US806809A - Semi-convertible car. - Google Patents

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PATENTED DEC. 12; 1905.

W. H. HEULINGS, JR.- SEMI-CONVERTIBLE GAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27 1903 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. HEULINGS, JR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVNIA, AS- SIGNOR TO JOHN A. BRILL, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

SEMI-CONVERTIBLE cAFi.

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. HEULINGS,

'J r. ,a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Semi-Convertible Car, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to simplify the constructions of this class and to provide a car in which the windows may be made of maximum length and in which the windowpockets extend adjacent to the lower edge of the side sills of the car and immediately inside the same, that when the car is in its open condition, which is suitable for summer use, the sashes will be completely concealed in the window-pockets in the side of the car. This object I accomplish by means of the construction hereinafter set forth and shown in the drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a sectional view of a portion of the car, showing the sashes in the position they occupy when the car is closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the sashes in a position which they occupy when the car is open. Figs. 3, 1, and 5 show details of construction.

Throughout the various views similar references designate similar parts.

- The car-body 1 is provided with the frame 2, which comprises sills 3, crossings 4:, braces 5 and 6, and floor-supporting strips 7. The sills are provided with channel-irons 8 on their outer edges, and the horizontal webs 9 and 10 of said channel-iron 8 extend outwardly. A Wooden filling 11 is fixed to the inner surface of the channel-iron 8, and to the inner surface of the wooden filling 11 are secured chairs 12, which are preferably castings, although they may be made in any suitable way.

The stanchions 13 are secured to the sills 3 and rest on the chairs 12 in any suitable manner, and these stanchions support the roof of the car and also form guides and supports for the separate sashes 1a and 15, which are made and secured in the usual way. The stanchions 13 are connected on their inner edges by the boards 16 and 17 and footboard 18, and on their outer edges they are connected by the window-sills 19, and these are connected by the usual outer skin 20, which is also fixed to a strip of wood 20, which is nailed to the filling 11. The window-sill 19 and board 16 are connected by the usual sill-pieces 21, which Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 27,1903. Serial No. 158,924.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905..

I areremovable, so that the sashes 14: and 15,

which slide in grooves 13 in the stanchions or posts 13, may either enter or be removed from the grooves 13 and 13, respectively, when the windows are opened or closed.

The chairs 2 comprise two parallel plates 23 and 24, which are united by a slotted web 25 and horizontal webs 26. The web 25 is grooved at 27 and 28, and the plate 24: is provided with horizontal and inwardly-projecting webs 29 and 30, which are supported by verticallydisposed webs 31 and 32, which unite with the horizontal web 33 to form a pocket for the crossing 4.

The chairs 12 are secured to the wooden filling3 at points immediately opposite the stanchions 13, so that the grooves 27 and 28 form a continuation ofthe sash-guiding grooves 13 in said stanchions, and suitable erossings f and braces 6 are secured to said chairs, so as to brace the floor-frame and tie the sills together. The floor-supports 7, which extend parallel to the side sills 3, rest with their ends on the webs 29 and 30.

From the above it is obvious that sash-pockets are formed in the side walls of the car and between the stanchions which extend within the side sills and adjacent to the lower edges, so that the car-windows may be made of maximum length,and when the car is in its open condition these sashes will be entirely inclosed and protected in the sash-pockets.

While 1 have shown and described one embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that many others may be made by the substitution of equivalents or by changing the form and proportion of parts without departing from the spiritand scope of my invention and without sacrificing any of the advantages thereof. I therefore wish it to be understood thatI do not consider my invention as limited to the precise structure as set forth,-but regard all structures as equivalent which come within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a car or similar vehicle, a sill comprising a channel-iron with horizontal and outwardly-disposed webs, and a wooden reinforcing secured to the inner edge thereof.

2. In a car or similar vehicle, aframe, provided with a sill comprising a channel-iron, a wooden filling secured to said channel-iron, and a chair fixed to said filling.

3. In a car or similar vehicle, a frame provided with a sill comprising a channel-iron, with a wooden filling, and chairs secured to said wooden filling, and stanchions extending from said sill at points adjacent to said chairs.

4. In a car or similar vehicle, a sill, comprising a channel-iron with a wooden filling, a chair secured to said filling, tie -.pieces and braces secured to said chair.

5. In a car or similar vehicle, a sill comprising a channel-iron with a wooden filling fixed thereto, a chair fixed to said filling, and a tiepiece and braces fixed to said chair, and floorsupports secured to said braces.

6. In a car or similar vehicle, a car-body comprising a frame with side sills, and the window or sash pockets extending below the upper surface of said sill, and within the same.

7. As an article of manufacture, a chair for the frames of streetcars, comprising two plates united by a grooved web, and horizontal and vertical webs extending from one of said plates.

8. In a car or similar vehicle. a sill comprising an outer angle-iron, and an inner wooden reinforce, and chairs secured to said reinforce.

9. In a convertible car or similar vehicle, sills comprising an outer angle-iron, and an inner wooden reinforce, chairs, and a flooring supported on said chairs.

10. In a car or similar vehicle, asill comprising an outer angle-ironand an inner reinforce, chairs, and stanchions secured to said chairs.

11. In a car or similar vehicle, a sill comprising an outer angle-iron and an inner wooden reinforce, chairs with pockets inside the same, and posts or stanchions extending into said pockets.

Signed in the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, this 19th day of May, 1903.

WM. H. HEULINGSI,IJR.

Witnesses:

W. L. BULMER, WM. J. FERDINAND.

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