GB191318602A - Improvements in Double-decked Vehicles. - Google Patents

Abstract

18,602. Spõngler, L. Nov. 2, 1912, [Convention date]. Carriages; tramcars; floors and roofs.-Doubledecked railway or street cars and omnibuses are constructed with transverse back-to-back seats arranged so that the transverse passages between the seats of one deck are respectively above or below the seats of the other deck, the floor under the upper seats being cut away. Fig. 1 shows a railway or street car with seats 6 on the upper deck arranged over passages between seats 5 on the lower deck. The transverse passages lead into longitudinal passages 2, 9 at opposite sides, the floor above the passage 2 being raised, preferably by providing longitudinal seats at that side connecting the transverse seats. Similar seats may be provided under the passage 9. Stairs 3 are provided at the ends of the car, and the wheels may be arranged under the lower seats. In the car shown in Fig. 2, the seats 5, 6 of the end portions are arranged as in Fig. 1, but the seats of the central depressed portion of the lower deck may be arranged longitudinally. Doors may be provided at both sides of the central portion. The lower longitudinal passage may be at the same side throughout the car, or at one side in one half and at the other side in the other half of the car, and is provided with a step 4 leading from the centre to the end portions, from which further steps 4<1> lead to the platform 10 and stairs 3, the height of the step 4 being reduced by sloping the end portions of flooring. Fig. 3 shows an omnibus with seats arranged as in Fig. 1. The invention is also shown applied to a car with longitudinal passages at both sides of each deck, the lower longitudinal passages being depressed below the transverse passages.