US902489A - Gate for passenger-cars. - Google Patents

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W. H. EEULLNGS, JR. "GATE FOR PASSENGER CARS.

APPLICATION FILED we 12, 1908 UNITED STATES PATENT .OFFW.

WILLIAM H. HEULINGS, JR., OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE 3'. G. BRILL COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNBYL VAN IA.

GATE sea rassmiena ems.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented ficc. Q7, 1909.

Application flied August is, 1908. Serial No, 4494M.

specification.

3, is a side view of the gate illustrated in One object of'my invention is to provide mechanism for operatin the gate and a step at the side of the plat 'orm of a assenger car so that when the gate is closed the step will be moved out of position, and when the gate is opened the step will be moved into posltlon. a

A further object of the invention is to so design the gate that when open itwill form a guard or partition dividing the platform so as to form two passageways, and when the car is of the type in which-the passenger pays the fare upon entering the car, one of these passageways may be the ingress passageway, and the otherthe egress passageway, and the gate in this instance mayform a continuation of a partition rail.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1, is a sectional plan view-of suflicient of a platform of a passenger car to illustrate my invention, showing the gate in the closed position; Fig. 2, is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the gate in the open position; Fig.

' Fig. 1; Fig. 4:, is a sectional view on the line H, Fig. 3; and Fig. 5, is a perspective view of the gate locking mechanism which I prefer to use.

A is the body of the car, B is the platform separated from the body of the car by the transverse partition C, having the usual passageways therein.

B is the vestibule casing inclosing the rear of the platform.

D is the gate which .is adapted to close one side of the platform, the other side of the platform being closed by a suitable gate or door, as desired. The gate D is arranged to turn and slide upon a vertical pivot standard E extending'from the floor of the platform to the framework of the overhanging portion of the car roof. In order to allow the gate to slide upon the pivot standard as well as turn upon it so as to throw the gate back onto the platform to prevent it from projecting too great a distance beyond the side of the car, I secure two frames cl at the upper nd or edge of the gate, and these frames are so formed as to provide a slot of a width equal to the diameter of the standard E, the base 6 of the standard supporting the gate at the center, and a caster d in the present instance supports the gate at one end so that thegate can swing and slide freely on the pivot standard.

In order to retract the gate as it is turned on the pivot, I provide a vertical shaft F to which is attached an arm f, and this arm extends to a handle (l at one end of the gate, as clearly shown in the drawings, so that when the handle (i is grasped by the conductor the difference in the position .of the shaft F and the standard E will cause the gate D to be forced back as it turns on the pivot standard E, as will be readily seen on referring to Fig. '2 of the drawings; so that while the gate extends a trifle beyond the line of the step it does not project far enough to be struck bypassing vehicles.

It will be understood that the gate may be projected more or less according to the position of the shaft F in respect to the standard E. v

The arm 7' is firmly attached to the shaf F, so that the shaft must turn with it, and this movement "of the shaft is utilized, to operate the step. This is accomplished in the following manner: The shaft extends through the floor of the platform and has at, its lower end a bevel wheel 9 which meshes with a bevel wheel g on a shaft G, and on this shaft are two armsg which are connected by links g to arms 2' projecting from the step I which is pivoted at 2" to brackets secured to the framework B of the platform B, in the present instance.

\Vhen the gate is closed, as shown 1n Fig.

1, the step I is raised as shown inFig. a. so that a passenger cannot try to board the car" as the step is not in the proper position, but

when the gate is swung to-the position shown in Fig. 2. the shaft F is turned and motion will be imparted to the shaft G whichwill cause the step to assume the positions'h'ow'n,

so that a passenger can mount the step and enter the car. I, I v

arm m of a lever M pivoted to a stud m on I prefer to lock the'gatejn its closed posi ""1 tion, and to accomplish this I'provide the way on each side of the gate, said gate being as to turn on the gate from the closed to the. open position,

so it will not project too far beyond. the line aid, with means for causing the gate to be from its pivot,- so that when the gate is a bracket M attached to the underside of .the platform, the other arm M of the lever I being connected to a push rod p which projects through the door of the carfand hasa button which. can be pressed by the foot of the conductor.

The teeth of the segment '11 are ratchet. teeth, and the bolt thrmvn foiwvard by a spring 9, so that While the gate is free to be moved from the open to the closed position, it canned; be opened without first depressing the push rod g. which withdraws the bolt m from engagement with the ratchet teeth 92. Other forms of locks may be pro vided Without departing from the essential features the invention.

Thus it will be seen that I provide means for simultaneously openingv and closing a gate, and operating a step at the side of the platform at which the gate is mounted, and i also provide means for moving the gate back from the side of the platform as it is opened of the car.

I claim: l

1. The combination of a platform of a passenger car, a gate at the side of the car, ,a pivot for the gate, said gate being adapted to turn and slide upon the pivot, with a movable step, and means connecting the step with the gate so thatas the gate isopened or closed the step will be moved into and out of position. 1

2. The combination 'of a {platform of a passenger car, a gate at theentrance to the platform, apivot standard, "the gate being slotted to receive the sta'ndard.so that it can turn on and slide upon the-pivot standretracted as it is moved from the closed to the open position. g

3. The combination of a car platform, a pivot standard atv-the side; of the platform, a gate pivoted to the standard so that when in the open position there will be a. passagecapable of sliding uponas' well as turning on the'pivot, a vertical shaft situated at one side of the ivot standard, an arm connected to theshaf t and to the gate some distance turned the arm will cause it to slide as well pivot. L-;

4. The combination of a platform of a car, a-Vertical pivot standard, a gate mounted on the standard so as to'turn and slide thereon,

a shaft atone side of the pivot standard, an arm secured to the shaft and pivoted to the gate some distance from the pivot standard,

a pivoted step,.and mechanism between the step and the shaft so that, on moving the the step will beactuated.

5. The combination of a car platform, a vertical pivot standard, a gate mounted on the standard so as to turn thereon and capable of a limited sliding movement, a

' vertical shaft atone side of the pivot stand ard, an arm secured to the shaft and attached to the gate some distance from its pivot point, a shaft under the platform and geared to the vertical shaft, a pivoted step, and arms on the last mentioned shaft con. nected to thestep so that t l -2 said step will he raised and lowered on the movement of the gate.

6. The combination of a platform, a pivot standard nzsar the edge of the platform, a

gate having a slotted portion through which the pivot standard extends, the standard be ing in such posit-ion that when the gate is .moved to its open position there will be a passageway at each slde of it, a vertical shaft form than the pivot standard, and an arm attaching 'theshaft to the gateso that as the gate is turned the shaft will cause itto be retracted so as not to project a great distance beyond the edge of the platform, said vertical shaft extending through the platform, a longitudinal-shaft geared to the vertical shaft and having arms,.a longitudinal pivoted step also having arms, links attach ing the arms of the step to the armsof the shaft so that as the gate is turned T0 the opener-closedposition, the step will be lowered or raised.- P

8. The combination of a platform of a car,

.a gate. a pivot therefor, said gate being adapted to slide on the pivot, a vertical shaft, an arm on the shaft attached to the gate some distance from its pivot, a segment having ratchetteeth and attached to the shaft,

a bolt engaging thete'eth of the segment, and

a foot-operated pin connected to the bolt, said bolt locking the gate in its closed position.

In. testimony whereof, I have signed my naineto this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM -H; HEULINGS, JR. Witnesses:

HARRY F. MGKILLIP, HENRY'C. ESLING.

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