US483382A - Draft and dust guard for cars - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

B. B. JONES. DRAFT AND DUST GUARD FOR CARS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC EDMUND B. JONES, OF LEETSDALE, PENNSYLVANIA.

DRAFT AND DUST GUARD FOR CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,382, dated September 27,1892.

Application filed March 25, 1892- Serial No. 426,431. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND B. J ONES, a resident of Leetsdale, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Draft and Dust Guards for Cars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to draft and dust guards for cars.

It is well known that in the ordinary passenger-cars, where the seats are arranged on two sides of the car, extending from the side walls toward the center aisle, in case a window is open the draft from the same generally passes the part-y occupying that particular seat and strikesupon the party in the seat back of the same, and while the draft may be pleasant to the party occupying the seat, and he therefore opens the window, it is generally exceedingly unpleasant to the occupant of the rear seat, who receives the full force of the same, together with the dust and dirt carried in by the draft. In the ordinary daycoach this cannot well be prevented by regulations as to the opening of the windows, and therefore a guard to prevent the draft and dust from striking the occupant of the rear seat is very desirable, and such guard is pro vided by the present invention.

To these ends my invention consists, gen erally stated, in combining with the car body and seat a movable guard or curtain adapted to extend from the car-body over to the seatback, and so cut off draft from the adjacent window, such guard being formed of a curtain mounted upon a vertical reel, which can be drawn out and secured to the seat-back, and so form the guard between the seats.

It also consists in certain other improvements, which will be hereinafter more particularly set forth and claimed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will describe the same more fully, referring to the accompany ing drawings, in which- Figure l is a side view of the guard, showing the same closed. Fig. 2 is a like view showing the same opened and secured to the seat-back. Fig. 3 is a face view showing the preferred position of the guard to the carseats. Fig. 4. is an enlarged view showing the lower part of the guard and its bracket. Fig. 5 is a like view showing the upper part thereof, and Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the springconnecting device.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in each. i

I have illustrated my invention where the guard is formed of a curtain, as that is the most simple and practical form thereof. It is to be understood, however, that my invention includes any suitable form of movable guard adapted to extend from the oar-body over the seat-back and out OK draft, and at the same time may be formed of slats having, for example, a fan-shaped construction or like device which will subserve the purpose intended.

In the guard illustrated in the drawings the car-body is shown at A, the seat at B, and, if desired, the two seat-backs can be brought adj acent to the draft-guard, according to the inclination of the persons in traveling. The guard shown consists of a triangular curtain O, secured to a rod or tube 0, mounted in the brackets d and e. The brackets d and e are secured to the car-body and extend out therefrom, and the tube or bar 0 is mounted in the same, so that the curtain may be wrapped around the tube or roller 0, and the curtain is guided in its movement by the rod g, connecting the outer ends of the brackets (Z c and secured thereto by suitable means, while extending up from the bracket d is the guidebar e, and the curtain 0 passes out between the rod g and the guide-bar 6 when it is drawn out to be secured to the seat-back. As the curtain is triangular in shape, such a short rod extending up from the lower bracket fulfills all the necessities for any guide and at the same time holds the outer end of the curtain, with its ring c, in position to be grasped and to draw out the curtain. On the back of the seat is the button I), which is placed in suitable position to hold the ring 0, and so retain the curtain in its extended position. As it is desirable that the curtain shall be wrapped up automatically, I employ a springroller for the purpose, either connecting the tube It to the upper end of the roller 0 and supporting the upper end of said tube in the bracket f, the tube containing the spring is, which turns the roller, as in Figs. 1 and 2, or

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forming the tube 0 of sufficient diameter to receive the spring is, as shown in Fig. 3. In either case any suitable form of spring mechanism for turning the roller 0 may be employed, such as the ordinary curtain-spring of any desirable form, and particular description does not seem necessary, the only necessary point of construction being that the parts shall be properly held, so thatthe spring may roll up the curtain when it is released from the button b. Any suitable means for holding the spring after it is wound up andlocking the curtain at any position desired may of course be employed, if found necessary, such mechanism being illustrated in Fig. 6 and being old in the. art. Where a separate tube 72. for holdingthe spring mechanism is" employed, as in Figs. 1 and 2-, the tube; can be connected to the rollerc byany suitable coupling, that shown being" a socket and pin with a set-screw. Any suitable means for securing the curtain to the roller may also be When the draft and dust guardsuch as above described is in use, in case a' window in trontofanyseat is open and the occupant desires to protect himself from the draft I so passing through the car and; from the dust entering the car all that is ne'c'ess'ary is for him to grasp the ring at and draw out the cur: tain, so unwinding it from the roller 0, and secure the ring upon the button b. In that caseanydraft or dust entering through the windowwillstrike against the curtain and be deflected toward the middle of the'can'sothat it w I not strikeagainst the persons of the ode ants'fof the seat behind the windowyand e -gyms disagreeableness of traveling into feque'nce of sitting behind such open windows and the colds often consequent thereto will be prevented. When the window is clos'edand the draft-guard no longer needed, it is only necessary to free the ring from the button, when the spring will wind up the curtain upon its roller, where it is retained until again needed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with the car body and seat, a movable draft-guard formed of a vertical roller mounted in brackets in the carbody, a curtain mounted on such 7 roller, a gni'de bar extending between said brackets, and a guide-bar extending up from the lower bracket and free at its upper end, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with the car body and seat,a movable draftguard' formed of a roller mounted in brackets secured to the car-body, acurtainmounted on said roller, a tube secured to the upper end of suohroller andsup ported at its upper end in a bracket, and a spring for rotating said tube. inclosed therein, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In combination with a car body and seat, a movable draft-guard formed of a vertical spring-operated roller mounted on the" carbody andga; triangular-shaped curtain mounted on said roller and having acat'ch at its outer endan'd a button or catch uponthe carseat to receive the same, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. e

In testimony whereof I, the said EDMUND B. J ONES, have hereunto set my hand.

EDMUND l3. JONES;

Witnesses:

J. N. Coon-r2, Boer. D. TOTTEN.

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