US949717A - Pay-as-you-enter car. - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES' PATENT (i142 FICE.

m mwll'm, 0l' CHICAGO, ILLIOII, AIIIGB'UI T0 THE PAYJUFIHIB GAD 0mm, 0l' man, nml., A. UUIPOIL'I'IUN CII' DELAWAII.

IAY-IJYOU-llm CAB.

unmet-mlm. Paranoia Feb. 1a 1m Application Ileil July I0, 100|! Serial lle. 444,207.

Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois,

have made a certain new and useful Invention in PayAsYouEnter Cars, of which the following is a e iiication.

This invention tee to pay-as-yon'enter can.

l The object of the invention is to provide the fares or to piifierly rcgixter o'r record them when collect t is also desirable to from street or other assaEe means for facilitatin of passengers to an cars without unduly restricting the ways, and in auch nianner'its to ena le t fares of passengers to be collected as they enter the car.

further object is to provide means for, increasing the seating capacity of the car without increasing its izo or length.

A further object is di provide means for reducing to a minimum thc danger of injur) to passengers iii getting on or oli' the car.

the entrance and exit Other objects of the'inveiition will appear more fully hereinafter.

' 'llic invention eonsists substantially in thc construction. coiiihiniition, loeat ion, and relative arrangement of parte. all as will be niorc i'iilli hereinafter i-iel t'ortli, as v-hovi'ii in the aceuiiipaiiying dranin' and liiiiillv pointed ont iii the appended e ainis.

Referring to the accoinpiinyii'ig drawing. nud to the various viewii und reference :dans appeariirer thereon.--l"igiii'e I is a view iii diagraiiiunilie phiu ofii ear lioilviand ite lloor ripari. honing the applii-ntioii thereto 'of an hrriiogeiiieiit eiiihodyiiig the principles ol' nrvinvcntion. l"i Y. '2 is a .similar view of one 'cnil ol' the car. lifig. il is a rien' in :side elevation. parts broken out and parts broken oil'. Fig. l is a hrolaeu view iii transveieie uectiony on tho line I. l.`l"ig. Fignii isi a view ih icrepeetive of thc construction shown inV iig. l. li'ig. l' iis ii view similar to Fig. L'. showing. a niodiiieatioii within the purview and'ecope of the invention.

The saine part is designated h v the saine reference ign wherever it occurs throughout the several views.

in the matter of haiidlin sti-net and other passenger ear trallie, especially in the larger cities where there is an ever increasing heavy trallic and where, during certain hoursl of the tinyI und under constantly recarrin exigencias, the tratiic becomes congested, it is of the utmost importance to provide menus for facilitating the entrance and exit of. paaeengers to and from the cars to the end that this trame may be handled with expedition. It. is also equally important that the collection of fares from the facilitated, to the end that the compari opl eratinrihe cars may not su'er loes o revenne ugh failure of conductors to collect utilize all the available space for the accommodation of passengers to the end that the L car may have the largest possible carrying capacity.

It is alao desirable to provide ample safeguard against the danger of uijurmg the passengers or others getting on or oti' tlhe cars, or attempting to o sn premature y.

It is yamong the special urposes of in' piment invention to provi e means wliic are simple and etiicient for accomplishing theee various important and desirable objects.

1n carrying out my invention, in one form of embodiment thereof, I gropoae 'to ein loy.

tivo doors at. one side of t c rear end o the ear. said doors being separated by an intervening stationary or lixed panel of the car body l'rnnie, behind which iixed panel the doors, in opening, are designed to slide, one or hoi li ol' the doors being arrun ed to slide in the direction of the length of t ie cai', and, npproxiiiiaicly in tho plane ot' the side of the riir. and. when in ehwed position, serving lo incline the hiep actes-s to which from outside the car is i-oiiirolledhy the doors.

ln the drawing reference sign 7, designate` the lloor space of the car, and in prac tire. though, in this respect. my invention, in ithl broadest eco i, is not to be limited to this feature. this oo'r pace extentie the ctr tire length of the ear from end to end. The door t). are arranged in the side of the ear near ith rear end, andherve, when cloned to inelose. from the outside of the car. the steps ll). Il. respectively, leading tn or from the floor space of the citi'. The doorways are miparated by an intervenin fixed panel lil. of the ear body frame, behind. inside or outside of which, as in y be dired, one or bloth of the door `lite when moved intor tieir o en obition. .t asse r beul. i4, nia beparraiiged against iii@ fig panet'llb, if i esired. 'l` ie passenger seat 15, o a the opers be` 'lil A ruigeduebove eeeribed polite eide of the cerextends the full length of the cer, end, if desired muy extend p ertly or wholly around the en ol' the ciir ne indieeted in dotted linee et. 16, in Fig. 2. It will be obiierved that by t e ment above s entry p'letforrn ntthe. end of the our willi the treneversely arranged doors nt the en trenoe from the platform into the our, und 10 hence em enabled to utilize the entire. length of the cui' from ono extremo eiid to lthe other for the accommodation of passengers, thereby greatly increasing the comfortable trying clpecity of llw mit while ut the 1l seme time insuring protection to the pnt-oengeriiegenet rein, snow or the like.

Where the cer il equipped with dooie in the eid. thereof et. one end only, provisionil mido et tbc other end of the cnr for the I. eeeoiiiinodetion of the motormnn, iis indited et Il. It iiiey eemettmee be found desirable to ploy doors et eeeh end of the car. In this event, I p to employl doors, ar-

et eee end of the the doorn et the other end being ermthe otheel eide of the cer. In euch i eeen, when the doofe on one eide end -et one lid only o! the eer ere employed I propoee to lilo nmoveble eee et 17,? t lixeerpleeet, over the oeeupied the When theee ere requl tor nee or entry end exit from the eer theee wete ere removed over the depe et the other end thue egoidliig edditioael noting or peeeailere, endjnnee tliie extlit the eveileble doen ere providzs et gigi Where oer the et l" l.

oltheceree en or other:

5 eret It tney be desirable to rovide e retectioli for the iipem occupi hy the tege end ieedlngown from the level ot the oer door, han doornen.: closed. thereby preventing peuiengere ineidoof the eiir from eccidentelly felling or being crowded into euch lete. "Iliie protection met eccomp ielied in many specifically dierent myn. A om' forin well adapted for the 5 biit to which the invention in lte u indi-4 wop iidefined in thtl vittime' is not to in: limited oi' restricted, l propose to uttiich or eeiiie to ont or liotii of the doors, the thingie t oi' narrow plntl'oiixi lt'l` lf), which, when the arrange' pecitled, I do not employ iin j meyeleoctnnplix-ih this result I door iii iinv elim-d position covers the splice nlmve llitstop controlled there-hy, its tflotiily shown in the dinwings, thereby ttll'otdim; nietins for preventing pnsseiigtfvs froin lul ing oi' living crowded iiilo/ Hitch space. When the door in moved to open ponitieti this plntl'oi-ni 18, 1), muy slide into the pot'kiet formed beneath the sent ll arranged iidjtie'eiit the lixed piiiiel between the two dmiriviiys. 0f course. it. is evident. tlint the Step spite@ iniiy lio covered ox' guarded in iliiiny other dill'eretit way, niid by motif; other dilieient arrangements.

In order to fiieilitate the entrance und exit. of mss-tigers toiintl from the ceri-i, lund to fiieilitnto tho mllet'tion of 'foros from the 25 passengers .is they enter, ll propose to cniploy one dtxiin'iiy for the entrante and the other doot-wily for the exit of the pexeeiig irs. It. is also desirable to further restrict, the piisaegewnys into end from the cer so el to direct the punsengers while entering and leaving the cnr into the proper directions, as well en to leeilitete the collection of the faires its pum-ligeras enter the cer. To ncropoee to employ e railing or gourd .0 n jiicent, for instance, y the entrance doorway, and extending therefro'iii iti e'hoinewliet inclined or die el `direction with referente to the len of the rer. The conductor may be et any conven- 1G@ ieiit pointwith reference to thidgiierd, u', for inetenoe, in the position i looted by reference eign C. This guard me he muvlble so th ite poliitionmay be ifted, en oeoeeioii muy require, end ne indieeted in ittedtlinee, Figs. 1 end 2, eo eelto'rtrict en renee l more or eli ne mi. he l i M l' y Where two door ment in en played, ee above eet'vforth, lieve found n pre ereble "to be to une the doorway neereiit. ended the oer es en eutrnnoe und the doorwey fel-tiled removed from tho end of the eer for exit. In this cene the guard 20 il neer the forl werd ed of the entrance oorwey. My invention, owever, eeaned 4in the claims, is

not to he i'eiitrieted, in ite brood# eoope t'o tliiehnrre'nl lment, fue l ents no nii t reet i y surment themen vnu to skilled in the irte For inetence, en el in limited in Fig', tl, the Home doorway 21, me he i'eiiiployml tot' .entrance und oleo for exi In this euratho gourd 22, may be am to extend from u point midwey thebree th of the doorifrey, end in n oetinewhet die, onol direotton'with refe-renne to 'the length o the cei No en to form two iestrieted pem'eweya, one for the use of passengers entering;

the cer end one for use in leaving the no l :ind lwnto not only fuciiitatin :ind exit o passengers to unt from the cui' lnit also fncilitating the collection of fares-i from the pioirwngcrs as they cntcr. 1n thin arrangement doorii'iiys inuv ln: provided in euch sidi` nt thtl time end of thc cur iii which unse the gum-d muy he .-hifted into required position with reference to citlicr doorway.

according to which doorway is in use.

The doors 'moy lic moi'cd or operated in any desired manner. either by hond or oy mechanical or power connections, electric zilly, piienmaticiiliy or ottici-wim, to vether or separately, und muy hc controlled rom tiny desired point. As merel y illustrative ot one forni of door controllingr :ind operating nrriingenient. l have shown n electric motor iM, controllcd from thc point indicated at and in convenient rotation with mfvrcncc to the atxition of thc conductor, :saidl motor operatin n ruck genring connected to the doors. any other door operating devices am now well known in the art mid nre weli tidapted for ilse in connection with my invention. limited or restricted in this respect.

Having now not forth thc object and nnture of my invention and n construction en'ibodying the principles thereof. what it claim a new and unofnl and of in invention and desire to secure by Patent. iszl. The combinntion with ii cui' o5 nog unite cntrance and exit doorways iorrncd iii atterri one side of the car, adcccnt one end thereof,V

and ogening into the mdy'ot the cer, and n inova le guard arranged within the car to form restricted punge wnya'froin one of initd doorways.

The combination with ai car, of arparnte. entrance sind exit doorway. formed in one side of the cnr adjacent one end thereof, :uid opening into the body of the car, steps for cach doorway, and doors for closing said ilooriviiys mid doors inclmiing ,said ata-,pn within thc cui'.

:L 'ltw coiiihim'ition with n fciir, of septirnte entrance nnd exit doorways forint-d in inc side of the ciir ndjncnt one end therrof und ope-ning into the .iody of the car, steps for built doorways doors f or closing said loorwiriyay and in ming said steps and n over for tho ntiipn.'

4. t'hc combination with i cur, of sepa rute` entrance. und exit doorwnyi-s formed in one aide of thc car and ad'acent' one end thereof and opening into t e cnr, l stationary panel in the nido ofthe car betwoen Hiid doorways, doors'for sind doorway, sind I therefore do not desire to im topo nrrcngcii in :mici door-irnyftiiiid inrlomni by said t oom.

5. Tho coniliinntion with n cnr having sido sentii on mich nido thereof, tho sont on ono sido extending to ont` ond ot"v tho cnr,y

ing to the one end of the can-and entrance and exit doorways arranged in the sides of the cor adjacent its onda, mid npc-ning; into .the cnr, an entrance und enit doorway twin;

erianged on one side of the car ot. cnc cn und on entrance mid exit doorway icing arranged on thc op'oosite side of the cnr :itA

tho other end, :and iniovnble seats for the doorway spacco. t

7. The combination with a. car havingscimmie entrzincc and exit doorways in the sido thereof it each end of the cnr, and opening into the car bod the doorways at, one end haine on one si e of the cnr and those nt tho other and bein on the other side of the cnr, and romovnb o com for the doorwnyo.

ti. 'lliio cozx-ciliinntic-ii with n having so w nrntccntmncc and exit doorwayii in the om thereof ut cach end of tho car, and opcnin into the car bod the doorways at. one ein being on one si e of the cnr, and thooe at the other end bein on the other aide of the cui'. und means n( jacent each `:ict of doorwna for forming restrictd paasagcwaya to an from Mid doorways.

9. T he combination with s cu' hnving ne tirate cntranoemnd exit doorway: in the si e thereof at. cach end of the canon opening into the var bod the doorways a one caio, living on mio ai e of tho cnr, un tliooe "gif, thc other end being on the ottici' sida ci? tais doorn for controlling; said dom-"ways, und dionally arranged guards to forni restrict paaagieways from one of said doorwnys.

In tefitirnionP Whcro have hercnnto'set my hond in t fi gemenos of .the iiiixscriinng witnesses, on this ocvcmtti doy of July n.11, 1908.

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