Ching away Carriage Doors.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Sept., 1886.
Complete Left, 30th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 2nd Aug., 1887.
and Ching away Carriage Doors.
CHARLES THOMPSON 2 St. James's Place Otley Road Baildon in the County of
York (Mill Furnisher) do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improved apparatus to prevent accidents in opening and
closing Railway Carriage doors, to prevent passengers opening the door before the
train stops, from getting in while the train is in motion, and to prevent accident in
closing the door.
The apparatus for purpose aforesaid places each door under the control of the
guard or person responsible on the train, within the carriage on each side of the door
is a safety guard and hand rail to prevent accident in closing the door.
Over each door is a bracket which carries a lever latch, the levers are connected to
each other, at their upper end, by chain cord or rod, one end terminating in the
guards van and the other end in the Tender or other suitable part of the train, the
lower end of the lever latch engages with a recess formed in the upper part of the
door. The end of the cord in the guards van is a hand wheel for releasing the latch
levers from each door, the opposite end of cord passes over a pulley and has a weight
suspended thereto, the latter when a catch is released on the hand wheel, draws by
the chain or cord the lower part of each latch lever clear of the recess formed in the
door.
Within the carriage on each side of the door I place a shield or Guard, with 1. hand
rail, for the passengers to hold whilst looking out of the window or door.
Dated this 27th day of September 1886.
JAMES EDWARD CARTER,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I CHARLES THOMPSON 2 St. James's Place Otley Road Baildon in the County of
York (Mill Furnisher) 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:—
Fig. 1 is side Elevation of Carriage with apparatus applied for securing Door.
Fig. 2 is Elevation of Door from inside.
Fig. 3 is plan of connection of the shield.
Fig. 4. section through line A B, Fig. 2 when door is closed.
Fig. 5 section door partly open.
Fig. 6 detail of rack and pinion.
At 1 is the door 2 the catch on sliding bar 3 mounted and supported on guides 4,
at each end of bar 3 is a chain 5 connected to upper bar 6 each bar 3. 6 are
connected from carriage to carriage by spiral springs 7, the chain 5 passes over a
notched pulley 8 and connects the two bars 3 and 6.
The projecting piece 2 on the bar 3 passes along top of door closing it and at the
same time effectually securing it, at each end of the train the gear wheels 9, 10 11. by
means of handle 12 actuate the bars. 14, 15 are shields mounted upon rods 16, 17 on
inside of door the shield 14 is of leather or other suitable material and wraps around
the rod 16, as the door closes by means of rack 18 and pinion 19, on rod 16 one side
of shield 14 is fastened to the door and the other side to the rod, shield 15 is of metal
which is moved by pulleys 20 21 and cord 22.
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. The catch 2 bars 3, 6 as herein described and illustrated.
2. The shields 14, 15, for purpose herein described and as illustrated.