US880541A - Semiconvertible car. - Google Patents

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PATENTEDMAR. 3, 1908.

1L M. KLING. SEMIGONVERTIBLE CAR. APPLICATION FILED OGT 2 1905 TIETTED sTATEs PATENT oEErcE.

PETER M. KLING, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

SEMICONVERTIBLE CAR.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER M. KLING, a

citizen ol the United States of America, re

siding in the city of Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seniiconvertible Cars, for which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to semiconvertible car construction and has for its ob- `ject to so construct the window posts of a car that too much lateral space between the panels and lining or too much top space in the car will not be taken up by the upper sash section.

Heretofore it has been proposed to have two superposed sashes for a car window. It has also been proposed to have both of said sashes dropped into suitable pockets between the panels and lining. I/Vhere it is desired to equip the car with cross seats, this has inf volved too much lateral space. It has also been proposed to have both sashes moved upwardly into the top of the car. rThis involved too much head space where the height of the car was necessarily limited. It

has also been proposed to have the upperv sash moved upwardly to retracted position and the lower sash moved downwardly to retracted position. The method in which this has been done heretofore has involved either a special construction of car frame, impairing the interior appearance of the car, or it has involved too much top space interfering with tall people.

My present invention relates to that class of semiconvertible car construction for which Letters Patent Number 693,611, were issued February 18, 1902 in which one sash, the upper one, is moved upwardly to retracted position and the other, the lower one, is moved downwardly to retracted position. In a semiconvertible car construction made in accordance with the present invention an extremely small proportionate amount of head space and lateral space is utilized and the interior appearance of the car is improved. My construction is adapted to any well known construction of car frame and does not necessitate a special construction of the car frame provided therewith.

My invention is clearly described in the following speciiicationand illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters refer to like parts and in which Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led October 2. 1905. Serial No. 280,912.

Patented March 3,1908.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of one side of a semiconvertible car body showing the windows closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the other side of a semiconvertible car body showing the windows open.

1 is the roof of the car, 2 the head lining, contiguous to the roof, 3 the Jfiller, 4 the upper board or plate of a vertical side car-body, 5 the curtain roller pocket, 6 the curtain runner, 7 the lower sash which is rectangular and straight, S the upper sash section which is curved in form carrying the pane 9 which is `between the head lining 2 and roof 1. 11 is a car post in which the pocket l0 is located.

By forming the upper sash section 8 in form of a curve less room is used in forming the pocket into which the sash section 8 is pushed when the window is opened, since the sash section may be shifted from the vertical plane -it occupies when projected or lowered to the diagonal plane it occupies when retracted or raised without materially decreasing the head space in the upper corner of the side of the car.

It will be noted that a curved pocket conforms more nearly to the corner of the side of a car of substantially rectangular construction than would a straight pocket which in order to receive its sash section must be disposed diagonally across the corner of the side of the car. By constructing the upper sash. section and its pocket in the form of a curve greater ease of operation is produced over that form of straight sash section and pocket where the sash section is abruptly changed. from one plane to another in its retraction, such for instance as where the uppersash section is swung on a pivot traveling in the guideways and thrown across the corner of the side of the car. Since I have provided a satisfactorily working upper sash section I am enabled to employ a straight lower sash 7 which is dropped into the usual pocket 12 between the panel and lining of the car. As the lower sash panel is straight and the up er sash pocket terminates at its lower end a acent to the upper end of the lower sash panel and is held toward it in a curve, the curved upper sash section when down as shown in Figs. l and 2 is forced by the curve of the sides of its guiding pocket against the upper rail of the lower sash, thus holding it from vibration.

This improvement is especially advantageous in the construction of cars designed for use in subways and tunnels, wherein the height of the car is necessarily limited and wherein overhead ventilation is necessary and it is desirous to make the lower sash 7 immovable.

While I have stated in the specification that the lower sash 7 is dropped into a suitable pocket l do not wish to be limited to such an arrangement since it may be desirable to make lower sash 7 rigid to prevent passengers from thrusting their heads or limbs out of the windows.

Having thus described my invention the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A semiconvertible car comprising a vertical side body, a roof, a head lining contiguous to the roof, an up er board and a post formed with. a single slightly curved pocket for the upper sash section constructed with parallel sides, and extending a short distance beyond the lower edges of the rooi` and the head lining, and approximately tangential to said vertical side body, and with a lower pocket, a short curved sash section shiftable in said curved pocket and a lower sash, in said lower pocket, against the u per rail of which the curved sash section is forced to hold the lower sash from vibration.

2. A semiconvertible car comprising a vertical side body, a roof, a head lining contiguous to the roof, an up )er board and a post formed with a single slightly curved pocket for the upper Isash section constructed Awith parallel sides, and extending a short distance beyond the lower edges of the roof and the head lining, and approximately tangential to said vertical side body, and a short curved sash section having a flat pane set therein as a chord to the curve of the curved sash seetion, and shiftable in said curved pocket.

PETER M. KLING.

Witnesses:

WiLLIAM P. HAMMOND, l. F. SoNNEK.

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