Improvements in Draught Excluders for the Doors and Windows of Carriages and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 30th May, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Draught Excluders for the Doors and Windows of
Carriages and the like.
I, WILLIAM HENRY KEWER, of 230 Westbourne Grove, in the County of
London, Furniture Dealer, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in draught excluders for the outside of
windows of carriages and the like and the same is carried out as follows:-
I provide a coil or spiral plate of suitable material which is fixed at a suitable
part or position so as to divert the wind or dust from entering between the junction.
of the window, door or the like, of a carriage or such like, and the frame or body.
thereof.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1, is a view of a left and right handed coil plate fitted to the outside of a.
railway carriage (spiral plates broken).
Fig. 2, is a plan of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3, is an enlarged view of the coil or spiral plate broken off for convenience..
Fig. 4, is a section on line A B.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide a wide open coil a either cast.
or manufactured from sheet metal the top of which is partly open at d and closed
with a cover or plate c of rubber or any other material. A piece of india rubber g-
or soft material between the back plate e and the coil a also between the back
plate e and carriage. The bottom or lower end is covered with an open wire work
plate 6 which acts as a support for the coil plate and also to let the wind escape.
and the dust fall through. Back plate or plates e are provided and attached to.
the coil plate a by rivets or otherwise for fixing the apparatus to a carriage as-
near as possible to the opening it is intended to exclude the draught, or may be-
secured in any other manner.
The coil or spiral plate will be made of any length and with any suitable
opening for which it is intended to keep the dust and wind from entering.
The vertical opening fat the front or side of the interior of the coil must be
placed facing the wind or draught in such a way that the wind and dust may enter
the open side of the coil and will escape at the top or bottom of the said coil
which is left partly open at the top and wholely open at the bottom.
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 :-
1. In draught excluders for outside carriage doors or windows, the combination
of the coil or spiral plate a open spaced cover or plate c india rubber g back
plate e vertical opening fand the open wire work plate 6, substantially as herein.
described.
2. In draught excluders for outside carriage doors or windows, the combination
of the coil or spiral plate, open space and covered space, at the top, verticali

page_text: opening f, the open wire work plate, with india rubber and back plate for fixing
the apparatus, substantially as described in this Specification.
3. In draught excluders for outside carriage doors or windows, the combination
of the apparatus as hereinbefore described in this Specification and illustrated in
the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 15th day of April 1896.
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.