USRE6988E - Improvement in street-cars - Google Patents

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J. STEPHENSON. STREET-CAR. N0. 6,988. Reissued March 7,1876.

JOHN STEPHENSON, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

lMPROVEMENT lN STREET-CARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent'No. 61,482, dated January 22,1867; reissue No. 6,696, dated October 11, 1875; reissue Ho. 6,988, dated March 7, 1876 application tiled December 17, 1875.

-DIVISION E.

' To all whom it may concern.-

. new and useful Improvements in Street-Cars;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, that will enable others skilled, in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the upper portion of the body of a street-car to which my improvement has been applied; Fig. 2, a erosssection of the same, looking toward the body of the car. Fig. 3 represents a plan or top view of a portion of the same car, showing the relation of the roof extension to the end of the car. Fig. 4 represents a plan and edge view of the detachable frontlet.

in transporting street-cars from their place of manufacture to their final destination or place of use, whether by rail or vessel, it is very desirable to economize space. illheirgreat l ngth is a fruitful source of trouble in this respect.

The 11(21-101, therefore, the total length of the car can be confined to the length of the carbody the closer will we approximate the desired result.

This subdivision of my invention has this object in view; and relates 'to that class of improved street-cars which are provided with a roof of the same general lengthas the carbody, and with a frontlet or central extension of the roof, to protect from the suns rays and the inclemency of the weather those openings in the end of the" car which are arranged for the purposes of ventilation, &c., in a plane intermediate between the central portion of the main' roof and the canopy or bonnet which protects the drivers platform, and which canopy or bonnet is arranged in a plane lower than the central portion of the main roof.

The extension of the central portion of the root for protecting the vcntilatingopenings in the ends of the car increases the length of the car-body, and thus increases the dimensions required for space in shipment, shoproom, 850.

)1 y improvement to remedy the difficulty consists in limiting the main or ridge roof to the length of the car-body, and then making the frontlet or extension of the main roof an independent structure, capable of ready attachment to, or detachment from, the main roof.

To enable others skilled in the art to make, construct, and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its parts in detail, omitting a particular description of st tch parts of astreet-car as are unnecessary to a full understanding of the present improvement.

A indicates the body of the car; B, its ends; 0, the roof, it beingliinited in its length to the length of the car-body. D indicates the canopy for the protection of the drivers platform, it being arranged in a plane lower than the plane of the centralor arched portion of the main roof. (Shown in Figs. 1 and 2.) Between the upper side of canopy I) and the central portion of the main root, at each end of the car, is arranged an opening or openings, E, for purposes of illumination, ventilation, and signal. Above these openings, to protect'thcm' from the sunls rays, and incoming rain and snow, I apply to the ends of the car a frontlet, I in the manner illustrated 'in Figs. 1, 2, and3. This frontlet F is made in a separate piece, (shown in Fi 4,) and is so constructed as to be readily secured to the ends of the roof by tacks or screws, or to. be

detached therefrom, as occasion may require and the circumstances of the case dictate. As a rule, I prefer to make it of sheet metal, cut of suitable size and form for the purpose.

Having described my invention, whatlclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Iatcut, is-

1. A detachable frontlet, I for the protection of an opening in the end of a car from the sun or inclemency stantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a detachable frontlet, F, with the roof of a car-body, constructed in the manner substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 3d day of December, 1875.

' JOHN STEPHENSON.

Witnesses:

S. A. STEPHENSON,

AUGUST RIPPERGER.

PATENT OFFICE.

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