USRE9688E - Gustave leve - Google Patents

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G. LEVE. Sleeping Gar.

NQ. 9,688. Reissued Muay 3, |8811' N. PnERs, muumlnphar. waminiwn. D. c.

UNITED STATES GUSTAVE LEVE, 0F MONTREAL,

SLEEPING-CAR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAVE LEVE, of the city ot' Montreal, in the district of Montreal and Province of Quebec, Canada, havein vented certain new and useful Improvcmen ts in Sleep ing-Cars; and I do hereby declare that the following' is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

To furnish railroad-cars with berths so constructed and arranged that they may be folded up out ofthe wayin preparing' the car for day use, an d will not interfere with the ordinary use ofthe car, is the object of my invention, which may thus be briefly described:

Frames divided into two compartments by a central partition are hinged to the side walls of a car in such a way that they may be swung in against the said walls or swung out at right angles with them; and in combination vwith these hinged frames are arranged berths in such a way that the said berths may be placed in a vertical position within said frames, or turned down into a horizontal position between two adjacent frames. Vith these I propose to construct the car-floor with recesses at right angles with the side walls, to receive the lower ends of the hinged frames when said frames are swung outward.

For full comprehension of the invention reference must be had to the annexed drawings, in which Figure l is a detail longitudinal section of part of a ear embod yin g my invention, taken through line a' x, Fig. 3, showing some of the berths arranged for use. Fi g. 2 is the same View as Fig. l, but showing the berths closed up. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken through the line y y, Figs. l and 2.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the iioor, B the side walls, and C the roof, of a car, about the construction of which parts there is nothing new.

b are the windows, which are formed in the side walls, B, in the usual way, and in the spaces between them are hinged frames D, which during the day are turned in against the sides of the car and form, to all appearances, part thereof, but when it is desired to convert the car into a sleeper are turned out at right angles thereto,.and secured in such position by pintles dropped into recesses c formed in the door A to receive them, which recesses, when the frames D are turned in against the wall B, are closed by blocks a2 litting into them.

PATENT OFFICE.

QUEBEC, CANADA.

9,688, dated May 3, 1881. Application for reissue filed January 4, 1881.

The frames D are usually divided into two compartlnents by a central plate, d', and into each of these compartments is fitted a berth, E, with all bedding necessary therefor. To the side edges of one end of each berth E are attached pins which enter longitudinal grooves in the inner surfaces of the sidek bars of the frames D, so that by moving the upper end of each berth outward it may be slid upward and turned down into a horizontal posit-ion, its free end entering' the adjacent frame D, and resting` upon stop-pins c attached to said frame.

The pivoted ends of the berths E rest upon spring-stops e2 attached to said fram es D,which are so formed as to yield and allow said frame to be slid up or down when adjusting it into either position. In this way two berths are formed between each two frames D, as shown in Figs. l and 3.

The bottoms oi" the berths E that are ontward when the frames D are turned in against the walls B are, as before mentioned, made similar to the walls ot' the car by paneling, as indicated in Fig. 2.

By this construction ot' sleepingcars it will be obvious that the following advantages are obtained, viz: The weight of the berths, &c., being wholly carried by the fioor of the car, the center of gravity is lower than in the ordinary construction oi" sleeping-ear, in which the upper berths are conta-ined in the root', and the car therefore less liable to oscillation. The car, directly the berths are put away, is converted into an open drawing-room car. The upper berths are lighted equally as well as the lower ones.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is as follows:

l. In a sleeping-car, frames placed between the windows, holding the berths and bedding in a vertical position and folding fiat against sides of car, so as to leave a clear Hoor-area between their fronts.

2. In a sleeping-car, frames hinged to side of car, either folded back iiat against same or swung out and secured at right angles thereto.

3. In a sleeping-car, frames hinged to side of car, and either folding fiat against same or swung' out at right angles thereto, in the iirst position holding the berths and bedding vertically, and in the second carrying the berths made up for the night.

IVitnesses: GUSTAVE LEVE.

E. A. GURTIss, H. E. WHITNEY.

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