US1098000A - Side-recess-entrance car. - Google Patents

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G. H. VAN LEUVEN.

SIDE RECESS ENTRANCE GAR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB, 6', 1913.

1 ,O98,000. Paten ed May 26, 1914.

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G. H. VAN LEUVEN.

SIDE RECESS ENTRANCE OAR.

APPLICATION FILED mm. a, 1913.

Patented Ma 26, 1914.

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G. H. VAN LEUVEN.

SIDE RECESS ENTRANCE GAR.

APPLICATION FILED PEB- e, 1913.

1,098,000. Patented May 26, 1914.

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SIDE RECESS ENTRANCE GAR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 6, 1913.

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CHARLES H. VAN LEUVEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SIDE-RECESS-ENTRANCE CAR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. VAN LEUVEN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn of the city of New York, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Side-Recess-Entrance Car, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a side recess entrance car in which entrance is by means of a reentrant recess at each side of the car, the recesses being in opposite relation to each other, separated from the interior of the car and providing direct communication with the interior or body of the car whereby the passenger is admitted to the body of the car without first going upon a platform or into a vestibule or through a passageway or through a second entrance, and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a side recess entrance car which in operation may be used as single unit, single end, single unit double end, or for train service, sec- 0nd, in which the passenger carrying capacity is increased over the ordinary type of car, third, in which the passengers are enabled to enter directly into the main or seat portion of the car free from passengers standing or collected upon the platform, fourth, in which the loading and discharging of passengers is accelerated with consequent saving of time, fifth, in which a compartment is provided to separate the motorman and conductor from the passengers to the advantage of both motorman and conductor in performance of their duties, sixth, in which end compartments are providedin which, on the motormans end of the car on the motormans side, may be installed all operating mechanism, and on the side opposite the motorman the air brake reservoir, compressor, governor, &c. thereby removing from the underframe of the car all apparatus except foundation brake parts, thus affording easy inspection of parts and convenience for repairs,'and obviating the danger and necessity for inspectors, electrical or other repair men from going beneath the car, and the necessity for placing the car over a repair pit, seventh, in which when used for train service the end compartment may be so divided as to afford Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 6, 1913.

Patented May 26, 1914. Serial No. 746,478.

a passageway and two side compartments, which side compartments are in space saved from the seating portion of the car and one may be used for installing hand-brakes, &c., and for storage of lamps, tools, lanterns, &c., and the other of said compartments may be used for toilet and lavatory purposes, eighth, in which the under frame of the car is provided with braces for resisting the impact of blows upon the outer portions of the arch or end sill and against side wipe.

To the accomplishment of the above recited objects and others of a similar nature my invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims. And it should be understood that I do not confine myself to all the precise details of construction as there may be modification and variation in certain respects without departing from the spirit of my invention or exceeding the scope of the claims.

I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1, is a plan view of an end of my side recess entrance car. Fig. 2, is a side elevation of an end of my side recess entrance car. Fig. 3, is a plan view of the under frame of an end of my side recess entrance car. Fig. 1, is a transverse section of an end of my side recess entrance car partly in elevation. Fig. 5, is a plan view of an end of a modified form of my side recess entrance car.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My side recess entrance car comprises, with suitable wheel support, in its main features an under frame, 10, a floor, 11, walls or sides, 12, a roof, 13, and recesses, 14, in the under frame and floor. The under frame, 10, except the side sills hereinafter mentioned, extends the full length of the car and has at each end an arch or end sill, 15. The underframe, 10, is provided with side sills, 16, and center sills, 17, connected and held together by cross sills, 18. The side sills, 16, are of less length than the center sills, 17, terminating at cross-sills, 18, at a point not far from the curved ends of the arch or end sills, 15, Fig. 3, while the center sills, 17, are extended from end to end of the under frame, 10. The extended portions of the center sills, 17, are connected by intermediate cross sills, 19. Truss members, 20, attached to and extending from the ends of the intermediate cross sills, 19, at an angle to the longitudinal line of the under frame, 10, are attached to the curved ends of the arch or end sills, 15, to provide support for the outer ends of the end sills, 15. The effect of this construction of the under frame, 10, is to provide oppositely related recesses, 14, formed in the under frame, 10, between a truss member, 20, a portion of the adjacent center sill, 17, the outer portion of a cross-sill, 1S, and an end of a side sill, 16. Diagonal braces, 21, between the cross-sills, 18, and the intermediate cross-sills, 19, and forwardly extending braces, 22, serve to resist the impact of a blow upon the outer portions of the arch or end sill, 15, or of a side wipe, while a direct blow upon the arch or end sill, 15, is received and resisted by the extended center sills, 17.

My under frame, 10, provides a strong and simple construction extending the full length of the car upon which to place the floor and erect the walls and support the roof, does away with platforms at the ends of the car, and provides for a floor at the same plane from end to end of the car.

The floor, 11, is of the usual car construction and extends on the same plane from end sill, 15, to end sill, 15, except that near an end of my car at the recesses, 14, in the under frame, 10, it is cut away to provide oppositely related recesses corresponding substantially in shape to the quadrilateral shaped recesses, 14, in the under frame, 10.

The sides or walls, 12, are constructed in the manner customary in cars except that instead of extending the full length of the car body their length is substantially the same as that of the side sills, 16, that is, they ter' minate longitudinally at the recesses, 14, of the under frame, 10, and floor, 11, at which point they turn at a right angle and are continued inwardly on the line of the sides of said recesses, 14, which are adjacent to the main or passenger portion of the car, and have a disconnected portion extending on the line of the sides of said recesses which are adjacent to the end sill, 15, of the car, the effect of this construction being that the walls, 12, form side walls for said recesses, 14, as well as sides or walls for the car, the recesses thus being formed in and inclosed by the walls of the car. The walls at the end of the car follow substantially the line of the arch or end sills, 15, of the car.

The roof, 13, is of the ordinary form used in car construction and extends over the full length of the car, that is from end sill, 15, to

end sill, 15, including the space comprised within the recesses, 14, in the under frame, 10, and floor, 11. The recesses, 14, with the sides or walls, 12, providing inclosing sides therefor and covered by the roof, 13, thus become recess entrances at the sides of the car in opposite relation to each other opening directly into the main or passenger portion of the car. Instead of the roof of the car covering each of the recesses, 14, a separate roof or hood may be placed over each of the recesses, 14.

Each of the recesses, 14, is provided with steps, 23, which afford means of entrance and exit through the recesses, 14. The outer edge of the lowermost of the steps, 23, is arranged so as not to project beyond the exterior body line of the car, Fig. 4, the intention being to prevent collision of the low-ermcst step with passing vehicles or other obstacles. Each of the recesses, 14, has at the point of entrance to the main or passenger portion of the car a door, 24, opening or swinging inward, which doors, 24, may be of frame or frame and glass form, or they may be made to fold and turn back if desirable. The passenger is thus permitted to enter directly the seating portion or interior of the car without first going upon a plat-- form or passing through a vestibule or passage way, thus avoiding cont-act with brake handles or other appliances usually found at the sides of a car entrance, and avoiding interference with the motorman or conductor or of meeting passengers on the platform or in the vestibule or passage way. An inwardly swinging or folding gate or door may be provided on the outward edge of the steps for added safety for passengers, and may inclose part or all of the opening or from plate of car to top of bottom step, if the car is used where snow and storms are prevalent. Each of the recesses, 14, has suitable and conveniently placed grab-handles, 25, to afford safety to entrance and exit.

The modified form of my side recess entrance car, Fig. 5, is in general of the same construction as the main form of my device, except that each of the recesses, 26, is of triangular shape with the apex of the triangle inward, each recess, 26, being separated from the interior or body of the car by the outer sides or walls of the car which form the sides or walls of the recess, or each recess, 26, may have individual sides or walls separating it from the interior or body of the car, this form of car being more particularly intended for street railway service.

The steps, 27, of my modified form of car are arranged as shown in the drawing, Fig. 5, such arrangement being the most available in View of the triangular shape of the recesses, 26, and preferably only two steps are used in each recess as the height of the car from the rail is not so great as in my main form. The out-er edge of the lowermost step is also within the outer body line of the car. The recesses, 26,. are provided with doors and grab-handles as in the case of the recesses, 14, of the main form of my car.

In regard to the partition or division arrangement of the compartment at an end of my car comprised between the end sill, 15, and the walls, 12, of the adjacent recesses, 14, the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, is a longitudinal passageway with a compartment on each side, in one of which side compartments the controller, air brake and hand brake may be installed, while in the other side compartment the switch group, reverser and reservoir may be placed, while other apparatus, usually installed under the car, may be placed in the corresponding compartments at the other end of the car. l/Vhere the car is not provided with motor apparatus but is for train service the side compartments may be used for toilet and lavatories or installing hand brakes or electric light switch lockers, or for storage of tools, lamps, &c. This arrangement of the end compartment also, in train service, permits the conductor or guard to call out stations from a position in the longitudinal passageway, free and clear from passengers who are about to leave the car. The arrangement shown in Fig. 5, that is, without divisions or partitions, permits such arrangement of apparatus as may be desirable, and its removal from under the car, and affords a separate compartment for the motorman or conductor, as the case may be, removed from interference with the passengers entering or leaving the car.

In my side recess entrance car by utilizing what in the ordinary car is taken up by platforms and providing the recess entrances at the sides of the car I afford compartments for apparatus removed from under the car, toilets, lockers, and a place for the motorman or conductor apart from the passengers, an unobstructed direct entrance for the passengers, and a main or passenger portion of the car of such character as to be capable of the most advantageous arrangement of seats.

Having fully described my invention, I claim:

1. A side recess entrance car comprising, with suitable wheel support, an underframe, a floor, sides, and a roof, said ear having recesses in the underframe and sides in opposite relation to each other near an end of the car, each of the recesses in the sides being in correspondence to a recess in the underframe and covered and reentrant to the side of the car and separated from the interior of the car by the side of the car and provided with means for entrance and exit and direct communication with the interior of the car whereby the passenger is admitted to the body of the car without first entering upon a platform or into a vestibule or through a passageway or through a second entrance, each of the recesses in the underframe being formed by a truss member a portion of the adjacent center sill and a portion of a cross sill.

2. A side recess entrance car comprising, with suitable wheel support, an underframe, a floor, sides, and a roof, said car having recesses in the underframe and sides in opp0- site relation to each other near an end of the car, each of the recesses in the sides being in correspondence to a recess in the underframe, each of the recesses in the sides having a cover and being reentrant to the side of the car and separated from the interior of the car by the side of the car and provided with means for entrance and exit and direct communication with the interior of the car whereby the passenger is admitted to the body of the car without first entering upon a platform or into a vestibule or through a passageway or through a second Y entrance, each of the recesses in the underframe being formed by a truss member a portion of the adjacent center sill a portion of a cross sill and an end of a side sill.

3 A side recess entrance car comprising, with a suitablewheel support, a floor, sides, and a roof, said car having recesses at its sides in opposite relation'to each other, each of said recesses being of triangular shape with the apex inward and separated from the interior of the car and having means for entrance and exit and direct communi cation with the interior of the car whereby the passenger is admitted to the body of the car without first entering upon a platform or'into a vestibule or through a passageway or through a second entrance.

1. Aside recess entrance car comprising, 7

with suitable wheel support, a floor, sides and a roof, said car having covered recesses at its sides in oppositerelation to each other near an end of the car, each of said recesses being of triangular shape with the apex inward and separated from the interior of the car and having means for entrance and exit and direct communication with the interior of the car whereby the passenger is admitted to the body of the car without first entering upon a platform or into a vestibule or through a passageway or through a second entrance.

5. A side recess entrance car comprising, with suitable wheel support, an under frame, a floor, walls, and a roof, said car having recesses at the sides thereof in opposite'relation to each other near an end of the car, each of said recesses being of triangular shape with the apex inward and provided with steps for entrance and exit and a door communicating with the interior of the car, each of said recesses being formed in the underframe and floor of the car and inclosed by the walls and covered by the roof of the car.

6. A side recess entrance car comprising, with suitable wheel support, an under frame, a floor, walls, and a roof, said car having recesses in the walls of the car in opposite relation to each other formed in and inclosed by the walls of the car provided with means for entrance and exit and means for communication with the interior of the car, each of said recesses being of triangular shape with the apex inward.

7. A side recess entrance car comprising, with suitable wheel support, an underframe, a floor, sides, and a roof, said car having a compartment at an end of the car andcovered recesses at the sides of the car in opposite relation to each other'near an end of the car, each of said recesses being provided with steps for entrance and exit and a door communicating with the interior of the car, said end compartment being adjacent tooppositely related recesses, and each of said recesses being of triangular shape withv the apex inward and formed in the underframe, floor and side of the car and separated from the interior of the car by the side ofthe car.

8. A side recess entrance car comprising, with suitable wheel support, a floor, sides, and a roof, the sides having recesses of triangular shape with the apex inward separated from the interior of the car and having means for entrance and exit and communication with the interior of the can.

9. In a side recess entrance car, side walls having recesses in opposite relationtoeach other of triangular shape with the apex inward separated from the interior of the car and having means for entrance and exit and direct communication with the interior of the car whereby thepassenger is admitted to the body of the car without first entering upon a platform or into a vestibule or through a passageway or through a second entrance.

10. In a side recess entrance car, side walls having entrance recesses of triangular shape with the apex inward.

11. In a side recess entrance car, side walls having recesses in opposite relation to each other of triangular shape with the apex inwardformed in and inclosed by said side walls.

12. In a side recess entrance car, an underfranie comprising end sills, center sills connecting the end sills, side sills of less length than the center sills, cross sills connecting the center sills to each other and to the side sills, intermediate cross sills, and truss members connecting the center sills and the curved ends of the end sills, said underframe having recesses in opposite relation to each other formed therein at the sides thereof, each of said recesses being formed by a truss member a portion of the adjacent center sill and a portion of a cross sill.

13. In a side recess entrance car, an underframe comprising curved end sills, center sills connecting the end sills, side sills of less length than the center sills, cross sills connectingthe center sills to each other and to the side sills, intermediate cross sills, and truss members connecting the center sills and the curved ends of the end sills, said underframe having recesses in opposite relation to each other formed therein at the sides thereof, each of said recesses being formed by a truss member a portion of the adjacent center sill an end of a side. sill and a portion of.

a cross sill.

14:. In a side recess entrance car, an-underframe comprisingend sills, center sills connecting the end sills, side sillsofless length than the center sills, cross sills connecting the center sills to each other and-to the side sills, intermediate cross sills, diagonal braces between the cross sills and the intermediate cross sills, and truss members connecting the center sills and .the curved ends of the sills.

15. In a side recess entrance car, an underframe comprising end sills, center sills connecting the end sills, side sills of less length than the center sills, cross sills connecting the center sills to each other and to the side I sills, intermediate cross sills, diagonal braces between the cross sills and the intermediate cross sills, truss members connecting the center sills and the curved ends of the end sills, and braces extending at an angle from the center sills connecting the center sills and the truss members to the end sills.

CHARLES H. VAN LEUVEN. lVitnesses:

W. H. GEE, N. A. FRIEND.

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