US84160A - For horse-cars - Google Patents

Description

MANFRED C. BA'TTY, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRIC'BOF COLUMBIA.

Letters Patent No. 84,160, (lated November 17, 1868.

AWNING- FOR HORSE-CARS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concer-n:

Be it known that I, MANFRED C. BATTEY, of the city and county of Washington, in the District of' Co- ,construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of' this specification, in whichy Figure l is a top view of the frame without the canvas. y

' Figure 2 is a side view of the awning in use upon va car. p v

The object of this invention is to provide a neat, light, strong, and cheap 'attachable and removable awning, to be used in connection with horse-cars on street- 'ailways, for the purpose of protecting the horses from the excessive heat of the sun.

The awning is suppoited by a pole, A, the rear end of which is fitted to be inserted into a socket or eyebolts, a a, in the projecting roof of the car, as represented in fig. 2, and which may be kept from working ont, if' necessary, by means of a pin, p, set-screw, or lother rsuitable device.

. The ridge-pole A is provided with two downwardlinclined arms o1" rafters, B B, near its forward end, and two more, C C, near its rear end, hinged to the pole, or to lugs on its sides, as shown at e e, and capa ble of' being folded in against the pole, when not in use, or of being thrown out to the position-shown in fig, l, when itis desired to spread the awning to protect -the horses.

The canvas, oil-cloth, or other material, D, is at- Itachcd to the upper side of the pole A and libs or rafters B C,v as shown in fig. 2suitable hooks, eyes,

. or other fastenings, being fixed to the several parts, to

enable the cloth to be conveniently connected with or removed from the frame.'

` cross-bar, near its rear end, each fixed arm having an eye or pulley, on. mf, through which a cord may be rove, and providing the hinged arms B C with suitable eyes or pulleys, 'n ln a nf", for the same purpose, and. attaching to the said arms two cords, one for folding the arms inward, andthe other for throwing them out.

ln fig. l the cord G, which folds the arms, is shown in blne, and the other, I, which opens them, is represented in brown.

The ends of cord G are fixed to eye a on eaen arm C; thence the cord extends directly to the arms B- B, as shown in fig. l, where it passes through eye or pulley a; thence the two ends are brought together and tied or spliced at s,- and thence the cord extends back to a point just in front of' the driver, and above him, where it passes through an eye or pulley, o, its loose end hanging within his reach.

The cord I has four branches, twol having their ends aflixed to eyes n n" of arms B B, thence, passing through pulleys lm in. on -arms D D, and extending back towards the middle' of the pole A, where .they come together, and are tied or spliced, and thence extend in a single line through pulley o', above the drivers head; the other two having their ends affixed to eyes n nf of arms C G, thence passing through pulleys 'nr n, of arms F I1, and extending -forward towards the middle of' said pole, where they arel spliced or tied, -whence they extend in a single cord through apulley, yr, and then back through the pulley o', where they are fastened to the other end ofthe same cordI that has been Ajust described as passing through said pulley., If' desired,the end of rope I, where the two parts are thus joined together, after passing through pulley o',

can be fastened to the loose end of cord G, hanging from pulley o. y By drawing down upon the ends of cord I,A hanging from puilcy o', the arms B C will be thrown out, and the awning spread, Awhile by pulling upon the end of cord G, hanging from pulley o, the said arms are shutl together against the pole A, and the awning is folded. -lhe operation o`f' spreading or folding the awning is thus only thel work ofv an instant, and can at any C, with asystcm of ropes and pulleys capable off'old-` ing or expanding said hinged arn'is in the manner de-y 2. The arrangement of pole A, hinged arnisB O,-

hxed arms l) F, and ropes G I, substantially as described and shown.

M. C. BATTEY. `Witnesses OHA's. A. Pn'r'rrr, SoLoN O. Kanon.

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