Improvements in Carriage Door Finger Protectors and Draught Preventers.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 16th July, 1897-Accepted, 28th Aug., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Carriage Door Finger Protectors and Draught
Preventers.
I, JAMES GELDARD, of 1 Shires Row Alverthorpe, Wakefield, in the County
of York, Loom Tuner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is to construct carriage doors and finger protectors for
same so that in event of anyone's finger being caught between the door and the
carriage or frame it is impossible for them to he injured, and, it entirely prevents
draught from entering the carriage.
I form a recess preferably in the carriage frame the whole length of the door, in
which I place a length of hollow india-rubber to fill up the said recess and abut
against the door frame, so that in case of the fingers being caught the hollow rubber
gives way at that part and no injury is done, or smaller hollow rubbers may be placed
in grooves on each side on the door frame and on the carriage frame with similar
effect.
The hollow india rubber cushion is preferably wider toward the inside of the
carriage so as to bulge outwards but may be of other suitable form or section, it is
applicable to all kinds of doors where required.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Patent Agent, Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent to the Applicant.
Improvements in Carriage Door Finger Protectors and Draught
Preventers.
I, JAMES GELDARD, of 1, Shires Row, Alverthorpe, near Wakefield, in the County
of York, Loom Tuner, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to construct carriage doors and finger protectors for
same, so that in the event of anyone's fingers being caught between the door and the

page_text: carriage frame it is impossible for them to be injured, and so as to entirely prevent
draught from entering the carriage.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a section through the hinged side of a carriage door and carriage frame,
showing my improvements in position.
Fig. 2 is a plan of end of hollow indiarubber cushion shown in section in Fig. 1.
In carrying out my invention I employ a hollow indiarubber cushion A, which fits
in a recess B in the doorpost C of the carriage frame, and which extends from top to
bottom of the doorway.
A brass or other suitable metal plate or strip D, extending (in one or more lengths)
the whole length of the cushion, overlaps the enlarged inner side of the cushion,
and is screwed or otherwise attached at F to the carriage frame C.
A beading G at the other side of the cushion A fits into a groove H in the frame C,
the cushion A being further secured by means of a strip J, preferably of wood, fitting
into a recess K in the cushion A and frame C, and screwed at L to the frame C.
The ends of the cushion A are closed by means of a web M (see Fig. 2), and the
cushion A is preferably made wider towards the bottom of the doorway, where the
frame is thicker and where there is more risk of one's fingers being caught.
When the door is closed the part N abuts against the rubber cushion A, which
thus excludes draught, and which when anyone's fingers are caught gives way at
that part, thus preventing any serious injury.
In lieu of the hollow cushion A as described, I may use with similar effect smaller
but similar hollow rubbers in grooves, one on the door frame N and the other on the
carriage frame C.
My improvements are applicable to all kinds of doors where protectors are a
required.
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 :-
In the doors of railway and other carriages the use and application to the door
frame, carriage frame, or both, of a finger protector consisting of a hollow cushion
or cushions of indiarubber or other elastic substance substantially as and for the
purposes shown and described.
Thated thin 15th day of T.1., 1005