US302029A - reynolds - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

. J. H. REYNOLDS.

. RAILWAY GAR.

1 Io.-302,029. Patented July 15, 1884.

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J OHN H. REYNOLDS, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

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cPncrrrcArIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,029, dated Ju1y 15, 1884.

Application filed April 3, 1884. (No model.)

' IO venting the dust-,cinders, and other light and floating particles that are caused, raised, or' set in motion bythe transit of a train of .cars from becoming deposited upon the platform, or attached to the end of a car, where, by

15 reason of their uncleanliness, they become a source of great discomfort and annoyance, and, by soiling the apparel of passengers, a frequent cause of much damage.' I attain this object by means of the construction illustrated go in the accompanying drawings, which are here- 'in referred to and form part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of one end of a railway passenger-car provided with my im- 2 provements; Fig. 2, a plan view, andFig. 3

an end elevation, of the same, and Fig. 4, a plan view of a modified form of my improvement.

As represented in the drawings, A is the 0 body of an ord1narypassenger-car, havlng its roof 13 extended lengthwise to form a cover for the platform 0, in the'usual manner. Said roof can be made either with or without the monitor deck D, as may be preferred.

" Across the roof B,-closely to the outer end of its projecting end I), the deflector E is placed, and said deflector may be either permanently or temporarily attached to or built upon said'roof. The said deflector I prefera- 40 bly make in the prismatic form shown'in Fig.

1, and arrange in a direct line across the roof, as shown in Fig. 2, and when used on the present construction of ears-in respect to the intervening space between the projecting ends 5 of the roofs of two eonjoining cars, and where cient for the purpose of deflecting all the dust, cinders, and other particles that may fall or lodge upon the roof of the car, and to cause a detour of the currents that will prevent said dust,= cinders, &c., from entering into the 'space between the two conjoining cars; but I do not limit myself to the. proportions. given above. The inner angle, 6, of said deflector I preferably make flatter than the outer angle,

6; but a very satisfactory result can be 'obtained by making the outer angle flatter than the inner one; also, by making both angles equal, and also by making its inner face vertical, or nearly so.

When a train of cars is under motion, the

currents of air produced thereby force all the dust and cinders that may lodge upon the roof to move rapidly toward the rear of the train,

and when the roofs of said cars are provided with my deflectors the particles or granules of dust and cinders and thecurrents of air,

by striking said deflectors, are deflected up.- ward, thereby creating a strong upward current ofair between the conjoining ends of the cars, and before the weight of said particles can carry them downward the speed of the train will cause the space between the projecting ends of the roofs of the two conjoining cars to pass from beneath the falling particles, which will then fall upon the roof of the next car in the train, .to undergo a repetition of the operation just described.

Upon opposite sides of the car, close to the ends thereof, I attach deflectors E, made in prismatic form and arranged in vertical lines, asshownin Figs. 1 and 2'. The deflectors F deflect the currents of air and the dust, cinders, &c., laterally away from the car, and prevent them from entering sidewise'into the space between the ends of two conjoining cars. In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the deflector E, instead of being arranged in ad'irect line across the roof B of the car, is arranged in the form of a chevron, with its point turned toward the middle of the car.

in this form, the inner face, c of saiddeflector may be set vertically, at an angleinclined eitherbackward'or forwardor with a curved surface, either concave or convex. When ar- When made ranged in this ehevr0n-1ike form, the said deroof of a car for the purpose of deflecting the flector will force the discharge of the particles currents of air, einders, dust, &c., therefrom IO of dust, 850., to pass sidewise from the roof of as herein specified.

the car and the impetus they acquire from T 7 T T 5 the speed of the train will carry said particles JOHL RLXhOLDS' clear from the sides of the car. Vitnesses:

I claim as my invention \VM. H. LOW,

A deflector, E, attached to or built upon the S. B. BREWER.

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