US278141A - Device for lighting the steps of cars - Google Patents

Description

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G.W. HUNT.

DEVICE EOE LIGHTING TEE STEPS 0E GEES, In.

,Patented my 22,1883.

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UNITED STATES lPATENT OFFICE.

GEoEGE vv. HUNT, oF PHILADEEPIIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FO R`LIGHTING THE STEPS OFYCARS, 860.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,141, dated May 22, 1883.

Application lcd Januaryr, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. HUNT, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city and count-y of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Im provement-s in Devices for Li gh ting the Steps of Gars or (larriages, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates in general to improvements in Letters Patent No. 260,100, granted me June 27, 1882, and No. 263,706, granted me September 5, 1882, and more particularly to in1- provements in the lantern and devices for securing the glasses in the steps.

In the accompanying drawings,formin g part ot' this specification, and in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of part of a car-platform and steps embodying myinvention; Figs. 2 and 3, perspective views of lanterns; Fig. 4, a sectional view of a lantern, showing the lamp and means for securing it; Fig. 5, a perspective view of the inside end of the lantern; Fig. 6, a sectional view of the riser of a step, showing the manner in which the glass is secured; Fig. 7, a front view of the frame for securing the glass in place; Figs. 8 and 9, a sectional and planview of the double bottom of the lantern; Fig. 10, a detail of the lantern, showing the manner of using the colored glasses; and Fig.

l1, a sectional view of a device, to be situated beneath the lantern, to carry chimneys, 85e.

In my present lantern I have the front side constructed of one piece of glass, A, as shown in the drawings, and in addition to this I also have a strip of glass, B, in the top of the lantern, to illuminate the platform or any steps that may be above the top of thelantern; and in order to getas much benefit from the light as possible, I have a refiector, C, projecting from the top and over the glass A, as shown.

' This reilector is bright on its underside and assists in strengtheningthe lightfrom the glass A. The lantern is furnished with a door at its rear end for removing or lighting the lamp or y cleaning the glasses, and this door may, if desired, have a colored glass in it to take the place of the signal-lights usually carried on the In Fig. 2 this glass I) is represented as circular in form and immovable; but the glass represented in Fig. 3 can be removed when desired. The manner of securing this glass is shown in Fig. l0, in which a represents a pane of white or colorless glass, which is fixed permanently in the lantern, and b represents the colored glass, which is slid from either the side or bottom of the lantern and takes its place behind the colorless glass a., In the drawings the glass is represented as pushed up from the bottom of the door and held in place by a catch, c, which extends completely across the bottom ofthe glass. At the inside end of the lanternt'. e., the end which faces the trucks-I have a glass, E, covered with a door, F. This door may be raised when an examination o't' the trucks or wheels is necessary at night.

'Io supply air to my light I malte use either of a double perforated bottom to the lantern, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, or I simply have a number of small orices, d d, in the ends of the lan tern to admit the air. or all of these orifices may be closed by means of a slide, G.

In Fig. 4. the method ot' securingthe lamp is shown, the bottom of the lamp having projections e upon it, which are grasped by projections f, which run lengthwise along the bottom of the lantern.

In Fig. 3 the lantern is represented as having a semi-cylindrical case along its bottom. In Fig. 11 a section'of this case is shown, and its purpose is to hold lamp-chimneys, &c.

In my present invention I propose, in addition to the glasses in the risers of the steps, to have glasses in their treads. These glasses are represented at H, Fig. l.

T o secure the glasses in a proper manner I use an iron frame, as shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 6 shows a section of a step, I representing the When necessary any A Sov glass, K the frame, and L rabbet-strps securing the front of the glass.

' If preferable, I may entirely dispense with the glasses in the steps and substitute for them a plain or ornamental iron grating.

It will ofcourse be understood that I do not limit myself to the use of any particular kind of light, as gas or the electric light may be used in my invention with as great ease as an oil-lamp.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The herein-described lantern, having an and wheels, and a door, F, for covering the glass E, all arranged substan tially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a lantern for illn- 15 minating the steps of cars or carriages, of a case, M, said case being provided with a shelf,

h, said case being intended to hold lamp-chimneys, Sto., and being` secured to the bottoni ot' the lantern, substantially as set forth.

GEO. W. HUNT.

open face, A, in front, a strip of glass, B, at its top,and having a reector,(},all substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination, in a lantern to be situated beneath and to illuminate the steps of cars or carriages, of the glasses A and B, situated at the front and top of the lantern, and through which the light passes to the platform and steps, reflector C, projecting from the top ot' the lantern over glass A, glasses D and E, situated at the ends of the lantern, for displayingadanger-signal and illuminating the trucks I Witnesses:

CHAs. A. BUTTER, VICTOR BALIAs.

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