Improvements in Means for Preventing the Trapping of Hands, Fingers, or Garments by Carriage Doors and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Sept., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 29th May, 1897-Accepted, 10th July, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Preventing the Trapping of Hands,
Fingers, or Garments by Carriage Doors and the like.
I, JAMES MOLYNEUX, of 93, Shaw Heath, Stockport, in the County of Chester,
Estate Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows;-
This invention has for its object to provide means whereby the trapping of
the hands, fingers or garments by the doors of railway and other carriages, cabs,
omnibuses or the like where seats are arranged near doors, say in ships or houses,
is entirely prevented and thus accidents obviated.
To this end my improvements consist in employing at each side of the door, a
flap or wing which covers the joint between door and cheek and is furnished with
pivots suitably socketed. The said flaps or wings extend from the top to the
bottom of the door and project towards each other, the flap or wing on the lock
ide being narrower than that on the hinge side of the door. In cases where tho
door has a window the respective part of the flap or wing is shaped to conform
with the window and thus not obstruct the view. The said flaps or wings are so
formed and arranged that a space is provided between the same and the door
sufficient for the hand, finger or garment to remain between without becoming
trapped when closing the door.
The said flaps or wings I cause to move outwards with the door when opened so
as to form no obstruction and to take up their normal position again when the door
is closing. This I effect by placing one of the said flaps or wings under the
influence of a spring which tends to press it against the door; and by attaching to
the upper end of each flap or wing a short lever and connecting such by means of
rods each to a crank pin or lever attached to a pinion, which pinions are mounted
in gear with each other, so that when the door opens motion will be imparted from
the one flap or wing to the other by means of the said levers, crank pins and rods.
In order to protect the said gearing I suitably cover the same, for instance in
cornice fashion.
1000
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
Improvements in Means for Preventing the Trapping of Hands,
Fingers, or Garments by Carriage Doors and the like.
I, JAMES MOLYNEUX, of 93, Shaw Heath, Stockport, in the County of Chester,
Estate Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
Pries 8d.1

page_text: the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
This invention has for its object to provide means whereby the trapping of
hands, fingers or garments by the doors of railway and other oarriages, cabs,
omnibuses or the like wherein seats are arranged near doors, say in ships or houses,
is entirely prevented and thus accidents obviated.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused
to be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures, Fig. 1 being a longitudinal section of
a railway carriage compartment, Figs. 2, 3 & 4 cross sections at line A-B
and C-D respectively of the carriage door and its adjacent parts and Fig. 5 a cross
section of a modification of my invention.
In carrying out my invention and referring to Figs. 1, 2, 3 & 4, the improvements
consist in employing at each side of the door a, a flap or wing b which covers the
joint between the door a and the cheek c and which is furnished or formed with
pivots 6 suitably socketed, say in the floor 'd and in a ledge e secured to the inside
of the carriage, above the door, see Fig. 1. The flaps or wings b extend from the
top to the bottom of the door a and project towards each other, the flap or wing
on the lock side being made narrower than that on the hinge side of the door.
In cases where the door has a window, as in the present instance, the respective part
of the flaps or wings is shaped to conform with the window and thus not obstruct
the view, as will be readily seen from Fig. 1. The parts of the flaps or wings b
projecting from their pivots towards each other are reduced in section, see more
particularly Fig. 4, so as to leave or provide a space f between the same and the
door when shut, sufficient for the hand, finger or garment to remain between
without becoming trapped on the door being closed.
The flaps or wings 6 I cause to move outwards with the door a when opened, so
as to form no obstruction and to take up their normal position again, when the
door is closing. This I may effect by placing one of the said flaps or wings under
the influence of a spring 9, see Fig. 1, which tends to press it against the door
and by attaching to the upper end of each flap or wing a short lever h, h, and
connecting same by means of rods i, i, each to a crank pin or lever k, k, attached
to a pinion 7, 7, which pinions are mounted in gear with each other, so that when
the door is opened or closed motion will be imparted from the one flap or wing to
the other by means of the said levers, crank pins and rods, causing the said flap
or wing on the lock side when the door is open to bear against the door cheek and
the one on the hinge side across the respective joint.
It will thus be seen that if the door is open, instead of placing the hands upon
the door cheeks as is often doue, they will be placed against the said flap or wing
which on the door being closed keeps the hands or garment clear of the joint of the
door and thus prevents the hands or garment from being trapped.
In lieu of the said lovers, rods and wheels, the said flaps or wings may be
actuated in unison by means of a chain m, as shown in Fig. 5.
In order to reduce friction between the flap or wing ou the hinge side of the
door each end is furnished with a small pulley n which rides upon plates o secured
to the door.
In order to protect the said gearing I suitably cover the same, for instance in
cornice fashion, the front part of which may be hinged so as to give ready access
to the gearing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1st. In and connected with carriage and the like doors, the employment of flaps
to wings b adapted to cover the vertical joints of the door and swival simultaneousl

page_text: in the direction in which the door moves when opened or closed, all substantially,
as and for the purpose set forth.
2nd. The employment of flaps or wings b over the vertical joints of a door, as
specified in the preceding claim, their outward movement being effected by a
5 spring and the inward movement by the action of the door a, all substantially
as set forth.
Dated this 20th day of No. 1907
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.