basins in each compartment and 12 toilets in each compartment. 13 designates a slightly raised irregular shaped panel on the outside wall 1 of the coach (there being a similar one on the inside of the partition 3) in which panels are located the recessed guides 14, 15, 16, 1'7, 18 and 19. 20 and 21 designate parallel guides located on the outside wall 1 and which extend across the under part of the roof l0 and down the inside of the partition 3. 22 is a similar single guide located in a position approximately mid way between the two compartments and acts as a stop or abutment for the movable partition 23. 24 and 25 are seats to which are hinged the seat backs 26 and 27. 28 and 29 designate longitudinal supports attached to the wall 1 and partition 3 for the seats 24 and 25 to rest on. 30 and 31 designate upholstered bed sections which are used to form an upper bed when the compartments are made up for night use. 32 and 33 designate mattresses which are stored under the seats in the daytime as shown. 34 designates pins or dowels located at each side of the bed sections 30 and 31 which are disposed to engage the recessed guides 14, 15, 16, 1'7, 1'8 and 19. 35 designates a movable partition located midway between the two adjacent compartr ments as shown. 36 designates a support attached to the wall 1 to hold up the movable partition'23 there being a similar one attached to the inside of the partition 3. 37 designates pins attached to the seats 24 and 25 and which pass through holes in the supports 28 and 29 to locate the seats in any desired position.

It will therefore be apparent from the drawing and the above description of the various parts that the two adjacent compartments shown are separated from one another when made up for day use by the upper movable panel or partition 23, the bed sections 30 and 31 and the lower movable partition 35 and that a very commodious space extending from the floor to .the roof of the car is provided for each compartment in which is located a seat and full toilet facilities, also that the compartments are private by virtue of the partition 3, the doors 4 and 5 and the partitions 6 and 7.

In order to convert the compartments for night use the porter proceeds as follows:-

First he grasps the bottom of the bed section 30 and pulls it forward until the pin 34 comes out of the recessed guide 18, then he allows the bed section to drop until the upper pin 34 reaches the bottom of the inclined portion of the recessed guide 14. With the bed section 30 in this position the movable partition 23 may be removed and placed aside in any convenient location. Next he swings the bed section through an arc until the lower pin 34 is in line with the recessed guide 16 and finally pushes the bed section forward until the pins 34 are at the bottom of the recessed guides 16 and 14. The bed section 30 will now be in the position shown as 30. The seat 24 is now moved forward to the position shown as 24 and the mattress 32 removed from under the seat and laid on the bed section 30. The movable partition 23 may now be slid between the guides 20 and 21 in which position it is shown as-23'. It is secured in this position by any suitable means, preferably by means under control of the porter only. The seat back 26 is now lowered until it rests on the support 28. The porter next moves the bed section 31 into the position shown as 31, using the same procedure as for the bed section 30. Next he moves the seat forward to the position shown as 25, then removes the mattress 33 from under the seat and then removes the movable partition 35 and places it in the position shown as 35, having first lowered the seat back 27 to the position shown as 27. The movable partition 35 can also be secured in position by any suitable means. With the two adjacent compartments thus rearranged, the porter spreads out the two mattresses and completes the making up of the beds, one above the other. It will now be seen that the two compartments thus made up for night use, while differing from their original shape, are still entirely separate from each other and that the standing portion of each, in which is located the toilet facilities, has been undisturbed.

. t will also be apparent to anyone skilled in the art that I can locate the aisle of the car to one side instead of in the middle of the car, which is the preferred arrangement.

I am aware that my invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof and I therefore desire the present embodiment to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1. In a combination day and sleeping passenger carrying vehicle having a floor, roof, side and end walls, a longitudinal aisle, adjacent compartments located between an outer wall of said vehicle and said aisle, seats and bed sections in each compartment, fixed partitions between each pair of adjacent compartments, partitions between said compartments and said aisle, doors in said partitions, a plurality of movable substantially vertical members separating said adjacent compartments, said movable vertical members together with said bed sections being disposed to be so relocated within the confines of each pair of said two adjacent compartments as to form two new compartments each having a horizontal section and a vertical section, the horizontal section of one compartment being above the horizontal section of the other compartment and communicating with the upper part of one of the vertical sections and the horizontal section of the other compartment being below the horizontal section of the first compartment and communieating with the lower part of the other vertical section.

2. In a combination day and sleeping passenger carrying vehicle as described in claim 1, a

seat with seat back in each adjacent compartment located in a back to back position relative to each other, the bed sections being provided with resilient covering, means for converting said seats and seat backs to form a bed in the lower horizontal section and means for converting said bed sections into a bed in the upper horizontal section.

3. In a combination day and sleeping passenger carrying vehicle as described in claim 1, said longitudinal aisle being located midway between the outer walls of said vehicle.

4. In a sleeping passenger carrying vehicle, a longitudinal aisle, adjacent compartments located between an outer wall of said vehicle and said aisle, each compartment having a vertical and a horizontal section, said horizontal sections being substantially in vertical alignment with each other, said vertical sections being at opposite ends of said horizontal sections, the upper horizontal section being accessible at one of its ends from the upper part of one of the vertical sections, the other horizontal section being accessible at one of its ends from the lower part of the other vertical section and beds in both of said horizontal sections.

5. In a, sleeping passenger carrying vehicle as described in claim 4, said longitudinal aisle being located midway between the outer side walls of said vehicle.

6. In a combination day and sleeping passenger carrying vehicle, a longitudinal aisle, passenger sections located between an outer wall of said vehicle and said aisle, said sections being divided into two vertical parts and two horizontal parts, the two vertical parts being located at the opposite ends of said sections, the two horizontal parts being located between the said vertical parts and one above the other, one of said horizontal parts being accessible to a passenger from the upper portion of one of said vertical parts, the other horizontal part being accessible to a passenger from the lower portion of the other vertical part and means for making a bed in each of said horizontal parts. ALBERT E. HUTT.

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