US833181A - Car. - Google Patents

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' CAR.

APPLICATION PILED JAN. 24, 1906. v

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PATBNTED OCT. 16, 1906.

No. 833,18l.

G. W. SHIPPEE.

' CAR.

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CHARLES W.SHIPPEE, OF MILFORD MASSACHUSETTS.

CAR.

No. &33,181.

Specfication of Letters Patent.

Patented oct, 16, 1906.

Application filed January 24, 1906. Serial No. 297548.

drawings,is a specification, like numerals on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to cars, and especially to cars .adapted for street or electric railways; and the Object of the invention is to provide a car of this class with a novel window and door construction.

In cars as heretofore made having a vestibule in which the vestibule-platform is on a lower level than the floor of the car the outside door leading into the vestibule is a Swinging or folding door. According' to my invention I make this door of the sliding variety, 'which when open slides into a door-pocket formed in the side wall of the car. Since the floor of the vestibule is below thelevel of the car-floor, the pocket for the door is made to eXtend below the level of the car-floor and is preferably located eXterior to the sills of the The window-sashes in my improved car are arranged to be let down into windowpockets formed in .the side wall of the car bewindows firmly in their closed, open, or any intermediate position I employ a movable clamping-strip which extends up and down the window-hame and which by its engagement with the window-sash clamps the latter in any desired position.

I will first describe one embodiment of my invention and then point out the novel features thereof in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of one end of a car embodying my invention, a portion of the side of the car being broken out to better show the novel features. Fig. 2 is a section on substantially the line x x, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line b b, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical section through one side of a car, showing one form of window-pocket. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing a slightly different form of window-pocket. Fig. 6 is a side view of a portion of the car, showing the manner of supporting the posts. Fig. 7 is a detail showing the manner of looking the window. Fig. 8 is a section on the line y y,

device for the window. Fig. 10 is a section on the line a a, Fig. 9. Fig. ll is a section similar to Fig. 10, showing' still another construction of looking device for the window.

Fig. 12 is a View showing the window raised. Fig. 13 is a section on substantially the line c c, Fi 6.

i The usual sills eXtending longitudina-lly of the car and on which the floor is supported are designat-ed by 3, and these may be of any suitable or usual Construction. I have herein shown'them as I-beams, although they may be made in any shape and of any material.

4 designates the floor of the car, which is above the level of the I-beams and is supported on suitable cross beams. (N ot shown.) The car herein shown is of the vestibule type, and the floor or platform 5 of the vestibule is situated below the level of the car-'floor 4.

As herein shown, the sills- 3 are provided with extensions 6, Situated to sustain the platform or vestbule floor 5, and said floor may be on substantially the same level as the. under side of the sills 3, so that the step from the vestibule 5 to the car-floor 4 is one sub stantially equal to the depth of said sills, or said vestibule-floor may be slightly below the sills.

7 designates the out-side door leading'to the vestbule. Usually these doors are openedby swinging them into the vestibule. The door 7 of my improved car is a sliding door, and when 'it is opened it is slid back into a pocket 8, formed in the wall 9 of the car. This pocket is formed between the outer sheathing 10 and the inner wall of the side of the car, and it extends from the top of the car side clear to the bottom of thesill 3 and below the level of the floor 4. This pocket 8, it will be seen, is located eXterior to the sill 3, as best seen from Fig. 3, and in order to make room for the door the upper flange 100 of the I-beam may be cut away slightly, as shown in said F ig. 3. By making the pocket 8 eXtend eXterior to the sill 3 below the level of the floor 4 and to the level of the vestibule-floor 5 I am enabled to use a sliding instead of a folding door. A sliding door has' many advantages over a folding door.

The window-sashes 12 along the side of the car are each adapted to be lowered into a window-pocket 13, formed between the outer IOO IIO

sheathing 10 and the inner wall 11 of the car side, and these windoW-pockets are herein shown as extending eXterior to the sill 3 and substantially to the lower edge of the sill, so that the lower window-sashes when lowered in the pockets are completely concealed. These window-pockets 13 are formed by means of a casting or foot 14, which is bolted or otherwise Secured to the sill 3 and extends su'Hiciently beyond the same to form the bottom of the pocket. Theioot herein shown is provided with a'vertie'al i'lange 15, against which the lower edge of thesheathing 10 rests, and with a lip 16 on which said sheathing rests. In 'some cases it may be desirable to make the bottom of the window-pocket on substantially the level of the loweredge of u the' sill 3, as shown in Fig. 4,-in which case the main body of the foot portion will have the shape shown in saidFig. 4. If it is desired 'to de'epenthe windowocket so that the *windows m'ay be dropped lower than shown in Fig. 4, I may make the foot portion 5 e u 13'of the shape'shown in Fig. 5, in which the foot has' the dropped portion or groove 39, in

whichthe lower edge of the window-sash is received when the window is open. By using this form of foot the' window-pocket' is carried below the level of the sills 3, and consequently the car may be made with lower window-sill's than is possible with the form sliown'inFig. 4'. Injcase the vestibule-plat- 'form is below the level of the sill, as shown in Fig. 1, the portion of the foot 14 'forming the -bottom of the pocket 8 will also be provided with a drop portion 30, in which the lower 'edge of thedoor is received, and the bracket 6 will be similarly shaped.

- For looking the window-sashes 12 in either opened or closed or in any intermediate position I em'ploy a clamping-strip by which the window is firmly clamped and locked in its adjusted position; The clamping-strip' may have various shapes and. positions. In Figs. -7 and 8 i`t=is designated by'17 and is located at the side of 'the window-sash. It preferably extends substantially to the top of the window-opening, and also into 'the pocket 13 nearly to the 'bottom thereof. The clamping-strip is constructed to be moved toward the window-sash, thereby to clamp the same firmly in its groove to hold it in any desired position. As shown in Figs. 7 and 8, this clamping-strip is provided with a plurality of inclined slots 18, through which project 'pins or screws;19, entering the windowrame If the clamping-strip 17 is moved upwardly, 'it will be carried away from the window-sash 12, as will be obvious, owing to the inclination of the slots 18, while if said clamping- 'strip moves downwardly it will be clamped against the sash 12. The strip 17 may be gven its vertical movement in any desired Way. One convenient way is to place on the back of said strip teeth 20, which'mesh with a pinion 21, carried by a shaft 22 which projects into the interior of the car and is provided with a hand-wheel 23. By manipulating the hand-wheel the clamping-strip 17 may be separated slightly from the windowsash 12, thereby permitting said windowsash to be raised or lowered, and when it is in the desired position the window-sash may be clamped by merely moving the clampingstrip downwardly, thereby causing it to clamp the window-sash hard against the ;guiding strip or piece 24 on the opposite side of the window. Since the clamping-strip extends nearly to the top of the window-opening and also substantially to the bottom of the pocket, it will be observed that the Window-sash may be locked either in its open or closed position, and when locked it is held 'firmly against rattling.

In Figs. 9 and 10 the clamping-strip is designated by 170, and it is arranged in the bottom oi' the groove which receives the side rail of the window-sash 12. Said clampingstrip is provided with cam projections 26, which engage inclines 27, formed in the bottom of the groove in the window-frame 28, which receives the window-sash. 'The cam projections and the inclines 27 are so disposed that when the clamping-strip is moved in one direction it will be carried toward the win- (low-sash, and thus clamp the latter firmly against the window-frames, while' when moved in the other direction the windowsash will be unclamped and can be freely raised or lowered. The clamping-strip 170 is provided with the inclined rack 38, which meshes with a pinion 37. mounted in the windowrame 28 and is provided with a handle 29, by means of which it may be turned. The inclination of the rack 38 is the same as that of the wedges 26, so that the up-and-down movement of the clamping-strip 170 does not carry the rack and pinion out of engagement.

In Fig. 11 the clamping-strip is designated by 17 and it is provided with a beveled edge 31, adapted to engage the beveled edge 32 of the window-sash. The clamping-strip 17 a is moved vertically and laterally in the same manner that the clamping-strip 17 is, and its lateral movement will bring the beveled edge 31 thereof against the beveled edge 32 of the window-sash 12 and will crowd the windowsash both laterally and longitudinally of the car, and thus will fi'mly clamp said windowsash in any adjusted position. The car side at either end adjacent the pocket 8 for the door is provided with windows 33, there being one window each side of said pocket. These windows preferably may be fixed or stationary windows and incapable of being opened. I propose to provide beneath each window a movable window-sill, which when the window is closed forms the window-sill proper and which when the window is open IOC This pinion is IIO &33,181

or occupying the window-pocket 13 forms a cover for said' pocket. i 'This window-sill is designated by 41 and may be either made of sheet-iron bent to the proper shape or made of any suitable material. It preferably is hinged at its inner edge to a piece 42', that extends beneath the window and that is in turn hinged to the sheathing 11, as', at 44, Fig. 4. The Window-sill 41 is preferably made With an arm-rest 43, which extends substantially the full length of the window-sill and is located in a convenient position for ,a person to rest his arm upon when the window is open. When the window is closed, the window-sill spans the top of the pocket 13 and the lower edge of the window-sashrests thereon, as seen in Fig. 12, In order to lower the window into the pocket, the window is first raised slightly and then the window-sill is drawn inwardly to uncover the pocket. The hinge connection between said window and the hinged piece 42 permits this movement of the window-sill. When the pocket is uncovered, the window may be lowered into the pocket and then the pocket be covered again, as shown in Fig. 4. The window-sill 41, therefore, has two functions to perform-first, the function of a window-sill and, second, of the cover to the pocket when the window is open. By pivoting the window-sill to the hinged piece 42 the window-sill may be moved laterally instead of swung about its pivotal connection in covering or uncovering the pocket, and therefore it is not necessary to raise the window to any eXtent in order to withdraw the window-sill from beneath the window. The windows slide between vertical posts 60, which eXtend from the top of the car down to the foot 14, and which are preferably secured to the foot by angle-irons or in any other suitable way, as illustrated at 61 in Fig. 6. These posts have in them the grooves in which the windoW-sashes slide and have secured thereto the locking-strips above referred to. Preferably the posts 60 rest on the bottom of the foot 14 and the said posts, sill, and vertical flange 15 of the foot 14 may all be bolted together, as at 62. By makin the foot 14 run the full length of the sill 3` and by having the fiange 15 thereof bolted to the posts 60 and to the sill 3-said post and foot serve to truss and give additional strength to the sill.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a car, a car-floor, a vestibule-platform at the end of the car Situated below the level of the car-floor, and an outside sliding vestibule-door, the walls of the car having a pocket to receive said door.

2. In a car, a car-floor, a vestibule-platform at the end of the car Situated below the level of the car-floor, and an outside sliding vestibule-door having its lower edge substantially on the level of the Vestibule-platform, the walls of the car having a pocket to receive said door.

3. In a car, longitudina'lly-extending sills, a car-floor supported thereby, a vestibuleplatform at the end of the car below the level of the car-floor, and a sliding vestibule-door having itslower edge substantially on the level of the vestibule-platform, the side oi' the car having a pocket eXterior to the sill and extending below the'level of the car-floor to receive said door when it is opened.

4. In a car, longitudinally-extending sills, a car-floor supported thereby, a vestibule` platform at the end of the car below the level of the sills, and a sliding vestibule-door having its lower edge substantially on a level with the vestibule-platform, the side of the car having a pocket eXterior to ,the sill and extending below the level thereof to receive the door when it is open.

5. A car having a window-sash, a windowpocket in the side of the car to receive said Window-sash When the window is opened, a clamping-strip extending into the pocket, and means to move the clamping-strip toward and from the window-sash.

6. In a car, longitudinally extending sills, a car side having a window-pocket therein, said pocket eXtending below the bottom of the sills, and a window-sash adapted to be received in said pocket when the window is o en.

7. In a car, longitudinally-extending sills, a car side having window-openings and a window-pocket beneath each window-opening, and a foot secured to the sill and extending' longitudinally thereof and forming the bottom of all the pockets, said foot being separate from the sides of the pockets.

8. In a car, longitudinally-extending sills, a car side having window-openings and a window-pocket beneath each window-opening, and a foot secured to the sill and extending longitudiaally thereof and forming the bottom of all the pockets, said foot having a lip or shoulder to receive the outer sheathing of the car.

9. A car having window-openings in its side and a Window-pocket beneath each window-opening, a longitudinally-extending sill, and a member forming the bottom of all the pockets, said member being separate from both the sill and the outer sheathing of the car.

10. In a car, a longitudinally-extending sill, a car side comprising an outer sheath and an inner wall forming between them a pluralit y of windo w-pockets, and a foot extending longitudnally of the sill and forming the bottom of said window-pockets, said foot being separate from both the sheathng and the sill and being secured to the latter and serving to strengthen the same.

11. A car having window-openings in its lOC side and a windowocket formed between the outer sheathing and the inner Wall of the car side beneath each window-opening, a longitudinally-extending sill, and a member Secured to the sill and extendng the full length thereof and serving both to strengthen said sill and to form the bottom of all the Wndow-pockets.

12. In a car, a longitudinally-extending sill, a foot extending the length of the sill and secured thereto, and posts resting on and secured to said foot and forming the division between the windows at the side of the ear, said foot being separate from both the sill and sheathing of the ear side.

13. Ina car, a sill extendng along the side of the ear, a foot extending the full length of the sill and secured thereto, vertieally-extending posts resting on and Secured to said foot, and windows slidably mounted between said posts, said foot being separate from both the sill and sheathing of the ear side.

14. In a car, a longitudinally-extending sill,

` a foot extending the length of the sill and seeured thereto, said foot having a vertical flange, sheathng forming the sides of the ear supported on said foot, Vertical posts resting 'on said foot and Situated between the win- CHARLES W. SHIPPEE.

Witnesses:

LOUIs C. SMITH, MARGARET A. DUNN.

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