Improvements in or relating to Railway and other Carriages.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Railway and other Carriages.
.I, JOHN O'BRIEN, of 54 and 56 Bridge Street, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Billiard Table Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The invetion relates to the interior construction of railway and other carriages
round or about the doorway and also of the doors so as to render the door
practically incapable of closing upon or trapping the fingers or clothing of
passengers or other occupants.
In constructing the frame work of the carriage in which the door is set or to
which it is hinged I form a rabbet or groove around a part of the edge on the
inside and I also groove rabbet or cut away in a corresponding manner the frame.
or style of the door itself.
This rabbet or groove I preferably form to extend between the top and bottom
hinges as at present consider that will be sufficient but it may also be applied on
the other side where the door closes to, also in the inside of the carriage.
A length of the frame not cut away is still left between the hinges to provide a
tight joint for the door when closed but between that part which closes tightly and
the space left by the groove or rabbet is a shoulder or ledge which will prevent the
fingers of a person being placed where they will be trapped by the closing door.
Dated this 15th day of July 1806
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
Improvements in or relating to Railway and other Carriages.
I, JOHN O'BRIEN, of 54 and 56 Bridge Street, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Billiard Table 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 invention relates to the interior construction of railway and other carriages
round or about the doorway or of the doors so as to render the door practically
incapable of closing upon or trapping the fingers or clothing of passengers or other
occupants.
In constructing the frame work of the carriage in which the door is set or to
which it is hinged 1 form a rabbet or groove around a part of the edge on the
inside and I may also groove rabbet or cut away in a corresponding manner the
frame or style of the door itself.

page_text: The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which it is shown as applied to a railway carriage.
Fig. 1. Perspective view of interior.
Fig. 2. Section on line x-y with door closed.
Fig. 3. Section on line -y with door open.
Fig. 4. Sectional detail.
The rabbet or groove A is cut out of the frame B either at the hinged edge of
the door C only, or a second such rabbet or groove A may also be formed
at the other side where the door closes on the inside of the carriage.
The grooves A and A' are preferably formed to extend between the level of the
top and bottom hinges but may be made longer or shorter than that distance if
desired. They are preferably rectangular or nearly so but may be of any other
desired contours and are of any desired depth to effect the purpose in view.
A strip b the length of the frame B is still retained against which the door C
closes to provide a tight joint for the door when closed but the groove A forms
between the part which closes tightly and the frame B a shoulder or ledge a
which will prevent the fingers or garments of a person being placed where they
will be trapped by the closing door.
Instead of or in addition to the groove or rabbet cut in the door frame Ba
similar. or corresponding groove may be cut in the door itself for the same purpose
but I at present prefer to leave the door C unaltered.
The invention may be applied to common road or other carriages.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. A railway or other carriage constructed with a rabbet or groove (such as A)
formed at or about the doorway at one or both sides for the purpose of preventing
the fingers or garments of a passenger or occupaut being trapped on the closing of
the door substantially as described.
2. A railway or other carriage constructed with a rabbet or groove formed in the
edges of the door-with or without a corresponding groove in the doorway-
substantially as and for the purpose described.
3. Constructing a rabbet or groove in the doorway or door or both of a railway
or other carriage substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.
Dated this 20th day of January 1897.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.