Improvement in or connected with the Doors of Railway Carriages.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 7th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 7th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 13th Apr., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in or connected with the Doors of Railway Carriages.
I, JAMES PERCY CALLARD, of Monken Hadley, Barnet, Herts, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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According to the present system of building and fitting hinged doors to railway
carriages, said doors are composed of flat panels, wood and glass, arranged to be
in line with the carriage body, and much inconvenience is felt by passengers facing
the direction of travel by the rush of wind through the upper portion should the
glass be let down for ventilation purposes.
According to my invention, the glass of my improved door can be let down on
the leeward side and that on the windward side be kept closed to ensure ventilation
without positive draught, and without the risk of sparks, or particles of fuel from
the engine striking the face of the person sitting next to and facing the direction
of travel.
For the purpose of my invention, I make the door of V shape in transverse
section, and cover the top and bottom in, or I make the floor and cover to corre-
spond in shape for the door to be hinged, closed, and fastened by the usual and
well known methods.
My door has two angled faces, flat or curved each paneled and glazed like such
ordinary doors and opens from one side only. The apex or cone projects to no
greater distance than the usual sight glass projections now in vogue from the side
of the guards compartment, and will not interfere with the ingress or egress of
passengers, nor with their comfort while seated.
The angled or double faced doors will enable passengers to look ahead from
one window without being exposed to danger, and also be free for others to look
towards the rear from the other window of the same door.
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I, JAMES PERCY CALLARD, of Monken Hadley, Barnet, Herts, Gentleman,
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:-
According to the present system of building and fitting hinged doors to railway
carriages, said doors are composed of flat panels, wood and glass, arranged to be in
line with the carriage body, and much inconvenience is felt by passengers facing
the direction of travel by the rush of wind through the upper portion should the
glass be let down for ventilation purposes.

page_text: According to my invention, the glass of my improved door can be let down on
the leeward side and that on the windward side be kept closed to ensure ventilation
without positive draught, and without the risk of sparks or particles of fuel from
the engine, striking the face of the person sitting next to and facing the direction
of travel.
For the purpose of my invention and as I show on the annexed drawings
Figures 1 and 2, I make the door A of ✓ shape in transverse section, see Figure 1,
and cover the top B and bottom C in, or I make the floor and cover to correspond
in shape for the door to be hinged, closed, and fastened by the usual and well
known methods.
My door has two angled faces flat as at Figure 1, or curved as at Figure 2, each
paneled and glazed like such or ordinary doors, and opens from one side only. The
apex or cone projects to no greater distance than the usual sight glass projections
now in vogue from the side of the guard's compartment, and will not interfere
with the ingress or egress of passengers nor with their comfort while seated.
The angled or double faced doors will enable passengers to look ahead from
one window without being exposed to danger and also be free for others to look
towards the rear from the other window of the same door.
The doors of my invention may be plain paneled glazing, and the top and bottom
covers may be part of the carriage roofing and floor.
The spaces formed by the shapes of the doors will serve for the reception of
umbrellas.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improvement in railway carriage doors as set forth, consisting of angle or
curved projecting surfaces from or beyond the usual sides of such carriages,
substantially as represented in the annexed drawings.
The 6th day of March 1895
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said James Percy Callard.