US608617A

US608617A - Thomas millen

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Publication number: US608617A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-08-09
Anticipated expiration: 1915-08-09

Description

N0. 608,6l7. Patented Aug. 9, l898i. T. MILLEN.

CAR STEP LIFTER.

(Application filed Mar. 1, 1898.)

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THOMAS MILLEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAR-STEP LIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 608,617, dated August 9, 1898, Application filed March 1, 1898. $eria1 No: 672,158. (No modeh) To (0% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS MILLEN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oar-Step Lifters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to what may be termed oar-step lifters-in other words, a device which is situated at the front or rear platform of a street-car and so arranged as to fold the lower step on that side of the car which is not in use, as will be hereinafter explained.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, my invention is fully illustrated, with similar letters of reference to indicate corresponding parts, as follows:

Figure 1 represents a View looking toward the end of the car, showing the lifting device in side elevation and end view of the step A, the step being down and in position for use. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the step raised and folded against the step-hangers N as it will appear when not in use. Fig. 3 represents a side view of the liftarm H, showing the manner in which the handle K is placed on the hook S, situated on the inside of the dash.

It has been the custom heretofore to fold the steps up by hand and fasten them with a hook at each end of the route, it being necessary for obvious reasons to havethe step on the inside of the car-4. 6., that side which passes the opposite-going car-folded up out of the way, so as to give more space between two passing cars, and it is also quite necessary at times, when passing trucks or wagons in crowded thoroughfares, to close the outside step until a vehicle or obstacle which may be in close proximity is passed and then lower the step again.

The construction of my device is to place a hanger, as a, under the platform Aof the car and place in the hanger a crankarm, as D. The step rests upon the hinged brace e, which is provided with a vertical arm, as F, the upper end of which -:is connected to the crank l) by means of the link G. To the opposite end of thecrank D is connected the liftingarm H,whieh passes through the platform A of the car and is provided with a handle, as K, upon the platform. Thus the operation of the device is simply for the motorman to lift up the handle K to the extent shown in Fig. 2. This throws the step A up against the stephangers N, as illustrated. The handle of the lift H is then simply placed over a hook projecting on the inside of the dash, and thus holds the step in this position.

When it is desired to lower the step, the handle K is lifted off the hook and pushed down, which places the step in position for use again. It will be thus seen that the operation of the device is very simple and that the lifting and lowering of the step is entirely Within the immediate operation of the motorman. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

1. A step-lifting device consisting of the crank D, trunnioned to a suitable hanger as c, crank D linked to the vertical arm F of the hinged step-rest e, substantially as de scribed.

2. A step-lifting device consisting of the hinged step-rest e, hinged to the hanger N,

and provided with a vertical arm F and adapted to be drawn downward by suitable means as crank D linked to the arm F, thereby folding the step up against the hanger N,substantially as described.

3. In a step-lifting device the combination of the crank D, lift-arm H and hanger c with the link G and hinged step-rest 6, provided with the vertical arm F, and hinged to the hanger N and arranged to operate substantially as described.

In testimonythatl claim the foregoing im-= provement in car-step lifters as above described I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of February, 1898.,

THOMAS MILLEN,

Witnesses:

E. W. PERRY, G. F. BADGER,