US600709A

US600709A - Face-protector for motorm en

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Publication number: US600709A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-03-15
Anticipated expiration: 1915-03-15

Description

(No Model.)

J. BOWEN.

PAGE PRQTEGTOR FOR MOTORMEN. No. 600,709. Patented Mar. 15,1898.

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NITED TATES JOHN BOWVEN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ANDREW RADEL, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

FACE-PROTECTOR FOR MOTORM EN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,709, dated March 15, 1898.

Application filed July 1'7, 1897. Serial No. 644,891. (No model.) i

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BOWEN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Face-Protectors for Motormen and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in vention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive device which will serve as a face-protector for motormen and car-drivers in heavy storms, thereby rendering the building of vestibules on street-cars unnecessary.

The special requirements of a device of this character are that the first cost shall be low enough so that it may be applied to all the cars on a line without great expense, that it may be placed Wholly out of the way without removal when not in use, and that it may be readily removed at any time or may be transferred from one end of the car to the other. In order to meet these requirements and to provide a device which will embody many of the functions ofa vestibule without the great expense and serious loss of room which the building of vestibules necessitates, I have devised the simple and novel face -protector which I will now describe, referring by numbers and letters to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation illustrating my novel face-protector as applied to the hood of a car; Fig. 2, an end view of the hood of a car, showing my novel face-protector applied thereto, a portion of the protector being in section on the line :0 0c in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of mynovel face-protector detached.

A denotes the hood of a car, and B my novel face-protector as awhole, said face-protector consisting, essentially, of a strip 1, preferably of waterproof material, to which is attached a frame 2, provided with a socket 3 to receive a sheet of glass 4for the motorman or driver to look through. Below the sheet of glass is an apron 5, provided with a ring 6, by means of which and a strap (not shown) the lower end of the protector may be secured to the dashboard of a car and may be so adjusted as to place the sheet of glass'at any required height to accommodate the face of the motorman or driver. The waterproof strip is wound upon a roller 7, preferably self-Winding, which is journaled in a frame C, consisting in the present instance of side plates 8, connected by cross-rods 9, the cross-rods and side plates being locked rigidly together by means of nuts 10 on opposite sides of the plates.

The frame, in the present instance the side plat-es, is provided with hook-shaped arms 11, which are adapted to receive the edge of the hood of a car. The face of the arms which engage the top of the hood may or may not be serrated,as shown, the protector as a whole being locked in position on the hood of a car by means of set-screws 12, which pass through one side, preferably the under side, of the hook-shaped arms, and engage the hood of the car, as shown in Fig. 2, thereby causing the upper side of the hook-shaped arms (shown in the drawings as serrated) to engage the hood of the car firmly and lock the protector in place. Should it be required at any time to remove the protector entirely from the car or to transfer it from one end of a car to the other, it is simply necessary to loosen the two set-screws, which leaves it wholly free. When it is desired to leave the protector upon the car, it is drawn up until the frame reaches the roller, and then the frame may be drawn up under the hood and locked there by means of a strap, hook, or any suitable device (not shown in the draw ings) which may engagethe ring upon the apron.

The construction of the frame is not of the essence of my invention. In the present in stance I have shown the body of the strip and the apron as in one piece, which is provided with an opening inclosed by the frame, the frame being made in two pieces, which lie on opposite sides of the strip, and are secured to gether by screws 13. The top of the frame is should it become broken.

ever, is reduced to the minimum by providing the bottom and sides of the frame with a U- shaped rubber strip 15, in which the sheet of glass rests. attached to the lower end of the strip and the apron attached to the lower end of the frame, these being mere details of construction which are not of the essence of my invention.

It will readily be understood that when my novel protector is upon a car in the event of a driving stormof rain or snow or of a severe wind it is simply necessary for the motorman or driver to draw down the protector until the sheet of glass is at the proper height for him to see through conveniently and secure it in that position. The driver is thus protected in front from driving storms and from wind and may, if desired, be protected at the sides by placing a similar protector at each side of the hood.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A face-protector for motormen comprising in its construction a Waterproof strip provided with a sheet of glass for the purpose set forth, a roller upon which the strip may be wound, a frame 0 in which the roller is journaled, and means for attaching the frame to a car.

2. A face-protector for motormen comprising in its construction a waterproof strip provided with a sheet of glass,aroller upon which the strip may be wound and a frame 0 in which the roller is journaled, said frame consisting of side plates connected by cross-rods If preferred, the frame may be I and provided with hook-shaped arms adapted to engage the hood of a car and set-screws by which the protector is clamped in place.

3. -A face-protector for motormen comprising in its construction a strip provided with an opening, a frame 2 inclosing said opening and provided with a socket to receive a sheet of glass, a roller upon which the strip may be wound, a frame C in which the roller is journaled, and means for attaching frame 0 to a car.

4. A face-protector for motormen consisting of a strip provided with an opening and a frame which receives a sheet of glass,an apron below the frame provided with a ring for-the purpose set forth, a roller upon which the strip is wound, aframe C in which the rolleris j ournaled and means for attaching the frame to a car.

5. A face-protector for motormen comprising in its construction a strip provided with anopening, a two-part frame 2 inclosing said" opening and provided with a socket having a U-shaped rubber strip to receive a sheet of glass, a roller upon which the strip may be wound, a frame 0 in which the roller is journaled and means for attaching said frame to a car.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN BOWEN.

Witnesses:

A. M. WOOSTER, S. V. I-IELEY.