US905417A

US905417A - Locomotive-cab window.

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Publication number: US905417A
Application number: US41049308A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles M Goodrich
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1908-01-13
Filing date: 1908-01-13
Publication date: 1908-12-01
Anticipated expiration: 1925-12-01

Description

U. M. GOODRICH.

LUGOMOTIVE CAB WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 13, 1908.

Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES M. GOODRICH, OF GLINTON, IOWA.

LOCOMOTIVE-CAIB WINDOW.

Application filed January 1 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

3, 1908. Serial No- 410,488.

To (ll-1'. 'ufhom it. may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. Goomncrr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clinton, county of Clinton, and State of Town, have invented certain new and useful [n1 provmnents in Locomotive-Cab Vindows, of which the following is a s ecification.

My invention relates to ocomotive cabs and particularly to the front window thereof on the engineens side. As, now arrajwed, these windows reflect the light from the urnace door when opened, ,which at nightinterfares with the engineers view of the track, frequently resulting in serious accidents.

The object of niy-invention is to provide the cab on the right hand or engineers side with a window so arranged that it will not reflect the lights from within or behind the cab into the engineers face to obscure his vision.

A further object of my invention is to pro vide a device as mentioned which may be readily applied to any locomotive cab to replace the window now in use thereon.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

With these objects in view my invention consists generally in a casing adapted to be secured to the front of a cab about. the usual window opening and a window hingedly mounted therein and adapted to rest at an angle to the front of the cab when in closed position.

My invention further consists in various details of construction and arrangements of parts all as will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specificm tion and in which,

Figure l is a horizontalsectional view through a locomotive cab window embodying ny invention in its preferred form, F ig. 2 is a perspective view of the same from the outside ,showing the adjacent portion of the cab to which it is attached, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view from the inside illustratin the device detached from the cab.

the casing which is to be secured to the front of the cab comprises a side plate, 1 and the triangular top and bottom plates 2 and 3 respectively. These are referably' formed of one piece of iron an areprovided with the flanges, 4, by which it is so with screw or bolt holes, 5 for this purpose. The side plate '1 is arranged at the outer or right hand side of the window and extends directly forwardl from the edge of the window opening, 6, that is, at right angles tothe front wall of the cab. The top and bottom plates, 2 and 3 are arranged so-that their outer edges extend from the outer edge of the plate, 1 to the edge of the window 0 ening on the opposite side terminating in t.c enlarged or extended portion, 7, the purpose of which will appear iereinafter. The plates, 1, 2 and 3, are provided with weather moldings 8 arranged parallel with the outer edge the Window sash abuts when in closed position, the moldings being arranged an equal distance from the ed e of the late as the thickness of the win ow, in or or to bring the outer face of the window when closed flush with the edges of the plates.

9 indicates the window sash hingedly connected as at 10 to the window frame, 11 of the window opening and on the side opposite the plate, 1. The sash thus sets at an angle to the front of the cab, inclined toward the boiler, the inner edge being flush with the cab front and the outer edge advanced forwardly the width of the plate 1. The edges of the sash are beveled as at 12 and 13 to fit snugly against the plate 1 and the frame, 11 when in closed position, (see Fig. 1), and the inner corner of the sash is also beveled as at 14 in order to bring the corner flush with the inner face of the framefll. The hinges, 10 are arranged'betw en the portions, 7 of the 'bottom and top ates of the casing and these portions pre eit any thing from being caught. between t to edge of the sash and said plates when the window is 0 en. l 15. indicates double plates of glass afiranged in the sash with the air space 16 etween them to prevent frost from accumulating thereon.

By arranging the window at an angle to the front of the cab as shown, the engineers view of the track is not interfered with to the slightest extent, and all lights from within or behind the cab. which strike the window are reflected toward the plate, 1 instead of into the engineers face. urther cured to the cab, the flanges being provided -of t eir respective plate and against whichit is obvious that the device may be readily attached to any locomotive cab now in use, and that at little cost.

Having described my invention what i claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a locomotive, the cab having the usual front lookout window opening ar- 'anged to the right of the boiler, in combination with a sash hingedly connected to the side of said openin adjacent to the boiler and means for he ding said sash at an angle to prevent reflection of lights into the engineers face from within or behind said cab substantially as described.

2. In a locomotive, the cab having the usual front window opening, in combination with a window angularly arranged in said opening as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a locomotive, the cab having the usual front window opening, in combination with a casing arranged about said window opening and a window sash angularly arran ed in said casing, substantially as described.

4. In a locomotive, the tab having the usual front window opening, in combination with a casing arranged about said window opening and comprising, a side plate and a trian ular top and bottom plate formed integrally therewith and each provided with means forattaching the same to the cab and a a window sash lnngedly connected to the cab at the opposite side of the window opening ,from the plate and adapted to rest at an angle within said casing when in closed position, substantially as described.

5. In a locomotive, the cab having the usual front Window opening, in combination ith a casing arran ed about said opening and comprising a side plate ands triangula'r top and bottom plate formed integrally therewith, each provided with means for attn'chin the same to the cab, a window sash hinge ly connected to the frame of said window opening upon the opposite side from said side plate and adapted to swing outwardly and a molding arranged substantially parallel with-the outer edges of the several plates of said casing to limit the insa sh hm ed ward movement of: said sash and to hold the same at an angle within said casing, substantially as described. 6. In a locomotive, the cab having the usual front window opening, in combination with a casing arran ed about said opening and comprising a side plate and a trian ular top and bottom plate formed into radly therewith and each provided with a ange for attuchin the same to the cab, a window l y connected with the frame of said win ow opening upon the opposite side from' said plate and a molding arranged substantially parallel with the outer edges of the several lates to hold the sash at an angle, substantially as described.

7. In a locomotive, the cab having the usual front window opening in combination with a casing'arrangcd about said opening and comprising, a metal plate extending di rectly forward from the right=hand edge of said opening and a triangular top and bottom plate each provided with means for attaching the same to the cab and a sash hingedly connected to the frame of said opening upon the opposite side from said plate and adapted to rest in the outer end of said casing and at an angle to the front of the cab substantially as described.

8. In a locomotive, the cab having the usual front window opening in combination with a casing arranged about said opening and com arising a side plate extending forwardly rom one edge of said opening and a triangular top and bottom plate each provided with means for attaching the same to the cab and a sash hingedly connected to the frame of said opening upon the opposite side from saidplate, and said triangular plateshavin'g extensions arranged directly above and below the hinged edge of said sash substantially as descrlbed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.-

CHARLES M. GOODRICH.

Witnesses:

From one E sussnr,