US835799A

US835799A - Sleeping-car.

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Publication number: US835799A
Application number: US28636705A
Authority: US
Inventors: Duncan S Mcewing
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1905-11-08
Filing date: 1905-11-08
Publication date: 1906-11-13
Anticipated expiration: 1923-11-13

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` l PATBNTED NOV. 13. 1906. D. S. MOEWING.

SLEEPING CAR.

APPLIQATION FILED Nov. 9. 1905.

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PATBNTED NOV. 13, 1906.

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SLEEPING GAR. APPLICATION FILED NOV. '8, 1905.

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D. s. MOBWING. A SLEEPING CAR.'

APBLIUATION FILED NOV. 8. 1905.

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SLEEPING GAR. APPLIUATION FILED Nov. s. i905.

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No. 835,799. PATENTED NOV. 13, 1906.

D. S. MGEWING.

SLEEPING GAR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8. 1905.

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SLEEPING-CAR.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13,1906.

Application filed November 8, 1905. seriaiN'o. 286,367.

T0 all whom, it 1v1/ty concern:

Be it known that I, DUNCAN S. MoEwING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SleepingeCars 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of-this specification.

This invention relates to sleeping-cars; and it includes improvements in convertible chairs and berths and in means for forming compartments in the car within which the berths are contained when adjusted for use.

i The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

The convertible chairs and berths employed in carrying out my invention have extensible seats and hinged back-sections adapted to be placed either in a vertical position or rearwardly inclined. The chairs are arranged in the car in two parallel rows, the chairs in the two rows being opposite each other and each pair of opposite chairs being adapted to form a lower berth. Each chair is pivotally sup orted, so as to swing on a vertical axis. T e pivots ofthe chairs at one side of the car are so arranged that when the chairs are swung into position to bring the seats thereof transverse to the car one end of the seat will stand parallel with and adjacent to the side wall of the car and when the chairs are turned to bring the seat portions thereof longitudinally of the car with the front edges of said seats facing the opposite sides of the car a side aisle will be formed between the back of the seat and the adjacent wall of the car. The chairs on the opposite side of the car have sliding connection with their pivotal supports and are so arranged that when the chairs are swung into position to bring the seats thereof transversely of the car with their ends parallel with and adjacent to the side wall of the car the said chairs may be shifted to bring their pivots beneath the rear parts or backs of the seats and when the chairs are turned to bring their backs parallel with the side wall of the car they may be shifted to bring the pivots thereof adjacent to the front edges of their seats and the backs thereof'adjacent to the side wall of the car. It follows from the arrangement described that when the chairs are in use in the day-time as seats they will stand transversely of the car along the sides of the same, thereby forming a central aisle, and when the chairs are swung on their pivots so as to face each other and those at one side of the car shifted outwardly toward ythe adjacent side wall of the car an aisle extending along one of the side walls of the car will be formed. The opposite chairs constituting each pair are, moreover, so arranged lthat when the seats thereof face each other and the extensible seat portions of the two chairs extended the parts or sections constituting the cushioned backs of the seats may be folded down to a horizontal position and rest upon the extended seats to form lower berths.

In connection with the lower berth formed by chairs arranged as described upper berths are formed by means of berth-sections ivotally supported in the upper part of t e car and adapted to form a series of upper berths located over the lower berth formed by said chairs.

My invention may be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-f- Figure l is a plan view of a part of a railway-car, showing four chairs arranged side by side and made up to form two berths and two other chairs in condition for use as seats. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the car, taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a crosssection of the car, taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a like crosssection of the car, taken upon line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detailfplan section showing the seat-frame of one o the seats that has' sliding movement relatively to its pivotal support. Fig. 6 is a detail section taken upon line 6 6 of Fig. 5.` Fig. 7 is a plan section taken upon line 7 7 of Fig. 3. is a detail section taken upon line 8 8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a sectional view showing one of the chairs with its seat portion extended and back-section folded down to form one-half or end of a lower berth. Fig. 10 is a sectional view of the seat shown in Fig. 9 with parts in position to form a chair. Fig. 11 is a detail section taken upon the vertical plane indicated byline 11 11 of Fig. 10. Fig. 12- is a IOO horizontal detail plan section taken upon line 1212 of Fig. 10.

As shown in the drawings, A indicates the car-Hoor A A', the side walls of the car A2, the turret-roof; A3 A3, the side walls of the turret, and A4 the lateral portions of the car-roof,

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which connect the upper margins of the side walls A A with the side walls A3 A3 of the turret.

Now, referring to the construction of the chairs, all of said chairs embrace in common general features of construction as follows: The frame of the chair-seats consists principally of horizontal end pieces B B, rear standards B and front standards B2,` and front and rear longitudinal pieces or rails B3 B4. The rear and front standards B B2 are extended below the seat-frame to constitute legs for' the chair and are extended above said seat-frame and have attached to their upper end horizontal bars B5, constituting a support for the chair-arms. Mounted on the bars B5 are arm-rests B, which have endwise sliding movement thereon and which, as herein, shown, are made of U shape in cross-section and fit over the upper margins of said bars B5. C C indicate standards constituting pivotal supports for the chairs. The standards C support the frames of the chairs at the side of the car at which the aisle is formed and are attached directly to the bottoms of the seat-frames. Said standards C are, however, so connected with the carfloor as to have slight extent of adjustment toward and from the adjacent side wall of the car for a purpose hereinafter set forth. The standards C', belonging to the chairs at the side of the car opposite that at which the aisle is formed, have sliding connection at their upper ends with the seat-frames, so that the chairs may be shifted on the standards in a direction transversely of the chairseats. Said standards C have fixed connection with the car-floor and are located at a distance from the adjacent side of the car approximately equal to one-half of the length of the chair-seat. The standards C at the aisle side of the car are located approximately beneath the rear margins of the chairseats centrally between the ends of said seats and at a distance from the adjacent side wall of the car approximately equal to one-half of the length of theseats, as clearly indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the result of this construction being that when the chairs are swung so as to bring the front and rear edges of their seats parallel with the side walls of the car and with the front edges of their seats facing the opposite chairs a passage or aisle will be formed between the backs of the seats and the adjacent side walls of the car, as

clearly seen in Fig. 1, but when the chairs arev swung to bring the'front and rear edges of their seats transverse to the side walls of the car the ends of the seats will come against the said adjacent side wall, as also shown in Fig. 1. The sliding connection between the standards C and the chairs are so arranged that when the chairs are in use for seats in the day-time and are turned to bring their seats transverse to the car such standards will be beneath the rear margins of the seats; but when the chairs are turned to bring the front and rear edges of their seats parallel with the side walls of the car and the seatframes are shifted on the standards to bring the backs of the chairs against the adjacent side wall of the car said standards will be nearly beneath the front margins of the chaireseat, as also shown in Fig. 1.

The sliding connection between the standards C and the chair-seat frames is, as shown in the drawings and illustrated in Figs. 5, 6, 9, and 10, constructed as follows: rlhe seatframes are provided with centrally-arranged transverse members b b, extending between the front and rear rails B3 B4, and between said bars l) l) is formed a longitudinal slot b', at one end of which is formed a circular opening b2. Each standard C is hollow or tubular and has a base-flange which rests upon the top of the car-floor and at its upper end a horizontal flange which forms a support on which the bars b b rest. Within the hollow standard C is an upright spindle C2, the upper end of which extends above the top surface of the standard through the slot b or opening b2. At the top of the spindle C2 is secured a horizontal plate c, which bears against the top surfaces of the bars b b. The upper end of the spindle C2 is fiattened and made of suitable width to pass through the slot b when the seat is turned on the standard so as to bring the sides of the slot parallel with the said flattened upper end of the spindle. When, however, the chair-frame is shifted forward on the standard so that the latter is beneath the rear part of the seat and the upper part of the spindle passes through the o eningbz, the seat-frame may be turned on t e spindle, the said o ening b2 being large enough to permit the attened upper end of the spindle to rotate within the saine. The flattened sides of the upper end of the spindle C2 are arranged transversely with respect to the side walls of the car, so that when the seat-frame is swung into its transverse or day-time position said upper end of the spindle will be locked in the opening b2 and the seat-frame cannot then be shifted on the standard. hen, however, the seat-frame is swung so as to bring its front and rear inargins parallel with the side walls of the car, then said seat-frame maybe slid or moved laterally on the standard toward the side walls of the car, the flattened upper end of the spindle C2 at this time sliding through the slot li and standing in the forward end of said slot when the back of the chair is in position adjacent to the side walls of the car, and the chair is in readiness for making up the lower berth, as clearly seen in Fig. 1.

As hereinbefore stated, the seat-supporting standards C are rigidly attached to the seat-frame; but said standards are so connected with the car-floor that the seat-frames lOO IIO

are shifted inwardly when swung from their ing bearing-stud C4, which has bearing in av bearing-sleeve C5, attached to the car-floor by means of a horizontal plate c at its upper end. The seat-standard C is attached to the disk C3 eccentrically thereto or at a point distant from its bearing-stud C4, so that when the seat is turned or rotated it swings on the pivot-stud C4 of the disk C3, with the result that the chair is bodily shifted a distance equal to the eccentricity of the standard when the chair is turned from its day-time position into position for making up the lower berth. The purpose of this inward shifting of the chair is to give a wide space between its back and the adjacent side wall of the car, thereby affording an aisle wider than the distance between the pivot on which it turns and the adjacent side walls of the car, or, in

other words, materially wider than one-half the length of the chair-seat.

shown, of a length sufficient to seat'two persons, so that when in position for use in the:` day-time two persons may occupy each chair and the two chairs at the opposite sides ofthe car when arranged to form a lower berth will afford a double berth, or one wide enough for` The general features of con struction set forth may, however, be ern-4 ployed where the chairs are only wide enough' two persons.

to seat one person; but in such case the berth will be narrow or wide enough for one persony only.

The seat portion of the chair is made eX- tensible by the employment of two bed-bottom sections adapted to be folded one upon ,the other to form a seat in the day-time and to be unfolded and brought to the same horizontal plane to form part of a lower berth,'

.their adjacent margins by hinges b5. These parts are so arranged that ,the upper frame B7 may be folded forwardly over the lower frame Bs to the position shown in Fig. 10, and when both of said bed-bottom sections are slid forwardly in or on the seat-frame the upper section may be swung rearwardly on the hinges b5 and allowed to rest on the seatsframe, the two sections being thus brought into the same plane, as seen in Fig. 9. The upper bed-bottom section B7 is shown as provided with a suitable upholstering, as indicated .by t, to form the chair-seat. B oth of said bedbottom sections are provided with coiled springs for supporting a mattress, as indicated by t7 bg, the springs 127 serving also to support the upholstered seat-bottom be. The lower bed-bottom section B8 is provided at the front margin of its frame with two depending rigid legs B9 B, adapted to rest upon the car-floor and to support the forward margins of said lower bed-bottom section when both sections are drawn outwardly, yas clearly seen in Fig. 9.

The chair-back is pivotally connected at its lower end with the seat-frame, and said chair-back consists of two side pieces D D, top and bottom horizontal cross-pieces D D2, and a rear wall d. In the case of the chairs nearest the aisle the backs have a thin inner rear wall d, separated from the back wall d by a space in which is arranged to slide a thin partition-section E. To the lower corners of the chair-back frame are attached two depending rigid arms D3, which are connected l with the rear legs B of the chair-frame by The chair-seats will usually be made, as

pivots D4. Said arms D3 are extended downwardly beyond said pivots and provided with a detent d2, arranged to engage the notches Y of notched segments D5, which are rigidly at-V tached to the chair-frame. The chair-back thus pivoted to the chair-frame may be placed in a vertical position, which is the position occupied when the berths are made up for sleeping purposes, or it may be placed in an inclined position, its inclination depending on the position in which it is held by engagement of the detents d2 d2 with the notches of the segments D5 D5.

F is a mattress-section which is hinged by pivots f f to the lower parts of the side framepieces D D of the chair-back frame and adapted to be folded against said frame to constitute a cushioned seat-back for the chair or to be folded downwardly into a horizontal position over the -bed-bottom sections B7 B8 when the latter are extended to constitute part of the lower berth. Said mattress-section consists of an open rectangular frame, the interior space of which is filled by a cushion which when the mattress-section is folded upwardly forms the chair-seat back, and when the mattress-section is folded downwardly into its horizontal position over the bed-bottom sections B7 and B8 constitutes onehhalf of a mattress for the lower berth, said cushion being sustained on the elastic support afforded by the springs t7 t8 in the said bed-bottom sections.

The arm-rests B6 are pivotally connected at-their rear ends with the back-frame of the chair, so that said arm-rests will slide backwardly and forwardly with saidback-frame when the inclination of the latter is changed. The top rails B5 of the armsare shown, Fig. i

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10, as provided with notches b to receive a pin bw in the arm-rest, the said notches being spaced to correspond with the notches of the notched segments D5, so that the locking of the arm-rests to the seat-arms will aid in holding the seat-back rigidly in any position to which it may be adjusted.

The laterally-sliding partition-sections E are employed in connection with the chairs adjacent to the side aisle only and are adapted to be slid laterally outwardly from their positions in the chair-backs when said chairbacks are vertical, so as to meet the chairbacks of adjacent berths, and thus form with the said chair-backs a continuous partition separating the several berth-sections from the longitudinal aisle of the car, as clearly seen in Fig. l. Access may be had from the aisle to the spaces between the lower berths by sliding said partition-sections F backwardly into the seat-backs; but as a preferable construction the said sections are divided vertically into two parts, and the outer parts thereof are hinged to the inner parts by hinges, (shown at e e, Fig. 2,) these hinges being arranged to come outside of the edges of the chair-backs when the sections are drawn outwardly, so that the hinged outer parts of the sections may be swung on the inner p arts, and thereby form hinged doors by which access may be obtained to the sections. It will of course be understood that the sliding partition-sections E are only as high as the seat-backs, so that said sliding partition-sections, with the seat-backs, constitute partitions dividing the lower parts of the berthsections from the aisle, separate means being provided for forming the upper parts of said longitudinal partitions, as hereinafter set forth.

Now referring to the construction by which is provided upper berths for the car, such upper berths are located severally over the lower berths formed by the chairs at the opposite sides of the car, and each berth embraces features of construction as follows: At the side of the car at which the aisleis formed when the lower berths are made up is located an upper-berth section II of the proper size to constitute one-half of the upper berth and the width of which in the direction of the length of the car corresponds generally with the width of the seats of the chairs constituting the lower berths. The upper-berth section I-I is pivoted to the lower end of a swinging frame I, which latter is pivotally connected at its upper end with the car-roof at a point below and adjacent to the side wall of the roof-turret, with its lower or free end arranged to swing outwardly against the side wall of the car, thereby bringing the said frame in the inclined position shown in Fig. 3, or downwardly until the frame is brought into a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 4.

The frame I consists of side and bottom frame members and a back consisting of two walls i i2, between which is located a sliding partition-section J. The back of the frame I when the said frame is swung downwardly, as shown in Fig. 4, constitutes an end wall for the upper berth, or, in other words, a partition between the upper part of the berth-section and the up er part of the side aisle of the car. The sli ing partition-section J is adapted to be drawn laterally outward when the frame I is in its vertical position, so as to form the upper part of a partition for separating the space between the two upper berths from the side aisle of the car, said partition-section J being located vertically over or in line with the like partition-section E of the lower berth. Said partition-section J is preferably made in two vertically-divided sections hinged to each other by hinges y' j, Fig. 2, as in the case of the partitionsection E, and adapted to form a swinging door when the section J is drawn out of its place in the frame I.

The swinging frame I is shown as pivoted to the car-roof by means of pivot-pins i, inserted through the upper ends of the side pieces of the frame, while the berth-section H, which fits between the said side pieces of the frame, is shown as pivoted to the latter by means of pivot-pins 7L. Said berth-section is adapted to be folded upwardly between the side pieces of the frame I and suitable provisions made for locking it in its folded position, as well as for locking the frame in its inclined position, as shown in Fig. 3. Said berth-section I-I stands in a horizontal position when folded downwardly, but when folded upwardly or into the frame I and when said frame I is swung into its inclined position and there locked the section I-I occupies the same position as the upper berth in an ordinary Pullman car, as heretofore constructed, and is out of the way of the occupants of the seat below the same. The said section II may be supported when in its lowered or horizontal position by any suitable means, that herein shown consisting of two pivotally-connected links J J2, of which the link J is pivoted at its upper end to the inner faces of the side pieces of the frame I, while the link J2 is pivoted to the outer face of the berth-section II near the outer end of the same, while the two links J J2 are connected by a pivoted stud j', which has sliding engagement with a slot y2 in the link J2. This constriction permits the two links J and J2 to be folded into the space between the side edges of the berth-section II and the side pieces of the frame I when the said berthsection is folded upwardly into the said frame. Said section I-I, as before stated, constitutes one-half of an upper berth, and the other half thereof is formed by a folding berth-section K, which is directly connected by a hinge 7c at its lower edge to the side wall ICO IIO

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of the car and is adapted to be folded upwardly, so as to bring its upper edge adjacent to the car-roof below the side wall A3 of the turret, so that the said berth-section K will stand at the same inclination and occupy the same position as the berth-section H when the latter is likewise folded upwardly.

In order to afford an interlocking connection of the berth-sections H and K with each other when in their lowered or horizontal positions for supporting the section K on said section H, said parts are provided at their meeting edges with interiitting hook-shaped locking-lugs hc, of which that on the section H is directed upwardly and that on the section K is directed downwardly. Said locking-lugs serve also to hold the two sections together or prevent their en'dwise separation,

such as would occur by the swinging of the lower end of the frame I outwardly toward the adjacent side of the car.

For holding the two berth-sections H and K in alinement with each other sliding bars L are arranged at the sides of the berth-sections, said bars being engaged with loops h2 h2 k2 k2 on the side faces of the sections H and K. Each locking-bar L is adapted to be' slid endwise inwardly along the side edge of the section K and to engage a guide-loop 7c3 when in its retracted position, the lockingba'r remaining on the said section K when the latter is folded upwardly.

Provision is made for locking the top of the seat-back of the chair adjacent to the aisle to the lower margin of the swinging frame I, consisting of two L-shaped lugs M M, which project above the top of the seat-back frame near the sides thereof, and like clips M M', located on the lower margin of said frame I in position to interlock with the lugs M when the chair-back and the said frame I are in veri tical alinement with each other, as shown in Fig. 4. The upper-berth section K is shown as provided at its lower or hinged margin with like locking-clips M2, adapted 'to engage locking-clips M3 on the upper edges of the chair-backs beneath said berth-sections.

To provide partitions vfor separating from each other the compartments or sections containing the upper and lower berths, I have shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, and 4 a construction as follows: N is a curtain which is adapted to be rolled upon a vertical roller N mounted on the side wall of the car at the side thereof opposite the aisle and in position adjacent to the ends of the chair-seats when thechairs are faced toward each other to form the lower berths. Said curtains are adapted to be drawn outwardly toward the aisle side of the car and have at their outer edges vertical strips n, which are secured by hooks or other suitable fastening to the sides of the chairseat backs. The said curtain N is made of sufficient height to reach from below the lower berth to the bottom of the upper berth,

and thereby constitutes a removable partition separating from each other the berthsections or spaces containing the lower berths.

For separating the upper berths from each other curtains 0, arranged transversely of the car and mounted on rollers O', which extend transversely of the car between the side walls A3 of the car-turret, as seen in Fig. 3, are employed. Said curtains O are arranged in the same plane with the curtains N and when drawn downwardly to bring their lower ed ges in line with the lower berths constitute partitions separating from each other the upper berth-sections at the central part of the car. At the side of the car remote from the side aisle spaces of irregular form are afforded by the curved lateral parts A4 of the carroof, and the outer parts of the berth-section K below the same, and these spaces are closed by means of partition-sections P, consisting of thin boards, which are hinged to the side pieces of said berth-sections K by means of hinges p p and are adapted to be folded upwardly into vertical position when the said sections are lowered, so as to constitute partitions extending from said berthsections upwardly to the curved lateral parts of the car-roof above the same. The upper margins of said partition-sections P are curved to conform to the curvature of said lateral parts of the car-roof. The sections P, hinged to the upper-berth section K, as described, may be folded downwardly -or inwardly upon the said berth-section, so that it will be out of the way when said berth-section is folded upwardly into its closed position.

In Figs. 9 and 10 I have shown a means for afford ing partitions between the lower berths which may be used in place of the curtains N yhereinbefore described. As shown in these figures, section which is connected with the marginal frame of the mattress-section F at one side of the same by hinges g g. Said hinges are so arranged that the partition-sections G may be folded flat against the upper or inner face of said mattress-section F, as indicated in Fig. l0, the said mattress section being hinged or pivoted to the chair-back frame in such manner as to afford a'space between the mattress-section and the inner rear wall D of the back-frame wide enough to afford space for said partition-section G when the parts are folded to form a chair-back. When the mattress-section Fis folded downwardly into its horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 9, said partition-section G may be folded upwareV ly into a vertical position, so that it will extend along one side of the mattress-section F. The two partition-sections G G on adjacent sides of two opposite chairs when the latter are arranged to form a bed or lower berth constitute a partition separating said G is a thin and flat partitiony IOC .pivotal supports, so that when said chairs are lower berth from the berth-compartment next to it, the partition-sections G being in height equal to the width of the lower berth and having their upper margins when they are unfolded approximately in line with the upper margins of the chair-back frames and closely adjacent to the sides of the upper berth sections when the latter are folded downwardly or are in their horizontal position.

l claim as my invention- A l. A sleeping-car provided with pivotallysupported chairs arranged in pairs at opposite sides of the car, the chairs at one sise of the car having sliding connection with their pivotal supports, so that when the chairs are swung into a position with their seat-backs transversely to the car, a center aisle will be formed between them, and when said chairs are swung in position with their seat-backs parallel with the sides of the car and the chairs which have sliding connection with their pivots are shifted outwardly against the adjacent side wall of the car, a single side aisle will be formed at the opposite side of the car, each pair of said chairs being adapted to form a lower berth.

2. A sleeping-car provided in its upper part with opposite pairs of upper-berth sections, one section of each pair being pivotally connected at its lower margin to the side wall of the car, and having its free edge adapted to swing upwardly toward the car-roof, and the other section of each pair being provided with a swinging supporting-frame which is pivoted to the car-roof at its upper margin and at its lower margin is pivoted to the outer margin of said berth-section.

3. A sleeping-car provided with pivotallysupported chairs arranged in pairs at opposite sides of the car, the chairs at one side of the car having sliding connection with their swung into a position with their seat-backs transversely to the car, a center aisle will be formed between them, and when said chairs are swung in position with their seat-backs parallel with the' sides of the car and the chairs which have sliding connection with their pivots are shifted outwardly against the adjacent side wall of the car, a single aisle will be formed at the opposite side of the car, said chairs being adapted to form` lower berths, the pivots of the chairs at the aisle side of the car having eccentric pivotal connection with the cardioor so that said pivots will be shifted inwardly away from the adj acent side wall of the car when the chairs are turned to bring their seat-backs in positions parallel to the sides of the car.

4. A sleeping-car provided with pivotallysupported chairs arranged in pairs at opposite sides of the car, the chairs at one side of the car having sliding connection with their pivotal supports, so that when the chairs are swung into a position with their seat-backs transversely to the car, a center aisle will be formed between them, and when said chairs are swung in position with their'seat-backs parallel with the sides of the car and the chairs which have sliding connection with their pivots are shifted outwardly against the adjacent side wall of the car, a single aisle will be formed at the opposite side of the car, each pair of chairs being adapted to form a lower berth, said car having in its upper part opposite pairs of upper-berth sections, one section of each pair being pivotally eonnected at its lower margin to the side wall of the car, and having its free edge adapted to swing upwardly toward the car-roof, and the other section of each pair being provided with a swinging frame which is pivoted to the carroof at its upper margin and at its lower margin is pivoted to the outer margin of said berth-section.

5. A sleeping-car provided. with pivotallysupported chairs arranged in pairs at opposite sides of the car, the chairs at one side of the car having sliding connection with their pivotal supports, so that when the chairs are swung into a position with their seat-backs transversely to the car, a center aisle will be formed between them and when said chairs are swung in position with their seat-backs parallel with the sides of the car and the chairs which have sliding connection with their pivots are shifted outwardly against the adjacent side wall of the car, a single aisle will be formed at the opposite side of the car, each pair of said chairs being adapted to form a lower berth, and the chairs being provided. with seat-backs pivotally connected with their seat-frames, so that said seat-backs may be inclined rearwardly when the chairs are in. use as seats.

6. A sleeping-car provided with two pivotally-supported chairs arranged at o posite sides of the center line of the car, an one of which has sliding connection with its pivotal support, said chairs being provided with extensible seats adapted, when the chairs are faced toward each other and the seats are extended, to form a lower berth, and having seat-back frames which are pivoted at their lower ends to the seat-frame, and are adapted to be inclined rearwardly when the chairs are in use as seats.

7. A sleeping-car provided with two pivotally-supported chairs provided with extensible seats adapted, when the chairs are faced toward each other, to be extended to form a bed-bottom, and having seat-back cushion-sections, hinged to the seat-backs and adapted to be folded downwardly over the extended bed-bottom sections to form a mattress for the berth.

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the chairs are faced toward each other, and said chairs having seat-backs provided with laterally-sliding partition-sections adapted to be drawn outward toward the seat-back of an adjacent chair to form a partition between the berth-section and a side aisle.

9. A sleeping-car chair provided with a seat-frame, with a back-frame pivoted to the seat-frame, and with parts which are extensible to forni part of a berth, said backframe beingI provided with a sliding partition-section adapted to be drawn laterally from the bacleframe.

10. A sleeping-car chair, the back-frame of which is provided with a laterally-sliding partition consisting of two parts joined by a hinged connection.

11. A sleeping-car chair embracing a seatfraine, two folding bed-bottom sections which rest on the seat-frame and which, when extended, forni a bed-bottom section, a backframe and a cushion-section adapted to rest against the back-frame to forni the seat-back and to be placed in a horizontal position upon the bed-bottoni sections to forni a mattress.

12. A sleeping-car chair comprising a seatframe, two folding bed-bottom sections which when folded, form the chair-seahand when extended form a bed-bottom sec-tion, a chairback frame pivoted to the seat-frame, and a cushion-section hinged to the back-frame and adapted to be folded upwardly against the back-frame to form a seat-back and t0 rest upon the bed-bottom section to forni a mattress.

13. A sleeping-car chair embracing a seatframe, two folding bed bottom sections which, when folded, .rest on the seat-frame to constitute the chair-seats which are adapted to be extended to form a bed-bottom section, a chair-back frame and a cushion-section hinged to the lower part of the chair-back frame and having opposite cushioned sides; said cushion-section constituting the seat` bac-li when it is folded upwardly against the chair-back, and constituting a mattress-section when it rests on the bed-bottom section.

14. A sleeping-car chair embracing a seatfranie provided with side arms, a back-frame hinged to the seat-frame, and arm-rests mounted to slide on the side arms and having pivotal connection at their rear ends with the back-frame.

15. A sleeping-car chair embracing a seatframe provided with side arms, a back-frame hinged to the seat-frame, arm-rests mounted to slide on the side arms, and having pivotal connection at their rear ends with the seatfranie, and means affording adjustable interlocking connection between the said sliding arm-rests and the side arms of the chair.

16. A sleeping-car chair comprising a seatl'rame provided with rear legs, extensible bed-bottoni sections .resting on said seatframe, a back-frame pivoted to the legs of the seat-frame and provided below its pivots wit-h downwardly-extending arms, notched segments on the seat-frame and locking detents on the said arms adapted to engage said notched segments.

17. A sleeping-car chair embracing a seatframeand a supporting-standard, said seatframe having pivotal and sliding connection with the standard and being provided with front and rear depending standards or leO's.

1S. A sleeping-car chair embracing t ie seat frame and the supporting standard therefor, said seat-frame having pivotal and sliding engagement with the standard per mitting the frame to be adjusted forwardly and rearwardly on the standard, and coacting locking means on the seat-frame and standard adapted to lock said seat-frame from sliding movement on the standard, when the seat-frame is in one position and to permit free sliding movement of the seat-frame on the standard when said frame is turnedv at an angle to its locking position.

19. A sleeping-car chair comprising a seatframe, and a supporting-standard therefor, said seat-frame having a transverse slot, and a circular aperture adjacent to the back of the seat-frame through which said slot opens, and the standard being provided at its upper end with a flattened spindle adapted to pass through said slot in one position of the chair, and to be locked in said circular aperture when the chair-traine is turned to vanother position.

20. The combination with a seat-frame and a standard for supporting the same, of means for mounting the standard on the carfloor, embracing a pivotally-inounted disk to which said standard is eccentrically attached so that the turning of the chair and the standard will effect lateral shifting of the standard relativelyT to the side of the car.

21. A sleeping-car chair comprising a seatframe, a back frame, aV cushion section hinged to the back-frame and adapted to be folded upwardly against the back-frame and to be swung downwardly into a horizontal position, and a folding partition section hinged to one side of the cushion-section, and adapted to be folded between the said cushion and the chair-back frame, when the cushion-section is folded upwardly to form the seat-back.

22. A sleeping-car provided with an upperberth section, a swinging frame pivoted to the ear-roof at its upper margin and adapted to be swung against the adjacent side wall of the car at its lower margin and to be there secured, said berth-section being pivoted to the lower margin of the said supporting-frame and to be folded upwardly within said frame.

23. A sleeping-car provided with an upperberth section and a supporting-frame for said section which is pivoted to the car-roof and to the berth-section, said frame embracing ICO IOS

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two side frame members between which the berth-section is adapted to enter when the parts are folded.

24. The combination with an upper-berth section and a swinging supporting-frame which is pivoted atvits upper margin to the car-roof and at its lower margin to one margin of the berth-section, and means for suppoiting the other margin of the berth-section from the car-roof.

25. A sleeping-car provided in its upper part with opposite pairs of upper-berth sections, one section being pivotally connected at its lower margin with the side wall of the car, a `swinging supporting-frame pivoted to the car-roof at its upper margin and at its lower margin pivoted to the outer margin of the other berth-section, and interlocking connections between the meeting edges of the two berth-sections.

26. A sleeping-car provided in its upper part with opposite pairs of upper-berth sections, one section being pivotally connected at its lower margin with the side wall of the car, a swinging supporting-frame pivoted to the car-roof at its upper margin, and at its lower margin pivoted to the outer margin of the berth-section, means for supporting the free edge of the last-naiiied berth-section from the roof of the car and locking means on the meeting margins of said berth-section.

27. The combination with an upper-berth section, and a swinging supporting-frame therefor, which is pivoted to the car-root at its upper margin, and at its lower margin to one margin of said berth-section, and supporting means for the other margin of said berthsection, embracing links pivoted to the carroof, and to the sides of theberth-section, and having pivotal and sliding connection with each other.

'28. A sleeping-car provided in its upper part with opposite pairs of upper-berth sections, one section being pivotally connected at its lower margin to the side wall of the car, a swinging supporting-'frame pivoted to the car-roof its upper margin, and at its lower margin pivoted to the outer margin of the other berth-section, locking means on the meeting margins of said berth-section, embracing hooked lugs adapted for interlocking engagement when said berth-sections are in their horizontal positions.

29. A sleeping-car provided in its upper part with opposite pairs of upper-berth sections, one section being pivotally connected at its lower margin to the side wall of the car, a swinging supporting-trame pivoted to the car-roof at its upper margin, and at its lower margin pivoted to the outer margin of the other berth-section, locking means on the meeting margins of said berth-section, embracing sliding rods engaging guide-loops on the side margins of the berth-sections.

30. A sleeping-car provided in its upper part with an upper-berth section, a swinging supporting-frame pivoted to the car-roof at its upper margin and at its lower margin to the berth-section, and a sliding partition-section mounted in said supporting-frame and adapted to be drawn outwardly from the same. 31. A sleeping-car provided in .its upper part with an upper-berth section, a swinging supporting-frame pivoted at its upper margin to the car-root` and at its lower margin to the berth-section, and a sliding partitionsection in the said supporting-frame, said partition-section consisting of two parts having hinged connection with each other.

32. A sleeping-car provided iii its upper part with an oppositely-arranged pair of upper-berth sections, one section being pivotally connected at its lower margin with the side wall of the car, a swinging supportingframe pivoted to the car-roof at its upper margin and at its lower margin pivoted to the outer margin of the berth-section and means for separating adjacent upper berths Jfrom each other, consisting of a curtain having a roller which is hung between the side vwalls of the turret of the car-roof, and a supplemental rigid partition-section hinged to one side of the berth-section which is pivoted to the side wall of the car and adapted to 'lill the space between the latter berth-section and the lateral part of the car-root1 above the same.

33. The combination with a pivotally-supported sleeping-car chair having parts which are extensible to form part of a lower berth, and a seat-back which 'forms one end of the lower berth, of an upper-berth section, a swinging supporting-frame pivoted to the car-roof at its upper end, and at its lower margin pivoted to the outer margin of said berth-section, and locking means tor uniting the top of the said chair-back to the bottom margin of the swinging supporting-frame when the latter is in its vertical position.

34. A sleeping-car provided with a chair which is pivotally supported vwith its pivotal aXis adjacent to the center of the seat-back, and is adapted to be swung transverselyT of the car to be used as a seat in the daytime, and to be placed in position with its seat parallel with the side of the car, and with its back adjacent to the side wall of the car to Jform a side aisle, said chair having parts which are eXtensible to form part of a lower berth, and a hinged seat-back adapted to be placed in a vertical position to form part of a partition between the lower berth and said aisle, a folding upper-berth section, a hinged supporting-frame for said upper-berth section pivoted at its upper margin to the carroof and at its lower margin to the outer margin of said berth-section, said supporting-traine being adapted to hang in a vertical position over the said chair-back, and having a back IOO IIO

wall adapted to form a partition between the upper berth and the said side aisle of the car.

35. In a sleeping-car, the combination with chairs arranged in pairs at o posite sides of the car, the chairs of each pair being adapted to form a berth when faced toward each other, of curtain-rollers mounted vertically on the side wall of the car and lieXible curtains on said rollers adapted to be drawn from the rollers transversely of the car between the berths.

36. In a sleeping-car, the combination with chairs arranged in pairs at opposite sides of the car, the chairs of each pair being pivotally supported and adapted to form a berth and the chairs at one side of the car having sliding connection with their pivotal supports so that they may be shifted inwardly to form a side aisle, and being rovided with vertical backs adapted to orm parts of partitions dividin the berths from said side aisle, curtain-rollers mounted vertically on the side wall of the car adjacent to which the berths are located,- flexible curtains on said rollers, and means for connecting the outer edges of said curtains with the said upright backs of the chairs at the aisle side of the car.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I a mysignature,in presence of two witnesses, this 31st day of October,

- DUNCAN S. MCEWIN G. Witnesses:

C. CLARENCE PooLE, G. R. WILKINs.