US950441A - Locomotive-engine seat and cabinet. - Google Patents

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J. J. BKSTRAND. LOOOMOTIVE ENGINE SEAT AND CABINET.

I Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

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J. J. EKSTRAND. LOGOMOTIVE ENGINE SEAT AND CABINET.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 26, 1909. 950,441

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Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. EKSTRAND, 0F DES MOINES, IOWA.

LOCOMOTIVE-ENGINE SEAT AND CABINET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN J. EKSTRAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Loeoi'notive-Engine Seat and Cabinet, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of the class described, of simple, durable and inexpensive construction that may be readily, quickly and easily placed in position in a locomotive cab for the use of the engineer, the seat thereon being so arranged that it may be readily and easily adjusted to position most convenient for the engineer when operating the various levers, and also so arranged that it may be readily, quickly and easily swung to a folded position so that the'occupant may have a clear passage-way between the levers to the cabinet through which he may quickly pass in an emergency.

My object is further to provide a device of this class in which the supporting frame for the seat may be utilized as a cabinet in which the engineer may place clothing, etc., where it will be protected from dust, cinders, etc.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects eontemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a device embodying my invention, shown with the seat extended in position for use and the drawer at the bottom of the cabinet in an op en position. Fig. 2 shows a central, vertical sectional view of the device embodying my invention with the seat in its folded and withdrawn position. Fig. 3 shows a transverse, sectional view through the seat frame, illustrating the means for slidingly mounting the seatin the seat supporting arms, and-Fig. 4 shows an enlarged, detail, sectional view illustrating the spring device for the seat supporting arms.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numberal 10 to indicate the back of the cabinet and 11 the sides. The upper portion of the front of the cabinet is inclined upwardly and rearwardly and comprises a stationary curved top member 12 and a hinged door 13, which may open forwardly to permit the operator to place articles of apparel, etc., therein, hooks 14 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 26. 1909.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

Serial No. 504,515.

being provided on the back to support coats and other articles of apparel. The said door is hinged to a stationary cross piece 15.

The lower portion of the front comprises a stationary upright portion 16, the top of which is spaced apart from the cross piece 15, it being some distance in front of the cross piece l5 and also some distance below it. Between the parts .15 and 16 is a curved. stationary front member '17 preferably made of sheet metal, the sides of which are spaced apart from the sides 11. of the cabinet.

The seat supporting arms each comprise a straight body portion 18 pivoted near its central portion to the adjacent side it and having a longitudinal rib .19 on its inner face and a notch 20 at its rear end. The seat proper comprises a body portion 2L having its sides grooved to receive the rib 15) so that the seat proper may slide longitudinally relative to the seat supporting arms. These parts are preferably so arranged and proportirmed that when the seat is in a substantially horizontal position as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, it will approximately balance the rear ends of the seat supporting arms so that a slight upward movement applied to the seat will cause it to tilt to the position shown by solid lines in Fig. 2, so that all of the seat, with the supporting arms, will be withdrawn to a position in the rear of a vertical line projected above the stationary portion 16 of the front so that all of the, space in front of the cabinet will be clear of said seat and its supporting arms.

In order to provide a yielding support for the seat, I. employ a spring device for each of the arms 18 as follows: Fixed to the rear of the cabinet is a convolutc spring 22, which spring has fixed to its inner end a pin 25;. Attached to the ends of said pin is a forked arm 9A which extends downwardly to position where it will engage the notch 20 of the scat supporting arm. This arm 24 is guided so that it may move only in a vertical line by means of a pin 25 projected into a slot 26 formed in the adjacent side of the cabinet. By this arrangement it is obvious that the arms 18 will strike upon the lower ends of the arms 24 when the seat is moved to its extended position and that said springs will provide a yielding cushion for the inner ends of the seat supporting arms and will permit the seat to move up and down to a limited extent, but will not in any way interfere with the movement of the seat to its withdrawn position. At the bottom of the cabinet is a drawer 27. I have also provided means for supporting the cabinet and seat within a locomotive engine cab by means of the brackets 28 having slots 29 therein designed to receive a projecting lug 30 on a plate 31, which latter may be fixed to the cab and the bracket 28 fixed to the cabinet, the arrangement being such that the cabinet may be secured at different points of elevation so that the seat may be located at a convenient distance from the floor of the engine cab.

In practical use, it is obvious that the seat may be adjusted vertically by means of the devices that support the cabinet; it also may be adjusted forwardly and rearwardly by sliding on the seat supporting arms so that the engineer may be seated in position where he may have most convenient access to the levers contained within the locomotive cab. In some instances, it is desirable for the engineer to be able to quickly get off of the seat to the rear of the cab and 1n cases where stationary seats are used, the engineer is prevented from doing this because the levers are adjacent to the front of the seat and the engineer sits facing the front of the cab. By means of my improvement, the engineer may jump forwardly from the seat and at the same time tilt the seat upwardly, thus allowing a clear passageway to the rear of the cab. If the weight upon the seat is suddenly re lieved, the springs 22 will give to the seat the required tilting movement for turning it to its withdrawn position, but if the engineer steps off of the seat slowly and easily, the seat will remain in its extended position for use.

I claim as my invention:

1. A device of the class described comprising a frame having upright side pieces, and also having an upper and a lower front portion, said front portions being spaced apart, and the lower one being projected forwardly beyond the upper one, two arms pivextended to an approximately horizontal po- 1 sition, and said arms and seat being capable of folding upwardly to position adjacent to the upper front portion.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a frame, seat supporting arms pivoted to said frame, a seat slidingly mounted in the seat supporting arms, and springs fixed to the frame and designed to engage the inner ends of said arms when they are in a substantially horizontal position, each of said springs comprising a convolute body portion having one end fixed to the frame, a pin fixed to the inner end thereof, a forked arm connected with said pin and extended downwardly, a lug fixed to the arm, the side of the frame adjacent to said lug being provided with a groove to receive the lug, for the purposes stated.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a cabinet comprising a back and sides, a cross piece at the front, a door hinged to said cross piece, an upright front member for the cabinet having its upper end arranged in front of and beneath the lower end of said cross piece, a curved sheet metal front member extended from said cross piece downwardly and then forwardly to the said front member, the sides of said curved front piece being spaced apart from the sides of the cabinet, two arms pivoted to the frame in front of said curved front member and extended through between the sides of the curved front member and the sides of the cabinet, a seat on said arms, and means for limiting the upward movement of the rear ends of the arms to support the seat in a substantially horizontal position.

Des Moines, Iowa, June 3, 1909.

JOHN J. EKSTRAND.

Vitnesses MILDRED B. GoLDIzEN, NELLIE M. TAYLOR.

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