Improvements appertaining to Sashes and Doors for Railway- carriages and other Vehicles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 30th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 31st Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements appertaining to Sashes and Doors for Railway-
carriages and other Vehicles.
We, ALBERT RHODES of Victoria Villas Rickardshaw Lane, Stanningley
near Leeds in the County of York, Manager, and CHARLES GILL of Spring
Valley, Stanningley aforesaid Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows, that is to say :-
It relates to improvements applicable for use in connection with the sashes and
doors of railway carriages and other vehicles, whereby said sashes may be held
against the actions of gravity in any raised or depressed positions either for
covering or partly covering the openings in said doors as may be desired, and at
the same time said sashes may be easily liberated so as to allow their said
adjustment to be freely performed whenever necessary.
To attain this object we mount a rotary shaft in the cross rail which is situated
about midway the length of said door. This shaft being carried by suitable
bearings so that two arms secured to or near its extremities may be brought into
contact with the frame on each side of the sliding sash.
The outer of these two arms are shaped to press against the frame of the sash,
and are covered with india-rubber or like frictioning material or substance in
order that by their pressing actions they may hold-said sash as desired.
On or about the middle part of the rotary shaft above described, we secure
another arm of appropriate formation or shape so that a spring may be arranged
to operate in connection with it to cause the shaft to rotate sufficiently to press its
said arms as described, while by forming this central arm, so that it is easy of
access, may be pressed by the thumb and fingers to overcome the tension of the
spring and so free the sash of the pressure of its retaining arms whenever it is
desired to move or operate said sash as will be understood.
The cross rail of the door and the other parts forming the framework of said
door are so constructed that all the parts above described (except the central arm for
liberating the sash from the grip of the other arms) are well covered in, thus they
are made durable and the possibility of any tampering with them is prevented.
Dated this 28th day of December 1895.
Improvements appertaining to Sashes and Doors for Railway-
carriages and other Vehicles.
We, ALBERT RHODES of Victoria Villas Rickardshaw Lane, Stanningley
near Leeds in the County of York, Manager, and CHARLES GILL of Spring
Valley Stanningley aforesaid 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, that is to say :—
It relates to improvements applicable for use in connection with the sashes and

page_text: doors of railway carriages and other vehicles, whereby said sashes may be held
against the actions of gravity in any raised or depressed positions either for
covering or partly covering the openings in said doors as may be desired and at
the same time said sashes may be easily liberated so as to allow their said
adjustment to be freely performed whenever necessary.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings which is illustrative of our invention :-
Figs. 1 and 2 are elevations of a door as seen from the outside and inside of a
vehicle respectively, and shows the application of our improved parts.
Fig. 3 is a vertical section along line A. B of a portion of a door as shown by
Fig. 2 but drawn to an enlarged scale.
Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation on line C. D. of the part of the door shown by Fig. 3,
and drawn to a similar scale.
To attain the object of our invention we mount a rotary shaft a in the cross
rail which is situated about midway the length of the door c. This shaft a being
carried by suitable bearings d so that two arms ffl secured to or near its
extremities may be brought into contact with the frame g' g' on each side of the
sliding sash g.
The outer ends of these two arms ff' are shaped to press against the frame
at g g and are formed of india rubber or like frictioning material or substance at
this part in order that by their pressing actions they may hold the sash g by their
said pressure, as desired.
In or about the middle part of the shaft a, we secure another arm h which is of
an appropriate formation or shape so that a spring k may be arranged to operate
in connection with it to cause it to rotate sufficiently to press its arms ff against
the frame g g as described, while by forming this said central arm so that it
is easy of access, it may be pressed by the thumb and fingers of those using the
vehicle to overcome the tension of the spring and so free the sash g of the pressure
of the retaining arms ff whenever it is desired to move or operate said sash as
will be understood.
The cross rail and the plate m attached thereto and upon which the bearings d
are secured, are so constructed that all the parts (except the arm and the bearing
or box n in which the spring k is secured) are well covered in, thus they are made
durable and the possibility of any tampering with them is prevented.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. In means for securing the sliding sash of a railway or like vehicle the several
parts herein described the same being arranged in combination substantially as
herein specified.
Dend this 20th dow of Cantambo 1904
ALBERT RHODES,
CHARLES GILL,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.