US544702A - Safety express oar - Google Patents

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SAFETY EXPRESS GAR.

Patented Aug. 20, 1895.

iNo. 544,702.

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SAFETY EXPRESS CAR.

No. 544,702. Patented Aug. 20, 1895.

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HENRY WV. WAIT, OF IOWA, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR-OFONE-THIRD TO EUELLO S. WILLETT, OF SAME PLACE.

SAFETY EXPRESS-CAR.

SPECIFICATION'forming' part of Letters Patent No. 544,702, dated August 20, 1895.

Application met May s, i895. serial No, 548,587. nto model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W'. WAIT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Iowa, in the parish of Calcasieu and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Safety Express-Car, of which the following is a specication.

The invention relates to improvements in safety express-cars. y

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofexpress-cars for carrying money and other valuables and to provide simple and effective means adapted to be `view of the piston.

readily applied to anyordinary construction of expresscar and capable of enabling any persons attempting to rob the car to be readily.

captured and safely confined.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination. and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view of a portion of a car provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of thesameon tion provided at one end with a lining 2 of heavy sheet metal or similar material, and

' provided With'a short longitudinally-disposed partition for dividingrthe end of the car off into a cell 4 and a compartment 5, adapted to contain the safe 6 of the car. The cell el is closed by a sliding door 7, adapted to be moved up against stops 8, which are secured to the bottom of the car and are arranged longitudinally thereof in the cell 4,' along the partition 3 and one side ofthe car 1. The stops S terminate short of the vertical front edge of the partition 3 in order that the movable door 7 may t snugly between the parti- 5o tion 3 and theadjacent side of the car.

which are arranged in longitudinal grooves lOof the bottom and ribs 10a of the top of the llmay be of any desired construction, but l areA preferablyvcomposed of resilient plates each secured atits front or outer end to the bottom of the car,.and' having `its other end free and elevated above the bottom of the car and adapted to engage the door 7. f The dooris adapted, in closing, to pass readily over and depress the stops 11, and as soon as these stops or catches 1l are released'they spring upward and engage the bottom of the door 7.

The car is provided atthe vsafe-compartment 5 with alongitudinally-disposed sliding door 12 and a transversely-disposed hinged door 13. The sliding door 12 is normally arranged against the partition 3, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, and the space between the adjacent edges of the doors 12 and 13 forms an entrance to the safecompartment. The door 13 is hinged for the purpose of folding it back out of the Way against the side of the car when desired.

When a messenger or other person having charge of the safe 6 enters the compartment 5, he may, if desired, close the door 12 by slid-A ing it outward against the door 13, and suitable fastening devices are provided for locking these doors when closed.

The door 7 is connected by a spider-plate 14. with a piston-rod 15, having a piston-head 16 and varranged in a steam pipe 17 and adapted, when the steam is turned on by means of a` valve 18, to force the door? to its closed position. The steam-pipe'is provided with a guide-trip or boxing 19, and has an exhaust-pipe 20, and after the dooris closed by the action of the steam through the medium of the piston the steam escapes by Way of the IOO,

Any persons attempting to rob the car and gaining access to the same would, in all probability, compel the person or messenger having charge of the safe to enter the safe-compartm ent for the purpose of opening the safe, The safecompartment being only large -enough to accommodate one person, the robcrate the piston, and the door 7 may be caused to close suddenly and will sweep any persons in its path into the cell 4, where they will be confined.

Simultaneously with the closing of the door 7 the space at the entrance of the safe-compartment is closed by a supplemental door 24, hinged to the sliding door 7 and having its upper edge 25 projecting above the upper edge of the door and adapted to come in contact with a horizontally-disposed Wedgeshaped extension 25 of fthe top or ceiling 26 of the cell. This wedge-shaped extension automatically closes the supplemental door 24, which may be quickly locked by the messenger, it' desired, thereby shutting himself securely in the safe-compartment. able fastening device may beemployed for locking the supplemental door.

Should the persons confined in the cell 4 offer resistance and attempt to escape they may be quickly subdued by injecting steam4 into the cell, a branch pipe 27 being provided for that purpose and extending from the supply-pipe to the cell. A suitable cock or valve 28 is provided to enable steam to be discharged into the cell or cut od, as desired. A port-hole 29 is provided at the end of the car to enable the messenger or other person in the safe-compartment to ascertain the condition of aairs on the exterior of the car and to communicate with the engineer.

At the rear end of the cylinder 17 is located a chamber 30, having a removable plug 3l and adapted to contain suitable chemicals for combining with water to form a gas for actuating the piston. This constructionvmay be employed instead of steam should it be found desirable or necessary.

Any suitsacriticing any'ot the vention.

What I claim is- 1. The combination ol;` a car, provided with a longitudinal partition forming a cell, and providing a safe compartment, the transverse front wall 13 of the safe compartment separated from the partition to lform a side entrance to the safe compartment, and a. slidadvantages of this ining door located beyond the front wall of the safe compartment and adapted to fit between the partition and the side of the car to close the cell, and means for closing the sliding door', substantially as described.

2. rIfhe combination of a car, provided with a cell, and having a safe compartment located compartment extended beyond the cell and4 provided with a side entrance, the wedgeshaped extension arranged at the top of the cell, the sliding door located opposite the cell and adapted to close the same, the supplemental door hinged to the sliding door and projecting above the same, and arranged to be engaged by the Wedge-shaped extension, whereby the supplemental door is swung laterally to close the entrance of the safe compartment, and means for operating the sliding door, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a car, having a cell and provided with a safe compartment, and provided at its top and bottom with longitudinal ways extending outward from the cell,

stops mounted in the cell, the door 7 provided with slides mounted on said ways, and adapted t0 close the cell, automatic catches arranged to engage and lock the door when the latter is closed, means for sliding the door 7 sub stantially as described.

5. The combination of a car, provided with a cell and having a safe compartment at one side of the cell, a sliding door arranged to close the cell, a cylinder having a piston connected with the sliding door, a supply-pipe having a piston connectedtwith the sliding IOC IIC

door, a chamber arranged at one end of the cylinder, and a supply pipe communicating with the cylinder, substantially as described.

7. The combination of a car, provided at one end with a cell, and having the longitudinal and transverse doors 12 and 13 forming a safe compartment, the sliding door 7 arranged vto close the cell, the supplemental door hinged to and carried by the sliding door, and means

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