US935929A - Passenger-car. - Google Patents

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=11. ROWNTREE. PASSENGER OAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1908.

935,929. Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

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meme W M H. ROWNTREE. PASSENGER GAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1908. 935,929. Patented 0@1;.5,1909.

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Be it known that I,-HAnoLo RowN'rRnn, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Passenger-Cars, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates -,to-passenger cars. The objectof the invention is to provide a passenger car for street or other railways embodying means which are simple in constructionand arrangement whereby the collection ofwfares as the passengers enter the car is facilitated.

Other objects of the invention will appear more fullyhereinafter. The invention consists substantially in the construction,combination, location, and relative arrangement of parts, all as will be more fullyhereinafter set fogth, as shownin the accompanying drawings, and finally pointed out .in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, and to the various views and reference signs appearing-thereon: Figure 1 is-a view in horizontal section 'of a passenger car embodying-v the principles of my invention. FigwQ- 1s a vertical transverse section of the same Fig. ,3 is a view partly. in side eleva-tibn, and partly in vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 1

showing asomewhat different arrangement embodying the principles of my invention. Fig. 5 is aview in verticaltransverse section ofthe car shown in Fig. 4.

" The isame part is designated by the samereference sig'nwherever it occurs throughu out the several views. p

. The prohlemi-of handlingthe streetand otherpassenger car traflic, and particularly. in the larger citieswhere such traflic already heavy is constantly increasing, has become a most serious: one. 1 Where,- during certain hours of the day, the'traflic is very heavy the car conductors frequently find it impossiblefto collect fares: from all the passengers on account of'the large numbers of,

passengerswho crowd themselves into. the'l cars, and, not infrequently unscrupulous I conductors utilize the congestion .of traflic on the cars to dishonestly enrich themselves at the expenseof the company by no lecting or failing to register a portion of t e fares collected from the passengers. 'Inei'th'er? event the street or other passenger car comrnssnncnn-can. 3

Specificationiof Letters Patent. Patented Application filed- May 21,- 1908. serial No. 434,007.

x ES QFFIQE HAROLD nownrnnn or CHICAGO, ELLIiiTdlfS.

pany suffers loss of revenue in a failure to reserve the full return of fares for all the 7 passengers transported Many expedients have been resorted to in the endeavor to overcome this objection and to avoid losses incident thereto.- -Among other methods adopted isthe use of what is commonly styled pay'as you enter cars in which the fare of each passenger is collected as such passenger enters the car. 1 In the construe-" tion of cars commonly employed in connection with this method a railing is employed on the platforms at the ends of the car which is so'arranged as to provide a'separate' entrance and exit passage to and from the car by means of which passengers enter the car singly. through one passage, their fares I being collected by a conductor as they enter, while they leave the car through the other passage, thereby insuring the collection of the fare from each. passenger as the passenger enters the car, the conductor being stationed on the platform outside the car bodyand the doorway leading into the car and in convenient position with reference to the entrance passage. Two important disadvantages are experienced with cars having thisarrangement. conductor is located on the outside of the car and hence is enabled to collect fares without registering them and it is diflicult to detect the dishonesty since any inspector who might board the car will be required to pass insidethe car, thereby rendermg it difficult for him to observe whether a passenger entering the car delivers a transfer or a cash fare to the conductor, the latter being stationed on the outside of the car. In the next place the location ofthe railing on the' platform to provide the separate en-' I trance and exit passa es'necessitates a material increase in plat orm space and a consequent increase in cost of construction of the car without any lncrease in carrying capacity of the car. This expense arises by reason of the necessity of extending the car roof as well as the floor to provide the necessary increased platform area, and also the necessity of providing braces to prorerly support the extended platform. Th1s o jeotion is particularly burdensome where it is desired to convert the cars already inuse into the pay. as you enter style.

- My inventionrelates to passenger cars of =1 this class and operated on the pay as you In the first place the enter plan and the particular object sought is to provide nieansjwhich are very snnple and inexpensive whereby the fares are collected from the passengers as they'enter the car, whereby the conductor is always in 'plain view of passengers or inspectors on the inside of the car, who can thereby more readily detect any attempted dishonesty in failing to ring up or register the fares collected, andwhereby the ordinary cars at present in use, may be readily and easily converted, at 'small expense into condition for-use upon the pay as you enter plan.

, passengers as theyenter the car. By providpassage from the car or which may provide ing this restricted entrance passage the conductor is enabled to operate either close to the doorway, when the trafiic is light, or at any convenient point along the entrance passage in case the assengers enter the car in considerable num ers, 'as at'busy corners or 'stations,'or during the hours of heavy traffic, thereby facilitating the work of the conductor and from a point where his operations are constantly in plain view. I also propose .to so arrange the railing or partition as to also provide a se arate passage which may, if desired, be utilized as an exit a space for the conductor, the railing ex tending, preferably, or in one form of a plication of my invention, lengthwise of the car.

It is obvious that my invention may be carried into practical operation 3th various styles and types of cars. While, therefore, I have shown and will now describe my invention as. applied to certain styles or types and arrangement offpassenger wars, it is to be understood that I am not. to be limited or restricted in this respect.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, reference sign 6 is the car body, 7 vestibule ends thereof, and 8 wall seats extending lengthwise of the car. If desired, and as-shown, each end of the car may be provided with a vestibule 7, and a motormans controller 9, inv the usual may. The'vestibules, may be provided with a door 10, 11, on one or both sides thereof, as may be desired, and the usual or any desired construction or arrangement of'steps 12, may be employed. The doors may be movable, and in the drawings I have shown sliding doors, though m. invention is not to be limited or restrictct in this respect. The doors may be o'pcraicul in any suitable or convenient manner. In the form shown as exemplifying the principles of'iny invention I provide suit-able connections, 1?), to the door "on. one side of the vestibule an designed to be used at one end of the car for the entrance of passengers, and I: provide means, indicated at 14.- and 15 whereby the door operatin connections may be controlled by the con uctoror the motorman respectively. If desired, and'as usual, a fare register 16, may be arranged at each end of the car.

The parts so far described may be of the usual or any desired construction iand in the specific structure thereof form no part of my present intention.

A railing or partition the body of the car, and, in the particular coustructum. shown, lengthwise 'of the car .thereby forming the entrance passageway into and from the body of the car.

In practice the motor-man is stationed in the vestibule at the front end of the car, and when passenger's desire to leave the car they leave through the front door or doors which are opened and closed by them'otorman, or otherwise, asmay be most convenient. The conductor is stationed at the rear end of the car, and in the passage '20, from which position he may readily control the doors at that end of the ear. Under ordinary conditions only one door is used at'this rear end of the car, and this dooltindicated by reference sign 10, is employed only as an out 'ance door. \Vhen passengers'get on the car they enter through the door 10, and

19. and, if desired, an exit. passageway 20,

passing down the car through the restricted passage 19, formed by the ralhng, they give their fares to the conductorwho occupies the passage 20. If thetraffic 1s llght the conductor occupies a posltion iclosely ad-'- jacent the door and collects the fares from that point. He has the freedom, however,

of the entire length of the passage 20, which (interminedby the length of the partition or" railing I8, and hence, it the traflic heai'y, or if passengers enter the ear in large numbers theii the conductor may more back and forth along the passage 20, vand so collect the fares of all the passe'ngers'as they enter the car. It is obvious tha.t,if desired, the other door 11. at the rear end of the car may also be used asan exit for passengers, though ordinarily the passengers 18 is arranged to ex- 5 tend from the end wall of the vestibule into will be required to leave the car from the front end.

It may. he sometimes desired to use the same door 10, for'the entrance as well as the exit of passengers. In this event I'may employ a gate 21, in the railing 18, when such l'tztiling is used and by means of which passengers may leave the car thrrmgh the passage 20, thegate 21, and the door it),

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saunas while other passengers are entering the car through the door 10, and passageway 19.

v In practice the railing or partition is preferably arranged somewhatto one side of the center line of the car, as shown, where.- by the entrance passageway 19, is wider than the other? "ssageway 20, though my invention 'is not't'o be limited or restricted this If desired,and as shown, railing or partition may be provided at each end of the carso as to avoid the necessity. of shifting the railing bodily from one end 'of the car to the other when the direction of travel of the car, is changed. i

v In thetype of car abovedescribed the vestibule forms a continuation of the car body there being no other doorway besides those controlled by the side doors 10, 11.

The principles of my invention, however, are equally well adapted for use in connection with other types and styles of cars.

For instance, in" Figs. 4 and 5, I have shown my invention as applied to the ordinary style of street car having the end platforms and having the side steps 12, these platforms being separated from the inside of the car by the doors 23, in theiisual manner, and operated by connections 24, from any convenient point, as for instance, fronrthe motormans station, as indicated at25, 'or from any other convenient point. In'this type of car the. railin 26, is arranged inside the car, and exten s from a point adjacent the doorway lengthwise of the'car a distance sufiicient to form the restricted passageways 27, 28, of extended length into the car. The conductor is stationed in one of these passageways, as 28, while passengers entering the car pass through the other passageway 27, and deliver their fares to the conductor as they enter. In this case the conductor is always on the inside of the car where he may be constantly under the observation of an inspector or other passenger who might desire to watch him. It is also obvious that instead of the passengers entering the. car at one end and. leaving it at the other end, they may enter and leave the car at the same end, using the restricted pas- 1 sageway 27, to enter the car and the passageway 28, to leave the car.

It is obvious that my invention. may be applied to'other stylesand designs of cars,

From the foregoing'description it willbe seen that I provlde an exceedingly simple and eflicient pay as you enter arrangement which avoids the necessity for roviding an enlarged area of platform, an which can be applied with ease and economy to cars of the ordinary construction withoutinvolving any material change in the structure thereof. 1

Having now set forth the objeetand nature of my invention and various modes of applieationthereof, what I claim as new and useful and of my own lnvention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A passenger car having a main-body structure with the-entrance and exit ways located adjacent the point where the aisle portions joins with a platform provided with doors movable lengthwise of the car, a man- 'ual operating device located'to define the entrance and exit ways from the platform to the body of the car and mechanism 10'- catedunder the car and connected with said manual operating device for mowing one of said doors.

2. A passenger carprovided with a'platform having movable sides, said platform directly connected with an unobstructed internal portion of the car where merging with the platform and medals located within said portion to define the entrance and exit ways from a platform to the body of the car and to. control the movement of said platform sides.

. 3. A passenger car having a main'car body and an end vestibule, the car body space merging unobstructedly into the, vestibule anovable side door, the body space merging unobstructedly into the vestibule space, and means for controlling the movements of the side door, said means located adjacent said point of mergence;

6. A passenger car provided with a main car body and an inclosed end vestibule, the car body space merging unobstructedly into the vestib'ule space, a movable door in the side of the vestibule, means for moving said door, and means located adjacent said point of mergence for controlling said door 'moving means. i

' 7. A passenger car provided with wide entrance and exit ways at one end of the main car-body structure where merging with a platform having movable portions and means provided with a lever for actuating said movable portions and located to define the entrance and exit ways from the platform to the main car body. a

8. A passenger car provided with wide entrance and exit ways at both ends of the main car-body structure directly connected with an inclosed platform having a movable side and means for actuating said side and operati'vely controlled by a conductor through a lever located to provide the entrance and exit ways from the platform to the main car body. 1

9. A passenger car having a main car body structure provided with an end opening wider than that of the aisle within the car body at the point where merging into a platform, and means in said opening to form the conductors station, and thereby dividing by the conductors station said opening into pass age\\-'ay's toand from the mam car body structure with said platform. w

10. A passenger carhaving a car body and a. side door, an unobstructed passage leading from the side door into the car body, and means located within the car body to define entrance and exit ways through said passage. and to operate the door.

11. A passenger car having a car body and separate entrance and exit ways into and from the aisle space of the car body, a movable door, and means located within the car and between the entrance and exit ways for controlling the operation of the door.

12. A passenger car having a car body and an end platform, said platform having a side door, and also merging unobstructedly into the car body, and means located within the car body to define entrance and exit ways through said passage and to operate the door. a

13. 'A passenger car having a body spacc 'side I the door to and a platform space merging unobstructedly into each other, a side door for the platform, and means located within the car body space 'for controllingthe operation of the door.

14. A passenger car having a door, means arranged inside the door to divide the space inside the door into separate entrance and exit passa-ges, and means also arralwed inside the door but removed therefrom or controlling the operation of the door.

15. A passengercar having an end vestibule, a side door for the vestibule, and means located inside the door for operating the door. said means serving to divide the space inside the door into separate entrance and exit passages.

16. A passenger car having an end vestibule. a side door therefor, means located individe the space inside the door into separate entrance and exit passages, and means also located inside the door,

and ad acent said passage separating means for controlling the door movements.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of the subscribing witnesses, on this ninth day of May A. 1)., 1908. v

HAROLD .ROWNTREE.

Witnesses S. E. DARBY, .Tosnrn- KLEIN.

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