Year: 1885

page_text: I, WILLIAM M'LAREN, of 39, 40 and 41 Moorfields, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :—
My invention relates chiefly to the seats of railway carriages, but is also
applicable to other seats.
The seats of railway carriages as heretofore ordinarily constructed are immovably
or permanently attached to the bodies of the said carriages.
In repairing railway carriages having such seats it frequently happens that the
upholstery of the latter is spoiled or injured by workmen standing on, or throwing
their tools upon, the same, and otherwise roughly using them. Moreover, if the
upholstery of a carriage is cut, either maliciously or otherwise, it is sometimes
necessary to send the carriage into a workshop or shed in order that the injury may
be repaired.
The chief object of my invention is to provide railway carriages with seats which
can be readily removed to prevent their being injured, or if they have been injured
can be readily removed and repaired or replaced by other seats, without the
necessity for sending the carriage to the workshop, and to this end the said inven-
tion comprises the improvements hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawing.
Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section through the body of a railway carriage,
showing my improved seat in élevation.
Figure 2 is a horizontal section through the said carriage body showing the seat
in plan.
Figure 3 is a section on the line x x Figure 1.
Figures 4 and 5 are views hereinafter referred to.
Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts throughout the drawing.
The seat is shown without any upholstery, but it may be upholstered in any
suitable manner.
a indicates as much of the walls or body of a railway carriage as is necessary to
illustrate the application of this invention thereto; b indicates the seat.
The said seat is composed of two angle-iron bars c c¹ united by two or more cross
pieces d, and of the boards e carried by the said angle-bars.
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page_text: ff indicate brackets which are secured to the sides of the carriage by screws,
and have sockets g formed at their upper ends. On the ends of the bar c are
formed lugs, which are shaped to enter and fit within the sockets g. The said
lugs and sockets are preferably circular in horizontal section and tapering from top
to bottom, as shown in Figures 4 and 5, but they may be of a dovetail or any
other suitable shape.
The said lugs and sockets serve to support the front side of the seat b; the rear
side is supported by brackets i.
On the brackets f below the sockets g and level with the bottom of the bar c are
formed ledges or abutments f¹, which assist in supporting the seat and which
prevent the lugs h from being pressed so tightly into the sockets g as to cause
difficulty in removing the seat.
In some cases I provide additional supports for the seat at its ends, that is to say
I employ bars k; one end of each of these bars k is carried upon an arm l projecting
from the bracket f, while the other end is secured to the wall of the carriage. I
sometimes employ a leg below the centre of the seat at the front of the same, as
shewn at m.
The means above described for supporting my improved movable seats are
capable of modifications in respect of some of the details of construction and
arrangement of the parts without materially affecting the efficiency of my invention,
for instance, I sometimes support the bar c¹ of the seat frame in sockets similar to
those supporting the bar c; and as above stated I do not always use the leg m.
Although I have hereinabove particularly described my invention as applied to the
seats of railway carriages it is obvious that my improvements are applicable to the
seats of other vehicles such as omnibuses or the like, and to other seats which are
usually fixed but which may be advantageously rendered capable of removal.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
First. A seat so constructed and arranged in a railway carriage that it can be
readily removed and replaced, for the purposes specified.
Second. The improved seat constructed substantially as described with reference
to the accompanying drawing, for the purpose specified.
Dated this 10th day of Danamban 100
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.