Improvements in Railway Carriage Doors, also applicable to the Doors of other Vehicles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 18th Aug., 1897-Accepted, 9th Oct., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Railway Carriage Doors, also applicable to the
Doors of other Vehicles.
I ALBERT BRADBURY, of 3 Eastbourne Avenue, Arundell Street, Holderness
Road, Hull, in the County of Yorke., Pattern Maker, do hereby declare the nature
of this Invontion, to be as follows:
The object of my invention, is to construct the doors of railway carriages, and
other vehicles, in such a manner, that there is no danger of the persons riding in
such conveyances getting their hands crushed, or their dresses caught, between
the carriage door and side of the carriage.
I construct my invention as follows:-
In place of the ordinary hinge, I employ a plate fitted to the top and bottom of
the door, this plate has a pivot on it which fits into sockets, one being in the
frame of the carriage over the door, and the other being let into the floor under the
door, these sockets may consist of plates with holes in them, or may be cups,
let into the top and bottom parts of the carriage exactly over the pivots on the
top and bottom of the door. I employ a strip of any suitable metal or material,
fixed to the carriage inside, to project over the space between the door and the
side of the carriage, the edge of the door inside, near the pivots, is rounded off
to allow of it working in the groove made for it in the carriage side.
With this improved method of swinging the doors of carriages or the like, the
door when open does not leave a space sufficient for anyone to get the fingers
between, as being pivotted exactly from the centre of the thickness of the carriage
door, it turns evenly, and never opens sufficient to leave room for anything to
get between, the strip placed on the side of the carriage inside covering the
little orack which shows the division between the door and the carriage side.
My improvements can be attached to existing carriage doors.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Savile Street, Hull, and 8 Quality Court, London,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Railway Carriage Doors, also applicable to the
Doors of other Vehicles.
I ALBERT BRADBURY, of 3 Eastbourne Avenue, Arundell Street, Holderness
Road, Hull in the County of Yorks., Pattern Maker, 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:-
The object of my invention is to construct the doors of railway carriages and

page_text: other vehicles in such a manner that there is no danger of the persons riding in
such conveyances getting their hands crushed, or their dresses caught between
the carriage door and side of the carriage.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 Shows a side view of part of a railway carriage with part of frame or
side, and part of door removed, showing my improvements.
Fig. 2 Is an edge view of carriage door showing pivots attached at top and
bottom.
Fig. 3 Is a plan view of carriage door and part of carriage side.
Fig. 4 Is a view of underside of carriage frame over door, showing socket which
takes pivot.
Fig. 5 Is an inside view of carriage door and part of frame, showing the strip
or plate which covers the division between said door and carriage frame.
Fig. 6 Shows a view of pivot aud socket, the pivot having a nut on it.
I construct my invention as follows: In place of the ordinary hinge, I employ
a plate A fitted to the top, and another plate A' fitted to the bottom of the door B,
these plates have each a pivot C C on them, which fit into sockets D D¹ one
socket D being in the frame E of the carriage over the door B and the other
socket being let into or attached to the floor E under the said door B, these
sockets D 1) may consist of plates with holes in them or may be cups let into
the top and bottom parts of the carriage, or holes bored into the wood if desired
exactly over and under respectively the pivots CC on the top and bottom of the
door B.
I employ a strip F, of auy suitable metal or material, fixed to the carriage
inside, to project over the space between the door and the side of the carriage,
the edge of the door inside near the pivots is rounded off to allow of it working
in the groove G made for it in the carriage side or frame.
The said strip may run from the height of the carriage door to the bottom of
such door, or any distance desired, and may be attached by screws H, (see Fig. 5)
or other suitable means, or it may be a continuation of the carriage frame E.
The door Band frame E of the carriage would be preferably straight inside,
instead of being turned inwardly towards the bottom as are some carriage doors
but if it is desired to give the carriage the reduced appearance towards the bottom
the frame and door may he thinned or reduced at their outside bottom ends sec
Fig. 2.
If desired the arrangement of pivot and socket may be reversed the pivots
being attached to the carringe frame at top and bottom, and the sockets let into
the door at top and bottom.
The sockets may be made with a deepened part I for the plate of the pivot to
bear on, so as to prevent friction, or if desired the pivot top may be provided with
a ring or nut L for the purpose of giving greater durability.
With this improved method of swinging the doors of carriages or the like, the
door when open does not leave a space sufficient for anyone to get the fingers
between, as being pivotted preferably from the centre of the thickness of the
carriage door and the inside back of snch door being bevelled, it turns evenly
and never opens sufficient to leave room for anything to get between, the strip
placed on the side of the carriage inside covering the little crack which shows the
division between the door and the carriage side.
My improvements can be attached to existing carriage doors.
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:-
1. Hanging railway or other suitable carriage doors by means of pivots turning
in sockets in place of the hinges hitherto in uso in the manner and for the
purposes substantially as shown and described.

page_text: 2. In connection with railway or other carriage doors, the employment of pins
or pivots fixed at the top and bottom of the door, and of sockets let into the frame
of the carriage at top and bottom to take such pins or pivots, or vice versa, in the
manner and for the purposes substantially as shown and described.
3. In connection with railway or other carriage doors, employing a strip or
piece to cover the division between the door and carriage side where such door
turns, rounding the inside back part of door, and grooving the carriage side for
such back part of door to work in, in the manner and for the purposes substantially
as shown and described.
Dated this Seventeenth day of August 1897
JOHN E. WALSH,
Savile Street, Hull, Patent Agent for the Applicant.