US631418A - Combined day and sleeping car. - Google Patents

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No. 63l,4l8. Paten ted Aug. 22,1899.

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COMBINED DAY AND SLEEPING CAB.

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JOHN M. BURTON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

COMBINED DAY AND SLEEPING CAR;

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent NO.,631,418, dated August 22, 1899.

Application filed April 21, 1899- To all whom 726.112.0011 concern.-

Beit known that I, JOHN M. BURTON,of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Railway Sleeping-Cars,v

of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, andexact to enable any person skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side View of the interior of the car, showing one section, the position of the chairs, and the manner of folding up the beds in said section. Fig. 2 is a similar side view of one section of the car interior, showing the manner of making up the upper and lower berths and the position of same when in use. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of the chairs composing the end of a section. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken near the top of said chairs, showing the construct-ion and mechanism of the upper berth. Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing the upper berth in position for use and a means for locking the two-part berth together. Fig. 6 is a crosssection of one of the bed-frames.

Like letters and numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different views of the drawings.

My invention relates especially to an improvement in railway-sleeping-cars; particularly in the construction of the chairs and the manner of making up the beds or berths with said chairs.

I aim to supply a device applicable to cars already in use in regular passenger service safe and easyto adjust, combining at night all of the comforts of the most luxurious palace sleeping-car at a minimum of expense to railroad companies and the traveling public.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, Fig. 1, are represented the double chairs composing what is known as one section in a sleeping-car. appearance and position these chairs do not differ from those now in use. In place of the cushions forming the backs of the chairs or seats in the usual construction I substitute a when not in use.

In general Serial No- '713,903. (No model.)

flexible covering A, of plush orother material, inclosed within a frame and hinged to a rod F. Said flexible covering is adapted to be swung up to a perpendicular position to form a partition between that and the adjoining section. Said covering A also serves as a shield .to a bed-frame containing a mattress E beneath it. The frame J J J and W is shown'in Fig. 6 and c c in Fig. 3. Said frame is hinged at its upper extremity to the pipe P by means of the bands G. Said vframe and mattress is adapted to be swungupward to a horizontal position to meet a similar swinging bed-frame and mattress similarly arranged at the opposite" end of the, section, and by means of a locking mechanism the said two'swinging bedframes and mattresses are joined and locked when raised to a horizontal position and complete the upper berth.

Each section of the upper-berth frame is provided with a movable head-rest M, supported upon the pipe P by means of the straps O, and is pivotally arranged upon the shaft X. Sufficientspace is afforded to allow the rest M to swing to an inverted position The bed-frames of the upper berths are supported upon the pipes P through the medium of the straps G. The pipes P rest in countersunk collars U in the wood standards I. f The pipes P are provided with rods H, movable and extending the full length of the pipes P. Sleeved upon the rods Hare serrated circular pieces'V, which are riveted to the pipe P through the medium of springs N and rod H. Similar serrated pieces engage with the serrated piece .V to hold the berth at any position on its upward movement and are disengaged by a movement of the rod H through the pipe P.

The bed-frames, both sides and bott0m,are preferably of wood. At each end of the bedframe sides is fastened a small metal casting. Secured to the castings are a series of metal bars J for strengthening the bedframes. The metal bars J also serve as a shield to the jointed folding extension-bar 2, which looks the bed-frame together.

In Fig. 5 is shown a means of locking the beds composing the upper berth together, and it consists of a metal bar K, which is inclosed by the bed-frame W, and metal bars J. (See Fig. 6.) Said bar Kis provided with Ioo a jointed swinging extension 2, adapted to enter a corresponding recess in the opposite bed-frame when raised horizontally, and thus form a secure and safe lock to the upper berth, and when not employed for this purpose the jointed extension can be folded within the frame IV and J J J beneath the bar K.

The stationary seats are securely fastened to the sides of the car and floor. Sufficient space remains beneath the car-seats and in the car sides to store all necessary bedclothing. Many travelers prefer to remain dressed at night on board cars, and those averse to paying exorbitant rates for the privileges now afiorded in many instances would carry their own blankets. An ordinary passengercar fifty feet long carries fifty-six passengers.

The same car can be equipped with the in- T and for the purpose specified.

vention described and accommodate the passengers both day and night.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a railway-car seats having movable swinging backs comprising one part of a bedframe and mattress and a flexible covering adapted to be raised to a perpendicular position to form a dividing-partition between the berth-sections and when lowered to form a covering and shield to the bed-frame and mattress substantially as and for the pur pose specified.

2. In railway-carscats the backs thereof of a railway-car the shield or supplementary cushion A substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In the chairs of a railway-car the combination of the separating-partition D swinging bed-frame C and \V mattress E and flexible covering A substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a railway-car seats having movable backs which form upper berths when raised horizontally in pairs flexible partitions forming the exterior of the movable backs and mechanism for locking the berths together substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a sleeping-car in combination with movable beds forming the backs of car-seats the supporting-pipesl rods 11 and serrated engaging couplings Z and V substantiallyas '7. Sleeping-car seats having hinged swinging bed-frames in combination with the folding extension-bar 2 metal bars .I and side pieces \V substantially as and for the purpose specified.

S. In sleeping-car seats having hinged movable backs in combination with the bedframes the mattress E pivoted head-rest M and flexible shield A substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 1 name to this specification, in the presence of provided with an exterior flexible shield or two subscribing witnesses, on this 17th day of April, A. I). 189-).

JOHN M. BURTON.

Vitnesses:

BLANCHE O. BURTON, EUGENE B. BEARD.

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