Improvements in or applicable to Railway Carriage or like Doors.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 19th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 19th Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Railway Carriage or like
Doors.
1, FRANK SUTCLIFFE of Oak Bank, Fairfield, near Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My improvements, relate to railway carriage or like doors. In such doors as
heretofore usually constructed they are for general convenience hinged on the
outside; leaving however-when the door is open-an objectionable gap on the
inside of compartment between the hinged stiles; and it is this gap which during
the closing of the door is so frequently a source of discomfort or danger; in reality
a passenger trap in which too often the apparel is violently gripped or the person
more or less seriously injured.
Now my invention has for its object the provision of a safeguard-more particu-
larly against carelessness in shutting or slamming doors-and consists in a
shield of leather or other suitable flexible material or combination of materials, one
side or edge of which may be fixed to the hanging stile of the door either the full
length or a portion thereof and the other side or edge to one or more ordinary
spring rollers within the fixed (hinged) stile, the shield by preference passing over
one or more guide rollers, and automatically wound on and off the aforesaid spring
roller or rollers during the closing and opening of the door. Or, conversely, one
side or edge of the shield may be attached to the fixed (hinged) stile and the other
to one or more spring rollers within the hanging stile, the shield passing by
preference over one or more guide rollers. The stile containing the roller or rollers
may be formed of metal (cast or otherwise) or it may be formed of other suitable
material.
Or to suit existing or other carriage stock without adopting new door stiles-
the side or edge of the shield may be attached to one of the hinged stiles and
overlap the other in such manner as to cover the aforesaid gap.
Or, the sides or edges of a flexible or of an elastic shield may be attached to both
the hinged stiles, either the full length or a portion thereof; and such stiles may be
so formed that whilst the door is being shut or slammed this alternative arrangement
of shield will also provide a complete safeguard.
Dated this 18th day of Anril 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Railway Carriage or like
Doors.
I FRANK SUTCLIFFE, of Eskdale Bank, Levenshulme, near Manchester in the
County of Lancaster, 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 improvements relate to railway carriage or like doors. In such doors as
heretofore usually constructed they are for general convenience hinged on the
outside, leaving however-when the door is open-an objectionable gap inside of
compartment between the binged stiles; and it is this gap which-during the closing
of the door is so frequently a source of discomfort or danger.
Now my invention has for its object the provision of a safeguard, and consists

page_text: primarily in a shield of leather or other suitable flexible material or combination of
materials. Such shield may be variously arranged. One side or edge may be fixed
to the hanging stile of a door and the other side or edge to one or more ordinary
spring winding rollers within a fixed (hinged) stile the shield by preference passing
over one or more guide rollers and automatically wound on and off the aforesaid 5
spring roller or rollers during the closing and opening of the door. Or, conversely,
one side or edge of shield may be attached to the fixed (hinged) stile and the other
to one or more spring winding rollers within the banging stile. I prefer however
to place the rollers within a fixed (hinged) stile which may be formed of metal.
Or to suit existing or other carriage stock without adopting new door stiles-the 1
side or edge of shield may be attached to one of the hinged stiles. Or, the sides
or edges of a flexible or of an elastic shield may be attached to both the.hinged
stiles.
And in order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
operation 1 will proceed to describe the accompanying six sheets of drawings, 1
reference being had to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figs. 1-2 and 3 (Sheets 1 and 3) are respectively an outside elevation, a cross
sectional elevation, and a longitudinal sectional elevation; and
Fig. 4 a sectional plan shewing the application of a shield of leather or other
suitable flexible material to a carriage door: one side or edge of shield S being
secured to the hanging stile H and the other side or edge to a winding roller W
within the fixed stile F, the shield passing over a guide roller G with its axis
parallel to that of the winding roller and door hinges: the mechanical action being
as follows:-
While the door is unopen the main portion of shield remains coiled upon the
winding roller W within the stile F. When the door is open at right angles to
the side of carriage (Sheets 1 and 3: Figs. 4 and 7) the shield S is partly uncoiled,
and when thrown fully open (Sheet 2: Fig. 5) it is approximately altogether
uncoiled from the winding roller. But at whatever working angle the door may be
moved the shield is kept fairly in contact with the guide roller G (Fig. 4: Sheet 1),
an ordinary coiled spring N (Fig. 3: Sheet 1) maintaining the shield in tension
The
and thus practically flush with face of stile within the compartment.
bearings B (Figs. 1 to 5: Sheets 1 and 2) form part of plate C, which latter-for
facility of construction and repair-is made removable and is secured by screws to
the stile F. The plate and style I prefer to make of cast steel, and the rollers of
hardwood.
Fig. 6 (Sheet 3) is a longitudinal sectional elevation and Fig. 7 a sectional plan
shewing an alternative arrangement by which the tension of shield S may be
maintained by a cord and pulley P and weight T, the latter moving within a guide
plate U.
Fig. 8 (Sheet 4) shews an arrangement-mainly to suit existing carriage stock-
in which the side or edge of shield (E, made by preference of stout india rubber) is
secured by screws and metal strip M to the fixed hinged stile A, and-when the
door is closed-partly overlaps the hanging stile D.
Fig. 9 (Sheet 5) is a part cross sectional elevation and Fig. 10 à part longitudinal
sectional elevation of carriage shewing an arrangement for existing or other stock-
with only slight modification of such door stiles as are at present generally in use-
in which arrangement the sides or edges of a flexible or of an elastic shield X.are
attached to both the hinged stiles.
Fig. 11 (Sheet 6) is a sectional plan with the inner corners of stiles L partly
rounded off or chamfered, shewing the approximate position of shield X with the
door open, the dotted lines representing it with door closed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First: In railway carriage or like doors my improvements contained in the several

page_text: arrangements of shield, substantially as shewn and described with reference to
drawings 1 to 6: Figs. 4 and 5 and 7 to 11 inclusive.
Secondly: My improvements embraced in the application of a stile with rollers
substantially as shewn and described with reference to drawings 1 to 3: Figs. 1 to 7*
5 inclusive.
DL: 1041
1000
FRANK SUTCLIFFE.