USD12177S - Design for interior finish of railway-cars - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo JOHN LOOHNER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO POTTIER 85 STYMUS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

DESIGN FOR INTERIOR FINISH OF RAILWAY-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Design No. 12,177, dated February 22, 1881. Application filed October 28, 1880. Term of patent? years.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN LoonNEn, ot New York city, New York, have originated a new and ornamental Design in Wood for the Interior Finish of Railway-Cars, of which the following, together with the accompanying photographs, forms a full, clear, and exact description.

My design is more especially intended for the interior of sleepiugcars, and to those parts of the interior known as the bulli-heads, which are the transverse partitions containing the door, which gives admittance from the platforms or end compartments of the car to the central or main compartment containing the seats and berths, and also to the fronts of the upper or folding berths, known as the bunkfronts.7

My design consists, mainly, in a molded and paneled facing of the said parts in light and dark inahogany,with intervening narrow borderings decorated with inlayings ofrose-wood, as hereinafter fully set forth, whereby a very agreeable effect is produced, of a novel and peculiarly-appropriate character, for the described purpose.

Figure 1 ofthe annexed photographs gives a view of the bulk-head, and Fig. 2 a View of the bunk-front, embodying my design.

In Fig. 1, a indicates the door in the bull;- head, and b b the ends of the bunks which occupy the upper corners of the car-body, incliningfrom the top and curving toward the sides, as shown. The wall or face of the bulk-head above and ou either side of the door is paneled and molded, and also decorated with inlayings in the marginal frame or bordcrings, as shown. Thus a prominent molding, h, extends around the edge of the doorway and terminates at a broad horizontal molding, c, running from the doorway to the sides of the car at about a level with the middle of the door or the tops of the seats. The space on either side of the door below this molding c is paneled with twoplain rectangular panels, as shown, which suiciently relieve this part of the surface, no elaboration being here necessary as these parts are not prominent, being partly concealed by the seats. Above the molding c c the molding and paneling are more elaborate. Two narrow rectai'igularand grooved moldings, d d, run parallel with each other around the top and sides of the door and over the molding o, forming a border to the door and the paneled field on either side thereof', 55 which border is decorated with inlayings in the squares formed where the said moldings intersect, and also in the upright borders at either side of the door, and also in the horizontal border directly over the door. The 6o character of the inlaid design in the squares is that of two oaky-leaved quarterfoils superimposed upon each other, while the inlaying on the upright borders is asymmetrical foliation simulating a lioweriug-vase, and the design in thc border over the door is that of two recum bent dragons facing each other, with a central fan-shaped device between them, while their tails terminate in a curved foliation which returns upon itselt". Now, a molding, e, similar 7o to the bordermoldings d, rises parallel with the side of the car for a short distance, and thence curves and inclines upward and inward parallel with the inclined front and curved base ot' the bunks, and finally meets with one 75 of the border-moldings d, thus inclosing a prcXimately triangular panel, f, which harmonizes well with the inclined front of the bunks. The field of this panel is preferably lower than the surrounding field, leaving a 8o margin, g, within the molded border, ou the same level as the surrounding field, and this panel is preferably grooved with parallel grooves at broad intervals, simulating boarding, and slightly ornamented with a few simple grooved traceries along the curved side of the panel, so as to give a more elaborate linish to the large surface of the panel but the panel maybe plain without departing seriously from the general eli'ect. go

It will be observed from Fig. 2 that the design of the finished face of the inclined front and curved base of the bunk is of the same character as that of the bulk-head. Thus Fig. 2 shows the front of one complete bunk 95 or berth which is divided into three paneled sections, as illustrated. The central panel is the largest, and has at the top a semicircular indenture, while the outer panels are plain rectangles of narrower size. The borderings roo between the paneled sections have the same moldings with ornamental inlayings, (substantially the same as in the case of the bulk-head just dcscribed,) so as to harmonize therewith.

The border over the bunks or under the ventilators contansinlays similar in the intersecting squares, but over the central paneled sections the inlays consist ot' six-leaved rosettes, each separated from the other by intervening leafy devices similar to an oak-leaf.

Now, the entire wood-work described is composed of a novel blending and combination of woods in the design shown, which adds greatly to its eifect--that is, two shades oi' brilliant rose-wood inlays and the light mahogany molding with the dark mahogany fields or panels to give a deg-ree of liveliness, while at the same time securingr great harmony, combined with a relined contr-asl or variation, which attracts, pleases, and rests the eye, all abrupt or strong changes ot' color or i'orin being` avoided, so that the prevailingl tone given tothe interior of thecar is soft and pleasing, warm, and conducive to repose, as betits cars intended for night travel.

What I claim is- The design in woods for the interior finish of cars, herein set forth, consisting ol" molded and paneled facings with marginal border-ings,

the same being formed of a combination ot' light and dark mahogany, respectively, in the moldings and fields of the panels and borderings, with inlayings 0f rose-Wood in the field ot' the borderings, substantially as specitied and illustrated.

JOHN LOGI-INEE.

Witnesses:

WM. H. PAULDING, EDWARD H. WALES.

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