US245085A

US245085A - Francis j

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Publication number: US245085A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1881-08-02
Anticipated expiration: 1898-08-02

Description

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 245,085, dated August 2, 1881,

' Application filed May 6, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANcIsJ. MCGRADY,

of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleeping-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

. The object of this invention is to improve the sleeping-ears at present in use iu such a manner that they can be made more comfortable to travelers; and the invention consists in a sleeping-car compartment having seats and backs divided into wider and narrower portions,the wider portions, adjoining the windows, being adapted to be berth, while the narrower portions, at theinner walls, are retained as seats for use in dressing and undressing, said compartment beingprovided with Ventilating sliding doors anddouble inner walls in which the doors move.

The invention consists, further, in a closed compartment divided into wider and narrower portions, the widerportions, adjoining the w'indows, being adapted to be converted into a berth, while the narrower portions, atthe inner' walls, are retained as seats for use in dressing and undressing, said compartment being provided with Ventilating sliding doors below, a wide removable upper berth, and sliding doors opposite said berth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a perspective view of my improved sleeping-car with parts broken out, and Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

By reference to the drawings, A represents a section of a sleeping-car which is formed by permanent transverse side walls, B, that extend up to the roof of the car, and by inner walls, C, which run along the seats, and which are also, like the sidewalls, extended to the roof.

The inner walls, C, are double, and are arranged witlrsliding doors C for the lower and C2 for the upper berth of the section, the vupper doors being preferably guided by hangers upon suitable rails, while the lower doors slide in the double'walls and are provided with slats forventilation,v

The s1eepingcar may be arranged either wholly or partly with these compartments. In

convertedv into aV the latter case the remaining portion of the car isV arranged in thecommon manner, as at present. A few of the compartments may be arranged without upper berths, in which case the lower sliding doors are continued through without being divided.

' The seats D and backs E of each section are divided into two parts, of which the larger parts, being about two-thirds or more of the seats and backs next to the Window, are used for forming the berth proper, while the remaining parts, adjoining the door, are retained as seats when the berth is made up, This has the advantage that the occupant or occupants may dress and undress at the inside of the section, being fully inclosed by the doors, and without being observed from' the outside, securingtherebyfull privacy, which is frequently greatly desired, as in the case ot' ladies, invalids, Ste. Y

In compartments where there are only lower berths the seats for dressing and undressing may be arranged above the berth by means of hinged panels, which fold into the walls and can be lowered for use and raised again after use.

By dividing the seats and backs in the mannerdescribed and providing the section with sliding doors, more comfortable berths, and especially more convenient lower berths, are obtained and a greater privacy secured.

By means ot' the sliding doors a closedcompartment can be formed during the day, if desired.

Having thus described myinvention, Ielaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A 'sleeping-car compartment havin gseats and backs divided into wider and narrower portions`,the widerportions, adjoining the Windows, being adapted to be converted into a berth, while the narrower portions, at the inner walls, are retained as seats, said compartment being provided with Ventilating sliding doors and double inner walls in which the doors move, substantially as described.

2. A sleeping-car compartment having seats and backs divided into wider and narrower portions, the wider portions next', the windows, being adapted to be converted into a berth, while the narrower portions, at the inner walls,

are ret-ainedas seats for use in dressing IOO and undressing, said compartment being promy invention have signed my name, in presA vided with Ventilating sliding doors below, a ence of two witnesses, this 16th day of April, Wide convertible upper berth dividing the eonl- 1881.

pertinent horizontally, and sliding pendent FRANCIS J. MCGRADY. 5 doors opposite said upper berth, substantially Witnesses:

as described. PAUL GoEPEL,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as CARL KARP.