US931724A - Street-car. - Google Patents

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STREET GAR. i APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2s, 1909.

.A Patented Aug. 24. 1909.

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c. o. BIRNEY. STREET GARA., APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 28, 1909.

Patented, Aug. 24, 1909,

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UNITED STATES YPALISTTT OFFICE.

cuantas o. BmNEY, or si'. Leurs, 'mssoonr STREET-CAR;

931,724, Specification oi Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 24, 1909,

I Application led January 28, 1909. Serial No. 474,684.

the step side of the platform; Fig. is an To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownv that l, CHARLES O. BIRNEY, enlarged vertical section taken on the line a citizen of the United States,and resident 5-5 of Fig. 3; and Fig. (3 is a vertical secof St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certa-in tion taken through the center of the post or 60 5 ,new and useful Improvements in Streetstanehion located on the car platform and Cars, of which the following is a specificashowing means operating through said post tion, containing a full, clear, and exact defor actuating the fare register. scription, reference being had to the accom- Referring by numerals to the accompanypanying drawings, forming a part hereof. ing drawings, 1 desionates the car body; 2 65 vMy invention relates generally tostreetI the platform thereof-3 3 the door opening,

cars and more particularly to the construcwhich in the present arrangement is shown' tion and arrangement of the car platform in the center of the car end; 4 the step at the aand entrance, my object being to construct a side of the platform and-5 a vertically discar andplatform embodying what is known posedpost which extends from the center 70 l as thepay on platform principle, whereby all of the step to the hood over vthe car platofthe passengers entering the car pass the form; 6 designates a post or stanchion, which A conductor stationed on the platform adj ais preferably in theform of a tube the lower cent the car door and there being a swinging end of which is fixed in a socket 7 which is ate or, barrier operated by the conductor positioned on the car platform in front of '75V or controlling the entrance and exit pasthe door opening 3, and the upper end of sa'geways leading to and from said door, said post or stanchion is fixed in a socket 8, which arrangement prevents crowding and carried by the underside of the hood. consequent confusion of the in-coming and Fixed on the post or stanchion 6, is aseries out-going passengers at the car door and of collars 9, which are provided with lu s 8o upon the Vcar platform. i 10, which latter are provided with vertical. y

A further object of my invention is to disposed apertures which serve as bearings provide simple means whereby the ate or for the arms of the gate or barrier. This barrier may be locked to the car plat orm at gate or barrier is-preferably constructed of various points in its. travel and said gate or tubular material, such as ordinary gas pipe, :35

barrier being readily detachable from a supand comprises a pair of horizontally disport post or stanchion on the car platform, posed rails 11, the rear endsof which are thus permitting said gate `or barrier to be' provided with blocks 12, and formed intereadily transferred from one end of the car gral withl said blocks are pins 13 which ento another, gagein the bearings formed in the lower 90 My present invention is an improvement pair of lugs 10.

upon the subject matter shownl and de- The outer or forward ends of the rails 11 scribed in an application for Letters Patent are connected in any suitable manner to a `tiled by yme April 2, 1908, Serial Number vertically disposed rail 14, the upper portion 424,851. of which is curved rearward as designated 95 40 To the above purposes my invention conby 15, and the rear end of said portion bein sists in certain novel features of construe-v provided witha block 16 carrying a pin 1% tion and arrangement of parts which will which operates in the upper one of the bearberhereinafte'r more fully set forth, pointed ing lugs 10. Thus the gate is detachably out in the claims and illustrated in the acconnected to and is arranged to swing u onloo companying drawings, in which* the post or stanchion (3, and the front en( of Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating said gate or barrier, comprising the vertia portion of a car and car platform and cally disposed rail 14, is adapted to swing showing my improved gate or barrier in pofrom one side of the door opening'B to the Isition on said platform; Fig. 2 is a horizonother, so as to control the inlet and outlet 105 r0 tal section taken approximately on the line passage-ways leading to and from said door 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged side opening. l elevation of the gate or barrier with parts A vertically disposed tube18 is connected shown in section; Fig. 4 is an elevation iu any suitable manner to the cent-ral por vpartly in section of a' rail which is detachtions of the rail 11, the lower l end of which 110 ablyvarranged between the post or stanchion tube 18 cccupesa plane-just abovethe top v on the car platform and a post arranged on of the platform-2, andyaggangedto. .invev through said tube 18 is a rod 19, the lower end of which is adapted to enter any one of a series of apertures 2O formed through a segmental vplate 21, which is fixed tothe l5 rwliicli extends between the posts 5 and (i and the ends of said rail are detachably con nected to said posts. T he end of this rail 25, in'nnediately adjacent the post (l, is bent rearward as designated by 2G to form a compartment or space to be occupied by the conductor of the ear.

When a car of my improved construction is in use, the conductor occupies a' position just inside the bent portion 2G of the rail 25 and by engaging the handle 24- and lift`l ing the rod 19, so as to disengage the lower end thereof from the plate 21, which permits the gate orv barrier to be swung in either direction to control the entrance and exit passage-Waysl rlhe passengers entering' the ear pass to the rear of the rail 25 and after lpaying Afare to the conductor, said passed gers pass around the post or stanchion 6, and as the gate or barrier is swung to the righthand side of the door opening by the conductor, said passengers are'i'ree to enterthe car through said door opening. When a passenger desires to leave the car, the cond uctoi wings the gate or barrier to the lefthand of the door opening and said pasis free to pasv x`hrough the exit passage-'way between 'the and the rail 25. l

The gate or barrier is always nuclei' the control of 'the conduct-or and by manipulating the rod 19, said gate or barrier can be locked at various points throughout its ravel, thus positively controlling the width of the entrance and exit passage-ways leading 'to and from the door opening. (See Fig. '2).

ln some instances it may be found desirable to arrange the post or stanchion 6 inA bearings so that it will rotate, and where such arrangement is carried out the gate can be rigidly n'xed to said post or stanchion.

lf desired, the entire gate or barrier and the rail 25 may be readily detached-from the post or stanchion t5 ano post 5 and positioned on the opposite end of the car, or upon the platform of another ear.

When it is desired to hold the rod 19 ele' vated to permit the gate to swing freely' in both directions, the handle 2&1 is shifted into the laterally projecting end 23 of the slot 22.

end of the car bodyv In some instances it may-be found advantageous to arrange a foot lever at the lower end of the post or stanchion 6 and to extend a rod through' said post or stanchion and connecting the upper end thereof vto a bell crank fulcrumed beneath the car hood for the purpose of operating a fare register.

To facilitate the unloading of the passengers from the car, for instance, `at the end of the line, or at a point where all of the passengers leave the car, the rail 25 is detached from the posts 5 and 6, and the gate or barrier is swung toits limit of movement to the left-hand side of the thus providing an extra wide exit passageway for the passengers leaving the car. n

My improved gate orbarrier is very simple, can be easily applied to, or removed from, a car, can be loc red at various points throughout its movement, and is easily swung from one side of thedoor opening 'to the other to control the entrance and exit passage-ways leading to and from said doorway.

I claim:

1. The combination with a street car of a post arranged on the car platform in front of the door opening, and a barrier carried by the stanchion, the free side of which barrier is adapted toswing from one side of the car door opening tothe other and means whereby said barrier islocked to the car platform at various points in its travel.

2. The combination with a street car of a post arrang c` on the car platform in front of the door pening, and a barrier carried by 4the stanchion, the free side of which barrier is adapted to swing from one side of the car door opening to the other and means carried by said barrier whereby the saine is locked to the car platform at various points in its travel. l f 3. The combination with a street earof a post arranged on the car platform in front of the door opening in the end of the ear body, a barrier detachably arranged on the post, the free side of which barrier swings from one side ofthe car door opening to the other, a. post on the step side of the car platform and a i'ail extending from one post to the other and the ends of which rail are detachably connected to said post.

. 4. An attachment for street cars comprisfing a support adapted to be positioned on the car platform in front of the door opening in the end of the car, aV barrier carried by said-support the free side of Which. barrier swings from one side of the ear. door opening to the other and means whereby said barrier is locked to the car latform at dif ferent points to vary the widthof the door opening. I p

5. The combination with a street car provided with a wide door opening in one end of a post arranged on the car platform, a

door opening,

'Jarrier detachably arranged on the post and adapted to be swung from one side of the opening to the otherto control the ene i and exit passage-ways leading to and ro i kthe 'oar door, and means wherebysaid han' r is locked to the car platform.

ie combination with a street car prowith a wide door opening in one end st arranged on the car platform in seid opening, abarrier detachably on the post and adapted to be ...rem one side of said opening to the to control the-entrance and exit asyes lending to and from the car dbor i looking means carried by the barrier for ing the car platform.

.ifhe combination with a street car pro- 'ith a wide door opening in one end post arranged on the car platform, a tier detachably arranged on the post and @ted to he swung from one side of said opening to the other to control theentrance .end exit passage ways leading to and from the car door, Ineens whereby said barrier is locke-:il the car platform, and a rail extending from the post to the step side of the car platform.

8. The combination with n street car provided with a wide door opening in one end of a post arranged on the car platform, a barrier detachably arranged on the post and adapted to be swung from one side of said opening to the other to control the entrance and exit passa e-ways leading to and from the car door, ocl'ing means carried by the barrier for engaging the car platform, and a rail extending from the post to the step side of the car platform.

9; The combination with a street car of a post arranged on the car platform, bearings carried by said post, a swinging barrier, there being pivotal connections between one side of said barrier and the bearings on the post, means carried by the barrier whereby the 'same is locked to the car plat-form, anda rail detachably connected to the post and extending to the open side of the car platform.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES O. BIRNEY.

Witnesses:

M. P. SMITH, AE. L. WALLACE.

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