US2570837A - Railway sleeping car - Google Patents

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iatentecl Oct. 9, T95 1 RAILWAY SLEEPING CAR Frank L. Murphy and James E. Candlin, Jr., Chi cago, Ill., assignors to Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Delaware Application June 18, 1947, Serial No. 755,300

15 Claims.

pancy and disposed at upper and lower levels and accessible 'from a common passageway.

The principal object of the invention is realized in the provision of a railway car having room accommodations disposed at upper and lower levels, with windows in the side wall of the car individual to the respective rooms and disposed at a single level throughout the length of the car.

An important object of the invention lies in the provision of a railway car having individual accommodations disposed at upper and lower levels upon opposite sides of a common passageway, with windows in the respective car side walls individual to the respectively associated rooms and disposed on a single level throughout the length of the car and upon opposite sides of the car.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a railway sleeping car having convertible daytime and nighttime seating and sleeping accommodations at upper and lower levels in which the various facilities of the respective accommodations are disposed, and arranged to provide for windows at a single level throughout the length of the car.

The foregoing and other and more specific objects of the invention, and by means of which the principles of the invention are realized, are attained by the construction and arrangement illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a general plan view of a portion of a railway sleeping car, constructed in accordance with the invention and showing a plurality of "upper and lower level rooms disposed at opposite sides of a central longitudinal passageway, and

illustrating the folding type beds inextended positions for nighttime occupancy;

Fig. 2 also is a general plan view of a portion of a railway sleeping car complemental to that illustrated in Fig. 1, but showing the individual rooms made up for daytime occupancy with a seat disposed alongside of a window in each room;

Fig. 3 is a general side elevational View of that portion of the car illustrated in Fig. 1, showing the arrangement of the windows in the side wall of the car at a single level and showing in dotted outline the disposition of the various rooms at upper and lower levels;

Fig. 4 is a similar view of the portion of the car complemental to that illustrated in Fig. 3 and corresponding to that shown in Fig. 2, and like l Fig. 3, showing the upper and lower level rooms in dotted lines as made up for daytime seating occupancy, and with the windows disposed all at one level;

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view through a lower and an adjoining upper room, taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 7, showing the rooms made up for daytime occupancy, and clearly revealing the disposition of the moors at two levels and the windows of the respective rooms at a single level;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5, illustrating the same upper and lower rooms but made up for nighttime occupancy with the seats folded to inoperative positions and the beds extended in horizontal operative positions and in partial overlapping relation at upper and lower levels, with the windows for the two rooms on a single level;

Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional view through a lower room taken on the line i-l of Fig. 5, showing one side of the cross partition separating upper and lower rooms as it appears irom the lower room side, and also showing the noor le.el of this room coincident with that of the central passageway; and

Fig. 8 is a similar view through an upper room taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 5, showing the opposite side of the cross partition as it ap ears from the upper room side, and revealing the floor level of this room disposed above that of the central passageway.

Heretofore railway sleeping cars have been constructed having individual room accommodations convertible for day or night occupancy and wherein the rooms have been disposed alternately at upper and lower levels and upon opposite sides of a central longitudinal passageway common to all of the rooms, but in all prior arrangements the disposition of the various room facilities in each room has been such that it was necessary also to arrange the windows in the side walls of the car alternately at upper and lower levels, corresponding with the respectively associated rooms. The present invention provides a multi-level sleeping car affording all of the facilities, convenience and privacy of cars of this type, and having all of the windows for the various rooms disposed at a single level, and accomplishes this by the arrangement and disposition of the various facilities in the individual rooms. The invention basically consists of a unit comprised of two rooms, including a lower and an upper, disposed between separating partitions defining the opposite limits of the unit, and having an intermediate dividing partition between the upper and lower rooms and in which two endwise foldable pre-made beds are pivotally mounted for hinged movement in opposite directions into the respective rooms, where they occupy partially overlapping horizontal positions at upper and lower levels.

In the drawings, R3 represents a railway sleeping car having side walls H and [2, body end walls l3 and M, and a roof [5. At one end, the car is provided with a vestibule it having side entrance doors H and folding step and trapdoor assemblies i8. A body end door 19 closes the vestibule off from the car body. A central longitudinal passageway 2ll'.leads'from this end door throughout the length of the car to a similar end door 2! at the opposite end of the car. At the vestibule end of the car, a porters section 22, convertible for day or night occupancy, as covered in Patent No. 2,346,878 of April 18, 1944, is disposed at one side of the passageway, and a general toilet 223, together with locker space M, is disposedat the opposite side thereof. At the opposite end of the car, lockers 2.5 are disposed upon opposite sides of the central passageway. As best shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the car body it! is supported upon spaced trucks in the customary manner.

The entire interior of the car body is utilized to the provision of sleeping rooms disposed alternately at upper and lower levels at respectively opposite sides ofv the passageway, as best indicated in Figs. 1 and .2, and since all of the lower rooms are of similar construction and arrangement, and all of the upper rooms are alike, it will be necessary only .to describe a lower, and

an upper room which comprise a unit duplicated p throughout the length of the car to provide alternating upper and lower rooms, and which is best shown in Figs. 5 and 6. As revealed in these views, it will be seen that each unit comprised of a lower and an, upper room is disposed .be-

tween separating partitions .35 at opposite ends thereof, with an intermediate dividing partition between the rooms of each unit. All of .these partitions are disposed transversely of the car and extend from the respective side walls I I and E2 to longitudinally extending partitions 33 defining the central passageway Zil, and whereas the partitions 33 separate adjoining two room units, the partitions .35. divide the units each into an upper and a lower room.

The floor level of each lower room is coinci dent with that of the passageway 25, as best indicated in Fig. 7. This room is equipped with the same facilities as the upper room, the more important items of which include an endwise foldable bed 35,, an enclosed hopper 31, a fold ing washbasin 3,8. and a folding seat 39. The bed 36 is pivotally mounted at no for endwise fold ing movement into the dividing partition 35 and comprises a section of less than full bed length, disposed vertically in the inoperative position flush with the surface of the partition. The bed is secured in this closed position by means of spring pressed latches 43 disposed in the side walls of the bed recess 42, and which are engageable automatically with indented catches 43 in respective sides of the bed as the bed is moved to closed position. The latches are pressed from engagement with the catches, and the bed op erated by means of an operating handle 44 which is provided with an eccentric and suitable connected push rods passing through the catches 43 to engage the latches 4i and press them from engagement with the catches. A safety latch 45 mounted upon the side wall of the room in the path of the arc traversed by the catch 43 at this side is adapted to engage automatically with the catch during the closing movement of the bed to prevent accidental displacement .of the bed in the event the latch ii should accidentally not be fully engaged. The latch 45 is prevented from entering the catch 43 during the opening movement of the bed by holding the operating handle 43 in the release position until the bed passes the position of the latch. The bed looking and safety catch arrangement is as covered in co-pending application, Serial No. 671,481, filed May 22, 1946.

The folding seat 33 is disposed at that end of the room with the bed 36, adjacent the partition 35 and facing in the opposite direction toward partition 36. The backrest portion of the seat is pivotally mounted at 9 for folding movements between the upright seating position shown in Fig. 5 and the inverted position indicated in Fig. 6. The backrest is connected to the seat cushion for coincidental movement by means of pivotally associated bracket 50, so that as the backrest is moved to its inoperative position, the seat cushion will be shifted and lowered to permit the backrest to occupy a lower inverted position beneath the operative position of the bed. The seat cushion is supported upon a pair of two-level bracket 5| disposedat opposite sides thereof, and as the backrest is operated, the seat cushion is adapted to slide from the upper level, which constitutes the normal seating level, down the sloping portion of the brackets to the lower level, thus accommodating the inverted backrest at a level normally occupied by the seat cushion and thereby permitting the bed 36 to occupy a lower operative position, all as best shown in Fig. 6.

The seat 39 and the bed 36 are so disposed and arranged that when the bed is in operative position, the seat is inoperatively disposed, and when the seat is in operative position, the bed is disposed upright in the bed recess 42. When disposed in horizontal operative position, the bed is supported at the partition 30 on a fixed bed rest 52 and at the'partition 35 by the pivot mounting 43 and extends continuously from the partition 30 to a point within the partition 35. The partition 35 is provided with a recess 53 of greater depth than the bed recess 42, and into which the foot, portionof the bed is. adapted to extend and which affords ample foot room for an occupant of the bed. The bed section 36 is of less than full bed length, but the mattress. is of full length and extends into the, recess 53 to provide a full length bed in the horizontal operative position. When the bed section 3'6, is disposed vertically in the bed recess 42, the mattress is adapted to fold in the recess, 53, as indicated in Fig. 5.

The enclosed hopper 3'! is arranged adjacent to the partition 35, betweenthe seat 39 and the passageway partition 33, and is disposed substantially on a level with theseat cushion in the operative position thereof, asbest shown in Fig. 7. The hopper is fully enclosed and pIQY ded with a inged cove e o ing wahbas n 281for this room is disposed at theopposite side of the entrance door fromthe enclosed hopper, in the corner of the room formed by the partition 30 and the passageway partition. The washbasin is mounted in a corner cabinet which extends to the floor and conceals the plumbing for thebasin. The basin and cabinet arrangement for the lower r om. s. a t ike. tha for the upper :rQQm.

which will more fully hereinafter be described. The upper level rooms have the fioor 5'! disposed above the level of the lower room floor and of the passageway 20, and all contain the same facilities as the lower level rooms, including a folding bed 60 in the partition 35, an enclosed hopper 6|, a folding washbasin 62, and a seat 63 which faces in the same direction as the seat 39 of the lower room. The bed is pivotally mounted inthe dividing partition at 59 for endwise folding movement into a. bed recess 58 provided therein, and like the lower room bed, comprises a rigid section of less than full bed length disposed vertically in the recess in the inoperative position and flush with the surface of the partition in .this room. The bed is retained in the vertical retracted position in the same manner as the bed 36, by means of spring pressed latches 4| in the side walls of the bed recess, and which automatically engage the indented catches 43 in respectively adjacent sides of the bed when the bed is moved to the retracted position. The same type of mechanism, 44, also is used for disengaging the latches from the catches during the opening operation of the bed, and a Y safety latch similar to that used in the lower room is provided upon the side wall of the room to prevent accidental displacement of the bed in the event that the latch 43 is not securely engaged upon closing the bed, and which also is releasable by the mechanism 44 during the opening operation of the bed.

In this upper room, the folding seat 63 is disposed at that end of the room opposite the bed adjacent to the partition 30 and facing toward the opposite partition 35 so that it faces in the same direction as the seat in the lower room, whereby all of the seats in the car face in one direction. In this seat arrangement the seat cushion is disposed in fixed position and does not move with the backrest, but the backrest portion is pivotally mounted at 64 for folding movements between the upright seating position indicated in Fig. 5 and the inverted position shown in Fig. 6. The backrest is mounted upon supportin brackets for pivotal movement independently of the seat cushion, whereby it may be moved to its inoperative position overlying the seat cushion when it is desired to extend the bed to its horizontal operative position, which then overlies the inverted backrest and is supported upon the upholstered bed support 66 mounted upon the partition 30. The relationship of the bed 6i] and the seat 63 is such that the seat is inoperative when the bed is disposed in horizontal operative position, and when the bed is disposed in the vertical inoperative position in the recess 58, the seat may be utilized in the normal operative position.

When arranged in horizontal operative position, the bed extends continuously from the partition 30 to a point within the partition 35 and disposed in partial overlapping relationship to the lower room bed 36 in the area of the dividing partition, as seen in Fig. 6. The partition 35 is provided with a recess 61 of greater depth than the bed recess 58, and into which the bed is adapted to extend and which affords ample space for utilization of a full length bed in the room. The recess 51 is of substantial height whereby the bed may be made up with the head portion thereof extending in the partition. The bed section 60 is of less than full bed length, but the mattress used is of full length and extends into the recess 61 so as to provide a full length bed in the horigontal operative position thereof. When the folding bed section Bl! is disposed in the vertical retracted position within the recess 58, the mattress is adapted to fold in the recess 51, as shown inFig. 5. Looking at this figure, it will be seen that the beds for the upper and lower rooms of each pair of rooms, as defined between the separating partitions 3|], are disposed'for endwise folding movements into respectively opposite sides of the dividing partition'35 so that the same type of bed is extendable from each side of the partition in opposite directions into the respective rooms to provide full length beds for the rooms disposed at upper and lower levels and overlapping in the zone of the partition. 7

The enclosed hopper 6| for the upper room, like: the seat 63, also is arranged adjacent to the partition 35 between the seat and the passageway partition 33 and disposed substantially on a level with the seat cushion, and like the lower room hopper, is fully enclosed and provided with a hinged cover.

The folding washbasin 52 for this room is substantially identical with that used in thelower room, but unlike that arrangement, is disposed in the corner of the room formed by the partition 35 and the passageway partition at the opposite side of the room entrance from the enclosed hopper. The basin, as shown in Fig. 8, is pivotally mounted in a cabinet 15 which is disposed parallel to and against the passageway partition 33 in the corner by the dividing partition, and which is fully enclosed to the floor and houses a drain H into which the basin empties, and hot and cold water suppl pipes. It is to be noted that in both the upper and lower rooms the basin arrangement is so located as to enable full utilization of the open floor area of the respective rooms in the use of the basins, whereby its use is rendered most convenient without the necessity of leaning or reaching over the seat or hopper for access to the basin. The dividing partition 35, in addition to housing the folding beds forthe respectively adjoining rooms, also affords luggage storage facilities for the rooms. In the upper room, the storage space 12 is disposed in the lower portion of the partition beneath the beds and at the floor level 51 of this room. As shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the floor E3 of the storage space is sloped downwardly toward the inner end of the space. In the lower room, the storage space 75 is disposed in the upper portion of the partition above the lower bed recess 42 and the recess 51 and behind the upper bed recess 58, as best indicated in Fi s. 5 and 6.

Sliding doors are provided for all of the rooms affording complete privacy to the occupants. A door 15 is provided for each upper and each lower room and which is slidable into a pocket in the passageway partition alongside of the hopper in the respective rooms, as best shown in the plan views, Figs. 1 and 2. Baggage racks 19 also are provided for the rooms, mounted upon respectively opposite sides of the separating partition 30. Shoe lockers TI and 18 are provided for the respective upper and lower rooms, which are disposed in opposite sides of the dividing partition 35 and which have access doors from the rooms and other doors affording access thereto from the passageway 20. The locker l! for the upper room is disposed in the dividing partition adjacent to the floor 51 and inwardly of the cabinet 10 for the folding washbasin, as best shown in Fig. 8. The locker 18 for the lower room is disposed in the dividing partitionabove the hopper -l,1as be t i icate n Fig 7 at ne side of the bed recess 42, and extends into the partition beyond the pocket for the sliding door .75 and is ofiset for communication with the passageway 20 through the partition 33. The lockers may be entered only from the respective rooms or from the passageway.

A window 80 is disposed in the side wall of each room in the car in a position where an occupant of the seat in any room will, in every instance, be seated alongside of the window, and looking at Figs. 3 and 4, it will benoted that all of the windows on each side are disposed at the same level throughout the length of the car, and as best shown by a comparison of Figs. 7 and 8, which are representative of lower and upper rooms respectively at either side of the car, it will be seen that the windows at opposite sides of the car also are at the same levelwherefore it may be said that all of the room windows of the car are disposed at one level. By the particular arrangement of the room facilities hereinbefore described, it is possible for the windows throughout the car to be disposed at a single level. The arrangement of .beds of the sameendwise folding .type at opposite sides .of the one partition dividing the two rooms and opening into the respective rooms in opposite directions while overlapping in the partition, enables such disposition of the beds, seats and floor levels as to make feasible the location of all windows at one level.

Applicants arrangement affords a sleeping car of substantial passenger capacity having twentyfour fully private rooms convertible for dayv or night seating or sleeping accommodations and which capacity also is attributable to the ar= rangement of the beds bothin .thedividing pare tition, together with other facilities of .the rooms, such as luggage space, shoe lockers and the like.

What is claimed is:

1. Ina railway sleeping car having side walls, spaced passageway partitions defining a central longitudinal passageway, a plurality of rooms at each side of the passageway adapted severally for individual occupancy and disposed alternately at upper and lower levels, separating partitions extending between saidside walls and the respective passageway partitions defining pairs of rooms. each consisting of adjoining upper and r lower rooms, dividing partitions disposed respectively betweenthe roomsofeachpair, a pair of endwise foldable bed panels each of less than full bed length disposed respectively substantially vertically within opposite facesof eachdispective rooms, a luggage compartment for the lower room disposed in the upper portion of the dividing partition, aluggage compartment for the upper room disposed in the lower portion'of the dividing partition, a seat in each of the rooms and all facing'in the same direction, and a windot. in each room disposed the side wallalongside of said seat, all of said windows being disposed at substantially the same level throughout the length of said car and upon opposite sides thereof.

Inareilwav-slecnine cari avins side alls, nared assa cw yzeartitions defin ng a entra lone tudi alrassase av. a plura ity o oo s at each i e of the passa ewa adap ed seve a ly fo individual occupancy. -.an. i dis os d alt rnatel-yet uppe andlower l ve s, ep rat spartitions extendin hetw en aid sid wa ls nd the resp ctiveapassas w v partitions definin p rs ofrooms each consisting of adjoining upper and lower-rooms, d iding partitions disposed respe c tively between the rooms of each pair, a .pair of endwisegfoldable'bed panels each ofless than full bed length disposed respectively substantially verticallyzwithin zopposite faces of each dividing partitionrand pivotally mounted for movement in lopposite directions .to horizontal positions in the respective: upper and .lower "rooms extending substantially from :the opposite :faces of said dividing partition to the respective separatingpartitions,i bedding supported on said panels and extending into the dividing partition fromopposite sides thereof in end overlapping relationship to provide full length beds in the respective rooms, a luggage compartment for one of the rooms disposed in the upper portion of the dividing partition and a luggagecompartment for the other room disposed in the lower portion of the dividing partition, a seat in each of the rooms, and a window in each room disposed in the side wall alongside of said seat, and all of said windows being disposedat substantially the same level.

W 3. In a railwaysleeping car having side walls, spaced passageway partitions defining a central longitudinal passageway, a plurality of rooms at each side of the passageway adapted severally for individualoccupancy and disposed alternately at upper and lower levels, separating partitions extending between said side walls and the respective passageway partitions defining pairs of rooms each-consisting of adjoining upper and lower rooms, dividing partitions disposed respectively between the rooms of each pair, a pair of endwise 'foldable bed panels each of less than full bed length disposed respectively substantially vertically within opposite faces of each dividing partition and pivotally mounted for movement in opposite directions to horizontal positions in the respective upper and lower rooms extending substantially from the opposite faces of said dividing partition to the respective separating partitions, bedding supported on said panels and extending into the dividing partition from opposite sides thereof in end overlapping relationship to provide full length beds in the respective rooms, a seat in each of the rooms, and a window in each room disposed in the side wall alongside of said seat, all of said windows being disposed at substantially the same level.

4. In a railway sleeping car having side walls, spaced passageway partitions defining a central longitudinal passageway, a plurality of rooms at each side of the passageway adapted severally for individual occupancy and disposed alternately at upper and lower levels, separating partitions extending between said side walls and the respective passageway partitions defining pairs of rooms each consisting of adjoining upper and lower rooms, dividing partitions disposed respectively between the rooms of each pair, a pair of endwise foldableloed'panels each of less than full bed length disposed respectivelysubstantially vertically withinopposite faces of each dividing partition and-pivotally-mountedfor movement in opposite directions to horizontal positions in the .each side of the passageway adapted severally for individual occupancy and disposed alternately at upper and lower levels, dividing partitions disposed respectively between adjoining upper and lower rooms, a pair of endwise foldable bed panels each of less than full bed length disposed respectively Lubstantially vertically within opposite faces of each dividing partition and pivotally mounted for movement in opposite directions to horizontal positions in the respective upper and lower rooms defining substantially the length of each room, bedding supported on said panels and extending into the dividing partition from opposite sides thereof in end overlapping relationship to provide full length beds in the respective rooms, and a window in each room disposed in the side wall and all disposed at substantially the same level.

6. In a railway sleeping car having side walls, spaced passageway partitions defining a central longitudinal passageway, a plurality of rooms at each side of the passageway adapted severally c for individual occupancy and disposed alternately at upper and lower levels, dividing partitions disposed respectively between adjoining upper and lower rooms, a pair of endwise foldable bed panels each of less than full bed length respectively substantially vertically within opposite faces of each dividing partition and pivotally mounted for movement in opposite directions to horizontal positions in the respective upper and lower rooms defining substantially the,

length of each room, and bedding supported on said panels and extending into the dividing partition from opposite sides thereof in end overlapping relationship to provide full length beds in the respective rooms.

7. In a railway sleeping car having side walls, spaced passageway partitions defining a central longitudinal passageway, a plurality of rooms at each side of the passageway adapted severally for individual occupancy and disposed alternate ly at upper and lower levels, dividing partitions disposed respectively between adjoining upper and lower rooms, a pair of endwise foldable bed panels each of less than full bed length disposed respectively substantially vertically within opposite faces of each dividing partition and pivotally mounted for movement in opposite directions to horizontal positions in the respective upper and lower rooms defining substantially the length of each room, bedding supported on said panels and extending into the dividing partition from opposite sides thereof in end overlapping relationship to provide full length beds in the respective rooms, a luggage compartment for one of the rooms disposed in the upper portion of the dividing partition and a luggage compartment for the other room disposed in the lower portion of the dividing partition, and a window in each room disposed in the side wall and all disposed at substantially the same level,

disposed l' Bil 8. In a railway sleeping car having side walls, spaced passageway partitions defining a central longitudinal passageway, a plurality of rooms at each side of the passageway adapted severally for individual occupancy and disposed alternately at upper and lower levels, separating partitions, extending between said side walls and the passageway partitions defining pairs of rooms upon respective sides of the passageway each consisting of adjoining upper and lower rooms, dividing partitions disposed respectively between the rooms of each pair, a pair of endwise foldable bed panels each of less than full bed lengthdisposed respectively substantially vertically within opposite faces of each dividing partition and pivotally mounted for movement in opposite directions to horizontal positions in the respective upper and lower rooms extending substantially from the dividing partition to the respective separating partitions, bedding supported on said panels and extending into the dividing partition from opposite sidesthereof in end overlapping relationship to provide full length beds in the respective rooms, a luggage compartment for one of the rooms disposed in the upper portion of the dividing partition and a luggage compartment for the other room disposed in the lower portion of the dividing partition, a seat in each of the rooms, and a window in each room disposed in the side wall alongside of said seats, all of said windows disposed at substantially the same level.

9. In a railway sleeping car having side walls, s aced passageway partitions defining a central longitudinal passageway, units each of two rooms between said respective partitions and the side walls adapted respectively for individual occupancy and disposed at upper and lower levels, partitions extending between said side walls and the passageway partitions defin ng opposite ends of said units, a dividing partition disposed between the upper and lower rooms of each unit, a pair of endwise foldable bed panels each of less than full bed length disposed respectively substantially vert callv within o osite faces of the dividing artition and pivotally mounted for movement in respectively opposite directions to horizontal positions in the upper and lower rooms of each unit and extending substantially from the dividing partition to the respective end partitions, bedding supported on said panels and. extending into the dividing partition from opposite sides thereof in end overlapping relationship to provide full length beds in the respective rooms, a luggage compartment for one of the rooms disposed in the upper portion of the dividing partition and a luggage compartment for the other room disposed in the lower portion of the dividing partition, a seat in each of the rooms, and a window in each room disposed in the side wall alongside of said seats, both of said windows being disposed substantially at the same level.

10. In a railway sleeping car having side walls,

spaced passageway partitions defining a central longitudinal passageway, units each of two rooms between said respective partitions and the side walls adapted respectively for individual occupancy and disposed at upper and lower levels, partitions extending between said side walls and the passageway partitions defining opposite ends of said units, a dividing partition disposed between the upper and lower rooms of each unit,

a pair of endwise foldable bed panels each of less than full bed length disposed respectively substantially vertically within opposite faces of the dividing partition and pivotally mounted for movement in respectively opposite directions to horizontal positions in the upper and lower rooms of each unit and extending substantially from the dividing partition to the respective end partitions, bedding supported on said panels and extending into the dividing partition from opposite sides thereof in end overlapping relationship to provide full length beds in the respective rooms, a seat in each of the rooms, and a window in each room disposed in the side wall alongside of said seats, both of said windows being disposed substantially at the same level.

11. In a railway sleeping car having, sidewalls, spaced passageway partitions defining a central longitudinal passageway, units each of two rooms between said respective partitions and the side walls adapted respectively for individual occupancy and disposed at upper andlower levels, partitions extending. between said side walls and the passageway partitions defining opposite ends of said units, a dividing partition disposed between the upper and lower rooms of each unit, a pair of endwise foldable bed panels each of less than full bed length disposed respectively substantially vertically within opposite faces of the dividing partition and pivotally mounted for movement inrespectively opposite directions to horizontal positions in the upper and lower rooms of each unit and extending substantially from the dividing partition to the respective endpartitions, bedding supported on said panels and extending into the dividing partition from opposite sides thereof in end overlapping relationship to provide full length beds in the respective rooms, a luggage compartment for one of the rooms disposed in the upper portion of the dividing partition, and

a luggage compartment for the other room dis- 7 posed in the lower portion of the dividing partition.

12. In a railway sleeping car having side walls, s aced passageway partitions defining a central lon itudinal passageway, units each of two rooms between said respective partitions and the side walls ada ted respectively for individual, occupancy and disposed at upper and lower .levels, partitions extending between said side walls, and

the passageway partitions defining opposite ends of sa d units. a dividing partition disposed between the u per andv lower roomsof eachuunit, a air of end ise folflabe bed panels each of less than full bed length disposed respectively substantially vertically within opposite faces of the dividing partition and pivotally mounted for movement in respectively opposite, directions to hori ontal positions in the upper and lower rooms of each unit and extending substantially'from the dividing partition to the respective end partitions, and bedding supported on said panels and extending into the dividin partition from opposite sides thereof in end overlapping relationship to provide full length bedsin the respective rooms.

13. In a railway sleeping car having side walls, spaced passageway partitions defining a central longitudinal passageway, units each of two rooms between said respective partitions and the side walls adapted respectively for individual occupancy disposed at upper and lower levels, a dividing partition disposed between the upper and lower rooms of each unit, a pair of endwise foldable bed panels each of less than full bed length disposed respectively substantially VQIf-a ding supported on said panels and extending into the dividing partition from opposite sides thereof in end overlapping relationship to provide full length beds in the respective rooms.

14. In a railway sleeping car having sidewalls, spaced passageway partitions defining a central longitudinal passageway, units eachof tworooms between said respective partitions and the side walls adapted respectively for individual occupancy anddisposed at upper and lower levels, a dividing partition disposed between the upper and lower rooms of each unit, a pair of endwise foldable bed panels each of less thanfull bed length disposed respectively substantially vertically within opposite faces of the dividing-partition and pivotally mounted for movement in opposite directions to horizontal positions in the upper and lower rooms of each unit and defining substantially the length of said roomsbedding supported on said panels and extending into the dividing partition from opposite sides thereof in end overlapping relationship to provide full length beds in the respective rooms, a luggage compartment for one of the rooms disposed in the upper portion of the dividing partition, and a luggage compartment for the other room disposed in the lower portionof the dividing partition, at least one of said beds extending into an intermediate portion of the dividing partition between said upper and lower compartments.

15. In a railway sleeping car having side walls, spaced passageway partitions defining a central longitudinal passageway, a unit comprising a pair of rooms between one of said partitions and the adjacent side wall, said rooms being disposed respectively at upper and lower levels and adapted for individual occupancy, a dividing .partition between the upper and lower rooms, a pair of endwise foldable bed panels each of less than full bed length disposed vertically in respectively opposite faces of the dividing partition andpivotally mounted for movement in opposite directions to horizontal operative positions in the upper and lower rooms defining substantially the length of the respective rooms, and bedding supported on the respective-panels extending into the dividing partition'from opposite sides thereof to provide full length beds in the respective rooms.

FRANK L. MURPHY. JAMES E. CANDLIN, JR.

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