US1369681A - Car-door-actuating mechanism - Google Patents

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US1369681A
US1369681A US382433A US38243320A US1369681A US 1369681 A US1369681 A US 1369681A US 382433 A US382433 A US 382433A US 38243320 A US38243320 A US 38243320A US 1369681 A US1369681 A US 1369681A
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Walter N Mcclellan
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F15/00—Power-operated mechanisms for wings
    • E05F15/50—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using fluid-pressure actuators
    • E05F15/56—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using fluid-pressure actuators for horizontally-sliding wings
    • E05F15/565—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using fluid-pressure actuators for horizontally-sliding wings for railway-cars
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F15/00—Power-operated mechanisms for wings
    • E05F15/50—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using fluid-pressure actuators
    • E05F15/53—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using fluid-pressure actuators for swinging wings
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/50—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for vehicles
    • E05Y2900/51—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for vehicles for railway cars or mass transit vehicles

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  • WALTER N MUCLELLAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OFTWENTYPEB. CENT. '10 GLADSTONE M. HINTSON, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
  • This invention relates to a car door operating mechanism and has particular reference to a means for controlling the entry and exit of passengers to and from the same, said invention being in the nature of an improvement over a similar device set forth in Letters Patent of the United States ranted to me March 9th, 1920, bearing atent N0. 1333430.
  • the invention primarily contemplates a means for controlling the entry and exit of assengers to and from a car, said means ingo arable from a common-'control'point prefere ly located within convenient reach of the motorman.
  • An important feature of the invention resides in the provision of the safety devices for reducing the possibility of accidents to passengers to a minimum.
  • Another object in view is to provide an eicient fare collectingmeans which controls the exit' passages of the'car.
  • a further object in view is to provide an automatic signaling means ⁇ which notifies the motorman that the door .passages are clear for the closing of the safety doors.
  • Another feature of the invention is the provisionof a safety means carried by the door which functions to fend of passen ersv attempting to board or leave the car w ile the safety doors are closing.
  • Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view through a railway car constructed in accordance with the invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view therethrough taken approximately on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentar longitudinal vertical sectional view ta en approximately on the line 3--3 of Fig. 4.
  • Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.
  • Fig. 5 is a similar view illustratin the opened position of the steps for bri gin the'space between the station platform an the car.
  • Fig. 6 is an enlarged detailed fragmentary sectional and diagrammatic view of the mechanism for controlling the exit from the car.
  • Fig. 7 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken approximately cn the line Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic View of the step controlled signaling means.
  • Fig. 9 is a horizontal sectional view through one of the doors illustrating the fenders arranged thereon.
  • Fig. 10 is a detailed sectional view of the safety coverin which may be used in connection with t e fenders.
  • 10 designates a car provided on ⁇ its. opposite sides with entrance passagesI 11 and exit passages 12.
  • the opposite ends of thecar are provided with the cabs 13 .for the b operator thereof and in which is adapted to be arranged the common controlling means for all of the safety suitable well known manner.
  • a piston rodv 22 is connected by. ⁇ a link 23 to the lever 15 and a coiled compression spring-.24 is disposed between thc piston head-18 Iandfthe cylinder head 25 to normall exert a force for eifecting the closing of t e door 14.
  • a latch 26 is pivoted tadjacent thereto as at 27, the nose 28 of which is adapted to respectively engage the rear end of the door or the notch 29 rovided in its forward end.
  • the latch is esigned to be released by a compressed air actuated means which includes the cylinder 30 in which is arranged the piston 31 connected by the piston rod 32 to the latch arm 33, air being admitted to the cylinder by means of the air supply pipe 32".
  • the valve 33 located in the cab 13 serves to establish communication between the reservoir 21 and the cylinder 30.
  • the safety steps 34 which are pivoted to the fioor of the car at opposite sides of the door 14 as at 35, are connected b the links 36 to a common slide rod 37.
  • a coiled compression spring 40 serves to normally Vthrow the steps to inoperative position and Said spring also functions to move the latch 26 to lockin position.
  • the signaling means comprises a normally open circuit 41 which includes the source of current 42 a signal 43 which is preferably arranged in the cab 13, and the contact members 44 and 45 disposed respectively on each step 34 and on the car floor directly therebeneath.
  • the contact members of each step are arranged in parallel in the circuit in such a manner that when either step is de ressed the signal will be in operation.
  • a s ort compression s ring 46 is disposed between each ste and t ye car floor to normally effect a 'su cient elevation of the step to dispose the contact members out of enga ment.
  • the weight .of the passenger will serve to depress the same suliiciently to engage the contact members for closinglthe circuit, thereby advising the o eraltor t at it is unsafe to close the door.
  • the safety doors 14 are preferably provided with fenders 48 in the nature of bowed resilient leaf springs which normally tend toward relative se aration from the side faces of the door. he purpose of the fenders is to fend olf passengers attem ting to enter or leave the assages when t e doors are in the act of c osing.
  • the fenders are designed to collapse against the side surfaces of the door when the same is retracted within the sides of the car for opening the passages.
  • a flexible covering 49 such as canvas or the like ma be attached to the fenders 48 to obviate tlie possibility of the passengers clothing becoming caught between the fenders and the door.
  • revolving doors or turnstiles 50 are provided and arranged within the car adjacent the passages.
  • the turnstiles 50 adjacent the entrance openings 11 operate to admit of the free entrance of passengers to the car but serve to prevent exit therefrom.
  • the said means includes the ratchet wheel 51 mounted on the shaft 52 andthe pawl 53 which co-acts with the ratchet to limit rotation of said turnstiles in one direction.
  • the obstructing fingers 54 prevent exit of the assengers from the entrance passages 11.
  • urnstiles 50 arranged adjacent the exit passages 12 are preferably housed by the vestibule wall 55 having a door-way 56 communicating therewith.
  • turnstiles are limited to rotation in one direction by means of the ratchet wheels and pawls 51 and 53 similar to the ones heretofore described.
  • a coin actuated locking means is provided which normally prevents rotation of the turnstiles.
  • Said means includes a disk 58 mounted on the lower extremity of the turnstile shaft 52 and having cam surfaces 59 and notches 60 on the periphery thereof.
  • a detent 61 formed on the extremity of the pivoted detent arm 62 is normally disposed within one of the notches 60 to prevent rotation of the turnstile under the action of a tension spring 63.
  • a solenoid 64 is operatively connected with the detent arm 62 and is adapted when energized to throw the detent arm to a position to release the detent from the notch 60.
  • the solenoid is included in a normally open circuit 65 having a source of supply 66 and s aced contact members 67 and 68 which are sposed at opposite sides of a coin chute 69. When the coin is deposited in the coinreceiving opening 70 the same gravitates into engagement with and bridges the contact members 67 and 68 to close the circuit 65.
  • the closing of the cir ⁇ cuit functions to energize the solenoid and release the detent from its notch, thereby permitting the turnstile to be rotated.
  • ⁇ the contact member 68 is pivoted as at 72 and the lower extremity thereof is connected to the throw rod 7 3, the free extremity of which is provided with a roller 74 arranged in the path of'movement of the disk 58.
  • the spring 75 serves to return the contact member 68 to a position for obstructing the passageof the next coin.
  • a door 76 is provided adjacent the coin box 71 to permit of the removal of the coins therefrom at the end of each trip of the car.
  • the safety doors 14 ⁇ on the opposite sides of the car are respectively controlled inde endently but the controllin means for botli sides are arranged in eac cab 13 to permit the operator to open all of theY safety doors on each side when arriving at an express station in which the platforms are disposed at either side of the car.
  • the invention is set forth as a means for controlling or actuating car doors to permit of the entry and exit of passengers to and from the car
  • the system accomplished by said means is also considered a novel and important feature of, this ⁇ invention.
  • the fares are collected and the entrance and exit of passengers to and from the car is efficiently controlled automatically after the o erator of the car has effected the opening o the safety doors.
  • means for preventing ⁇ exit from the entrance passages and means for limiting the exit of the passengers from the exit passages comprising revolving doors in the exit passages2 means for preventing the revolution of said doors in one direction, meansfor locking the revolution of said -doors in the opposite direction, and coin actuated controlling means for releasing said locking means.
  • a railway car comprising entrance and exit passages, automatic means operated to limit the use of said entrance passages as entrances, means for 'lookin the exit passage against free exit there rom, and coin actuated controlling means for releasing said locking means to ermit exit from the exit passage, in com ination with outer safety doors adapted to close all of the passages.
  • a railway car comprising entrance and exit passages, automatic means operating to limit the use of said entrance passage as an entrance, means for locking the exit passage against exit therefrom, coin actuated controlling means for releasing said locking means to permit exit from the exit passage, in combination With outer safety doors adapted to close all of the passages, and manually controlled means for simultaneously opening or closing said doors.
  • a railway car comprising entrance and exit passages, automatic means functioningl to limit the use of said entrance passage as an entrance, means for locking the exit passage against exit therefrom, coin actuated controlling means for releasing said locking means to permit exit from the exit passage, in combination with outer safety doors adapted to close all of the passages, and manually controlled means for simultaneously opening or closing said doors, said controlling means being arranged at a common controlling point in the car.

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