Improvements in and relating to Railway Carriage Doors.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 14th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 12th Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Railway Carriage Doors.
I HENRY HORDLEY of 163 Holly Terrace Leytonstone Road Stratford
Essex, Coach Trimmer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The purpose of this invention is to cause the door stop to pass freely through the
hole in the seat bracket, thereby preventing it from doubling up when the door is
being closed.
By affixing a roller on the face and outside edge of the hole in the seat bracket,
and a spring attachment on the back end of door stop, the said attachment having
a draw of three inches more or less, and secured to a piece of wood four inches
wide, and acting as a door stop protector, the said being secured to the back of seat
bracket and on the floor.
By the above arrangement the door stops will always act properly.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Railway Carriage Doors.
I HENRY HORDLEY, Coach Trimmer, of 93 Mortimer Road, Kensal Rise, in
the County of Middlesex, late of 163 Holly Terrace, Leytonstone Road, Stratford,
in the County of Essex, 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 :-
This invention for improvements in and relating to railway carriage doors has
for its object to facilitate the passage of the leather or other door strap or stop
through the hole in the seat bracket and thus to prevent it from being doubled up
when the door is being closed; and consists essentially in mounting at the outer
edge of the hole through which the strap or stop passes, a roller against which
the outer edge of the strap or stop bears. In addition a light spring may be
employed to draw the strap or stop through the hole as the door is being
closed.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings
Fig. 1 shows in sectional plan an arrangement of door stop constructed according
to this invention to suit an existing railway carriage, and Fig. 2 is an elevation of
the same.
Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views to Figs. 1 and 2 showing a somewhat modified
arrangement.
Figs. 5 and 6 are similar views to Figs. 1 and 2 showing an arrangement suitable
for a new carriage.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 a roller a is fitted loosely in a recess
edge of the hole c in the seat bracket d and is
beyond the edge of the bracket by the plate €.
[Price 8d.]
in the back
retained with its front projecting
The strap passing through the

page_text: hole bears against the roller and its back is attached to a helical spring g secured
to the lining board.
In the modified arrangement shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the roller a is mounted in a
box fixed on the inside face of the door pillar m the strap passing through slots
in the box. The roller a works freely on the axle n fixed in the box.
In the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6 suitable for carriages in which seat
brackets are not put in the box plate is wider and is fixed on the inside face of the
door pillar and when the door is open the strap or stop is drawn up to the back of
the box plate.
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 :-
:
1. In a railway-carriage door-stop mounting at the outer edge of the fixed
guide hole through which the strap or stop passes a roller against which the
outer face of the strap bears substantially as described for the purpose specified.
2. The attachments for railway carriage doors substantially as described with
reference to the drawings.
Dated this 14th day of November 1894.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.