US706440A - Combined deflector and screen. - Google Patents

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No. 706,440. Patented Aug. 5, I902. C. R. McCLUEB.

COIBIIED DEFL EOTOR AND SCREEN.

(In Iodal.)

UNITED ST TE PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES R. McCLUER, or cI-nc eo, rLmnors, ASSIGNQR or ONE-HALF TO CHARLES E. oorncvgor oHroAe i -LmoIs.

COMBINED oEFLEoToR AND scalar-1N.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 706,440, dated Au ust 5, 19oz.

Application filed January 13, 1902. Serial No. 89,569. (No model.)

T on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. MCCLUER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have 5 invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in a Combined Deflectorand Screen; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which 10, it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification. My invention relates in general to a device for preventing the entrance of dust, cinders, &c. through open car-windows, and more particularly to a combined deflector and screen;

It is customary toprovide railroad passenger-cars with deflectors adapted to be removably inserted beneath the sashes of open windows and to project outwardly to intercept cinders and dust and also to provide removable screens to cover the opening beneath the open windows. The deflectors and screens are commonly made separate and are notordinarily both'used at once.

The object of my invention is to more fully protect the interior of a car from ingress of cinders and dust than is possible by the sepa rate use of a deflector or screen.

0 My invention, generally stated, consists in a combined deflector and screen adapted for simultaneous use to prevent the entrance of cinders and dust through an open car-window.

My invention will be more fully described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings,.inwhich the same is illustrated as embodied :ina convenient and practical form, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention; Fig. 2, a plan view thereof, and Fig. 3 a plan view showing the same folded up.

Similar reference characters are used to designate similar parts in the several figures of the drawings. e

Reference letter A indicates a windowscreen of any desired construction-such, for instance, asiscorhmonlynsed in passengercars to prevent the admission of cinders through the open space below a raised window. The screen is shown as consisting in two sectionsA' and A secured together by hinges a. Each section consists in a frame surrounding an open-work material a a usually a fine mesh wire screen.

Even a screen of fine niesh will permit dust to sift through to the interior of a car, owing very largely to the impactof the dust and cinders against thescreen coming from the direction of the engine when the car is in motion. In order to prevent the dust and cinders from reaching the outer surface of the screen, I provide a deflector B, which projects at substantiallyright angles to the path of movement of the car, and consequently intercepts the' 'ci'nders which come from the locomotive and would otherwise be forced against the exterior of the screen.

The deflector B is preferably made of sheet metal, which may be conveniently secured to one end of the screen, so as to project at substantially right angles therefrom, as clearly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. The deflector may be secured to the screen in any desired manner, preferably, however, by

hinges which will permit the deflector to be swung against the adjacent section of the screen when the same is not in use, so that it may be folded into a compact form, as shown in Fig. 3. I have shown the hinges as consisting in brackets o c, fastened to the outer surface of the end of one of the sections of the screen and provided with registering openings in which are seated the ends of a rod 0. Portions b b of thedeflector B are bent around the rod 0,,adjacent to the brackets o 0, thereby securely but pivotally connecting the deflector to the screen-section A A spring D, which for convenience is shown as a coil-spring,'surroun'ds the central portion of the rod 0 and engages at its opposite ends with the deflector B and the frame of the screen A thereby tending to swing the de flector outwardly with respect to the screen.

Lugs c 0, preferably formed integral with the brackets c c, extend into the path of movement of the deflector, so as to limit the outward movement of the same when it has reached a position substantially at right anglesto the plane of the screen.

The operation and manner of using my invention are as follows: When the window is raised, the sections of the, screen are inserted between the window-sill and the bottom of the Window-sash in the usual manner. The end of the screen at which is located the deflector isplaced at the side of the window toward the engine, sothat the deflectorwill project outwardlyin position to intercept cinders, dust, &c., which approach the screen from the direction in which the car is moving. The spring D tends to retain the deflector in the position where it engages the lugs o c,

'but'permits the deflector to be swung toward the screen when it engages an object adjacent to the car and which would otherwise either break or forcibly remove the deflector from the car. When it is desired tolower the window, the screen is removed and folded in the position shown in Fig. 3, which is permitted by swinging the deflector against the adjacent section of the screen, where it is retained by the weight of the other section of the screen when folded back upon the first section.

From the foregoing description it will be observed that I have produced a combined window-screen and deflector which may be readily placed beneath an open window, so as to fully protect the interior of the car from the ingress ofcinders and dust, and which when not in use may be folded into a compact and convenient form for storage.

While I have described more or less precisely the details of construction, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as I contemplate changes in form, the proportion of parts, and the substitution of equivalents as circumstances may suggest or render expedient without departing from the spirit of my invention.

and said deflector tending to maintain the de-.

flector in a plane at substantially right angles to said screen, but permitting said deflector to fold against the screen.

2. The combination with a removable win: dow-screen comprising hinged sections adapted to be folded upon each other when the .screen is removed from the window, of a dedow-screen for car-windows, of a deflector pivotally secured thereto, lugs projecting from said screen, and a spring interposed between said screen and'said deflector tending to retain the deflector in contact with said lugs, butpermitting the deflector to fold against the screen.

4:. The combination with a removable window-screen, of a deflector, hinges pivotally securing said deflector to said screen, integral lugs on said hinges projecting at substantially right angles to the plane of the screen, and a spring interposed between said screen and said deflector tending to-retain the deflector in contact with said lugs, but permitting the deflector to fold against the screen.

5. The combination with awindow-screen, of a deflector, brackets secured to said screen, integral lugs projecting from said brackets, a rod supported by said brackets around which portions of the deflector are bent, a spring surrounding said rod and engaging said deflector and said screen whereby the former is maintained in contact with said lugs.

In testimony whereof I sign this speciflca- Y tion in the presence of twowitnesses.

CHAS. R. MCOLUER.

Witnesses:

GEO. L. WILKINSON, CLARA C. CUNNINGHAM.

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