US245746A - Amos c - Google Patents

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A. Gt RODGERS.

SLEEPING GAR.

No. 245,746. l Patented Aug. 16,'1881'.,

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AMOS C. RODGERS, OF `CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND SUEL A. STEVENS, OF SAME PLACE.

SLEEPING-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.,245,746, dated August 16, 1881.

` Application filed March 23, 1881. (Model.)

.T o all whom it may concern,

Be it known that I, AMOS G. RODGERS, of Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleeping-Cars 5 and I do hereby declare that the followin gis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

1o reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to railway sleeping-i cars; and it consists ininclosingthe berths or sections of such cars by means of removable sliding partitions, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, in which similar parts are indicated by like letters in the. several viewszo Figure l is a longitudinal section-ol` part of a sleeping-car, showing a front view of the berths partly inclosed. Fig. 2 is a top and bottom detail view of a guide-bar which iits between the top and bottom berths; and Fig. 3,

a plan view of the car-fioor, showing guideways, and a detail view of a transverse end guide.

A represents the ioor of the car; and B is a chair, two of which form a section.

3o Resting on the floor ofthe car and extending between the seats is a grooved rail, C, that may be either fixed or movable.

Grooves c c are also formed in the car-door, at the outer sides of the seats, or grooved rails 3 5 may beattachedatthesepoints. These grooves and rails are for the reception of the lower ends of the sliding partitions or doors D D, that are vused instead of curtains to inclose the lower berths. After the doors or partitions D D 4o are put in place they are secured by a brace or rail, E, that rests at each end upon a. station- -ary transverse partition, F, at or forming the back of the car-scat.

The rail E is grooved on its upper and lower surfaces in a suitable manner, so as to fit over l"theupper ends of the partitions D D, and also serve as a support for the sliding doors or partitions G G, that inclose the upper berths. These partitions G G are held at the top by the 5o grooved under surface of a rail, H, that is suspended from the car-ceiling in any suitable manner.

Ahorizon tal slatorcross-piece, F', rests upon the top of the adjacent transverse partitions F F, and serves as a support fora grooved rail, I, 5 5 that, when placed in position, holds the doors G G in place and prevents those of adjoining sections from coming in contact with each other.

The rail I supports an upper transverse par- 6o tition, K, that separates adjoining sections.

The lower berths are formed by the reversible seats B B iu the usual manner, and the upper berths by slats or rails L L, that rest at each end on the cross-pieces F F. 6

The removable parts above described may be easily taken down or readjusted, as required; and during the day the shorter pieces may be packed in boxes or pockets M, that are formed between the transverse partitions F F, while 7o the longer ones are secured beneath the carceiling in suitable supports in such a manner as not to detract from the appearance of the car. In this way a space is also provided above the suspended parts, that may he conveniently used for packing the bedding. The ends of the pockets M are provided with doors N, so that the contained material is completely concealed.

By this construction of the sectionsin asleeping-car a more perfect degree of privacy is se- 8o cured and the comfort of travelers greatly promoted.

The operation of forming the berths is as follows: Reverse the seats and putin the auX- iliary pieces 5 place the strip or guide in posi- 85 tion upon the iioor of the car between the seats, and the guide I upon the transverse cap F. The bottom boards of the upper berth are then placed in their rabbets so as to rest upon the seat-backs, and the guide-bar E placed in po- 9o sition as in Fig. 1, so as to rest upon the parts D, andthe sliding doors positioned so as to slide in the ways back of the parts D.

The upper doors, G, are of two kinds, the outer two not being adapted to slide in their guides, while the inner two may beforced in either direction at will. The upper end boards,

K, are placed in posit-ion after the doors G are properly in their guides.

Having thus described my invention, what I me claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters panels and doors D G, all operating as and for ro Patent, isthe purposes set forth.

Ina sleeping-ear, the combination of the seats In testimony that I claim the foregoing as B, having reversible bottoms and auxiliary fillmy own I have hereto affixed my signature in 5 ing-pieces, the removable grooved rails C and presence of two witnesses.

E, the latter marking the partition between the AMOS CHARLES RODGERS.

upper and lower berth and serving as guides Nitnessesz i for sldin g doors above and below, the grooved RICHARD BUTLER, 5 removable bar l, transverse partition K, and JAMES S. GREEN.

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